Tuesday, January 29, 2013

I Draw Rachel, That Is All

Here is a portrait of a childhood friend I've been working on. It is heavily influenced by Alphonse Mucha and Ikenaga Yasunari and their application of a classically fine art sensibility to commercial graphic art. I particularly love both artists' depiction of women: they are always rendered in the most exacting way but are still almost generic-looking and their identities are vague.



And here is a video I created of the process of working on this piece:


Tuesday, January 1, 2013

I Draw Liam, He Is Big

No really, he seriously is. I made this painting for Brad's nephew, Liam. I took inspiration from Godzilla and "Honey I Blew Up the Kid." Liam has many nicknames such as "Smelly" and "Dave," but the one common theme with referring to this baby is that he is a giant monster.


And here is a video of the creation of the painting: