Sketching for Entertainment

Layouts (updated) 

Descanso Gardens

Plein air paintings from Mike Humphries' Digital Landscape class. 

These were first painted in gouache and then touched up in photoshop. 

More Cars (from the Art Center Car Classic)

Nethercutt Museum

Quick marker studies from the Nethercutt

Honeycomb

I finally had a chance to get some better photos of my Design 2 final from 2nd term. The project was to create a 3D abstraction from nature and I based my design on a honeycomb. The materials I used were plywood, acrylic, and MDF. After many hours of laser cutting, bevel cutting, and gluing, I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Workshop painting

Summer 2012 Scholarship Wall

4th term Scholarship wall (complete with Steve). 

(Cheerful) Summer paintings

Ford trucks and broken skulls. 

Acrylic on Illustration board

12" x 18"

Acrylic on plywood

12" x 18"

Sketching for Illustration Final

I can finally say I finished this one. 

Acrylic on 14ga Galvanized steel sheet 

24" x 24"

Portraiture Final

 acrylic on plywood - 21.5" x 30"

acrylic on plywood - 18" x 24"

And another painting from class which (in the end) turned into more of an experiment, but here's what it looked like at one point:

oil on canvas - 16" x 24"

*photo quality isn't that great but I'll update with better photos as soon as I can. 

I really should invest in a good DSLR.

Sketchbook

Started a new sketchbook this week. Hopefully I'll be filling it up fast. 

Mutant eel vs. swordfish.

pencil on toned paper

So I was lucky enough to find this mosquito outside my doorstep a few months back, and I got a few photos of it while it lasted---and then just a bit of color editing.
I'd say this was a nice catch.

Just some Zombie Fruits and Vegetables

Here's a commissioned project I started last summer in 2011; it's still in the works (and currently on hold for a little bit) but I will be working on some more for the series really soon- 

Zombie Green Pepper, Orange, Chili Pepper

/Adobe Illustrator

Drink Coasters

Image and Idea product final-- decided to make a set of drink coasters featuring quirky pairings of animals and drinks. I was originally planning on rendering these out in Photoshop (hence the perspective drawings) but I guess a more graphic style better fit the product.

The Golden State

acrylic on plywood 18"x24"

Post-Apocalyptic LA and all that good stuff.

Will be working on this one a little bit more.

Portraiture

Just a few in-class portraits so far

Meet Steve

I realized I haven't introduced Steve yet, so here he is.

He's my first paper toy, assembled in two separate parts with strong magnets so he sticks together on just about anything. I'm also making additional colors on request.