Progress Movie

Maybe I am taking too much time with the Superman illustration, but I dig it.  So here's the movie!

Hope this works.  I used Flash 7 so maybe more people will find it compatible.

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Final Superman

I may add legs - and I would like to figure out how to not get the white border around the image on this blog...

But overall, I dig it!  I'm glad to see all the progress - some very tiny changes, and others really large.  Hope you enjoy him.  And I know, it's late.

The Doll

I'm back - it has taken me a while to add another entry because I've been busy at work and at home.  I've also been wanting to start an illustration for a book contest, but I have been waiting for my Cintiq tablet from Wacom to arrive in the mail.  I had a false alarm yesterday in the mail room, but instead received a horse t-shirt.  I'll take a picture of that soon for all to enjoy.

So here is another fun woman - I call her the Doll because she whispered it in my ear.  (Does anyone read the actual texts?)  She may get updated if she asks me to.  But until I hear her sweet beautiful voice again, Lunesta is done.  Oh yeah, that's her first name.

Last Superman post of the day.

Whew, I am getting detailed here.  I added more shading, did more face work, tightened up some lines, and overall, spent waaaay too much time on this for one day.  I promise a more condensed post with the progress when this is all done.  Hopefully tomorrow, but I may need a break from the hero genre for a bit.  Oh yeah, damn that hand!

Superman in progress

Another quick peek before he's all done.  I have hand work to do, lighting on his suit and cape, underoos, and legs!

Superman III

Ok - now I am getting to the nitty gritty of Supes.  It's taken me a while to get inspiration to come back to this piece, but now I am really enjoying it.  The dynamics of the cape, the lighting I'm rendering, and the color have all been really exciting.  So I have to keep working on his anatomy (my sticking point) and all will be well.  I am aiming for a flying pose - with at least one hand coming forward breaking frame.  Very typical pose.  Hope you all enjoy it and hope you are clicking to see all the fine details I am adding.

Red Head

From Meathead to Red Head.

I began with a Nagel wannabe and then changed her to this glam-puss.  I like her vintage feel and her fire red hair.  Kind of makes me think of a more detailed Shag illustration.  I had fun with the glasses, but I think they may be a bit much overall.  Her hair is cool - I like the distorted, obscene head underneath that hair.  From start to finish, Red took me about 3 hours.  Time for bed and maybe I can do another one tomorrow or work on one of the others in progress.  Don't forget to click on these illustrations to get the large view.  The details make the piece.

MeatHead

Since I haven't had a lot of time to create new posts (and since I had my first official complaint at the lack of new posts  XD), I decided to show some older work.  These are my MeatPeople.  I went through a marker phase and did three portraits of people with meat for heads.  Here are two of the three.

Enough Superman for tonight.

I think this is heading in a good direction.  It has enough detail to make it more interesting - I just threw in some color for the blue suit.  The big S was fun to make.  The hair was a pain to get the right shape.  More to come tomorrow or soon.  Time to sleep now!

Superman

I decided to do a bunch of comic book characters.  Here is my start to Superman.

More to come!

Batman

My Saturday - I watched my morning cartoons and was inspired.  Here is one of my favorites - I Tivo The Batman cartoon and really enjoy the animation and style.  It's angled and sharp with a 60's vintage feel.  My version has a rounded helmet for the cowl.  The eyes are sort of Spiderman inspired.

I'll probably get to sketching on paper soon.  My thumb gets particularly tired rubbing on the track pad of my laptop.  I should run up and get a mouse at least, but I'm feeling lazy.  The sun's going down and I want to turn my computer off.

Sketch

Here's the sketch I started with.

I Like Big Mouths

I did this one at work directly from the sketch I started with before the last post.  This is what she should have looked like.  My Mom always would complain when I was drawing as a kid that the women I made always had huge, shiny mouths.  They're weird, she'd say.  Now, I can make the mouths as big as I please!

Maybe this weekend I will do more traditional art - I will update as always.  And I'll post that sketch I started with.

Another late night.

But I think there are better results.  I sketched during the day (during some extra-long meetings).

Maybe the early planning just helped.  At first, I realized that my sketch was inspired by a woman I had a conversation with, earlier in the day.  She had a great bridge on her nose - that, and her eyes may be the only parts that went from my sketch to this piece.  I worked on this while watching my Tivo - Oprah, 2 minutes of American Idol (I hate it when Tivo acts up!), and a recap of America's Next Top Model.  I am really fond of that show.  By the way, I get to sleep in tomorrow morning.  I am so happy!

                                            

                         I wanted to also share my painting I did for the Britney Gallery show I was a part of.  It had 3d glasses next to the painting because you can see the lines 'dance'.  It is acrylic on wood panel.  I think it was a pretty successful piece overall.  I like it more even without the glasses on.  I think the old-school red and blue 3d look is becoming popular.  I just saw Missy Elliot's latest video and it has that similar aesthetic. 

It's so late.

I can't believe how late I stayed up to finish this next woman.  I don't even think I like it too much.  But what can I do?  I can't turn back time - and it's funny because I am listening to Dr. Oz on Oprah tell us that lack of sleep is the thing that ages people fastest.  *sigh*

So here is the final image with Big Head Lady #2.  Enjoy.

Quick Start

I promised a daily update, so here it is.  It's just a start, but I think it has promise.

First Post

I figured it was time to move to the blogosphere and share my artwork.  It's also going to serve as a way o keep me motivated to create every day.  Sketches, quicktimes, paintings, photos.  All are valid!  So for the first post, I figure I should upload something new, something old, and something in progress.

Something New

Yesterday I was fiddling around with Illustrator and I started 

with a face.  It progressed into this big-headed, scary woman/drag queen.  I'm not sure about the outfit nor the gesture.  I may go in and fix it, or maybe I will turn to a new freak.

Something Old

I had my first solo gallery show last year.  I have been painting on wood panel with watercolor.  The paint seeps into the wood and it bleeds into the grain.  But I like how it looks.

After that show, I had been invited to submit paintings to two themed group art shows.  The first was for a Britney Spears art show.  The second was based on Warhol.  Here is that painting.  

Something In Progress

I don't know why, but I decided to do a painting of Speed Racer.  I don't know if I'll 

continue on this path.  I don't really have any twists or turns on the theme in mind.   Maybe that's because the movie comes out this summer.