NEW WEBSITE

All,  I changed jobs recently, and in doing so needed to take stock of everything I'd done up to that point, get organized, and share it with the world!  Wordpress has some great templates and ease of use, so here it is!:

www.nickcurtis.wordpress.com

All future posts will be on the new website.

3D Section

A 3-dimensional section I did as part of a competition effort for the San Diego Convention Center. Collaborated with Mr. Richard Farnan, Jason Essel, Scott Capstack, Todd Alchepohl and Jimmy Coldiron.

San Jose Convention Center Proposal

Helped out our Convention Center Studio with these two renderings for a proposal. Worked with the excellent Mr. Wes Crosby and his vision. Beginning to see more and more beauty in Photoshop every day. Always trying out new techniques for entourage.

SF 49ers - Fundraiser Renderings

More renderings by yours truly. The designs I collaborated with Scott Capstack, our senior project designer, and Tambra and Alissa, in our interiors studio. Tyler and Austin, the extremely helpful interns at HNTB, assisted in adding people and touch-up in Photoshop for the top 3 images.

49ers Stadium Atrium

A rendering I've been working on (with the help of many others) for a project at work. Night shot of a potential version of the atrium. Still waiting to see if the vote in Santa Clara, CA passes for a new football stadium for the 49ers.

Bill's big question...

Showing a friend at work how easy Blogspot is. This is a hidden line rendering I did for a project at work.

Page 01

Zac and All, Page 01, inked, no text yet. Actually looking forward to using my downloaded "ACTION COMICS" fonts. Still waiting to see if we use color or not.

Vampire thingy story - Page 2

Zack and all, page 2 done being inked. Still gotta add text. Color, we'll see...

Fear in the Fall of 2009

Saw this in a dream... really.

THUMBNAILS

Thumbnails for a comic I'm working on with my friend/colleague Zack Thomas.

Sad Girl

Henchman

Sketch, ink.
With simple Photoshop color. Generally not liking digital color. Must return to more hand-rendered color.

Blueman

Sketch, ink, colored pencil, photoshop smudge.

MEGAOPOLIS - Perspective Studies

Some sketches during break at work. Figuring out perspective, what works, what doesn't. I will say that the closer the vanishing point(s) get to the page, the tougher or more distorted the image seems to become. But maybe that could be a good thing in some situations?

Post-It Note Farmer

The title says it all.

"Robot Man"

Penciled, Inked, and then colored in Photoshop. The "grass" brush in Photoshop rocks! Laid the colors down, then it was pretty much dodging and burning for shadows and highlights.

Family Vacation

Did these up in a hurry for our meal out on the lake in Minnesota. MinneSOTa. OH YAH.

Iron Man Sketch

Starting to play around with inking sketches now. Colored Iron Man and background sky in Photoshop. Honestly the sky wasn't as difficult as I thought it'd be. Photoshop has a number of specialty brushes that give more natural effects. And here I thought I'd have to find a ripped copy of Corel Painter to do this. Played around with a lense flare also.

Shooter

A bit older sketch that I inked. Then, fun with markers. Did a lot of research and then decided on Copic Sketch markers. Two tips, one a wide (though not as wide as the standard Copic) and one a brush tip (very nice). Also still compatible with the Copic airbrush system which I haven't used for a finished sketch yet. This one still seems a little unfinished, but I got distracted and moved on.

Venerable Vegetables

I believe every vegetable has it's own inherent personality.