Camping at Mount Madonna
Just got back from a weekend of camping at Mount Madonna in Gilroy. I had a lot of fun, but was really glad to be re-introduced to soap. I didn’t get as much artwork done as I would have liked, but here is one spread.
Anthony Marsten
Began and finished the character design for Anthony Marsten today. He was much more fun to draw than the Judge. Soon will be closeup concept art.
Vasona Lake Park
Went plein-airing this last Tuesday at Vasona Park in Los Gatos. It is a really laid-back, nice park for painting…water, trees, ducks and lots of places to sit.
Coyote Point
I drove up to Coyote Point in San Mateo today for some good ol’ plein air painting. After 3 hours, I left with a finished 18″x12″ painting and a sunburn….it was still worth it!
Fairyland
Went to do some sketching at Fairyland up in Oakland today. Apparently, they have some policy where they don’t allow in adults that don’t have a child with them. But, after a little bit of sweet talk with the manager, we convinced them to let us in. I had some pretty low expectations for the place and man, did it live up to them! Nonetheless, I had fun drawing and got some weird little sketches.
Yosemite
Just got back from Yosemite. It’s is genuinely amazing out there and it was really nice spending time with my parents. Got some sketch pages done, and got eaten up by the buggies. I count 12 bug bites total, and that’s WITH bug spray! If I had stayed any longer, I would have been eaten alive!
Justice Lawrence Wargrave
Ok! Character design for Justice Lawrence Wargrave complete!
I need give more love into practicing Photoshop. This took me days to Photoshop paint, where it would have only taken me a few hours to paint with real paint! Photoshop, I’m gonna conquer you. Look out! :)
“And Then There Were None”
As a personal Summer project, I will be doing some visual development illustrations for Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None.”
It is a great murder mystery book from the 1930s and one of my all-time favorite books. The purpose of this project is to get some more experience with character design and to get some Photoshop painting under my belt.
Just finished the design for Justice Lawrence Wargrave. Next will be facial close-ups!
