Figure drawing session

On tuesday i went to an open figure drawing session to try to get some practice. Here are some of the better ones, most of them i was trying to do gesture and quick sketches. It was good to draw from life and the model, but i could tell i was a little rusty. Hopefully i will be able to attend more of these sessions in the future. Next saturday march 7th DCAD is hosting another drawathon so i will be there hopefully getting more work done at a better quality. You never stop learning.

New Creature Designs

It has been a little while since i posted so here is what i have been working on. Right now i am trying to work on a portfolio i can be proud of. I am trying to make one geared towards concept/creature designs and illustration. The only issues i am having right now is getting better at drawing female faces with expression and coming up with compositions. I have no issues with coming up with new characters and i can toss them into an environment, but really making them work and interacting with other characters or nature im lacking. So thats on the agenda for now. Here are some of the new works i have been doing, this first one is the cover to my sketchbook. Tell me what you think.

A creature concept that i did with no prior thought. I just attacked a blank page.
This is a robot character that i came up with. Here i did my usual method of just scribbling and making shapes with a marker or pen on tracing paper or copy paper.

Heres the rendering on good paper.

A female figure drawn from an image.

This concept started from an image of a dog. I have some reference pictures and i saw an interesting one of a dog. I am not sure what the breed was, but it was the brown ones with wrinkles.

Here are some new works. I have been trying ot work on my concept art and character design. With these two new creatures i drew a bunch of small thumbnail sketches and then enlarged it and used the sillouette to base my creature.

Here is another ink sketch from my sketchbook

New ink sketches and sculpture updates

I have been trying to work in my sketchbook daily with ink. Here are a couple drawings i came up with recently.

Here is the werewolf sculpture i have been working on. It is still in progress, but i like the way it is turning out. To see more pics visit

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=145938

Pen and ink sketches

Here are three new sketches i just finished. I found a sketchbook at borders that had brown kraft paper in it. I haven't been able to find one so i picked it up and tried it out. A friend of mine told me how she likes using it because of the medium surface you can add lights and darks for your image. Here are a few concepts i finished.

My new online store

Today i started my online shop. I am currently selling some prints on etsy.com Take a look and tell me what u think.

Visit http://www.alteregodezines.etsy.com

Caricature Commision

Here is one of the latest works i have done. This was a commision for a friend of mine. She wanted a caricature of her son drawn up as a little chef, so here it is.

This is a new year and i have a lot of goals i am going to try to reach. I have been working on my sculpture and try to get better at my overall figure drawing, but i am not satisfied with it yet. This year i plan to work on my compositions and story aspects of art that way the viewer has a better experience when he or she looks upon my pieces of art. I hope to show more emotion and mood in my upcomeing works.

This is my update so far nothing new yet with this being a new year and trying to get a few things planned out that way i can manage my time better for the upcoming year.

Stay tuned for more.

Here is a new work that i am currently working on. I came up with this design for a wolf creature that is going to be a bust approximately 8-10 inches high. Please feel free to comment or email me with critiques. If you would like to see more images i posted a thread on conceptart.org please visit http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=145938. Also check out the other amazing artists that are on the site. I believe it to be the best forum on the web and the talent there is out of this world.

A few new sketches

Here are some misc. sketches i have done with the airbrush, pencil, and pen.

New blog

I am currently scanning images to post on my new blog. I wanted to create a blog that only has my rough sketches and quick scribbles. Please check it out at sketching 4 inspiration link under "my art"

Demon concept bust

I am also currently working on this demon bust. It is a concept idea that i just started sculpting without any previous sketches or thoughts.

Two new statues i am currently sculpting

Here are two sculptures i am currently working on. Hopefully they will be molded and cast soon. I will publish more info and pics as they become available. Please email me with critiques or comments.

New sculptures in the works

Sorry i haven't posted in a couple weeks i have been busy with a few things. I am now working on a few concept ideas on a few new sculptures. I will post them as soon as i finish and am happy with them.

New airbrush Paintings

Here are two new airbrush paintings i just finished. This first one is titled "The Maiden" A dark creature waiting to seduce her next victim.

This last one is my first shot at a wolf. I still got a lot of work to make it more realistic. This is the first step of many.

New tattoos

I just finishe doing a few new tattoos. A couple of my friends wanted me to do their inks and heres the result.

New airbrush works

The lady of the sea is an airbrush painting on canvas. I started this one off with a flat gray background and worked in the shadows with different layers of grays and black. Then i went in with the exacto knife to scratch in the highlights.

This painting was done starting with a brown base then painted with shadows and inked with a brush.