made up landscape practice

Trying to practice painting a sense of scale. It's something i've been missing. I feel like if I post embarrassing attempts like this, it will force me to develop faster.

end of the day sketch

I ran out of steam, but still wanted to make something. it's ridiculously simple, but i'm okay with that right now.

Crap!

While flipping through my old art folder, I realized that for every drawing I put up there are about 20 that never quite make it. Sometimes they were just stupid ideas I wanted to remember, other times something stopped me half-way and I never picked them up again.
Here are some of the poor little guys that never went anywhere.

Escapism

When I was younger there were places in my dreams I would return to again and again. These days I remember them in small flashes, so i've been trying to record them somehow.

The music that goes with it (I fixed the link, and YES, I know this comes from the Twilight soundtrack, but that's not the music's fault):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pbGdE43ns8

Comic!

I've made a 17 page comic for the upcoming Anthology Project. There are some incredible artists involved, so it's awesome to be a part of it.

Here are the first 3 pages.

Some photos from my recent trip to Jasper. This is the stuff that inspires me the most.

Some life drawings with a brush pen. I've been using my standard pencil for too long, needed to mix it up. I'm not used to ink, let alone a brush, so this was a valuable exercise for me.

First life drawings of the fall

summer life drawing

I'm done

Useless Armor

Just one of those images that comes out when you're listening to the right music.

for those who may be curious, this was the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmrgN4FuOGQ

How do I get out of this swamp?

That Insidious Beast

At the website SomethingAwful.com there's a story being written by Zack Parsons called That Insidious Beast:
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/insidious-fall-sweeps.php.
I got inspired.

I've really got to start doing more than just life drawing

i'm starting to bore myself

another figure session

this is starting to feel like a workout

weiners!

some figure studies

Bat Sloth Octopus

Tom started playing a game. Combine 3 animals, and make it terrible.

John Carter of Mars

The lead characters from the incredible adventure story by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Knowing there's a John Carter pixar movie coming out makes me more excited than i can stand.

Finally doing some life drawing

It's been WAY too long since i've done this. A few of us from work went the other night. These are my favorites from the batch.

Getting back into it

This was a quick warmup image. After a 2 week break, getting the artistic engines re-started can be rough. Was listening to the Transformers soundtrack by Steve Jablonsky.

Make it out alive.

I've been experimenting with painting techniques, trying to vary it every time. Hoping to find the right feel that says exactly what I want.

Places to go

Art is great for sorting out all the complicated clutter in your head. It makes sense that all the classic artists filled their paintings with deep personal meaning. They had just as much to work through back then.

But, since i'm never going to tell anyone why I painted this:

Here's a painting of a knight ridding off on some quest.

Dream Monster

Had a dream about a battle last night. I was an archer, and the hordes we were fighting got more and more challenging (yeah, just like a videogame). Wanted to paint this character up before I forgot about it. Most of them were just people with varying degrees of stone armor, but these ones were special. Stone skin except for their belly's, which was more like elephant/rhino skin.

Vampire

Based on a description my brother Tom gave me.

A Present for my brother

one of the best things about being an artist is how much fun you can have with inside jokes.

more studying

More practice.

quick figure paintings

practice practice practice. I've been working with flat color for so long, it's time to start rendering again.

Snow fight

With every new image I create, either for myself, or for work, it's become more clear that I really like the moments before or after the action. Action scenes are great and all, but there's something i can personally enjoy much more in a moment that's about to explode, or in putting the pieces together from something that already has exploded. This is a very simple form of the latter.

Ruined City take 2

Getting back into art-shape is taking a while. here's another crack at the ruined city.

Night walk

Our hero tries in vain to capture the romantic attention of the lovely leading lady. However, she's a girl of action, and with danger afoot he'll be able to woo her with more than mere words.

Girl at the campfire

Thinking of the moment our hero notices the girl for the first time. I really bounced around with technique on this one. I need to find a new way of working, so I think i'll experiment for a while.

Medieval characters

I wanted to draw a few loose characters with the lassoo tool.

Cold call

I'm trying to capture certain specific atmospheres, while working on story stuff. This one is dusk, late fall.

I used to love this stuff

And now that steampunk is more known, I thought i'd take another swing at it.

DS sketches

I would never have guessed that the nintendo DS could become so dear to my heart. It's great to be able to sketch color, rather than line. Definitely been good practice. Here are some of those color studies.

Bow falls in Banff


Looking at some of Bosch's paintings of hell, he made some awesome color choices, and I think they hold up to modernity really well.

These were from a walk in the park. I really wasn't able to get much more than just color dabs here, and discovered it's tough to paint outside (from reflections in the screen). I found it easiest to find a shady tree to hide under.

I came back to this one at home and added the red....thing...because I want to be cool.


On a drive with my sister, I sat in the passenger seat drawing things as they passed.

Drawing the ocean to relax.

A little guy fighting the 90's

A creature that eats trees and poops bricks. They slowly turn forests into bricked wastelands. Believe it.

Just a big cube tank in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Space Girl

This one is a little older, but she's never seen the light of day so I thought i'd give her a shot. I wanted to try coloring the lines a bit, see how that works.

Exoskeleton

A quick one done to the theme of "exoskeleton". I was trying to get a particular mood with the colors, and this about 80% there.

Hellboy

taking a crack at big red. I love his jaw/chin/mouth, and i was trying to add something without taking away from his character.

A place to put a few things

I'll be able to throw up sketches, and anything i'm able to do during my spare time.

This is a lunch quicky done to the theme of "artificial sacrifice".