Cobra

This is a painting I did after listing to the Cobra episode of How did this get made.

Unknown Hinson

;....;

Beatle

Alyssa

Wow, its been a while. I did this portrait for a good friend of mine. I also posted it on the Avalanche bog.

Art Swap part 2

I had the pleasure of swapping art with "design mastermind" Kevin Keele.

Kevin is another amazing artist I have the pleasure of working with. Not only can this guy paint draw like a level 40 Centaur-wizard, but is one of the most humble people I know. Thanks again Kevin.

Kevin drew me a pissed off cattle rancher(top) , in exchange for a spaceman with out a tan (bottom).

1st figure drawing in 6 months. I think I really miss it. I am back on the wagon.

Draw night swap

From now on, draw nights are going to be Draw night sketch swap. Virginia Critchfield is one of the most amazing artists I know. She has the most disciplined sketch books I have ever seen. So last night she brought illustration boards for those who wanted to sketch, paint, ink, what ever on and when you were finished you would swap with someone else.

So Last night Virginia and I started it off with the first Draw night swap. I painted her a topless alien witch thing, and she drew me a bad ass sketch of skull rock and the jolly-roger. (I don't know if that is what it really was but I teased her about it)

Thanks "V"

Walk through

The Butcher

Quick lunch thing.

Window studies

Painted from looking out my office window.

Stanley Kubrick

"Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the risk because they can put you away just as fast for a ten dollar heist as they can for a million dollar job."

-Kubrick

figure drawing 3/05/08

Here are some more life drawing studies.

David Lynch

“Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there's humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd.”
David Lynch

Woody Allen

It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Woody Allen
Death

Brawler

Klaus Nomi

If any one out there doesn't know Klaus Nomi, shame on you. He was sent from the future to show us all how it is done. He should have been a Mortal Combat character but instead saved the human race from the apocalypse.

Through the fire and the flames.

Dragonforce is coming to Salt Lake this Thursday and guess who has tickets? So I did this sketch in anticipation for the show.

Beast-man

I did this for the last Avalanche challenge. The topic was He-man character redesign. I always thought Beast-Man was a little weak. He needed to look more like a beast than a man.

1 of 48 still lifes

I just recently had to drop a painting class. In order to get an A I had to do 48 2 hour still life paintings in a semester. So here is one that I had finished.

Snow monster

Avalanche blog challenge.

Thats why they call me thumper

This is an old morning paint exercise that turned into a mess. It was the only thing I could find that I had been worked on in the last month, so I am posting it out of obedience to my blog.

Ballad Of A Lonely Man

It seems these days you can't hang unless you have a tattoo. As much as I love most tattoo art, I can't bring myself to get one. A friend of mine relates the new tattoo trend to the *Star belly sneetches*. Soon it will be the trend not to have one.

Z brush, you are my only friend.

Here is a Z-Brush "W.I.P" I did over the weekend. It is based off a head render Adam Ford did some time back. I feel like I am finally starting to get the look I want from Z-Brush. I am trying to avoid the lumpy bumpy monster-alien look, wich is a lot harder than it looks.

Longest day of the year study

Today is technically the longest day of the year. I was told it has something to do with the summer solstice or something like that. So to celebrate I participated in the daily lunch study today at work. We get an hour to paint a in either Photoshop or Painter a copy of a photo or another painting. Todays paint study was Khilkov by Repin.

Mothers Day

I did this painting for my mom for mothers day. I will post another version as soon as I can get a better photo. The photo reference was taken when she was 24 in Virginia City Nevada while panning for gold. I guess this was the type of place my parents would go on dates when they were first married. I haven't done a portrait like this in a long time and it felt good to make mistakes and mix paint again. I made myself mix these color charts for practice.
The first chart is the UGLY pallet (Titanium white, Yellow Ochre, Terra Rosa, Ivory Black).
The next chart is the Primary pallet, or Impressionist pallet (Cadmium Yellow Light, Alizarin Crimson, Thalo Blue).
The last Chart was the Primary Pallet with Iron Oxide Red in place of Alizarin Crimson.
It looks like boring stuff but I really like making these charts and experimenting with color pallets.

Friday acrylic study

Zappa-stache

Some one asked me once why my blog was titled "PowerMustache", when there wasn't any Power or Mustache to it at all. Truth is "Power mustache" is the name of a Vandals song, and I thought it sounded tough. But in order to set things right with the title I am going to post a little more power and a lot more mustache. So for my first in the mustache series is none other than the King of the mustache jungle, Frank "Disco boy" Zappa.

Disco boy! run to toilet and comb your hair.
Disco boy! pucker your lip, and check your shoulders,
cause some dandruff might be hiding there.

Friday morning drawing

This here is a woman dressed in an Arabic style of dancing garb (Belly dancer). It was an interesting study due to the many types of materials in her out fit. Her shirt was black velvet, and to any one who has tried to render velvet, it is like a dog and pony show.

Bust a Grumpy

This is another addition to my Friday paint sketching. I am going to see how long I can keep this up for. Hopefully it turns into something I do more than on the weekend. This was an acrylic on canvas. (2.5hr)

Deep Breaths (oil study)

I missed the Revelations worksop in Seatle. So in retaliation, or just an excuse to ditch everyone, I sat dow and painted for the first time in months. Rusty!! And of course I get a bad photo to go with it.

3hr

Fiddle Stix

Weekend sketch bingo

Some modern day pirates from around my parents house and a few blistered republican pony owners.

Da Boom King

Recently I have come across a show that has to be one of the funniest I have seen sense Ali-G. It's called Flight of the Conchords. Its about a 2 man band from New Zealand and their band manager. Now that already sounds funny, aye!

This is a portrait of the Boom King (Bret).

Summer sketch'n

I did these every Saturday with a buddy of mine this summer. I never thought of posting them until now. Maybe now that it is 4 degrees I am wishing for warmer days.