POST PWNED

Oh my god!!

2011-08-24T21:05:00.003-04:00

...I totally forgot to post my pics from the painting workshop I attended with James Gurney! It was an incredible experience where we painted for 3 days, in the studio and down at the Hudson River. The theme was Painting with Colored Light, so there were dramatic colors on all the models. I'll post some of the painting I did below. I can't believe I totally spaced on this...

Enjoy!

Finally, a summer project!

2011-08-24T13:24:00.002-04:00

I finally got around to painting something after my workshop, so I picked a photo off the web and painted this the other night. Took about 4-5 hours total, and I really enjoyed it! I have another request lined up, and hopefully I can start it before school starts in September.

Enjoy!

PS. There's a shadow on the top from my easel...

It's Official

2011-06-10T22:11:00.002-04:00

I painted my first self-portrait so I'm officially a painter. I should have painted more hair on my head...

Enjoy,

More Naked People Then You Could Shake a Stick At.

2011-05-12T12:49:00.000-04:00

Please find the following lessons: Foreshortening, Exaggerated Color and Sustained Pose. You may remember the subject for the Sustained Pose from earlier in the semester. Look how far we've come!

Enjoy,

Edge Control

2011-05-12T12:44:00.000-04:00

This assignment was to practice our use of edges. As you can see there are some sharp edges where our focus is, and then further out and in soft areas, like the hair, the edges fade away...

Enjoy!

PS. I'm also including a midpoint photo because I thought it looked cool! A little look inside my process.

FEET WEEK

2011-04-12T13:24:00.003-04:00

FEET WEEK!! FEET WEEK!!!

More Paintings...

2011-04-07T16:31:00.002-04:00

The paint factory rolls on! I finished my first portrait and we have since moved on to Hands. This week, we'll be tackling feet, and then I'm not so sure. I haven't looked ahead. Well, enjoy!

By Request

2011-03-20T20:43:00.003-04:00

Jace wanted me to draw a picture of him today in his Star Wars costume so he could color it. He then gave up on that and asked me to. Then he wanted me to add in another character with his arm around him. The result? TA DA!

PS. His review is at the bottom.

My School projects

2011-03-15T12:25:00.003-04:00

School is back in session and I'm taking Intro to Painting: The Figure. That's right, more naked people. Here are some of the paintings I like so far. It fun learning to paint with Oils. It's not as annoying as I thought it would be, and for the most part, it's pretty fun. Hey, at least we have new photography to work from instead of the same old shots from Figure Drawing! The paintings are, in order:

Limited palette, 2 colors + Black and White

Live figure drawing, completed from the model in just over an hour

Masters study, Caravaggio

Reflected light study

Enjoy!

I MOTIVATED!!!

2011-02-01T11:12:00.003-05:00

Classes started yesterday and I managed to finish my Winter Break project just in the nick of time! I actually did it! Woot! Attached is my first formal landscape, done in acrylics at 20" x 16". It's called "Summer Storm" and I based it off a picture I've had in my scrap file for a long time. It's not perfect, but I'm working on getting past that need and the fear that goes along with it. It's just a painting I like and I'll use the lessons I learned and mistakes I made to make better paintings! Speaking of which, get ready for more naked people, I'm taking Painting the Figure! and I'll be using oils this semester so that will be exciting too!

Enjoy!

My Second House Painting

2011-01-06T21:01:00.003-05:00

Here is the second of the two house paintings I was commissioned to do for Christmas.

Enjoy!

Here's what I did this Semester

2011-01-06T20:38:00.004-05:00

Well, technically it's last semester now, but I took Intermediate Figure Drawing, so you guessed it: Naked People. It was a bit retread-y, but I enjoyed it none-the-less. It was fun to try new things. Here are some examples. I really got into the white and black charcoal on toned paper action.

Enjoy!

New House Painting

2010-11-13T22:50:00.002-05:00

I just finished a new house painting for a client. It's a pen and watercolor, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I have another one for them on deck now which I will post when it's ready, and I have bunches of charcoals from school this semester! I gotta get on the ball with my posting!

Giant Comic Page!

2010-08-26T21:10:00.004-04:00

Well, after dragging my ass all summer on work, I finally completed this massive page for my webcomic. I'm really really a sad piece o' this season. I haven't accomplished ANYTHING. Until now. The week before classes start. Sad...

