Night Owl

This came from a simple sketch I did Friday after work. The last hour or so of that day I was asked to do some Owl designs for a product. When I got home, I ended up sketching this whimsical owl that I ended up sort of liking.  

Portrait Study

A portrait study I did to see how close I can get to making a digital painting look real. Lets just say I need more practice with Corel Painter.  

Ariel

A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine showed me a drawing her nephew had drawn. I thought it was a pretty cool drawing.  The next thing that came to my mind was these painting some artists did of children's drawings. Those artists would paint them in a realistic way making sure to stay  true to the drawing. I always wanted to try it but never had a drawing I could use. Over the weekend I decided to give it a try. I added some extra details here and there, but stayed within the shapes drawn. Such a fun exercise to do!

Emmy

My Boss commissioned me to do a drawing for her as a gift to give to her sister tonight. The drawing is of her sister's dog, who passed away.  In the beginning of the week, I gave her a sketch with a bunch of background options. We went with the one above as it had a special meaning. 

Once I got the green light to start rendering, I kept my boss in the dark as I worked on it every now and then.  As a joke, this morning I told her how great I thought it turned out and gave her the drawing below. I tried my best to be serious and act as if that's all I had.

After a whole day of terrible acting on my part, I finally gave her the actual painting which is below. I had a lot of fun working on these drawings, especially the "joke" one. I think I laughed almost the whole time putting it together haha.

Merry Christmas!

Last Christmas, I didn't really do much at work. This past year, I got to hang out and get to know my coworkers in my department a little bit more. So this Christmas I thought I'd do something special for them and give them personalized cards to go with their gifts.

Hope everyone has Happy Times this Christmas!

Oriole Quickie

Sometimes at work, I like to see how far I can get into a painting before I get my assigned project in the morning. Depending how early I get there, I can have between 15-4o min to do one of these. Here's an Oriole I did last week.

Kang Roo

So I tend to be at work a little bit early. My commute is pretty long and since I never know when there's going to be heavy traffic, I just leave the house early. On days when I don't have a project to work on yet, I tend to do my own thing when I arrive there. On some days I'll try to do as many quick speed paint/sketches before our project meetings. This was one of them.



The same day I did this, I had a couple minutes to kill at the end of the day so I decided to do a more simplified version of this sketch. I finally had time today to vector it in flash.

Stephen Curry

He's quickly become my favorite Golden State Warrior. Not only is he good but he's fun to watch. What a like about him most is that he comes out on the court with a lot of confidence yet he shows no cockiness.

This season was pretty much a loss due to almost all their starters being injured. Even with that situation, he's able to make something out of nothing with the bench players. I just can't wait til next season. If everyone is healthy, Curry will tear up the court along side Ellis. So excited!

Anyway, this was inspired by those All Star Vinyl Toys. I like their action poses and that Sean Galloway simplicity style. I believe he even designed some himself.



Originally I was going for the local+dark value type style but then I found myself rendering just to see how it would look. Eventually I rendered the whole thing haha. Here's the stages for those interested.

Hummingbird

A couple weeks ago I thought to myself that I should do a bird drawing and I always found Hummingbirds interesting. Every time I see one outside, I can't help but just watch them fly around. Even though they're nowhere to be seen during this rainy stretch I decided to do a painting of one.

It's a little too much on the cute side, I know... now if you excuse me, I think I'm gonna shoot some bad guys in Metal Gear or do a thousand pushups. You know, manly stuff haha.

Trouble Maker

How can you to get mad at a puppy? It's tough. My dog Kobe is a year and a half old. He tears up any plush toy we give him. I chose to portray my dog back when he was only a couple months old. Back then he was TRULY a monster. No plush was safe! Nowadays, he'll just let it live a couple days before its off with their heads.

Happy Holidays!

Caricature of the Week

Straight from Hell's Kitchen, here's Gordon Ramsay.

Art Collabo

This was a collaboration with my friend Rob. He did the drawing and I painted it. He started to get into digital painting and asked if I could look at his piece. I gave him some pointers and fixed some areas.

I had so much fun fixing his painting that I just wanted to do my own. I decided to scrap his work and start over from scratch. I changed the colors and added a couple elements, making him completely different from what he originally looked like. This is probably far from what my friend imaged but it was fun adding my twist to his character design.


To see my friends version, check out his blog at Chanvannark Kath

Speed Painting

These were done in no more than 1 Hour with no eye dropper tool. I tried to force myself to work fast and still try to match color and value as best that I could.

Face Study

A face study of Eva Green.