Annual Blog Update

It’s been a while since I updated the blog so I thought I’d share a few pieces I’ve been working on. These are some Demos I did in my Drawing 1 class this last semester. 

Below is a pen and ink demo for class

Here is an ink wash demo for our week of ink wash

This is from the robot drawing week

While in Ny York this past November, with my grad school class with the University of Hartford MFA in illustration, I managed to fill an entire sketchbook. Some of these are from IlluxconV the rest are sketches in class, and on the subway, there are also some drawings from a chiefs game I attended. 

Da Red Ones Go Fasta

 In honor of Games Day I decided do a piece involving some Ork Boyz in a Trukk as they race headlong across the desert into the fray of combat. This was a pencil sketch I brought into Photoshop and rendered it tryin to utilize more textur.

 These are some sketches I did in an attempt to work on speed, above is a necron Triarch fightin a Dark Eldar wych, and a Daemonette of slaanesh riding her seeker steed and below is Trygon Ambushing a land raider.

 These are some timed ones I did to really get my timing down, these are both 45 min. The first is an Ork Warphead, and the other is Chaos Space Marine From the fallen chapter of the Thousand Sons.

Below is some of the promotional stuff/ art stuff I am taking to Chicago

Hartford Trip 2012

Here are some images from my two-week MFA summer session at the University of Hartford in Connecticut.

This is a portrait of a Trygon Prime, done using the steps taught by Chris Payne

 Here is Chaos Space Marine Lord done trying to emulate Chris Payne’s painting style, this was for a weeklong class taught by Gary Kelly and Chris Payne. Both of these were mixed traditional media.

 This is a title screen I did for a Sexy Space Ladies Game done for Nancy Stahl and Zina Saunders class on developing an app using computer software. It was done in painter and Photoshop.

Below are some sketches I did in my sketchbook over the two weeks. This was done in ballpoint pen

 Theses images are from a trip to the Norman Rockwell museum where they were displaying a Howard Pyle show.

 In the WoodCarvers Shop, 1895, Howard Pyle

 Battle of Yorktown, 1899, Howard Pyle

 Detail of the Battle of Yorktown

Galleon Off a Coast, 1922, N.C. Wyeth

Now its time to get Ready for Games Day!

June (give or take a few weeks)

These are some images I have been working on over the past few weeks, (just a warning there is some nudity in these images).

 Space Ladies in a saloon fight

 Some Beach Stuff

 A half finished Avatar Painting

 Neoburg day at the zoo

 Giant Monsters

 Some Scientific Illustrations about view points and the human form

A roller derby

and a bachelor party

Dallas Sketch Book (Unabridged)

These are my sketches from my recent trip to Dallas/Fort Worth for my traveling meet up in the University of Hartford’s low residency MFA in Illustration Program. My goal was to fill the sketchbook while I was there. I had a good time drawing the Hokey Game and the Rodeo.

The School Book Depository, Dealy Plaza

I got to see this original Dean Cornwell, Uncle’s Sam’s Air Force ,1952; it was on exhibit at the National Scouting Museum

Reflection

After sleeping for about 12 hours I have decided to give this little experiment a rest. Over the past 3 weeks I have been dedicating myself to attempting to sharpen my artistic skills by doing a series of daily routines. I tried to take the momentum that I had coming off of a recent trip to Los Angeles, and even more recent trip to New York City; taking all the raw inspiration and drive I had amassed and turning it into artwork.

The overall goal seems to be success I feel that in the last few weeks I have made some drastic alterations to the way I create and perceive art. Looking back on the art I have made in the past I can look at it with a fresh perspective and see many of the shortcomings. One thing I learned I do not do well is time management or at least allocating proper time to complete a project.

But anyway I just wanted to thank everyone for their support during this little experiment with ASS POWER. And if anyone is thinking about attempting such an adventure I would recommend trying and maintain contact with live human beings, it doesn’t take too long for delirium to set in.

Something Different

So I wanted to try something new today so I did up these small little concept paintings in gouache just to see how it would work. I wanted to try and get a really strange feel to these, so I tried not to use to much reference and just go from ideas out of my head. Both these images are concepts for the inner workings of the galactic center, which will play into a story I am working on in my space ladies series. Both of these took around 2 1/2 to 3 hours a each.