Happy New Year!

Digital PS

I was inspired recently by illustrator Joe Bluhm, to paint this caricature. He's got some great podcasts with video demonstration's, check him out. Looks like he's having a ton of fun.

Wasn't a fan of the Hellboy film adaptation, but I like the grotesque forms of the costume they made for Ron Perlman's already strange face. Aside from Sin City and 300(some people will hang me for that one), I haven't seen a comicbook-to-film translation that I cared for.

Happy New Year everyone! Here's a few of my steps.

Happy Holidays!!

Lithograph on rag paper

Well, it's that time of year again. Did you do all that you set out to do this year? I know I didn't. But I did accomplish a few goals and am feeling an overwhelming sense of satisfaction and growth. I'm looking forward to continued discovery and learning in 2008. I'm extremely grateful to have found a great place to work and grow this year. I look forward to the continuing inspiration and excitement I find in the artistic community all over the web. Thanks all and best wishes to you and yours! Happy New Year!

Christmas came early for me this year. I preodered this much anticipated book by Hans Bacher and it arrived last week. It's a bible on design! So much is jammed into the pages, but of course with great style and composition. Hans has produced an extremely useful and beautiful edition that provides a focus on what is truly important in production design while highlighting great examples of the craft. I haven't been all the way through it yet because I'm waiting for some quiet moments to get lost for a few hours.

(EDIT: some more images for Arnie)

alias sketchbook

I've been frustrated with how jerky linework can be in photoshop so I decided to give Sketchbook Pro a try. WOW! It's so nice. It really allows for precision especially with long archs, which when using PS more often than not end with jerky blobs. Can't wait do more with it. (Color was done in PS.)