Tim Heitz: Art Nerd

Bart

2011-10-07T14:27:00.000-07:00

I Decided to do a more "rendered" version of 'Bart' from the Western stuff I've been working on.
After running a first pass by my coworker Tim (Lamb), this is where it's at! (Also including the first version for comparison).
Enjoy!!

Sketchies and Scribbles

2011-09-06T21:10:00.000-07:00

I recently moved up to San Francisco and have been trying to get out a little bit more to sketch. These are a few pages of scribbles, mainly from Dolores Park. The city lends itself well to drawing people...

Robot Fun!!

2011-06-08T17:49:00.000-07:00

I was recently asked to play around with some robot designs for a possible iPad game/ property idea. I don't think I quite acheived the design that the person was hoping for in the time he wanted it, and I think he ended up going with someone else's design, but I thought I'd post these just for fun. I have fairly little experience when it comes to robots so it was fun to get out of my comfort zone a little bit.

Beaver and Ghost

2011-05-18T17:53:00.000-07:00

Not a super exciting post, but I thought I'd put this up--

My coworkers Josh and Jeff decided to start doing comic strips with these two characters (Beaver and Ghost). They both designed them completely different for their strips, so I thought I'd do a version as well. If I get as far as making a strip with them, I'll post that as well.

Happy Holidays!

2010-12-15T15:48:00.000-08:00

This time of year always makes me want to do some santa pieces of some sort, so here are a couple I thought I'd post.

The first one started out as just a doodle and I ended up finishing it up. I couldn't decide whether to give him a red or a green bag, so I went with both. I thought it would be cool if it had sort of a "quilted" look, like maybe Mrs. Claus made it for him.

The second piece is based on a guy I saw on a bus in SF a few weekends ago (photo included). I don't know if he was a Mall Santa who just got off duty, or just a guy who recongnized his striking resemblance and just went for it, but I loved it either way.

Hope you guys enjoy.
Merry Christmas!

*I know that "N. Polk" is not actually a stop but my brother joked about him wanting to go to the "North Pole", not "North Polk" and I thought it was good, so I wanted to throw it in the painting.

Interview!!

2010-11-04T14:22:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone-

Sorry it's been so long in between posts, but it's been busy at work these past few weeks/months. I promise, I will try to get something new up soon.

In the meantime, I wanted to post this interview that I did for www.reviewstl.com (St. Louis is my hometown).

Check it out by clicking the link above, and scrolling down the left side of the page, or click below to jump straight to it!!

Cheers!

http://www.reviewstl.com/hometown-hero-interview-tim-heitz-stlouis-megamind-1104/

Giddy'up

2010-06-11T17:57:00.000-07:00

Haven't had a chance to play with the western stuff for a while, so thought I'd get back to it today.
Another possible character in the western story I hope to someday turn into a comic...

Hope you enjoy!...

I Love Kiwi

2010-05-05T10:05:00.000-07:00

Some of my work is currently being featured on the kiwilicious blog at

http://blog.kiwilicious.com/

It's a beautiful site with tons of great artwork and photos.

Check it out!!

Also, while you're there check out the stuff by my former classmate Erik Otto.
He's one of the best artists in the Bay Area (I've even had the pleasure of participating in a gallery show with him)--amazing work.

-Tim

Double A to the B

2010-04-14T14:57:00.000-07:00

So I've been feeling inspired lately by a lot of poster art, mainly related to bands and music and what not. I figured what I'd do, is I'd start making some posters of the shows and concerts I've been to this year...So to kick it off, my A.A. Bondy poster. This one came out a bit more "cartoony" than I actually had in mind to begin with, but I'm hoping to play around with some different styles and looks. Stay tuned for more to come...

Hypothetically Speaking

2010-04-07T22:50:00.001-07:00

This was just something I was playing around with for a band that I don't believe really exists.

A hypothetical band poster, if you will.

*After a search on iTunes, I did find a band called "Hollow Bones", but this is in no way related to them.

