Don't feed the plants

Boy King

Just an idea for a character that I had a while ago.

First Year Hufflepuff

Remember this guy? I posted a sketch of him quite a while ago . Well, he's all painted now. By an overwhelming majority vote on Instagram, he was sorted into Hufflepuff House.

Joy Ride

"We've come for your daughter, Chuck"

I painted this for a Tim Burton Tribute Art Show back in October. 7x15in Gouache on Illustration Board. The original ($300) and one print ($35) are still available. Please contact me through the contact link on the right if interested.

It's from Sirius!

Wow- It's been so long! I'm ashamed to say that I've ignored my blog for over a year. I'll admit the simplicity of just snapping a picture for Instagram rather than scanning it at my computer is primarily the reason I've been so negligent. But with the upcoming new year I resolve to do better. I'd like to start with sharing this small painting I did for my daughter, a huge Harry Potter fan (ok, so are we, her parents). In fact, I've been away from blogging for so long that apparently I didn't even share the initial sketch, which I only decided to paint several months later. I did the sketch in about 15 minutes, with a light grey Prismacolor Marker for the rough drawing and a Pentel brush pen for the black lines. A few months later, as her birthday approached, I thought I decided to flesh it out into a full painting. As you can see it's basically the same but with many subtle changes. Check out the video below to see how I refined the sketch in Photoshop before painting.

 If you compare the two versions, you can see some subtle differences. I refined the likeness a lot, and improved on the pose, hand positions, etc...

Here's the final painting. If you'd like to see a quick progression, showing the Photoshop refinements to the sketch, here's a short progression video.

23 Days of Halloween: Day 23- Little Mermaid

Have a safe and spooky Halloween everyone!

23 Days of Halloween: Day 22- Elephan-stein revisited

A bit less cute than the last one.

23 Days of Halloween: Day 21- Feed Me!

23 Days of Halloween: Day 20- Another Vampire

23 Days of Halloween: Day 19- More Vampires

23 Days of Halloween: Day 18- Vampire 1

23 Days of Halloween: Day 17- Baby Pea Pod

I don't think any baby I've personally known has really enjoyed being in their Halloween costume.

23 Days of Halloween: Day 16- Witchy Bunny

23 Days of Halloween: Day 15- Ghostly Timekeeper

This was another character courtesy of the cool character randomizer at this link.