IT CAME FROM THE BLOG!

Tom Lovell

2010-04-20T09:56:00.000-07:00

So I just found out that one of may favorite Pulp Artists, Tom Lovell, is ALSO one of my favorite MORMON artists too! It's like the best of both worlds!

Happy Easter!

2010-04-04T22:49:00.000-07:00

More Bunnies!!

incredible Animation Video

2010-03-13T22:37:00.000-08:00

Check out this sweet stop-motion animation video, it's so creative!

Gothic Romance

2010-02-25T09:42:00.000-08:00

I love going to D.I. and sorting through old books, and I've always admired the covers of vintage gothic romance novels. I know, it's weird, but the paintings are really well done. So i'm doing a painting for class and wanted to give it that gothicy feel, and I just found a website devoted to scans of old covers. Take a look: http://hauntedhearts.wordpress.com/

It came from the SKETCHBOOK!

2010-02-23T14:19:00.000-08:00

Here's an idea that I'm playing with for another class project. We'll see how it pans out...

Choosing the Lesser of Two Evils

2010-02-23T14:08:00.000-08:00

Here's a piece I did for my illustration class. It's inspired, like much of my recent art, by Alyssia who is a perfect mixture of innocence and mischievousness. The little girl in the painting would never do anything so terrible, as say, burn the house down, but she may take delight in playing pranks now and then. I included some of the rough sketches and a Norman Rockwell reference i used. Enjoy!

Deep Sea, in Progress

2010-02-23T14:05:00.000-08:00

Yes, I'm still working on this one. It's coming along, but It still has a ways to go...

Marital Caricatures

2010-02-23T13:51:00.000-08:00

Holy smokes, I went another month without posting a thing! Well, I've been busy in the meantime, but luckily have made time to do some sketches! These are of Me and Lyss, and they're anyone who knows us can see they're pretty accurate depictions (Lyss being the cute one and me being, well... the other one. Except the one of her as a dinosaur, but I just couldn't resist).

Happy New Year!!

2010-01-06T20:34:00.000-08:00

Holy smokes, I haven't posted anything for like 2 months! Things've been pretty busy around here with the Holidays and all, but I'm glad to be back. So I just got a new digital tablet and am stoked to start playin' around with it! Here's one of my first attempts, as you can see, I'm gonna need a lot of practice to get past the old window's paint look, but here he is, the Bubblegum Monster!

Oh, and By the way: I saw Where the Wild things Are. I think I liked the trailer better. I mean, it was cool and imaginative and all, I just think I would've liked it better without all the dialogue. Or, maybe without any of the dialogue.

I can hardly wait!!

2009-10-16T02:06:00.000-07:00

Well, todays the day WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE comes out in theaters. I'm totally stoked to see it next week. check out this great site. I'm sad I didn't find it sooner!

Tweenbots

2009-10-16T01:52:00.000-07:00

The apocalypse begins. Check out the site.

James Groman!

2009-10-16T00:49:00.000-07:00

So, remember Mad Balls? Those toy foam balls in the shape of ugly little heads? Well, gross as they were, I remember being totally inspired by the artwork as a kid. So the other day, I just happened to discover the guy who designed them, James Groman. Turns out he's an Artist/Illustrator/ AND Toy Designer, which is just about the coolest combination there is, unless you throw Ghost Hunter on the resume, cuz that pretty much beats all. To make matters BETTER, He also happens to have designed one of my favorite toys ever, BARNYARD COMMANDO'S! Check him out.

TOOLS ARTISTS USE

2009-10-15T23:48:00.000-07:00

Just found a sweet new site about the tools artists use.

Get outta here, Nosferatu! You're crampin my style!

2009-09-21T01:31:00.000-07:00

Ya, Halloween is fast approaching and Nasferatu's back. He's always showing up this time of year.

GREATEST. PAINTING. EVER.

2009-09-14T02:51:00.000-07:00

I want this hanging in my house, above my mantel. (To clear up some confusion, no, I did not paint this. To do so in this kind of breath-taking detail, I would have to travel into either the future, or the past, and witness this scene as it takes place, as this artist has undoubtedly done. How he has mastered time travel is a mystery, but if anyone can find out his name, I would pay anything to have him paint my portrait astride a Spinosaurus as I shoulder a bazooka.)

P.S. I hope this is a vision of the future. I'd gladly trade in my klunker for a Dimetrodon.

