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In Search of the Raven

This is a story sequence I created for Zeros 2 Heros. It is part of a mini series entitled Animism: the God’s Lake.

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Figure Drawing Night

Got a chance to get out the other night and do a little figure drawing. Admittedly its been a while and I felt rather rusty but I had a good time and look forward to next Monday when I have a chance to go again. Here are the drawings.

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Dreaming of the mountains

It has been raining on and off for the last two weeks. I have been here in San Francisco for over a month now but have yet to find the time to go exploring. Painted this quick sketch late one night while waiting for my espresso to wear off.

artrage digital oil mountain road thumbnail
ArtRage iPad digital oil painting

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Library of Celsus

Randomly painted this Roman Library today while at lunch. Based on the Library of Celsus in the Turkish ruins of Ephesus.

roman ruins digital oil painting
Steps of a Roman Library. Painted with ArtRage Studio Pro.

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Crunch time

Sorry for the long posting delay. To say these last three months have been busy would be an understatement. I had two book commissions, moved to California and started working at Lucasfilm Animation. The dust is settling now and I should have some fresh work to share shortly.

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All lost in the Supermarket

Thought I posted this one a long time ago but it seams to be missing in action. Not sure where it went. The painting itself is from my Dick and Don and the Black Lotus movie project. It depicts them chasing some thuggish art thieves through the back alley markets of Kong Kong. I’m guessing this is over near central.
It is also one of the first things I painted using ArtRage studio Pro. This was a game changer for me. Being able to paint quick and messy was a god send at the time.

I spent a few hours this the morning trying to track this painting down for a portfolio i’m currently piecing together. It is a little sad but I can’t find the original ArtRage .ptg file. My guess is that it is probably sitting on some dusty hard-drive back in Canada. I’ll just have to add it to my long “things I wish I wish I brought to Hong Kong” list.

ArtRage digital oil painting of a back alley chase in Hong Kong
Hot on the trail of the art theives

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Wakefield or Bust

I have been working on a lot of technically demanding work lately and needed a messy break. Nothing does messy digital quite like ArtRage so I fired it up and got all my demons out. Love ArtRage its a great tool. Wish it did dry media half as well as it did oil but then again I never really liked chalk anyways.

This is just a quick sketch. Proportions are all wrong, eye’s crooked, flat colors, etc… Just thought I should share something since the postings lately have been rather lean.

ArtRage digital oil painting of a cartoon head
Wakefield Artrage Digital oil

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A Broken Home

Wakefield and the gang seek shelter from the roaring tempest in the floating rubble of an abandoned home.

Moving into a flooded house watercolor drawing
Breaking into the Condemned Red house.

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Robot Art Critic

Now that the Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator has arrived on the scene subjective error in art analysis is a thing of the past. The IACPG is the only art critic who can accurately and scientifically compute the æsthetic value of any known work.

automatic artwork analysis
Everyone is a critic… even your computer.

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Signature cartoon

Here is a fun little optical illusion. I found that its possible to sign my name in such a way that it is also my self-portrait.

signature optical illusion reveals artist self portrait
It me in more ways than one.