Hi Everyone, Over the past few months I have had the pleasure to have worked with Power of One LLC to create a coloring book companion to their Children’s Book Sammy’s New Look ( a project I also illustrated). Sammy & Friends Coloring and Activity Book has over 100 pages of coloring pages and activities for…
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New Illustration Process Video
“Justin, you make painting look easy” That’s what people who have seen me do artwork either in person or in a video say. In reality it is a lot of work, from the planning to the final artwork, Recently I recorded this video of my illustration process. In the video I shows the basic process…
New Work: Large Painting for Frontier International Academy
Earlier this year I had the privilege to do second piece for Frontier International Academy in Warren, MI. The first piece I did a small mural in the lobby area of the school. The principal of the school wanted artwork that showed the character traits the school aims to develop in the students. I also used…
NEW WORK: Sketchbook Paintings and Videos
Hi Everyone, I haven’t been posting on this blog a lot lately but I have been busy making new work but, most of it I can’t show yet. In the mean time, I have recorded the process of many of my other projects and sketches and below are some of my videos of painted sketches…
Octo-Samurai Flashback 2 (and process video)
A new chapter of my web comic Octo-Samurai is out now. This is the last part of the 2 part flashback showing the origin story of King Squid and the main character Octo-Samurai. Read the series here. Below is a video of the inking and coloring process of this chapter.
Mini Mural for Frontier International Academy
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to paint a small mural for Frontier International Academy in Warren , MI. This small elementary school had just opened up their doors and was accepting students in their newly renovated building. During the process of decorating the school I was called in to add some color to the…
New Youtube Channel
Over the past few months I have been recording the process of how I create my work. Now I’m sharing my paintings and illustrations via Youtube. Here is a preview trailer of what I’m going to be on the channel. You can subscribe now to be notified when I upload new videos.
New Octo-Samurai: Flashback Chapter
I just released a new chapter of my web comic Octo-Samurai. This chapter is a flashback revealing the events that lead to the rise of the main villain of the story King Squid. You can read see the whole series here https://tapastic.com/series/Octo-Samurai
Cover Art For Power of One LLC
Recently on a post by one of my favorite illustrators John Hendrix on instagram I was reminded what it’s like on the other side of a commission. It is easy to forget the amount of time, effort and money goes into a project before it gets to the artists that get it ready for release….
New Logo Design for Power of One LLC
In late 2016 I had the opportunity to work with LaJuana Jackson of Power of One LLC on their logo and website. Originally I was commissioned to do illustration for a book (I will share that later) but in the process of getting the book ready the project expended. I ended up doing the illustration for the…
News: Illustration Featured In Storyteller Magazine
The above illustration is an older piece I did as a personal project. Recently, I was approached by Storyteller Magazine about publishing the artwork in their winter issue. So now it has a nice home in this Tennessee based magazine. It has been a while since I have posted, and I have a lot more…
New Octo-Samurai Comic Pages
The second chapter of Octo-Samurai comes to an epic end. (I promise this will make sense in the comic) For anyone who doesn’t know Octo-Samurai is a side project of mine where I draw the epic story of an octopus… who is also a samurai that fights ninjas underwater. In addition to being super fun to…
Downsizing (a new challenge)
A New Challenge For a the last month or so I have been using a new smaller sketchbook. I would love to say I did this as some cool new challenge for myself. But it wasn’t, it was mostly a happy accident. Recently I filled up my painting sketchbook and went to the store to get a new…
Lots of NEW ART
I haven’t shared anything in a while. That is because I have been busy working on lots of new art planing some changes to the website. I will take the time to talk about what I am sharing in this post in detail later. For now here is a quick run down of some of the new artwork….
Octo-Samurai Chapter 2 Preview
I’m back to working on Octo-Samurai. The next chapter was very fun to work on. In the first chapter I left the story at a cliffhanger (if you missed it check it out here) . Octo was in a losing battle outnumbered and hurt. It didn’t look good for our hero… This is where most…
Sketchbook Paintings 5: Casein
Are you looking for a new painting challenge? Do you love oil painting but need to be able to scan it for reproduction? Want to have something besides watercolor to paint out in the field? … I answered yes to these questions. I also found the one medium that has made it possible to have the feel…
Sketchbook Paintings 4: Travel Gouache
For a long time I had looked for a travel setup for my gouache. Now, I have found it. Above is a picture of one of my fun dinosaur sketches I did at a restaurant with my friend Laura. This is a picture of my travel gouache kit. A collapsible water cup Ceramic palette Small…
THE OCTO-SAMURAI COMIC IS ALMOST HERE
The Octo-Samurai comic is just about done! On my last post I spoke about working on a new personal project. When I started the comic it was to do artwork with my students. After my sketches turned out better than expected I decided to make it into a more finished short comic. Above is the…
Octo-Samurai Comic Coming Soon
What do you get when you mix sea life, over-the-top anime, and motivational pep talks ? You get my new Octo-Samurai comic. Octo-Samurai is a character I made up as part of a 30 day sketch challenge I did with Bea a year ago. Ever since the challenge it has been a reoccurring character in my…
New Year, Love and Art Books
As we wrap up the year I would like to thank all of you who read this blog. It has been a very eventful year with both ups and downs. No matter what, I still feel blessed and thankful to have the support of so many wonderful people. Over the past few posts I have posted…
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