Missing Lost

2010-05-28T16:05:00.004-04:00

Well, Lost ended on Sunday, and I'm definitely missing it. It was my favorite television show of all time, and if I may say, one of the best ever. It's a bit depressing now that it's gone and to help ease the loss, I went back and gathered up all the sketch portraits I did of my Island friends. They may not be good interpretations of the characters, and they are in whatever style I felt like at the time but I hope you enjoy them!

Two... more... Paintings!

2010-05-13T15:25:00.003-04:00

Here's the new output, a Low Key, and another High Key. I didn't stretch myself too far coming up with another High Key subject. Don't judge! I have to do this all week long! LOL

Here's the new output, a Low Key, and another High Key. I didn't stretch myself too far coming up with another High Key subject. Don't judge! I have to do this all week long! LOL

More more more!

2010-05-04T12:43:00.002-04:00

How about a High Key painting this week? That's what I got for ya. Next week is Low Key and another larger High Key that will look very similar to this one, except pink. What can I say, I'm not a very strong compositioner(?).

Enjoy!

The Madness Continues!

2010-04-28T16:31:00.003-04:00

Here's this week's painting. It's intended to be a casual "found" subject, so I found this on the floor of my closet! These are two old hats of mine and my flip flops.

Enjoy!

More... Paintings

2010-04-22T11:33:00.002-04:00

Man oh man, I've been painting like a mad man. No, I mean literally, someone is going to look at the life I'm leading and say "Has he gone mad???" While clutching his bowler hat in fear and revulsion. Anyway, enough corn, let's get to the paintings! We've got a Cloth/Drapery study, and a large Birds Eye view.

Enjoy!

PS. Remember to check out my comic(top link in Interesting Stuff), I'm still updating it!

WOOT!!

2010-04-21T16:06:00.003-04:00

Check it out everybody! I have someone Following my blog!(look to the right) I'm very excited and flattered. Thank you for signing up The Hurricane's Lament! I appreciate it.

OATS

This Week's Painting

2010-04-13T14:26:00.003-04:00

Here it is! I did this one for my wife and the boys, it has their initials in it and I think we will put it in the baby's room when the semester's over. I think this is my favorite to this point.

Enjoy!

Paintings: The Squeakquel

2010-04-01T11:28:00.003-04:00

Well, this week I wrapped up my "Candle Period" and my "Maroon Period" in one shot. The former because I ran out of candles to paint, and the latter because my wife wants her maroon drape back for the dining room. Anyhoo, presenting the Week 7 exercise, "Silver Shiny Object"(the one with the bottles) and Homework #2, representing weeks 5-7(Clear, Shiny Copper/Bronze, Shiny Silver).

Enjoy!

New Painting

2010-03-16T13:53:00.002-04:00

Another painting for class, this one is supposed to feature copper or brass. I got lazy on the tea lights because the deadline was looming. It shows.

Enjoy!

New Painting and an Important Link...

2010-03-08T11:37:00.005-05:00

Here's this week's new painting, I should have another tomorrow, unless something horrible occurs to prevent my timely submission. In OTHER news, I have finally started an official webcomic based on one of my story ideas. The comic is based on a young woman with Healing abilities who decides she'd rather not spend her life as a village wise woman and sets out to seek her fortune traveling her world and having many adventures with various friends and allies, etc. There is a villain and chasing and excitements and dinosaurs and high tech action and primitive tribes and weird little peoples and all sorts of stuff! It's just going to be coming out as slow as molasses so you will have to hang in for a while before any of the exciting stuff I just mentioned rolls around. But hang in there! I'll make it worth your while. Without further ado, The Link:
A Vagrant Life

and my new painting!

Edit: and the other new one!

More Paintin'!

2010-03-01T12:02:00.002-05:00

Here are the next two assignments. Another limited palette but with the addition of a bright yellow and a full color palette excepting Black! I had to use the colors to get dark darks.

Enjoy!

I'M PAINTING!!!

2010-02-19T11:42:00.003-05:00

Hi Everybody, I'm busy with my new class this semester, Still Life Painting, and I have two pieces under my belt. I have to say, I really enjoy working with Acrylics, I have very limited experience with painting in general and this was my first time working with this type of painting. I really feel like I'm clicking with it, they did a great job explaining the process(finally!) and it really relates well to the way I like to do things. Anyhoo, here's the first two:

First Assignment: Black and White - two simple objects.
Second Assignment: Limited Palette - Black, White, a Red and a Yellow.