Light Fiction #2

2010-03-04T17:16:00.001-08:00

Light Fiction

2010-03-03T10:38:00.001-08:00

So my good friend Tawnee just joined a band and she asked me to do a drawing for website/album art/what-have-you. This is one of what will probably be a few different images still to come. Also go check out their first couple of recordings at lightfictionmusic. They have a little bit of an old-timey sound to their music that makes me think of sitting in an old classy jazz club or speakeasy, where everyone dresses up and sips on cocktails while smoking cigarettes on those long cigarette holders. But maybe that's just me.

Abominable Snow Yeti

2009-12-04T11:09:00.000-08:00

My friend/coworker Josh Lieberman decided to dub this month "Yeti December" and is trying to get as many people as he can to post their own Yetis on their blogs. If you decide to do so, send him your link at http://www.kn8ian.blogspot.com/

Whoooooooooo's Ready??

2009-12-03T17:15:00.000-08:00

Ready or not, here he comes...

Just a doodle...

2009-10-07T16:54:00.001-07:00

Just playing around and liked how it turned out...

YeeHaw

2009-09-24T21:49:00.001-07:00

Back to designing cowboys.

Hope you enjoy!

Outside Lands

2009-09-01T16:43:00.000-07:00

So this past weekend I went to a 3 day music festival at Golden Gate park in San Francisco.

Jack White was there with his new band "The Dead Weather", and they were without a doubt one of the most captivating performances there. They may not have been my favorite band of the festival, but they completely owned the stage.

I've been re-watching some of the videos on youtube, and did this doodle in the meantime...

Back To The West

2009-04-28T15:32:00.001-07:00

Here are some more doodles for the western project I'm (slowly) working on.
Most of these are not finished pieces or anything- just playing with ideas.

Hope you like em.

Giddyup.

Sketchcrawl Scrawlings

2009-04-15T19:11:00.000-07:00

Just some pages from Sketchcrawl last weekend. Some good, some not so good... All fun.

Sketchcrawl

2009-04-13T09:39:00.000-07:00

My friend from work Goro Fujita put together a video of our time at Sketchcrawl on Saturday in SF. Check it out!

22nd SketchCrawl San Francisco from Goro on Vimeo.

I will be posting drawings from the day as soon as I can get to it, and I've posted some pictures on my photo blog that you can check out now if you're so inclined...

A New Outlet

2009-03-19T10:26:00.000-07:00

So I'm starting up a new photo blog in an effort to take more pictures.
Please stop by and check it out if you have a second.

http://www.theitzphoto.blogspot.com/

Here's a sneak peak

Sketches!

2009-03-01T17:46:00.000-08:00

Recently, we had a mini comic-convention at DreamWorks where a bunch of amazing artists set up booths and showed off their personal work.

In preparation for the con, I had a number of "sketchbooks" printed off consisting of work from my blog and sketchbooks.

The PDI-Con (as it was called) has passed, and I have some left over.

If anyone is interested, I'm selling them for $10 a book.

Each book is 27 pages and comes with a free postcard!

If you would like one, please email me at spguy_25@yahoo.com, and we'll work out the details!

Ps--Just went to my first WonderCon in San Francisco---boy was it inspiring!!

Out With The Old, In With The New...

2009-01-27T20:08:00.000-08:00

I was having a difficult time figuring out how I wanted this villain to look, but I think I'm finally happy with this guy...

Some expressions for the Janitor. I think he might look a little older here than I want him to be...

Every Bar needs a Tender...
Not quite sure who this guy is, but for some reason...I kinda like him.

Seeing as how we're well on our way through January, and February is fast approaching, I thought it was time to get Santa off the top of my page.

These are some sketches I've been doing for a personal project I'm working on. I'll post more as I have them...

Just Wouldn't be Christmas...

2008-12-18T09:55:00.001-08:00

...if Santa didn't make an appearance.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night.

Happy Holidays

2008-12-11T15:29:00.000-08:00

Here is the christmas card I designed for this year's Holiday Season.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

~Tim

Caricatures

2008-12-02T16:17:00.000-08:00

Just playin around with some caricatures of some of the year's biggest money-makers (and random celebrities)...
Hope you enjoy!

The Pumpkin Man

2008-10-29T14:27:00.000-07:00

When all else fails....
Just throw in some Eyvind Earle trees.

