Some early concept drawings I did for Carol & the End of the World
which comes out on Netflix today, please watch it!
medium: charcoal
A circus lion
medium: colored pencil
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Some early concept drawings I did for Merry Little Batman.
medium: charcoal
Monday, December 4, 2023
Big bad wolf
medium: charcoal
Monday, November 13, 2023
Robin Hood
medium: charcoal
Monday, November 6, 2023
A fox in flowers
medium: colored pencil
Saturday, September 2, 2023
A cat with a very long tail
medium: colored pencil
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
mini demons
medium: colored pencil
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Frankenstein's Monster
medium: charcoal
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Creepy cat
medium: colored pencil
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
A French cat with balloons
medium: colored pencil
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Angry guy
medium: Watercolor, colored pencil, and pencil
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Art snobs part III
medium: charcoal
Thursday, July 20, 2023
A cat
medium: Watercolor and pencil
Monday, July 17, 2023
A French cat
medium: pencil
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Some sketches of Norman, a commission for Galerie Daniel Maghen in Paris, France.
medium: charcoal
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Wish Dragon development, expressions for Din.
medium: charcoal
Wish Dragon development, concept drawings for the gangsters.
medium: charcoal
Saturday, July 1, 2023
Some early concept sketches I did for the new DreamWorks film, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.
medium: charcoal
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Speed racer girls
medium: charcoal
A fox
medium: colored pencil
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Mobsters
medium: charcoal
Little girl lineup
medium: charcoal
Thursday, June 8, 2023
A cat, because I love cats.
medium: colored pencil
Monday, June 5, 2023
Some ladies
medium: charoal
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Some backpackers
medium: charcoal
Monday, May 29, 2023
Some girls
medium: charcoal
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Art snobs part II
medium: charcoal
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Les Miserables
Inspector Javert
medium: charcoal
Thursday, March 30, 2023
A fierce Lion
medium: colored pencil
Friday, March 24, 2023
Les Miserables
medium: charcoal
Friday, February 17, 2023
Flamingos and an impostor Dodo
medium: pastel and charcoal
Monday, February 13, 2023
A dog named Hashtag
medium: charcoal
A cat named Professor
medium: charcoal
Thursday, February 2, 2023
I had the privilege of doing some conceptual character design for the new film, The Amazing Maurice, which comes out today in theaters! Here are some of the drawings I did for the cat, Maurice, and for the rats.
medium: charcoal
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Some concept drawings for Netflix's, The House
medium: charcoal
Saturday, January 14, 2023
Concept drawings for Spooky Jack, development for DreamWorks
Hi, my name is Heidi, I'm a freelance character designer, illustrator, and visual development artist who graduated from the character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts in 2008. I was the character designer and conceptual designer for ParaNorman, and I won an Annie award for my designs in 2013. In 2017, I illustrated my very first picture book, Lovely Beasts: The Surprising Truth, which won the Bull-Bransom Award in 2019 for excellence in the field of children's book illustration with a focus on nature and wildlife. I have also worked as a character designer for Henry Selick at Cinderbiter, The Jim Henson Company, DreamWorks Animation, Warner Brothers Animation, and Sony Pictures Animation. I'm obsessed with music, I love just about everything (except contemporary country music!!!) You'll usually find me either drawing, sleeping, or singing obnoxiously while showering at 3 am, that sums me up quite nicely!
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