Byrne Works

Whoa, a year since a post

2011-11-10T19:19:00.000-08:00

Shit... time flies...

Late night doodle seen through to completion.

Bg for Cocoa Puffs tv commercial.
*wall mounted paintings - Mike Foran

I was lucky to do some character layout on the 2nd season of superjail!. Here are some.
*Bg's by George Fort.

I had the pleasure of working with Mike Carlo on his cartoon Science Fare. Here's some bg's, design and color me. Character color, animation, Mike Carlo, Joe Cappabianca and Al Pardo. Check it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbG46UO6cs4

Werewolf Nazi tank I designed and colored for Major Lazer... the pilot.

Long time, no update

2010-11-20T23:35:00.000-08:00

The second half of the 1st season of Ugly Americans premiered a little more than a month ago. Here's some recent drawings, which I think ended up turning out better than the first round of designs, due to fantastic direction.

*this scene got cut, Bummer!

Robotomy also premiered recently on Cartoon Network, again... some more designs.

*rough thumbnail by Time Chi Ly

And lastly, I thought I'd post this only because I NEVER do stuff like this and thought it was funny. Done for a Claims Adjusting firm in Boston. It's supposed to explain how they can help in bad times.

Skullbot Factory

2010-06-26T10:57:00.000-07:00

I finally buckled down and finished something. A couple of friends of mine recently made some cartoons that inspired me to sit down and see something all the way through for... once. Check them out.

Pins and Needles - Matt Lee
The Adventures of manCHILD - Joe Cappabianca
The President of the Universe - Mike Carlo

I'm sure some of you have seen these already, if you havn't, check them out. They're really good.

Took me awhile to finish this, but I really had fun in photoshop this time around, and it has been a very long time since I've enjoyed doing something just for myself.

Robots

2010-04-14T13:19:00.000-07:00

When in doubt, draw ladies and/or robots. Maybe throw a Sharkticon in there for good measure. It's been awhile since I've doodled like this, I think my influences are showing a little too much. meh. Sketchbook Pro is super sweet though!

Ugly Americans

2010-04-01T13:46:00.000-07:00

Ugly Americans premiered a couple weeks ago, and it's awesome to finally see the finished product. A lot of hard work went into it from everyone involved, and I'm glad to see the first season finished and looking amazing.

*group effort on this bg - I did the initial design, Alex Nistor colored it, and Tim Beckhardt did an amazing job cleaning it up and putting the finishing touches on the drawing (building names, details, etc).

Finally... some doodles.

Title Cards and Logos

2010-02-21T10:20:00.000-08:00

All of the Episodes for Anthony Bourdain's Alternate Universe are out now, http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain/Video/ci.Webseries_Anthony_Bourdains_Alternate_Universe.series

Along with the Robochef episodes from the below post, these are the rest of the title cards I designed and colored.

My brother Brendan (linked on the side) is curating a Circuit Bending festival at http://www.thetanknyc.org/

Bent Festival is from the 22-25 of April (http://www.bentfestival.org). It's the 'Annual international art and music festival celebrating DIY electronics, hardware hacking, and circuit bending.' Essentially, all kinds of crazy, hacked tunes and visuals to be enjoyed. I designed the logo for the fest over the weekend. Check out the show!

Dropping By

2010-01-21T21:39:00.000-08:00

Some recent personal work, and two BG's from the new Anthony Bourdain web series.

Alternate Universe

2009-11-04T04:45:00.000-08:00

I recently had the chance to work on a new cartoon from Anthony Bourdain. Before I worked on it however, I honestly had no idea who he was. Apparently a lot of other people do though, and are huge fans of his show. These are some backgrounds I designed and painted. Characters were designed by Matt Jenkins, animation done by Kimson Albert, and directed by Greg Poretta. You can see the episode here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjHFaDt1s0U and the Travel Channel posting here http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain/ci.Anthony_Bourdain%27s_Alternate_Universe.show?vgnextfmt=show

Other stuff:

A drawing of Jason for a friend of mine.

