Updates 8/20/12

Hey guys!  Here's some plein air stuff from the past few weeks.

And here's some progress from Glen and Laurel's class at 3Kicks.  I decided to pay homage to one of my favorite movies by attempting to give it a Struzan style poster treatment.  Here's the pencils and color comps.

Updates 8/02/12

Updates!  Here's two digital studies I did for myself.  The first study was to try designing with line, the second was to practice designing with value.

And here's some plein air studies I did in Butte Meadows.  My friend was nice enough to let us stay at his family's cabin for the weekend, so we all went painting.  These are gouache, as usual.  The color end is making more sense to me... I think it's probably time to work on shape design some more.

Until next time...

Painting in Los Feliz

Hollyhock House in Los Angeles.  Painting a little larger again, and focusing on getting values to work.  Griffith Observatory next week!  Contact me if you'd like to join us.

Recent stuff

Here's a few of my background designs from the more recently aired episodes of Motorcity.  My favorite episode (excluding the two-part season finale) airs this week on Thursday at 8:30.  It's a good one, so check it out!

And here's a fan art piece I did to sell at some anime conventions next year.  If you aren't familiar with the Neon Genesis Evangelion series, now is a great time to start.  The third rebirth movie comes out next year.

Yosemite Gouache Sketches

I went to Yosemite with a few painter friends and did these gouache sketches.  We tried to give ourselves limited time frames to work within so that we'd be able to check out more spots.  Most of these are from the main valley area.  Still figuring out a couple of basic lessons the hard way, but the process is starting to feel more natural now.  I'm open to suggestions for awesome landscape artists to check out.

Glendale 6/10/12

I tried painting smaller this time... seems like the initial block-in goes faster, so I get to play around with the color a little more.  Anyway, I had fun!

Updates

This weekend we painted at City Hall in Pasadena.  This one was a struggle the whole way, but at least I had fun playing with all the different colors in the shadows.  Next time I will probably tackle a smaller area and really work it out.

And here are a few background designs I did for Motorcity early on.  These were all interiors for Kaia's hut in episode 4.  I'm really looking forward to posting stuff from the next two episodes, so stay tuned.

And finally, here's a Zone of the Enders print I've been working on for an upcoming convention.  If you're near Anaheim in mid-June, come check us out!  I'll be tabling with two other Motorcity artists selling fan art prints.  http://am2con.org/