24 Hour Art

Wicked Fun

2010-10-03T14:19:00.001-07:00

I had a little time so I added a little painting I finished a few days ago. It's for a personal project I've been working on when I have a little bit of time.

Some more fun

2010-02-27T15:31:00.000-08:00

Here's another I had a really fun time with. ever since college I had this little character I would draw off and on when I was bored in class and finally I have a world I can put him in. And this little guy lives in a world with dragons and fun rock formations. It's a big world and a little guy- pretty much how I feel right now. :)

New stuff

2010-02-27T15:15:00.000-08:00

So, it's been FOREVER since I update this. I've been extremely busy with my regular job and other freelance projects, but I've still had a little time to work on my own stuff. Posting is a completely different matter however. That said, here's something new and a little different. I'm really starting to be inspired by artists like Brittney Lee and Erwin Madrid. While it's not exactly like them, I really enjoy the whimsy and overall design with each of them, plus it looks like they have a lot of fun in what they do. I think we in the business sometimes lose sight of that. I have but I'm getting it back lately and enjoying every minute of it.

Uphill

2009-09-28T19:45:00.000-07:00

So, here's another shot I did. I put all three characters in here again. I wanted to establish their personalities just a little bit with where they are in the composition. For instance the squirrel is very bouncy and excited and the bear is very content and eager to explore- they're the positive gun ho adventurers. The beaver on the ,other hand, is lagging behind and not quite as enthusiastic as the other two but, no matter what, he's still with his buddies. Cranky and griping a lot, but with them.

The Revelation

2009-09-20T21:57:00.001-07:00

So here is a composition I finished a bit ago. It's my three characters finding out that some other creatures have begun to intrude their woods. I think this is the first tine I've shown all three characters.

Climbing

2009-09-08T21:48:00.000-07:00

So here's a painting I did a week or so ago. This color scheme is very much inspired by xiangyuan jie. If you haven't visited his blog you are truly missing out. His work in inspiring and his paintings are incredibly beautiful.

Trailers

2009-09-01T21:54:00.000-07:00

Here is a shot I did a few weeks ago. I love bears but I also like beavers. They have such a funny little body capped off with that flat tail so I had to put this little guy in my story as a sidekick. Here I just wanted to have a little creature approach another very strange looking thing he's never seen (a trailer). He doesn't know what it is or who lives here, all he knows is he's never seen one of these things and really, it can't be all that bad considering how pretty and shiny it is.

More to come...

The Little Vehicle That Could

2009-08-26T21:14:00.000-07:00

So, I have a lot of vehicles in my story. This one was really fun and I like the "character" that came out of it. I wanted to make it playful looking because while machines in my story are a bit scary, I also needed one that the characters would follow out of curiosity and something huge and extremely severe would scare them away, so this little machine came to life for me. In the next few weeks I'll be posting the "scary" one that is in complete contrast to this one.

River's Bend

2009-08-24T20:35:00.000-07:00

Here is a shot with one of my main characters seeing how logs that once were a part of his home are transported by man. I chose a the truck to be far off on the bridge and a bit vague because that's how the character would feel when he's introduced to such a foreign thing he's never seen that is invading his life. He doesn't know anything about it but it will soon become something he can't avoid and will learn more than he ever wanted to know about it.

I do a lot of these value study shots just to set up a composition that sets a mood. It's one of my favorite things to do and I find it so much easier to do in photoshop because if I don't like a foreground or mid ground object I can move it quickly. Now most of my initial thumbnails I jot down on paper simply because ideas don't always happen when I'm near my computer but you can always have or even find paper ( I know some people who actually prefer napkins because they are such a throw-away thing- love people like that).

Lunch Sketch

2009-08-23T14:54:00.000-07:00

So I did this quick sketch at lunch a few weeks ago and since someone (I'll save that person any humiliation :)) really wanted to see the face of the bear I decided to post this. It's just a quick concept and really not thoroughly thought out. There will be more sketches of this guy posted later.

The Verge

2009-08-22T14:39:00.000-07:00

I know I haven't posted in awhile but I've actually been working on some stuff and have had some real inspiration thanks to my new art directors at work. They've become mentors for me, so everything I post from now on is totally dedicated to and inspired by Rob Corley, Tom Bancroft, and Chuck Vollmer. They're awesome artist and great people who inspire and encourage me day to day, so many thanks to them.

