Digital Painting Tutorial

I created this tutorial for my friend's forum, www.theillustrationboard.com a month or so ago and finally got around to posting it on my blog. Please check out is forum and sign up. Right now the forum is close nit, but we are trying to expand it and would love to see more people with different backgrounds posting up there.

Skull and Sea Life

Another skull painting and some sketches from the aquarium. For this painting I decided to go for a pick out approach. While I like how the skull came out, I feel though at process itself was difficult. I haven't done a pick out in years though. I am thinking about starting my paintings more thinly going for a more Frazetta feel first, then painting opaquely on top.

Hand Studies

I like to draw and study hands. I also like Joseph Clement Coll. So here are some hand studies I did from Joseph Clement Coll.

Paintings, Paintings, And More Paintings.

Here are a handful of paintings that I have done recently. These were done in class and at home. I am trying to become a better painter so I can do more of my illustrations strictly in oil. It has been a lot of fun doing these and seeing my growth over the last 2 semesters.

Discover A Muse

Haven't posted in awhile, been pretty busy. Here is a piece I did for Discover A Muse challenge hosted by Jon Schindehette. We have to create an image of Veronika Kotlajic, who was the muse for the project. I had several ideas before I finally went with what I did. For this piece I wanted to create something along the lines of Oneechanbara, but make it more westernized. So I made her into a sexy nun zombie slayer.

Zoo and Zombie

Here are my zoo sketches from today. I also have a zombie self portrait I did for a digital painting tutorial at www.theillustrationboard.com.

Life Drawings and Painting.

Some recent drawings and painting that I have done in the last few months or so.

Zoo Zoo

The usual zoo stuff. I am really proud of the spotted jaguar. It came right up to the cage and posed. The actual pose though was more dynamic I was more below the jaguar than how I drew it.

Old Anime Stuff

These are some line drawings I did for Exalted by White Wolf probably last summer. I used to watch and draw anime a lot when I was younger.

Animal Sketches

I went to the zoo and renewed my membership today. The monkey and gorilla were fun to draw. The monkey looked really depressed sitting there. Some of these drawings are from today and others from a week or so ago. The takin I drew that is laying down looks like he got shot by a hunter.