The world's fastest turtles - WIP

Here is a sketch and a digital work in progress for a piece I may or may not use for a class assignment.   I have to admit, it feels great that I'm actually drawing again.  Chances are the laziness will kick back in before I know it, but I'll embrace it while it lasts.

Here is a sketch and a digital work in progress for a piece I may or may not use for a class assignment.   I have to admit, it feels great that I'm actually drawing again.  Chances are the laziness will kick back in before I know it, but I'll embrace it while it lasts :)

The King of Soul

 Almost forgot to upload this one.  Project for Difate's class.  This small oil painting is responsible for introducing me to the angelic dreamy voice that is Sam Cooke.

Jon's Sitar WIP

As done with the grisaille as I'm gonna get, so here is a mashed up combination of several bad photographs of my painting.
  I should probably start the color before spring break ends. Meh. The plaid was genuinely fun, and the background?  ehh I'll play it by ear.

Some drawings

HOLY CRAP I actually got shit done today.  It is more than halfway though spring break, so it's about time I got some of my projects started.  Now that I actually have my starting points, I'm getting fairly excited about actually making these pieces.

This gentleman will end up as a digital painting for William Low's class.  Thank you daddy for being a fabulous model!

And this one will somehow end up as Difate's reality trip project.  Still thinking of different ways to turn it into a surreal piece, hmmmm.

Blue Mandarin

Well I suppose its about time I actually ATTEMPT digital painting (no matter how shitty it starts) rather than staring at the works of my favorite artists online and not doing anything for myself.

For my first real exercise, I googled a picture of my favorite fish and experimented for a few hours. No; I am not happy with the result. Yes, I am satisfied with it considering that it is merely a starting point from which I hope to improve gradually.


The style of this piece was heavily influenced by one of my favorite artists on deviantart, .

She posted a color theory Flash presentation that is very helpful, and if you are having trouble with color, I highly recommend you check out that tutorial.