The birthday otter

For a friend who likes pirates and otters, if that isn't clear enough.

"Draw a bunch of gnomes getting plastered,"

...was, for all intensive purposes, my instruction for this commission. To get printed on a shirt for someone's birthday gift.  I knew it was gonna be a blast from the start.

In the works....

A small sample/preview for a an exciting project in the works....more to come!

Finally in the business

It's about damn time I did my first commission! I'm so excited to have sold a painting. My professors were absolutely right, it really does feel fantastic to have people hand you money for drawing a picture.

Not to mention, I'm really happy with how this came out.  It's a portrait of my coworkers' in-laws for a Fathers Day gift.  Probably my favorite watercolor that I've done thus far.

A couple of oil studies

High Society

For one of my final school projects, we were to take an already existing movie and recreate it in our own image, via concept art.  I chose to re-imagine the 1956 musical, High Society, as a hand drawn animated feature!  I focused on Bing Crosby's character, C.K. Dexter Haven, and did a character spin, sculpey maquette, and a conceptual digital piece.

Pies and Lilypads

A couple of newly painted pieces, both in oil.