Jesus!

Though I am not a Christian, I love painting classical style images.... this is done in oils.

Broke the funk....

Took a couple weeks off... man so much guilt for not painting. Ripped this out in one night and really loved just knocking it out.... Oils on an old skate deck.

Devil Tarot

Painting for Tarot Card art show..... I have some more goodies in the works hope to post soon! 14x18 Oils...

Fawn and Nymph

Ok, things are starting to come together.... Oils 20"x28" feel like this could be a good year for painting.

Finished

The photo doesn't do it justice, Jabba is more prevalent and there is a staircase and door in the upper right corner.... This was for the Hope Gallery Star Wars show, painted in about 3 weeks, everything else went on hold. I was trying to mimic the Elvgren-ish style of pinup... feeling like I am at least progressing in my technical skills, though in hindsight the pose is a little rigid....

Surly!

Here is some coaster Jon Sweet and I did for the Surly contest.... I have no idea why we weren't picked! Also the label for Surly's upcoming Smoke beer, I inked, then finished on the computer.... I should really post some of the sketches too....

Possible poster....

Working on some graphic designs and came up with something..... I ususally am wanting to illustrate everything in a picture, but having a limitation can be liberating in a way.... am thinking of painting this?

VitaMN Underpainting

This is the ink and wash under painting done in reverse of the cover. It is 90% lined with a brush and 100% drawing ink....

VitaMN cover!

Cover for VitaMN weekly mag.... I have been busy lately, not alot of posts going up.... I will post the watercolor of this to give a little idea of the foundation of illustration. I was honestly amazed at how good the printing was.... I didnt think they would be able to pull it off. Extremely stressful, but worth every second..... I might do prints.... did I mention that I have prints for sale of most of my illustrations...?

More Zombies!

It has been a while since I posted, so I gotta get something out there! Some oils in the works, some watercolors, but mostly alot of COD WAW..... nerd. This is a poster for a show in August for one of our favorite bands, it was done by my friend Brandon and I. We sketched back and forth, then started inking on opposite sides, working on each others inking as we went along.... it was a very envigorating experience for sure! Finished the inking in a couple hours! I colored it in photoshop and we will be having Steve from Squad 19 printing it.... sooooo sweet. Not sure how many will be printed but under 50 for sure..... :)

Pregnant!

This is from a drawing I did like 4 months ago, before the Mcad class, just wanted to have something new to show... havent worked on it in forever, the halo is kind of weak and the ribs are not how I wanted them but, what can ya do.... it isnt oil paint so I guess I have to slog on through. I think I will go with simple color scheme, just the flowers and maybe the sky and leave it at that, maybe just the flowers so it can be done..... I didnt think that anyone looked at this page, but in the last week I have had three people mention it, which made me happy.

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Lamb of the Apocalypse

This painting is taking about 4 times longer than I imagined, I learned that non Arches watercolor paper is shit..... Part of a possible series. Lamb of the apocalypse, multiple horns, etc.. Unfinished but looking cool anyways. Did I mention that civilization is crumbling away? Got a little further, am distracted by new paintings, so, hope is the dream of unfinished artwork.

Zombie!

Working on a painting of a zombie head.... I feel like the zombie apocalypse is right around the corner.... I read World War Z, Day by Day Armageddon and Walking Dead - I am living inside a zombie fantasy and think that a painting is due that reflects that.... unfinished, but I felt like I just had to post it.... see the burned out city below? Should I make it Mpls?

Update. Finished. Pretty stoked.

Wedding hands

Painting I am doing for a friends wedding as a gift, taken from photo of daughters hands. As usual, walnut ink, gray wash, and a little gouache thrown in, though maybe not used as effectively as I would like.

Survival!

I survived the run, it was beautiful.... experienced the most amazing runners high ever. Really. Total euphoria.
Last week I helped at my friend Lindsay's class at MCAD, it was interesting, I finished this painting, start to finish in about 1.5 hours while giving a demo on spit shading and the use of walnut ink. I don't think many of them got anything out of it, but oh well it was fun anyways.

Pen and Ink

Here are some pics I had forgotten I drew for my friends at work. I think that i orient my drawing to the left for some reason. I wonder if other people do that as well.....

Thankyou Notes

Here are some thank you notes I painted for some friends in CA for letting me stay with them, and showing me such a great time. I am really feeling like I enjoy ink illustration more and more, though I love oil, I am more of a simple mind.