Blaze or Tabatha? What name will work....

This here is a character design I recently completed based off of this character I've been drawing since age 10, I'm going to be making a bunch of these and then putting them all together on one or 2 sheets as a character flash sheet, for a portfolio for a Rockstar Games internship, and many other game companies I''ll be applying to for summer work and internship experience. Here we have the fire element, next is the water element.

Finished my first illustration of the year, myself, as who I am, a metalhead. I need to really kick my habit of stagnant composition, therefore I have been photographing people in intense perspectives. Since this one isn't up to par as to being "good" or "dramatic" perspective or gesture, I'm categorizing it as a study and practice piece involving digital painting with a Wacom tablet, the technique I'm very pleased with, and some have thought this was a traditional painting on canvas, which is awesome, you know you handle digital art well when it looks like traditional medium.

Graphite Drawing, first piece of Fall 2010

I've just completed a graphite pencil piece for Life Drawing, a self portrait, I really tried to concentrate on making everything in the foreground, middle ground, and back round have purpose with more pristine detail and such. However I can't seem to take a decent photo, here are the two attempts... the one with the glare is much more accurate....

This Concludes Summer Commissions 2010

So here are three paintings I've been working on vigorously, finally finished and shipped to the client. My client is an aspiring comedian/ actor, and he wanted 3 painting as a gift for himself and the two other guys in his improv team, Attorneys At Lawghter. He really didn't know what he wanted so he basically stated, "Just do three different pieces of the three of us, use our photos as reference." I had to do something a little more interesting than just "copy" photos, so I tried to incorporate vastly different styles and approaches between each of the three paintings. Using realism, caricature, and poster art, these paintings all turned out so different, yet I really like the results. These were all done with Acrylic paints on canvas.

Comissions 2010

Here's a recently finished acrylic painting done as a gift for someone. The idea circulates around the innocence of children, and how the world they grow to be apart of is insignificant to their existence because of their young age.

Digital Painting, 1 down, 5 to go....

I'm working on a 4 piece series for a final project currently. Here is a finished piece. It's exploring how a person's identity is associated with the car they drive. I have been meaning to develop and create off this idea, and I finally had the chance to for a project I need to complete. They will all be digital painting, the focus on the person and their vehicle, juxtapose off to the side on the "digital canvas." My friends are all unique, and different traits can be exemplified in each piece. This finished one, for example, is a friend of mine who is a total motor head. The guy cannot go a day without cleaning the body work of his Mustang or doing some sort of auto mechanical tweaking. He is also one of the biggest rednecks I know, and I love it! (There's no shame in being a redneck, I glorify it!) So here he is, drinking some refreshing beer, smoking a Marlboro, and standing in a proud stance next to his pride and joy. I'm very pleased with the outcome.

Color Study Thumbnails

Ok, so the compositions of these sketches and color studies are being thrown out because they're too static. Too symmetrical, and not very interesting. I played it safe when I sketched these considering they are meant to be on a square CD cover, and I was taking into consideration where the text would be placed. Although these ideas are being thrown out for the most part, I absolutely love the work I did on the color studies, and I feel it was a major corner stone for how I approach digital painting. I am also using these babies for color study reference, as the color palettes used I really like. I was told more experimentation should be used with the colors, but I might just go with instinct and see where I end up, I fear too much experimenting could be a color disaster. These compositions have been built upon for a better idea which I have currently made into my final piece.