Couple of Characters from Dragun

A Couple of Layouts I Never Posted

Quick Sketch for fun!

I haven't posted in a long while!  Just too busy working, which is not a bad thing.  I'm going to try and post a little more often.  Thanks again for stopping by.

Some Process Sketches and Finished Layout

Hey!  CTN was a blast and I am going to be exhibiting again next year!  I met so many great people and artists that I truly admire.  I am so behind on my postings here and on my other sites.  Here are a few prelim-sketches and finished layout from a project I completed a little while ago.  Really fun piece to paint and to work out.  The characters were ton of fun to create too!  Initially I had thought of possibly having more a standing tree as part of the focal point in the comp but found that the broken/rotted log gave a little more story and interest to the piece.  I am currently working on a number of new layouts and characters in between work and sleep.  I hope to post those very soon.  As always, thank you for stopping by!

CTNX 2013!

Hello Everyone!  Long time no post.  Sorry.  I am here with some good news.  I graduated over the summer from Art Center College of Design and have been working, so I cannot complain.  CTN is coming up and instead of just attending it this year, I am going to have a table!  My friend Michael Okey and I are sharing a table in the New Talent Tent.  Michael was a classmate of mine at Art Center and I am very honored to be sharing a table with him.  If you get a chance, check out his work.  If you are at CTN please stop by though, we will have some new work to look at and a few goodies.  See you there and I promise to post some new work soon.

 

Quick Post

    Here is just a quick post of a painting I finished recently.

Okay just a quick sketch...

Just one of the characters for a new project! There is more to come once I finish the final character sheets.  I'm trying to complete a Zbrush sculpt of the griffin too.  Thanks for stopping by!

Mad Dash!

I know, I know!  I haven't posted anything recently but I have my reasons.  I am graduating this summer so I am hard at work finishing up pieces for my portfolio and grad wall.  So when I am all squared away I'll have a massive post chock-full of new beauties for your viewing pleasure.  At least that's the plan! ;) For now here is a quick sketch from one of my current classes.  Thanks for stopping by!

8th Term is Complete!

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     Yes, I am still alive!  I have been so busy that I have not been able to post in quite some time.  I’m headed into my final term and there is a ton of work to be posted.  I am finalizing a few paintings, working on a side project, and working on several pieces for my grad wall at Art Center.  I will however, post a small number of sketches today from a few school projects.  I want to post a few from a personal project but, I think I'll wait till they are little further developed.  All of these are from a class taught by Paul Rogers.  Thank you for taking a look! 

  

Quick Post Dewey Cox Gig Poster

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I know, I haven't posted in quite some time, but I will try and make up for it soon.  I have a lot of new work to post and I am really excited to share it.  So, for now here is a screen-printed poster I did for a class called Graphic Design For Entertainment.  The instructor (Paul Rogers) is great and I am learning a lot from him.  I'm really excited to see how the rest of the term comes out.  Now I can't post this without thanking my best friend Jim Mazza for helping me print it.  Without his help it wouldn't have turned out half as good since I have never screen-printed anything.  Check out his work, he's an amazing artist.

Matte Painting

My first stab at a matte painting and I still have a ways to go before I am any good at it, but what fun!  I have tons of work to post from this past term and promise to post it as soon as possible.  First, I have to finish my finals. Thanks for stopping by.

A Few Images I Forgot To Post

I was going through some work from a couple of terms ago and found these.  The top two are from a character design assignment in an Adobe Illustrator class.  Photos courtesy of my instructor Dana Duncan Seil.  Since I like playing video games, I thought it would would be fun to create a fictional character around that and create something functional too.  Doesn't look to shabby next my my Xbox either.  Developing the character was tons of fun and it was my favorite project out of the class.  The last image is of some character designs from the same class, but different assignment.  They were a lot of fun as well.  I still have images from this previous term and some personal work I am working on.  I'll post more soon.  Till next time...

Layout Number Deux

This layout was the second assignment from my Style Development class and is in the style of William Joyce.  It took a while to paint, but it was a lot of fun.  This term is almost done and I can't wait to work on some projects over break.  Till next time...

Digital Landscape Paintings

Just a few of the plein air paintings I did this term.  I still have a lot to learn with this, but it's an exercise I plan on doing a lot for now on. 

Well, the character is done

Still working away at the Charley Harper inspired piece for our style class.  It's coming along, but I'm still not ready to show it yet.  Not to mention I'm still painting on the last layout too.  I just really want it look good.  So here's the only part of the Harper piece I feel is done.  I'll post the final soon.  Till next time ladies and gents.

Almost Charley Harper

     Our current project in my style class has us creating an illustration in the style of Charley Harper.  While his work looks simple in construction, you begin to realize just how much thought and design went into his work when trying to duplicate the style.  This assignment is proving to be really challenging, but I think it'll really pay off.  These character sketches aren’t quite Charley Harperesque yet; but they were really a lot of fun.  Till next time!

JPEG Has Arrived!

Well, actually i finished him the other day, but I'm just now getting around to posting him.  My brother and friends came up with the name.  He's a character for a new layout for the class with Mike Humphries, but I'll tell you more about the class when I can post the rest of the work.  Had a great time taking this from sketch to final render.  I've had loads of fun painting this term and I'm really enjoying the classes I have.  Looking forward to CTN this fall!  Till next time...Thanks for stopping by.

Quick Sketch From Last Term

Just posting a quick sketch from last term that I totally forgot about.  Working a lot on my assignments so not a lot of time to post anything really significant right now.  Soon though, soon.  Thanks for stopping by..

Descanso Gardens Plein Air Week 7

I can't believe I'm already half-way through this term.  I'm really enjoying this term and wish it would last for another ten weeks!  Working on a bunch of different assignments right now and I will post some new stuff later this week.  For now here is another plein air painting from this past week.

Untitled Project - Kind of...

A rough sketch for a project in one of my classes...I'm actually changing the whole comp, but I did like this sketch...