Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time

IGN just put put up some of the concepts we did for the Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time. The game is really showing well. Hope everyone get’s a chance to check it out.

Into the Pixel

I was extremely fortunate to be included in the 2009 Into the Pixel exhibition featured at E3 in Los Angeles. The gallery will feature 16 pieces highlighting some of the conceptual development throughout the games industry from the past year. If you’re making your way over to the conference, you can check out the show in the Concourse foyer adjacent to the West Hall.

In other news, our San Diego plans (and projects) are coming together. We’ll be sure to keep everyone posted. Rock onward!

Russ Manning Award Nomination…

Well, I just found out that PATH was nomintated for a Russ Manning Award. The announcement of the winner is on July 24th during the Eisner’s at ComicCon. Fingers crossed!

Hiatus

Got me some Tablet PC!!! Oh toys. Expensive frickin’ toys, but it is so cool. And now I can get my work done outside the studio in the company of my beautiful wife. And on the GO!!! Which the future is boding quite a lot of it seems.

And to that end, CreatureBox is taking a month off from posting. Not from being CreatureBox, but we need some time to wrap up a couple of big projects and finish our ComicCon deadlines. It’s all very hush hush, but as always, we have been toiling away behind the scenes and can’t wait to share. Stay tuned!!! And we’ll see you in a month!

But to keep everyone busy, we are handing out a homework assignment. 300 words on what you did on your summer vacation! Nah…we want to expand the site a bit in the coming months. One part will be an FAQ. We get a lot of technique questions, professional questions, absurd questions, and a few questions we actually know the answers to. So ask away in this post. We’ll compile a list and do our best to answer what we can without giving away all our secrets.

And GO!!!! Now off to work. Peace.

Sketchbook Pro 2010

A lot of emails and comments come in asking about the software we use to draw with. Well, we are happy to let you all in on the smoothest little drawing software out there; Autodesk’s Sketchbook Pro 2010! We have been very fortunate to be a part of the development of the latest release and were invited to provide the cover art for this year’s version. If you have a chance to use the trial, you’re bound to have a new favorite tool for drawing! Many thanks to the team at Autodesk!

Sketchbook!

Well, we’re officially down to a very small handful of our first sketchbook: Thoughts, Scribbles, + Madness: Volume 1! We wanted to take a moment and send out a big thank you to everyone who has picked up the book – each sale has helped us continue onward with the site and we greatly appreciate the support. We look forward to new battles with the creatures inside (and we’ll post ‘em here as we go).

If you’re interested in picking up one the few remaining copies, feel free to click the sidebar icon or here for the shop. We won’t be reprinting Volume 1 so when they’re gone, they’re gone!

Thanks again,
- the creatures

*Update*
After shipping books to over 25 countries and 30 states, we’re Sold Out! If you missed it this time around, our friends at Stuart Ng Books may have a few copies left. Thanks again everyone!