SKETCHTRAVEL

This is a great concept, sharing artwork the world over. A taste of everybodies talent for the sake of art and enjoyment, no competition. Don't get me wrong I love competition. However sometimes it is nice to share with people in a relaxed comfortable environment. I think that is what Sketchtravel is all about.

Check out the website and promotional video, even some of the sketches that have been drawn.

http://www.sketchtravel.com

Boy, I wish somebody I knew would get something like this going, perhaps on a smaller scale.

Hint, Hint.

The Incredible Hrabok

Just f––cking around today with painting an image without a base drawing. Started to get imapatient and so here is a whatever digital painting. I always wanted to do a picture of the Hulk called the Incredible Hrabok based on my friend Mike Hrabok. The color of his skin is the only liberty I took with this painting, he really lifts tanks.

Tim's Tattoo Process

Here is a collection of sketches I did over a long period of time concerning Tim's tattoo. You can see the evolution between the furious Attacking Samurai and the Calm Dangerous Samurai.

Tim's Tattoo Concept Applied

Here is the sketch applied to Tim's back. Some work will need to be done to harmonize with the dragon and I think the kids flag could go higher up the side of Tim's body.

I think it is a good starting point for the tattoo anyway in hindsight I would have thickened up the lines a bit to match the calligraphic look of the dragon.

Tim's Tattoo Concept

A good friend of mine asked me to do a tattoo concept for him a while ago involving A Samurai taking on some ninjas. How could I say no. The specific story is that of "Lone Wolf and Cub" I'm thinking of calling the painting "Perambulator by the Mountain of Death!" Seems appropriate. This project took sometime to find the right reference and to just come to terms with whether I wanted and all out crazy battle or a face off. I compromised and chose a scene between the initial confrontation with the Ninjas. The first one has attacked and been killed and the other two are holding their ground with the knowledge that they are "fucked" because they are facing a far superior and fearless opponent. I chose to color this drawing with watercolor a reason it took so long and I tried some experimentation with under-coloring. The Photo taken here is bad and I will try and update with a better version. Also I have a whack of prelim sketches and photo's of Tim posing for reference. I be posting those real soon.

just a jumpin kid

I have not posted in a bit so I did a quick sketch today. I actually drew the whole thing in photoshop, using my tablet. I'd like to give it a go with my intuos instead of my graphire. I think 4x5 is a little too small for decent sensitivity to what I am trying to draw.

I'll be posting more soon.

Soap Scum

Soap Scum Presents is a troop of talented improvisational actors who do a weekly serial improvisation show based on a theme, performed without a script, with musical accompaniment. It's as insane and as fun as it sounds. Here is the logo I did for them. It was fun working on something, being given creative license with no strings attached, as well complete trust in my abilities to produce something fun and interesting.

The theme for the upcoming show is Space Quest so I based the spaceship on a beer bottle, and used a bold exciting typeface to give the logo some impact (while not using the impact font).

The actual Soap Scum Presents logo was more of a literal interpretation, instead of trying to mimic a soap opera title I chose and interesting font trapped inside bubbles. I was trying to flow the type circularly but Beth suggested I stack it and use the blocky shape to contrast the circle. I think it works well.

It was a good experience, I hope my work will help them along their way to creating an even larger fan base.

Thanks guys.

For everyone who has not seen the show, it is definitely worth checking out. I will be posting a link to the Soap Scum Presents blog so you can check out the time and the place of the performances.

Cheers