Yeti In Europe

So I'm off to Europe with my girlfriend this week, we'll be gone for quite some time, I think like over three weeks. It's Our first trip to Europe, so were really excited. I'll have plenty of time to sketch while I'm on all those planes and trains, so I'll post some stuff when I'm back at the end of July.

Too Many Cooks

Last fall at work I was asked to illustrate a childrens book for our up coming movie "Ratatouille." It was a pretty tough assignment given the short deadlines and large amount of work, but it's all done and it's out in stores now ( Borders, Barnes & Noble, ect. ), so check it out I think it's a really fun book, but remember that it's designed for little kids, so the drawings are as cute as I could make them. I'll be sure to counter this post with a yeti vs sasquatch piece so that things don't get too cute around here.

A Nice Wet Old Lady

So I know the title to this post is a bit tasteless, however, we all know it needed to be said. Anyways, here is my quick contribution to the drawing club that a few of my friends have started. This weeks assignment was to draw up an elderly mermaid, and next week build off the idea. So next week I'll have a few more of these old ladies to sneak a peek at. Also, I have to appologize for the lack of posts lately, work has been crazy, but it's coming to a close, so expect a lot more drawings all the time.

Check out my friends

Austin

Rob

Vi

for some more of this drawing clubs work.

Power in Numbers Show at Galley Nucleus

So this is a sketch and some photo reference for my entry in Gallery Nucleus' Power in Numbers show. May 19th - 28th, 2007 7pm - 11pm. The sketch is of Bobby Peru and he has to be one of my favorite movie villains/creeps of all time, so I thought I'd take a stab at doing a painting of him. The final will be in the show, and it will be a 5" x 7" digital print. If you've seen the movie "Wild at Heart" than you're familiar with this character and hopefully you'll enjoy my take on him, if you haven't seen the movie ( see photo reference of character played by Willam Dafoe included above) than I suggest that you do, because Bobby Peru is one hell of a guy.

Baby Blue and Brandy

Lock up your daughters and grand daughters, cause no girl between the ages of 19 and 70 are safe.

Prints for Sale

So for those of you who haven't been to the Gallery Nucleus website, they have several prints from the Ancient Book of Myth and War show availible from all four artists. I have created a few links to the right that will take you directly to the place to purchase the prints of mine that they have. Simply click on the print that you're interested in and go from there. The prints are 8 1/2" x 11" and are all sold through Gallery Nucleus. There is also some original art still availible for sale from all of us so check it out while it's still around.

Show Pictures

So I'm sure you've all heard enough about this thing, but I thought I'd post some pics from the show. If you haven't gotten out to the gallery yet, well I think it might be too late, however you can still purchase someof the art that is left on the Gallery Nucleus website, ill have special links to that stuff on monday. Anyways, here's the pics....

From left to right : Don Shank, Lou Romano, Scott Morse, and Me.



Here I am with the love of my life, my beautiful girlfrined Crystal.



Here with some good friends from left to right : Teddy Newton, Austin Madison, and Me (again.)



The hottest stone cold fox at the show



And of course, the artwork and the gallery!

The Show!

I Just wanted to thank everyone for coming out to the show on saturday night. It was a huge success and it was all because we were so lucky to have all your support. If you haven't made it out yet, the show will be up for another two weeks and there is still a lot of amazing artwork for sale. So if you get the chance come check it out, and the book is availible for pre-order on amazon if you weren't able to pick one up. Anyways thanks again to everyone for coming out, here are a few originals of mine from the show, that I belive are still availible for sale, just contact Gallery Nucleus!

Painting One of Two

So I wish I could post more, but things have been insanely busy and with the show coming up, there is just no time. Anyways here is a Painting I did of Medusa for the show. I've done two paintings of this image and here is the first. This is from Persus's view, the intensity of taking the head of such a montser. The other is from Medusas view, it's a little darker and not as glamorous, ill post it later. Hope to see you all at the show, check the flyer for times and directions.

Blogger Problems

Can't seem to upload any new works I've done, as soon as I get this sorted out, ill post some more work.

Medusa Sketch

Here is a quick sketch of a Medusa character I've been kicking around. She's not much of a looker but then again she is supposed to turn people to stone with her looks. Ill propably finish this one out as a painting for the show coming up.

Myth and War Info

So here is the flyer for the show. Click on the images for a closer look!

