Some sketches to look at!

Just throwing up a few of my recent quick sketch studies.
A Beaver, a Halloween Sketch, Kevin from "The Office", and Raymond's Preliminary lines.

Enjoy!!!

Another Daily Paint Sketch

Just a quick painting of a sketch i did yesterday.

Enjoy!

Quick Paint Sketch

I've been on a mission lately. Waking up extra early every day, setting scheduled times to paint and draw. Hard to follow every day, but I'm surprised how well I've followed it.
Lately, I've been struggling with Painter 11. Trying to make an opacity brush that I've grown fond of in Photoshop. But, Painter and Photoshop are two extremely different programs, that aren't meant to mimic each other.
I sometimes run into a wall when I attempt to try to decide which to use when approaching a project.
I wonder if anyone else has the same problem.
Here's a little sketch I did today as a warm up.
Enjoy!

Bumpy's In the House!

Here is a commissioned piece I did for a friend of mine.
He's a comedian named Raymond Freeman. You can catch him bouncing around Comedy clubs around Minnesota.
He plays a character that goes by the name of Bumpy Johnson, so I thought it might be funny to draw him.
He's a greazy Jerih Curl havin' fool! But he has character.
Enjoy!

Still Workin'!

I know it's been a long time since I've posted any new work, but don't be fooled. I've been steadily working on new pieces, to satisfy my artistic cravings.
Some of the work I've recently created has not been posted for privacy reasons. I plan on selling some pieces as one shot deals, so leaking any information about them, would compromise my deal.
So here are a few random pieces I've done over the past few weeks.
The X-ray Cat is a part of a larger piece I recently finished.
Some line work a piece I'm working on for my Niece.
A couple of warm up movie still paintings.
Enjoy!

Nut House Paint

Wanted to do a little study of color. Had a great idea, but I guess it wasn't good enough. So I will move on. But I did learn a lot of stuff from this simple piece.

Nut House Rodent

Just wanted to throw something up before the weekend starts...
Had an idea for a crazed Squirrel that would try to break into a Nut House.
My buddy pitched me the idea a few months ago, but I never really gave it much thought.

Enjoy!

Excited Fart

Just a quick painting of a sketch I did. Warming up for my latest.
My dog gets excited sometimes and farts sometimes. It's pretty funny.

Enjoy!

Down Mexico Way!

Took some of my advice and started to do some more personal work.
Not Mexican, but I love the culture! It's funny, I had someone tell me that I looked like a Mexican!
This started as a little scribble, when I was trying to fire out as many daily sketches as I possibly could. The composition turned out a lot better than I anticipated, so while I was skimming through my sketches, I decided to pull this one out and do a rough under painting of the line drawing.
I took some colors scheme from a bunch of old Mexican towns. It doesn't look like much now, but I am committing to this one until it's finished.

Now, I just thought of the coolest thing! What if everyone who sees this picture, gives me a suggestion of what to incorporate in the final piece! Such as; A pair of Maracas, a Taco etc.
Me and my friend Brad used to do stuff like this in our Elementary French classes. We'd start with something stupid, and pass the paper back and forth until it was filled with a bunch of crazy dumb unrelated crap! Aaaah, the good old days!

Enjoy, you funny little drunk Mexican!

Finally Finished Freddy!!!

Fiiiiiiiiiiiiinally! This painting has been a son of a bitch bastard to finish!
I keep getting tied up on the small details of the painting, which causes me to spend far too much time on the piece.
It's funny, when I'm just screwing around, I know to just block that shit in, but noooooooo, it's gotta be perfect.
Here is a word of advice for aspiring artists, Block that shit in, then work on the details later!
If you spend too much time on a little corner of an image, zoomed in and fixated on details, you'll never finish! Or else, you'll just get bored and rush through the important parts...

Enjoy!

Wierd Dreams...

Had to post this idea I got from a weird dream I had last night.
Nothing too detailed.

Enjoy!

Freddy Cuttin' Up On Dat Azz!