Everybody Get Your Vote On!!!!

2008-10-28T17:10:00.000-07:00

Is It That Time Already???

2008-10-23T16:59:00.001-07:00

...there will probably be more of these...

The Man and the Bird

2008-09-29T17:25:00.000-07:00

Just doodling during downtime =)

Good Vs. Evil

2008-09-20T22:57:00.000-07:00

This is just something I was working on a while back that I never got around to posting.

The idea is that this angel and devil that are always competing with each other to accomplish some sort of task...

Despite all of the devil's efforts, the angel usually comes out on top. Sort of a "roadrunner/coyote" type of thing...

DUCK Show and Totoro

2008-09-12T20:35:00.000-07:00

Now that some of the dust has settled and I've had some time to breathe again, I thought I'd post some of the work from the two galleries I was involved in; the DUCK!!! show (at D-Structure through September) and the Totoro Forest Project, which took place last Saturday at PIXAR.

These are the pieces I submitted for the DUCK gallery (and I hope to post some other work and photos soon)...

...And this is the piece that I submitted to the Totoro Forest Project (unfortunately I don't have a decent photo of it framed, but hopefully I will be able to get one...

DUCK!!! Gallery Show

2008-08-30T10:03:00.000-07:00

The past few months, some friends and I have been busy putting together a gallery show in SF. The show was concieved as a way for us to get together and have some fun while showcasing our creative exploits outside of our daily work. The theme of the show is centered around the simple, yet iconic rubber duck and features a broad array of styles and mediums. It was really a blast to be a part of.

If any of you are in the area (Lower Haight St) on Friday Sept 5th, please stop by! We'd love to see you there.

www.duck218.blogspot.com

BigToe

2008-08-16T12:22:00.000-07:00

In light of all the recent buzz about possible bigfoot findings and what have you, I thought I'd revisit an old comic strip character of mine, "BigToe". He's your typical legendary, elusive, forest dwelling gorilla-man, with the slight distinction of having extremely large... big toes.

Totoro Forest Project Tickets Available Monday 8/11 10:00am Pacific Time!

2008-08-11T09:26:00.000-07:00

Many of you have been wondering when and how you can buy tickets for the upcoming Totoro Forest Art Auction Benefit Event to be held here at Pixar on September 6th. Finally we are ready to start selling these online! The first pre-sale will start monday 8/11 at 10am. Here's the options available - Please note that all tickets include the stunning Art of Totoro Forest Book (worth $40)

Forest Friend - 100$ regular admission + book.
Forest Sponsor - 200$ includes admission + book + signed limited edition print
Forest Champion - $300 includes middle VIP live auction seating + book + signed limited edition print + gift certificate to Blowfish Sushi
Forest Hero - $500 includes front VIP live auction seating + book + an original drawing by one of the artists

Tickets will go on sale at this LINK exactly at 10AM Monday! We have a rather limited numbers of tickets so we suggest acting quickly if you want to be part of this event. Remember many of the donating artists will be in attendance, this will be a night to remember!! All the "Totoro inspired" art is up for preview at TotoroForestProject.org. All proceed will be donated to the Totoro Forest Foundation!! Let me know if you have any questions.

Magazine

2008-08-07T19:17:00.000-07:00

I just got some copies of my first official magazine illustration mailed to me, and I thought I'd post it up...

I posted the actual illustration a while ago, so to see it just scroll down.

I'm pretty happy with the printing though -- even the design and typeface of the page next to it works well together.

It's fun to see my work take up a whole page in an actual publication!

Woo hoo!

Extra Extra Read All About it!

2008-07-10T10:12:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone!

Just wanted to share some exciting news with you all!
Dice Tsutsumi, Enrico Casarosa, and Ronnie Del Carmen are heading up a HUGE gallery in September called the Totoro Forest Project, and I was asked by some coworkers to join!!

It is going to be a charity auction, and all the proceeds will go to the National Trust Totoro Forest Foundation, founded by Hayao Miyazaki.

The auction event will be held Saturday, Sept 6 at Pixar Studios, followed by two seperate exhibitions held at the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum.

