Imaginary Friends

 

A spot illustration for an article about how little kids make up imaginary friends.

Work in Progress

Another Process shot:) hopefully i finish up soon. so much other work to do. For more work and updates follow me on: 

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Painting that I'm working on. I wanted to show how I use reference a little. I usually use a combination of photos of people and clay models. The models help me figure out lighting. Danny Phantom fan art:)

Pillow Fight

 

This is a painting I'm working on. I made a 3D model out of clay and a cardboard box so I could get realistic lighting in my painting. I have a lot more work to do on this:)

Lucid Dreams

 

This is an illustration for an article about lucid dreaming and overcoming nightmares.

Editorial

 

April Fools edition of the Reporter.

Flower

 

Still life painted from life/photo 

Starting A Painting

 

These are grayscale sketches that i do before i go into color when doing a painting. These quick/small sketches help me figure out composition, lighting and values. This is the step after sketching with lines. I will try to get better at showing more of my process :) 

Zac & Annie

 

This was done for a card, and was also chosen to be the artwork for the Rochester Institute of Technology senior art show poster.  I wanted to make the monster look like it was made out of jello, and he is being fed mario stars. The stars are scared to be eaten but once inside the monster they are happy:)

Shopping

 

For an article about not having to go to the store and shop now. All you have to do is think it, order it online and it is deviled right to you.

Space Trash

Illustration for an article about cleaning up all the trash that is floating around earth. He is testing out the new vacuum rocket-pack.

Hurda Sanat

I'm included in this months Hurda Sanat magazine!
http://hurdasanat.com/blog/?p=1270

Weirdos From Another Planet

 

Here is my Calvin and Hobbes fan art. I redid Bill Watterson's Weirdos From Another Planet book cover. I wish I was more creative with the poses of the characters, because they are pretty similar to the original book. If I had more time I would have done more. It was a challenge to draw characters that weren't my own, and to paint them in a more 3D way, wile still making them look like the well known characters that Bill created. 

The Creative Process

Spread in Reporter about the creative process and all the frustration.

Society of Illustrators

http://www.soicompetitions.org/?section=gallery&competition_id=72
Got into the society of illustrators!

Heart

Happy Valentines Day! just a quick sketch:)

portraits

 

Here are some portraits. This was a commissioned piece, painted from scratch in PS. Realism takes a wile but its pretty rewarding. 

Cheating

Cover for the Reporter Magazine.

Yak

Escape to Happy Fun Land!

Cyclops cow squid

The Escape!

Merry Christmas!

 

Have a great holiday everyone!

Christmas single Art

 

This is the Christmas single artwork for my buddies music project. http://www.facebook.com/dearsomebody

Monsters!

These are some monster concepts I just finished up. Painted in PS.
Thanks for looking:)

 

Starting off the blog with some of my favorite paintings that I have done over the past few months. Some commissions and personal work. Thanks for checking out:)