Another Birthday.... Minion Style

By special request, here is the painted over version of a Minion I drew for my niece.
Sketched it and painted in Photoshop.
Enjoy!!!

Divine Proportioned!

Just wanted to throw this one back up.  Didn't like the 1/2 body cut off.

Staying On The Ball

Just a figure study I finished today.  Spent about 5 hours...
Keeping the momentum going.

Push Btn

Pushing "Resistance" to the side and moving forward, whether it sucks or not.
Recently got a shot of inspiration from the book, The War Of Art, by Steven Pressfield.
I recommend it to anyone who procrastinates any endeavor.

Enjoy!

Update!

Rather than move on to something new... I decided to explore new layer types, to obtain a new look, and add some vibrance to my workflow.  The Linear Dodge and Pin Line layers seem to make some cool effects, when your goal is to blow out a specific portion of an image.

Panthro Complete!

Finally took the time to finish this bad boy.  Although I'm not happy with the background, I'm motivated to move on to something new.  I'll plan it out better, next time!

Enjoy!!

Panthro Progress

Steadily getting back into the painting and drawing groove.  Worked on this old sketch of Panthro today.  Working with some new techniques in Photoshop.  Added depth with some gradient overlays and some multiply layers for Ambient Occlusion and shadowing.
My brain is so weird at interpreting my sketches.  I have no idea how I extract the lines or the lighting scheme that I do.... So don't ask how I did it.

Enjoy!

ZKB Redux

I was going through some of my old sketches, and stumbled upon a concept piece I sketched. I had colored it originally in Photoshop, but felt it deserved better.... So here it is! Forget about the old one! This one is hyper saturated and has a nicer lighting scheme. This time I painted it in Painter, and finished it off in Photoshop. Included the WIP, because it looked cool on my desktop.
Enjoy!

FUTURAMA FUN!

I can't believe how much I missed working with pencil, ink and watercolors! It feels so real! My fingers feel like they've got a work out! Not really. I started this sketch last night at work, and finished it this morning. It was meant as a gift to my friend who is possibly more of a Futurama fan than I am...Not bloody likely!

SMUR-AAAAAAAINS!!!

Still gettin' back into the groove of things it seems. It's funny how much you let go of when you stop painting for a long time. Finished this Zombified Smurf Head this morning. I like Zombies.

I WANNA GO, ADVENTURE TIIIIIIIME!!!

Watched an episode of Adventure time yesterday over lunch, and was inspired to do something. Scribbled together a painting this morning, bumpin' Back In TIIIIIME!!!

Hamster Bump

Just a quick hamster sketch I did today. And he likes turtles.

A Little of the Bubbly!

Just had to post something new paint. A little rusty, but I'll be up to my old tricks in no time! Enjoy!

Number 9 Of 100

Steady movin' on the 100 faces.... I'll finish if it kills me!
Here's a portrait painting I did of my comedian friend Raymond. It's his Birthday today, so I whipped this one up.
Sketched in Sketchbook Pro and Painted in Painter 12.
Here's the process at 1500% speed in HD fo dat azz!
Enjoy!

Michaelangelo Madness!!!

Finished up Mike today! Went into too much detail.... It stands out from the rest a bit. But who cares! Movin' on to Leonardo!

Also, if you can tell me which movie I took the quote from, send me a message, and I'll draw you a picture of one of your favorite characters!

Enjoy!



Some Lines too!

Princess Coloring Book Stuff

Just took a page from my girlfriend's Princess Coloring book, and threw on some paint.
Turned out pretty nice.
Character is Sleeping Beauty, Disney's Design.

Painted in Photoshop and Painter.

Enjoy!

Tom Green Portrait Art

A little while back, I visited the House Of Comedy in the Mall Of America. Mr. Tom Green was the headliner, and the show was AWESOME!!!
About a month prior, I decided to paint a portrait for for him, since he's been my favorite comedians.
I used to watch his show on the Comedy Network, and he always made me laugh.
So after the show, I was lucky enough to meet Tom, and presented him with a print of my painting.
He said it was good, but I worked on it for so damn long, I'm tired of looking at it. But I hope he kept it.

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!

Puppy Characture

I was so disappointed with my last coloring job, I decided to start painting a characture of my youngest puppy, Ava. She's about 8 months old now, but she's pretty crazy, and she will kill you. My oldest, Dafney, is pretty laid back in comparison. But she is a big barrel azz and kicks lil' Ava's azz sometimes. I didn't paint Dafney this time because she has a lot of different colors, kind of like a tiger. Ava is pretty cute, because she is so little, like a miniature Pitbull.
I threw this one together pretty quickly in Painter, about 15 minutes, with the smeary palette knife and oil brush. Painted from memory, with no reference.

Enjoy!

Oh Snap!

Here is an update of my most recent painting. I tend to paint something and then spend too much time after it is completed, picking and prodding. But I figured by adding some whipped out snow under bear man's feet, would add to the drama of the piece. But in reality, this wasn't meant to be a masterpiece. Just a warmup painting for a contest. But I still love it. I use it as my desktop image now.

Just the other day, my girlfriend stumbled across my name on google, and next to it was an image of an old pastel portrait of 2pac. She brought it to my attention immediately. I then clicked the link that led me to the Photobucket website. Someone had setup a profile and was using my art as their own. Allowing people to download the image, order prints, make skins for your electronic devices and print on coffee mugs. I was disgusted, and wanted to take action immediately. I contacted a lawyer and explored my options. Seems that it would probably not be cost effective to take the legal route, so I contacted Photobucket's Abuse department. They just requested a bit of information, and had that image taken down within ten minutes.

Now, I normally watermark all of my work, except for some of my old pictures. But some friendly advice to all artists who display your work online, WATERMARK YOUR PICTURES!!! This will hopefully deter others from passing your work off as their own.

Anyway, ENJOY!

Distracted for a good reason!

I love my niece, so I found it fitting to just paint a portrait of her to touch up on tha skillz. She's over 3 now, and this was taken when she was about 4 months old, but I thought it was a cute picture.
She has a sister who was just born about a month ago, and I will paint her too. She just needs to get a little older for her to develop some features.

Painted entirely in Painter X.

Enjoy!