Category Archives: Painting

The Project Triangle

Believe it or not, I have never spent more than two days on a single piece of art. My career has trained me to be fast above all else, often sacrificing quality to save money and time. The project triangle states that … Continue reading

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Pure Design

I wanted to play around in Photoshop to see what I could do with some of the brush libraries… here are some purely abstract designs for wallpapers. Design (a) WIDESCREEN (1920×1200)   [Click Image to Enlarge] STANDARD (1280×1024) [Click Image … Continue reading

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John Carter of Mars

In anticipation of the upcoming movie, I recently finished reading the first book in the ‘John Carter of Mars‘ series (The Princess of Mars), and wanted to try my hand at depicting some of the visual elements of Barsoom the way … Continue reading

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I have been busy…

It’s time to update with some of the stuff I have been doing in my spare time. My parents generously gifted me with a Wacom Cyntiq 21UX — It is AWESOME! I have used Wacom tablets almost my entire career, … Continue reading

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Monster Spawn — they like picnic spots too!

Hello folks, I am continuing my quest to do more artwork, and have generated a piece for an art test that I am pretty happy with. It is my take on contextualizing a monster spawn point for an online RTS … Continue reading

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Featured Art

Project: MyWorld Used in the style guide as an example of “Cute Proportions” There were hundreds of vehicles built from this style guide. A lot of thought and research went into this image. The proportions are based on the golden … Continue reading

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Zombie Sketch

I decided to try my hand at a zombie… All this job search craziness has left me with some time to practice… Here are two images… one at 2 hours, and the other at 4 hours sketching time. These were … Continue reading

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Tony Jaa Portrait

This was a practice piece to do a freehand head portrait of a character from several photo sources. This took about three hours. [Click Image to Enlarge]

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Under the Bridge

Here is a B&W practice piece I did to brush up on my perspective skills… I wanted to visualize what a building built in to the foundation of a bridge might look like. [Click Image to Enlarge]

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Welcome to my new art blog

I intend to use this space to show cool stuff I’m working on, and get feedback from folks on what they like, or think I could improve on. Feedback and constructive critiques are welcome! I hope you enjoy this new … Continue reading

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