A mournful groan was audible

From deep in the mound, and a voice came to my ears:

“Why do you wound a poor wretch, Aeneas? Spare me now

in my tomb, don’t stain your virtuous hands, Troy bore me,

who am no stranger to you, nor does this blood flow from

some dull block. Oh, leave this cruel land: leave this shore

of greed. For I am Polydorus. Here a crop of iron spears

carpeted my transfixed corpse, and has ripened into sharp spines.”

-The Æneid, Book III

Spears strike down young Trojan Polydorus and become branches which engulf him, and he is left on the Thracian shores unburied. He turns into the actual roots of a tree, until Aeneas and his men arrive and come to cut his branches for shade, discover his body and give him a proper burial. One of my favorite verses from my favorite book/poem of all time. I have wanted to draw him since high school but just finally got around to it. Feeling cleansed and at peace like Polydorus himself.

seasonal studies for a film project for studio, a redesign of bergman’s persona that deals with opposites converging- indoor and outdoor, light and dark, organic and streamlined. initial key frame studies that will eventually including full renderings and drafting

some initial ideas for my last big
project before thesis, redesign of the beach house from Bergman’s “Persona”.

painted some storyboards i had drawn last quarter because my hands were feeling lazy 

we went on a 200 hour bus trip to the scottish highlands last week and it was pretty pretty but cold as fuck. this is clo and anna in front of a giant icy crag.

some goofy lil drawings i did in transit during scotland vacation. mainly of my sister, mainly on the train, many while on ambien

final concept renderings for the film i designed

character design for nancy drew project. micron and pencil, photoshop

first finished rendering for nancy drew project. scene 1: at the pine grove campground on lake sevanee. mystery ensues…

nancy drew storyboards, week 2 (secret door, forest transition 1, forest transition 2, interior police station)

concept thumnails for interactive nancy drew scavanger hunt, group project for a class

thumbnail sketches before i start larger renderings for the film

@mrpetersmith new years bearcoat

i forgot i painted this last summer. feral houses of georgia pt. III

thumbnail sketches for class, a concept of a bombed out fallout shelter themed restaurant to go in the post-nuclear war NYC-themed land of Italian theme park Mirabilandia. guests order their food in the basement fallout shelter and then eat on various floors of a bombed department store.