I bent my wookie

Chewbacca, Blue pencil, ink, and Copics on toned Stonehenge, 11x17", 2008.

This was a surprise Christmas present for a fellow artist, Chris Uminga. His girlfriend contacted me to see if I could do him a full color Chewbacca, which I have to say is the best request to date since I started doing commissions. I had a lot fun coming up with this one. Hope you all like it as much as Chris and Laura did.

Aquaman

Aquaman, Blue pencil on Stonehenge, 9x12", 2008.


Copic and Chartpak markers on Moleskine.

I finally finished up this Aquaman commission. Had a tough time finding a good underwater pose for him. The bottom image is from my moleskine. I went through quite a few drawings to get his face the way I wanted. I finally stuck with this one. Thought it showed his arrogance and distrust of humans.

Pink

Pink Monster, Pink pencil and Copic multiliner on Moleskine, 2008.

This is an idea I had for my next painting. I've never really done a predominately pink image before so I thought I'd try it out on this guy.

doodles

Just playing around with some new Copic pens that I got. Not sure what these guys will end up being... maybe a family of sorts.

Buffalo Blue

Detail of Buffalo Blue, Acrylic on wood panel, 8x16", 2008.

This is a detail of another painting that I did for the show this past Friday. I went with a flat graphic look for this one. The design of the character and the colors turned out so well that I'm thinking about making this my logo of sorts for the Sweatybuffalo site. I just have to tweak it a little to make it fit.

I should have the pictures from the opening soon. Unfortunately I did not get any pictures myself of the opening but my sister and friend did so I'm waiting for them to send me some.

Progress 4

How do you draw trees?, Acrylic on panel, 12x16", 2008



The Violinist, Acrylic on wood panel, 9x12", 2008.

Well tomorrow night is the opening of the show. Everything is ready to go and I hope there is a good turnout. For anyone that wants to come it is at 7:30 PM and will go all night. The gallery is called The Nth Degree and is located on 683 West King St. Boone, NC. I will try to post some pictures from the event after everything settles down.

Progress 3

Detail, Acrylic on wood panel, 9x12", 2008.


Detail, Acrylic on panel, 12x16", 2008.

More progress images of paintings for my show coming up this Friday at The Nth Gallery here in Boone, NC.