Making Of : Hanuman

Hi, I thought I would try to show some of my process. It kind of changes depending on the project. Sometimes I sketch it out, or some times I just start with silhouettes and shapes. If I do a sketch, it is not detailed, it is more about placement, ideas, and rhythms. At first I tried to upload this as a animated GIF file, but eventually I learned that Blogger doesn't support them. So I made a video. It is really poor quality, but I think it still shows the process. I may just post bigger images of the process sided by side next time. You can find the finished version of Hanuman lower on this page. Let me know what you think.

Practice

Hi guys, here is a still life done in Painter X in oils. Enjoy.

Hanuman

Done in Painter X, little bit in Photoshop. Enjoy. C&C welcome.

Margaret

Hi, this is a portrait of someone very special to me. Done in Painter X with oils took about 3 days. Comments & Critiques are welcome.

Gallery Link

Hi Just wanted to let everyone know I have added a link to my gallery on the official Corel Painter Magazine site. The gallery there has been upgraded with a nice Flash Gallery so it looks a little better then my blog. You can find it under Places You Should Go on the right side of the blog.

Sheep Friend

Hi Guys, this is a silly little warm-up sketch of a new little stuffed sheep we got from a friend. I thought he was adorably obese, and deserved the honor of being immortalized :D

Mexican Grill

Hi everyone, this painting was done in painter X and is of a place that I see on a daily basis. I wanted to do something Fall and some kind of landscape so here you go. That and my wife and I love some mexican! C&C welcome.

The Jazzerciser and The Robot

Hi Guys,
This is just a sketch of my wife and I in our Halloween costumes for this year. I would have posted this earlier, but I was working on it and painter crashed on me before I could save. We had a fun time coming up with these.

Close-Up Red Balloon

Red Balloon

Hi Guys, its time to get back to the art. This one is one of those ones that started out one way and ended almost completely different. Done mostly in Painter X with a tiny bit of work in photoshop. Hope you like it.

How did this Happen?

copyright Joey Seawell

Well it finally has happened. I am now a husband to my new beautiful wife Margaret. After years of being together it is both weird and exciting to officially be husband and wife. We got married on a beautiful farm in Mcleansville, NC on September 27, 2008. Thanks to a lot of great close friends and family we were able to have a really great time. Special thanks to the bridal party and family members who helped with the setup, not to mention our great friend Joey who was responsible for all the brilliant pictures surrounding our wedding and for the above image. To see more pictures visit Joey Seawell's blog on the right side of my page under sites to visit. While your at it you should visit his official site for his full portfolio of impressive works at http://www.joeyseawell.com/

and his wife Jessica who is equally a great photographer whose blog is also located to the right of my blog.

Honeymoon part1

Hi everyone, I have been away for awhile on our honeymoon to Jamaica, hence the lack of updates to the blog. It was really a great time, and these are a few of the highlights. The 2nd and 3rd pictures are from a pirate cave we visited which was amazing. You could swim through and come out another side and you could also climb some steps inside (if you have watched the new Count of Monte Cristo movie it was like that). Also did some snorkeling and some horesback riding where we took the horses into the water and also explored a sugar estate. We had a really cool guide whose name was English and he was telling us all about the history of the area and Jamaica.

Honeymoon part2

Most of these are Margarets fine photo skills.

Fortress

Hi, here is a quick sketch in photoshop to get the creative juices flowing, something a little more imaginative. Will probably add some color and tweak some things. Let me know what you guys think.

Tanks!!

Hi Guys, last weekend I joined Margaret's family on a trip to the AAF Tank Museum in Danville Virginia. Let me tell you guys, this is one really extensive collection of military artifacts dating from 1509 to the present. It is one of the most extensive in the world and everyone truly owes it to themselves to make a visit (its not far at all 40mins. from Greesnboro). It is a Giant warehouse with over 100 tanks, and many other artifacts. They actually have one of Eva Braun's dresses (Hitler's wife). Also behind that dashing solider in the picture above to the left, is the wet submarine that was used in the Bond movie "Thunderball", if you care for those things. Visit their website at: http://www.aaftankmuseum.com/Tank_Museum.htm

Close-Up

Hi here is a close-up of Linty. I have the hardest time getting the right resolution on blogger because of its 8mb limit. I am never really happy with the image quality, but it is the best for now.

Grandpa

digital oil

Hi, as you can probably tell, I have a lot of cats in my paintings. I have been doing a painting of each one of our pets and this one is of our cat Linty. He is the oldest of our cats, and whenever he has a hard day of rolling around or eating, he likes to end the day with a nice little sit in our la-z-boy. Enjoy and C&C welcome.

