Nate Healy Art

The Eagle

2012-01-02T19:50:00.003-07:00

Terror Bird

2011-12-23T02:13:00.002-07:00

Sci-Fi...guy

2011-12-13T18:30:00.009-07:00

Another portrait photo-bash. Thought I'd give him a cute little skirt with guns and stuff.

ratboy

2011-12-08T01:32:00.005-07:00

Ironically I loathed collage back in school, but in Photoshop it's pretty fun.

Hulaween Votive Candles

2011-11-27T00:10:00.003-07:00

Here are a couple illustrations I created for votive candles. They were used in table settings at Bette Midler's Hulaween party for the New York Restoration Project. Not my usual fare, but a lot of fun to make.

Owly

2011-11-22T23:17:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you gotta draw an owl.

Never did post this guy-Hey look Velociraptorer toes!

2011-11-17T15:29:00.006-07:00

Actually if you're a nerd like I am and pre-"Jurassic Park", you'd say "Hey look Deinonychus toes!".

So I found this old dusty blog in Grandpa's attic!

2011-10-14T10:14:00.009-06:00

Here's a shot of a little viking character I've been working on. It's based on a concept from a Disney artist named Corey Loftis, who makes amazing characters.
This is a render from Mental Ray, no Photoshop yet, but truthfully I should be using a game engine like Marmoset to render it anyway as it is a game mesh.

I wasn't attempting to get the pose, but was required to keep him in an "A" shape for production. Kinda squashed him a bit in the process. My version looks like he just stepped off the shuttle to Jupiter.

Hellhound-Free to good home, playful disposition

2011-08-24T17:24:00.004-06:00

"Gnasher" by Brom, Sculpt by me

2011-08-24T17:20:00.001-06:00

Old Dog...Future Cat

2011-07-23T12:44:00.000-06:00

I haven't done much 2D lately, so I thought I'd doodle something up

2011-07-22T14:38:00.007-06:00

REDO-This guy was terrible...a product of late night arting. Hopefully this orangy version is a little...okay..er.

Werepotomas?

2011-07-15T13:56:00.002-06:00

Being a Werehippo would make for some painful transformation, but probably a pretty fierce creature. Think about it, a Hippo supposedly the most dangerous animal in Africa hidden within some regular person walking amongst us. Said person feels a little funny, breaks a sweat, the clouds roll by to reveal a full moon or maybe a full belly and then bam WereHippo! Run for your lives! Much scarier than a wolf in my opinion.

Look out, BearWolfs!...er, Were Bears!...no shirts can hold them!

2011-07-09T02:55:00.004-06:00

Portfolio project #1

2011-07-04T16:07:00.002-06:00

I thought I'd try to detail out a previous concept of mine and then try to 3d-ify it.

"7, 1hour sculpts per week" the man said

2011-07-04T15:47:00.003-06:00

For my creature class we have to sculpt a 1 hour bust every day of a human mixed with 1 animal that we choose at the beginning of the week. I chose a Sun Bear. Hopefully they all don't end up looking the same in the end, but we'll see. I'm a bit rusty on my zbrushing so don't get your hopes up...keep them small, "maybe the size of a small pony".

Not my model, not my normal map or diffuse map and no it's not me.

2011-04-28T20:02:00.002-06:00

But it is my Subsurfacescatter shader...settings.

You eye ballin me!? Pass the visine.

2011-04-28T19:53:00.004-06:00

Sadly, I did not put an environment around these guys to show how reflective and juicy they are...so they appear to be suffering from a little dry eye as well as disembodiment.

2011-04-28T19:34:00.003-06:00

Here's a simple version of an ipod shuffle which I then converted to ncloth, dropped and made into what hopefully looks like a huge melting ipod shuffle. It's a commentary on man's....blahblah...lahblah..technology...globalmelting...it actually just reminded me of a melting pile of cold so I tried to go that route.

Space Swamp Monster Hunter Guy with a Laser Beam Gun, picture...wip

2011-03-31T13:47:00.002-06:00

Something to do during "The Bachelor"

2011-02-28T22:58:00.008-07:00

Oh Brad, if you end up with Chantelle you're making a big mistake!

No sleep and no video games make nate...something something

2011-02-25T18:56:00.003-07:00

I recently pulled a 27 hour straight (well I did stop to eat, nothing interferes with that) maya session in order to have an assignment ready for a class..that class was 3 hours long and is followed by yet another 3 hour class. In order to keep from falling completely asleep at my desk, I decided to do this painting. So there wasn't much thought or planning involved. Looking at it now, there are plenty of problems, but hey-it kept me awake.

roots

2011-02-17T15:55:00.002-07:00

Back when I first tried to use a computer for doodling and before I tried a pen tablet, the only thing I knew how to use was the lasso tool and the paint bucket. So I thought I'd do a quick alien for old times' sake. Pretty fun.

