Warm Up

Been away for a week.  Felt like doing some quick sketching to warm up today.

Wine Bar

Needed a break from doing more difficult work... so I drew up a little card for a nice little wine bar in the neighborhood.

Santiago Notes

A page from the sketchbook containing Santiago and his fishing things along with some notes.

Opening Sequence

Santiago and Manolin

Character designs for the Old Man and the Sea.

Silver Lake, CA

Just one of the many beautiful hill-scapes in Silver Lake, CA.

Santiago

Early character design work for Santiago of the Old Man and the Sea.

Vampyr Restaurant Interior

the Old Man and the Sea

To get away from the vampyrs and men with top hats, I shall be shifting gears to an old man on a boat and a large marlin.  Here's the start of that.

Saturday Sketch

Was trying to make a card for a wedding shower... somehow, this image just didn't seem like the right fit.

Pug Sketches

Transylville City Street - Work in Progress

Sailor

Pilot Pen and Tria Markers.

Happy Anniversary Jackson and Liz

Gouache on watercolor paper (8.5 x 11).

Butcher Block Layout

Happy Birthday Theresa

This one goes to my lovely and wonderful girlfriend.  I call it, "It's Beautiful Out." 

Gouache on watercolor paper - 5in x 7in

The People's Last Stand

This was commissioned by a bar in Texas.  You can see some of the progress below, but I thought the final deserved it's own post.

Odosketch Fun

I was introduced to a great website by my friend Jeremy B.  It's called Odosketch and located at http://sketch.odopod.com/  You can view a bunch of quick small sketches as they are made by each artist. Here are my first two.

http://sketch.odopod.com/sketches/444699/edit

http://sketch.odopod.com/sketches/445324/edit

An attempt at Eyvind Earle

Pinkertins

work in progress

The beginnings...

And now for some tone and a sketch of what's going on the other side:

Clean up and more detailing:

A little more detail and the start to some characters:

Mother f-ckin bricks:

And the final to be printed:

At the Hotel del Coronado

My wonderful girlfriend, Theresa, introduced me to the Hotel del Coronado just off the coast of San Diego. This place has been here since 1888. Needless to say, it was amazing. Unfortunately, I only got a few sketches in. Here they are.

A low angle view of the main room's exterior roof. This place had really great architecture. Google it if interested.

A character next to us while wine tasting.

Freelance

Logo and sign for the People's Last Stand - bar opening in Dallas, TX soon.

Tippin the Hat

The Strongman Twins

Lady and Vampyr

House in San Gabriel Updated

My Weekend - June 4th & June 5th 2011

Crayola Street Chalk on Chalkboard Wall - 2ft high x 5 ft wide.

the Man from la Mancha

Waiting for Fresh Meat

South Spain Color Studies Con'd

Color Studies from the South of Spain

Background Test

These are some background tests I took for an animation studio for a new cartoon to come out.  I received really great feedback from the first one and then never heard from them again.  Congratulations to me!!

Art Block for Ghana

This is my completed painting (gouache, acrylic 10 x 10 on wood block) for the Art Block for Ghana charity auction coming up in March.  The artwork will be displayed in NYC (Feb) and LA (Mar) before the auction goes live online.  Read more about the great work the Picture Book Project Foundation is doing to help unfortunate children across the world.

http://www.picturebookproject.com/PBP/home.html

And see more of the outstanding artwork artists from all over have contributed to this event.

http://artblocksghana.blogspot.com/

Moleskin Sketchins

a Fine Day for a Stroll

Character Design in Progress