Adam Celeban's CG Blog

An idea I borrowed from the Imaginism Blog - picking a daily sketch or painting subject according to what celebrity’s birthday it is…

Happy Birthday Mr Bond!

Daniel Craig (2 March 1968)

Not long ago, I had the opportunity to go to a preview screening of Wall-E where the Director, Andrew Stanton attended and was interviewed. Even though I got to walk down the red carpet at the High School Musical 3 Opening, listening to Andrew Stanton was a more exhilarating experience - it’s just more my thing.

My Collector’s Edition Fining Nemo DVD is probably a little more collectable now that it has an Oscar winner’s signature on it.

It’s a little late to mention how awesome the movie is, so I’ll skip that bit and go straight to Stanton being swamped with people and DVDs. When I finally got to him, I had a bit of a strange moment where I could imagine him thinking…

“Oh no, what’s this guy got? An entire art pad for me to look through? What did he say? something was rejected by Disney but he had to do it anyway?”

Luckily there was a smile as I showed him preliminary artwork for a Wall-E product I created. It’s such a shame that Disney Licensing prohibits the interaction of their characters with products, because I have such a fondness for this design…

Wall-E Painting Made Easy preliminary design - Signed by Director, Andrew Stanton

Hi Everyone,
It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted, and I realised I hadn’t even posted the finished version of my panda. I sold my first print of it back in September as part of the Chalk Urban Art Festival in Sydney. I’ll post about some other work I did at the festival shortly. In the mean time, enjoy Office Pandamonium!

Office Pandamonium - Digital Paining (Photoshop) - Approx 16 hours

Yay! it’s oficially launched. The new version of my website, with new host and new domain.

http://adamceleban.com

I thought it was a small update, but apparently I’ve given it a HUGE redesign, so go and have a look. It’s all nice and simple to navigate, and pretty too.
This has been the first little step to marketing myself. I was told to run out immediately and get my name as a dot com before anyone else does. Unbelieveable there’s already a Polish superstar soccer player out there with my name, stealing a bit of my thunder whenever I decide to google myself (Urban Dictionary: narcissurfing).

I was thinking to myself… “good thing my name isn’t John Smith, how depressing would that be?”, but then, before making a fool of myself, I thought I’d better check it out, and It’s a “page not found”, so it just might still be available. Quick John, go get your amazingly unpopular domain name!

Adam Celeban's Online Showreel and Portfolio

Ratatouille release delayed by 2 months. Well, in Australia anyway. 3 months if you live in the UK. IMDB Release info.
This has been my most eagerly awaited pixar movie, ever. And this morning I found out that my 4 day wait was going to be ever so slightly extended.

I might’ve understood the ridiculous gap if we spoke a different language, but surely they dont have to record separate audio tracks and then re-lip synch the characters to match “english” rather than “american”, right?

I can almost guarantee that Ratatouille will become an over-night worldwide pirated hit… complete with the ambient rustling of popcorn and that one distracting silouette that decides to go to the toilet half way through the movie. It’s just a shame, because all their movies have such beautiful quality, that they should always be seen on the big screen.

WIP. I’ve made a start on blocking out the background.
As i’ve gone along, this painting has evolved, and is beginning to become a little bit of a tribute to the movie “Office Space”. We’ll just have to see what elements of the movie, if any, might appear in it.

Office Pandamonium - Digital Painting (Photoshop)

I’ve added an updated version of my montage to include some 2D work, and have finally included a Work In Progress Edit of the “Natural Perfection” Butterfly Commercial Pitch.
Enjoy.

Hi all,
I’m doing a couple of alternate options for this painting.
Comment to vote for yor favourite or suggest a caption.

Office Pandamonium (with mouse) - Digital Painting (Photoshop)

trying out these video hosts…

they’re much the same as youtube, except prettier.

Contents:
0. Montage
1. Bluey & The Skink 2004
2. Repellex 2004