headbot-six.
posted by michael at 12:46 PM
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Monday, June 12, 2006
heat vision 3X
too young?
open mouth for catching flies.
frowny faced superman.opened mouth vs. frowny-face vs. boyish face?
posted by michael at 8:47 PM
Monday, June 05, 2006
exo.
continuing to explore the process: ballpoint pen on toned paper with photoshop white lines.
mixed-media finish.**CLICK HERE for link to full size image**
posted by michael at 7:56 PM
Friday, June 02, 2006
beauty.
step 1: ballpoint pen on toned paper drawing.
step 2: watercolor painting combined with drawing.
step 3: color tinted.
step 4: added highlights and some shadows.
part 5: texture changes made in photoshop.
part 6: added last punches of reflective color and treated myself to something delicious to eat/ drink.The entire process requires 3-7 hours (not including time for the delicious something). This piece took over four hours. part 1 (the drawing) takes up about as much time as the remaining steps combined. That time estimate doesn't include the preliminary thumbnails and/ or doodles that usually precede the ball-point pen drawing.
I'm happy with the shirt wrinkles.
***CLICK HERE for link to full size image.***
posted by michael at 6:15 PM
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The formative years were a blur of playing doctor, Star Wars, and Space Invaders. That turned into spin the bottle, Robotech, and Super-Mario Brothers. Luckily, somewhere in there, my big brother turned me onto the beautiful world of comic books. Comics, animation, and film set my mind on a narrative visual track. Later, college exposed me to an extensive array of self-expression. Now, my education merges with my passion. My art’s all about storytelling. Some stories reveal themselves like never-ending novels and other stories pop like a pinched nipple or a whiff of perfume. I am just as concerned with exploring the entrenched feelings behind a squinting glance on a sour face as I might be with a girl fighting a robot. The spark of an idea for a piece might begin as easily from observations of a squabbling couple at a restaurant as spotting the colorful texture on a rusty pipe or recalling a fading dream while watching cream swirl in the morning coffee. The sparks then evolve into sketches and compositions which I investigate through an assortment of materials and techniques until a fresh story materializes. In other words: I’m all over the map.