MICHLAP DESIGN

Gouache/Water color sketching! Here is a glimpse into another process for creating bold images using gouache! In this demo I am starting as a traditional watercolor, leaving the white of the board for the highest luminance within the image- namely the sun light breaking through the clouds. But then I switch into more opaque mixtures as the painting is built up. If you work transparent to opaque, it’s really important not to cover up all the wonderful happy accidents from those first washes of color! Otherwise what was the point? Reflected and bounced light should be similar values to the original washes for those respective areas, but you can now introduce more subtle color notes within the shadows. As usual, I reserve the high-lites for the end. The final seconds show how easily an image will come together if the overall, major ideas and block in stages are working. #sammichlap #painting #drawing #color #pleinair #traditional #artwork #classic #watercolorart #artofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B_5UPFinDyJ/?igshid=mxv22whlnaaf

Umbrella Academy process. 2D line to final rendering without actually rendering very much at all! I think I am still burned out on actual painstaking rendering from school- which was 28 years ago! Wow that is burn out! So when I need to "render" I have developed tricks and a process that is very fast without the pain. Here is one example. #2d #art #design #render #school #process #animation #3dartist #2dart #visualdevelopment #illustration #conceptart #environmentdesign #sketchin #digitalpainting https://www.instagram.com/p/B_3g7wrH8lZ/?igshid=1x74qasgycjx5

#sammichlap #gouachepainting #painting #drawing #trains_of_instagram #artofinstagram #greattimes #color #pleinair #pleinairpainting #green A recent gouache sketch from one of my favorite subjects from past years - Trains! In this case, the vintage GP9 diesel locomotive. As a 6 year kid I spent a lot of time at my dads wood shop, located off the west runway at the Burbank Airport (1974).I’d watch this exact engine roll past my fathers shop, which always inspired drawings to follow. I guess they really made an impression on me to this day! https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0bUvSH500/?igshid=1foiglr04xdv7

#sammichlap #drawing #setdesigner #illustrationoftheday #sketchbooktour #artofinstagram #traditional #artwork #umbrellaacademy Here’s the short tour of a few ink sketches done for UA. These were finished in PS and posted the other day. Being able to sketch freely on paper, for a fantastic PD is the best! We searched for the look of the sets through these drawings. Enjoy. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_xwHn_HwJS/?igshid=razbcydqy257

#sammichlap #illustration #art #instagood #visdev #painting #Amazing #opportunity #chrissanders #film #design #umbrellaacademy #fildesign #setdesigner #thequarantinelife I worked on Umbrella Academy from Netflix back in 2018 with PD Mark Worthington. Mark and I first connected for STD for CBS and he invited me onto this amazing series to help design the sets. Since Mark is a master Draftsman, he loves art done on paper! Again, this type of opportunity does not come along very often in Live action, so I jumped at it! The real pull for me was the chance to collaborate once again with Mark- who is one of the finest people I have had the great fortune to meet and now call my friend! I have a bunch of work so this will be part 1. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qDSK3nQkC/?igshid=1br4ttp0vu9ll

#sammichlap #illustration #art #instagood #visdev #painting #Amazing #opportunity #chrissanders #film #design The assignment of creating shots for COTW, in the style of Eyvind Earle has to start somewhere! It was a big assignment. Our Director, @chrissandersart is such a vet of animation in coming up with an amazing way to quickly color design the entire film with just one painting!!! WHAAA?! How do you do that I thought! He only asked me to paint one stylized Earle tree, with Buck next to it… but then change the color/lighting/time of day/mood at least 25 times! Genius! Every light was accounted for- key and fills/bounce and all I had to do was change out layers. Now this is only easy if you know how light works, have done the pain staking hours outside and for film while learning how to modulate color tempearature/hue/key/design. Thankfully, again, I was ready to jump in and try this idea out- I would use this assignment again in a heart beat- Literally you could then apply any color scheme to any shot from the film. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nwkwdHqsI/?igshid=a89ouru0e7e8

#sammichlap #illustration #art #instagood #visdev #painting #Amazing #opportunity #chrissanders #film #design @callofthewild @chrissandersart Because Chris sanders comes from animation, he likes color scripts!! Live action doesn’t rely on these because the world is already done, and thus just needs to be lit. But in animation, the careful design of color from shot to shot is essential. I was able to offer a pass for the fight between Buck and Spitz during an aurora borealis! Using the backdrop allowed us to change color based purely on emotional reasons much as Disney’s classic film “Bambi” did! For a color stylist this is another rare opportunity that I am very thankful for!! Swipe to see the shot design I created which served as the basis for the color ideas. Again, the shot design pass was very stylized and inspired by Eyvind Earle! Enjoy! https://www.instagram.com/p/B_iZEScnr3C/?igshid=nfdwmpc7onwk