Toy design sketch I did for a a studio working with Hot Wheels.

Filler

2009-05-06T08:32:00.000-07:00

I don't have much new stuff that's worth posting, and I was holding out to post something other than more backgrounds... but it's all i got! :

Cut scene from Superjail! The Time Police ep was running 4 mins over the alotted time, I think. This scene I thought was really funny, and was none too happy that it got cut.

Background for a pitch for Fox about Little bo Peep being a huge drunk. Pretty funny stuff.

Sidescrolling level design layout for an online videogame called Planet Cazmo. This is the underwater level where you can purchase subs and level up!

Combined Post

2009-03-05T10:43:00.000-08:00

I had posted the 2 abstract piece's before, but had 2 new character drawings I wanted to post, and instead of making more posts... I just edited them into one.

This drawing is for someone who was looking to make a 3d model of a 'regular joe' character. Hopefully it's modeled soon!

I recently got Painter X, and have been having a lot of fun with it. The one at the very bottom was my first attempt. I tried to refine style a little more in the cityscape.

Ugly Americans

2009-02-26T23:42:00.000-08:00

This is a pilot for Comedy Central I just finished working on over at Augenblick Studios called, "Ugly Americans." The backgrounds were a lot of fun, but this show has some of the craziest/coolest characters I've seen courtesy of Hal Lee (linked on the side) and Aaron Augenblick. It's a really awesome show and here's some backgrounds i did for it.

Recent Work

2008-12-29T15:43:00.000-08:00

This is a bunch of stuff I've been working on lately. Been busy.

Clean up of earlier sketch (see further down the page).

Layouts and Clean up's.

Attempting to emulate the style of a certain comic. Concepts for upcoming DVD movie.
*First bg, rough layout done by Keith Conroy (linked on the side, he's good!).

Finally, my X-mas present for my mom. She loves Penguins.

New Stuff: No Relation

2008-10-21T19:11:00.001-07:00

Superjail! this Sunday!!

2008-09-27T10:30:00.001-07:00

The time has come. This Sunday, Septemeber 28th, 11:45.

Bg's for 8 Hats High

2008-09-27T10:25:00.000-07:00

Recently finished these up for a project with 8 Hats High. Rob Crump did the excellent color.

Random Drawings

2008-07-28T13:25:00.000-07:00

Found some random drawings the other day, picked some I liked, and cleaned them up. Had to throw a robot in for good measure.

City Pan

2008-07-05T11:11:00.000-07:00

A Recent Pan done for 8 hats high. (www.8hatshigh.com) I did the drawing, and Rob Crump did a fantastic job coloring it. Rob's a friend and a very talented artist, check out his blog. (www.robcrump.blogspot.com)

Planet Cazmo

2008-04-24T18:10:00.001-07:00

I've recently been working with a studio based out of Massachusetts called Pileated Pictures (www.pileatedpictures.com) I've been designing the buildings for the videogame. The game is Planet Cazmo (www.planetcazmo.com) and it's a hip-hop driven online flash game where you can go in cool buildings and play mini-games.

Downtime drawings

2008-04-24T17:59:00.000-07:00

Havn't had much ideas as of late for myself. This is some stuff I managed to come up with in between drawing for other people :D

Bobby B goes to the Grocery Store

2008-04-24T17:40:00.000-07:00

Last summer I had the opportunity to work with some fine people at an animation studio upstate called 8 Hats High. It was a "eat healthy" cartoon commercial that was only broadcast in Arizona. A very talented painter named Gary Cooper colored them (www.portfolios.com/profile.html?MyUrl=garycooper)

Check out their site, they got some great work. www.8hatshigh.com

More Superjail! Bg'S

2008-03-31T14:26:00.001-07:00

More stuff from the Superjail. Everyone has been working incredibly diligently and producing some amazing work. I wish everyone could see how awesome a lot of the other parts of the show look. Check George Fort's blog (linked) for more shots! I'm getting to work with some of the best and most talented people right now, and couldn't be happier.

