Jushtin Lee

Safe Celebrating...

2012-01-01T13:21:00.000-08:00

                                                 ...and Happy New Year, good people!
                                 Now go warm them bellies and laugh with people you love.

Hey Friends and Followers!

2011-06-12T10:12:00.000-07:00

I know I've been absent for a while, but I plan to pick things back up in a bit. I'm pretty busy this summer as I'm interning at Pixar Animation Studios and things around here tend to get pretty loaded on. But load or no load there's not really an excuse to let my blog keel over so I'll get some stuff up as soon as possible. Things at the studio are super great--the people, the work, the food and all that are just seriously blowing my mind and it's only been one week. The people up here are really hard workers and are preparing to stun the hell out of you so prepare yourselves, seriously. Anyway, stick around guys and thanks for being patient, like I promised, I'll get you somethin soon!

A Side Note to take place of a real post on a post deficient blog: The very adorable clip below is taken from my FAVORITE FILM, Faces by John Cassavetes. I feel like not too mnay people know of this film or they forget about it but it's highly recommended if you're really into character driven stories and just plain awesomeness. Netflix it or don't be cheap and support great film by buying it. Just invite me over to watch when you do.

Fourth Year Film

2011-04-14T12:37:00.000-07:00

Here's a panning background I finished last night for a 1 minute short I'm working on. I'm just about done with all of the backgrounds and I'll be animating tomorrow. Good luck to all my pals currently working hard on finishing up their films, you're almost there!

A Page Out of the Ol' Portfolio

2011-04-07T00:19:00.000-07:00

Job fair was earlier this week. I spent tons of time preparing for it and I hope the work paid off( fingers crossed!). Here's another peak at my portfolio--it's just thumbnails but I really like the character explorations in the corner. I'll soon upload the entire portfolio and it's board sequences, so check back for it! Thanks for looking and all of the encouragement you guys have been layin' on me, it kept and continues to keep me motivated.

Second Sequence..

2011-04-03T17:19:00.000-07:00

..I hope it's done tonight...as it kinda HAS to be. Good luck to all of those who are workin' hard on their portfolios and films!

One of My favorite Boards..

2011-03-31T02:54:00.000-07:00

..from the sequence that I'm currently working on. Wish me luck!

I Know. It's Been a looong time..

2011-03-29T19:45:00.000-07:00

...but, I've been working hard on my portfolio which is due this upcoming Tuesday...Story is tough stuff. Here's a board just in case you think I've just been picking my nails and eating bon bons this entire time.

This lil Cutie

2011-03-07T21:32:00.000-08:00

...may be realized in 3D!!..I'll keep you posted.

Still Workin' on the ol' Portfolio

2011-03-02T18:04:00.000-08:00

and I've kinda gone into hyper drive about it, so I have tones of semi-finished things that aren't post worthy yet. I'm trying to pump out tons of unfinished work so I can narrow things down to the what I want to complete and finally stick in my portfolio..which is due in four weeks. At any rate, to keep my blog from dying heres an extremely quick sketch of "What I Wore Today", inspired by Tiffany Ford and Sophie D. Better stuff next time, I hope! thanks for lookng!

A Work In Progress

2011-02-25T22:08:00.000-08:00

..so be sure to check back tomorrow!

BollyWood!

2011-02-24T22:16:00.000-08:00

Here's a quick color key for a final painting to be completed a little later, although this has worn on me enough as to where this very well might be the final painting. We'll see. If you feel so inclined to add a theme to this image I highly recommend this.

Les Dames Guest Spot

2011-02-24T00:57:00.000-08:00

I Did this Pin Up for my friend Kris Anka's Blog, Les Dames, which you can check out here. This weeks dame of choice was Brigitte Bardot. Thanks for looking!

Pot Head

2011-02-23T14:21:00.000-08:00

Here's another girl with food on her head. I'll do one more to round everything out. I've been listening to tons of old Bollywood music like Ganga Ki Saugandh to help keep me authentically inspired. Also, I just really like it.

Basket Girl

2011-02-23T00:33:00.000-08:00

Gonna Try to have the India Series finished by the end of the upcoming weekend. Wish me luck!

Quitters Raga!

Not Really Happy With This

2011-02-22T21:08:00.000-08:00

But I thought I'd post it anyway. It's supposed to be something akin to a color key. I guess I do like the colors but the composition leaves much to be desired. I wanted it to look something like a heart buuut. I dunno.ha, I'm just not buying it but I figure it should see the light of day considering how much time I spent on it. ...better stuff next post.

