Lucid Madness

2009-06-21T19:43:00.000-07:00

Nero, the beginning. I'm working on finding the right shape of the head. Originally, I thought it looked to big compared to the body, now, grrr.... the first major hump.

2009-06-13T14:08:00.000-07:00

Finished?

2009-05-19T10:08:00.000-07:00

WIP, 9 by 12...need a few more layers and a final coat of gloss varnish...which I need to buy. :P

2009-05-19T10:05:00.000-07:00

Needed to post a smaller version of it to link to. ha! :P

2009-05-13T18:45:00.000-07:00

Continuing. I sent this WIP to the patron. I'm awaiting her feedback before I continue much more. It's close to being done in my mind, I just want to warm certain parts up a bit and tweaky tweak...

2009-04-12T18:09:00.000-07:00

Working on a pet portrait... 24 by 36 inches. Acrylic. Long way to go, but at least I've started to establish some stuff.

2009-03-02T22:17:00.000-08:00

So close to finish? Want to get it ready for a test on the screen tomorrow.

2009-03-02T17:04:00.000-08:00

Working on the PS3 Theme...

2009-02-26T10:58:00.000-08:00

Picture taken in natural light.

2009-02-21T23:05:00.000-08:00

All I need to do is punch up the darks, tweak a little and I'm done. Seth helped me with the border. I don't have rods, these are actually grabbed from my blinds, just to take the picture. lol.

2009-02-17T14:13:00.000-08:00

I found this fabric for making the scroll border. It was the first one I found...but I think I like it..and I think it's neutral enough to work with whatever she happens to have in the house. There was a lighter one that was nice too, but the subtle diamond design is pleasing...(see in full view). NOw....to figure out how to get it sewn.

I might check hobby lobby to see if anything else jumps out at me.

2009-02-14T12:14:00.000-08:00

Trimmed up on the edges...raw for some kind of trim...and being made into a scroll apparently.

2009-02-14T09:48:00.000-08:00

Finished?

2009-02-08T19:40:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted a WIP in a while, this is a drawing/painting on clear primed canvas that I am working on for a coworker. Just figured I'd post the latest, though I have earlier WIPs.

2009-01-06T18:14:00.000-08:00

I picked up an older, small painting that had been sitting on my shelf for a while, and started working on it agian. I'm feeling it right now I think, and the more I doodle with it, the more I think I actually might finish it. I am running dangerously low on prussian and aliz. though.

2008-11-01T12:20:00.000-07:00

Patron St. of Miss Defining Success.

2008-10-26T20:32:00.000-07:00

Keep on truckin....used the flash...kinda washed out, but it's just a wip

2008-10-21T19:57:00.000-07:00

Uh...first picture of my current WIP for the saints series...got a long way to go. :P

2008-10-18T22:14:00.000-07:00

The Messenger...completed...but you know, gorsh dernit...I didn't realize that there was a shadow from the fence on the thing till now.

2008-10-13T19:12:00.000-07:00

Almost done...then I can get a final picture outside in light, and not at 10pm.

2008-10-10T09:23:00.000-07:00

Doodle doodle doodle. starting to lay in the blackest blacks, but I still don't really know what shapes I want the clouds to take.

2008-10-08T16:12:00.000-07:00

Phase 2, workin out dark/light/composition...what, did you think I pre-planned something? *snarf*

2008-10-07T18:17:00.000-07:00

Current WIP, phase 1. Model is ARachnid 13 from DA

2008-10-07T17:32:00.000-07:00

Patron Saint of Self Deprecation...as finished as it is going to get. I'm done looking at it, and myself. Egads. I need more charcoal.

2008-09-26T09:14:00.000-07:00

UGH...should I even finish it? :P

2008-09-25T20:44:00.000-07:00

Started a self portrait in my new paper pad today...man, it's been a while since I used the charcoal. I thought I liked the paper I used to get better. I'm not a huge fan of how it erases out. It's strathmore drawing...medium. I wonder if it is the same as I used before...?

Anyway, point being, I wanted to draw something, and I was there, so it turned out to be me...and who knows where I am going to take it. More figures? I donno.

I have a working title though...which is usually a good sign. I have a tendency to finish things with names.

2008-09-20T22:49:00.000-07:00

Figured I'd post a picture I took of the finished tiger...in daylight. ...you know, more true color. lol Seriously, this is just me documenting schtuff.

2008-09-16T20:40:00.000-07:00

Soldiers of the Cicada

An example of what happens when Bambi finds a dead bug, has an empty canvas, and is in a mood for play. I have no plan with this....just gonna see where it ends up.

The support is stretched muslin or cotton...in that camel color. It's primed with GAC 100 and Clear gesso.

