monica grue

mountain pines

2011-11-23T17:58:00.000-08:00

Formations

2011-10-23T18:05:00.001-07:00

More studies

2011-10-15T11:34:00.000-07:00

Studies

2011-10-08T14:37:00.000-07:00

Breakdown

2011-05-17T21:23:00.000-07:00

Mustard & Ketchup

2011-05-07T21:52:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the shade!

2011-05-05T23:27:00.000-07:00

Hidden

2011-05-01T00:10:00.000-07:00

Snooze

2011-03-10T01:19:00.001-08:00

Into the Warm Sun

2011-02-27T00:01:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year!

2010-12-31T14:22:00.000-08:00

Cameo

2010-12-21T23:00:00.000-08:00

A quick doodlie before bedtime. This is my own verion of a cameo necklace portrait. I always loved them for being so elegant. This is a more dark, or quirky version :). Sorry not much posting these days! I've been at a new company since October, working in the world of social games! Wow, it is busy busy and very fast-paced. I'll be sure to announce when our upcoming projects launch on Facebook. Stay tuned and a Merry almost Christmas!

Bubbly Gal

2010-11-12T23:22:00.000-08:00

This blog's been a bit lonesome! Here's a quick sketchy I did tonight. Digging doing graphic work again. Nothing's more fun than making shapes. :) Enjoy!

Speedy

2010-09-24T14:02:00.000-07:00

KABLOOM! Red Engine Week 7

2010-09-19T00:53:00.001-07:00

This is my last piece for Jung's class. I'll have some work from week 6 to post soon.

I can't wait to continue applying and improving upon everything I've learned. It's been a great experience.

Thanks for stopping by!

Red Engine, Week 4 & 5

2010-09-06T15:49:00.000-07:00

Red Engine Wk 3

2010-08-23T21:57:00.001-07:00

Here's a few more sketches for environment class. Our assignment was to do a painting with a steampunk theme and a hellish theme. Having a great time and learning a lot!

Red Engine + "The Catlyst"

2010-08-16T18:18:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody! I've been taking Jung Park's environment class at Red Engine. Here's some small pieces I did for the second week. Looking forward to completing one of them.

I'm also wrapping up work on Medal of Honor (just passed my two years on it!). If you haven't already, check out our recent collaboration with Linkin Park in their music video "The Catalyst." You can grab a sneak peak at the gorgeous in-game environments our art department has been working hard on.

Volatile Lands

2010-05-15T01:15:00.000-07:00

Beach and Balloons

2010-05-12T00:47:00.000-07:00

Find Her Way

2010-05-09T18:23:00.000-07:00

Dorkus Maximus

2010-04-19T22:57:00.000-07:00

Headphones Gal

2010-04-15T23:32:00.000-07:00

Fish Face!

2010-03-07T18:27:00.000-08:00

Sketch-o-Matic

2010-03-06T14:13:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day

2010-02-15T00:36:00.000-08:00

Paris

2009-11-29T23:19:00.000-08:00

I was inspired a long time ago to do something Parisian, and found the busyness of the city's rooftops to be a perfect subject. I had a lot of fun futzing around with color choices on this one, but in the end I decided on a "magic hour" feel. Hope you enjoy. :)

The Programmer

2009-10-09T00:11:00.000-07:00

A long overdue gift to my brother. I think he requested this over a year ago... ouch! Started it up a while ago and had it under the belt. I think his room is actually 10 times messier than this depiction, but I was feeling generous. Hope you like it, Tony! (Of course you do!) :)

Tango

2009-09-19T00:06:00.000-07:00

Still here....

2009-09-14T01:02:00.000-07:00

Spiritu Sancti

2009-01-17T01:36:00.001-08:00

Began this one during my time off for Christmas. Hoping to make this and others as additions to my web site... which I last updated almost 8 MONTHS AGO! Time flies like the crazy now after graduating! Hope you enjoy! Inspired by Acts Chapter 2. :)

Happy New Year!

2008-12-31T20:47:00.000-08:00

Hey friends, hope everyone has a great new year and had a Merry Christmas too! Here's a quick sketch from a life drawing session last month. Hoping for a great new year with lots more to share with you guys :).

Overweight Animals

2008-10-19T23:25:00.000-07:00

Catching up on Sketchnight... this one's a few weeks late but finally got a chance. The theme chosen by Garrett Shikuma... thanks! Been trying to get back in the flow of this personal work idea. Being temporarily exiled from Los Angeles residency (haha... ah), I did this in honor of beachtown life!

Life Drawing

2008-09-27T15:50:00.000-07:00

Some drawings from the last week's EA/Otis life drawing workshop. :)

Sketch Night 8/18

2008-08-18T00:39:00.000-07:00

Long time no see! While I disappeared off the face of this blog, I became a junior concept artist at EA. Some of the artists around here here like to do a little thing called "Sketch Night" where someone picks a theme and we all have a week to come up with something. Being the new kid on the block, I got to pick the theme! I chose "Aftermath." I thought this would give everyone enough room to do something epic, humorous, or in my case... well you get the idea :). Here's my submission, "Aftermath of the Tide." Hopefully we can get a separate blog going for all the posts. See ya soon!

San José Airport

2008-06-11T12:30:00.000-07:00

Chicken scratches while waiting to board.

Graduated!

2008-05-12T12:24:00.000-07:00

Thanks everyone who came to the show and for all your comments! You can see my web site now at www.mjgrue.com. The work under my "personal work" is all my senior thesis work. Hope you enjoy :) (p.s., sketches are under construction). Be sure to also check out my growing list of links to my classmates' work. Here's to Otis Digital Media 08!

Cancer the Crab = Emo

2008-03-09T11:29:00.000-07:00

Sorry not too many posts lately... it's crunch time!

Cancer the crab and all his perils...

2008-02-18T11:18:00.000-08:00

Bee-Lee Holiday & the Jazz Bugs

2008-02-11T15:18:00.000-08:00

Guess who.... :P

2008-02-02T00:36:00.000-08:00

also.... jean harlow, frank sinatra, dean martin... and gwen stefani???

Life Drawing

2008-01-31T23:45:00.001-08:00

Hope you recognize some familiar faces :D

Happy New Year

2008-01-01T13:32:00.001-08:00

Somtimes you just have to wipe the slate clean. Here's to 2008.