Enjoy!

A Special Xmas Giftie

2009-12-29T00:24:00.003-05:00

This year, my sister and her husband bought a new house. My wife and I thought it would be a great idea to get some practice on my home portraits and put together one for her new house as a xmas/housewarming gift. I took it one step further and painted it in watercolor as well. I'm including both versions. I have been checking out a lot of watercolor illustrations and had been dying to try it out over my pens and this was a perfect opportunity! For whatever reason, the scanner really brightened up the colors when I scanned this. I had to desaturate it a bit to match the original. It is 14"x11" and I framed it up nice.

Enjoy!!

Character Designs

2009-12-08T14:13:00.003-05:00

Hi All, I finished another interesting assignment where I needed to create 3 different character designs: Strong, Male, Hero, Young, Female, Assassin, and Old, Feeble, Man. I repurposed a couple of ideas I had in the past and here they are! Colored in Painter with different techniques, I'm still not sure what I'm doing with it, but I like it a lot.

Enjoy!

First school post of the semester

2009-10-06T00:08:00.003-04:00

Here it is! The assignment was to create a line drawing of a character(s) and color it in Photoshop. So I used a couple of characters from a story idea I came up with recently. I hadn't really rendered them fully as of yet, so it was fun to put them down in a final form.

Enjoy!

Class this Semester

2009-10-01T11:46:00.002-04:00

Hi Everybody! This semester I'm taking a digital painting class, so I will shortly have some interesting Photoshop and later Painter projects to upload. I'm very excited to get into the nitty gritty, so far we've been practicing basic Photoshop tricks, but this week we start painting. I have a small character study and a Olympic postage stamp idea coming down the pike. More to follow.

New Job

2009-09-16T22:31:00.002-04:00

Everyday now, my oldest boy has been asking me to make him a dinosaur drawing while I'm at work. He picks one from his dinosaur TV show (Dinotrain, it's cute) and waits for the results when I get home. Here is today's: Stygimoloch.

Enjoy,

Chinese Landscape

2009-08-20T23:20:00.006-04:00

I can't believe I forgot to post this. I was at a nice Chinese restaurant for my dept. Xmas party and I had received my leftovers and we were all sitting around like idiots waiting on the off-chance that our VP would grace us with a speech. I had started doodling with my gel pen on the top of my carryout container, inspired by the art hanging in the restaurant. Here it is! I would draw then smear the ink, over and over to create the brushed look. The top one is actual size. BTW, I was the first person to leave. Right after I finished this to be exact!

Enjoy!

My First Watercolor and an Update

2009-05-08T20:45:00.003-04:00

Hi all, I've been working on school steadily(next post, sculpture!), along with practicing comics and actually a lot of other stuff I should scan and post up here. Anyhoo, the point is, I did a nifty little watercolor for my wife to try out a new paint set I bought a few months ago that has been terrifying me. So I sucked it up and did a 4x6 painting of Disney's Wilderness Lodge(our favorite vacation spot). It was actually a cool time doing it, and I will look around for something else to try.

In other news, I "finished" my 5 page comic sampler and sent it to the only major publisher still accepting open submissions-Dark Horse. Well, they didn't reply so, I'm going to keep working and trying some new things. Or in this case an old thing. I picked back up on my work on Tharn's Warcraft story. Follow the Grym Tiding's link to the right to check out the newest addition. I decided to put it out in easy to digest strips rather than trying to bang out pages at a time. Instead of making excuses not to work, I'm trying to make it easier TO work. So far so good. Keep moving forward mule. Yah Mule!

Enjoy,

Holy Cow! It's page 5!!

2009-01-23T10:48:00.003-05:00

Yes, yes, I've finally managed to drag 5 pages of comic-y goodness into existence. Next step is to start showing it around. I've started some research into who I need to talk to and what I need to present, so I will be busy putting together PDFs and brief synopsisesiess...however it's plural! I'm excited, but mostly frightened. Wish me luck!

