The piece I did for Splendorporium. Most of it was done in oils and then I brought it into photoshop to make things a bit more magical. Hopefully I'll get some time to go back in to the oil painting to bring it up to snuff.
So Illuxcon is in two week. I'm getting super excited about it. A little nervous too, I guess. I've got a portfolio review with an awesome art director and hopefully I get to meet a lot of my favorite artists there. I'm gonna learn so much! I'll post some pictures here when I get back.
Happy Halloween!!
Here is the finished Tuck Everlasting piece. I really enjoyed working on it and hope to get a chance to do some more scenes from the book someday. I'm still working on the peice I started from the demo at Splendorporium. Turns out I'm going to do a second demo at an art supply store this week, so I think I'll wait to work on it till then. Meanwhile, the Leaves Russel band has asked me to do some more work for them designing an event poster. I'm really excited about because I love their music so much. Go check 'em out at leavesrussel.com!
I've been taking a timeout from the Tuck Everlasting piece to work on this portrait piece for the Splendorporium Children's Gallery. Gabby, the gallery attendant and friend of mine asked me to do a painting demo for their "Pets and Portraits" show. I was more than happy to do it and Gabby even modeled for the painting. It's nice to break out the oils after all of the digital work I have been doing. These are some shots of the sketch-in and toning part of my process. I'll do the color lay-in during the demo, which hopefully, will be at least somewhat amusing to anyone watching me paint. I'll try to keep my usual frustrations and cursing to a minimum do to the kids around :)
Come to the show on Friday night if you are in the Portland area. I'll have some prints available and the show looks fantastic!
I guess I better post something on here before it get's to be too long, huh? This is a detail of a work in progress.
Also, if you live in the Portland area, don't forget to come see the show at the Splendo gallery this friday!!
