This is the final drawing to the WIP, with the creature totems finished in the background. The coloring stage will help to separate the foreground from the background and some further editing to the drawing may occur as I color. Continue reading →
June, 2009
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Jun 09
Shin Hanga
I recently bought “Shin Hanga – The New Print Movement in Japan” which visually details a movement in Japan, during the first half of the 20th century, to recapture traditional Japanese art and printmaking. It’s really a great little book with a selection of over 100 color prints from artist such as Kawase Hasui and Yoshida Hiroshi. The text is minimal, but I mainly buy art books for the pictures and the book’s relatively small size will make it an easy fit on most well stuffed bookshelves.
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Jun 09
“Loan Your Ride”
Over the last several years most of my artwork has been focused on sequential storytelling, and I was doing very little stand-alone images. Last year I started creating the red and black colored image series, as an offshoot of a style I had started to use for a graphic novel. Continue reading →
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Jun 09
Finishing CD art & design
I was contacted by the musician, Jennie Arnau, to create artwork for her album, “Chasing Giants,” due out this Summer. I was really excited to get this opportunity as it provides a great showcase for my work and Jennie’s a fantastic musical artist. I ended up covering the entire packaging with illustrations as well as decorative design flourishes. I’ll post more picts once the CD is released.
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Jun 09
New Blog
I’ve just set up this blog after years of avoiding the blogosphere, so bare with me while I get up-to-speed. I’ll be posting updates about projects that I’m currently working on as well as some of my interests.
