Lifepainting

I used gouache exclusively for this and I must say, even though it takes some getting used to, I really like this stuff. I think I'm going to start using it exclusively for lifedrawing from now on. I wish I could take it with me everywhere I go, but it's ok. Right now I'm trying to get experience working with color, the more I familiarize myself with it, the better. She's not as an elusive mistress as I once thought, thankfully.

Wolverine

Trying to capture energy in a pose is very difficult. It's a great challenge to try and be anatomically correct and have an incredible amount of energy. Over rendering kills a lot of energy... it's interesting to see the expressive strokes mixed with a more tightly rendered face... it almost lends itself to be the focal point because there are more details to look at. The rest of the image almost vibrates. Could be something useful to think about for the future.

Going with the Flow

I moved to Venice, CA a few weeks ago and it's great. The goal is to work at a game or animation studio creating concept art and storyboards. The weather is fantastic out here, very good for the soul.

Voltron Covers

These are for the covers of Voltron #1 Convention Special and Voltron #4. The one with Voltron was much more planned out and took the most time. #4 was done much more quickly and without a plan, I enjoyed experimenting with the textures to create a feeling of energy.

BirdMan Concept

New Sketches

An Exercise in Texture and Silhouette

This is a year and a half old pencil drawing colored recently in Photoshop.

Grape Ola

I think I got a little carried away with the striping. I'm like a kid playing with his dad's gun.

I've been flirting with design, shape, and color in hopes that we can get some action and see if any sort of relationship can come out of it.

This is all watercolor with a bit of gouache every now and then... just a wee bit. I have bunch of gouache that I'm still holding off on messing around with. But I'm sure I'll be looking into now that I have my fancy shmancy Moleskine watercolor sketchbook.

I've been realizing a few things about making art and maybe life in general. The more care I put into something, the more I build it up in my mind, the more difficult that very thing becomes and the higher chance that I'll screw it all up. But when I just relax, have fun, and don't think about the outcome then good things happen. I guess that's something I'm having to learn little by little in what I do and how I live.

Woo Paintin's!

Feels good to make some paintings.

Watercolor w/ gouache finishes.
A drawing done on location at the Trevi Fountain in Rome, painted very roughly. Watercolor n/ gouache

Voltron Preview

That last panel is of the ship warping into space.... can't wait to see this colored.

Giant Walking Stick, etc.

This is a giant walking stick, it has a little village on its back.

The other images are for a concept art test.

The last one was drawn by Tim Seeley, colored by me for a movie.

Cartoons! Cartoons!

Just messing around with a different style... me likes.

Finally, an Update

It's been awhile, but I finally made something that wasn't work related and was really just a quick, just for fun, piece of art. It's been awhile since I made anything for fun, so this was a pleasant experience. I may go back in and touch things up with colored pencil, but for now it's just good ol' watercolor over a loose pencil sketch.

I'm not sure exactly what the picture is about, but I'm sure my subconscious knows.

Experiments....

...sometimes they come out good, sometimes not so much. But the important thing is to learn from them. Thankfully, I don't make my living from painting, but maybe some day I will.

This was done in oils in about five and half hours.

Paintin's

I'm taking a figure painting class. Purely for technical practice. It's great to have an excuse to paint and further my understanding of the medium. I have a loooong way to go and I'm looking forward to seeing how I can apply what I've been learning.

I sure do like sketching.

There is something about the sketch that appeals to me. It has energy, it is full of possibilities, and when I see it, I can imagine exactly what I want to see without having to go through the pain of the birthing process. So basically I'm a lazy artist by nature.

For this page, I was working on a sketch for a cover to the comic Hack/Slash. I wanted to go with a poster from around the turn of the century, mixed with Winsor McCay, some old Russian poster I found online, and a classic horror movie poster I saw a local theatre.

The Dragon sketch is an idea for a childrens' book. I have all these visuals with a very basic cliche narrative in mind... I need to work on the actual story some day to make it work.

DrawNight

The theme was very loose, and wasn't really even expected tonight. Skottie finally said, "Draw your dream project."

So this is what I thought of... my dream for that moment. A dragon with a laser gun attached to its chest versus a giant gorilla with a mini-gun attached to his shoulder and a Nazi at that. Both being controlled by riders.

I'll try to add some color when I make the time. I altered some valued in PS already.

A sort of failed attempt

Even though the actual watercolors didn't turn out, I'm planning on messing with it in photoshop to see if I can salvage the image. I just felt like posting it in its current state to hopefully document what will be a substantial improvement... or not.

And I think my scanner is crapping out on me.

Ahhh, details.

Just a work in progress. This will be the first of many versions I'm sure, but just wanted to actually spend time on something for once.

CafeNeo

Sundays are my favorite day. I go to a cafe, sit and draw from life or my imagination. Often times I'll try to paint something really quick. Most of the time I'm not very successful, but it doesn't keep me from trying. The more I can do of these types of things, the better.

I realized today that I have not painted many scenes at all. All of the details, color, and lighting of an environment is pretty overwhelming to me at this point, but in time I'm sure I'll learn a few things about color and light.

Watercolor Knight

Just messing around. He looks a tad meaner than I wanted, but I'm happy with how this little experiment turned out. I hope to continue this a bit further and see where it goes.

Full Metal Alchemist WIP

I'm still not finished with the black and white rendering. It's been awhile since I've done anything like this and I'm trying to take my time and not rush the process. Once I get the values just right, the coloring shouldn't take too much time at all.

Photoshop is our friend

I cheated and did a bit of manipulation in photoshop. Mainly to the values.

YO JOE!

This are some of my favorite pages from GI Joe: America's Elite #22-24. I can't believe I've drawn over 100 pages since I started. I consider myself so very lucky to have this job. And it's looking like I'll be working on GI Joe for at least another year. I'm excited to see how my work develops in that time. Also, I hope to be working with the colorist, Jean-Francois Beaulieu. He's awesome.

Positive Procrastination

Rushed the watercolors.. didn't really have a gameplan tonight... but I think I'm going to have to change that... or not.

Drawing from Life

I really didn't know what I was doing tonight, just messing around. I am not feeling the watercolors these days.