Little Shop Sketches

i did these while watching little shop of horrors for the first time. the characters, story, and music were so good.

Viking vs Ninja Sketches

these are for a personal project with a friend. a good reason to learn more about character design for animation, too.

Life Drawing

this model was awesome. probably the most serious model i've ever drawn, it was great. his poses were really dramatic. it was like he had posed for Frazetta or something. funny thing was, during the break he never put a robe on, he just hung out in the nude.

check out my co-worker's blog, http://www.hethe.com/. his work is inspiring, to say the least.

LifeDraw

15 minute poses

Creeper

i think i'll give him a costume next.

Lifedraw

5-15 minute poses.

Gouche Sketches

more sketches.
looking at http://crayonboxofdoom.blogspot.com/ for inspiration.

Smokestack Sketch

these were painted at a derelict factory in Andover, MA.
45 min each.

Cemetary Sketch

near andover, ma. gouache.
45 min.

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

Anxiety

Dreams

Tin Man WIP

Layout

Wolfe's Neck Farm

I did this a few weekends ago on a camping trip up at Wolfe's Neck Farm near Freeport, Maine. It was really hard to see the color I was laying down as the sun went down and I was a little frustrated.

I'm going to do more of these, and study more plein air artists. It's really nice to use oils again.

Oil paint, Around 1 hour.

Monster Suit