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I'm happy to announce that the next session of COLOR & LIGHT will be available soon! Make sure to set your alarms for December 1st, 10 AM PST to sign up!

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See you at Lightbox Expo this weekend!! I will be there all 3 days, except for Friday 4-6 PM when I'll be giving a talk! Please come stop by and say hi!!

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Concept paintings that I did for a deleted scene in Across the Spiderverse. In this deleted scene, Miles follows Gwen to a Brooklyn construction site where he meets Miguel for the first time. I believe this scene was released yesterday as a special feature called "Miguel Calling."

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Crazy color explorations I did for Spider-Man: Across the SpiderVerse!

These are for multiple different scenes in the film- I would often be asked to experiment with unconventional color palettes. Feels like by the end of the film we started running out of colors because we had used pretty much every basic color combination known to mankind lol.

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The Vulture ascending.

(This is a production painting I made for the movie!)

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Gadget and prop concepts I did for Across the Spiderverse! In order of appearance: the Watchforce watch, Hobie's bootleg watch, Miguel's trapper-keeper, and a collection of Syd-Mead inspired foliage for 2099.

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Color keys I painted for the "Go Home, Gwen" sequence in Across the Spiderverse. The direction I was given was to make Miguel look as menacing as possible!

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(spoiler warning) At the end of the movie, Miles quickly puts on clothes in order to hide his suit. Little does he know, those clothes belong to the “other” Miles. I designed some costume ideas for that scene!

Miles G is a bit darker and edgier than our Miles so I tried to reflect that in his clothing. He still likes puffer jackets, but maybe with a bit more influence from Uncle Aaron. Tried to incorporate some Prowler purple and green as well, as a nod towards Miles G’s identity. Option "D.alt" is closest to what ended up on-screen.

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Miguel meets Miles for the first time. These are some of my favorite color keys I painted while working on Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse!

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Here are some early color keys I did for the opening of Across the Spiderverse!

In this scene, we wanted to portray Gwen as red-hot and disconnected from the rest of her bandmates. The scene ended up undergoing some changes so the colors that ended up in the film are different, but I still like these keys- they're the first ones I did on the movie!

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I painted these color keys for the climactic chase scene in Across the Spiderverse!

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While working on Across the Spiderverse, I painted this concept art of what Manhattan might look like in Gwen's watercolor style!

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I painted these color keys for this scene in Across the Spiderverse between Gwen and her dad!

The idea for the initial color palette was that because Gwen's world is colored by her emotions, she's cool blue despite the warm light of her surroundings - to symbolize her internal isolation from the rest of the world and her father.

Upon entering Gwen's room, we see an inverse of the color relationship that was set up previously. Gwen and her environment are in harmony, contrasting against her dad's warm colors. When they embrace, their colors mix together to create something new.

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I designed the outfit that Gwen wears to prom in Across the Spiderverse!

For her outfit I was asked to bring in some 90s/grunge influence- the idea was that Gwen wouldn't buy a dress off the rack for prom, she would probably throw together her own outfit and customize it herself. Numbers 4 and 6 are closest to the version that ended up in the movie!

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My concept art for the Spider Therapist Office!

(I have a degree in psychology and working on this was the only time I’ve thought about it at all since graduating lmao)

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Color & mood exploration paintings I did for Spider HQ!

I only did paint and color for these - design and layout of this space is the vision of the incredible Patrick O'Keefe and all the spiders are character designs by the amazing Kris Anka!

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how it started....... how it's going!!!!!!