tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335468112024-03-13T09:41:31.774-07:00BS !llustration - BLOGExperimental ArtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-83336313701859495962019-10-05T19:29:00.000-07:002019-10-05T19:29:03.787-07:00I've moved!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/bensimonsen/">https://www.instagram.com/bensimonsen/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-39187250862784599122017-12-22T13:10:00.001-08:002017-12-22T13:10:23.467-08:00Cory Loftis, Pixar, and Making Mistakes<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l1GjhpNXC64" width="480"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-33335634066473606482017-11-02T05:51:00.000-07:002017-11-02T05:51:02.229-07:00The Christ - as featured in Elder John C. Pingree Jr. talk entitled "I have a work for thee" <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Elder John C. Pingree Jr. gave an amazing talk during the most recent General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints entitled "I have a work for thee". In it, he shared a drawing of Jesus Christ that I created well over a decade ago.</div>
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Since the talk, I have received numerous requests for prints of the artwork and so I am happy to say that you can now purchase a signed print or a digital download of it from my website at <a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="async" href="https://www.bensimonsen.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.bensimonsen.com</a></div>
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Proceeds fro<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">m the sale of the artwork will be donated to the church's Perpetual Education Fund. To find out more about this inspired program please visit: <a data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" data-lynx-mode="async" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lds.org%2Ftopics%2Fpef-self-reliance%2Fperpetual-education-fund%3Flang%3Deng%26old%3Dtrue&h=ATOtqQRj40KVBttoHf9oCD1TvSdVJl0EKgXb8ml3Z55-usTB624FKN0pIgs9wE2BnxYpKLDkyzW00g49C-F54pBr_UiG7UHE4fiDl5M1KWn7Tnyxa1BLM78kzesZ15Ot743k4p2F9jy8SE0mvJv-IH2qsaR-7MXO5yYZmsh7LvtFfHk93C7AdDtXlJrt8Gh_n9rSuAoCdH2NsJT3esvPDol9SrynZVLTf2TX_L5vPj_eCL7v2dAduR5X_Q0vNxhA6yYUO8KvOWPMOUcfzG0050aGKhDjSVFgrD0T6TBZ8w" href="https://www.lds.org/topics/pef-self-reliance/perpetual-education-fund?lang=eng&old=true" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Perpetual Education Fund</a></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-92027119867714433712017-08-29T20:39:00.001-07:002017-08-29T20:39:58.199-07:00UTA Trax MonstersNotice anything strange at the UTA Trax stops lately? I had the opportunity to help out the wonderful people at R&R Partners in illustrating these decals for the "See it, hear it, report it" campaign.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-4427534322997576492017-07-17T09:06:00.001-07:002017-07-17T09:06:37.235-07:00Cars 3: Driven to WinI just finished up working on the Cars 3: Driven to Win video game!<br />
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I know I am biased, but this is a really fun game to play! If you're looking for a great 4 player couch co-op racer you should pick it up. Here are a select few pieces of concept art that I worked on as well as some in-game 3D assets that I built with some early UI Designs. Enjoy!!!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-17198346019870202312017-02-25T07:26:00.000-08:002017-02-25T07:26:39.560-08:00The Journey - Mormon Message<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I had the privilege of working on another Mormon Message with the very talented <a href="http://story-monster.com/" target="_blank">Heather Dixon</a>. Here's the finished message as well as a sampling of the backgrounds that I did for the project.</div>
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Fan art for my favorite new show! <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80057281" target="_blank">Stranger Things</a> on Netflix</div>
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Five Stars! "Great Playset - The Finding Dory playset is awesome. Gameplay under the ocean is so neat in Disney Infinity." - PrintMaster (Best Buy reviewer)<br />
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I had the amazing privilege of being the Co-Art Director on the Finding Dory Disney Infinity Play-set. I helped to establish the visual direction for the Environments, Enemies, Props, Toys, Buildings, FX, and the User Interface. I'm so proud of how it turned out, thanks goes to all of the amazing people that worked on it! It's a wonderful game.<br />
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A promotional concept image for the Star Wars Empire Playset. The <a href="http://www.matthewart.com/" target="_blank">Mighty Matthew Armstrong</a> did the initial layout and I rendered it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-33742560869664208812016-04-05T08:55:00.001-07:002016-04-05T08:55:33.788-07:00STAR WARS - Disney Infinity 3.0 - Obi-Wan Figure Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Here's a Disney Infinity 3.0 design that I did for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Figure. Here he is sporting the Storm Trooper armor that was eventually removed in the final modeling phase.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">A version of this concept can be found in the </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 20.8px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Star Wars: Twilight of the Republic</b> play-set under the concept unlocks section.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-61004268483893258292016-03-29T15:47:00.001-07:002016-03-29T15:50:50.912-07:00STAR WARS - Disney Infinity 3.0 - Millennium Falcon Design<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-56093669530719151572016-03-18T16:13:00.000-07:002016-03-18T16:13:07.242-07:00STAR WARS - Disney Infinity 3.0 - The Force<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An early concept for Disney Infinity 3.0 exploring how the Force could effect the world. This piece was published early on in Game Informer.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-69554411780986100722016-03-18T15:32:00.000-07:002016-03-18T15:32:16.511-07:00Book Cover Illustration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a sped up process for creating a book cover illustration. I include the design of the title and author, as well as using 3D to present the final product.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-22297864678861061792016-02-22T20:52:00.002-08:002016-02-22T20:52:59.311-08:00Rays of Sunshine<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Illustration for The Friend Magazine</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-49161127269588721522016-01-29T15:59:00.000-08:002016-01-29T15:59:11.106-08:00Painting & Design Process<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This video captures my standard process for creating illustrations. I then put it into a design to show the application.</div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-12599514824685770872016-01-02T20:07:00.001-08:002016-01-28T16:17:04.814-08:00Tonko House Homework Assignment #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">This is a video capture of the Homework assignment that I did after taking "Painting with Light and Color with Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo" a Schoolism.com class.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-61672124868630820392015-12-21T21:38:00.001-08:002015-12-21T21:38:38.240-08:00Merry Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-89719935140649341402015-11-09T08:23:00.000-08:002015-11-09T08:23:14.723-08:00All New! www.bensimonsen.com<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-31846060902204007982015-07-07T08:17:00.001-07:002015-07-07T08:17:07.199-07:00City of Temples<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Here's a recently published illustration for the cover of the July <a href="https://www.lds.org/new-era?lang=eng" target="_blank">New Era Magazine</a></span></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-90447576590094016812015-06-29T07:38:00.002-07:002015-06-29T07:38:49.447-07:00Disney Infinity - Guardians of the Galaxy Play-Set<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-79718337077266726442015-05-26T07:12:00.000-07:002015-05-26T07:12:36.734-07:00Disney Infinity 2.0 - Avengers Frost Giant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-80203210935592784992015-05-05T09:52:00.000-07:002015-05-05T09:52:02.942-07:00Disney Infinity 3.0 - Star Wars!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been hard to keep this one quiet but now that it's been announced... Star Wars is coming to Disney Infinity! We are still working hard on it but as you can see from the latest <a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/05/05/june-cover-revealed-disney-infinity-3-0.aspx" target="_blank">Game Informer Cover</a> it's going to be great! I got the privileged to design this cover. I hope you like it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-21855055865130118032015-04-27T15:56:00.000-07:002015-04-27T15:56:14.248-07:00Disney Infinity - Spider-man Mashup<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33546811.post-29256930826277730182015-04-17T16:01:00.000-07:002015-04-17T16:01:47.975-07:00Color Study<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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