Crazy Eye

Digital Oil

I wanted to do a self-portrait with some kind of crazy face, so I came up with this. I was trying to go for a certain expression, but I don't think I pulled it off. C&C are more than welcome.

Batman

Here is the digital painting made from the earlier sketch below. I used mostly photoshop for the first time, and I had fun messing with all the brush types. I don't generally do fan art such as this, but with my love of the new batman movie I felt it deserved something. Much like the new series of movies by Nolan I wanted to focus on the grittier batman and specifically the part in the movie where both Batman and Harvey Dent lose. Let me know what you think

Here is the quick sketch for next speed paint, I will post soon

Digital Oil Paint

Hi Guys I helped push Batman to record breaking numbers this weekend and it was definelty worth it. Great movie go see it if you haven't. Just did a quick sketch inspired by the film. I will problably do one more. This one took about an hour.

Bedroom

Digital Oil paint/chalk/pen

Hi guys,
This is a bedroom study. I wanted to keep it kind of loose. Also playing with a little indoor/outdoor. Comments and critique welcome. Thanks for looking.

Lamp Sketch

Digital Oils/Pen

Hi Guys just a quick night sketch.

Hmm...

Digital Oil/Chalk/Pen

Hi Guys I have been working on this for a while off and on.

I wanted to experiment with a few things, as far as, texture and color and lighting. I am not really happy with some parts of it, but I feel I need to move on, and I know I will just keep on trying to fix things. Thanks for looking.

Mac Misses The Motherland

A tribute to a member of the Family... His political views are different from our own, but we love him none the less.

Animation Continued...

Hi Guys,

Here is what I have been working on. I wish I could make the video a little bigger, but I don't think I can. It is about 15 seconds long, and is taking a lot longer than I thought, but I am still enjoying it and will continue to work on it. I also slowed down playback to 8 frames a second so you guys could see a little more of whats going on. Comments are welcome and check back to see the transformation that will take place underwater.

Self-Portraits

Oil painting 9x12

Acrylic painting 9x12

Acrylic painting 9x12

Acrylic painting 24x24

These are some of my recent self-portraits. They are mostly experiments in color, with the first one being more of an exploration of the "Bistre" or wipe-out technique. I will be posting some more of my animation work very soon. Thanks for visiting

Deer Transformation

Hi Guys, This is a look at one of the transformations of the deer throughout the animation. The top is the first stage of transformation, followed by the the next stage at the bottom. You may see the final stage at the temple. As always let me know what you think, and if you have any suggestions.

Animation Progress

Hi Everyone, here is a peek at the progress on the animation. The second page of the storyboard is still not really final and it is really general in a way. I see it more as a guideline then what the final animation will look like. It will also be in color, and will be in contrast to the black and white deer. As you can see it will be a journey for the deer and it will end with a temple scene where something happens :)

Animated Movie

Hi Guys, I am doing an animated 2d short-film for my independent project. I am basically starting from scratch, so it has been difficult. This clip is about the first 4 seconds of the movie and it is 47 frames. I am using Corel Painter for animation and assets. I will eventually be using After Effects for some editing and sound. The movie has a lot to do with my subconscious and about life. There will be a deer involved and it is a mix of imagination and storytelling. Hope you enjoy the very short clip and stay tuned to find out where the eyelashes go :)

Acrylic

"Red Still Life" 11X14 Acrylic Paint

This is my first acrylic painting. It is different from the usual oil paint I use, but I enjoy its wash-like capabilities and it is definitely not as strong in odor as oil paints. I did have to get used to the quick drying time. I am pretty happy the way it turned out. I did it in about 5 hours.

Valentine's Day

"Wedding Day" Digital mixed media

It's that time of the year again, where we become retail chain lovebots and give flowers and boxes of chocolate. It's a pretty silly made up holiday. Nonetheless, you can't help but look at people around you who have love. This is a very fast painting of two of my friends in the romantic impressionist style :) Let me know what you think.

Winter Days

"Red Door" Digital Oil Paint/Chalk/Pen 7x10

I thought with our current weather, it would be nice to do a snowy scene . I found this red door that was abandoned next to a wood pile. Practice in texture and speed.

Tribute

"Andy" Digital oil paint 600x800

This is a portrait of a friend of mine. I thought I would practice a portrait before the start of school. He was looking quite dashing and I thought his picture would translate to paint well.