This week's assignment

2008-10-30T00:41:00.004-04:00

This is my assignment from last week, which was a layout featuring 2 point perspective. In all these assignments I try to make the perspective-y stuff secondary to whatever is going on, I dunno, I just like the human element and they don't have a lot of corners! This week I will have to put in all the tones and shadows with my grey markers, which I've gotten pretty comfortable with. They ain't so bad! Anyhoo, in the scene the young speedster has wrapped his '63 Austin Healey around the tree and the farm guy is pulling him from the wreckage. I did something fun with the car: I got some reference shots and drew one in the position I would need it in the layout. Then I tracing papered over it all the wreckage, then I applied that to the layout and used my microns over THAT layer! It took a while, but man, I'm happy with the results!

Enjoy!

EDIT: Hey hey! Here is the finished version, markered and ready to roll. In the end I went in a completely different direction then I intended from the beginning. Please, continue to...

Enjoy!

Another Page!!

2008-10-25T23:33:00.002-04:00

Wow, how about that? I haven't totally given up on my latest project, going so far as making yet another page! I took the opportunity to redraw a lot of the panels in this one, and in every case I improved them. I'm definitely getting better, but I'm not there yet.

Enjoy!

More from the Sketchbook!

2008-10-25T23:00:00.002-04:00

Um, yeah, the title says it all...

Sketchbook Posts

2008-10-19T22:17:00.005-04:00

Ok, I scanned in a ton of sketchbook pages the other day, and I thought I'd start the ball rolling. I will post them 10 or so at a time until I run out. At the very least, it can provide some good content filler.

School work!

2008-10-18T13:46:00.005-04:00

I'm sure you noticed on your calendars that the Fall semester has begun, so without further adoo-doo, here is my...INTERESTING SCHOOLWORK POST!!!... First in the series. This semester, I'm only taking one class, that being Perspective.

Enjoy!

More pages!

2008-09-06T13:42:00.004-04:00

Hi Everybody, I've been working still, just not posting. Here are the inks for pages 2 and 3, I'm coloring 1, and still laying out 4. Otherwise, School has started again, I have Perspective this semester, so expect some Isometrics soon and some architecture later. Perhaps, I will have other surprises as well, like if I ever get off my ass and scan some sketchbook pages, got lots there. Anyhoo, enjoy and I'll see you soon!

PS. I may replace some of the pics on these pages, a couple are kinda bugging me.

Thank You Gift

2008-06-21T15:45:00.004-04:00

My Little boy just had his 3rd birthday, and the local volunteer fire station was nice enough to set up a tour of the station and all the trucks. As a thank you, I did a pen and ink of their station house. It's 14" x 11" and I framed it up for them. I think I'm going to start talking around town about starting this as a service for some extra cake. I'd like to do our newly remodeled Library next...

Enjoy!

Still more!

2008-05-30T14:53:00.003-04:00

I've also been practicing on some comic pages to try and improve and heck, come up with a style. Either way, I'm really enjoying it. This is the first couple pages of my practice piece. The story doesn't necessarily go anywhere now, but it could. I'll probably just use it for a portfolio piece. BTW, the bottom left image on page 2 is being swapped out, it's too weak.

Enjoy!

Back again

2008-05-30T14:47:00.003-04:00

Well, school is out for the summer, and I can start posting stuff again. Man I'm lazy! Anyhoo, first up is a special sketch I did for my little buddy. He loves fire trucks (I think all little boys do) and I was in Boston for the HOW design conference (it was awesome! I had never been to a trade show thingee before) and I was taking a break. Outside the conf. center was this really cool old fire house and I thought Bear would love it. So, I busted out the sketchbook and did this:

BTW, I have more cool stuff to post from my sketches, bear with me.

More Character Design!

2008-01-18T13:36:00.000-05:00

Ok, here's more of what everyone's been clamoring for! More of my character sketches from my upcoming comic project! Included is further practice with Red, some Rosa ideas, Charlie and a couple of other police officers. I'm still trying to get to a point where I can repeat Red and the others without having them all look like different people.

Enjoy!

Christmas Card

2008-01-18T12:50:00.000-05:00

Ok, here comes a flurry of posts! This is a combination Xmas and Moving card I did for a co-worker who had relocated to NYC. She wanted to reference both themes, therefore, Ice Skating, in Central Park! There was also a greeting and address info on the inside.

Enjoy!

Oh my god, I am such a slacker

2007-12-28T11:16:00.000-05:00

Hi Everybody! I have been slaving away on school and I haven't posted anything of any substance in forever! Well, you're patience has paid off, included is my favorite pieces from my classes this semester. These are all from my Analysis of Form class, (my other class was Creative Writing) and are charcoal or pen.
I really enjoyed both classes this year, working with charcoal was nerve-wracking. I kept worrying that I would mess it up. In the end tho, I would be tired and happy.

