Tao Nguyen's Wild World Safari Drawing 1

These are some concept drawings I did for one of my own personal TV animated projects entitled- "Wild World Safari". The premise is Educational, Entertaining, and Extremely funny. It's Mr. Magoo meets Wild Kingdom. #taonguyen #concept #art #cartoon #network #nickelodeon #illustration #animation #character #design #animals #funny #wild #kingdom #educational #entertaining #penguins #snowman #walrus #Antarctica #north #pole #sea #marine #life #ocean #shark #natives #head #hunters #spear

Tao Nguyen's Pumpkin King Concept Drawing

This is my Pumpkin King concept art drawing, inspired by one of my favorite Disney movies- "The Nightmare Before Christmas". I've always wanted to do a scratchy-line / Tim Burton style type of drawing and here it is. I have to admit- it's a lot of work and a lot of fun! lol #taonguyen #concept #art #sketch #drawing #character #design #illustration #cartoon #tim #burton #pumpkin #king #cemetery #graveyard #moonlight #the #nightmare #before #Christmas #Halloween #spooky #tombstone #black #cat #jack #skellington #haunted #zombies

Tao Nguyen's Java-Rex Character Design

This is Java-Rex. He's a character I design for my own personal tv animated project entitled- "Galaxy Madness". Had lots of fun working on him. Hope to see him on the little screen someday. #taonguyen #character #design #animation #sketch #drawing #concept #art #illustration #cartoon #Disney #alien #scifi #galaxy #madness #lizard #reptile #ray #gun #villain #comic #book

Tao Nguyen's Space Girl Character Design Drawing

This is my Space Girl drawing. I did it for fun and to practice on my final line work. #taonguyen #character #design #illustration #cartoon #animation #sketch #drawing #astronaut #cowboy #star #trek #wars #girl #female #alien #scifi #outer #space

Tao Nguyen's Mickey Mouse Skiing Drawing

Here's my quick sketch drawing of Mickey Mouse skiing. My excuse- it was really cold in Florida and I had nothing better to do. Lol #taonguyen #sketch #drawing #character #design #illustration #cartoon #mickey #mouse #Disney #animation #skiing #ski #winter #cold #sports #Olympic

Tao Nguyen's Haunted Ghost Swing Concept Art Drawing

(Top drawing) One night I was really restless and had a hard time sleeping so I got up 1am in the morning and quickly sketched out this drawing- and I mean quickly. The next morning I woke up and found a fairly decent drawing! (Bottom drawing) Later on, I took another sheet of paper and tried to do a cleaner version of the top drawing. To me, I still like the first (top) drawing better than the second (bottom) cleaner version. #taonguyen #sketch #drawing #concept #art #illustration #storyboard #rough #pencil #ghost #swing #girl #haunted #farm #moonlight #cemetery #graveyard #tombstone #spooky #cartoon #Halloween #tree #playground

Tao Nguyen's Bedtime Stories Concept Art Drawing

Here's my Bedtime Stories concept art drawing. I did this just for fun and wanted it to look like a real children's illustrative book. I actually did this drawing way back in my Cal-Arts days. I was studying film animation at California Institute of the Arts back in the early 90's. Tim Burton was a big influence on me. #taonguyen #concept #art #character #design #monsters #bedroom #spooky #illustration #child #children #goose #bumps #creepy #under #the #bed #monsters #inc #teddy #bear #drawing #Halloween #storyboard #cartoon #tim #burton #nightmare

Tao Nguyen's Storyboard Drawings

Here's a storyboard concept art drawing I did for my own personal project. It's about a father and daughter having a nice bonding time with nature. As you can see on the top drawings, I went in and added some shading and tonal to help me see what stands out. #taonguyen #concept #art #storyboard #illustration #cartoon #sketch #drawing #animation #father #daughter #bonding #love #nature #forest #woods #valley #sunshine #peace #flowers #tonal #design

Tao Nguyen's Ghost Hallway Concept Drawing

Here's a concept drawing I did just for fun. I've always loved going on the Disney's Haunted Mansion ride and it inspired me to do this drawing. As you can see on the top left- I've added some shading and tonal to help me see what stands out. #taonguyen #concept #art #sketch #drawing #character #design #cartoon #illustration #animation #ghosts #hallway #haunted #mansion #Disney #Disneyland #Disneyworld #paintings #spooky #Halloween #tonal #house 