A Team Weapons

2011-02-17T15:13:00.003-07:00

I sometimes wonder, while perusing a Walmart or Home Depot, just what kind of weapons I could MacGyver together if I had to. If the world outside the store had suddenly become hostile and my only chance to survive lay between the home improvement and automotive aisles.

Skullduggery?

2011-02-08T04:23:00.002-07:00

This is an exercise from my zbrush anatomy class...we were only required to sculpt the major muscle masses...so I apologize to you Mentalis/Triangularis fansmmmm-glaben!

Adv digital painting-wip

2011-01-28T19:40:00.001-07:00

When aliens invade and the national guard is spread too thinly...it'll be the rednecks that save us all. The protagonist here however is the woosbag (thanks a lot spellcheck) of truck'n'gunland. With no truck and no gun he suits up at walmart to save the world.

"In the round" (what a, pinky out, phrase)

2011-01-28T18:27:00.001-07:00

Rawr! Dragon!

2011-01-17T12:12:00.003-07:00

This was the final for my intro to Zbrush class. I Should be posting a bit more regularly this term as the last was full of technical assignment mumbo-jumbo.

It's Pete!....before you ask.

2010-11-20T16:27:00.001-07:00

He Swore by that Glisten

2010-11-05T03:26:00.008-06:00

Here's a version I did with the lasso tool and mouse. I thought it looked pretty good then realized it looked just like a photoshop filter. Oh well, it was a good shape finding exercise I guess.

Finally done...until next critique

2010-10-31T15:50:00.003-06:00

The stinker smile

2010-10-28T13:54:00.002-06:00

This is the look we get from Campbell after we tell her to stop doing something and just before she continues to do, whatever it is.

straight lines

2010-10-24T23:20:00.003-06:00

Here's the ship so far, still has a few or five hours to go, but I'm happy with it so far.

Of these four thumbnail drawings, my teacher picked the house in the woods or the ship for me to render...I decided to go with the ship, truthfully though I kinda like the snow shack.

Glacier Pub.

Snow Shack.

Tree Inn.

More, almost there, portraits

2010-10-06T13:33:00.003-06:00

I don't get much time to do these, but hopefully after a hundred or so they'll get there.

Hunger Games concepts

2010-09-03T01:51:00.010-06:00

Aahooaghgaaawa!

2010-08-30T23:40:00.003-06:00

Lately during the late nights at Gnomon we've been having a Schwarzenegger marathon on the big screen. We put on the subtitles, which is funny because we are pretty much just listening to it while we work. But I did look up to catch the title for this post. So here's to Arny.

"what is that...velvet?"

2010-08-30T22:13:00.002-06:00

I might not have tried hard enough, but I really wanted to get a "Coming to America" shot for James E., but this one will have to do.

Some Close Ups

2010-08-25T15:50:00.002-06:00

An oldy but, in my opinion a goody

2010-08-11T15:35:00.004-06:00

I was thinking about using this as a new header, but then got busy and kinda forgot about it. I thought I'd throw it on here before deleting it off of my desktop. I hate the white outline, but when I made it I really didn't know what I was doing.

Texas Strangers-Face Off

2010-08-08T18:48:00.014-06:00

Here it is with some colors thrown on, I'm sure the teach will have some changes for me, but now I have to make a heavy, medium and small villain group.

Just added some more flare to the gang. I just realized that my cowboy is gonna need to bend his right upper leg a bit more and possibly hitch up his britches. Still need to add the drop shadows and some lighting and this should be good to go...well and some color.

Apparently it's a common practice to use photos to enhance concept art...feels kinda like cheating, but the results are kinda cool.

Muttation concepts

2010-08-06T11:24:00.008-06:00

"...and X never, ever, marks the spot."

2010-08-01T19:30:00.002-06:00

Heavy, Medium and lite...This is Heavy

2010-07-19T19:10:00.004-06:00

Probably won't use this guy, but I like the pose.

Still need to better define the hands/gloves, but should have the medium and lite soon.

"which one of you is hermano?"

2010-07-11T21:10:00.001-06:00

Lights, Camera...lights!?

2010-07-03T01:23:00.004-06:00

I blame all the tools I used for the way this turned out. I was happy with it though considering I had to redo a semester's worth of work in a week.

