Witch Splash

I did a few more color splashes tonight. A witch sort of character and a knight of sorts. Maybe a minotaur in armor? It's just whatever popped in my head first when I saw the splash. The colors are actually a good deal brighter than they appear, I'm not sure why the scans turned out so dull.



~Adam

Painted Duck

I created this duck character a while ago and wanted do do a painting of him.

This is acrylic on 9x12 bristol.


I don't know how much I like painting, and it's been a couple months at least since I've done any painting, but I think this turned out pretty good considering.

~Adam

Color Splash Art

Well I finally sat down and tried to do some Andy Lee style art like I've been saying I would. It is, of course, not nearly as easy as he makes it look. But as I went on I think there's improvement.

The first is a match between Sagat and Ryu of Street Fighter. I wanted to do something for Illustration Friday's topic, "match", and I had action figures of those two characters. It was my first attempt at the style, so it's not great, but fun to do.

The next is a character I created, and am still trying to get the look of him down. I actually had Andy paint a couple ideas of him for me after I described him. Here and Here. Here's mine.

And finally, I was running out of ideas and this splash just looked like a weird face, so that's what I went with. I think this one actually turned out best of them all.


Enough for now, I'm sure I'll get better as I go.
~Adam

Fantasy Drawings

While hanging out with the guys tonight I did some drawings of some fantasy stuff that had popped into my head. I was not at home and had no real reference material besides other entries in the sketchbook I had on hand. This is the only one I really used.

The first is a troll sort of creature. It's not great but probably one of the best figures I've done, especially considering I had no reference. (Well, I did look at Joe's ankle and hand) The original ears I drew on him looked dumb so I did some other possibilities on the side.

The next two drawings are of a Asian style temple that sits high on a mountain and the path that leads up to it. (Based on the Shaolin Temple in China)


I'm feeling fairly confident about my drawings lately. I also just bought some new bamboo brushes and Bristol board. I'm hoping to do some good Andy Lee style splashes soon.

~Adam

Fat Again?

Somehow I ended up back on fat people.

This is Guts from a Berserk poster on wall.

And this is Charlize Theron from the my Aeon Flux poster.

~Adam

More Sketches

I've been having a hard time finding something I really want to do so I've just been doing these quick sketches. These are based off pictures I took at the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park near San Diego, CA.

This one is 20 mins.

This one is 30 mins.

~Adam

A Few Sketches

I'm falling behind. Getting distracted by other interests and stuff. Lacking ideas. Anyhow, here's a few things I just sketched. Just to have something.

This is something I saw in a dream the other night.


And here are a couple of faces. The upper left from a poster on my wall. The lower right based loosely on a painting Andy Lee did for me of a character I created.

~Adam

That's Right I'm Back!

I just got back from an awsome week in San Diego with my friends. I went to the Interantional Comic Convention while I was there and saw lots of cool stuff. I'm not going to waste your time talking about it here, but if you're interested I've created a blog dedicated to pictures and stories about the trip here.

The most notable part of the trip for me was getting able to hang out with Andy Lee and his girlfriend, Heather, and to watch him paint. I met them a couple months ago in Philadelphia and was wowed by his ability and have been trying to learn to do it myself. After spending several days watching him work I think I picked up a few new tricks and I couldnt wait to try them out. So here's what I've done so far.



This "splash painting" is really fun and helps stimulate my imagination, so look forward to more like this.

~Adam

Skylines

I always like to draw architectural stuff, so this week's Illustration Friday topic was pretty good for me. The other night I got an idea to do somethings with a sort of stencil creation of mine. And today I was in a sumie ink and brush mood. So here are all the things I ended up with in relation to "Skyline".
(as always, click for larger views)








~Adam

I am a Terrible Artist

I just received the following email :

constructive critisism

no offense kid,
i know you're only 24 but i'm only 28,
anyway... everyone needs someone to be blunt,
i think you're art is fucking garbage.
seriously. look through my web page. half my portfolio was done at your age.
anyway, i'm just trying to help you in the long run.
you just don't have it and i doubt you ever will.
sincerely,
-jeff
http://www.jeffszuc.com

Well, I never really thought I was about to change the art world with what I do, but apparently my work is so bad it's offensive. Enough so to cause someone that I've never even heard of to go out of thier way to tell me in more than a couple of words. So I guess I just wanted to say I'm sorry for all of you that were repulsed by my works. Unfortunately, I will be continuing my pursuit of an art education and eventually a career. Maybe one day I'll even be as great as Jeff.

~Adam

All Kinds of Things

I've been doing a few random different things lately. Here's another tower piece. I wanted to do something that wasn't drawn, only painted. Not sure how I feel about it. It would probably work better on different paper and more time to dry between colors.

Here's a drawing of "The Academy" that I did a week or two ago and jsut colored today.

Here is a classic "Star Wars" movie poster that I'm remaking using only construction paper :)


And here's a neat looking photo of some inks that I was mixing.

~Adam

Further Tower Views

I thought Lorey's idea of series based on the tower I designed was cool so I went ahead and did two more pieces today. Unfortunately my scanner is just barely smaller than the pages in my sketchbook so some of the edges are cut off. Anyhow, here they are.


I think I got a little too drastic with some of the shadows in the "Tower Beyond" piece, and the shape is not quite the way it should be in the "Tower Above" piece. Besides that I'm pretty happy with them. What do you think?

Here is a photo of the "Tower Beyond" piece so you can see the tower better. The colors are not as true, however.


~Adam

More Tower Work

I did a more finished work of the tower I previously designed with the "333" door. I didn't realize until after I was done that it's not layed out all that well. But it still looks nice with color. What do you think?

~Adam

Kudzu

I don't know why, but as I was driving home from my friend's late last night this idea popped into my head so I began drawing once I got home. I decided to call it "Kudzu", for obvious reasons. This morning I made a copy of the drawing and colored it with ink. I'm not completely satisfied witht he way it turned out, but I'm not sure what medium would be better to color it with, or if I should just create a fresh version of the work.


Feedback is welcome and appreciated.
~Adam

Here's some interesting links related to Kudzu:
Wikipedia - Kudzu
Kudzu-The Vine
Kud-Zoo

Site Updates!

Well I just spent most of the day adding a bunch of neat new stuff to the site. You might notice the new title bar, as well as a couple links on the side to a store and a gallery! Woohoo! I have to thank a Chris Wahl for the ideas. The new images are based on this design I did a few months ago. As for the store I don't really make much money off the products, $1 each that's sold, I just figured it would be a neat thing to have.


I also spent some time working on a very large version of my "333 door". It's about 6 feet high, in case you're curious :) Here's a couple shots.


~Adam