Digital - PS
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Master Study -- WIP
Heh, long time, no post!
How about some Death Dealer action? Yes? Yes. In the pic above, I've made a side-by-side of the original "Death Dealer" by Mr. Frank Frazetta (left) next to my humble start to a Master study (right). If you're saying to yourself... doesn't the "Death Dealer" have more above and below the characters? The answer is: Yes. I've cropped the image somewhat on the top and the bottom to put more focus on the characters, and to just switch it up a bit. If you're wondering what the heck that thing is on the top center of my study, it's just part of my easel.
Soooo, it's a WIP (Work In Progress) that I'm doing for the practice and fun of it.
My study -- Oil on board, 11" x 14"
My study -- Oil on board, 11" x 14"
I'm using the indirect method of painting here, where I basically start by laying everything out in a tonal image (Frank often used this method with his paintings). After the tonal underpainting is done, I will start applying glazes of color, and lastly I'll finish up with some opacity here and there for some added final touches.
I've actually done more work on this since this pic was taken, and I *promise* to post an update of it soon. ;)
I've actually done more work on this since this pic was taken, and I *promise* to post an update of it soon. ;)
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Pirate skull
Creative title, eh? Yeah... I'm no good with names. :P
Arr... This be oil on canvas. 9" x 12"
He be almost thar....
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
ArtOrder Dragon - Side by Side
Jon Schindehette of ArtOrder announced earlier this month that he was looking for a new illustrated version of the little dragon in the logo (seen here on the left). The image on the right is the illustration I came up with.
It was drawn with graphite, then inked, and finally watercolored. After that, I scanned it into a computer so that I could add the "ArtOrder" bubble digitally, as well as make a few final adjustments to the image.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Dragon rider
Private commission. Preliminary sketch. I Frankensteined the Fae rider into a couple different locations/positions using tissue paper. This is where she ended up. ;)
Monday, October 3, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Looking back...
I've always had a fascination with the ancients - Egypt being in my top five for obvious reasons of awesomeness (is that a word?). So many great things to draw inspiration from (pardon the pun). Anyway... I especially love the notion of taking bits from different creatures and melding them into new ones. So, I present to you my sketch of a jackal-headed lion. He's one of several creatures I'm making model sheets of. More on that later.
*In case you're sitting there thinking... 'Hey, I wish I knew how to read Egyptian hieroglyphs.' then I would highly recommend this. ;)
Author: Dr. Mark Collier & Dr. Bill Manley
Illustrator: Dr. Richard Parkinson
University of California Press
Friday, December 31, 2010
Temporarily Faceless
WARNING: Rant.
**The following rant is based on recent false and totally unfair claims made by an anonymous person regarding my artwork on Facebook, which subsequently resulted in said Facebook account being disabled. Reader discretion is advised.
Apparently someone had an issue with some of the artwork I've posted on my Facebook account, and so... without checking the claims for validity, giving me fair warning, or any notification at all, they have disabled my account. I only found out when I tried to log on. Yeah... rude. So... I am in the process of disputing this, and hope to have it back up asap.
*heavy sigh*
*heavy sigh*
It seems that if someone/anyone makes a claim that artwork is obscene or offensive... which violates the 'Rules & Standards' of Facebook, it gets the chopping block without question and apparently, without even investigating the claim. I would laugh at all this if I wasn't so frustrated and pissed off with them. It doesn't seem right that any person could make such a claim as this, without Facebook at least first checking for themselves, but that's the way it is, I s'pose. Anyone who has seen my work knows that this claim is complete bogus. I just hope this headache will be resolved quickly. Until then... you can still follow my art posts here.
Sorry 'bout this.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Untitled
Just a touch up on a painting I did a while back... because I felt like it. ;)
16" x 20" oil on masonite.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Whoa!
Here's my finished painting for the Frazetta Tribute Exhibition being held at Gallery Provocateur scheduled for March in Chicago, IL. Now I shall commence with the nail-biting wait to find out from a jury of awesome people in the world of fantasy art (of which I very much wish to be a part of) to see if I'm in. Did I mention they are AWESOME? hehehe
Jury panel consists of:
Jon Schindehette, Creative Art Director of Wizards of the Coast
Simon Bisley, Master Artist
Paul Hellard, Editor CG Society & Assistant Editor Ballistic Publishing
Gerald Brom, Master Artist
Arnie & Cathy Fenner, Publishers of Spectrum Fantastic Art Books
Veronica Kotlajic, Curator of Gallery Provocateur & Art Muse
Thursday, November 18, 2010
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