Enjoy!

My Summer Project

2007-06-15T11:59:00.000-04:00

Wow, two in one day! This next one is a quick sketch I did at work as a concept pic. This grumpy fella is going to be the main character in my new comic project that I will start this summer. Once I finish the intro for Grym Tidings, which I'm still working on, and there isn't actually all that much left to go. Enjoy!

PS-I've added a few more sketches of the character for updates, and I've started writing this out as well.

School work

2007-06-15T11:53:00.000-04:00

Hi All,

Well, it's nice to be back in the flow of things! Here is the rough for my Color class final project. I would post the painting itself, but I need to photograph it because it's too big to scan. I will post it later. Enjoy!

I'm back!

2007-06-08T11:58:00.000-04:00

Hello Everybody! I'm back finally, school's over, I got straight A's, and I'm back to post the latest. I will post some interesting stuff from Class (Color & Design) as well, so that will be coming up soon as well. In the meantime, here is a recent commission for my young nephew Matt. He requested a fight scene between a Jedi with a dual-bladed lightsaber, Darth Vader, and a giant, cake-making droid. Without further ado...

Here ya go...

2007-03-16T01:32:00.000-04:00

Well, I'm finally posting something again! I'm still overloaded, and digging, but the least I can do is drop something for y'all to look at. Here is the pencils for page 4 of my Grym Tidings WoW comic. I'm just starting the inks so hopefully I will finish that soon inbetween my school and freelance.

Enjoy!

Help!

2007-03-08T12:31:00.000-05:00

Sorry everybody! I've been overloaded with my job and school and freelance, that I haven't had a chance to even think about posting anything, let alone creating for enjoyment. I did finish the pencils for page 4 of Grym Tidings, so I will have something to show soon enough. Maybe I will post that here, along with page 3, and save the other site for the finished pages. Sound good! See you soon!

New Illustration from Work

2007-02-05T16:44:00.000-05:00

Hi all, I've been busy plugging away with my freelance project(will post examples after I've finished) and my comic, as well as starting school last week! To my surprise, my day job produced the most interesting work of the past week! I was given a job to produce a full color sponsor ad for a charity ball and they asked for one of our run of the mill photo ads with the logo and a blurb about how supportive we are, and I had an idea for something more. Well, here's the illo alone, I'm not sure if I'm allowed to reproduce the complete ad, but there is some fancy cursive text in the upper right, with the logos just beneath, in white.

Enjoy!

Check it out!

2007-01-05T15:52:00.000-05:00

Hey Kids, feel free to hop over to my Grym Tidings site for the exciting page 3 of the saga!(link to the right) Yes, yes, I know it's been months since I finished page 2, but how about spending less time complaining and more time reading? Enjoy!!

Next stop: Norway!

2007-01-05T12:13:00.000-05:00

I've always had a fondness for the Scandinavian Stave Churches so we decided to visit the oldest existing church up here in Norway. Strange, even tho it had already snowed in Switzerland, we enjoyed a wonderful spring-like atmosphere in Norway. Go figure. Anyhoo, here's the sketch!!

Another sketch from my world travels!

2007-01-04T11:16:00.000-05:00

Boy oh boy, I sure love jetting off to new locales for sketch inspiration! Instead of Marseilles I decided to hop over to Switzerland for my latest subject. Look! It snowed there! Where will I go today?? Perhaps the Far East, Scandinavia? hmm...

Visit to Paris

2007-01-02T19:10:00.000-05:00

Hi all, on a recent "visit" to the city of lights, I paused to make this marker sketch of a caberet in Montmartre. spent about a half an hour there, then moved on. Tomorrow, I'll download a picture of Marseille and sketch... uh oh. Well, enjoy!

A Special Gift...

2006-12-14T21:42:00.000-05:00

Hi all, recently my Wife asked me to draw her up a custom "jigsaw puzzle" greeting card for a co-worker. She originally wanted to give her an actual jigsaw puzzle featuring an Oompa Loompa, but I guess it's hard to find a jigsaw puzzle featuring a 30 year old movie character. Anyhoo, here is my finished card. Done in pencil, pen and markers. After I completed it and was totally relieved I didn't make any blobs or mistakes, I really F'ed it up by spraying it with some permanent sprayfix. Needless to say, the pen bled everywhere giving it a permanent fuzzy appearance. I... was... pissed. I don't know what I was thinking, I guess it was force of habit. The markers didn't run, just the pen I did the basic outlines with. Well, whatever, enjoy!

