pleins, trains and automobiles

graf

going through some old drawings the other day, i came across some more old graffiti design i did back in the day. so i thought i'd reinterpret them with some 3D action.

this is the design, now actually 3D instead of old faux-3D skills.


and then i just went nuts on it with a crazy camera angle to get some-kind of fortress-of-solitude-esque environment out of it .

for the fishes

nother plein air i did Sunday.
of a cat-food factory in Murray. it's kinda nice to sit out in the sun all by yourself, the smell of fish stock in the air, trains running by every 15 min, some homie's boombastic bass being reduced to the buzz of his license plate rattling against his trunk.
i'm really getting a kick out of doing these, learning a lot even though i've yet to win a fight.

concrete jungle

latest plein air. this one was about 1.5 hrs. trying to wrangle in the scrubby technique, and push small vs large definitions.

sci-fi desert

now that i've got some time on my hands, i've been busting along getting work together for my portfolio.
this was based on a sketch done at good ole' Drawnight. definitely some things i like, and some things i don't. maybe if i squeeze enough drops of juice from enough paintings, i'll nail that one that will just boggle the mind with it's awesomeness.... one day.

more weapons

figure dump

I've been taking a figure drawing class down at the Bridge Academy from Adam Ford. I've been down there once a week for 4 weeks now, only 2 of which Adam has been on hand to teach us (it's an every other kind of setup, the other weeks are studio & model time). It's really upped my game quite a bit. One of the things that Adam really stresses is speed; if you only have 5 min, get a drawing done, if you only have 20 min, get a drawing done, etc, etc. Draw, draw, draw. This only about a 3rd of what I've done down there.


20-40 min
30sec - 2 min

5-20 min

plein

so i drug myself outdoors away from the computer to do some actual painting. i've been excited about doing some plein air stuff recently, and there so many cools spots all over the city. these are an evening and late afternoon of the same spot. acrylic, about 45 min a piece, and i've given myself the challenge of learning to paint with a palette knife. a new struggle begins...

3D concept

somekind of cyber-bulldozer or something. just playing around a bit in 3D lately and mashing together shapes to see what comes out of the fray.

comish

the final results of our 6'X8' commission, for a children's play room. learned a lot from it, think it turned out pretty swell for our various constraints. this wasn't either of our usual subject matter, but it was pretty fun. now i'm really looking forward to painting a lot smaller!

speedpaints

some quick lil diddles.
"in the valley of the beetle cult'

"just some landscape"

bigsmall city

doing some experiments with architecture and scale for something i want to do in paint. this was a 3D mockup and PS paintover.

it's notta skirt

went to the Highland Games this weekend. fun, cold, wet, but nothing like a piping choir to warm the spirits. got some awesome action shots of the athletes, check out these poses:

workin it

my buddy Berk Frei (everything is way old on his blog) and i have a little job of painting a 6'x8' canvas for a client. a storybook scene for a kid's playroom. light-hearted, fun. check out the mock up:

we're working down at Captain Captain Studios, which is having an 'open studio night' this Fri. it'll be fun and a good chance to see alot of great art from the Salt Lake scene.

Caddy 2015

been working on goods for my portfolio lately, and a moment of inspiration struck me like lightning on a clock tower. for me hotrods are the perfect mechanical juxtiposition, one foot in style and the other in raw mechanics.
i was liking this design but felt it needed something more... hover conversion.