Sketch Testing For St. Patty's Day

This morning I was scribbling out some thumbnail sketches with the Cintiq, and whipped out a few Ideas for one of the captions I am focused on.
Not much, so ENJOY!

One More For The Road

Just another film study.. I did it yesterday while I was watching the movie, "Little Shop Of Horrors." A classic! My first film study done with this Cintiq.
I used a solid brush with full flow and opacity.

Donatello 4 That Azz!!!

Still workin' on this Cintiq. Trying to experiment with new techniques and styles. I find I have been gravitating towards the o'l Comic style art lately. I found that inking with the Cintiq in Sketchbook Pro is pretty sweet. I figure I'll save millions of dollars on Bristol board, sketchbooks, pencils and ink in the long run. If I ever decide to go the,"All Digital" route. Looks like that is where I'm headed.

I finished this one this morning. Good o'l Donatello. This began as a little sketch I did while working at Convergys in Winnipeg. I scribbled it out and attempted to render it out, then some cock sucker supervisor decided to walk by and say," Hey! That doesn't look very productive. Should you be doing that?" Since I wasn't busy, I figured I'd draw, but I gave in and stopped, for a few seconds... I quit that job shortly after. It was pretty much a bullshit job, like all jobs that don't consist of you doing whatever you want to and getting paid for it. One day though! I just keep on truckin'!
Just Juiced up the saturation a bit on the skin to get rid of the dull feel on this one.


Now for the purpose of Blogographing, I will post my step by step process that was taken to achieve the final result. Just a basic comic book style with a painterly look. The comic style art is how I began and I seem to gravitate to it every now and then. So I guess I'm going to keep doing it until I get bored.
Enjoy!!!

Quick Sketch Post

I've been trying my best to get used to this new Cintiq. It really takes a lot of practice to get the hang of it. I was just screwing around with Sketchbook pro and Photoshop and whipped up this dumb sketch.
I just put the pen to the screen and scribbled this dumb thing. So I'm going to keep putting up crap until I get the hang of this damn thing!!!

Enjoy!

Quick 2 Minute Sketches

Just wanted to throw something up. Because I've been busy with Valentines Weekend, I didn't have time to do any painting or drawing. So here are a few quick 2 minute thumbnail sketches I did today. Some female anatomy and stupid rough stuff.

Enjoy!

Frustration leads to Success!

Just kept pluggin' away, and finally got past the block! I just discovered a wicked awesome blog today by these fellas from a company called CreatureBox . Awesome comic style work with amazing creativity! It inspired me to hit the paint immediatly! But I was side tracked by how smooth their line work was. I don't really enjoy line work in Photoshop, or Painter. One of their interviews, they indicated they used a program called Sketchbook Pro. I investigated it, then downloaded the software for my Mac. To my surprise, the program worked pretty sweet! I think it responds to my tablet better when sketching and inking. So I whipped together this piece. Just a quick sketch of that lovable character Borat. I kind of lost respect for him after that "Bruno" film. Not that there's anything wrong with that stuff (If you know what I mean ;), but it disgusted me. I had to was my eye balls after seeing that crap!
Anyway, threw together this piece in Sketchbook pro and PSCS4.
Enjoy everyone!

Hitting a Painter's Mental Block

Just trying to get over this painter's block that I just hit yesterday. It seemed like everything I was painting was just wrong. I don't know why, but it's not hard to get over. You just gotta keep pushing on! Frustration leads to progression. That's what I've learned over the years.
Here is the piece I've been working on. Just threw on the flats and some effects over a background. Not much, but it kind of makes it look a little retro. Like the old cartoon.
Enjoy!

Scooby Doo!

Just taking a break from film studies to do some comic style art. Haven't done it this way for a while. I think I'll end up just painting this one though. THis is just a preview.
Enjoy!

Another Film Study

Woke up early today and started another film study. I am attempting to explore different brushes in Painter. I used the palette knife for this painting. Beginning to discover new possibilities with textures and strokes. I am interested in studying older films. I enjoy the grainy look and warm feel of the film.
Enjoy everyone!

Bad Dreams Environment 1 Hour Film Study

Here is another film study I did. Just an environment with a creepy house and a beat up old van.
Changed up my approach to this one. Blocked off all of the images as solid colors using the Polygonal lasso tool, and then painted them. I like the results.
Not much, so enjoy!

St. Patty's Day Early Design Concepts

I am working on a few design concepts for some St. Patrick's day shirt and/buttons to get printed and possibly sell. I know it's early, and I should be focused on Valentines day, but how could I resist! I was thinking about that stupid little guy from that Jimmy Dean's Breakfast commercial.
Sketched on paper and painted in Photoshop CS4.

Enjoy!!!