Baseball

2011-02-19T18:24:00.000-08:00

I'd like to think that in another life I might have been a baseball player. Just sometime though.

I Never Lived In A Home Like This One...

2011-02-14T23:33:00.000-08:00

..but If I had I'm sure it would've been haunted. I know I said I'd be absent for a while and then I go and post stuff twice in one day but I really am going of the map soon here. I promise. Anyway, I'm not really used to drawing houses so this is a bit on the stiff side so I'll definitely have to practice with this sort of stuff. Tomorrow will be a "house" day I guess, then back to circus freaks--although I wont be posting them for a while. Really, I mean it. Thanks for looking!

Happy Valentines Day!

2011-02-14T18:59:00.000-08:00

Starting a Series Of Circus Freaks!

2011-02-13T14:18:00.000-08:00

And I've started with the Bearded Lady. I have tons of exploratory sketches for her and all other types of carnies like the Strong man and The Fiji mermaid, so I chose one and dropped some color on it. It's nothing too slick but it's nice to see how things might progress after adding color. I wont be updating as often for a while--I'm starting to buckle down so I can get my portfolio in order. Expect tons of circus freaks and general updating in the future though!
Thanks and see ya soon.

Indian Princess

2011-02-08T17:21:00.000-08:00

So I decided to go with the yellow/gold color pallet for this one. The color choice may not "pop" as well as a few of the other options but I felt it was a little more original. I also chose to go with birds instead of the monkey so the silhouette would read a bit more clearly. The painting isn't taken to a stage of completion yet, I'll get to that soon enough--I've been pretty busy lately. I think I'll add a few more finished pieces, some sketches and a few environment/props to the "India" series before I move on to a different theme. More post soon!

She Was Whitney Huston Fine...

2011-02-04T22:41:00.000-08:00

..but that girl was poison.

The 90's Were Kind To No One..

2011-02-04T20:30:00.000-08:00

...except these guys. Thanks for looking!

(Nice and Smooth)

Decisions, Decisions...

2011-02-02T21:22:00.000-08:00

Back to the "India" series. I've got the sketch for the "Princess" all ready to go but I'm a little torn when it comes to color. I'm a little drawn to the yellow to be honest. What do you think? Comment below!

The Home Office

2011-02-01T16:47:00.001-08:00

Taking a break from the "Indian" series to get a little practice with environments. If I'm lucky one day day I can have a work space like this one. In other news, I'm currently in the process of applying to a job. Wish me luck!

Proud to Serve

2011-01-23T20:50:00.001-08:00

Keepin' it comin'.

Thanks for looking!

Tea Time

2011-01-21T20:41:00.000-08:00

Here's another one for my India Series.

Thanks for dropping by!

Sell them Mangos Mama

2011-01-19T15:10:00.000-08:00

The beginnings of a portfolio.

Thanks for looking!

Thanksgiving Break!

2010-11-23T18:04:00.000-08:00

I've been looking forward to Thanksgiving break this week--it's long over due. Something that's become a new tradition in my family is to go shopping the day after Thanksgiving during what in known as BLACK FRIDAY. duhn, duhn, duhhhnnnn...No, it's not that bad actually and call me crazy but I enjoy the crowds; it's great for people watching. Here are a few sketches of black friday shoppers I did last night in the spirit of the holiday.

Final Pick...?

2010-11-21T21:50:00.000-08:00

After getting feed back from friends and peers it seems that the girl on the right of the previous post was the obvious choice to make. The term "landslide win" has never applied more. I'm still not entirely settled--who knows maybe I'll get crazy and throw something entirely new out there--especially after receiving some advice from an old pal about how both designs could be pushed more. At any rate I did a color pass on the crowd favorite to help bring things a little more in to focus and a little closer to a finished student film.
Baby steps. Baby steps.

Time To Make Choices

2010-11-16T17:48:00.000-08:00

I'm about done with the story for my student film this year so it's almost time to start pumping out final boards. As exciting as it is to finally be moving on to the next step there is a problem...I HAVEN'T SETTLED ON FINAL DESIGNS.

After narrowing down my choices I've decided that either one of these girls appearance can support the personality of the character I've been developing. I like em both so I'm finding it a little hard having to choose between the two. What do YOU think?

The Great Batsby..Coming Soon.

2010-05-18T13:58:00.000-07:00

Here is a trailer of a short I've been working on while here at Calarts, working titled "The Great Batsby" I plan to have the entire thing done in the following month or two. A lot of hard work has gone into making this film, including re boarding and animating everything after not being entirely happy with the first version. The trailer includes some things from the older version, along with a few new things. Enjoy!

