George Lucas

Wow it has been a while since i have put up a new post.  my apologies.   What i have for you today is a couple of pages from a comic book i am illustrating as part of my Senior project at UVU.  take a look and let me know what you think.

Figure Painting, Feb 15th, 2013

This is a piece that I am am quite pleased with so I thought I might share it. After six hours I think I nailed the modeling on the rump. If I had been a bit quicker I might have gotten more in the torsos and arms.

Fashion Illustration

mixed media, 15x20in

This is a piece that i had a lot of fun with.  It is for my advance figure drawing class.  We have been studying abstraction and distortion of the human form, mainly as applies to fashion illustration.  Thus the elongated arms and legs, and and simplified facial features.

Society of illustrator, 2013 Student Contest

Here are the entries I submitted

One step ahead

oil on board, 12inx17in

this is a moder take on the classic fairy tale of, Aladdin.  This images captures him running away from the local law informant with the lamp in hand.  We catch him has he makes a daring leep over the side of a building

Wind in the Willow

ghaphie on bristol paper, 21inX13in

This graphite illustration i originally did for my imagination and visual literacy class.  it depicts a happy scene, from the classic story, The Wind in the Willow.  Rat, and Mole meet Otter, as they lazily row down the river.

Little Red Ridding Hood

Mixed media, 12X x16in

You may have seen this piece in one of my earlier posts.  this is another modern take on a classic tale.  Little Red is preparing to depart for grandmas house, on the bus.  In the background a tag from a local gang hints that this is not a safe place to be. 

Little Red Ridding Hood, Modern Style. 

My Most recent illustration for class. Oil on board/digital, 20in x 15in.   Little red ridding hood waiting for the bus to grandmas house.  decided against a actual shadowy figure.   I like the more implied danger giving buy the gang tag as compared to an actual figure.    

Give you Conan

A class assignment for my art and visual communications class. We had to illustrate the story of Conan o'Brian being fired from the tonight show in LA and going back to the late night show in NYC

Book cover illustration for treasure island. An assignment for my imagination and visual literacy class.

Here is a is a painting i have done for my advance illustration class. wasn't able to bring it to total completion. this is about 75%. it is a modernization of snow white.  Dad is an oil tycoon. mom dies, dad remaries gold digging step-mother. step-mother angry that snow white is set to inherit every thing, leavening, Her penniless. tries to have snow white killed. snow white takes refuge in the oil field here she is protected by the workers on a oil rig. the rest is much the same as the original.

Thumbnails

Value Comp.

Photoshoped photo reference.

Almost completed painting. check back later to see the finished piece.

I recently have been attending the life drawing sessions offered at the "Art Shop" in Springville, to help me keep up on my life drawing skills. This is my drawing from todays session 09/01/12. The life drawing class is open to the public 10 am- 1pm, and the cost is 10$ for three hours. so not to bad a price. a lot of it is do it yourself, but you can receive instruction and pointers if you ask for them.

here is a piece i did for fun of princess zelda.  a friend ask if i could draw her. i at the time i wasn't sure. so after looking at some photos and reference shots this is what i came up with. line drawing is done on paper and cleaned up in photo shop. the coloring was all done digitally in photoshop.

first real attempt at taking a pencil sketch and digitally inking and coloring it. 

the new Batman movie inspired me to do a Batman themed sketch.  enjoy.

Inked

Colored

who doesn't love a little spiderman?

spiderman fan art.

A few femme fatales of our favorite marvel comic heros. Mystique, Madame Hydra, Enchantress Amora, Lady Bulls-eye, and Dark Phoenix

All in a dwarfs day work.

This is a personal project i am working on. it started out as just a head sketch of a dwarf profile. i got he idea for the face as i was driving home from work one day and saw the shadow that one mnt. ride was casting on another, and thought it made a really cool face profile silhouette, so i sketched out  a rough really quick and built it from there. its cool what inspiration nature can provide.

Line drawing sketch

 start of the value mapping, a little more work to be done value wise.

here is the full black and white value paiting.  the next step is to add color by applying thin washes of color using a gel layer.

Project #4 figure painting, spring 2012

"the spirit of spring"

Project #3 figure painting, spring 2012.

"Al at the work bench"

we had to do a figure painting of some one working. i work for, springville city in the parks and rec department. one of my co workers is named, al, and every winter he sharpens the blades for the chain saws they use for the urban forestry department.

Project #2 figure painting, spring 2012

Project #1 for my figure painting class this pass semester. This class was my first go at figure painting. i really enjoy painting the human figure, because it is something we all can relate to see as we are all human. the best part about the human figure is that all it takes is the slight change in guester or tilting of the head, or placing of the arm and you have a story.