This is my first attempt at digital inking, and i must say that the process took me a while. I think one of my problems was getting the line work to a level i could live with. In the end i figured out how to mess with the pressure sensors on my wacom tablet so i was able to come up with this result.
Anyhow this is a Caricature of my friend Ryan. Great guy with a huge heart, one of my best friends. This is his photo blog. Check it out you might actually like it!

Here is the prelim sketch also

Corel Painter 11

I just got a corel Painter 11 demo and i wanted to give it a shot. this is what came out of about 1.5 hours of work.

Hey everyone man has it been a busy weekend I just finished two live caricature gigs and it has wiped me out. I did learn that drawing dog caricatures is not fun endeavor. They never stop moving and they are so loud. Anyhow to clear my head after that fun adventure I started a digital painting of the past sketch.

A sketch i did of my friend Rachel Originally done with a point 3 h2 mechanical pencil. I edited the contrast a little bit.

Kosart

Sorry for the lack of posts. I have been currently busy with side projects and my non-art related job. Happily everything is slowing down, so I should be posting a lot of work soon. Here is a quick sketch I did of a fellow artist Anthony Kosar, He is one of the most talented individuals I have ever met, and have had the privilege to spend 4 years of college learning from and with him. Hope you enjoy it.

Doing this caricature has really helped me realize how hard it is to get the likeness correct. I'm currently sitting here looking at this piece going it looks like him kinda but i got nothing that really pulls me to say this is Rob Blagojevich hopefully you say differently.

Color Verson

Its turning out pretty well aye.

ROBBIE!!!

Hey a quick sketch i did of the former governor of Illinois. Best scandal EVER!!!

Sorry

Just making a quick post to apologies. Sorry i haven't been making post. I have been dealing with a lot of issues with my family. Mostly with my mom being in the hospital. She is out now and far into her recovery so I should have time promise to post things soon. Thanks!

This is a caricature of a Caribou Coffee worker. I have been asked to do about 10 of these for the store. To be displayed for the employee of the month. Its free work due to all the friends i have there, but i get a place to display other artwork i have and all the free coffee i want. so it worked out. I will post the pictures i used as references with the drawings when i am fully finished

Just about finished

Its just about done i got all this work done last weekend but because i started a new job i haven't had time to post it. Overall I like where it is at but there is so much i want to do to it. Like most digital paintings they are never complete.

A quick Break

Yes I know this is not a caricature. I had to take a quick mental break at 12am today. I though this would be a great way to relax a little. So inspired by Marco Bucci I decided to try my hand at a landscape. It ended up being a little bit harder then i though since I wasn't working from any references and just throwing different shapes on the canvas for about 30 min. before i figured out the composition. Overall I think I spent maybe 2 hours on it in photo shop. It turned out ok it doesn't read as well i wish it would. I might go back and work on it more at a later date.

Dean V2

Well it has started to evolve 2 hours of work in the morning tend to do that. Still need to push the value alot more but im actually getting somewhere. Hopefully i can finish this off this weekend.

A color study i did as the follow up for the sketch below

Dean

I did this drawing today while enjoying my Sinus infection. being sick sucks but it gives you a lot of free time. I though doing a celeb would be a good change of pace so i picked Dean Martin. Ironically i have never actually listened to Dean Martin till today. Sure i liked Frankie but never actually took the time to listen to Dean. I have to say he has a great voice.

a quick digital painting i decided to do about 20 min ago. I was so frustrated with the idea of actually using color. I hate color it has always confused me. Sure i could paint it if there was a reference but its use within my mind was limited. But i decided to jump in, and this is what i got. It somewhat interesting not very developed but hey it could be worse. Hopefully soon i will be able to produce something im happy with.

Sketch o matic

One thing i love about being an artist is sketching. I think it just the best way to express myself. Or at least be interesting. Most if not all artist say keeping a sketch book is one of the most important things you can do. If you have an idea just jot it down in the book. If you have a image draw it as fast as your memory would allow. It just a handy thing to have. The artist Joe Bluhm who I idolize even published his. http://www.joebluhm.blogspot.com/ here is his blog check it out.

This is a small part of a piece I am doing of Dean Martin. I started about an hour ago. I wanted to post something this weekend so i though this would be a nice little thing to see. I will be color by the time I am done just to let everyone know.

Sketch

Up top is a revised edition of the life drawing below. I put about another hour or so into it. I had so anatomy issues and wanted to change some values around. To the left i did a caricature of my pasture Byron Barkules. I'm going to start a caricature of him and his wife soon possibly in water color. Hopefully i will finish that soon so i can post it up.

Quick Life Drawing

A 30 min life drawing i did in CS3 while my god son was sleeping.