Monster Redo

2009-09-14T02:02:00.000-07:00

So I'm working on getting my imaginary monster right. Obviously inspired by my real life pet monster. He's the best.

What are you lookin at? Haven't ya ever seen a guy in a suit in the woods with his imaginary monster before?

2009-09-11T09:00:00.000-07:00

I had Alyssia take some pictures of me in the woods by our house for a future project I'm gonna be working on. I hurried and did a quick rendition of it to figure out how it's gonna work. This is what I wish my lunch breaks were like.

Holy Crap.

2009-09-11T08:45:00.000-07:00

So, Fall classes have just started and I'm taking a figure drawing class from this guy, Don Seegmiller. Little did I know that I was studying at the feet of a master. This guy is an Illustration legend for his digital paintings. I'm so freakin stoked!! Check out more of his stuff at his website, http://www.seegmillerart.com/index.html

Painting in Progress

2009-09-11T08:28:00.000-07:00

I am finally working on a painting of this scene I drew on one of my desks in high school. It's turning out to be quite a big project, but I think it will be good when it's completed.

Sweet Spanish Art

2009-08-07T01:19:00.000-07:00

Check out this sweet blog I found full of Kee-razy old timey spanish comic art.

I think this "Silver Roy" guy just became my new favorite super hero, What with his screaming horizontal Chinese body-slam attack move and all. Check out more at http://joannavarrobadia.blogspot.com/.

Wild Rumpus

2009-06-24T22:00:00.000-07:00

So this has been on the internet for a while now but I just had to post it because I'm so excited for this movie I can barely contain myself.

If you think that's cool, check out this blog with contributions by some of the folks at Flight.

Late Goodbye :(

2009-06-24T21:49:00.000-07:00

I know we moved just over a month ago, but I never really got to say goodbye to everyone in the 435, so here to help me is my blogs new house band, Kids Incorporated.

I wish Fergie had kept those bangs.

It came from the SKETCHBOOK!!

2009-04-01T08:52:00.000-07:00

So I've been on another rabbit kick and had some extra time at work...

More recession madness!!

2009-02-25T01:34:00.000-08:00

So, lately I've been noticing that things around my work have been developing personalities of their own...

Under the Bed

2008-12-16T22:51:00.000-08:00

Another monster in a business suit.

Monsters at Work!

2008-12-16T22:34:00.000-08:00

Here are some monsters I drew at work yesterday. One upside to the economic situation is that I now have more downtime to focus on more lofty pursuits, like drawing toxic farm animals!

P.S. I know, I know. The art scene has been WAY over saturated with pink bunnies. I just like coloring my drawings with highlighters. It gives them this cool 80's florescent plastic look, like the should be a kids toy.

Halloween 2008

2008-12-08T01:44:00.000-08:00

Here's me as Nosferatu. While some kids wanted to grow up to be firemen and doctors, I dreamt of silent german expressionist horror.

Photo Volley

2008-12-08T01:33:00.001-08:00

So my graphic designer friend Ryan challenged my to a photoshop volley a few weeks ago and I'm just now serving back. So here's the original picture (what th? That's me!), and then my rendition. Me and Nosferatu kinda look related...
Alright, your serve, Fart-face. (what fun is any game without trash talk?)

Computer geek.

2008-12-08T00:11:00.000-08:00

Being a self proclaimed retro-futurist, I'll admit that I'm infatuated with living in in the age of computers and the internet. I'm holding out on the iphone though, until it does live video conferencing and comes in wrist-watch form.

Star Fisher

2008-12-07T23:59:00.000-08:00

Here's something I did a few years ago for my business card. There's this weird recurring angler fish theme throughout my work. I guess I just have a thing for both deep sea monsters and bioluminescence.

Dragon in a business suit.

2008-12-07T23:57:00.001-08:00

A subject I've been playing around with in my art is the juxtaposition of real vs. imaginary and childhood wonder vs. the daily grind of adulthood. Much of this comes from my personal life where I wear a suit to work everyday but daydream about flying dinosaurs and underwater cities and stuff. So I've been drawing imaginary creatures in business attire. I don't know whether they were captured and domesticated and joined civilized society or if they simply grew out of being so imaginary and went out and got jobs in the real world.

Welcome!

2008-12-07T22:59:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my art blog! I've set this up to post various art work as I do it and also to include different inspirational sources, like art, music and film. I want this to be a place to be able to brainstorm and bounce ideas off of, so please feel free to make comments or suggestions!