Quick Starts

These are some digital painting starts that I'm not sure I'm going to finish. Just thought I'd post 'em anyway.

PIN 3 Show

The opening reception for the Power In Numbers 3 show at Nucleus Gallery in Alhambra was really fun. The show will still be up until April 28th so if you didn't get a chance to come, you should check it out. Thanks to all of you encouraged me along the way and a huge thanks for those who were able to make it out to the show. Thanks for the support! Also congrats to all who participated in the show. There were some uber-fantastic pieces in the show.

The images are cropped in versions of the pieces I did for the show. I cropped them just in case you're going to the show later and you didn't want to have the excitement and anticipation spoiled. If you do want to have your excitement spoiled click here.

Group Show @ Nucleus

Hello blog viewers and friends! For those of you interested, I'm going to be in Nucleus Gallery's 3rd annual Power in Numbers group show that runs April 12th-28th.

Opening Reception: Saturday April 12, 2008, 7pm – 11pm.

This is a benefit show where 20% of all sales will go to the Make a Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles

For more information visit: http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/141

And feel free to pass the info along to anyone else who might be interested. Thanks!

Photoshop Class

I'm very fortunate to have been invited by Rich Tuzon to attend an intermediate Photoshop painting class that is being taught at work by one of my favorite teachers from school, Bob Kato. Basically Bob adapted his traditional painting technique as a way to paint digitally in Photoshop. This is a 2 hour master copy (caricatured a bit) of a one of Sargent's self portraits that I painted in tonight's class.

Landscape Painting with Dad

I go painting with my dad quite often. This last weekend we went to Paramount Ranch. If you haven't been there to paint plein air, you're crazy! It has an old ghost town-looking set that was the backdrop for Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman and many other western sets from 1927 until present day. Here are my gouache efforts. The smaller two are 1.5" x 2.5" done in my moleskine sketchbook and the larger painting is on about 5" x 7" piece of illustration board. If you want to see my dad's he'll post it soon at his blog: http://sketchpainting.blogspot.com/

Some Sketchbook Sketches

I'm still alive and here are the sketches to prove it!

Tablet Trouble

Hello friends! Sorry I haven't posted lately. My old intuos-2 tablet broke down just after graduation and I am in the process of earning more money to pay for a new one. I'll get some drawings up soon.

Art Center Graduation Show - Friday, 08-17-2007

Hey, art blog friends! I am graduating this weekend from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. For all you people around the L.A. Area, this coming Friday on August 17th from 7:00PM until 10:00 PM, is the Art Center Graduation Show. Come check out the show and say "Hi" if you happen to recognize me standing next to the artwork you've seen posted on this blog over the last few years. www.artcenter.edu

Little Red Robin Hood and The Naughty Sheriff of Ham

I decided to use the animation background I posted earlier to create a fun Robin Hood story using animals in the place of people for my Advanced Sketching for Illustration final painting. Wait, ...Robin Hood...animals in the place of people...that's so original!

Digital Self Portrait

Another Dang Painting

Acrylic on Illustration Board

Hot Pink Lady and Cool Blue Girl

More acrylic paintings on illustration board from Gary Meyer's Advanced Sketching for Illustration class.

Some More Props

Here are some digitally painted props for my independent study project with Ricardo Delgado.

Animal Prop Studies

Here are some prop ideas I came up with for the story I made up about animals that go to high school.

More Characters

These are more character ideas for my Independent Study with Ricardo Delgado. Sketched in pencil and colored in Photoshop.

More Paintings

Acrylic on Illustration Board 15" x 20"

Background Concept for Animation

I was exploring animation styles and did this quickie Photoshop painting on the fly.

Peacock Feather Hat

Acrylic on Illustration Board 15" x 20"

Clown Man and Cropped Face Girl

I'm getting back into traditional painting and I have to say I love it. This is an acrylic painting. I didn't finish working on the clown man's hands, obviously. I probably spent more time than I should have working on his head. I only show the girl's cropped face for the same reason. Hopefully I'll get a full painting in next time.

Evil Warrior

Another character concept for my independent study with Ricardo Delgado.

The Dream of Flying

This is a color comp for a painting I'm going to do for Gary Meyer's Advanced Sketching for Illustration class. The topic is the dream of flying and the text on the bottom right says, "Look, Daddy! A bird!"

Some New Rough Sketches

I'm currently working with Ricardo Delgado on an Independent Study project where he is art directing me on a fantasy story he devised where I will create characters, props, environments, and finally a painting of a moment including all the elements together. Lots of new work for my final semester at Art Center! These sketches, including the slightly painted top image, are stylized towards more of an animation look. The unfinished painting at the bottom is more realistic looking in its proportions and design.

On the Steps

This is a Naked Mole Rat being interviewed on the steps of his high school. This was done last term in Photoshop.

Some Digital Environment Paintings

The top two environments are from the Searchers project I did and the last is for an arctic story I'm doing.

Goldon Lion-Headed Tamarin Skater

Another from the animal high-schoolerwork I've been posting. Drawn with pencil on Strathmore 500 board and colored in Photoshop.

Gerenuk Girl in Color

This is the same exploration for the gernuk cheerleader character in my Ark project I already posted but this time it has been digitally painted in Photoshop. The purse is updated.

More Sketches

Sketches from my larger Molskine. The first is an ode to Bobby Chiu. I love when he uses up all the negative space. The second is just a composite of various sketches with some Photoshop.

Searchers Color Script

This color script corresponds with the first two pages of the graphite value studies for The Searchers. Acrylic on Illustration board.