Tao Nguyen's Franken Chicken Concept Art Drawing

Here's a little concept drawing I did just for fun. In this artwork, I wanted to tell a simple funny story in just one page. As you can see, it was inspired by the original 1930's black and white classic "Frankenstein" horror movie. #taonguyen #concept #art #cartoon #illustration #character #design #monster #movie #Frankenstein #universal #fan #lightning #tim #burton #Halloween #chicken #igor #animation

Tao Nguyen's Alien Girl Concept Drawing

This is my Alien Girl concept drawing. I was really experimenting with this illustration- playing around with the lighting and negative space. I had a lot of fun doing this. #taonguyen #character #design #sketch #drawing #alien #scientist #girl #space #star #wars #trek #scifi #science #fiction #captive #prisoner #outer #space #galaxy #monster

Tao Nguyen's T-Rex Drawing

This is my T-Rex drawing, inspired by the first "Jurassic Park" movie. Believe it or not, this was the first time I've ever drawn a dinosaur. The other four smaller dinos were pretty much drawn from my imagination. I'm pretty happy the way it turned out. #taonguyen #concept #art #sketch #drawing #dinosaurs #trex #ice #age #stone #prehistoric #dino #comic #art #Jurrassic #park #movie #battle #fight #reptiles #monsters #caveman

Tao Nguyen's Dragon Girl Character Design Concept Drawing

Here's my Dragon Girl character design concept drawing. To be honest, I was really bored one night and just did this just for fun. At that time, I was working at Disney Feature Animation and some of my friends were teasing me stating that the fairy looks like Tinker Bell on steroids. Lol. #taonguyen #concept #art #sketch #drawing #illustration #dragon #girl #fairy #tinker #bell #Disney #character #design #dungeons #monster #fantasy #artwork #cartoon #comic #book

Tao Nguyen's Fantastic Four Fan Art Drawing

This is my Fantastic Four fan art drawing. This was published in the San Diego Comic-con program book when it was the Fantastic Four's 40th anniversary. If I wasn't already working in feature animation, I would have pursued to become a comic artist. #taonguyen #comic #book #fan #art #character #designs #marvel #fantastic #four #human #torch #thing #sue #Richard #reed #superhero #con

Tao Nguyen's Mermaid Drawing

This is my Mermaid Girl drawing. I wanted to give my mermaid girl more of a comic style look and not so cartoony looking like I'm use to drawing. #taonguyen #comic #art #illustration #sketch #drawing #mermaid #seahorse #cartoon #character #design #ariel #Disney #princess

Tao Nguyen's Warrior Girl Character Design Concept Drawing

This is my warrior girl character design concept drawing. I did this to develop my inking skills. At this time I was working as a professional artist doing clean-up animation for the major studios. I'm also a big fan of comic books. #taonguyen #concept #art #sketch #drawing #fantasy #comics #inker #warrior #girl #female #conan #dragon #demon #horse #indian #scifi #comic

Tao Nguyen's Metalic Girl Concept Character Drawing

Here's a drawing I did just for fun. I was really bored one night and had nothing else better to do than just draw away. lol. #taonguyen #character #design #sketch #drawing #cartoon #illustration #concept #art #girl #warrior #troy #Spartan #Trojan #roman #scifi #comic #girl #chick

Tao Nguyen's Gwen Character Design Drawing

This is "Gwen", a character I designed many years ago. This character was inspired the pop singer Gwen Stephanie. I was watching one of her music video and thought what a cool cartoon character she would make- so I came up with this little design. #taonguyen #cartoon #character #design #rock #gwen #stephanie #illustration #comic #art #chick #pop #star #sketch #drawing #musician #singer

Tao Nguyen's Igor Character Design Concept Drawing

This is Igor, he's a character I designed many years ago inspired by the classic 1930's black and white "Frankenstein" horror movie. #taonguyen #character #design #concept #art #sketch #Frankenstein #movie #fan #illustration, #Halloween #horror #movie #monster