Wow!

2006-12-02T13:14:00.000-05:00

How's this for quick turnaround! Right after I posted my Superman pic(I had worked on that on and off for a week) I sat down with a new idea for another color study I had gotten from some wrapping paper I saw at work. Anyhoo, I always liked maroon and blue together(that's the combo on the wrapping paper) and the first thing that came to me was swaying palm trees against a blueblue sky with crystal clear waters... "sigh". Back to the pic! Anyway, I sat down and banged this out in an hour and a half. All that practice is starting to payoff!

Hey, Superman!

2006-12-02T10:38:00.000-05:00

Hello helloo! I'm back again with another exciting practice image. This time I was inspired by the orange glow at sunset out my office building window, so what would be the best thing to see outside a high office window? Superman of course.

Enjoy!

Pages from the sketchbook

2006-11-27T15:04:00.000-05:00

Hi all! Here are some pics from my sketchbook that I would like to share. A page of good assorted stuff, and a sketch of the Merritt parkway I did at the doctor's office. Hey! There is even a selfportrait included. Also, I did another colored pencil jobbie of my little tree dude.

Enjoy!

crankin' it out!

2006-11-09T09:36:00.000-05:00

This is a sketch I started after a particularly striking trip to the curb to take out the garbage. The background is my view down my street, but thankfully, there is no creepy guy loitering in my front yard. I added the park gate as well, but we do have a street light! All in all about 3 hours spent, gotta get that time down!

Enjoy,

Commission

2006-11-08T23:18:00.000-05:00

Hey all, been a while, but I have some really interesting stuff coming down the pike. First off is this piece which came about from a request from James for a gift for his boy. I tried to get a more cartoony look about it, and then I just went bananas and blew out that moon and clouds, I just couldn't help it. I also got some good tips and advice at ConceptArt, thanks to everyone over there. So, without further ado...

Colored Pencils

2006-10-17T16:34:00.000-04:00

Here's an jazzy doodle I did on a 3x5 card with our department set of pencils. It's a pic of a little tree-dweller reaching out for a sunbeam.

Enjoy!

From the Sketchbook...

2006-10-12T12:25:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I had an idea kicking around for a snowy scene and look what popped out! Done with Pen and marker.

More Sketchgroup Fun!

2006-10-11T10:26:00.000-04:00

Here's another topic from yesterday, FLYING MICRO BOT THAT RESEMBLES INSECT IS NEAR EVERYDAY OBJECT
I went with a tiny assassin type bot, about the size of a dragonfly. Enjoy!

More Daily Sketch Group fun

2006-09-26T15:12:00.000-04:00

Here's another entry into Conceptart.org's Daily Sketch Group. The topic today was: RIDICULOUS SIGN POST BAFFLES BAND OF TRAVELLERS

Enjoy...

I'm "Back"!

2006-09-18T12:45:00.000-04:00

Wow, long time no post! I have an excuse tho. I've been laid up with a ruptured disk, and only just recently been cleared to work again. Which includes art work as well, I was put on a strict no-sitting diet. But I'm back on the horse and the first major work of the break is my entry for the Blizzard Games art contest. I'm not sure if my entry went through last night, but I had 3 days to complete this. I hope you(and the judges) enjoy it! I will also try to scan in some of the sketches I did while horizontal, I did some neat King Kong sketches while I was watching the DVD. See ya soon!

Well, they extended the deadline, so I did some more touchup on my shaman...

New Sketch

2006-07-30T10:24:00.000-04:00

Here's a traditional comics figure I started the other day. It had been awhile since I practiced my old Comics form. So, it was fun to be back!

Another Daily Sketch Group entry

2006-07-26T16:54:00.000-04:00

Workplace sketches

2006-07-26T15:54:00.000-04:00

Half day training course=Elizabethan gentleman...

Lunchtime Fun

2006-07-11T13:41:00.000-04:00

Here is a quick Photoshop piece I did at lunch. It was inspired by our family picnic this weekend, and I thought to work it up on my drive into work today. Enjoy!

More Lunchtime fun! From Thursday...

