Sushi Ninjas

Elias Dancey — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:04:15 +0000

The above frames were from two television commercials for a Sushi and Hibachi restaurant. The original idea was to have one featuring Sushi Ninjas and the other featuring Hibachi Samurai. Ultimately the Samurai proved difficult to caricature, and still keep the entertainment smiles of a typical Hibachi chef going, so we opted to make the second commercial a cartoon Hibachi chef. This still provided plenty of fun in studying some typical Hibachi tricks. The highlight being the onion volcano at the end that blazes up in a stylized pattern subtly inspired by Japanese characters.

A small discussion also included anime influences vs. Japanese art. Ultimately a soft blend between the two was used. Enjoy the Hibachi video below!

Behind every good man, is a better sketch

Elias Dancey — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:53:21 +0000

Welcome to the Drawn in Eastwood blog. Here you’ll find a variety of things. We’ll show you some of the background development behind some of our projects. We’ll post links to other work that interests us. We may even show you in-progress work as it unfolds, from time to time.

The first thing I thought we would do is post some sketches behind the “Distressed Man” art work that you can find in our portfolio or on our facebook page.

This is interesting for two reasons.

One: This is a fun “before and after” reveal that we hope you’ll enjoy.

Two: You can see the genesis of doing a series of these business man poses. Exampled is some of the variety that was sketched just in discovering this one pose. It hopefully hints at what other potential might exist for other dramatic situations and moods for this character, including: arrogant, suave, victorious, persuasive, proud, intimidated, angry, pushy, etc.

– Elias Dancey

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Sushi Ninjas

Behind every good man, is a better sketch