Slowly getting things done...

Another update on my 3D chick, who is taking forever to finish.  I finally got the shape of her body figured out today.  Now on to the hair!

Some older drawings from the Denver music scene

I should re-upload these images.  They are portraits of local musicians out of Colorado.

The Widow's Bane (their older lineup):

Munly and Rebecca: 

Bonnie and the Beard:

My Wonderful Dance Teachers!

Self Portrait

Well...this is supposed to be me...lol.

Punky Girl

I kind of lost interest while working on this one, but I thought I'd post what I got done on her at least. Don't mind the bat, I got very lazy with it and didn't really finish it...

Time to start updating for reals.

Alright.  I have decided I will finally start using this blog for reals.  I won't be posting as many of my drawings on Facebook anymore due to their weird picture-owning policies.  Anyway, I wanted to post the colored drawings I've put on Facebook over the past couple of months here in this entry.  Enjoy and stay tuned for more updates!  

 This is some fanart I created for the Bane of Yoto.  Check out the Bane of Yoto project here.  

Adventure Time!!

My friend Greg recently gave me Adventure Time season one for my birthday, so I decided to draw him, myself and out friend Aaron in Adventure Time style! 

Tina WIP #2

This weekend I focused on re-routing her body geo to make things look better and help with the overall flow of things.  I still have to attach her feet and hands...

Tina WIP #1

I have several 3D projects going, but I never complete anything.  I think this is because I feel like everything I create looks like crap, so I give up on things after creating a basic block model.  I've been working on this character on and off for quite some time, but now it's time to complete her!  I started texturing the face today and I plan to do a combination of both hand-painted and photo reference to  create the rest of her textures.  Here is a screenshot of my work so far.  I still need to figure out an outfit for her....

Oh, but her name is Tina!

Digital Painting Study #5

Here is a character I am developing who is based off the flawless Adriana Lima!

Digital Painting Study #4

More Practice!

Digital Painting Study #3

This one was done more in a style similar to Des Taylor's work.  I think the "flat" shading fits my style more, but I'd like to be able to do both a painterly style, along with this style.  Creating the line art took longer than the coloring portion.  It probably took me about 2 hours to complete this image.

Digital Painting Study #2

Another quick study - about an hour and a half on this one.

Digital Painting Study #1

I have never really been happy with my digital painting technique (or lack there of) so now it's time to get serious about improving.  My friend Aaron and I have been talking about how creating a bunch of short studies would probably help us out in the long run.  When working on a drawing or painting, I usually put too much pressure on myself thinking "this has to turn out great or else it's worthless!" And because I am a harsh critic that I am of my own work, I never end up happy with anything. 

However, with the digital panting studies, I can relax a bit because it's just that - a study.  I created this piece last night, and while the lighting doesn't make any sense, it was the first time in a long time that I actually really enjoyed working on a digital painting.  Clearly I have a lot to learn, but that's the best part - I am learning!

The image below took about one hour to color.  I don't want to spend more than 2 hours on these studies because they are just that - a study!