Superjail! and Kix!

2008-01-14T14:48:00.000-08:00

Superjail!

These are some backgrounds that I've been designing for Superjail! Needless to say the characters are the real stars here, the crew designing them is fantastic. Working on this production has been nothing short of a dream. Everyone is amazing and great, I love being able to work with such a crew. The pilot is available on youtube to watch

http://youtube.com/watch?v=u43n51d7nVE

Kix!

I've also been doing backgrounds on a music video by a band called "The Real Tuesday Weld." My buddy George Fort (also superjail bg designer-check blog on right!) George is directing it and so far it looks pretty damn awesome. You can check out the first video George directed for the band here.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=v9ZiZ9p2aDo

The new one promises to be bigger and better. Both are great songs, with some great art by George. These are some of the designs I did, Colored by George's wife Monica!

Moon Slug

2008-01-13T20:04:00.000-08:00

Finally made a contribution to the Art Jumble, an online art blog with
weekly topics. This week's topic was green. Drew the first thing that came to mind.

Brain Destroyer

2008-01-06T13:37:00.000-08:00

I know there's a lot of brain creatures like this out there...but they're also awesome... Superjail scenes coming soon! I feel incredibly fortunate and honored to be a part of something as awesome this show is. Everyone there is fantastic, and super cool. superjail is sure to entertain.

sketches

2007-11-12T18:22:00.001-08:00

First drawing(s) on the new cintiq!!

2 more freelance bg's

2007-08-14T08:33:00.003-07:00

Workin on these with a friend of mine. They're gonna be part of an animated part of a live action movie. I'm anxious to see how it'll look.

More bg's

2007-08-10T12:12:00.000-07:00

Zebra Cowboy

2007-07-05T12:16:00.000-07:00

Sketchbook Stuff

2007-06-20T11:16:00.001-07:00

I recently bought my first sketchbook in 3 years. This is some stuff I've been workin on as of late.

Dock

2007-06-07T17:59:00.002-07:00

Pan

2007-05-29T14:23:00.002-07:00

Crevasse/Cliff City!

Breach

2007-05-27T15:36:00.000-07:00

The final color version. Since monday as of last week I've had a little free time. :P Stayin Busy.

2007-05-24T11:34:00.001-07:00

Untitled

2007-05-21T18:16:00.001-07:00

Eight Legged Armada

2007-05-01T20:27:00.000-07:00

this started out as a quick idea sketch. i have many, and finally decided to finish one of them completely.

La Fam BG's

2007-03-19T18:32:00.000-07:00

So I just finished up this sweet project with my buddy JJ. I designed and layed out the bg's, and due to my slowness and inefficiency working in flash, JJ worked magic and made em look awesome. Soooo, here they are

I forgot to link my friend's site and the link in which you can find the film.

Check out
http://youtube.com/profile?user=nugget1982 for the video/animation
and
www.jbullfrog.com the producer on this project!

battle

2007-03-14T20:40:00.000-07:00

Maestro

2007-01-10T14:09:00.000-08:00

Junction

2006-12-13T16:14:00.000-08:00

Just finished color trappin this in flash. The main components (mostly cars) are missing becuase they have yet to be completed. but wanted to throw this up in the meantime!

Party!!

2006-12-07T18:18:00.000-08:00

My buddies upstate just moved into a new house, and are throwing a kegger in celebration. I was honored with the duty of creating the flyer.

One more!

2006-12-07T14:21:00.000-08:00

Last one I draw (or post...) until I finish up the other ones!

More Down time!

2006-12-06T07:43:00.000-08:00

In the process of being finished. Stay tuned...

Down Time

2006-12-01T12:04:00.000-08:00

I've been at work for exactly 6 hrs...And they have no work for me. So I finished this dude!

