Sketches #1

 This is a layout for the movie Planet 51. I saw this in a concept book somewhere and wanted to see if I could reproduce it. I think it came out pretty successful.

 This is 2 bad guys in the jungle...I cant remember where I got the inspiration for this image, but I know I cant take credit for it

This final image is another homage to CreatureBox....I seriously cant get enough of their style.

Grunge & Grit

I did these as an homage to CreatureBox...........I love their style

Hunting

Just having some fun.

The Path

Ben Folds Cover

This was I project I did for one of my classes....We had to design a CD cover for a musician we liked. This is what I can up with.

Music Video Concept

These are 2 quick concepts I did. The left picture is for the Thrice music video for the song "Yellowbelly" and the right picture is for the Polar Bear Club video for "Killin' It"

Paris at Night

This is a commissioned background I did for a music video

Maudeville Canyon

This is a plane-air painting I did with the Sunday Painting Posse.....I struggled with this one, it was like a battle I couldn't win....It was noon and the light wasn't really working for me, but I pulled through. The top image is a painterly style where I've taken the liberty of adding shadows to help the image. The middle image is a texture based image. As for the bottom image, I thought adding a person for the foreground focal point would help the composition.

Wine!

This is the second concept I did for HDR testing. I had a lot of fun doing this one, mostly because wine is delicious.

Underwater Concept #1

Concept I did for some test shoots coming up.. also I included my process for the painting.

Campout

This is a painting that I did for a HDR shot that we will be shooting when doing our test shots on a Red Epic....should be a lot of fun.

Le Garage

This is what happens when you use "The Digital Painting Bible" by Gary Tonge

Peeker

Just having some fun, trying to do some cartoony style paintings.

Outpost on Planet Violialo

This is my attempt at a painting in the very similar styling of Dave Guertin. I did my own composition, and I think I did the painting some justice. I particularly had a lot of fun with the hues on this one.

For this one I just played with the curves function on Photoshop CS4, plus i mixed and matched some brushes to add texture.

Are you shore?

One of my friends, Brian Adelberg, took this photo. I really wanted to paint it. The tree is crazy, plus I like birds in compositions. If you like the painting you should really check out Brian's photography, It a spectacle of brilliance to behold.

Desert-ed

I did this as a speed painting practice. I took me about one hour, even with phone call interruptions.

Tangerine Skies

I wanted to do a monochromatic painting and when I started I realized I hadn't done one in 5 years, so this is my attempt. I feel pretty good about it, but I think I will practice a little more next time.

Trystopia

This one was extremely fun for me, I kept having images of this building in my head and I finally decided to paint it. Also, when I walk my dog I always see these birch trees and I love how they're this sort of green white color with the deep blue cut ins going across the trunks. 

TOOLS: Photoshop CS4, Wacom Intuos

Golden Gate

I don't really have much to say about this one. I just felt like doing the Golden Gate Bridge. I blocked out the shapes and proceeded to add color and depth.

Relaxin'

This was another painting I did for the fundraiser, I thought these types of paintings would be more of what investors and adults would want in their homes. So, there you have it.

Sailin'

I painted this one for a fundraiser.

The Thinker

This was a simple painting I did to pass the time. I thought it had some appeal.

Jack Wakes Up

I've been wanting to do a LOST painting for a long time now, so I decided I would go with the opening scene. To paint this one all I did was put in the DVD of the first season and paused it on my TV. I just kept looking back and forth, screen to screen, until it was finished, It almost looks just like the video (I'm proud of myself). So, if you love LOST like I do, then you should enjoy this.

Palm Sunset

Although this painting looks easy, I assure you it was not. The clouds made me want to kill myself....I may not ever take on clouds like this again, or maybe I will and master the style, who knows.

Crouching Jedi, Hidden Sith

This is simply a painting I did of a Jedi...I've always loved Star Wars and have never done a painting to represent one of my favorite movies...so...here it is

African Sunset

I was going to do this painting with full color but after I completed my block in sketch I thought the shapes looked so good I just left them alone and made it a sunset.

Tangled Re-Creation

I just recently saw the movie "Tangled" and I loved the design through out the movie. I thought to myself..."I can do something like that!"...so I got some reference online, found this picture or the lead male and decided to recreate it. The only thing I recreated was the sketch of the character everything else is me.

Pointe Vecchio - Firenze, Italia

I had been trying to get this painting done since my trip to Italy in 2010 and after a year of procrastination....da da da daaaa! Here it is!

Quetzal

I was working on a freelance job doing some design stuff for this company and the owner asked if I had ever heard of this bird before. Of course I hadn't, so he asked me to do a painting for him of this bird and this is how it came out...I Think it looks pretty good...I really took to the greens and blues in this bird. If you want to know about this bird, the story is really quite cool, you should check it out....google it!

Mine Shafted

This is a follow up painting to "The Mine Shaft". I have to say, I'm starting to take a new look at these silhouette pieces and finding myself loving them more and more

The Last Night

This was a painting that I started on the last night I spent on St.John Island. Although I only started it there the picture was clear inside my head...also I took some snapshots of it. I feel that it came out to my liking. I was really into the color pallet for the painting, plus the contrast, shapes and composition were pretty awesome as well. As for the picture above. I took a photo of someone standing and implemented a painterly style over the top of the image. I feel that it adds a life to the painting that isnt there on the first one, even-though I like the first one more. 

Trunk Bay, St.John USVI

I went on one of the best vacations with my babeface and on the third day we stumbled upon this beach and I thought "Hey!, since Im sun burned, I think I'll sit in the shade and paint, instead of letting the sun destroy my skin." And this is what I did.....I know its not the best composition, but It was the only place that was plat and in the shade.

The Golfer

Im diggin on the cartoony stuff right now...soooooo, you'll probably see a little bit more of this style for a bit.

The Road Home

When I sat down at my computer I had planed on doing a cartoon style western painting and this is what I did instead.....go figure.

The Mine Shaft

I was board and was watching showtime on my day off and this really crappy movie came on called "Sorority Row" and there was this scene in it...I liked the composition so much I paused it and sketched it on a napkin. After watching this huge pile of crap of a movie I sat down with my photoshop and this is what came of it...I think its kinda cool..It reminds me of a 1980's alien movie called "Invaders from Mars". Anyhow.....hope you like it.

Andromeda AFB16

I designed this base as a thumbnail sketch. It was just a design idea done for one of the game creation groups at my school. I liked the original design so much I decided to do a concept painting for my portfolio....ENJOY!!!