Tank City WIP-color

original sketch- http://mikebear.blogspot.com/2009/03/tank-city.html

one day it will be finished. i like this quote from Bob Peak.

"Now, in every assignment, there is a great deal of preparatory thought. The actual execution of a painting takes about three hours. Few of the drawings take over one hour. Really though, this is a misleading statement. A painting may take ten years..."

"... that is to say, it was ten years before I could do it."

i found it at this blog- http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2010/08/bob-peak-finest-illustrators-work-with.html

Nightmares

photoshop over a loose pencil drawing. for a contest at sketchaholics.com

the theme was Nightmares. the idea is sort of from Monsters Inc. i love the idea of a couple of bullies going after a gentle monster. poor guy. so anyways, the kids are the monster's nightmare.

Studies

it seems all i do these days are quick studies from life, imagination, or other artists. this is a collection of quick gouache thumbnails from the past month or so. the top one is the latest.

War Sketches

Dreams

Tin Man WIP

Asteroid Sketch

Bear Sketch

this was an experiment with rendering and textures. i'm going to keep exploring these techniques.

Randoms

studies of Dice Tsutsumi and Gil Elvgren. the others are mine.

an attempt at a concept for the gardens from the film Metropolis.

Experiments with Imagery

Monkey King

Wrastlers

The Grump

The Woods

Evening

Yarn

Still Fishin'

Boy meets Girl

Family Cat

Hello, Viking