The official website for the gallery is up and running here (although some parts are under construction, so if certain areas don't work, please check back!) :

http://totoroforestproject.org/

It's going to be an AMAZING show featuring approximately 200 of the industry's most amazing artists , so PLEASE check it out.

Details of the event, along with all of the artwork donated for the show are posted (or will be posted) on the website.

Please swing by!

News Team Assemble!!!!!!

(Below is a little detail from the piece I did. To see the full piece check out the website or see it in person at the gallery! ;)

Lookin Good...

2008-07-03T16:37:00.000-07:00

I'm not gonna lie--
I've been pretty intrigued by the carwreck that is Amy Winehouse
as she's been making all of her graceful appearances in the media.
One of those "so bad you can't look away" sort of deals.

Well, I just came across this photo of her (which is by far not one of her worst ones),
and for whatever reason had the urge to draw it.

So here it is.

"Through the Looking Glass"

2008-06-15T09:42:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration I was commissioned to do for an article titled "Through the Looking Glass" in Lexpert magazine (images shown with permission from Lexpert). To sum up, the article is about lawyers leaving their big time firms to go work for themselves from home, and the difficult transition from one to the other. They told me off the bat that they wanted sort of an "Alice in Wonderland/falling down the rabbit hole" feel to the illustration, so I just went from there.

I thought I'd show the stages, which were:

Thumbnails

Rough Sketch

Color Comps

and

Final.

I had a great time working on the illustration.

Hope you enjoy!

Taking Flight

2008-05-05T13:01:00.000-07:00

Sometimes wierd things happen when you're doodling with no purpose...
This is one of those times.

Branching Out

2008-04-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

These are just some pieces I've been workin on in my off time...

Needed to do something different, and it's been really rewarding to play with some new ideas and themes.

Hope you guys like!

(Below are some sketches I did along the way)

Happy St. Patty's!!!

2008-03-17T16:32:00.001-07:00

Either a dancing leprechaun,
or a sneak peek at a future version of myself.

Not sure which.

Hulk SMASH!!!!!!

2008-03-10T16:52:00.000-07:00

As excited as I am to see someone else take a stab at a Hulk movie,
I still think it woulda been sweet for them to go "Old School Grey" with him...

Oh well. Maybe next time...

Ho Ho Ho!!!

2007-12-14T09:47:00.000-08:00

Just a little christmas card art =)

...and another....

Happy Holidays!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2007-11-21T13:52:00.000-08:00

Thought I'd celebrate by painting the holiday's new mascot ;)

2007-11-02T15:50:00.001-07:00

Well, I can't remember exactly how this one came about other than that it began as a conversation I was having with my brother and my cousin. Something about protest groups, and how sometimes it seems that they'll find anything to raise a stink over. The idea of a group walking around somewhere with signs that say "Save Sasquatch" seemed like a funny (and not even all that far-fetched of an) idea to me. So it's been floating around in my head until I could finally put it on paper...er...pixels.

I was thinking about blurring out sasquatch into a barely recognizeable blob, since most of the "pictures" documenting his existence are blurry. But I wasn't sure if it would come across right.

Anyway, all that for a stupid idea...
There ya go.

The Terrible Tentacled Tickler

2007-11-02T14:00:00.000-07:00

This is a drawing I did for the latest Fish Barrel (blog) challenge. The topic was "Sailors vs. Sea Monsters". My monster is known by sailors as "The Terrible Tentacled Tickler". It kills it's prey by catching them in it's tentacles, tickling them so they laugh uncontrollably, and then dragging them below the water while they are laughing, thereby drowning said victims. It is a formidable adversary indeed.

*As a side note, I have lately been inspired by the art of Nate Wragg (blog linked at the right), so any resemblance between my work and his is purely out of admiration/exploration.

Happy Halloween!!!

2007-10-29T11:30:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite Halloween mascots....

...and just a little "wolf howling at the moon" art for the spooky holiday.

Happy Halloween!!

Oooh Ooooh AAAAh Aaaaah!

