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2014
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| Glittergasm - Blue Lucy Gallery, St Pete FL |
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| Ouroboros - Station Numberthree, St Pete FL |
Divina Pavalaguna - Blue Lucy Gallery, St Pete FL
Darwin Brewing, Bradenton FL
Tigresa - Bloom Gallery, St Pete FL
Octave, St Pete FL
404 - Local 662, St Pete FL
Sly Bar, St Pete FL
Bloom Gallery, St Pete FL
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| Octave, St Pete FL |
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| Bastet - Blue Lucy, St Pete FL |
Samus Aran
A quick sketch portrait of Samus Aran for #Sketch_Dailies posted originally on my twitter for their daily sketch challenges.Here's the black and white version wanted to keep it simple and strong and decided to try out a bit of a textured crosshatched background.
For the color version to keep with the background style I tried to keep the same crosshatch style to give it a comic book, pop art feel.
It was a good way to to save on time with out getting into heavy rendering. I'll probably still going in to it at a later time to give some more detail, rendering and attention to her mechanical parts.
I usually post my #sketch_dailies on my twitter when I get around to them, or even on my fb page.
Hellboy
I started doing a series of my own personal comic icons, mostly characters or creators who I really admire for their style and vision. I couldn't pass up Mike Mignola's Hellboy, they both ooze style.
I started with a quick sketch. I wanted to keep the lines clean and fresh, with big shapes. I didn't want to completely ape Mignola's style, just use it as inspiration.
I knew from the start it was going to be a digital piece and sometimes starting a sketch digitally gets too messy for me. I've also been trying to streamline my process. So I just sketched it out, took a quick picture, and redrew the whole thing digitally.
Since sometimes scanning forces me to try to save the original line work, I wanted a photo so it pushes me to recreate crisp lines.
Here's the finished linework. Mostly cleanup and blocking in the empty shapes. Plus he needed his iconic BPRD patch.
I tried no to get to crazy with the detail, here's a bit of a close up shot.
And onto the color! The color was a bit of a head scratcher for me, I wanted to find a nice balance between flat colors like the comic, but just enough detail to set off the linework.
And that's about it. Trying to keep the linework and detail minimal was crucial for the color not to become overpowering in the end.
Prints Available as well!
Abstract Expressions - Artspace Anna Maria
Recently, I had my show at Artspace Anna Maria, which is an amazing space right on the beach on Anna Maria Island, run by the amazing artist Deborah Webster. I'd say it's pretty much like a fusion between an art gallery and beach paradise.
The show was a lot of fun and a real challenge. I had a lot of ideas and concepts of things I wanted to try out, but these things never go as expected, so you have to go with the flow and see what comes out.
I wanted the abstract pieces to be a bit of an appetizer to help get people into the mind frame and feeling of what I wanted the show to be. It's more about playing with colors and forms and shapes and having fun.
I wanted to show a little behind the scenes into the creative process before they got to the main show.
And the ladies, well they're the ladies, the main attraction. I played with different techniques on each of them, trying to capture different feelings with each one.
Each one was a bit of a different journey, never really coming out how I expected. But since one of my main focuses was trying something new, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.
I did have a blast with the technique, it does get a little stressful because there isn't much control. But that might be one of my favorite things about it.
So, it's definitely a style I'm going to stick with and keep developing and pushing. The only trick will be finding space to fit all of them down the line, at 2x4 feet each these ladies are not small...