2-CENTS

bryankonietzko: I’m excited to share with you the final cover...

Thu, 02 May 2013 18:02:56 -0700

I’m excited to share with you the final cover art (Korra drawn by Joaquim Dos Santos and painted by me, with a background painting by Fred Stewart) for the upcoming Korra Book One: Air art book, published by our good friends at Dark Horse Books. This was a real labor of love (heavy on the labor) for Mike, Joaquim, and me and all those who helped as we put this book together, and we are so proud of all the great artists’ work inside and can’t wait to share it with all of you. The plan is to do one of these art books per “book” of Korra (so four total), which is daunting yet fantastic.

Direct market on sale date: July 24, 2013.

Book market on sale date: August 6, 2013.

9” x 12” hardcover, 144 pages

ca-tsuka: “Kairos” animated trailer by La Cachette studio (for...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:49:37 -0700

ca-tsuka:

“Kairos” animated trailer by La Cachette studio (for the promotion of Ulysse Malassagne’s comic book)

My mind was quite blown by this.

bryankonietzko: gif-club: HIMy name’s Jeff! I live in New...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:05:29 -0700

bryankonietzko:

gif-club:

HI
My name’s Jeff! I live in New Zealand!
Animation (┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻

I like to do action animation XD

HOLY CRAP!

Mind blown!

bryankonietzko: KORRA CREW PROFILE: OWEN SULLIVAN Owen Sullivan...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:23:53 -0800

bryankonietzko:

KORRA CREW PROFILE: OWEN SULLIVAN

Owen Sullivan joined the crew a while ago as a storyboard revisionist. He worked really hard, quickly adapted to our storyboarding style, and learned our production system so well that we promoted him to assistant director. You can see some of his great storyboard drawings from Book 2 above, and you can see him in a fantastic Mako costume here and here. I asked him a few questions to give you guys some insight into one of the many talented people we are lucky to have working on Korra, and how he got here.

BK: What is your art education background, formal and/or informal? Are currently taking any classes outside of work?

OS: I originally intended to be a civil engineer, which I went to school for. I never went to any formal art school, but took a lot of classes around Los Angeles, mainly at the Animation Guild and at the Concept Design Academy. I am currently taking a class at CDA and one with the very talented April Connors, who teaches out of Glendale.

BK: How long have you been working in the animation industry? Did it take you a while to get your foot in the door?

OS: I’ve been working in the industry for about 3 years. After deciding engineering was not for me and moving to Los Angeles, it took about a year and a half of very concentrated work for me to find a job.

BK: Describe your position on Korra and what work it entails.

OS: As an Assistant director on Korra, I help implement the changes that the Director and Producers want. Additionally I help Director Mel prep the final storyboard to be sent over to Korea. If there’s time I like to take a
section of the script to board as well.

BK: What other productions have you worked on?

OS: Before coming to Nickelodeon, I worked at Warner Bros Animation, on Young Justice and a number of their direct-to-video movies. I’ve also done some freelance boards on Ben 10 and Ultimate Spiderman.

BK: What is the most common thing people on the outside of the animation industry don’t know about your job?

OS: Probably that we do not actually animate the episodes here in the States. My friends outside of the industry usually just call me an animator.

BK: Do you have any interests or hobbies outside of animation? Do they feed back into your work in any way?

OS: I love to draw, I sketch constantly, all the time. I hope this helps my work… I watch a lot of films and play a lot of video games. I enjoy hiking, snowboarding, surfing, running, etc. It’s good to balance sitting at a desk with some outdoor activity. Also we’ve been playing a lot of ping pong here at Nick.

BK: Any advice you’d like to offer for aspiring artists?

OS: Get around other artists, draw as much as you can. Take some classes. A good teacher or talented friends can help you learn a lot faster than you will on your own. Try not to get discouraged and keep at it!

bryankonietzko: geraldparel: Drunk Skeletor This guy’s...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:37:56 -0800

bryankonietzko:

geraldparel:

Drunk Skeletor

This guy’s Masters of the Universe fanart… It’s like my childhood just got a really big budget and an amazing cinematographer. Badass paintings! Check out his Tumblr for sure: http://geraldparel.tumblr.com/

My mind is blown! Nostalgia city!

effyeahpetrats: sculptures by Hontor How cool is the rat...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:00:30 -0800

effyeahpetrats:

sculptures by Hontor

How cool is the rat one?!

bryankonietzko: Drawn for a very special fan, Joey.

