Yes. I'm still alive

I know, I know, where have I been ? Well I'd love to come up with just one reason, but Life has been crazy. Between a series of delays with the book I illustrated to lots of various projects for clients, and more live events than I care to count , I have been more than little bit busy. But here are a few pieces I've been able to fit in between projects. I'm hoping to be much more active now that I have a little more time.

Ughhhhh. and all that good stuff

I know, I know, where the hell have I been ? I have spent the better part of the last few months working on artwork for a family style cookbook. The project is really fun and the artwork is great, but the lay-out end of it is really time consuming and took much longer then I expected But here are some of the other things I was able sneak in as well. I hope people haven't given up on me, I've been trying to follow other forums, a HUGE source of inspiration as well as motivation. Hopefully the cookbook will be out for Dec. and I can let you all get a peek.

Finally

Ugh, my computer died 2 weeks ago.Fortunately HP had a recall because of bad motherboards, so it was completely covered. But I had to deal with little or no internet, but I did draw, and paint and here are a few new ones. I did a couple of the King of Pop. Brief history, I graduated from high school in 1983 the year after Thriller was released so it was perfectly timed to be the soundtrack of some of the most interesting time s in my life. I can remember coming home everyday from school, watching Mtv and seeing Thriller (back when Mtv played videos). Michael Jackson was an amazing talent, was he a troubled soul, yes but he was also an amazing entertainer. So I did 2 pieces one from a live show and one from Thriller. I also threw in my Bruno, haven't seen the movie, but I hear it's hysterical. Hope ya like. I'm just glad I have my computer back.

A little of everything

I know I've not been doing a great job lately, but after a stretch where I was doing post-prom and graduation events every weekend I'm finally getting a chance to exhale. YEAH. Here's a bunch of stuff that I've been playing with. I included some sketches ( I had a tough time with the Bruno pic), and a piece I did for the ISCA's monthly contest. I had fun with Bones, he was always my favorite, and I loved the new version of him in the movie. The LAdy Gaga is a WIP I'm playing with a new technique, it was actually kind of fun.I've also been trying to improve my work via Jason Seiler's tutorial (which is fantastic). Hope ya like these. I'll try to do better next time.

Live from NY...

Well between college events, springfests and now after-proms I've been doing a lot of live events (which is a good thing). So I thought I'd post some of the ones I remembered to take pictures of. I LOVE people who come up with great ideas, or just let me have fun with them.

Enjoy, I know I did.

Wolverine

Okay, I know this isn't a movie review site, but with all the hype I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in (plus a new pic). X-men-Origins is a good/not great summer movie. Great visuals, a little light in the plot. If you loved the X-men series then you'll enjoy seeing some familiar face, plus a bunch of new ones, but the story here is the weakest part.

As for the pic, I had fun working outside of my normal color scheme and playing with colors a bit more, I was really trying to capture the feel of motion and a split second in time. Let mne know what you think.

Phew....

Well after a stretch of college events I'm finally back to posting. Here's a couple of recent things. I have to admit I feel like I've hit a plateau, things aren't clicking the way I'd hoped they would. The paintings I don't feel are all that strong and I feel like I played it too safe as far as the caricatures went. Have to kick myself out of this rut, any suggestions would be great. Also to all my painting heros and ideas of pallete suggestions, I seem to be painting with the same colors over and over and I'm not liking the results. Are there sites or books I should be looking at.