For this painting, I looked at a lot of Disney paintings (Bambi was a huge inspiration) as well as Chuck Vollmer's paintings, and Xiangyuan Jie (an amazing painter who did concept work for Disney, Blue Sky, etc). I'm doing a little project with a bear, a beaver , and a squirrel. I'll be posting the stuff I've been working on and even in-progress stuff from now on. I have a lot in-progress. I tend to be one of those people who works on several paintings and ideas all at once...it's just who I am. Take care and I'll post more later. Now, back to painting!

Subway

2009-05-26T22:52:00.001-07:00

Here's something that's been finished for a bit. I've been missing NY and I was looking at Paul Felix's stuff from Bolt- both inspired me to do something so what better to do than the NY subway. I actually looked at buildings from Brooklyn and though the 1 train does not go to Brooklyn I couldn't help putting it there. That 1 train carried me home every night when I lived in Manhatten so I thought what the hell and decided to pay tribute. Sorry if that offends New Yorkers, I just couldn't help myself.

Space station

2009-04-05T17:12:00.000-07:00

Here's something I worked on this week. I'm using some new techniques and still trying to figure things out. Hope everyone has a good week.

Walking Into Danger

2009-03-08T22:51:00.000-07:00

I've gone back to using Photoshop and here's a recent composition I did. Hopefully, I'll have a little more time and much more work since I'm in a very exciting learning phase.

Viking Church

2009-02-08T19:10:00.000-08:00

Here's a Viking Church. I thought it would be fun to put it in a chilly setting and I think I'll be adding some monster or something in the background. I'll replace this one when I decide what type of monster I want in the scene.

Value Comp

2009-01-11T16:34:00.000-08:00

Here's a value study I did this weekend. I may paint it or I may not.

Hydra shot

2009-01-04T23:01:00.001-08:00

And here's the screenshot....

The head that started it all....

2009-01-04T22:51:00.000-08:00

I decided to start doing some Greek mythology screenshots. Reading them, I always had these visions of them so I thought why not put those on paper. This actually started with the hydra's head. I did a really quick sketch then decided why not paint it which led me to doing a screen shot (a head eventually has to have a body).

Monster attack

2008-12-29T23:23:00.000-08:00

Here is a screen shot of the monster. He's a little different here and a little more imposing as well. My goal here is pretty much just to have a shot that reflects how the characters are feeling- terrified. I hope everyone had a great holiday and (if I don't post before it) a Happy New Year!

Sea Monster

2008-12-21T20:03:00.000-08:00

So, I was doing a little drawing and I decided to do something a little different. Usually I have an environment and, while I'm painting several of them at once, I took a break and did a sea monster. It won't be the only time you see this guy, I have an environment to put him in later. Anyway, things are hectic because of the holidays, so I probably won't post until next week. Have a Merry Christmas!

Upshot

2008-12-07T19:54:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. Tonight I decided to post this one. I've been working on a lot of things just not really finishing them, lol.... I've found I'm someone who really likes making quick comps and I make so many at a time (which is good) but finishing them is another story. So, here's one I semi finished. It still has a rough feel to it but when you have a job where you paint detail day in and day out, something unfinished is actually a relief to do. Take care, everyone.

Forest

2008-12-01T22:16:00.000-08:00

Well, it's been a couple of weeks but the holiday season tends to interrupt things. Here is a quick study of a forest. I didn't get too detailed, I just wanted to coney a quick ethereal mood here and since most of the stuff I've put up has been a little darker (mood and color wise) I thought I would change it up a bit. I hope to be putting more up as the week goes on.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and try to enjoy your holiday!

Disaster

2008-11-16T22:55:00.000-08:00

So, I did more sketching than painting this weekend but here's a painting I did today . It's kind of a continuation of my previous painting with the waterfall- it's the end result of not knowing what is ahead and suffering the consequences. A little morbid-maybe but I just wanted to show a dramatic shot and I thought this would be fun to do. Anyway, I have tons more to paint but I also have that thing called work, so I'm really hoping to get a few more things up this week. Take care everyone!

Afternoon composition

2008-11-09T17:54:00.000-08:00

Here's a quick color composition I did this afternoon. I just felt so unbelievably lazy this weekend (due to not feeling well) that I felt I had to do something or it might drive me insane the rest of the week. My goal was to merely get a composition down and not spend forever on painting so I could get something down without feeling too obligated to go in and nit-pick.