2008-09-12T22:24:00.000-07:00

I added some black, and then somehow, the shape of the face changed, unless that has to do with angle I took the photo in. I did change things a tad...san's ref though, maybe that is what mucked it up...anyways, experiment successful..on to the real one.

2008-09-12T11:49:00.000-07:00

Added some color and took it off the stretcher bars. I really like this technique. It's really cool in person I think.

2008-09-10T19:53:00.000-07:00

My Coworker kinda challenged me to create a piece for her, and originally, I thought I'd do it on paper because she liked a certain color scheme in my cream sketchbook. Then, something hit me in the head and I thought...what would happen if I clear gessoed some raw canvas and used that? I'll tell you...AMAZING FUN. It's is so neat to see in person. I took the pics at night, albeit, with a lamp, but I am quite happy with what I think I'm going to come up with. It looks even better in a duller home light (not with the lamp right on it)...The whites pop.

Anyway, this was the trial run because the piece will have a tiger in it...Watersoluable Pencil and White Fluid Acrylic on primed raw Canvas.

2008-09-02T18:14:00.000-07:00

Page 3 of the book of awesome goodness....I need more colourfix primer! Anyway, I am not sure quite where I am going, as I made all this crap up at the spur of the moment. lol. Wasn't planning on the moon mask, it just happened. And you know what...those things are creepy as hell. It's coffee, pencil, and b/w fluid acryls atm.

2008-08-26T20:06:00.000-07:00

Tangled up in Time. Finito. I'm calling it done.

2008-08-26T20:03:00.000-07:00

I finished Tangled up in Time today, so decided to finish a very old pice I had sitting around forever. This is what I managed to doodle before bedtime.

2008-08-25T08:03:00.000-07:00

Inching along...

2008-08-24T20:08:00.000-07:00

Continuing on...doodled at work, working out the comp...need to tweak the face...:P

2008-08-24T06:53:00.000-07:00

I started a doodle last night in my sketchbook after work, which turned into a late night sketch fest when I realized I had some Fabriano Paper in a longer format. Not quite long enough to incorporate the whole doodle, but enough I guess. It's the first time in a while I have stayed up till the butt crack of dawn because the idea wouldn't let me sleep. It felt sooooo good.

So here is the beginning of "Tangled up in Time" B/W Charcoal on Black paper. I like it so far, let's hope I don't screw it up. OH...and I need to get a kneaded eraser. lol.

Still Alive

2008-08-15T21:38:00.001-07:00

Yes, I do plan on getting my act together to continue this WIP blog. I've been a little overwhelmed with the rest of life, that art and such has fallen to the wayside. Sleep and work are the priorities of late. I am working on a new project now, pictures soon to come!

2008-06-10T08:35:00.000-07:00

Alrighty, I'm going to try to continue using this blogger account. Life has been overwhelming and I haven't done a lot of work, but I'm working on changing that in the near future.

Time to get off yer azz Bambi, and continue to do what you love!

2007-09-19T23:18:00.000-07:00

ATC made for a friend at illustratedatcs.com. Long story, and i'm too lazy to type it at the moment.

2007-09-18T22:40:00.000-07:00

Portrait of mom...little wonky, in prismacolor pencil ATC size

2007-09-16T11:54:00.000-07:00

Latest incarnation of the drawing from hell. Arrrrrrr.

2007-09-13T21:46:00.000-07:00

My workspace...it's clean!!!

2007-09-13T20:45:00.000-07:00

Late night continued doodle...nothing set in stone yet.

2007-09-13T01:11:00.000-07:00

Commission piece...going after my Serenity piece..but with snakes, and larger (9 by 14 inches)

I call it "Eve's Benediction"

2007-09-12T23:55:00.000-07:00

OMG, she started a full size drawing. Who knew that would ever happen agian?

2007-09-08T01:13:00.000-07:00

UGH, horrible scan! I will have to rescan or take a photo...done for a 4 by 4 inch chunky book swap. My theme was "shades of white" omg.

2007-07-12T01:37:00.000-07:00

Fairy Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

I like this one, heehee.

2007-07-12T01:36:00.000-07:00

Satyr Sketch.

OK, so I got a wacom tablet, as you know, and then I got Painter, so I've been doodling in that program, and I realized I hadn't posted anything in a while, so here is what I have been doodling.

2007-07-12T01:28:00.000-07:00

Arg, here I am, aggravated yet agian. :P

I miss my digi cam. What am I gonna do without it? *whine cry moan, piss and vinegar and all that*

Here's a crappy webcam shot of a WIP commission...emphasis on the crappy.

I'm going to try and get a new one tomorrow....updated.

2007-06-08T10:32:00.000-07:00

Wanna Rumble? My final entry for the Draw a Brigand King contest.

2007-06-07T13:34:00.000-07:00

Some people asked me to post the original design for Vargas, so here he is...his in game portrait... Art not mine of course...belongs to the fine people at Three Rings design.

