the national haunters convention

These are a couple of pics i took while i was at the haunters convention at the valley forge convention center. It was really interesting with all the vendors with products for haunted houses and owners. There was also a coulple of artists that had amazing work. It was well worth the trip between being inspired by this amazing work and meeting a great artist who gave me some helpful tips. The zombies were from www.gcustomprops.com, the wolves were a massive display by www.nightscreamstudios.com. The artist i met was David Quiles at www.dquiles.com.

New portrait update

Here is the portrait i had from a figure drawing session, i have worked on it further refining the face and fixing the hair. I still have a lot to do with her, but i like the direction. I really have to work on the base and maybe add her chest to balance out the bottom of the sculpture.

new sculpture in the works

I am still trying to get faster and more accurate so here is another 1hr sculpt. I like the way this one is shaping out so i think i will take this one further.

This is an old concept that i just started sculpting. I really liked the design and i have also noticed a lot of people who visit my site have seen this on google images. I just started so its just a block in so far, but i will post more as soon as i can. Tell me what you think so far.

New portrait sculpt

i went to another figure drawing class on march 31st and tryed sculpting the face. This one turned out better than last weeks so here it is.

1 hour sculpts

I am trying to get better at sculpting. One thing i am trying to work on currently is working smaller and faster. Here are a few sculpts that are half life size and that took me one hour. I have set a time limit for myself therefore forcing myself to work faster.

New figure sculpture

Here is a new figure i am working on. So far i have got the basic structure and need to work on the face. I also attended another figure drawing session this past tuesday and will add pics soon. Feel free to critique. Thanks

Demon Elf Sculpture

Here is the finished bust of my demon elf character. I just made a two piece silicone mold for him and am working on casting him in resin.

Figure drawing class

I have been trying to do some figure drawing sessions whenever possible. On tuesday night i attended another three hour session and this first sculpt is what i created. Its not too bad for only a few hours. The second sculpt is a new character bust i am working on.

Aris Kolokonte---Another new artist discovered

In todays world its amazing how many artists are out there and how many have such amazing work. With searching the internet we are connected to people all over the world. Yesterday i was looking at conceptart.org and noticed another amazing artist that really inspired me to do my best. He doesn't have a blog or website i could find, but i did find an ablum on myspace.

Aris Kolokonte-http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums2&friendID=364397987&view=true

Check out this link, this is the work of a sculptor from greece that has inspired me, and has been added to my fellow artist links.

New sculptures

It has been a while since i updated my werewolf sculpt. I have made molds and casts of the teeth and ears for this sculpture. To see more pics visit my conceptart forum. http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2164185#post2164185

This is a stylized skull from my sketchbook that i decided to make into a wall plaque.

Here is the current image i am working on. I am trying to work on making more illustrations rather than just doing character designs. This is just a work in progress at the moment, i am still deciding on what to do with the background.








Here is the wolf bust i am also working on. It has been a while since i posted on this, but i just finished a little more on this sculpt which i will post soon. I have made a silicone mold of the ears and i am finishing the mold for the teeth at the moment. After i finish it i will cast the ears and teeth in resin and post the progress. Another idea i have for this piece is to angle the neck more and cut the back off so it will look more like a trophy head for a wall mount. Tell me what you think.

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