#sammichlap #illustration #art #instagood #visdev #painting #Amazing #opportunity #chrissanders #film #design Well it’s been more than a year since I posted anything! Thanks to anyone who has not ditched my page during this long pause. I’ll start sharing some industry work from recent years. The first up today is COTW with the amazing @chrissandersart! Chris wanted to inspire the VFX team with stylistic design inspired by the great Eyvind Earle. I got the call and jumped at the chance- painting for several months. I had a fantastic time and the crew of artists became some of my best friends! Thanks to our amazing PD Stefan Dechant for the call. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fs096HNti/?igshid=1g0faxu6hofxp

#sammichlap #cinematicdesign #filmdesign #pleinair #painting #color #design #artcenter #accd #artschool #conceptart #artlessons Week 7 HW of my painting 1 class at ACCD! The video shows last week’s Homework- using the Richard Schmid color chart system of mixing one color into every other color I asked the class to give 2 alts for each color harmony that results from each cross mixture. Each student did 24 frames- I think the class total thus far is close to 4K frames produced by 17 amazing students! The still shots feature a couple of weeks work collected for an upcoming ACCD display. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuiQsPAgADs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4gxoiprb7vki

@sammichlap #artcenter #painting #filmstudies #design #cinematography #color #drawing #pleinair #artlessons #conceptart Week 3HW from my painting 1 class over at Art Center in Pasadena ca! 15 minute film frame studies x 24 per student x 17 students! This clip represents the second batch from this week’s assignments! See previous post for the specific assignment details. https://www.instagram.com/p/BteK3i7gnWC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3w1dcga2pv5q

@sammichlap #artcenter #painting #filmstudies #design #cinematography #color #drawing #pleinair #artlessons #conceptart Week 3HW from my painting 1 class over at Art Center in Pasadena ca! 15 minute film frame studies x 24 per student x 17 students! This clip represents just a small portion of the work. To introduce color mixing, I had each student use a limited palette(a different combination) for each frame, which was keyed in a certain direction for delivering specific harmonies. This class continues to exceed expectations! Keep in mind they are 2nd term students! Well done everyone! https://www.instagram.com/p/BteKWZEgjxf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g55k5y2gckfo

#artcenter #accd #painting #outdoorpainting #pleinairpainting #artlessons #design #film #cinematicdesign #value #tonal #story #paintingdrills Week 2 HW for my Art Center painting 1 class. 64 film frames done in 5 minutes per frame with acrylic! These young artists are so impressive! Some of the students are doing 5 boards of 32, where I only asked for 2. Tonal clarity is one of the secrets for creating bold pictures. Week 1 was another 64 frames! https://www.instagram.com/p/BtJRQyNAu0B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d9dezbi5barr

#sammichlap #tutorials #artlessons #gumroad #illustration #liveaction #film #cinematic #conceptart #visdev #art #artoninstagram It’s been a long time since I’ve released a Gumroad Tutorial but this one is available now! My work schedule is making it literally impossible to post my daily sketching, but it’s good to have too much work. I hope this inspires ideas in your own work. https://gum.co/iHZHk https://www.instagram.com/p/BpSpY_5jHus/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sp4k719hqw7l

#sammichlap #inktober #rose #love #design #ink #flowers #nature 186/365... its a little sketchy but still... https://www.instagram.com/p/BpBqinhDLnX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qovp5sjeniho

#sammichlap #pleinairpainting #artcenter #painting #sketching #color #light #art 186/365... today’s class demo for my #accd Painting 2 class. We had amazing overcast light here in LA, which is becoming more rare, so I wanted to demonstrate how to build color chain harmonies and notan value patterns. I took this pretty far for a demo but I think it helped the students see the possibilities of finding sensitive color on an otherwise gray day. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo5VlcSj5XG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gp8rkvhj2e4k

#sammichlap #inktober #inking #drawing #abstractart #design #visualart #artoninstagram #dailyart #halloween #skeleton #retro #sketching 185/365... I’m very late, or very early but here’s another abstraction. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo3aMTHjoGn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6iczqs8tyz71

#inktober #sammichlap #skeleton #halloween #jock #letterman #inking #design 184/365... another one- the backlot is full of fun things. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo05ggKjUi3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mhnn7ty9h0oc