28.06.12...

doodles!

beginnings...

Another quick post before I crash out. Been trying to work in my sketchbook more lately, so photographed some sketches and tried to work with them digitally. Here are some characters, and some robots. Also thought I would attempt to model something in sketchup! bit of a fail, but you gotta start somewhere right!

cheers

Back in the Studio!

I recently got back into the studio and started painting again. It feels great to be painting with oil again, after using digital for the last few months. I am working on a couple of portraits at the moment, trying to keep them loose and spontaneous now, but aiming for a highly rendered finish... hopefully! The two smaller paintings were done from models, both about 3 - 4 hours.

thanks for stopping by!

6.11.12. travels...

Ultrasylvania

Its been a while since my last post! sorry all. Here is some work I was doing for a comic collaborative, called Ultrasylvania, it was alot of fun working in a collaborative setting, and its the first time ive tried my hand at comic work. The pages were all watercolor on paper, scanned in separately and finished on photoshop. The cover illustration is oil on canvas, and also touched up on photoshop. You can view the entire comic here Enjoy :)

4.30.12

Hi guys! its been to long since I posted work up! I have a couple of clothed figure drawings, been playing around with colored pencil and pastels, which has been a nice change. They are all 20 - 40 minutes. A two page spread illustration for the three daughters, trying a new technique washing in large shapes and using liquid frisket to mask areas, which made it very fast. Also a taste of a comic project I have been working on called Ultrasylvania, which has been alot of fun! more of that to come soon.

thanks for stopping by!

3.29.12... Oh Joan

Just thought I would re attack a character design I started a while back, just went straight in with color this time, and got rid of all the layers trying to give it a little more of a traditional or organic feel. We'll see how that goes :) its nice just painting around for fun!

3.27.12. Watercolor and figure update!

Hi all, been a while since I updated. The semester has been really busy! here are some clothed figure drawings 10 and 20 minute poses, and a 40. Also Some assignments for illustration 2, where we have been using watercolor, which is alot of fun. Also I have been trying some more cartoony/ kids illustration to fit with the assignment criteria, which has been a nice change :) also some watercolor sketchbook work.

enjoy

3.12.12. Paint!

Here are some shots of one of the Ultrasylvania covers, that I began working on the other day. It was great to get back into oil paint, it feels like ages since I touched it last. I almost forgot how relaxing and meditative I find it. enjoy!

Thanks for visiting

Richard

Ultrasylvania

Here are some character designs I have done lately for the collaborative comic class. Its been alot of fun so far.

2.27.12 Interiors

Having some fun tonight painting some interiors! Designs of some castle rooms for a really exciting group comic project I am working on in school at the moment. these are just quick value studies... still alot of work to go. Also some space suit designs I am playing around with. I was trying to do it with line rather than value, which proved to be more of a challenge than I thought :) more to come!

2.25.12 Little Drawing Update!

Here are a random selection of figure and clothed figure drawings i dug up. Some are old and some new.
enjoy!

12.2.12 Watercolor!

Been trying my hand at some watercolor lately, which is teaching me some new disciplines :) Spent some time painting at Stinson beach and around the golden gate which was challenging but also very relaxing. Pretty happy with the results for my first time, but I have alot to learn! and also a valentines day card for fun :)