Mp5 SD

2010-07-03T01:06:00.004-06:00

My first gun. It was brought to my attention that I forgot the rear sight...that overrated part is on back order along with the ambidextrous fire selection switch(this is a lefty's gun, the switch actually is on the other side).

First Ideas for Bear "thing"

2010-07-03T00:49:00.004-06:00

These next few posts are a hodge-podge from my production design class. We collectively chose the movie "The Thing" to remake in our own way. I chose to make my characters bears at a remote fish hatchery. I didn't put everything up or in exact order but here are some of the concepts.

More silhouettes!

2010-07-03T00:37:00.002-06:00

Bears Beats Battlestar Galactica

2010-07-03T00:24:00.002-06:00

RIP NURBS! I hope

2010-07-02T23:54:00.004-06:00

Chasing proportions around my parent's faces

2010-07-02T23:44:00.004-06:00

During the break I worked on portraits for my parents. I wish I'd had more time to work on my Mom's color version but I had to get in the car and head back to California.

I'm doing a bear themed design for a redo of "the Thing", here are a few character profiles

2010-05-30T23:54:00.004-06:00

Value study of the old man

2010-05-30T23:52:00.004-06:00

still need to fix the smile and a few other odds and ends but I thought I'd post something. I should have a color version in a week or two.

Straight lines

2010-03-31T20:05:00.002-06:00

For now my Maya prowess is limited to straight lined stuff that has no reference.

dog monster

2010-03-30T21:41:00.010-06:00

These are some drawings I used to create a monster for one of my classes...I like some of them and am a little embarrassed of others but, they all helped to get the final version.

I'm still drawing, just haven't been posting

2010-03-05T16:47:00.003-07:00

I'm super new to maya and those who know how to use it will probably agree that these look like someone's artwork that is new to maya, but I had fun making it and am excited to up my education with the program. I'd like to add some more details and accents maybe and will hopefully have a little animation of this moth inspired vtol buzzing around in the next few weeks.

"...Add a bit a value?" "Hard ta say."

2009-11-17T08:58:00.006-07:00

I don't have a name for him yet, but this is what the character of my little book looks like with some value added.

There are Still a few hours to go, here on the full page.

Swamp Monsters

2009-11-09T22:17:00.003-07:00

I got my sketchbook back!

2009-11-09T21:42:00.017-07:00

I apologize for the bad scans, but my Epson Stylus is all I have.

The guy on the left is my nerd-brute, the guy on the right is the balding, rotund guy in slipping sweatpants that is always playing basketball at the gym. Here he's giving credit for a "clutch" assist.

Some Beasties.

Medieval downtime.

Keeping it sharp.

I'm kinda confused at what this is and I drew it.

Just a grumpy dragon.

I don't know that there's enough wing area for this guy to actually fly, but since he is a dragon he's probably not real.

Creepy Vulture.

Gotta have an executioner in there. A big gut can be a real disadvantage when you chop down on things.

Part Carp, part dinosaur, part catepillar? It was an attempt at organic tank treads.

I decided to give the Badgerman a little detail.

Couldn't go wrong with a little Lubriderm here.

I see horns in the future of Oakley Sunglasses.

"They call me...Tim"

2009-10-26T19:17:00.002-06:00

I would have posted this sooner, but I had some file format issues/not the program it was created in.

It been mas two long since I made post last!

2009-10-15T08:30:00.015-06:00

My sketch book has been out of town for the last couple of months trying to get me into a computer graphics/animation school, so that is my excuse for not posting more regularly. Oddly though, I feel more comfortable drawing on the regular printer paper I nab from my work's epsons.

I made up a little story about a kid with a monster problem. Here are some ideas for monsters...I'm leaning toward the funny lookin multi-eyed blob in the lower left corner.

Here are the first batch of tries for my kid's book character...some are pretty embarrassing, but it took some time to switch out of "monsters and heroes" mode.

This is the final character I came up with for my kid's book.

These are some thumbnails for a kid's book I'm making.

This is a loin clothie enjoying some R and R after spearing the large snake-oid thing he's reclining against.

A spell casting Undead...rawr!

I saw a preview for a new wolfman movie coming out so I thought I'd better try to improve on the monster...He's looking pretty unoriginal at the moment, but I'm still working on it.

A spider faced baddie.

Just your classic hefty native, with a deep sea fish inspired head.

Hulk in the "catching a transit bus" pose.

Bit of a vertical format here...This dude's head is kinda hard to see but it is at lower end of the spine..He's leaning over.

