New Work, finally.
Color Lay-In...


Very, Very Rough Interior: Before Tightening of Line & Value...



basic layout before paint & texture

How Do You Paint An Old Man?

Practice for a project I am currently working on...


The Long Form #2: S-BUX...

FIG DRW SSN


From 02/19 SHM Figure Drawing Session: Model - Jesse. A break from homework... Thank you Otman for feedback.

Project no. 2: MASK MAKER & MASK SHOP
Character, Exterior & Interior Design
Ideatons - 2nd Pass

Ideations - 1st Pass







Viz Dev project 2, mask maker & shop located in bustling Market place circa 1940s French occupied Morrocco. Hustling as we speak on Ideation refinement...

The Mask Maker...

This oughta be inneresting: our next project is to design a Mask Maker & his shop, hidden in among the market stalls of 1940s Marrakech. These are just some first pass ideation...

New Work: WATERFALL SPIRIT


or "Coulda Been Worse..."
Aspects of Process:


This semester I am taking JP Balmet's Viz Dev class. This is part of our first completed project, I think the top image, the "moment piece" was the more successful part of the project. I would consider it a first pass towards finish as I would like to clarify shapes etc. I'm pretty happy with the energy.

I had more trouble with the character design, and would really like to know how to get it right. Well, its our first official character design assignment and look forward to JP's feedback. Include is the some process aspects for both the character & moment piece.

Also, I am enjoying the class: its tough, fun and its a trip being back in school. More to come...

Break Time: MLK LIbrary, San Jose

(SQUINT)

From Reference. Used a square brush. Very fun. This was my last post for the Cold Paint blog

Pixelated Ritz



Just trying a square brush in photoshop. Worked pretty well for a low-rez image. Just for fun...

SELF-PORTRAIT MANIA!!! For Cold Paint...
1hr 30mn Digital Self-Portrait

Right Ear is really jacked up (for starters), I'll fix it soon.


25 Minute Self-Portrait

Digital painting by me, nose by The Jackson Family surgeon.
For Cold Paint

SpeedPaints Vol. II
From Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven


Speed Paint: BOUND by the Wachowski Bros

For Cold Paint: So far
Joined Cold Paint: One Painting a day blog for winter break with some folks from SJSU. All these are from around 1/2 hr - 1 1/2 hr: Speed Paints. Good practice. Just want to keep the skills up and get the speed up as well. My focus is to get a catalogue of lighting into my arsenal. Started digitally, but happy to do traditional as well. One week till school...

Figure Paint: Figure Drawing Marathon
01/11/09

01/10/09

Saturday's session. The SJSU Winter Figure Drawing Marathon culminates with Saturday's Figure Painting session instructed by the great Cameron Chun and a 5 hr uhhh..., "whatever" session on Sunday. Man, I am so glad I took part in this, its been great. This work: Figure painting 3-4 twenty minute sessions, I lost count it went by too fast and it was fun. Acrylic...

Also want to give props to Mike Matessi for last Sunday's FORCED figure drawing lecture. Thanks guys!

SARGENT, Another Study: Side by Side

What are these two doing exactly? Hmmm, is it some kind of business transaction? Anyhow, Sargent sure could paint, and I have nerve for attempting to copy him. Amazing painter he was: this one was fun. Hope some good rubs off on me. This is it for a minute as far as studies go... next up gotta do my own shit. I put it in writing so I gotta do it now. Hope to revisit Peter Pan...

You Oughta Know...

Taking a page from my buddy Jaime, strayed from artist studies and did a speed paint of a pop star: Alanis Morisette. She looked cool in the reference picture (almost like a superhero) so I did her digitally, uh... painted digitally. Simplified, pushed the lighting just a little bit. Key idea I'm keeping in mind lately: I'm painting the light. Tip of the hat to Ruben Perez & John Clapp for the painting tip.

Apologies...

(after Sorolla)

(after Sargent)

2 quick studies based on portraits by Juaquin Sorolla & his homeboy John Singer Sargent. Like the Speedpaints, just trying to get a feel for the form & the lighting. Don't think I quite got the light: esp. in top painting (ala Sorolla) reflected light in face is not there. I would always see homages to artists' works with the words "apologies to..." Now I see why, 2 beautiful portraits mauled by my crude attempts. Apologies to Sorolla & Sargent... fun nonetheless

The Long Form Sketch


I'm gonna try more of these "Long Form" sketches. it spanned 2 pages in my sketch book and done in one 50 minute sitting at Panera. I like that place. I get some drawing done there. I added tone. I wanted to keep it simple, similar to some sketches I saw in Kelsey Mann's Blog, but didn't quite get the same effect. Anyhow, hope to continue on stuff like this, get quicker, more polished, yet looser, etc. etc... =

Petey Pan...

A new project to work on. Trying to loosen up with this one for Creation Engines. Our current topic: Peter Pan. Hope to make it into something a bit more developed. Something to work on over the break...

"Plein Airing"...


Exercising the observation skills. Went out and did some painting from life at Guadalupe Gardens in San Jo. Love it 'cause I always finish it up with a meal at Panera... I hate the sky in these, they reproduced poorly, but in the original - its not much better. I keep loosing my whites. I know, I know... I gotta preserve my whites when working with the medium (i used acrylic). Anyhow, good to know for next time. Going into winter, so I there'll be an abundance of light values. Gotta remember that when I go out: restraint!

SURGE of POWER: Cover II

Following Vinnie's cover notes, this is the cover I have come up with as another prop for the Surge of Power sequel. Basically had to crank this one out this weekend cause the prop goes into the production next week! Vinnie had quite a few specifics for this cover, hope I delivered. I will have problems with it I'm sure. Wonder why Surge is in such a hurry and where's he's coming from? heh heh...
Another SURGE II Cover

After a little back & forth, we've come to this cover layout. Still awaiting full approval before I can move on to color. Here's a cleaned up line & quick tonal pass for values. A fresh look tomorrow will help me tweak the values better.

Another prop cover needed for Surge of Power II. Just sent off these thumbs to my producer Vinnie Roth, for approval. Awaiting his follow up comments. Image based on his description. The figure in the 3rd image (far right) is kinda cool, but I'd definetely change "Surge's" position. But the "Surge Mobile" is meant to be a center of focus, so don't know if Vinnie will want the front of the car obscured. I'll have to wait and see... Any other comments/suggestions appreciated. Could use the feedback.

Happy Halloween from Creation Engines

for CE's halloween blog post. the bride... (not the Sting/Jennifer Beals version, the original)

Speed Painting...

Jumping on the Speed Painting bandwagon. I've wanted to do this for a long, long time since I heard about it. I was introduced to it at school during my senior year but never got around to doing it... until now! Well, here are my first Speed Paints...done digitally. Recognize the movies?

CRYPTOZOOLOGY: The Yeti

stages

tonal thumb

For Creation Engines blog. Just a quick little sketch just to say I did. From most current topic "Cryptozoology" the study of "hidden" animals.

Playing Around with Value

Something I did for my students, just to show how to separate ground planes using value.