Mermaid Progression

I had some requests to see the progression on this one. Luckily I made a few scans as I went.

As usual, I start with a rough. As you can see I changed the hair in the final.



After transferring to the colored paper, the first step I took this time was to "ink" the line work with a brush. The black areas are actual ink, the rest of the lines are acrylic.



Then I built up the shading with acrylic washes.



And lastly I hit it with a transparent later of concentrated watercolor. That stuff can be really bright, I toned it down a lot on this one. I used a little gouache as well for the highlights and white areas.



Simultaneous to all that I like to make a color study, It's basically a guinea pig for the real thing.

Not So Little Mermaid

As most of you know, I'm not taking commissions at the moment. I'm waaaaay backlogged. What you see before you is indeed a commission, a completed one. A rare sight indeed. So if you're on my list, your position just moved up a notch.

Happy Holidays everybody!

Sex Objects

Thought I'd post some of my process stuff for the gag cartoons I did for Leslie Cabarga's book "Topless Summer Love Girls".




My color studies.




Some higher resolution images than last time, with my original handwriting.

Topless Summer Love Girls

A while back I did a couple illustrations for Leslie Cabarga's humor book "Topless Summer Love Girls; A Gentleman's Guide to Women, Relationships, and Breasts".

To quote the PR machine:
"Topless Summer Love Girls is a zany, pop culture commentary on growing up male in the era of Playboy, feminism, and swimsuit editions. Arming men with new insights into themselves and the eternal battle between the sexes, this hilarious and sexy book filled with hundreds of titillating photos of half-naked women is a passionate and unapologetic examination of men, women, and breasts."

These were my attempts at playboy style gag cartoons for the book.
Gags written by Leslie Cabarga, art by me.




The book has been officially released, get it here!

Art Blocks for Ghana

I did this piece to contribute to "Art Blocks for Ghana", a charity art auction by artists in the animation and illustration community to help build a children's Home in Ghana.

This was a tough one. We were required to paint on these square wooden blocks, which meant I needed to paint opaquely. I haven't painted in a non transparent method in a good long time, so I was a bit rusty.

Sky Doll Process

I thought I might show a progression of my Sky Doll piece. Above is the study that I paint simultaneous to the full piece.
Below are the thumbnail, the rough, the line art and the underpainting.






See the previous post for the final art.

Sky Doll

This Saturday begins a tribute to Sky Doll exhibition at La Galerie Nana in Paris France. Sky Doll co-creator Barbara Canepa asked me to contribute a piece to which I was more than happy to oblige. I wish I could go, looks like there'll be some awesome work for sale.