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Chill room

I am training myself in interior and architectural drawings nowadays. This was fun as a start.

Owl&Bison

  

  

 

 

Lost Sands

I recently worked on a stop motion adventure film. Set in the desert, I designed the environments explored by the main character. 

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It was really interesting to be part of the fabrication process of props and environments. This is the first time I have been able to make a drawing and then see it come to life in physical form.

Icy

A new drawing I did today. I haven't painted much snowy landscapes, but it was fun to try it.

house sketches

Island design for Visual Development class

For this final illustration I used some of my own photos to add some of the texture details.

Desert hideout

I really wanted to paint something in the desert, so finally I did. So much fun colors to play with, and I wanted to try using more broken colors, with the blues on the cliff, and even the slight reds in the sky.

2nd year film set

CalArts 2nd year film Environment from Thomas Roisland on Vimeo.
My film this year is set in the desert. Here's a preview of the almost finished set. It's Maya geometry, painted with my 2D paintings for the textures.

The watcher of the swamps

 

The landing spot

I keep trying to do environments with a limited palette, then strike in a few complements here and there, like the reds in the bottom.

Can't get enough of forests and jungles

It's been a while since I tried painting in a more realistic style, so I wanted to try that again.

On the road

Driving up to San Francisco.

Rainy forest

Misty day

Lonely in the canyon

A greyscale layout assignment for class. 

I love rain

Late walk

Journey to the mystical house

Some environment thumbnails I did for my portfolio :)

Treehouse