This is my first test at using a sphere and ZBrush 3. Man, the interface is a piece of work. Mudbox is amazingly better, but there are some great tools in ZBrush, and I know this is a tiny thing, but I LOVE the wax shader that is the default. Sooooooo much more to work on. This is about an hour of tinkering not knowing what I'm doing...

Cool new Slideshow tool....

You can do this when you have a Picasa Web Album Account! These are all old drawings, but it's a cool little tool!

My Final Dragon

Well, I got it "done" before the weekend. It was a little more frustrating than I originally thought it would be. Probably poor planning before beginning to paint. Hopefully I'll get it next time.

My new Avalanche challenge entry..

I began this, realizing that it takes me so long to paint something to my liking, that I better post something before the subject passes me by. Here's the original drawing and the first step for the painting:

A new place to vent...

I just started a new blog so my wife doesn't have to listen to my political rantings. Now only those who want to take the time to read them will. But I also hope that it can bring some logical arguments into this internet world of political discussion.

One Messed Up, Beautiful World

Avalanche Challenge Entry

This working-class superhero saves the lives of countless soccer moms one child-calming kids meal at a time.

Friday Figure Drawings - April 27, 2007

Well, it's been a while since I posted any figure drawings. A lot of them have really stunk, so I haven't posted them. These were the better of the bunch, if there are any that are "better", so here they are:

2o minutes, NuPastel 18"x24"

1.5 Hours, Charcoal 18"x24"

1.5 Hours, Charcoal 18"x24"

Goddess of Sky and Wind

This was my late entry into the Avalanche Blog. I actually got really close to finishing it, but then my wife went into labor, and I haven't slept in two weeks. But here it is, in all it's cliche glory. It was a test of painting with Pastels in Painter. I think I like it almost just as much as Ryan Wood's "Washabrusha". I'll have to keep playing with it before I can know for sure.

Friday Figure Drawings - 3/23/2007

5 minute Nupastel on Paper

2 Hr Nupastel on Paper

I'm somewhat satisfied with this drawing, but I found that the hand on the leg was too small, and I didn't have enough time in the pose to redo it, so it had to stick. Other than that, I think it went pretty well. I had to stop at the 2 hour mark before I started noodling it to death.

Animtion:Master Training Disc 3 Now Available!

It's finally ready for public consumption! My latest tutorial DVD is out now and available at my website. This DVD contains over 8.5 hours of training from the very beginnings of animation to character performance with audio, lip sync, and final render. It is for Animation:Master 2005, but could easily be applied to any software system. The DVD comes with all the content you need to follow along with the tutorials. They are all 1280x1024 videos made with the Techsmith codec. Go to my website for more information.

Friday Figure Drawing

February 23, 2007
18"x24" NuPastel on Paper

Figure Drawing Friday

February 16, 2007
18"x24" Charcoal on Paper

Pastel Test

I've always thought my art was a little "slick", so I'm trying to loosen it a bit by using rough media. This was just a 15 minute test in Painter with the pastels...I really like the feel of them, but not the picture too much.

Sketchy, Sketchy

These are totally out of my norm, but I finally have had some time to devote to sketching again. These are really rough, but I think I liked doing them...got the wacom flowing. Man, there are so many great blogs out there, makes me feel totally inadequate and REALLY rusty.

New Figure Drawings

It's been a while since I last posted, with work being crazy and life even more. But here's a few new ones. One is a re-post of a better-quality image. All are 18x24 conte on paper.

Figure Drawing December 8

Here's kind of a crappy cell-phone picture of the latest figure drawing. I'll take a better picture of it as soon as possible, but it's been so long since I posted, I thought I would just get it up. This was a really hard drawing. The model never seemed to stay in the same position, so I feel it's a bit off. There's always next week. Once again, 18x24 charcoal on paper.

New Figure Drawing

Here's last weeks figure drawing session at work. Man, it's been a while. It was also my first foray into charcoal. I really enjoyed it. This pose was about 1.5 hours.

Animation:Master Training DVD 2 Now Available

I finally got to the 2nd DVD - Character Rigging. It's for sale on my website:

Animation:Master 2005 Training

Have at it!

Avalanche Challenge Piece

Here's my entry for the last challenge over at the Avalanche Blog . It was a pretty eye-opening experiment. Thanks to Ryan Wood and Sam Neilson for some great pointers that I probably forgot to implement by mistake.

Couple More Drawings...

I really got into drawing today, and I still have the itch. I'll have to keep it going. Heaven knows I need the practice.

Portrait of Baldy

Not sure where this one came from. Lately, I'm trying to get away from the line drawing and go more for tones. Loomis did this really well. So do a ton of the guys I work with.

Sayid

I've never seen the show "Lost," but here's my shot for the company Art Challenge:


For the rest of the "entries", go to our blog HERE.

This is why I love layers...

December

One of my all-time favorite CD's is George Winston's December. My dad bought it when I was really young, and I was inthralled with it. It became my Christmas soundtrack, and remains so to this day. The photo on the front of the CD is exactly what I picture when I hear the music, and I think it's just gorgeous. Being October and all, I started listening to Christmas music. Hey! At least it's not the normal time I begin listening to Christmas music...July. My wife would kill me. At least I can listen to it at work. Hehehehe.

Anyways, I decided to get into painting in Painter again....yes, again. I love using layers. So here is a try at painting in Painter 9.5. Everything was going smoothly until I hit the branches...so much detail, I'm trying to figure out which brushes to use. Better ask Ryan (Wood). I'll post the progress images next. 

More Fall Pics...