2007-06-07T13:29:00.000-07:00

WIP image for the YPP forum contest "Draw a Brigand King"...this is the Brigand King VARGAS THE MAD. He's my fav. :P Done in artrage...allllmost done and ready to enter. I may crop a bit.

2007-04-29T11:10:00.000-07:00

Another creepy little ACEO I did last night. Sorta looks like a masque of me, if I were a creepy green water thing.

2007-04-28T23:16:00.000-07:00

New ACEO for a friend's b-day. :P

2007-04-24T20:12:00.000-07:00

Rough sketch for a costume idea for a Phantom fan contest at DA. I've always wanted to see tails done like this.

2007-04-21T21:47:00.000-07:00

El finito. Graphite, Nero and white charcoal on colourfix...about 6 by 9 inches.

2007-04-20T20:22:00.000-07:00

After doing the one in the blood, I decided to try and calm down a bit. Wanted to do something just pretty.

2007-04-20T17:53:00.000-07:00

Sometimes even silver looks black.

2007-04-19T09:04:00.000-07:00

Doodle doodle doodle...paint paint paint.

2007-04-18T15:09:00.000-07:00

Hopefully this doesn't post twice. This is a mini (3 by 5) inch doggie portrait for Terry's Mum....although I'm not happy with the likeness, I think it's cute anyway. ^_^

2007-04-14T23:48:00.000-07:00

When I first imagined this subject (which I found the perfect ref for tonight)...it wasn't so designy, and it was red on red, a play on warm/cool red...but when I sketched it out, this is what came out. I'm not sure what I think yet. I'm also using a new surface...unprimed illustration board...I'll prob need loads of layers for this one... I think I wan't to see if I can take it somewhere...maybe after I've had some sleep. It is 3am, and I am tired as heck, but once I started sketching...I wanted to get color on asap...because that is the way it works. Get rid of the white...then you can start painting. ^_^

I also need to sit down and have a discipline talk with myself...I'm an art instant gratification person...bad me. :P

2007-04-14T19:34:00.000-07:00

Finished. :P I only used the gloss medium in part of it this time...I glossed the figure and around the figure...which is what caused the color difference.

2007-04-14T14:06:00.000-07:00

Initial stage of latest movie doodle project...another distorted saint. ^_^

2007-04-11T22:27:00.000-07:00

Mini painting, about 3.5 by 7 or so...on green scrap from the lindwurm and the froggity. :P

2007-04-09T20:34:00.000-07:00

El finito, but there is a little white spot on the left from the gorsh dern scanner...apparently, one of my paintings wasn't quite dry the last time I scanned. ^_^

2007-04-09T10:43:00.000-07:00

Almost done.

2007-04-08T17:58:00.000-07:00

Where I left off for the night, I need to lay down, my head hurts really bad.

2007-04-08T17:00:00.000-07:00

step 2, tentatively layering in color...I decided that this little froggy was gonna be a sky scribe...so the books and himself are actually going to be floating in the clouds. :P Still haven't made any concrete decisions about anything yet.

2007-04-08T16:53:00.000-07:00

Cristal suggested I do a frog...so this was the beginning of my little frog project. :P

2007-04-06T09:56:00.000-07:00

Wurm, as done as he's gonna get.

2007-04-05T22:48:00.000-07:00

WIP, step 2 of the Lindwurmy :P

2007-04-05T11:20:00.000-07:00

Very first step of the Lindwurm...the creature feature project over on WC. I'm upset with myself for putting in that dayum purple wash, because I wanted to keep it the drk green of the paper...we will see how that works out. I might have to go in with a really opaque tech. Anyway, ugly state 1. lol

2007-03-29T21:44:00.000-07:00

Almost done. Tweak tweak.

2007-03-29T10:08:00.000-07:00

Jack of clubs...little at a time, little at a time...lol. Trying to do a true WIP and not sketch then DONE.

2007-03-28T20:37:00.000-07:00

WIP of a new version of the Jack of Clubs for the Wetcanvas.com project. I already like this one better than the last one :P

2007-03-28T12:38:00.000-07:00

Finished Atlantian Portrait...I used gloss medium, I like it on the colourfix paper...this was done on drk, slate blue paper.

2007-03-28T00:00:00.000-07:00

I've taken to painting aimlessly while watching movies. This is one of those...a portrait from a stock photo at DA. I rather like some elements in it, and it was my first time finishing a painting with the fluid acrylic on the colored AS paper that wasn't just b/w...the atlantis one is also color, will be eventually that is....This is also the first one of the light colored AS paper I've used. Did I mention how much I love that paper?? Well, I do. And fluid acrylic too, god I love that crap. :*

2007-03-27T20:49:00.000-07:00

Continuing on...I figure...something Atlantian. I'm feeling the wierd water vibe. Still donno where it is going, but I am building color very slowly, and very subtely till I know what I want to do. :P

2007-03-27T11:02:00.000-07:00

ACEO randomness from last night...just fer fun. ^_^

2007-03-27T10:18:00.000-07:00

What's on the doodle board now. I'm using the other half sheet from the wolf picture. Don't know quite where I am going yet, it was just one of those...while watching a movie doodles. ^_^

2007-03-26T10:25:00.000-07:00

Finished Jack of Spades. I'm hoping someone at WC will digitally put in the Jack Spade part. :P I can't do it by hand.

