My painting project this week was the lovely Elizabeth Taylor. This was a bigger challenge than the last one; her face was fully in view, and my goal was to try to get a real likeness. BTW, I hadn’t forgotten…
I decided now is a great time to really develop better painting skills. To do so, I’m going to start off with painting a lot from black & white photo reference to try to improve my light, shadows, and values….
It’s no secret– I love Han Solo. Here’s some Han Solo art, lovingly crafted while watching the un-special editions of the original trilogy in the hours leading up to Star Wars Celebration V. Below are also some random sketches I…
This weekend is Star Wars Celebration, the ultimate con for Star Wars fans. This year it’s taking place in beautiful swampy Orlando, so I couldn’t pass it up. At the last second, I found out that Lucas Licensing is hosting…
This summer, I made the decision to finally attend a summer animation program. After much research, I decided to attend the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts‘ (Vanarts) Character Animation Summer Intensive. Even though it was located at the farthest point…
I was inspired today watching my buddy Omar paint today in class, so I was inspired to paint. Traditional Spanish mantilla headdress with comb. Painter + Photoshop
As an IT person, I’ve been pretty familiar with the ebb and flow of available work. Positions come and go as soon as the deadlines are met, and it’s not unusual to only work three month long contracts in this…
A doodle of myself animated. Alias Sketchbook & Photoshop with some inspiration from Curious George.
Here’s a collection of some animation lessons I completed in 2D (over the summer) from the Animation Mentor (class 1) curriculum and Brian Lemay’s online lessons. A lot of the lessons near the end of the video aren’t polished yet,…
“And baby makes three”. This is the most important commission I have ever been asked to do, so it’s an appropriate first post for my blog. 😀 My dear friends Paul and Sarah are expecting their first baby, and they…