rooster sculpting

ive recently picked back up a project i started well over a year ago: sculpting a figure. it has been a REALLY long time since i sculpted, but i really enjoy it. this young rooster is (or will be) the 'main' character a series of short, illustrated storybooks i intend to create

the figure is about 6" tall to the top of his head, sculpted in Castilene on top of a simple armature. The hat and sword are separate parts. Somehow (i think when i moved to my current apartment) I lost his right arm...which is annoying

anyway, here are some work-in-progress shots. im hoping i can have him done by the end of july so i can start figuring out a molding/casting strategy

seminar sketches with quick color

did some quick coloring on the clown and elephant sketches i posted last week. so here they are...

























and the seminar lady...













whatever

seminar sketches

its been awhile. whatever

yesterday i attended a time management seminar, and took the opportunity to sketch. i brought a small spiral notebook, and got 3 sketches out of my time there, using the Holiday Inn ballpoint pen (for whatever reason, hotel ballpoints are always #1)...so that equals good time management. you see...i learned a lot yesterday.

first a clown...













...then his pet elephant...













...and finally, i tried my hand at some LIVE face drawing. the lady running the seminar...













I was pleasantly surprised with the likeness...anyone who was there yesterday can disagree if they want.

Anyway, i want to do some quick coloring in photoshop and post again. see you then.

the incredible robot

Udon released the list of artists whose pieces were selected for the Megaman Tribute Book coming out this summer, and I didnt get in. im a little disappointed, but i also think my submission could have been better. regardless, i do like my piece and now i can post it up here

my initial plan was to do a traditional acrylic painting, so i sketched on the canvas with pencils and hi-liter. by the time i got to the end of the sketch, i saw a lot of things i wanted to fix, so i made the decision to scan the canvas and work in photoshop. there were too many issues to try and fix them all in paint. mainly, i didnt like the symmetry of dr. wily's castle right above megaman's head, especially since the main element is a skull.













Also, at the time i only had a day or 2 to finish the piece in time to hit the submission deadline. so, i figured working digitally would help get it done more quickly.

and here's the final piece.

girls girls girls

so im trying to get better at drawing girls. for whatever reason, i never learned (or never taught myself) this incredible power. ive always liked J. Scott Campbell's girls, and it seems like there is some formula that i just dont know.

anyway, last week i sketched a girls face. then i took it into photoshop because she was ugly. really, i dont even want to put up the original sketch because im embarrassed. for whatever reason, i can tolerate a drawing of an ugly man...but not a woman. at least not yet.

so here is my girl's face after about an hour in photoshop. my major issues seem to be with proportions. i tend to exaggerate the features on human faces, but this does NOT work well for girls. so here i have adjusted the size and location of the nose, mouth, and eyes. im not saying this is perfect, but i feel like its a decent start.

enjoy

Candy Bear - TrinityKids Care

Here is a scan of the Candy Bear piece I did for a charity art auction to benefit TrinityKids Care. It's 10" x 8" and will be auctioned off at the “For Our Children” event on May 1st. I'm excited to go to the event, excited to see this live auction, and excited to be helping (at least in a small way) what sounds like a great organization.

She isn't reading this, but thanks to Dana Singer for making me aware of this opportunity.

Here's a link to my friend Jerome's blog, who is also submitting a piece for the auction.

candy bear

so its been awhile since i posted. seems like im already falling off the blog wagon. but today, my boys jin, arnell and mike came over and we had a little art day.

im working on a painting for a charity auction, and it needs to be finished and submitted by this friday. i actually dont have the information for the charity with me now, but i'll post it later with the final scanned piece.

anyway, this is like 8" x 10", and between the sketching and painting i think i put in about 4 hours.

hopefully you can tell this is a bear with an armful of candy. the orange lollipop was kind of a coincidence. i drew the lollipop, and i just decided the best color for it would be orange. i kinda figured whoever buys the panting wouldnt have seen the 'old man' painting i finished last month...so whatevs. im thinking it might need some kind of candy cane striping so the stuff in his arms looks more like CANDY.













thanks

2 hour wizard

tonight i did another SHORT TIME painting...this time of my cat, gandalf. he's pretty handsome, as you can see. this one is also 8" x 6" with acrylics, but i only spent about 2 hours on it. not really much else to say...so on to the images















and, per my blogger promise, here are some process images...

first, the original sketch on canvas...then some paints...















and some more paints...















i kinda like it with the "grayscale" background now that i see it here. in fact, the last image might be my favorite...kind of a paint-sketch. oh well, too late hah, this one is done












and this is the cat

3 hour dinosaur

today elena bought some watercolor supplies, we sat on my couch and had an art day. we both painted for a few hours, and this is what i came up with. it's 8" x 6" done with acrylics.














i like this SHORT and SMALL piece idea, because i know my attention span is really weak. i think i mentioned this before, but i often have a hard time revisiting pieces ive started...so sometimes i dont finish works already in progress. i have a few more of these 8" x 6" canvases, so my next few projects might be single-session-styles.

here are some process pics...





































I'll scan this one soon too, so i have a "pure" digital version for my deviantart page.

old man lolli

so here is the 'final' painting of this gentleman and his lollipop. its not a lot different from the last post. i just wanted to punch up the background at the bottom near the 'trees' (im not so sure thats what they are, but theyre green and stuff) so it looked like it was kind of a sunset. then i just did some minor clean up and dropped it into this sweet frame i had on hand.













in case you cant tell, thats a BURLAP border on the frame...awesome.

These are just photographs taken in my dim apartment, but i want to bring the canvas into my office to scan so i have a more accurate version for my deviantART page etc.