Superman and Hunting Season revisions

Wanted to update these. Made some improvements in the rendering and texture. And for the Superman, it actually looks like planet earth now :)

Wonder Woman Make Over

Funked out Wonder Woman a lot more with some texture. Stay tuned for Spider-Woman.

Happy 4th of July!!! // Wonder Woman

Happy 4th of July! Finally completed my Wonder Woman illo. I think I'll do Spider-Man next to show Marvel some love too. The model that posed for the photo reference is Ana Maria Reyes. She was awesome and super nice for helping me out. She's a freelance TV host and interviewer. I did this one using Corel Painter just like I did the Superman. I wanna go back to traditional work. Digital is kool and all, but as much as I try to paint it using textured brushes such as impasto, it still has that digital crisp look and lacks the textured traditional quality I'm looking for. In any event, I'm going to focus on some other stuff I have to get done and practice some more drawing before getting started on Spidey. 

Superman

Here's the Superman Illo. I gotta learn how to paint planets better. But I've decided to let it be for now. I'm going to show this one off tomorrow at Supercon. Hopefully I'll get some good feedback. Next: Wonder Woman.

I really wanna be in the same VIP room as Adam Hughes and Alex Ross, that is - I want my illustrations to look as realistic as possible. And that means I gotta beef up the draftsmanship. Draftsmanship is the key to painting realistically. I've been studying heavily from Andrew Loomis. Hopefully if I can get a damn scanner I'll be able to post stuff up from my sketchbook. 

Wonder Woman is gonna be better! Gotta get better!

Hunting Season Album Spread Completed

All that's left now are the track listings. But the illo is officially done. Cheers!

Superman Thumbs

Here are some thumbnails I'm working on for the Superman illustration I'm doing for Comic Con's portfolio review. Gotta beef up the port. I've been studying religiously from Andrew Loomis. I want this piece to look realistic. It's going to be painted digitally. So let me know what you think guys! Any suggestions would be helpful. 

Hunting Season Album Spread

Still gotta work some things out with the client. Little tweaks here and there as well as typography discussions. But this is the finished piece. Pretty proud of it. All I need is to hit the buildings with some textures, fix up the windows and it's good to go.

Moulin Rouge

Samba Queen

There's another piece for my Senior Show. Three more to go. Not sure how I feel about it. I'm always open to crits. 

Robert McGinnis Studies & Passista Progress

I've studying a lot of Robert McGinnis. The man knew how to draw women. I got this great book on him called Tapestry and I've been doing some master copy drawings. It has helped me out tremendously. The Norman Rockwell studies I've done this week have been a great help too. You can really learn a lot about an artist's techniques by going line by line. I'm gonna continue to do girl drawings from this book. He has a ton. Really am diggin' his work.

Robert McGinnis and Rockwell have really helped me out in drafting this Passista piece I'm doing for my Senior show. Unfortunately I just don't have the money and resources to print these tops at this time. But I'll hold on to these and hopefully in the future, I'll launch the line. I'm gonna ink the Passista piece tomorrow and it should be done by Sunday.

Also, I went to the Ringling Museum thursday where they had Norman Rockwell original paintings! They are great! You really can't pick up on things by just looking at books and monitors. You have to see it in person to 'see' all the brush strokes. Being there and seeing his paintings live and in person is really something magical. I felt a connection with the artist...like yo, I stood where he stodd - right in front of his painting. It's an experience I can't quite describe. Can't wait to move to NYC. I heard there is a museum up there just for him.