I am a animation storyboard Artist, currently working on Star Wars Rebels.
My new painting pallet from prolific painter arrived in the mail so I took it up in the hills for a maiden voyage. Happy with it so for. It looks sturdy. We will see how it holds up this summer.
Fired up the glowforge and etched the family winery logo onto the back of a chess board my brother made. Laser etching is fascinating to watch and frustrating to set up. I’ve been using Affinity Designer and have had countless quality problems. It’s a real headache to export clean .svg files from that app
I was fortunate enough to watch a 30th adversary screening of temple of doom then listen to Dennis Muren talk for an hour about making fake lava. Today was super awesome.
I found an old comic of mine from freshman year at USC. If I recall correctly a party we had in the dorms was broken up by RA’s “residential advisers” and campus police “DPS”, so I lampooned it in the school paper, the daily Trojan. This strip was probably only funny if you were there, and high.
A small sketchbook from 2017
Rudie wanted to make a self portrait in oil so I showed him how to set up the gear and then helped him out with the paint mixing, and a bunch of observational tips. He was a great student. I think he did a great job. Not bad for his first try.
The boy and I are learning to make watercolor.
After years of using paper plates, discarded tins and DIY contraptions for my oil pallets I decided to splurge and get some proper oil plein air gear. A few months ago I found the Daytripper Easel by Prolific Painter online and have been salivating over it ever since. Last night I put my money on the table and ordered one. If the larger Road tripper gets released I’ll be in line for it as well, that looks more my size. The weather is stunning outside, can’t wait to get back on the trail and test out the new gear.
After a twenty year dry spell I’ve started painting in oil again. For a brief time in college I gave it a go but life on the road made it an impractical medium for me. Instead I spent the last twenty years with my nose to a computer. Over the last few months I’ve fallen in love with the medium again. It’s both a struggle and a joy remembering how to use it. I never had any formal training in oil so I’m I’m starting from scratch. I’ve been watching YouTube videos on everything from brush care to oiling out canvas. I’m having a great time. I love all the added complexities oil painting brings.
Some big moves just happens on the server side of this site. Transferred to a new server. Should solve a lot of problems. I can post again! Wahoo!