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 :)