Front



Back



The Show will be at:
Gallery Nucleus in LA
March 24th - April 8th
The Art Show Opening : Saturday March 24th from 7pm - 11pm

The Ancient Book of Myth and War

So we now have a date for our Ancient Book of Myth and War gallery show, it's gonna be Saturday March 24th at Gallery Nucleus down in LA and will most likely be in the evening, and as soon as I hear of the exact time the show will start I'll post it. There is also some talk of us having a workshop the next day (sunday) at the same place, where we would be explaining our methods of working. Don Shank, Lou Romano, Scott Morse, and Ricky Nierva are absolutly amazing artists so if this happens you should check out how they work their magic.

As for the art in this post, here is a little glimpse at my final piece for the Ancient Book of Myth and War. It's a painting of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty and arguably the finest stone cold fox in ancient times. Anyways, there is much much more to this painting, however I didn't want to show everything before the book came out, so here is a little close up detail on venus and her crazy hair doo!

Dead Sexy

So I know a day of the dead painting is a bit out of season, however this was actually a christmas present for my beautful girlfriend Crystal. She really loves day of the dead art and also has a strong intrest in zombies, so when she asked if I would paint her into a day of the dead scene with zombies, how could I resist. So what your actually seeing is a painting of her ( Crystal ) as a sexy day of the dead pin up, surrounded by zombies who are coming out of the ground in what would seem like a lustful rage.

Warrior Attack Paintings

Here is another warrior that is continuing to show up in my work. As indicated in the paintings, he's a head strong combatant that knows what he wants, and seems to get it. Anyways I did these over the break and they will be up in the art show for the "Ancient Book of Myth and War," that we will have sometime in the spring.

Happy Holidays from your favorite Yeti

The Book of Ancient Myth and War

So we are just about finished with all our artwork for the book. The other guys stuff is looking amazing. If you haven't checked out their blogs ( Don Shank , Lou Romano, and Scott Morse ) seriously suggest you do. I have links to the right where you can see there work and it's some of the most inspiring stuff around. Lou has recently posted the cover image for our book which is incredible and scott has put up another inspiring piece from his collection, so check that stuff out. As for me, this is just simple black and white painting I did of a few of the toughest ancient warriors ever, these guys were so fun to paint that I think im gonna do some more of these, not sure which ones will make it into the book, but they will all at least be on display and for sale at our gallery show in LA for the release of our book, so if you're interested you can see them there, and ill most likely post some of them here as well.

An Old Character Design Assignment

Here is a piece I did back in school, if you look closely you can still see the pin holes in the paper from when I pined it up on the wall for Rik Maki's character design class at CAL ARTS. No bells and whistles on this one, just old fashion pen and ink. This is how I used to work before I learned how to use a wacom tablet and photoshop, I think im gonna start doing some more of these. Any ways, the class assignment was to create a design involving a witch and a baby, and this is what I came up with.

The Book of Ancient Myth and War

So here is another piece I did for our book that were working on "The Ancient Book of Myth and War." It's the warrior that I've posted before, only here you can see him in all his finished painting and collaged glory. Creating the work for this book has been one of the best artistic expiriences for me so far. Everything from the subject matter, to the freedom of exploring new styles has just been a blast, I still have a few more pieces to do, but the end of the road is near. It's looking like were going to be having the book out in March now, and hopefully having a little art-show shin-dig down in LA to release the book, nothing written in stone yet, however I'll post more when I know more.

PS - The Frederator Website has decided to put my student film "Catfood" on their Halloween Special Podcast, check out their site if you're interested in creepy old ladies and toilet zombies. I made the film when I was at Cal Arts almost two years ago, so it's a bit dated, but I had a blast making it.

The Book of Ancient Myth and War !! UPDATE !!

Sorry for the lack of postings lately, I'm neck deep in artwork at the moment, so for a little while the postings will be sparatic, but here's one for October. This is one of my paintings for the Book of Ancient Myth and War, that I'm currently working on with a few of the artist here at work. It's the warrior vs. " The Claw from the Red Sea! " and it looks like our guy is off to a bad start with his battles against the greatest beasts in the history of the universe, not sure if it will get any better for him, but anyways I'm really excited about this book, it's gonna be filled with amazing art from Scott Morse, Don Shank, Ricky Nierva, Lou Romano, and me ( I'm just gonna try to keep up with these guys). Like I said, it's gonna be sweet. Were looking to have it come out sometime in February, I'll continue to post more updates about this, in the meantime, I have links to some of these artist, so check out their stuff, in my opinion, it's the best around.