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:45:08 -0800

bryankonietzko:

Drawn for a very special fan, Joey.

bryankonietzko: Thanks to everyone who has followed this blog...

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:20:51 -0800

bryankonietzko:

Thanks to everyone who has followed this blog and supported my work this past year. I had no idea this would be the case when I took the Tumblr plunge, but making “personal” art pieces to post on here forced me to grow as an artist and has fed back into my “professional” work, and it has inspired me for the possibilities in my future endeavors. I deeply appreciate it, and hope you got something worthwhile out of this blog too. A huge thanks to all of the incredible artists I follow on here for the invaluable inspiration, and to the ATLA and LOK fans for all the spirited fanart, GIFs, cosplay, etc. You guys help to fuel us through the crazy process of bringing animation to life.

I wish you all the best in 2013. Happy New Year!

Simply amazing.

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:45:18 -0800

Simply amazing.

heyoscarwilde: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:38:46 -0800

heyoscarwilde:

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

abandoned Star Wars arcade machine photographed by Thomas Schultz :: via digital_elysium

My heart broke just a little when I saw this.

I died.

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:05:14 -0700

I died.

notablegamebox: Ok, time for a truth bomb. So, I don’t know...

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:24:44 -0700

notablegamebox:

Ok, time for a truth bomb. So, I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that the artist who did the gorgeous cover for Castlevania on NES/MSX used “The Norseman” by Frank Frazetta (1972) as reference. Apparently, Konami loved using old fantasy paintings as reference. I feel weird posting info like this, because it may take away some of the magic, but it’s fascinating to me. SPOILER: I’ll post more later, but this isn’t the only time this exact Frank Frazetta painting was used as reference for a game cover. Capcom’s guilty too…

bryankonietzko: Still brutally busy, so I’m digging into the...

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:07:40 -0700

bryankonietzko:

Still brutally busy, so I’m digging into the archives. This is about as far back as I can dig (10+ years), as this was one of the three color illustrations I did for our initial pitch of Avatar. This image is in the art book, but it is a little small and printed too dark, so I thought it would be cool to show it here. As detailed in the book, we gave our pitch to Nickelodeon two weeks after coming up with the idea. That was a crazy, fertile two weeks.

(I saw a couple of the notes on my dashboard for that Zuko sketch. Yes, Mike and I created Avatar in the spring of 2002, so we’ve been living with the main characters for over 10 years now, even though they didn’t hit the world stage until early 2005.)

gameandgraphics: Atari arcade prototypes. [ Source ]

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:40:20 -0700

gameandgraphics:

Atari arcade prototypes.

[ Source ]

bryankonietzko: ZUKO SKETCH Happy ten years, buddy. Badass!

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:42:47 -0700

bryankonietzko:

ZUKO SKETCH

Happy ten years, buddy.

Badass!

travisellisor: Silver Surfer by Joe Jusko Had this poster in...

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:47:59 -0700

travisellisor:

Silver Surfer by Joe Jusko

Had this poster in my room growing up….. Loved it so much.

This broke me up!

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:42:45 -0700

This broke me up!

I’ve got some major jet lag and cannot sleep after our...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:04:00 -0700

I’ve got some major jet lag and cannot sleep after our trip to Japan….. It’s five in the morning and I’m wide awake….. Decided to sketch wolverine running through the snow …… Because snow is pretty easy to paint…. For us “non painting” types that is. Used a program on my iPad called pro-create I highly recommend it….. So much fun!

bryankonietzko: We put together some artwork for these giant...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:32:53 -0700

bryankonietzko:

We put together some artwork for these giant decals to decorate our two production areas in the Burbank studio. My favorite is this life-size one of Naga & Korra. That’s the same look my dog gives me 90% of the time, and now I can see it towering over the cubicles every time I step outside my office.

Got back home from Japan to find Samus waiting for me! Rad...

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:25:39 -0700

Got back home from Japan to find Samus waiting for me! Rad figure!!!!