Dramatic angle

2008-11-09T14:30:00.000-08:00

I've been a little under the weather this weekend but I had a piece I started this last week so I'm just going to put it up as is. I was going for a bit more of a dramatic angle here. Again it's not supposed to be a finished look- it's more of a color treatment than anything. Anyway, take care everyone and have a good week.

Falls

2008-11-02T17:36:00.000-08:00

So I was going to do something entirely different but I got this image in my head and really wanted to show this gigantic waterfall scene. This is Painter, of course. It's funny, I used to use Photshop all the time and now I just do fixes in it because Painter is just really working in the look I want. Anyway, here it is and I'll (hopefully) have a few more things up soon. I have about 7 different comps ready to go but I just need time to paint them. Take care, everyone.

More snow

2008-10-26T23:21:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick environment painting. I am so sick of the heat and sun in LA and I miss the chilly weather of New York and the mistiness of San Francisco, so don't be too surprised if snow and dampness is a common theme.I don't know if I'll finish it maybe in the future but for now I'll have to move on and finish up some of my other comps. I did this in Painter, which I'm really loving. I honestly don't remember loving it this much in school but now I don't know how I lived without it for so long. Take care....

Higher view

2008-10-19T20:15:00.000-07:00

So here's another composition I had to get out of my head. Sometimes these things just stick in my head until they drive me crazy. It's strange but some shots I have in my head just get stuck there until I absolutely can't do anything else until I complete them. In fact, the next few I put up will be that way pushing other work to the background. Anyway, have a good week everyone....

Mountain shot

2008-10-18T21:20:00.000-07:00

I did this composition at lunch so I decided to paint it. I did this in Painter and I have to say I really am enjoying this program- it can do just about everything I want it to. Since I wanted to paint this quickly, I just used two brushes, but those two brushes gave me the effect I really wanted. Take care, everyone.....

Searching

2008-10-12T19:12:00.000-07:00

Here's something I did today. It went pretty fast and that was my goal today. I have a lot of compositions to paint so hopefully I can get more posted. It's just finding the time to do everything- which I'm sure everyone can relate to. Anyway, have a good week...

Incoming

2008-10-11T14:03:00.000-07:00

It's been a busy week for me but I did this sketch at lunch so I decided to paint it. More will be coming later in the weekend.

Quick comp

2008-10-05T20:46:00.000-07:00

I decided to do a color study of a composition I threw together during my lunch hour at work. It's loose but I was not gong for a finish. Anyway, you guys have a good week and I'll be putting some more things up during the week.

Passageway

2008-10-05T19:43:00.000-07:00

Here's another composition from the personal project I'm doing. This one was done n Painter which I'm really starting to like, so pretty much everything I do from now on will be done in that program. I might put up another piece tonight- if not then tomorrow.

Dragon

2008-10-04T16:54:00.000-07:00

So, I just started using Painter, so I decided to mess with a previous environment and put a dragon in the composition. Anyway, I'll be putting some more stuff up this weekend but I wanted to throw this one out there first.Take care!

Waterfalls

2008-09-24T23:30:00.000-07:00

So here is something from the personal project I'm working on. Again, it's just a piece for composition and experimenting with some painting techniques as well. I hope you guys enjoy it. Until next time.....

Snow scene

2008-09-21T21:02:00.000-07:00

Here's another painting. I'm just playing with composition and trying to just get out quick painting ideas. This is also a shot for the personal project I started working on. Have a good week everyone and take care. Until next time.....

Trapped

2008-09-20T17:27:00.000-07:00

So here is a painting I did today. I was mainly going for mood here. I'm working on kind of a big project right now and will be posting some of that here. Until next time....

night sea

2008-08-27T20:16:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick color comp I did this last week but forgot to post. My inspiration was looking at pictures of the ocean. The majority were bright, sunny landscapes but I felt like going in the opposite direction. Until next time....

Exterior

2008-08-17T19:36:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I've been pre-occupied lately but more things should be popping up because I got a fun little tool that makes things easier.

Here's an exterior shot of the factory. Here I'm just trying to give a little more drama to this shot with the lighting and composition. Take care and I'll update sooner rather than later.

factory shot

2008-07-08T23:01:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been so long. I'm working on a few different things in what spare time I have and hopefully I'll be getting those up sooner rather than later.Anyway, here's an unfinished piece I decided to post. I was just messing around with how a little flying robot would navigate through the factory. I'll actually be posting a few shots with this little guy. Take care, everyone.

