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.

Speed Paint

"My desk" Digital oil painting 3x2

I broke my 1 hour limit on this "speed" paint and did it in 3 hours, but I will try to go back down to 1 hour. I enjoy the blue light on the speaker controller and so I chose it as my focus for this painting.

"Acres" Digital oil painting 3x3


I am starting on a number of speed paintings in order to quicken my workflow and to practice a lot more during my break. Hope you enjoy, took me less than 1 hour using real bristles in Corel Painter X.

Boxes...and Boxes

I decided to delete my Thanksgiving post of the orange box so that I could put the collection of box paintings together in one happy family. The quality of the photos is pretty bad and all of them are not finished, but I thought I would post them anyway. I hope you enjoy, and let me know what you think.

Final Etchings

"Thunderbird" 5/5 Ashby Bernardino

"Field" 3/3 Ashby Bernardino

"Corn Wheel" 1/1 Ashby Bernardino

"Foundry" 1/1 Ashby Bernardino

"Recycle Plant" 1/1 Ashby Bernardino

Hi Guys, this is kind of a combo post of some of my november and some of my december work. These etchings where done at places that I frequent and I was attracted to their shapes. I walked to them and drew them on the plates from observation. I Hope you enjoy. I have some paintings that I will be posting later on in the month. Check back soon.

"Happy" Etching

"Untitled" Etching