Work in progress

Some of these photos are rough, but here is an example of progress on the Jabba pinup.

Whoo WHOO!

Finally feel like we are getting somewhere! Been painting for a while with not major breaks and I think the next couple guys will be pretty cool. Did this for an erotic art show, not stoked on the grass, would have liked to had time to put in some insects but just over the whole painting at this point. Angie, my wife is the model.....

Penis

Squeezed this out of a new tube of Cad Orange..... I consider it a fortuitous omen for sure. I have been trying to take better care of my pallet lately, keeping it as clean as possible, w/o wasting paint.... Next pallet I make will last much longer I think -learn as you go!

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....

Working on a lot....

Got some pieces in the oven, but waiting to post till further along..... Here is one I gotta put on the back burner for a couple weeks....

Baby creature

Done in oils over the last couple months, from a sketch..... just have to say "finished" sometimes.

Drawing

I do LOTS of drawings for tattoos, paintings, illustrations and just for fun.... I should post more, but here are two I did in the last week...... FYI I know that the helmet would look different if it were greek or roman, but it is a fantasy drawing so :P Am going to use the female sketch for a painting, I believe.....

Harpy

Did this to get back on my painting feet, also to try and loosen up... learned ALOT.... these are a progression, I have one more session before I am finished... [ Update: Top photo is finished version.... not super stoked, but happy to be done!]

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....

Millions.

Got a ton of new stuff, just keep forgetting to put it up here! Here are 2 watercolors I did last year....... One a Mother's Day card the other a gift for a friend....

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?

Butterfly man...

I love to do fantastical paintings.... did this over the last week, at our tuesday night drawing sessions..... Just having some fun...

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..... :)

New oil

Rocked this out this week.... started it on sunday or monday night around 2am and finished at 3am thursday night. Super stoked, did this one from life, just hung up a piece of glass and started to go to town!

:)

Zombiemom

Gotta fix a couple things about this guy (mainly tone down the chin), but it is mostly done... not super stoked, background too loose and bright, but sick of working on it, so....

:P

Finished Oils and one in progress.

Finished 2, a couple more to go.... got some work in on the zombie Damian painting, it is unfinished, but the other 2 are. :) So tired.

New Oils.

I am starting a new painting, but realize I need to finish some of the stragglers. I am really stoked on this painting, no model used for the figure, probably should have, but such is life. In oil paint, I started this on tuesday morning, this week. It is pretty big, about 1.5' by 2.5' it seems much bigger.... Feel like I am slowly working towards a system that will work for me. I didnt realize how much paint you need to cover a space like this! And cleaning large brushes.... no bueno.

Oil Paint!

I love oil paint, it takes a while for my body and brain to become acclimated to the turpentine, but I am in full on paint mode. I guess I will see how long I can ride this wave till I find something else to obsess over. They are all in varying degrees of completion, some closer than others, so please do not judge too harshly..... the model in two of these is my son, FYI.

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.

:)

Apocalypse goat

Not happy at all with this guy, but gotta finish it anyways, since I have spent like a million hours on this fucker. UGH! I am definitely feeling the oil paint way more at this time.... will post some picks of the 3 oil paintings I am working on this weekend hopefully. Seriously, ugh. Realizing that the hair and forehead look weird, but dont want to waste all this time I have put into it.... :(

Tree man finished!

Took a while, with the holidays and all, but I am finally finished with my treeman painting. Not 100% stoked on it, but gotta move on anyways. I have 3 more watercolor/gouache paintings to finish before I get back to the oils..... gotta get grinding away.

Tree MAN!

Just feeling the trees and naked people. Cant help it, gonna paint this this week I think.

Gouache! Gouache! Gouache!

Almost done with these guys, part of a mythology I dont fully understand yet. I am not as good of a writer as I was at one time so I guess I will just tell the story with images.... :( Painted in gouache, but done with watercolor technique....