This is my first and maybe my only Winter break project. It's a D&D adventurer Using a belt of "Bull Strength". I have really started to fall behind on my posts. I had meant to post a few things when break started but my scanner was acting like a jerk, thanks Snow Leopard. Untill i get around to that, enjoy the new post.
The Final composition for the Presidential portrait for Payne's class. It's gonna be fairly limited pallet so I figured I would go ahead and post the rough with out color.
Ok, this isn't an official sketch, though I will say I got a bit carried away with this one and worked on it longer then I should have. The project is to design an illustration to capture the words of a song released in the 1960's (that is the love potion spilling out behind him). We also have to have an influence in mind when working on the piece. Can you guess who mine is? No guessing if you know already. That's cheating...
These are just a couple of things that I have been working on for classes. The pie was a painting technique exercise and the second was an in class assignment we had a list of words to combine and about 2.5 hours to do it in.
This was a "mini" assignment from C.F. Payne's class as a study of Bernie Fuchs technique. All I had to do was take a segment of one of his earlier pieces (right) and copy it as best I can (left) I used acrylics and guache, so it isn't quite his way of working... But I was still happy with how it turned out. It's due tomorrow, along with everything else under the sun. Thursday's are stress monsters.
The page layout had to have hand drawn type in it so the headline on that was all drawn and inked by hand.
My money is on the bottom Rasputin cover I think. It's a bit dark showing him drowning...BUT when nothing else will work. I am really feeling like the type is still kinda weak on all of them. Tweaking is a must, but I feel like they are going in a strong direction.
Have you ever eaten calamari? Well what if the tables turned...That wasn't really the thought behind this first idea, but i guess you could take it there. I got a few planks of wood and have been trying to think of something good to put on them. Finally I decided to do a collection of things similar to this one here. I'll post them when I finish them.
Behold my finished assignment for C.F. Payne. It's due tomorrow and I will be so glad to move on to the next project. I'm actually happy with this one though. For now.
Here is an update on the other stuff I've got going on. This is just the color study for the editorial project we got for professional practice. It will be traditional in the end done 11x14. I really need to get cracking on this one. 
I thought I would take a snapshot in case anyone wondered what my "studio space" looked like. I know I always love seeing where others work. If you take a closer look that is the Pirate book cover in the works it's coming together nicely I have already done a bit more since the photo was taken. This thing should be finished and posted this evening or tomorrow.
Here is a little update of my Current project in Paynes Class the Blackbeard Book cover. This is just the value study but the painting is currently in the works.
This is just something I drew and thought I would throw some color on. Normally when I work with paint it is Acrylics, so it would seem I got a bit trigger happy with the water. Some where along the line i thought this needed a wash over the whole thing and I ended up making the whole thing blurry... The good news is that I am in Watercolor class now so i should get the practice i need to not make any more stupid last minute mistakes. haha.
I will be the first to say that this is not really one of my best pieces. BUT I will say that I learned a bit about the technique I was attempting. I figured I would go ahead and post it anyway. A special thanks to Justin Gerard. I did this piece for fun after seeing an amazing piece he worked on last year. Though I totally failed haha. I feel like i have learned something.
This is something that I have hatched after poring through my collection of pieces by my favorite illustrators. Something of a traveling knight trudging through the woods. If this ever gets developed further, It would be N.C. Wyeth influenced. One of my favorite artists of all the greats.
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Update! This is just the underpainting. I still have a lot more to do but I rearly post progress so I figured I would go ahead, although I wish I had thought of it sooner and got a few more to post. Maybe next time.
Behold! A Lady of the Lake true to the area and rough time of the story. I know you don't usually see a Celtic one-handed sword as Excalibur, but hey that's what makes it a bit more interesting.
Just a little sketch dump. The Portrait is a thumbnail for a piece that should be started this week. Keep on checkin.
The newest addition to my collection. Let me know what you guys think. It's continuing in my random direction I have been heading in.
Ok, so this may not really be my usual kinda thing. But I haven't really had time yet to really get goin this summer, so i thought I would just throw a little something together today for something to post up. I don't want to much time slippin by with nothin at all. Hope you like.
