THE ART OF WILLIAM "MAC" MCDONALD

(me, on the set of my indie film as writer, director and producer)

Here, you'll find many pieces I've done, and all are connected to projects currently underway. Many of the projects are my own, and most go to the "back burner" whenever paying gigs (projects from outside clients) are present. Thank you so much for stopping by and having a peek!

Background and training;
I majored in Art at UNLV and have a career that spans two and one half decades.

I Strive to keep myself involved in all facets of the entertainment industry:
Major Motion Pictures, TV and the Digital Media.

I am extremely detail oriented and provide only meticulous results.

My skills are many – Scenic Construction and Design, Computer Savvy – Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier and Adobe After Effects, Lightwave 9.3UB, Final Cut Pro HD, Vue 5 and more. I've held every title from Producer to Camera Operator.

"CHARACTERS & CREATURES" - Concept Art Studies

"Creature Concept -0001a"

"All Hallows Eve - Character Concept -0002b"

I love thinking about and creating creatures and characters. On my characters, I use Poser 6 to establish the "blocking in" of the characters, then embellish them in Photoshop CS2 using digital painting techniques. On my creatures, I usually start off with a rough pencil sketch, scan it into CS2, then paint away on it until OCD subsides...

ALL ARTWORK DISPLAYED IN THIS BLOG ©2008 WILLIAM D. "MAC" MCDONALD JR.

"ENVIRONMENTAL ART" - Concept Art Studies

"Swamp"

"B&W Study"

"Alien Music Store"

"Floating Upside Down City"

"U.S.S. Erhardt"

"The Dock"

"Art Crusades - River Guardian"

All of these pieces are "Digital Art" created in Photoshop CS2, and some were submissions to contests at ConceptArt.org ...

ALL ARTWORK DISPLAYED IN THIS BLOG ©2008 WILLIAM D. "MAC" MCDONALD JR.

3D Modeling - CGSphere Submission

"The Time Machine"

CGSphere.com has an activity whre the 3d artists are presented with a project file comprised of a simple sphere, and a "cyc" background. Users are allowed to create anything they wish from the sphere, but are not allowed to change the size or position of any element in the original scene file. This was my submission, a construct of the time machiine in the 2000 remake of "The Time Machine". Everything seen was created/adapted from the simple sphere, with the only exception being the main character Alexander Hartdegen, played by Actor Guy Peirce, and was one of the "Poser 6 Bussinessmen" adapted to fit the period and look of the actor.

"PASSAGE TO ATLANTIS" - Concept Art

"Kronos Discovered"

"At The Base of Kronos"

"Atlantean Halls"

"Atlantean Citadel"



These are the first of hopefully many concept designs for my project "Passage to Atlantis". I'll do a graphic novel first, then adapt the writings to a screenplay...

"PASSAGE TO ATLANTIS" & ALL ARTWORK DISPLAYED IN THIS BLOG ©2008 WILLIAM D. "MAC" MCDONALD JR.

"WARBOTS" - Concept Art

These are concept art pieces, for a project I'm putting together (graphic novel, then screenplay + production concept art). My story will tentatively be called "Warbots", and I have high hopes for it.

"WARBOTS" & ALL ARTWORK DISPLAYED IN THIS BLOG ©2008 WILLIAM D. "MAC" MCDONALD JR.