My brother Tim showed me these crazy/huge palm crabs on youtube...so I made my own version.

Sticky note guy

Getting there

2009-08-06T16:10:00.004-06:00

Tim has obviously been using the new Terra Cotta bronzer.

"No can do broseph"

2009-07-30T20:34:00.004-06:00

Here's the color version so far, a bit messy and may have lost the proportions a little but should be salvageable.

This is a sketch of my brother Tim, I think it's close enough now to paint, but I'm sure in a week I'll wonder what I was thinking.

Chirp and a Chop concepts

2009-07-30T20:16:00.008-06:00

Just an Idea of my chubby executioner's carriage.

I kinda like the chubby innocent guy who can't fit into the the mask. I think he would have a rough time giving someone the axe.

I was thinking there should be a squad of executioners, so here are a couple different looks.

Some executioner silhouettes

A centurion-ish look

I would hate to have my head in a vice, actually I think I should take the vice idea a bit further.

Bald and Yeti

2009-07-30T19:55:00.002-06:00

Just some sketches.

I found these on my camera

2009-07-02T16:07:00.005-06:00

Done with vine charcoal these had to be erased from the walls to allow for the next show, but I'm glad somebody took pictures of them. They were a lot of fun to draw, if we ever get out of this basement I'm gonna have an office with a huge blank wall or wall sized dry erase board.

So a badgerman a werechicken and a hoofed-lizard mammal walk into a bar

2009-07-02T14:08:00.004-06:00

Rats

2009-06-28T22:00:00.002-06:00

Sometimes you just need to draw a crazed pitchfork wielding rat.

just another bear

2009-06-17T17:08:00.003-06:00

This is a work in progress. With this one I'm trying to focus on not throwing in as much anatomy detail, just trying to make a simple, bear character...or bearachter...or even better a brer...just less detail and maybe more implied detail. If that makes sense.

Sketch dump

2009-06-15T10:59:00.020-06:00

Nocerus

2009-05-28T13:49:00.002-06:00

I draw this guy at the zoo sometimes...and I must say, the proportions here are spot on.

Geh...mm..eh...

2009-05-28T13:42:00.002-06:00

This is my sister Missy

Some stuff I touched up after my BFA Show

2009-05-28T13:34:00.001-06:00

Blob drawing

2009-05-13T08:48:00.003-06:00

This paintin is the result of a blob that kinda resembled a chimp. I sure wish I woulda painted in a background layer first, but you never know with blobs.

Taz-Dingo!

2009-04-21T09:36:00.004-06:00

I sometimes live in the World..........of Warcraft. There are some glaring problems here with lighting and actually probably some perspective too, but I plan on fixing those when I give him his body and armor. So just consider it a work in progress/something to post.

Day Dreaming Redo

2009-04-10T11:55:00.006-06:00

Earlier I drawr'd an executioner leaning on his axe and day dreaming of being a ballerina (or is it ballerino?). I had very little time to create it and wasn't able to do it justice. This picture is a little different content-wise, but I was able to put the time into it that I wanted.

Berry Scary

2009-03-29T12:37:00.002-06:00

The getaway

bearborne

2009-03-11T11:11:00.002-06:00

I decided to try out the digital oil brushes on Corel Painter. This is actually only part of the painting I'm doing. I hope to have the bear chasing a squirrel and a bird for stealing his berries....I really just wanted to paint them all together, so the berries just kinda give the bear a motive.

Landscapesmanshippery

2009-03-10T09:24:00.006-06:00

I once heard that you can tell in what area an artist is weak by what is left out of their pictures. I seem to leave the background out a lot, so I bought a landscape-how to book- and am giving it a try...not that all backgrounds are landscapes, but I'm banking that a lot of the same rules and methods apply.
Ah crap, apparently I over compensated for the curve of the earth here, lol. I'm gonna need to level out that stream a wee bit.

Disclaimer: I'm on the second chapter, so hopefully by the end things will be looking better.

"Do the interns get Glocks?"

2009-03-05T10:59:00.002-07:00

I thought I'd try a portrait since it's been a while. I like some of the colors, but I'm gonna need a bit more practice, so there will probably be a lot more portraits in the future. This is supposed to be Bill Murray and man he's getting old, which pains me because he is a genius.

Grrilla vs Contractor

2009-03-04T08:37:00.003-07:00

I used to do a lot of drawings like this using the free hand tool in Illustrator. I didn't know how to use the pen tool at the time and so it was pretty time consuming using a jumpy mouse in the computer lab at Weber. I'm very spoiled now with a wacom tablet and Corel Painter. As for the content...I wanted to draw a gorilla and didn't think much further than that.

closing your eyes when you sing

2009-02-26T08:50:00.002-07:00

I shoulda made this guy a singer, but he was actually a weightlifter I drew during the Olympics.