2007-10-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

Gorilla Drawing.
Just for fun ;)

$1,000 REWARD

2007-08-29T11:36:00.000-07:00

I saw a wonderful string of "wanted" posters on the beautiful avalanche blog, and couldn't help but want to do one of my own. I may take one of the characters from this poster and do up one of their own at some point, time permitting.
Hope you like!

Mad Scientist

2007-07-18T15:08:00.000-07:00

Here's the latest Fish Barrel Challenge....
The Mad Scientist.

Sorry no color, but I thought I'd go for the old black and white sci-fi/horror movie style.
Hope you like....

Monkeys in Outer Space (SpaceMonkey)

2007-07-02T17:06:00.000-07:00

Just a quick doodle in between projects at work. This one was inpired by a monkey painting my friend Scott Watanabe (pavementmouse) did as a Fishbarrel challenge a while back (thanks scott!), and probably also good ol' spaceman spiff...

ZOMBIE!!!!!!

2007-05-07T17:30:00.000-07:00

The latest fishbarrel challenge...
just a quick sketch ;) (also a couple color variations...not sure which one i like the best.....)

ZEBRA!!!

2007-05-07T16:26:00.001-07:00

Why not?

Colored Dragon

2007-03-07T11:25:00.000-08:00

....and I don't mean that in a "racial slur" kinda way. I promise....

As long as I'm posting....

2007-03-06T15:42:00.000-08:00

I did this when the little miss sunshine cast won the SAG award, and just never got around to posting it....

so here it is =)

Puff the Magic...

2007-03-06T14:06:00.000-08:00

This is my latest for our most recent (dragon) challenge on the Fish Barrel blog--
i'm hoping to get a colored version done at some point, but for now b&w will just have to do...

That one band

2006-12-11T15:28:00.000-08:00

Here's a caricature I did of the killers. Not because i'm a huge fan of their music, so to speak, but more because i think they have an interesting look goin on right now that i thought would be fun to draw.

so there it is.

'nother one

2006-12-03T09:52:00.000-08:00

again-no story. just doodling.
sorry, i'm very boring these days ;)

Work Doodle

2006-12-02T08:44:00.000-08:00

No reason. Just playin around.

Airport Lady and the Luchadore

2006-11-27T23:32:00.000-08:00

Here are two recent sketches i did-
One is just a lady I saw at the airport (done from memory),
and the other is a Luchadore i did for the weekly challenge for the Fish Barrel blog.

Hope you enjoy.
Is the brown getting old yet? ;)

Wednesday Night Sketchy-Sketch

2006-11-02T00:12:00.000-08:00

These are just a couple sketchbook pages from Wednesday Night Sketching at Barnes and Noble.
They are unedited, so it's the good, the bad, and the ugly.

i am having fun with some new pens and markers though!....
hope you enjoy.

Chimp drawing no. 2

2006-10-17T23:02:00.000-07:00

Ok, so i guess a little explanation for the chimps might not hurt.
The scene I'm doing at work has to do with chimps. To get some good expressions i started looking up chimp photos on google and corbis. The chimp below is "loosely based" on a photo I came across, or inspired by it anyway. The chimp above is actually done directly from a photo that someone took where they actually dressed it up in a suit and tie. I just had to draw it the second i saw it.....
and there you have it.
oh, and there may be more chimps on the way. these guys are really fun......

Chimp

2006-10-17T15:35:00.000-07:00

Just 'cuz...

A Portrait of Sorts...

2006-10-10T18:42:00.000-07:00

Here's a somewhat strange self portrait i did at work via cintique.
Came out a little odd, but i kinda like it nonetheless, so i thought i'd put it up.

adios

A New Post!!!

2006-10-04T19:10:00.000-07:00

So this may seem somewhat random, but a friend of mine asked me to draw her a bunny.
So, here's the bunny that I drew...
Hopefully it won't be so long until my next post.
Hope you like!!!

Get Inspired

2006-06-09T09:48:00.000-07:00

Every now and then I go through a period when I just feel like the last thing I want to do is draw. Usually during these times, I find that if I try to force it I can't seem to produce anything worth the paper it's drawn on, and I just get more and more discouraged.
I've found that the best thing to do during these times is to get inspired. Look at art books, surf blog sites, look at things that are outside of your own little "box", and before you know it you will be itching to create.
I've recently added some new links to my page, that are not only inspirational in and of themselves, but also contain links upon links of inspirational artists and their work.
In this day and age, this stuff is so easily accessible, all we have to do is sit down at a computer and type in a name. The rest will just bring itself to you.

