Happy New Year and new start

Ok, new year, new start. One of my new resolutions is to post more, here, on the ISCA, Deviant Art, where ever I can get my work out there. For far too long I've kept so much of my stuff to myself. Call it fear of failure, fear of success whatever. This year I'm going to get off my butt and put myself out there. So here's a bunch of my latest stuff. I went back to Jason Seiler's book and studied his painting technique. It was very helpful. I will admit I through in some of my stuff as well and it seemed to work ok.

I just finished up the project for Malaria No More. I have to admit there were several times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to complete it. I compare this project to running a marathon, and I definitely hit "the wall" at about number 18. There were ones that I loved , others I "completed" and a few that drove me crazy (er),but all in all I'm happy with the overall work I did for this one. 25 digital paintings in 16 days, not a pace I want to duplicate very often, but it tells me that I can if called upon I can do it. I'm including photos from the evnt in Hollywood where some of the celebs received their pictures.

Oh, What A Month !!!

I have one of those months that artists dream of. It started with a request to do paintings of Adrian Grenier 0f "Entourage" and Vincent D'Onofrio from "Law and Order" I didthe film festival that they attended, got to meet them (both really nice guys) and got autographed copies of my pieces. The highlight of my night was meeting Bill Plympton, one of the greatest cartoonists/animators/caricature artists and one of my heroes . He was AMAZING !!
Fast forward 1 week, I am contacted by a group called Malaria No More. They want me to do 25 paintings that will be given to various celebrities as thank-you gifts. The list includes John Mayer, Orlando Bloom, Ed Helms, Jeff Probst, Josh Groban, Elizabeth Banks and on and on.
Well I got the first 17 done in 5 days, 5 loooooooonnnnnggggg days. I have 8 more to go but I'm getting closer to the finish line. They had their dinner leat night in Hollywood and they presented some of the stars their pics and I now have the photos to prove it.
Like I said, what a month. I wonder if this is what Jason Seiler's life is like every month ??
Below are some of the pics including Adrian's and Vincents.
To check out the event photos go to :http://www.wireimage.com/ItemListings.aspx?ipp=120&igi=459554&nbc1=17

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.