Friday, August 31, 2007

Illustration Friday: "Alphabet"


Here's an old drawing with new photoshop. Nothing like a guy that looks like a cross between a viking and a football player to teach you your letters.

A!

more notes from meetings...

Monday, August 27, 2007

self portrait


Do I really-- I mean really, hang out with little flying elephants?
You'd better believe it.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

STORE!


The New, Improved-- PORTLAND STUDIOS STORE! Who would like a t-shirt? I know I the heck would. Finally.

Below are three even bigger pictures than on the real site of my currently available designs:



Buy em!

new blue


A different sort of painting. I'm experimenting trying to find the exact way I want to paint the Blue Goblet stories. I feel like it ought to be somewhere close to this.

I'm struggling between doing fine, more impressionistic watercolors or tight, solid, line-heavy paintings. Just not there yet.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

rain rain


"a steady rain began to drum as she reached the top of the mountain."

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

WINGED-GLORY!


I took the minutes during today's meeting. They were less than customary.

Not really, I didn't take any minutes, I just drew a fat troll with wings! Come on!

The Photoshop Experiment: New Demo

New demo up for this piece.
Check it out already!

Friday, August 17, 2007

I Don't Wear Glassess


Seriously, I don't. Keep it professional, please.

Illustration Friday: "Captain"


Captain? Sir, that's not football, sir, it's a brown lemon with stitches.

An old one, from college.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Chapter Six


A detail from Jack & Inar, Chapter Six; interior illustration.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Monday, August 13, 2007

Sort of!

Updated! Sort of!

I noticed that the Portland Studios, Inc. website has been updated, sort of! A couple new pieces in the portfolio section and some other stuff around. Enjoy.

TROLLS MUST EAT


Troll painting in progress.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Illustration Friday: "Emergency"


“Scavenger!” someone shouted over the noise. “We need a Scavenger!”

Another blast erupted out the side of the machine and blew hot bits of twisted metal and screws through the air. The gas bulbs that hung from the ceiling on thin wires trembled and flickered on and off and on again.

“Windows! Open the windows!”

“That’s against regulations!”

“Hang regulations! The whole floor’s going to blow!”

“Shut it off!” someone else called.

“It won’t turn off!”

“Scavenger!” another voice bellowed. “Where’s that blasted kid?”


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An illustration from my forthcoming children's novel, Jack & Inar. Publication is set for early 2008.

Here is this piece, from doodle to drawing to finished piece, time-lapsed:



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For more about the characters and story of Jack & Inar, click on the links to some previous Jack & Inar posts below:

Who is Adolphus M. Grimble?
The Factory
Filth means production and production means filth
Painting tutorial with "Jack"

return of POPCORN SHEEP!

yam, yam!

for an earlier tune of much the same melody, click here; sneak, sneak, sheep.

Thursday, August 09, 2007

eeny-meeny-miney...

moe.

small painting



Worked without relying on line so much last night. Concentrating on shapes and watercolor.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

P.S., Inc. Moving Day-- time lapsed!



I don't think that we really got a ton done. But. Oh well.
Enjoy.

Illustration Friday: "Missing"


"Dead Eye" yeah, that's what they called him. In his day.

new post?

Haven't been able to post anything in a while. That's obvious, you may say. Well, yes. It is obvious. But judge my unfortunate inactions kindly, as I have reasons.

One big reason being that Portland Studios have recently upgraded office space. You may imagine that I have acquired certain amounts of junk from the previous space. This is very true. And it has taken time to move.

However, the new space is even more luxurious.

The new view from my computer.

The new work on the new desk has also been, unfortunately, un-postable at this point. Lots of client work, as well as internal P.S., Inc. projects that have yet to be revealed.