Massive Painting Update

So, I'm in a Head Painting class, where each month we paint 12 portraits outside of our class work. I never got around to posting my first month's group, but here are some from my second group. These are 2 hour long oil paints using a limited pallette of 3 colors(Payne's Grey, Yellow Ochre, and Alizarin Crimson) and white.

More Gladiator Madness

This is the first shot I've lit without Eli in it :) Here's Ricco bouncing off of Cow.

Cheers.

More Pajama Gladiator lighting.

Cheers.

Phoenix Redux

Shiny new version of the happy phoenix kite.

Still a work in progress...more to come.

On the front porch with you

Don't go trick or treating here, kiddies. This was an expirament based off a haunted house prompt at The Quick Draw. Just messing around with a new style and format.

For a bigger pic, click this link . I have no idea why Blogger isn't letting it be viewed bigger. Once you get there, just click on the image and it will expand.

Jungle Book Designs

Here's the first of some of the set designs I'm working on for the BYU production of Jungle Book. I think it's gonna be good!

Toady color study

This was something to keep me occupied during test renders...just a quick little color study from a pic of Toad Hall. I just loved the lighting so much I couldn't help myself.

Big Ol' Sketchdump..and Eli

So I came to the conclusion this week that I must sketch MORE. I was doing so well during the summer with two hours every day on the train, but I've been slipping here at school while I've been working on projects. THIS WILL NOT DO...I told myself...and so I sketched...a lot...and so help me, I will CONTINUE to sketch!!!

And more Pajama Gladiator Lighting...yey!

First Pass Phoenix Kite

So here's an initial texutre pass for the phoenix kite for our senior project. I like the way the colors are going so far, so I think my next focus will be on specularity and displacement. There will be portions of the kite that have a thinner weave, creating a translucent effect so opacity maps and the like will be forthcomming.

Lion and the Mouse mattes

So this is what has caused me to drop off the face of the earth lately. Lion and the Mouse is a film here at school that has been in production longer than I've been here. It's almost done, adn lately I've been working on mattes for it. We're taking the exsisting mattes and adding some more elements to strengthen composition...so in the pics below I've painted all the trees, rocks, and far away background elements. Very fun! I'll post some close-up's of the individual elements later.

Teacups

Quick sketch done in Photoshop in about 45 minutes. Can you tell I'm trying to avoid dong my homework?

This is part of how I spend my days...lighting for Pajama Gladiator. In this sequence Eli is in a dark room where the doors crack open and spill in light. Obviously, this is the dark part :) Yey for RenderMan!

Sketchy behavior

Some stuff from my sketchbook...sigh, wish I was still at Disneyland. But school will be good this semester. Busy--but good!

Anaheim Station

More sketchy happiness

Sketches from yesterday...New Orleans Square and a sketch colored up for 7 Days of Sketching

Disneyland sketchy goodness

So here's some sketch work I did last night while waiting for Ben to get off work. If I get anything good done tonight while I wait, I'll post it too. I've been focusing on backgrounds some more, and I'm really enjoying it. I may also color these up. Cheers!

Watercolor work

Here's some of the work that I've been doing for Cafe Tu Tu Tango...it's been nice to force myself to paint...I haven't worked traditional in so long, that it's really reminding me of how much I love painting.