Joe Russo - 3d artist | animator » Illustrations

31st World Wide SketchCrawl – Minneapolis

Joe — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:15:49 +0000

Drawings from Saturday’s SketchCrawl event. It was freezing outside, so 3 of us huddled up inside a coffee shop downtown. Go Minneapolis springtime!

Read more about the sketchcrawl event here: http://sketchcrawl.com

Abstract Design Sketches

Joe — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:50:40 +0000

A series of sketches I did a while ago that I hope to turn into an illustrative motion piece. My inspiration for this was to focus on composition within a frame and to see what type of shapes are interesting. Also, I’ve been pushing myself to experiment with different styles in an effort to keep developing as an artist. Oh, and for fun too.

More updates once I develop this…

8-Bit Character Re-Design

Joe — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:48:39 +0000

Another two week illustration for the Minneapolis Art Community. The topic was an 8-bit re-design of a character. I chose Scott O’Connor from Kabuki Quantum Fighter, a Nintendo game.

Not sure if I correctly placed the Japanese text, or if it’s even written correctly. It should read the title of the game on the right, and my name on the left.

Self Portrait

Joe — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:05:49 +0000

Here’s something for the revived Minneapolis Art Community. The topic was self-portrait.

Pixel Farm 3D…Toony!

Joe — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:38:11 +0000

My interpretation of our 3D Department at Pixel Farm…