Crystal Visions

2010-01-28T02:02:00.000-08:00

Alrighty, boys and girls.

It's been a little while since my last update. I've just been hard at work on... more projects that I can't actually talk about for legal reasons. Ahem.

But there's news! I'm in the merry old land of England, for starters. And I'm going to IMATS this weekend. It should be a load of fun and I hope to get a lot out of it. And I can promise more updates -- art and otherwise -- for the future.

So. Allons-y!

A Little Update

2009-04-27T13:03:00.001-07:00

Whew.

So I've been busy lately, peeps. No complaints about that, of course. In addition to the work with the Skirball Cultural Center (teaching comic art to kids) in LA I've been freelancing and have some pet portraits coming up. I've also been making another concerted effort to learn ZBrush. What an amazing program. You'll soon be seeing my Z-Endeavours here.

I've also been doing some scenic design for a television project that's in the works. I don't know how much I can say at this point since most of it is spec but I'm very very excited to be working with these guys. They're highly motivated and talented and I think that the project itself is very promising. Maybe I'll post something in the future that's to do with said project. Keep your eyes peeled! If nothing else, I'll be linking to the website soon.

Random Creature-ness

2009-04-27T12:54:00.000-07:00

Fun with Markers.

And then, for no reason...

2009-04-23T22:16:00.001-07:00

Drowning Fairy. :o She should stay away from coffee! Scribbled over Ethiopian coffee after a zoo trip. Yum!

2009-04-23T22:11:00.000-07:00

Ahhh. So much to report on since last I posted. Lemme start with some images, then I'll get to news.

So. I did another huge caricature. This one was 30"x40" and contained 30 people! Woooooooo! Go Sempra Energy!

Ron, Ron, Ron Weeeeasley

2009-03-04T08:21:00.001-08:00

Now that I've written something...

2009-03-03T16:48:00.000-08:00

More pictures! Work in Progress. Yes, more Snape. And yes, I know I have a problem. But if this is wrong, I don't wanna be right! */dramatic*

2009-03-03T16:28:00.000-08:00

So.

I don't write much here. That's not how I'd intended it exactly but that's how it's worked out. But I do feel like writing today.

It's been about 2 weeks since I started my gig as a Teaching Artist in conjunction with school tours at the Skirball's Zap! Pow! Bam! exhibition on Golden Age comics. And today was my most trying group to date. I've had some wonderful kids but today's bunch were handfuls, the whole lot of them. From swearing to non-interaction to talking when I was giving instructions -- I covered a broad range of behaviour issues and I barely got to draw with any of them. By noon I was drained and severely frustrated. And somewhere during that time I managed to sit in white gum, smearing it all over my black pants... Which makes this sound like kinduva downer post, doesn't it?

Well, the good part of my day came on the way home. I decided to stop by CSUF for the dual purpose of depositing one of my larger commission checks and touching base with some old friends and teachers. I'm so very glad that I did. Not only was it wonderful to see the school and walk the halls, smell the old scents of oil paint and insomnia (kidding on that last bit. Not really.) it was gratifying to see a few familiar faces and to trade 'update stories'. That's all that I really have to say. I just feel very fortunate to know those people -- you know who you are -- and to have learned so much from them. And I feel inspired toward future endeavours.

Now, if only I had more energy... ;)

Another D-Land Caricature

2009-03-01T20:03:00.001-08:00

Epic Caricature Commission

2009-03-01T19:56:00.000-08:00

Click the thumbnail to view the image in large scale.

Just in Time for Valentine's Day

2009-02-04T19:09:00.001-08:00

Yes, I really am planning on colouring this up and sending to a few of my friends for V-Day. :) And for the record, that's a bottle of Love Potion #9, for Lily Potter. Those of you who've read Deathly Hallows will understand.

Caricature

2009-01-23T12:46:00.001-08:00

Just some stuff from work at Disneyland.

Snape and Milan

2009-01-17T10:23:00.000-08:00

Milan, for those of you who are wondering, is an original character -- a creation of a buddy of mine. He is the Happiest DeathEater EVAR. XD You can see the results in the gag illustration.

A Snape-ly Work in Progress

2009-01-10T22:51:00.000-08:00

On my spiffy new drafting table! Woot.

My Submission for the HP Art Project

2009-01-04T11:21:00.000-08:00

That's Harry Potter, for you Muggles out there. I finally finished my illustration for Book 6 -- the chapter entitled 'Flight of the Prince'. Eeeeee.

Photoshop CS2

So the Holidays are Over

2009-01-04T11:15:00.001-08:00

It went by fast -- I didn't realize how long it'd been since I posted! Here's a little something from my sketchbook. :)

It's graphite -- mechanical pencil to be specific -- if anyone's at all curious.

2008-11-26T08:24:00.000-08:00

Quite obviously, something's wrong with Harry. Perhaps he's in RAWR_Mode from Order of the Phoenix. ;-)

Faces

2008-11-25T09:10:00.000-08:00

Inked mostly with a brush pen, if I recall correctly.

2008-11-25T08:33:00.000-08:00

A little watercolor from my sketchbook that I did during downtime at work. For the Harry Potter fans out there, this is one of Lucius Malfoy's peacocks. For the non-Potter fans, it's just a pretty bird. :)

Hippocampus

2008-11-25T08:21:00.000-08:00

No, it's not a disease, it's a creature!

I found this drawing the other day. It's about a year-ish old but I'd always meant to do something with it so I thought I'd dust it off and post it. I'm also going to paint it up (so I'll post that here as well once it's done.)

Kurt-stravaganza!

2008-10-29T20:42:00.000-07:00

It had to happen at some point. Anyone who knows me knows of my unbridled affection for Kurt Wagner, a.k.a. Nightcrawler of X-Men fame. Here're a couple images of the Fuzzy Elf. More to come. Lots more.

Women at Work!

2008-10-20T23:01:00.000-07:00

Woot. The lower photo was taken at Tatopoulis Studios in Burbank. I'm the one in the middle with the black shirt. We were working with Steve Wang to construct the base for the fantastic sculpt he did of Kerrigan from Starcraft. This was shown at BlizzCon 2008, as seen at left.

2008-10-15T19:11:00.000-07:00

2008-10-14T23:42:00.000-07:00

"You just finished rending the souls of the damned and striking fear into the hearts of untold masses. What're you gonna do now?"

"I'm... /not/ going to Disneyland... Giant mice give me gas."

A Whale of a (Space) Ship

2008-10-14T07:45:00.000-07:00

"Huh? Wuzzat??"

2008-10-14T07:36:00.000-07:00

Anyone who doesn't play on the text-based RP game that I've been on for a couple years probably has no clue who this is. And most of the people who are on there now have probably never seen my drawings of this character anyway...

I started to write up an explanation but it just got too dorky and overly detailed for this single picture. Suffice it to say he's a teenaged punk and, clearly, he's very confused right now.

OMG! Zombie!

2008-10-14T07:09:00.000-07:00

Laser Guns

2008-10-11T09:25:00.000-07:00

Froggy and a Slobbery Bat

2008-10-11T09:21:00.001-07:00

Image Dump

2008-10-11T08:51:00.000-07:00

A weird mix this time -- creatures, a Fat Crab (dunna nunna nunna nunna...) and Otis the Office Bat. He got that memo you sent him.