Alice teaser

I'm heading off to Colorado for about two weeks for some amazing skiing, but before I left I wanted to leave everyone with a little teaser image for my magnum opus of my 11ft Alice in Wonderland image I've been working on and not working on forever.

I didn't want to give too much away, but you can definitely make out some hints of characters. The Mock Turtle was the most recently completed character so i thought I'd make an "in progress" version of him front and center for everyone to get excited about.

I promise this will be done soon. Although I did once again scrap my Cheshire Cat. Take four on him. The only other characters left to finalize are from the pool of tears scene and then the big kicker finale scene to bring it all home. Now that I'm typing this it seems like I have more work to do than I thought, but its coming along quickly these days. Shouldn't be much longer now.

currently reading: "Essex County" by Jeff Lemire

currently listening to: Spoon- "Transference"

Introducing...

Above is the first piece I've done of my children's book characters Peanut Butter and Ellie. I felt i needed something solid before the idea would start coming along at a faster rate than it is.

I've had this title and a basic idea of a plot floating around in my head for a while, I had the moral, i had Ellie's character in mind and even a rougher version drawn up, but it wasnt until i sat down recently and drew up a design for Peanut Butter title that the story started to solidify in my mind.

I've been taking notes, and making thumbnails trying to let the story grow out of the sketches in a natural way. I'm letting the drawings tell me what they want. I'm really excited about this project. It's going to be a long term thing, but I couldn't wait to introduce everyone to the pups.

currently reading: "Paradiso" by Marcus Sanders & Sandow Birk

currently listening to: Built to Spill- "There is No Enemy"

Merry Winter

It's Santa's birthday! merry christmas everyone.

I hope everyone is having a happy holiday season. Here is my little gift to everyone. Enjoy!

currently reading: "Punisher Max" by Garth Ennis

currently listening to: Eels- "End Times"

Design Portfolio

The Bell House part 3

Here is the final piece. I like painting leaves, can you tell? I had fun working on it, but I dont foresee doing another house portrait any time soon.

The color is a bit off and its not totally in focus because I'm dumb and forgot to scan the finish before I gifted it out. This is a quick picture I shot of it with some minor photoshopping. I think it does it justice though.

Until next time folks... happy a few days after Thanksgiving.

currently reading: "Purgatorio" by Marcus Sanders & Sandow Birk

currently listening to: Robbers- "Flesh"

The Bell House part 2

Here is the work in progress. I laid in all the flat colors except for the tree trunks, I kinda ran out of brown paint at the moment.

Details still to come in; the grass, window shades, chimney, roof, shingles, tree bark and lots and lots of leaves.

currently reading: "Thor" by JMS and Oliver Coipel

currently listening to: John Nolan- "Height"

The Bell House part 1

A while back I was asked by a family member to do the obligatory "hey you're an artist can you draw me a picture of my house?" thing. I kinda put it off for WAY too long, but i figured I'd crank it out this week and surprise my aunt with her masterpiece at thanksgiving.

I drew up a sketch of the house, simplified it to contours and then i transferred it to this great handmade paper.

I know that at the moment it doesn't look like much but I promise once I put my brush to the paper it'll liven up quite a bit.

Monday or Tuesday I'll be posting the image with all the flat color laid in and after that I'll take the next few days to add in the details and I'll share the final with you then.

currently reading: "Inferno" by Marcus Sanders and Sandow Birk

currently listening to: Manchester Orchestra- "Mean Everything to Nothing"