Went for a walk today at lunch, it looked like this out, but was in the middle of our corporate area. This is what it would have been like in the park. I made this one as a email gift for my wife.

Love it!

2006-06-24T09:52:00.000-04:00

I'm not sure why, but I really like the way this sketch turned out. Enjoy.

Comic project in progress post

2006-06-21T00:24:00.000-04:00

Here is a nifty little progress set for the comic project I'm working on for my portfolio. I have the pencils, inks, and two stages of color. I'm putting together a completely separate site to host this project so when I finally finish this first page I will link it here for your enjoyment!

Finally! Workplace sketches return!

2006-06-12T16:28:00.000-04:00

Sorry about the long absence, I've been working on my webcomic and comic book a lot and haven't been working on anything generic. I will post some stuff from those two projects when I have more content for them. Anyhoo, here are a couple recent things I've scratched onto paper during meetings(first one) or waiting around outside(second). BTW, the outside of our offices does NOT look like this. It was inspired by a bush.

Enjoy!

Another cool work project

2006-05-22T16:08:00.000-04:00

Here is an illustration I got to do that was used in a sponsorship ad for a charity ball.

Enjoy!

Visit to the Folks

2006-05-22T15:51:00.000-04:00

This weekend, my little family and I went up north to visit my relocated folks. So I took a moment or two to sketch a picture or their home.

Enjoy!

Cool project at work

2006-05-09T12:07:00.000-04:00

That's right, I finally got a cool illustration project to do for my job! I won't go into detail, but I had to design two illustrations to be displayed at 18" x 24" for a tradeshow that would be used during a demonstration. I have included the finals, the mockups that I pitched and only one rough sketch, as I forgot to scan the first one at that stage. I have to tell you, I didn't get nearly the time I would have liked to complete these, as it was a hideous "Rush" job. I definitely had more planned for them.

Enjoy!

Daily Sketch Group

2006-04-25T19:36:00.000-04:00

Here's a sketch I did for the ConceptArt.org Daily Sketch Group. The theme was for a creature: LARGE ARCTIC SPIDER HAS HEAVY, BLUBBERY, WALRUS-LIKE FLESH Enjoy!

Cool new Photoshop trick!!

2006-04-21T11:53:00.000-04:00

I learned this neato trick for PS where you can make ordinary photos appear to be tiny models or minatures. Here are my first few attempts.

New Photoshop painting

2006-04-21T11:48:00.000-04:00

This is a painting I did yesterday for a new agenda design at work. It was modeled off a photo from the web.

FINALLY!

2006-04-05T00:03:00.000-04:00

Finally I have managed to drag my ass through scanning all my new sketchbook work! Without further ado, my up-to-date sketchbook post...

More Meeting Doodles

2006-03-22T15:20:00.000-05:00

This first image is from last week, I was testing out my co-worker's turquise pencil in blue-then I inked it. He thought it looked like the lead singer for Midnight Oil, hence the lyrics.

This doodle was based on a 3CH instant "quick theme" which is a neat website that generates random topics for painting and drawing. The theme was: "A supersonic octopus reveals a police officer in the vestiges of a lost civilization". Here's a link:

http://viaggg.free.fr/3CH/3ch_web.php

I may try to paint this when I finish the cedar painting...

New Work! continued...

2006-03-08T00:25:00.000-05:00

Ok, I finally got back to work on this piece, having added the sky...

...and finished the old timer. Things are moving right along!

I did some more work on the old timer, added some blush and water stains from the rain. I only need to color one glove and his boots at this point...

(I'm restarting this thread here, because the original will get archived soon)
I started painting tonight in earnest. The other night I blocked out my colors but tonight I started the detail work. Enjoy!

Playing School

2006-03-04T20:14:00.000-05:00

Today my Wife, Son and I attended a family party, and I got a chance to spend some time with my niece and nephew. We played "school" and today's class was Art. We all took some time and made some pictures. Mine is below, he's an "Elephant Person" and my niece said he was a "Mad" guy. She made a really cool alien up right off the top of her head! She's very talented and I was totally impressed with her creature! She kept it or I would have posted it also.

Friday's meeting Doodle

2006-03-03T13:31:00.000-05:00

Tried something a little more... toony today. Had a migraine also, so this meeting was a non-stop hit parade...

Tracking Thingee

2006-02-23T23:16:00.000-05:00

Right about now I'm trying to install a thing to track my non-existent visiters. I have to republish to load it, and this is the only way I know how. Thank you for your patience.