First Assignment of the new year

2009-09-26T16:43:00.001-07:00

The assignment was to draw a pig in forest. But the focus was on the environment itself not the actual characters all while still keeping their positions in mind.

Challenge!

2009-07-18T13:42:00.000-07:00

My friends Dylan and Kris, and myself are drawing mythical sea creatures. This time around we decided to draw the Cadborosaurus, a sea serpent that allegedly stalks the murky deeps of the Northern Pacific Coastlines. So heres a quick sketch of this elusive creature. Swimmers beware!

Dylan and I are drawing hot girls! sketch 1

2009-07-03T20:20:00.000-07:00

But it's just a work in progress

Summer Visit!

2009-06-16T23:31:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine named Brenda might be visiting me this summer, and I'm pretty excited about it. She asked that I draw her, so I was gonna do a simple caricature or something, but I thought doing a quick vignette would be a better choice. Hope you like it Brenda!

Sea Serpent Colored

2009-06-12T19:56:00.000-07:00

Ok its done

Sea Serpent

2009-06-12T15:42:00.000-07:00

My buddy and current roomate, Dylan, is working pretty hard so i've taken upon myself to do every project he gives himself( except those lame fantasy art ones, Dylan!) until we finally get started on our bigger weekly assignments. Here is a Sea Serpent sketch( that i'll add color to later), and here is Dylan's.

Frenchies

2009-05-20T15:45:00.001-07:00

Another spread from my portfolio:

The Beach Bombs!

2009-05-10T21:44:00.000-07:00

Heres a few pages out of my portfolio. I thought it'd be cool to come up with some development art for a 60's Bond-like, inspired film. I like that these type f films are pure fluff with no purpose but to show a middle aged man kickin' ass and getting sexy ladies. I post more " Bond stuff" within the next few days or so. And maybe I'll just post more PERIOD, as the school year is ending and I have no excuse not to.

Color&Light

2009-03-26T02:37:00.001-07:00

These Are A Few of Henry Yu's Storyboards for his student film this year. He asked me to help him out with the color and lighting so he could achieve the look he was going for so I took some of his already amazingly composed penciled boards and did this:

He was pretty happy with the final result. Glad to help, Henry!

Aliens

2009-03-13T22:54:00.001-07:00

They're Doomed!

2009-03-13T01:15:00.000-07:00

Heres another Monster vignette. This city doesn't know it yet but they're dead meat.

Been a While! Soooo....BAM!

2009-03-12T03:38:00.000-07:00

And here are some old character design:

Wild Wild West

2008-11-18T16:00:00.000-08:00

I Hated bubbles as a kid

2008-10-29T23:25:00.000-07:00

As a kid I was the weird one who hated bubbles. But drawing them aint so bad! Here is more Art for my friends band, An Inconvenient Polar Bear. He wanted a pretty girl blowing bubbles . This will be the backdrop on the bands myspace page, which will be created this thursday.

Here is a detail on the girl in the earlier stages.

Cuban Coke Lords: Are They Really That Bad?

2008-10-29T14:44:00.000-07:00

This is a sketch of a cuban gangster I did for my character design class. I imagined the guy would be sorta sleazy looking with slick hair. He might own a yacht filled with sparsely clad latinas and barrels of coke and is numero uno Florida's most wanted list.

It's about that Time Again

2008-10-26T23:40:00.000-07:00

Every year here at school the students are encouraged to complete a student film. I did one last year which was a pretty cool experience filled with a lot of work production and lack of sleep. That second part doesn't sound too great at all, but it was part of the magic required to complete the daunting task of making a student film. And I'm gonna do it again! Here are a few thumbnail layouts and film art for this year.

That Bear has got some moves!

2008-10-26T00:34:00.000-07:00

This is a CD cover I did for a friend's band. The group is called, "An Inconvenient Polar Bear". I was told only the name of the band and that the type of music they made was "dancey" and to do whatever I wanted so I came up with this. What's funnier than a polar bear seducing a pretty girl with his funky-fresh moves on the club dance floor?!

Actually there are a lot of things funnier than that but this is damn well funny too.

I guess it was about time

2008-10-23T17:20:00.000-07:00

I've taken note that most artist have some sort of blogg or web thingy set up so that they can display there work to the public and I guess it was about time I got one too. SO here it is! For your viewing pleasure, El Bloggo de Jushtin! I will gradually add art and stuff.