2007-03-25T10:41:00.000-07:00

STep one of the design of the Jack of Spades for the Wetcanvas Card design project. Figured I'd post a WIP. I primed w/c paper on a block with Colourfix, and am using fluid acrylic.

2007-03-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

Finished ACEO :P

2007-03-18T22:19:00.000-07:00

Another ACEO, playing with my new colors...hehe...I love that Hansa Yellow...it's so translucent. I think this scan was a tad bright, but yeah, it's pretty "boing" as far as color goes...way way fun. Plan on doing more!

2007-03-18T22:17:00.000-07:00

Nother ACEO, it's fluid acrylic on w/c paper primed with Colourfix. I finally got some colored fluid acrylic, so YAY!!!!! Many more to come!

2007-03-18T22:16:00.000-07:00

ACEO done for the memorial of a friend. I gave it to my best friend, and one of his best friends. This is a long story, and it's too late to write it all out. W/C and fluid acrylic white on w/c paper.

2007-03-18T22:14:00.000-07:00

I know it's been a long time since I published anything, I have a few aceos that I'll be putting up, and wanted to keep track of the processes I used. This is the basic sketch for my current ACEO 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches. I loved the photo ref. from DA, it was just so moody...I'll probably use it a couple of times. Anyway, I primed the 300lb. arches with Colourfix clear, put a light coat of Ochre on it, and made some splotches with fingernail polish remover...(in this card, which will be all dark and brooding, I think I am going to cover it up. :P) So....till tomorrow, if I get a chance to work on it.

2007-02-07T09:49:00.000-08:00

Blind Time, a b/w liquid acrylic doo dad. The paper really isn't that red, it's closer to brick, but ya know, it happens. :D

2007-02-01T07:55:00.000-08:00

Did this as a companion piece to Pigs....I call this...Saintanic Visionary...*snort* Ok, now I have to go frame the sucker for the show. :P

2007-01-31T11:07:00.000-08:00

If Pigs Could Fly. lol. A self portrait in liquid acrylic on drk. blue colourfix paper.

2007-01-31T11:04:00.000-08:00

St. Sebastian, finally finished? lol. This was done as a portrait of my brother...though it doesn't look like him. It was in my mind when I created it.

2007-01-24T11:02:00.000-08:00

Hildegard, done. Or 99.999 percent done...lol.

2007-01-23T23:35:00.000-08:00

Small 4by6 inch mized media on Art Spectrum paper. I was just playing around to see what different things did what with this new paper...I think it's a great mixed media dealio. I used Watercolor, Fluid acrylic, Nero drawing leds, mechanical pencil, Coffee, and a touch of pastel on this little do dad. I want to use this pose agian...but even MORE distorted, hehehee.

2007-01-23T10:31:00.000-08:00

What I am working on at the moment. Shouldn't take to long to finish her up. I was listening to Hildegard Von Bingen's music, and just wanted to do a quick portrait of some sort. HOpefully I will finish tonight and take a final photo tomorrow when my batteries have finished charging. It a half sheet of Mi Tientes paper...charcoal and pastel.

2007-01-22T10:39:00.000-08:00

Little rough around the edges, but almost done, and it will take hours for my camera batteries to charge. :) YOu can see, I already signed it...I actually am pretty pleased with this. It's very...me.

2007-01-20T15:37:00.000-08:00

What is on my easel now...wip. I think I have the name for this picked out, but I'm not positive yet...we will see. :P Charcoal and pastel on waffely pea green paper.

2007-01-17T12:50:00.000-08:00

continuing on....tweaky tweaky... Time to move on to something else I think.

2007-01-16T19:06:00.000-08:00

Really, I don't think this is fixable...I'm having the same issues that I was having with the last face I did, where the features are all cracked out. The photo didn't take all that well (had flash on at night), there is much more brown in his face still. I donno....I'll tweak for a lil bit longer then call it a flop most likely. My god people, I used to be able to draw...maybe I lost my patience. I should measure and refine more before laying in tone next time. Maybe I've just lost my ability to see. meh.

2007-01-11T10:29:00.000-08:00

First attempt tryint o mimic the coffee feel using just liquid acrylic and lots of glazing medium. Same ref. obviously as the Phoenix of Despair painting I still haven't worked on, ha!