I was screwin' around with the o'l Sketchbook Pro, and came up with this rough. I love how you can zoom and make the little details with the pencil.
Inspired by the Nightmare On Elm Street films.

Enjoy!

Haven't been gone... Just wanted to throw somethin' up worth looking at

I've been doing a lot of studies between the last post until now, just nothing worth posting. I finished this one today, like the painterly like quality I achieved in Photoshop.
Just a portrait study of one of my favorite comedians. If you don't know Tom Green, you should check out his stuff on youtube.

Enjoy.

It's a Chosen Profession

It's been a while since I've posted any work.... But I've still been painting and drawing. I just wanted to throw something decent up.
Another film, study but I spent a little more time painting this one. This still was very eerie and dark, I had to paint it.
Enjoy!

Quick Film Study

Just took some time to brush up on my life painting with a quick film study. Not very polished, considering I spent only about 45 minutes on it.
Enjoy!

First Comic Book Cover

Last of this whole Zombie Killin' kick. Just wanted to see how it would look as a comic book cover. Looks pretty cool, now to follow through!

Enjoy!

More Z.K.B. Fo Dat Azz!

Thought I'd just throw up some of the details of my most recent piece.
Since I haven't been doing any new work for the past week.
I like the details of the final piece, but looking at the entire piece on screen, doesn't give you the up close details.

Enjoy!

Kickin' Zombie Butts... Finished!

Finally finished! Just wanted to toss it up before I leave on vacation.

Enjoy!

Blastin' Zombie Butts... Part 2

Another drawing I did for the Zombie Killer plug. I've been trying to work the old comic style of drawing lately. Again, structure, proportions and background images are what I am trying to work on. Years ago, I used to think that,"Screw backgrounds and hair and feet! I can draw those things!" Yet I never really took the time to pay attention to them, so now I am paying for it. Although, I feel that if I can draw a pretty face and a well proportioned body, drawing perspective background images should be pretty easy. They have been so far.
With this picture, I started it out as a two inch thumbnail silhouette. I then scribbled out a basic image, much like the previous image. I have a bit of an eye for eliminating the lines that are not important. I scanned it and traced over the lines in Sketchbook pro, and traced over those again... a lot of tracing. Then the flats, and then the shadows and then the painting and then... etc.
I feel I need to post the process, because I don't do enough work that it is engraved into my brain yet. Like a drawographical log... maybe a Dlog?

Enjoy everyone!

Zombie Killin' SOB

Just finished this quick color over of a sketch I did yesterday. I got the idea from a fellow DeviantArt peer. I haven't posted much art lately, so here goes.
I scribbled together some lines in my sketchbook, then I scanned it and inked it in Sketchbook Pro. I love inking in SB pro, because I don't have to worry about smearing the ink, or running out of it. Some of the lines are difficult to execute though. Like trying to create a steady curved or oval object. It becomes shakey sometimes. I think that is because I'm so new to Digital inking, or inking in general.
Just gonna throw up each of the steps, to maintain my sanity...

Man I Love Those Ninjum Turtles!

I've been on an O'l school Ninja Turtles Kick this week! I remember when I was growing up in Winnipeg, nearly every summer, my family and I would take a road trip down to Grand Forks, ND. I remember we would get twenty dollars to spend as we pleased. I always bought either Super Mario or Ninja Turtles toys. I got some Ninja Turtle stickers once. These Ninja Turtle drawings are kind of a tribute to my childhood heroes.
Leonardo, Cuttin' Up On That Azz!
Enjoy!

Good O'l Eyegore!!!

I've had another art slump over the past few days, so I've resorted to painting over an old drawing.... Really old! I drew this bad boy back in the fifth grade. I was into drawing killer monsters and robots at the time, and if I can remember correctly, I was drawing this from an old "How To Draw Monsters" Book.
Seems like only yesterday. So I scanned it and painted over it in Photoshop. Let's hope I get my groove back!

Enjoy!

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!!!