Oh, and I also added a few newer pieces that were part of my Senior BFA gallery last month.

Steel workin' man

2006-04-25T20:32:00.000-07:00

This is a design of john henry done in the style of douglas fraser. More to come....

Drawing at the Airport

2006-04-22T22:39:00.000-07:00

I love the airport. It's a good time to find a spot, sit back, pull out the ol' sketchbook and a pen--and do some hardcore spying on people. Here's some people I drew on my last visit to the airport....

The Pack of Wolves

2006-03-12T16:51:00.000-08:00

The objective of this project was to design a pack of wolves, and to do a landscape painting which included the pack. In the pack, there was supposed to be a "jokester" wolf, a blind wolf, and an older wolf. In preparing for the project I watched a documentary called "Living with Wolves", and was surprised to see just how gentle and family oriented they could be. They operate on a "class" system with one wolf being in charge of the others (The Alpha Wolf). The Alpha Wolf calls the pack together, leads them around, and even designates when the other wolves are going to eat. Many times this mostly effects the "Omega Wolf", or the wolf with the lowest ranking of the pack. Many things can factor into who becomes the Alpha wolf, and who becomes the Omega wolf, but it never seems to be based on one specific thing.

Anyway, the documentary actually commented on one wolf who actually played the role of a "Jokester" to alleviate tension in the group. I thought that was pretty interesting....

In preparation of the landscape painting I did a couple landscape color studys just to get myself thinking in those terms. I think some of those actually came out stronger than the final painting.

Hope you dig!

~Tim

The Venetian Pickpockets

2006-02-27T22:15:00.000-08:00

These designs are based on a story about 3 kids who are pickpockets in 1900's Venice. They are overseen by a corrupt priest who runs a pawnshop out of his confessional, and keeps the earnings for himself.....kinda strange, but there it is. The designs are still a work in progress, and i plan on taking these further, as time permits......I'll also include some of the thumbnails for good measure......enjoy!

~Tim

La Mancha!!

2005-12-02T20:50:00.000-08:00

These are some designs for the character "Aldonza" in the play "The Man of La Mancha"...

Henry, Steve, and Gang

2005-11-27T11:51:00.000-08:00

Here are some character designs and some other concept artwork i did for a short film project I'm working on right now. More to come....

2005-11-25T11:32:00.000-08:00

Some Concept work...

2005-11-25T00:13:00.000-08:00

These are some concept pieces I did for a take on Hansel and Gretel...just some different ideas as far as style and character design...

Happy Turkey Day!

2005-11-24T11:26:00.000-08:00

Following years of tradition, i woke up and turned on the Macy's parade this morning. This character is loosely based on an actor that was in one of the musical numbers...
Happy Thanksgiving!

Pip Pip Cheerio!

2005-11-21T00:07:00.000-08:00

This is just a drawing I did in my sketchbook-not based on anybody from life. It's funny what a little thing can do to a drawing. He started out as sort of an office manager, with a tie, white shirt and clipboard, and then I added the mustache, and the whole character had to change. This is what it evolved into....

Taco Bell Riff Raff

2005-11-20T20:40:00.000-08:00

I saw this guy in line at taco bell the other night, and the mustache alone was a sure sign that i needed to draw him....

Hey Hey Hey!

2005-11-14T03:12:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone,
I'm Tim and I'm new at this so bear with me. I plan on using this site to start uploading artwork and what not, so we'll see what happens. One of the things I'm going to start doing is memory drawings, or drawings based on people I see throughout the day and then draw later from memory, trying to catch their personality as closely as I can. I can't take credit for this idea, as it was given to me by the incredible character designer Stephen Silver, when he came to give a lecture at our school the other day. Anyway, to kick off this site I'm going to post a memory drawing I just did of a grumpy manager that I saw at Office Max earlier today. I ended up going to Kinkos;).......