Squatter

2009-02-24T10:26:00.003-07:00

If I were Batman I'd do my knees a solid and put a few hundy into designing a cape that folded into a banana chair.

Ernie always felt that his smile wasn't that contagious

2009-01-23T11:09:00.000-07:00

Where the deer and the antelope play...and the prairie dogs.

2009-01-22T12:28:00.002-07:00

These are either very large prairie dogs or that is a very small radish...oh well.

I'm not too lazy to draw, I'm just too lazy to post

2009-01-16T14:39:00.018-07:00

A WereCat.

A WereWolf.

A Pika.

Some Cougar ideas.

Some Owls.

Some Prairie Dogs.

A two-headed Ogre illustration about how my graveyard job conflicts with my education.

My teacher wanted me to draw more females.....this barely counts I guess.

Some Secretaries.

Some Janitors.

A has-been Wolverine.

Some figures I snaked from a comic reference book to practice drawing. I'm gonna need lots more practice.

Burrowing owls

2008-12-25T23:21:00.002-07:00

I still like the idea of a Burrowing owl and Prairie dog duo, so I'm still trying out different looks. I'm thinking the bird needs to be less shapely, maybe even just one shape from head to tail.

Day dreaming at work?

2008-12-25T23:04:00.002-07:00

For Figure drawing we were asked to create a scene with at least 3 figures in it. I had a lot of fun with the colored executioner, but I wish I'd taken more time integrating the little dancing executioners.

Bears are always fun

2008-12-23T13:57:00.003-07:00

The movie "The Bear" was one of my favorites as a kid.

It's been a while

2008-12-01T08:59:00.002-07:00

This is my take on the idea of a hunchback....I haven't really decided on the time or place he exists in yet.

color version

2008-10-23T21:55:00.000-06:00

Splitting Hairs

2008-10-18T17:23:00.002-06:00

I haven't seen it on a cartoon for a while, but I swear they used to show how sharp swords and axes were by splitting a hair over the blade.

Needs a name

2008-09-30T10:57:00.004-06:00

A friend in my BFA class suggested I create a superhero cowboy; here's a quick portrait, but I'm still working out his super powers. I was thinking of making him a pujalist who can whip anyone but for balance is also the worlds worst aim when it comes to guns. Any suggestions would be helpful. I'm also still working on the name, maybe Lowl or Glen.

zoning

2008-09-24T02:30:00.002-06:00

Some guy I imagined up that's in his own little world.

Shadow

2008-09-24T01:53:00.003-06:00

I painted this prairie dog and owl sketch for my illustration class. These guys are a little different looking from the running characters a few posts ago, but I kinda like the fat version of the rodent; I'm still working on a unique look for the owl, this one is still kinda generic. I wanted the snake's shadow (the shadow is supposed to belong to a rattlesnake, btw) to look as if it was correctly being cast across the ground, grass and animals but didn't want it to be lost as it transitioned and not look like a snake.

Babyface

2008-09-24T00:56:00.016-06:00

I drew this guy while I sat across from a pudgey faced kid at my work. I admit I have some rather nerdy tendancies when it comes to entertainment and so I can't wait for the new "Hobbit" movie. This is my attempt at a battle worn hobbit....rawr!

Grrrilla

2008-09-01T21:17:00.005-06:00

I recently watched the fight scene with King Kong and the dinosaurs in "King Kong" so I had to make a drawring. I like him positioned over to the left but wonder if some scenery would help.

Venom

2008-08-25T09:11:00.009-06:00

Venom has got to be my favorite villain and definitely the Todd Mcfarlane version, not the Topher Grace one. I realize this Venom has way too much aqua instead of black....but for some reason I felt like goin with the aqua.

Graveyard Job=Olympics Overload

2008-08-21T20:44:00.004-06:00

Lots of Olympic events to watch from 12am-4am. After watching the women's discus throw I felt some characters were in order; some of those gals were real powerhouses. The guy who is stretching is wearing the new tear-drop shaped superrunfast suit. I get a kick out of all the technology that goes into some of the Olympic outfits, this one obviously won't be helping.
P.S. The big fat guy is a weightlifter.

Reference

2008-08-15T02:23:00.004-06:00

Here are a couple reference drawings for the critters I've been doodling lately, along with a possible situation involving them.