I love art books episode 001: Overwatch Visual Sourcebook
Let’s get this out-of-the-way right off the bat. I love seeing others artwork. It inspires me… which makes me a sucker for art books. Every time there’s a sale on Amazon or I find one secondhand I need to buy it. So as opposed to leaving them on my shelf to get dusty I decided […]
My Top 10 of 2015 – Entertainment
Every year I like to put together a list of my favorite entertainment of the year. It’s fun for me to look back and see the things that I enjoyed years previous. My rules to make this list are simple. I must have seen, watched, read, or just enjoyed this piece of media sometime in 2015. It didn’t necessarily […]
My Top 10 of 2014 – Entertainment
This year I had a hard time putting together my top 10 pieces of entertainment list. It was a very busy year what with raising my son along with buying and remodeling our new house. Normally, I make a list of my favorite things and rate them at the end of the year but this year […]
Warming up Digital Figure Drawing with PoseManiacs.com
It’s always nice to start my work day off with some gesture sketching. Unfortunately, I don’t have a live model on call or have a lot of time to go through photo reference sites looking for a pose to sketch. Maybe I could just find a magazine, but my computer is right here and I […]
Schoolism’s Gesture Drawing class and My thoughts
Last weekend I finished up my Gesture drawing class at Schoolism.com with Alex Woo. This is the second class I’ve taken at this site and so far I’ve found both classes to be very helpful. The first class I took at Schoolism was character design (Read my review of that class here). When I took my […]
Book Report – The Art of How to Train Your Dragon
One of the most amazing movies I’ve seen in the 3D era of animated movies has got to be How to Train Your Dragon. A big part of that for me has to be the way the animators gave life to the dragons. This is why I love these types of art books. I love […]
The beauty of Interactive entertainment – Journey
When most people think of video games they don’t think of art. Video games have become an increasingly expressive medium for artists combining painting, writing, sculpture, music, storytelling, and cinematography. One game has brought all of these things together in a amazing interactive experience. Journey is the most profound video game work of art I’ve […]
PDX CreativeMornings lecture with Nelson Lowory
This past Friday I attended my first CreativeMornings lecture here in Portland, Oregon at the Portland Art Museum. CreativeMornings is a free monthly lecture series for creative people. Oh by the way, they serve free breakfast, donuts! Here is a link to the lecture http://vimeo.com/44747795 The lecture I attended was by Nelson Lowory who was the […]
Schoolism.com – Character Design: My thoughts
First off what is Schoolism? Schoolism is an online school that teaches classes for artists. The classes are taught by working professionals through out the 9 to 14 weeks course (depending on the classes). They offer a self taught version for around 500 dollars and a critiqued session course for 1000 dollars. The classes are […]
Book Report – Avatar: The Last Airbender (The Art of the Animated Series)
One of the first things you learn about me when you walk into my office is that I have a problem… A big problem. I love art books. So I thought it would be nice to share my thoughts on a few of my favorite books that always seem to end up on my desk […]
“And now,” cried Max, “let the wild rumpus start!” RIP Maurice Sendak
When thinking about a favorite children’s book of mine, there really was only one that stood out among the rest…Where the Wild Things Are. Way back when I was a little monster I fell in love with this book. Really what is there not to love? Monsters, check, trouble making, check, kid in wolf pajamas, […]
My Top 10 of 2011 – Entertainment
10. Video Game – Megaman X (iOS) 9. Movie – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (Warner Bros. Pictures) 8. Comics – Justice League #1 – by Geoff Johns & Jim Lee (DC Comics) 7. Video Game – Gears of war 3 (Xbox) 6. Music – Young Love by Mat Kearney (Universal […]
Drawing a Cartoon Head
You may follow these steps. If you are already comfortable enough with drawing you can move on, but it is always a good idea to review the basics. Once you know the basics, you’ll be able to start making your own changes and tweaks, which start to shape your style as an artist.
Facial Expressions
When sitting down to do a drawing of any character, one of the first things to think about is what emotion you want your character to express. A great way to show emotion in your drawings is through the face. Here are a handful of different emotions and reactions you can use when creating your […]
My Mom is named Lake County teacher of the year!
A few weeks ago, we found out that my mom had been named Lake County School district teacher of the year . The Lake County Record-bee had a nice write up about her winning in the paper, but it wasn’t as long as I thought it should be. I thought it was going to be a […]
2011 SCBWI Oregon spring conference recap
Day 1 Over this past weekend I went to my first SCBWI conference here in Portland Oregon at the Shilo Inn and met a lot of great illustrators. It was a weekend full of ups and downs. Lots of great information with a few duds thrown in as well. Friday started out promising […]
My Top 10 of 2010 – Entertainment
Honorable Mention Video Game – MegaMan 10 (PS3) Books – The Art of Avatar the Last Airbender (Dark House) Movie – Inception 10. Video Game – Cut the rope (iPhone) 9. Comics – Amulet: The Cloud Searchers by Kazu Kibuishi (Scholastic) 8. Video Game – Super Mario Galaxy 2 (WII) 7. Cartoons – Scooby-Doo! Mystery […]
Influences through the years
Early Saturday morning, I got up and was doing my normal social network surfing and saw something on Deviant Art that got me thinking, “Who are the artists that made me who I am today?” Wow, that’s a pretty deep question for 6:30 in the morning. What could get me thinking about something like that […]
The zero2illo 12 Week Challenge: Week #1 – Choose your target audience
Well here is my week 1 assignment for the Zero2Illo’s 12 Week Challenge. I’m posting it a little late but it was done on time… Really. What is the 12 Week Challenge you say. Well its a website created by Jonathan Woodward to help aspiring illustrators get their careers started and well I’m not entirely […]