Wee Lil Landscapes

So these are just a few of the plethora of wee landscapes I have been cranking out in my painting class. They are all either 2 1/2" by 3" or 3" square, the small size has let me be able to try all sorts of variations. I just got back from a rock climbing trip in kentucky and alabama, which was an amazing time, but it also set off a whole new bunch of ideas for these things. Just as I was getting bored of making them I am ready to start again. Also I just started on two of their large counterparts, much larger, the one is about 2 feet by 6 feet and the other is pretty close to that. They are all going to be on sale at the spring art sale here at CCAD, which is steadily approaching I believe, a month away maybe? So if you enjoy them you can nab one there.

Micah's EP Cover

So I finished up that cover for my friends EP. It's decently silly so I like it, you should be able to find it on I-tunes in a few days or weeks or so. Check his music out here.

Sketches

I feel like I havn't posted in a while, so heres some kids blowin' bubbles, eatin ice cream, starin at stuff.. doin whatever it is that kids do.

Ceramics?

This semester I'm only actually taking one real illustration class, so what am I wasting the rest of my time with? Well this is a big part of it, ceramics class way too fun. Today I did my first raku firing, which makes the top blueish looking bottle. The photo doesn't do justice to how metallic it actually looks though, it actually looks like blue metal which blows my mind. Unfortunately its decently toxic so I cant use it on the plates and bowls I've been making lately, but there's plenty of time left I suppose for more silly vases and such. These are just a few of the ones I have managed to lug back home so far, I have at least 25 or 30 ceramic pieces done.  So I'll keep updating my ceramic work as the semester rolls along, because it's quickly becoming one of my more favorite classes. weee

CD Art

I did a quick design for a friends CD which is coming out on I-tunes soon. Im decently pumped for how the final could look with some fancy graphic line work versus the big splatter. His name is Micah an he is an amazing singer so you should totally check his stuff out here. Be sure to check out the song Thinking if you do, it's real good.. and Wasted, those are my two favorites. Check it out now cause he's gonna be famous someday so you can say you heard him first.

Wee little dinosaur

So I've been hankerin to draw some dinosaurs for the past few days, and I finally stopped glassblowing long enough to get this little triceratops down. It wants to be friends with the prehistoric lady bug.

T-Shirt Design

A t-shirt design for my local rock climbing gym, Vertical Adventures. I did two other designs for them but this one is the most silly so it's my favorite. It's for their youth climbing team, but it might get used for just a t-shirt they'll sell too. I sure hope they go with this one though cause who wouldn't want a shirt that has butterflies, sharks, mountain goats, tigers, n geckos all in one.

Happy Valentines Day

Grab your Evee's, Merrills, n Pikachus this valentines and let them know their loved too.

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Kids are silly.

Children's book WIP

So there's no sketch a day again. So I feel like I pretty much failed at that, but this time it's cause I've been working on my children's book pages so at least I have a decent excuse. anywho I finished up a couple of the previous pages and now I've been working on this one. Im pretty excited about how the environment is forming so far. I have had this style of landscape as an idea for a while now but this is the first time I've actually used it. As I keep on working on my book I am enjoying it more and more, so hopefully I will have the motivation to crank this thing out. Well, time to glass blow some sweet cups. have a safe night.

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He's sleepy. And no this isn't the continuation from the bunny, I'm waiting with that to build some anticipation.

Sketch a day #3

So if your counting days, even the least clever of people can tell this wasn't quite an every day thing so far. I got caught up in ceramics, and glass blowing and got bored with the silly characters i was doing. So I went back to my roots, cute things make me much happier. And I already have my sketch idea for tomorrow, it's going to be a continuation of this thing. You'll see...

Sketch a day #2

The fun police frown upon the overzealous eating of ice cream.

First official sketch a day

Do aliens exist? who knows, but if they do I sure hope they look like this and enjoy shiny bright things.

A New Idea

So this semester is shaping up to be not too rough in the homework department, thanks in part to a healthy dose of fine art classes which are mostly work in class type deals. So I'm taking it upon myself to start a semester long project, which for you basically means tons of silly characters and cute things. For the past few days I have been doing these weird characters started from just a few basic shapes, so this is what it's all starting with. I'll probably keep going with these for a while because their fun to me, but who knows where this sketch a day thing will end up... more than likely with some sort of pokemon designs. Anywho, these are the first two I've done.

Don't Pollute

Book pages in progress

So these are four pages from the children's book I have been off and on working on for awhile now. The top scene is of the main character, Aiden sitting below the clouds just staring up enjoying their game, and the one below is two of the shapes that he has to guess. All the pages are pretty much two page spreads, and I havnt put the final paint finishing touches on these yet, but they are getting close. I have work started on another one of the spreads. I Havnt settled on a font yet though, I've tried my usual favorites and they didn't quite work so I'm gonna have to keep on working with that. But I like how these are coming along so far, the cuteness levels are really gettin up there. Fun

Late post for christmas

So this is a fun Santa Claus piece I did as my last project for Payne. I was just a little late in getting it on here for christmas, but it's still the holiday season so I think i'm covered. Its not done yet, the tree and background still have to get finished, as well as Santa's hand, but it's pretty close. This was definitely a fun piece to do though, hope you like it out there.

 Also I have had some success with an old project that I think I'm finally going to finish. My mom took my children's book on guessing shapes in the clouds to a day care recently and read the prototype that I made. She said the kids loved it and a couple of the parents have asked a copy when It's finished. So with all my extra free time during school I want to have the thing almost, if not completely done by the end of the school year.

Happy new years too!

Even more fishies

Hello there, it's been awhile since I've updated on account of the break and all. These are some silly fish I've been painting. I made the original sculptures in my 3d class last semester and a whole bunch of molds from them. I think my favorites are the two in the third picture, especially the one in the left. It was definitely the most detailed and took the longest but it came out the most interesting. They are all about 4 inches tall, and I'm sure I'll be making a bunch more of these.

Still Life

A still life from last year that I finally got a decent quality picture of. It was 15" x 30" if my memory is right.