Factory Basement

2008-06-24T22:18:00.000-07:00

With this composition I wanted to get a feel for where the characters (the robots) work, so I did a quick color study of the basement. These robots are low-class robots (just older models), so their time is spent underground making sure the "Build-A-Human" factory is kept up and runs smoothly. I thought grungy, yet still well build. I also wanted this to be a contrast between the pristine exterior, which included the lighting as well. Until next time.....

Build-A-Human

2008-06-16T22:19:00.000-07:00

So, I haven't posted in a while but I've been a little busy. Anyway, here's the factory I did a quick sketch of in an earlier post. This was actually inspired by The Flight of the Conchords song "The Humans Are Dead". I know some were curious about that so there it is. I actually did this in sketch up and started painting it n photoshop in a couple of the models. It's not finished yet (I'll put it up when it is) and I'm in the process of working on some more finalized robots and the interior, plus a variety of other things. I'll be posting some of that when I can.

Also, thanks to everyone who is commenting. I really do appreciate it and I'm sorry I can't write to you guys individually when you do respond- I've just been really busy and time is hard to come by these days. Anyway, take care and until the next post.....

Tornado

2008-05-22T23:31:00.000-07:00

So, I did this quick study because it kind of reflects my mind lately. Really, though, it is tornado season where I'm from (Texas) and seeing as it really doesn't rain much here I decided to do this composition. Hopefully I'll be putting more stuff up- it's just been a little crazy lately.

More factory workers

2008-05-10T20:02:00.000-07:00

Here are some quick sketches of more robots....

Robot

2008-05-09T13:38:00.000-07:00

So, some of you guys have been asking about the factory and this should give you guys a big hint at who works there and what song inspired it. Anyway, I'll be putting more workers tonight. Until then.....

Goats on the brain...

2008-05-04T20:28:00.000-07:00

I decided to draw some goats- why? I ran across pictures of them recently and got a little infatuated with them. So instead of buying one for a pet (which I'm pretty sure would be a bad idea since I live in an apartment), I decided to make some of my own. So here are some quick drawings and don't be surprised if you see more in the future......

Factory sketch

2008-04-30T23:39:00.000-07:00

So here is a quick study of a factory I wanted to make. It's just a sketch but will later be a finished piece after I finish messing with Sketchup. I won't give away what the factory is producing until I do the final. Let's just say the inspiration came from a Flight of the Concords song.

Desert quick study

2008-04-24T00:48:00.000-07:00

So, I did a quick study of a composition. I just wanted do a quick color study that really caught the heat of the desert. I've been doing some design work and I hope to post that up next. It may not happen in the next few days because I'm working in a new program, so it might take a few days to get used to. Until next time....

Color comp

2008-04-20T21:55:00.000-07:00

So, I had a busy week - full of unpacking and dog sitting, so hopefully I'll be able to post more this week. Anyway, here is another quick color comp. I used the wet media brushes again and playing more with the texture tool. Until next post....

Having fun

2008-04-17T19:05:00.000-07:00

So, here I just did a quick character sketch and then painted it in photoshop. A friend asked me to give some information on how I painted it (what brushes I used). Lately I've been messing around with the wet media brushes. They have an automatic texture, then I play with the scattering, shape dynamics, and textures on the brush tool. Those give you a variety of textures and are extremely useful for a quick texture.I used it here for a more sketchy look- which I'm really into more right now. You can render and nitpick forever but a loose painting just adds life to things. Until next time....

quick study

2008-04-13T18:47:00.000-07:00

Again, I'm just playing with brushes not really attempting a "finish" here. If I do get more of a final here I'll definitely post it but for now this is where it is....

Burning

2008-04-13T18:39:00.000-07:00

Okay, I'm playing around with brushes in photoshop here. It's an incomplete painting but I just wanted to get an idea down. Anyway, if I finish this one I'll put the "final" up.

Quick sketch

2008-04-11T21:44:00.000-07:00

So, I decided to start a blog mainly so I can produce work everyday and hopefully post it every few days. Anyway, here's my first post. Here I'm just messing around with a character and a quick value study. I wasn't going for perfection, just getting a quick sketch on paper. Until next time....