Harbor

Another environmental concept. I was thinking of a futuristic resort destination with this one. Putting things like the aircraft in the image is kind of new to me and I spent a LOT of time reworking them. Sad, but I dont' think that it shows .

All Photoshop with a 4x5 Wacom tablet.

River

Another attempt at environment. I've been studying a lot of great artists and trying to soak it all in. This is an exercise in light and shade and distance perspective. I hope that its an improvment over previous attempts.

Apparently I really like a cool greenish blue palette. . .

All Photoshop with a lot of custom brushes and a Wacom tablet. This took around 5 hrs or so.

Tiny Islands

Here is another environmental concept. I'm having a lot of fun with these and really feeling like they're looking mostly like I want them to. This one took around 5-6 hours. All Photoshop with various custom brushes.

Landscape sketch

Here is one that I thought might be good enough to post. . . A nice warm shelter during a very cold winter's night.
I would be committing a crime if I didn't say that I've been obsessing over Jess van Dijk's amazing art lately. Once again I'm smitten. It could be said that I used his stuff as a loose guide for this one. OK, it has to be said. . .

Very overdue post

So, I don't have any excuse for not posting in a while except to say that I've been in a slump. I finished these two commissions and couldn't seem to be able to do anything worth posting. . .

Here they are! They are the first two pieces that I've been paid for and I was very excited about that.
The first one is of a friend's kids and the second one is a caricature of one of my oldest and best friend's wife. I think that both were well received.

Lately I've been trying more landscape stuff after finding some new inspiration. Here's the first of a kind of new approach for me. I hope to post a whole bunch more soon.

Buck Rogers!!

Wow, haven't posted in a while! Not to make excuses but I've been working on some commissions that have kept me from personal stuff. But, I found time to squeeze one in. I've kind of been in a retro sci-fi mood lately.

So, here's a Buck Rogers that I think is finished.

Yo Joe!

I finished this late last week but didn't post as I was getting some good critique from the drawingboard.org. So, I think I'm now ready to put it down and get back to a couple of commissions. I started this right after the VP debate but being as slow as I am it took over a week to finish.

Pretty pleased with it.

This day in History. . .

So, I was looking up what things happened on September 25th throughout history today and I saw that Revolutionary War Hero Ethan Allen was captured by the British as he led an attack on Montreal (so sayeth the NY Times). So, I thought I'd see what he looked like and maybe do a caricature of him. I could only find one picture on Google image search and wouldn't you know it, he was a pretty goofy looking guy. So, here's my take. . .


Oh, and also this day in history - I was born. . .

Hank

a sketch from today of Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson. He's embarrassed by the U.S. economy and the fact I did a caricature of him. . .

Audrey Hepburn

I did this one over the last couple of days. It is for a caricature jam over at the Drawingboard.org. I dont' think I quite got the likeness but its my first female caricature so you gotta start somewhere!