Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Speed Painting #2
Here's another quick speed painting that I did to warm myself up for the day . . . this one took me 25 minutes or so. This time I felt like experimenting, so I started out with a black canvas and then painted the entire piece using the eraser tool. I selected a texture for my eraser brush to give it some energy . . . basically just pulling light out of dark.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Speed Painting #1
On the National Caricaturist Network forum, there's a thread called "speed painting". I've never really tried it before, or at least really timed myself. On the thread many artists post their quick digital paintings . . . good practice . . . so here's a 20 minute speed painting that I did today of Court Jones.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The Big Sleep!
I'm finishing a bunch of new paintings for my book which will be out in June! This is one that I'm currently working on, a parody from "The Big Sleep". I love Bogie as well as the look of his films, but mostly Bogart's expressions and physical appearance . . . this is still mostly a block in, a bit more work left before I'll call it finished.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Obama for The Weekly Standard!
Here's the final Obama painting that I worked on Thursday and Friday. My first piece done with my new Cintiq, which is soooo awesome, I'm not sure how I managed as long as I have without a Cintiq? This was a quick painting, done in about a day and a half. The trick is to make it look as though I spent more time on it then I did, but a "rushed look" is not what I want people to see in my work.
So with that, I'm pleased with how it turned out. I usually paint much larger than the size the art will print . . . this time, I painted only an inch and a half larger than print size. I do not recommend this, and it was not my intention . . . I had already painted for a few hours when I realized the size in which I was painting. This piece is a full page illustration, from top to bottom of the page, so normally I should have painted it at least 4 or 5 inches larger . . . . it turned out fine, but when it came to smaller areas like the hands, eyes and feet, I couldn't really get in there and detail the way that I want to.
I painted this first with no background behind it, last minute I was asked if I could throw a background behind him for text and so forth . . . I'm not sure which one they went with?
Friday, April 18, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
My April Course is Almost Full!
There's only a few slots left in my April 29th class! For more info, or to register for the class click here.
The drawing is a sketch that I did of my friend Fred Harper, Fred does some cool art! I did this one with a ball point pen.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Update on my Donald Trump painting.
These days I'm working on the final paintings and whatnot for my book and came to the page with my Donald Trump and realized that I wanted to re-paint the face and hair . . . . the top Trump is the "new" version of the painting!
I painted my first version a little over two years ago, I like this new version much better! I never really felt settled with the first one, at first I was going for a more painterly look, so I kept the hair loose as well as the face. I spent for ever on that chair . . . . realizing later on that if the chair is going to be that detailed then his face must be as well.
Friday, April 11, 2008
I'm in MAD magazine . . . Big Whoop!
MAD 489, on stands now! I can finally share this with the world . . . I painted this a year ago, so it's great to finally see it in print! Been a dream of mine since I was 9 or 10, to draw for MAD, so it feels great to finally look through an issue with my work in it. My favorite part about the whole thing was working with art director Sam Vivano, he's a great art director, and I hope to work with MAD more in the future just so I can continue to learn from Sam. It's a fantastic issue, has great work in it from Hermann Mejia . . . worth the whole $4.99 just for his stuff!
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Quick Cafe Sketch Video!
Hello everyone, wanted to share something a bit different, thought it would be fun to watch. These are some sketches I did really quick while sitting at Pollo Loco, Chipotles and the Emergency Room . . . . my daughter was really sick last week, was at the doctors quite a bit, she's much better now! These are really fun to do because the people I'm sketching don't even consider that I may be drawing them. They see a laptop and think I'm typing or something of the sort . . . even still, people do not sit still for any great length of time, the first two I drew got up and left in the middle of me sketching . . . I know, rude right? The music is Wilco, enjoy!
Monday, April 07, 2008
Bobby Chiu!
Another little sketch, this time a sketch of my friend Bobby Chiu, an amazing artist also from Imaginism Studios. Bobby's work kicks!!!! He does some of the COOLEST character designs as well as crazy animal creations . . . check his stuff out at Imaginismstudios.com
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Kei Acedera!
This is a little sketch of my friend Kei Acedera, a wonderfully talented artist from Imaginism Studios. She's an awesome character designer, among many other things, she's quite an artist! Her and Bobby Chiu have just finished their latest book "Waterworlds" which will be available to purchase very soon at Imaginismstudios.com The other day I got a sneak peak at the Waterworlds cover that Kei painted, and it looks soooo cool!
Friday, April 04, 2008
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Hermann Mejia!
This is a little sketch of "The" "Hermann Mejia" . . . Hermann has been one of my favorite artists for at least the last 8 to 10 years. I believe that Hermann is one of the better caricaturist alive today. You've probably seen his work in MAD magazine, mostly movie parodies, but he has done a couple covers for them, and in my opinion he should be doing a lot more covers! If you haven't seen his work you are truly missing out, click his name in my links, you won't be sorry.