Gorillas in the Mist

Research for an upcoming character design.

Tonal Study

Attempting to draw without significant reliance on the use of line. In other words, I drew most of this by only laying down tones.

Robert Fawcett

I'm currently inspired by Robert Fawcett and his insistence on trying to capture observed detail as opposed to formula.

In his book, On The Art of Drawing, he suggests an artist is better off drawing the model inside the environment rather than just the model because the skills used to draw a model are no different than the skills used to draw an environment.

And ignoring one for the other results in neglecting one's ability to correctly observe how line and tone interact as well as one's ability to design and compose pictures.

A previous (and awesome) teacher said the same thing to me.

I've got a long way to go.

Home Invasion

Here's a game I finished working on, it's due out for a beta release next month :)

Meet Ze Artists Los Angeles

If you want a hands on intense learning experience, this is the place to be in August.

Gestures + Studies

Animating on Paper

The last time I tried animating my own stuff on paper was back in 2006. I couldn't even draw a stick figure well. I still suck at drawing stick figures (actually, I rock, I don't know why I said that), but here's my first ever completed scene that I've done with nothing but paper and pencil.

A Study in Softness

Head Study

Miss January 1954

Tempera on Canvas Photoshop

John Snow and the Broadstreet Pump

John Snow was an English physician and a leader in the adoption of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered to be one of the fathers of epidemiology, because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, England, in 1854. - From Wikipedia.

No Class Saturday, February 18th

See you next week, Saturday February 25th.

Cheers

Lil Angels - Bumps

My Portfolio

Download and share my portfolio.

Here (5.5Mb).

Women's Tennis

Color Pencil Triumph

3 Drawings

Goan Geese

Original 9" X 12" sketch can be purchased here for $100USD.

Goblin Shark

See you in class this Saturday, January 7th.

Studies and Revisions

One of the best ways to learn is to study the masters - artists so good, even other good artists look up to them.

I based this study off a painting by the incomparable Alberto Mielgo.



The next best way to learn, to get better, is to go back and fix your mistakes.

I fixed this old painting up some using Photoshop.



By fixing it, I make it better, which makes me better.

See you January 7th!

Happy Holidays!

No class tomorrow or next week, the 31st. I'll see you January 7th!

Orientalism

I usually stick to posting my own work here, but I had to share the wonder that is Orientalism painting.

A few leading artists from that era when Europeans were colonizing the world:

Jean-Léon Gérôme



David Roberts



John Frederick Lewis



Fernand Cormon



Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse

Sarah 2

Oil and Photoshop

Sarah 1

Original 9" X 12" sketch can be purchased here for $100USD.