Light and Color Fun

I was playing around with color and lighting and love painting landscapes.  This is what I came up with.  I like how the subtle color changes turned out throughout the mountains.  I also wanted to throw a figure in there, I usually don't get around do doing that, but I've been really meaning to do that more.  Get some more interesting poses and dynamic movement incorporated with the scenes.  

Peep Hole

I've been working on some icons for my job and this one turned out to be a pretty creative.  It's simple and comic-like, which is not my usual style, but I enjoy this.  I like viewing it as a curious hole that someone is peering through at the same time you are.  I think the eye has good curious or even creepy personality behind it.

30sec & 60sec figure gestures

I enjoy doing the quick 30 - 60 second figure sketches every now and then.  It keeps me on my toes and loosens me up, keeping me from getting caught up in detail.

Story Scenes WIP

Here's another work in progress.  I'm still figuring out exactly where I'm going with it.  This I want to be part of a series of paintings that are based on scenes I interpret from some of my favorite books.  We'll see how disciplined I can be to continue this series in my limited free time!

Pirate's Set

Here's another older illustration of mine, done around the time of the Disturbed Entertainment.  I was painting for fun one day and wanted to practice painting an ocean scene with some nice lighting from a sunset.  This painting really steered me towards figuring out the techniques I use to create more realistic skies and it got me thinking about how light reacts, shines through, and reflects off of these gaseous masses during different times of the day.  Creating paintings like this really inspired me to focus on the beauty of nature and scenery that I experience on a daily basis.

Pirate's Set

Disturbed Entertainment

Here is another blast from the past.  This was one of my first fully completed digital paintings done in Photoshop without any reference.  I think this painting has been instrumental in helping to show my style, although, over the years, it definitely has changed.

Self Portrait: 2012

I've created a self portrait of myself, something I haven't done since my freshman year of college.  I created it mainly because I needed a more artistic profile picture that speaks more of my artwork rather than just a photograph.  I had fun with it, though, and I think the sum of all the parts turned out nicely.

Self Portrait: 2012