To wind down after a busy day of work I started sketching one of my favorite TV characters, Colonel Potter from M*A*S*H. I liked how the sketch was turning out so I started adding in some grayscale washes. Before I knew it I was painting up a detailed value study. Although I still prefer to sketch cartoon characters and children's...
[caption id="attachment_3939" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Tray design copyright © DecoPac, Inc. Avengers copyright © Marvel. All rights reserved."][/caption] One of my regular clients is a toy company called DecoPac. Among other things they design many of the fancy birthday cakes you see in grocery store bakeries. They also create various toys and novelties to put on top of the cakes, often tying...
Lately I've been experimenting with a new self-promotion idea based on advice from two people: my friend and fellow artist Tim Hodge, and Marcia Hoeck, the consultant I hired last year. I bought some blank greeting cards at the art store and sometimes instead of sketching in my sketchbook I'll doodle something on one of the cards. If it turns...
Well, that didn't last long. Yesterday I gleefully announced that I was jumping on the Pinterest bandwagon and had begun pinning all kinds of amazing artwork onto my shiny new inspiration boards. I was also making a few connections with other pinners and enjoying the giddy goodness of seeing so much amazing artwork being shared. Then I read this blog post by...
I decided to join the cool kids and give this Pinterest thing a try. I must say its a lot more fun than I expected. I don't know if I'll stay with it long-term but for now I'm having a blast scouring the web for artistic goodies to pin to my boards. Although it's a bit of a time suck...
Yesterday's warm-up sketch was a pseudo-caricature of the villainous Lee Marvin in the classic western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". I decided to add some b&w washes and pretty soon I was experimenting with several painting techniques in Photoshop. The result is a bit overworked and contrasty, but if you can't make mistakes in your sketchbook where can you...