Character Concept

2006-11-28T05:59:00.000-08:00

I kinda dig this dude, we may see more of him in the future.

Robots

2006-11-28T05:56:00.000-08:00

I've been on a robot kick lately.

Boar

2006-11-27T06:03:00.000-08:00

Practice

2006-11-20T18:26:00.000-08:00

Trying new things

doodlin'!

2006-11-14T16:43:00.000-08:00

Death Bot

2006-11-09T09:14:00.000-08:00

Kids

2006-10-04T12:40:00.000-07:00

I got a chance to design some characters for the show im workin on. These be them!

The Quintesson's

2006-08-15T11:52:00.000-07:00

Remember these guys...?

Computer Lab

2006-07-28T23:15:00.000-07:00

Assault (update)

2006-07-14T17:15:00.000-07:00

Just started drawing this up yesterday. Another beginning.

Space Escape finish

2006-06-23T11:37:00.000-07:00

This is the final piece. Not completely done, but close enough to post on my blog!! hehe

Space Escape

2006-06-16T09:38:00.000-07:00

This is a piece im workin on. Just finished this cleaned up sketch the other day. Final colored piece coming soon!!

Lab Interior

2006-06-09T11:07:00.000-07:00

This is a background I did for my thesis, before and

after. The clean up was done in pencil, and the color
was done in Photoshop

Holy Space Ship!

2006-05-29T13:37:00.000-07:00

More Bg's

2006-05-25T11:58:00.000-07:00

4 more bg's from my thesis. The desert bg is the final shot in the cartoon in which it shows the alien machines flying across the now destroyed drive-in theater.

Alien Turnaround

2006-05-25T11:09:00.000-07:00

Alien Character Turn around and some automobiles for him to destroy.

Weight

2006-05-25T11:06:00.000-07:00

Zombie Dudes

2006-05-25T11:03:00.000-07:00

Some characters I'm wokin on for a super secret project!!

Backgrounds

2006-05-24T17:55:00.000-07:00

The War Room scene was the first bg I finished completely. It was also an experiment to see how the rest of the bg's would look. It was my first time messing around with brushes and other such things in photoshop, instead of just using the paint bucket.

Leap o' Faith

2006-05-24T17:43:00.000-07:00

Having fun.

Pitiful HUMANS!!

2006-05-24T17:24:00.000-07:00

Very early rough of a robot that was going to be the alien in my thesis. I'm glad I ditched it. And thank my advisor for telling me to do so.

Old, Old man

2006-05-24T17:02:00.000-07:00

"Yes that's it sir...One pound of toe nail clippings please."

Backgrounds

2006-05-24T16:08:00.000-07:00

Other bg's from my thesis. The piece in the bottom right was my brother's idea. In the cartoon the humans needed a way to destroy the aliens. What better way to do that then with a GIANT LAVA GUN...right?

The man looks like he knows what he wants!

2006-05-24T15:45:00.000-07:00

I had done the piece on the left my freshman year in college.
I don't really do a lot of "Artsy" pieces. Up until now Animation
has pretty much consumed all of my drawing time. Now
that I'm done with it, I'd like to try doing this stuff more often.
It's a really nice change of pace.

Tales from the SKETCHBOOK!

2006-05-24T14:49:00.000-07:00

Random stuff from my class notebook, and sketch
book. Sometimes when I want to draw, I have a
tendancy to not draw as well as I could. But when I
was bored in class, I would draw well...it's damn frustrating.

Open up and say..."AH"

2006-05-24T14:44:00.000-07:00

I did this drawing awhile back. Every face is taken from various magazine covers.

Random drawings come together!!

2006-05-24T14:35:00.000-07:00

These aren't "real" comic pages. I needed an interesting way to display some random drawings and experimented with this.

Zombie Concepts

2006-05-24T12:31:00.000-07:00

Some zombie concepts done in marker. Did these at around 3 in the morning, sometimes you can do good work with little sleep.