Ready for more small paintings? Here are more of the paintings from my sketchbook. These and more paintings are part of a book I will show later. For now, enjoy!
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New: Sketchbook Paintings 2
Can using a limited palette take your painting skills to the next level? The short answer is yes. A limited palette forces you out of color-mixing habits. If you don’t have a color “grass green” you’ll have to mix it from scratch, and you’re more likely to get the right green that way. James Gurney I…
Where did Creative Book Review #6 Go?
I’m saying it because debates are taking place in cinema, painting, dance, fiction, poetry and theater on issues where Christians have something to give, and yet they are not even being heard. – Steve Turner Don’t you hate it when you work hard on a project you can’t use? If you follow me on social media,…
New: Sketchbook Paintings
Everyone loves seeing sketchbook work right? Check out these pages from my watercolor moleskin sketchbook. This one is a study of a photo from a trip to the Detroit Zoo several months ago. This sketch is from this is for a personal project I’m working on I will talk more about that later. Later this week…
Website Updates
I have been making some changes to the site for the past couple weeks. I added more of my history in the about page, added process work to my sketches page, and other small tweaks. Check them out and tell me what you think.
Creative Book Review 5: Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland (Part 2)
“Once the art has been made, an entirely new set of problems that require the artist to engage the outside world. Call them ordinary problems.” -Davis Bayles & Ted Orland Making Art. There’s not much more to it than that, right? When considering what an artist goes through to be a successful, it’s easy to…
Inktober 2015: Week 5 Upcoming projects
Over the past month I have been posting ink drawings and sketches for #inktober. For the final week of inktober, I decided to do drawings of things I have lined up for the future. The sketch above is part of the process of the illustration for a book review of “Die Empty” I plan to release next…
Inktober Week Three: People
Inktober continues with week three. This time around my theme was people. The set is mostly casual drawings done on my breaks between teaching classes.
Inktober Week Two: Tea
I’m back with another set of #inktober drawings. This week I chose tea as my theme (because I’m a huge fan of drinking tea). Next week I will have a new theme with more pictures.
Creative Book Review Relaunch
The Creative Book Review is an ongoing series of reviews of books for creative people. For each book I review I create an original illustration, give a summary and share some of my own thoughts on the topics. Creative Book review came from a desire to share good books with other creative people. My goal with this…
New Logo
Recently I updated my logo. The new design was inspired by a Chinese seal my father gave me several years ago. While I almost never used it as a signature (its intended purpose), I did on occasion use it on artwork. Most recently my Octo-Samaurai illustration. The seal was only a starting point. After multiple ideas…
Animated Banner for The Descovari Channel Blog
Earlier this month I worked with Ashleah Sy’Mone on updating the design of her fashion blog, The Descovari Channel. Ashleah is a fashion stylist in Atlanta, GA and a close friend of mine. Along with some things behind the scenes, I did the animated banner top) for the blog and a static banner (bottom) for her other social media…
Creative Book Review 4: Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland (Part 1)
“What separates artists from ex-artists is that those who challenge their fears, continue; those who don’t, quit. Each step in the artmaking process puts that issue to the test.”- David Bayles & Ted Orland When I was a kid, making art was simple. When sharing my work, I was fearless and people loved it. In…
Creative Book Review 3: “Making Ideas Happen” by Scott Belsky
The forces that help us be productive and execute our ideas are often the odds with the very source of our ideas: our creativity. -Scott Belsky Years ago while I was still a student at College for Creative Studies I met a man who was an excellent storyteller. When he told me his ideas for…
Postcard Illustration: Octo-Samurai
I wanted it to be something epic. I always liked the over the top fights in anime and martial arts movies so I decided to go in that direction when working on the illustration. This piece is an illustration for my promotional postcards I’m sending out to potential editorial clients. The inspiration came from a…
Creative Book Review 2: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
“Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don’t come out the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning we learn by pretending to be our heroes. We learn by copying. ” – Austin Kleon I remember being in art school and worrying about my style and being jealous of people who…
Creative Book Review 1: Make Art Make Money by Elizabeth Hyde Stevens
“It is foolish to think we can’t be both artists and entrepreneurs , especially when Henson was so wildly successful in both categories.” -Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Originally published in 2013, Make Art Make Money isn’t your typical book with 10 lessons that will set you on the path to greatness. It doesn’t give you a…
Your Art Matters
Your Art Matters 18 x 24 in Acrylic, spray paint, watercolor, ink, gouache and paint marker This is a poster I made for my classroom for my students as a reminder that the art they do matters. The idea sprang from a conversation I had with Bea Jackson about complements people give us (artists); things…
Batman Returns
16×20 in Ink and Digital This piece was inspired by the animated movie Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 an animated movie about an older Bruce Wayne who comes out retirement when the crime in Gotham drives him to be Batman again.
Building the Plane While Flying It
17×11 in Gouache and Photoshop This was made for a private client who gave me the task of illustrating the phrase “Building the plane while flying it”.
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