Ky Dalley--Moment

I've been staring at this so long, I think my eyes are missing everything wrong with everything--

Pencil Sketch

Colors--something's wrong but my eye is not seeing it anymore--

Ky Creature Finals

Ky Dalley Environment Comp Sketches

Ky Dalley // Artist Statement

Drawing has always been my gateway into the realities beyond our own, which is why as time has gone on, my work has developed a more stylized appearance. I always hope that by skewing the ordinary with simplified shape and line that the heart of each subject will have a greater emotional impact.

Cartoons are the biggest impact on how my work has developed; they have pushed my line quality, the stretch of facial movement, and the expressionism of silhouette and posing. There is a better sense of story-telling in the exaggerated style which has always drawn me to cartooning as a means of narrative exploration.

As I work, I tend to move from the character out, molding the environment around how the subjects interact with their universe. For this reason the majority of my work focuses almost exclusively on the “actors” in the image. To keep this emphasis I often work in pencil and pen, using line quality and movement to draw the eye up to the character and later bring in color as a secondary emphasis to the emotion of the figure.

It is my hope that my work will be able to inspire others to view the world differently, to see past everyday reality and find something new to explore.

Environment Thumbnails

Ky Dalley // Vehicle Comps

Vehicle Comps // Ky Dalley

I'll do some more clean up on these--

Ky Dalley // Vehicle Thumbnails

Final Comps+Colored Auoda // Ky Dalley

Character Comps

My scanner is too small and always cuts off Auoda's feet... dangit.

Influence Map

First Character Sketches

I found an actor that I thought would make a good Phineas [I think it sounds better than Phileas and several other versions have done it so why not?]. Going to play with motifs in his costume and hair.