Staying On The Ball

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

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!

Classic Wolverine Portrait

Screwed around in ZBrush again... Just can't stay away! Gotta get it right buddy!
Stayin' up all night can't be good for you....
Was having fun, then I f'd around and forgot to save it...... epic fail....:(

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!

S'more TMNT Madness!!!

It's been so long since I've posted anything, but I didn't just want to post another sketch or crappy painting. I wanted to post something I've been working very hard to master.... and that is ZBrush!
I've been busting my azz, pushing one of my other projects aside, so that I can feel comfortable with ZBrush. I don't know why, but I just love sculpting now. I still draw and paint, but this adds a whole new method of composing pieces that I would have never tried before. I've so fare learned to use Maya, Mudbox, Google Sketchup, and so far ZBrush is what I'm drawn to. Maya is cool for the rendering and creating hard edged objects, but ZBrush feels like I'm back to sculpting that big clump of red clay my mom used to use around the house.
There will be a lot more to come, but this is it for now....
Enjoy!

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!

Commissioned Portraits

I've been busy lately shooting out Portraits. A little dry, but fun for studying.
All Painted in Painter from photograph reference.
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!

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!

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!

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!

Done with Beets, Bears and this Fool!

Finally! After months of putting it off, I've finally finished this damn painting!
I figured, to hell what the final piece looks like, I have been procrastinating this shit for too long!
I think it turned out nicely. It is a lot more fun when you don't let your inhibitions get in the way of you passion for art.
Painted entirely in Painter 9 and 10.

Enjoy all!

P.S.: I had to throw in a BEET!

Thank Goodness Wedding Season is Over!!!

My girlfriend has kept me busy these past few months. We figured, instead of giving her friends regular gifts like coffee makers and glassware, we can just paint them a wedding portrait as a gift.
I love painting portraits, especially if it is a gift and I have creative control of the composition.
Over all, I think they both turned out pretty nicely.

Enjoy!!

Flippin' Sweet Napoleon Dynamite

Finally got around to painting again! It's hard to keep the momentum when your regular job gets in the way.
I decided to practice by painting an old sketch I drew from memory back in '04 of Napoleon Dynamite. I drew it in stylized from what I could remember of the idiot.
Hopefully I can keep the momentum going!
Painted in PSCS3 from memory.

Enjoy!

Mr. President O-b-a-b-a-bama!

I haven't practiced any life drawing for months, so I decided yesterday that I would do a painting of good o'l President Obama. My pops loves Mr. Obama. He came down from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Fargo, ND to see him during the election. I haven't seen my folks for a while, so I think I'll bring them this painting. I painted it from a photograph I found on Google in Painter and Photoshop. I am pretty happy with the results.

-Gyeah!