I was dwelling on this one a bit too long and decided to move on. Turned out a bit different than originally intended. J
I'm still here!
Continuing some hero sketches....
These were fun to play with, though I continue to get comments that people aren't too crazy about the lack of feet. well, just sketches anyway, but its nice to know what people gravitate to.
J...
Hey all,
San Diego was a fun time as always. The one thing I never look forward to is coming back home after being around so many fans and so many wonderfully creative people. It's always an inspiration to say the least.
Every year I always kick myself in the arse for not getting out and looking around as much as I'd like and unfortunately this year was no different. One thing I need to definitely learn is how to manage booth time and at the same time get out there and meet other artists and just take in the whole Con experience. I always hate myself afterwords for not joining the masses. On the other hand, I'd like to think that all the people who stopped by to say "hi" appreciated the fact that I was actually there (my apologies to the select few that I actually missed).
A huge thanks to all the new people I met this year, those of you who keep coming back, those of you who made this possible and those of you who made it all worth while!
There'll be a lot coming up soon, hopefully including an online gallery store so stay tuned! Thank you all!
I promised myself to be more proactive with my posts so here are a few pics:
My sketchbook setup...
My print setup...
Me and Melissa. My girl who made everything so
much easier for me. Thank you! 
Co-workers and neighbors. Dave Pryor(forground) and Bob Rissetto (background).
Super talented friends!
(left to right, Greg Scherrer, Tae Young Choi, Bruno Werneck).
Me and my main squeeze!
True believers:
Made a few changes to finalize this one.... finally!
*Whew*
Had to make a lot of decisions on this one...
I wanted to try something little more risque with the BG colors, so i tried mixing some cools up top to transition the heat and make her pop a bit more. May still change some things :)
Also ended up rendering her out a bit more for more of a polished/ finished look.
Added a little blood drip too... thought it adds a bit of a sinister feel to it... switches the vibe up a bit.
Not something I'm necessarily used to but it is fun to get into it every once and a while.
J...
So Ive abandoned the painting on her for a bit and started playing with some color styles and treatments on the background. A lot of options here but mostly I'm having fun trying some different and more daring combinations... something that working digitally is very good at :)
I'll eventually try to do some things to marry it all together and make sure that the focus remains front and center with the rose once that's rendered, but at this point I'm still not sure how it'll end up...
J...
A few more changes as I continue to flesh this one out.
The hair changed once again :)
Though I'm not sure it's balancing out the piece quite how I would like.
I started rendering a bit more and I'm starting to play with some other brushes as well.
Still a ways to go on this one.
J
Continuing work on this one...
I made a drastic hair change here and its probably something I'll continue to play with throughout. Still not sure about the color scheme but I went ahead and started working out a rough background as well.
This will all change as I start to detail it and experiment with the color mood a bit.
J...