New Work! (not the BIG IDEA tho...)

2006-02-22T11:47:00.000-05:00

Ok, I've finished my sketches and it's ready to be painted. Check back soon to see how my first major digital paintwork turns out! (Oats crosses fingers and toes)

Progress marches on!

Here are the preliminary sketches for a piece I'm going to do in photoshop. Some of you might recognize the subject from an earlier meeting doodle. I actually plan to do the entire piece digitally, and these were done entirely in photoshop and I loved it! It was very liberating to draw without any consequences, very freeing. Anyhoo, included are the landscape rough, a close-up of the characters face, and a rough positioning draft for the character. I think I'm going to reduce his scale, as he is probably too big as is. Enjoy, and watch for updates as work progresses!

Pitchforks and Torches

2006-02-21T11:57:00.000-05:00

I know, I know. When I started this blog I gave the impression that I would be posting more than just doodles and I will! I just need to set aside the time to scan my more substantial stuff. Also I have a BIG IDEA. I will post work pertaining to the BIG IDEA under that heading. Slowly but surely, patience dear readers! The content will come!

Friday's meeting Doodle

2006-02-21T11:54:00.000-05:00

Another riveting meeting, another riveting doodle. This a foggy creepy town pic...

Friday's Meeting Doodle

2006-02-06T16:40:00.000-05:00

Ok, not a long meeting this time around, but an especially boring one. Three new doodles, the landscape being my first thumb for a new drawing/PS painting I want to do. I will of course post it when finished!

Wednesday's Meeting Doodle

2006-01-27T12:17:00.000-05:00

This is the beginnings of fleshing out one of the characters for a project I'm imagining. I like it, but he needs to have his features exaggerated further.

Today's Meeting Doodle

2006-01-20T13:06:00.000-05:00

Here they are! Well, today's meeting was either longer or especially mind-numbing, because I did two! The second is only half-baked, but whatdya gonna do?

Today's Meeting Doodle

2006-01-11T15:41:00.000-05:00

From our production meeting this morning, I pictured him as a large mafia thug during a quiet moment...

Old Sketches and Drawings

2006-01-09T20:40:00.000-05:00

Here are some of my old sketches from as far back as high school.

This has always been one of my favorite pics. (1997)

done about the same time (1997)

This is a partial page from a comic I was practicing on. Never finished it(surprise surprise!) but I liked these frames a lot. The only problem is the poor perspective on the outstretched hand, should have been bigger.(1996)

Another comic frame (1996)

Hey! Who's this young fella? This is a self-portrait from an assignment in college. Sorry about the scan quality, the original isn't in very good shape. (1990)

A drawing of the Thunder god (1989)

At the time, Ironman had just gotten a new suit... (1989)

Feral Wolverine (1988)

Last but not least, Snake-eyes from GI Joe in action. (1987)

Workplace sketches

2006-01-05T13:50:00.000-05:00

I work for a vast corporation in the Creative dept of one of it's many tentacles. Needless to say, we are dragged into numerous meetings, conference calls and other yawn inducing get-togethers. Here are some of the doodles created to maintain my sanity...

Messing around with Photoshop

2005-12-29T15:14:00.000-05:00

Here is a pic I drew at lunch today in Photoshop. I had the image kicking around for a couple days, so I figured I test out some of the tricks I had learned in PS. Enjoy!

Illustrator painting

2005-12-29T11:01:00.000-05:00

This is a landscape I created in Illustrator for one of my online courses. I like it, it's casual and the sun in the trees is a fun effect. Enjoy!

Character studies

2005-12-28T12:27:00.000-05:00

Here are a few character studies I did for a project that was thrown open to all comers. I didn't get it, but I still like them. Enjoy!

First Work post (btw, this will be the end of "First" post titles-I understand it can get very tired)

2005-12-27T20:26:00.000-05:00

This is the first page of a comic project I've had kicking around in my head for sometime. Someday I will get around to finishing this. I also wanted to see it in color, as well as to practice using Photoshop, so...

Also, here is my original sketch for the page. I inked it first in Illustrator, then colored in PS.

First Post!

2005-12-27T14:28:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone, and welcome to my new blog. I'm currently at work and will post my first examples in just a bit. In the meantime, thank you for visiting my blank site and enjoy your time here!