A little elf magic… do you Believe? Merry Christmas 2017!! (Photoshop)
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Chinaman’s Hat
Having some illustrative fun with new watercolor brushes in Photoshop. The reference came from a colleague at work. He took the photo while on vacation in Hawaii. (Photoshop)
Merry Christmas
“The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow”… Gave the luster of rudolf with his nose all aglow… Merry Christmas 2016! (Photoshop)
Capital Lights At Night
This rough sketch illustration was inspired by some paintings I stumbled upon at the Iron Horse Hotel & Bar and the illuminated capital on a resent trip to Milwaukee and Madison WI. I used a soft digital pencil for the overall dark shapes (see image below) and kept my palette limited to 8 colors. (Photoshop)
Dexter
I have done numerous commissioned portraits (people and animals) both traditional and digital. Here is another one that I did for a good friend in January. Photos I was given as reference (see images below). I used some new digital watercolor brushes that have a real nice feel on this one. (Photoshop)
Red Flames
A smiling human skull, flames, bugged out eyes and a little grunge just seemed like a good mix for this digital painting! My rough idea sketch for composition (see image below top left). I used a charcoal brush (see image below top right) from GrutBrushes.com to create the rough edged feel to the skull and flames. The reference for the skull (see images below bottom) came from a 3D model. (Photoshop/Keyshot/Maya)
Merry Christmas
A sleigh and reindeer aren’t Santa’s only form of transportation. He loves to run errands in his 1937 Ford Woody. Happy Holidays 2015! (Photoshop/Illustrator)
Vintage Detroit Iron
My interest in Hotrods and Customs started in the mid 90’s after illustrating a couple of Posters (traditional illustration) for the Detroit Autorama. The reference (see image below left) is one from my collection of photos from the Woodward Dream Cruise. The distressed painted metal (see image below right) was the starting point for the background texture. (Photoshop)
Merry Christmas
Just having a little illustrative fun with a strand of curling multicolor Christmas lights. Happy Holidays 2014! My rough idea and color sketch (see image below top). The Christmas lights, snowflakes and type were created using Illustrator (see image below right and left). The texture (see image below middle) came from a bad photocopy. (Photoshop/Illustrator)
Spirit of St Louis
I photographed the Spirit of St. Louis at the Air and Space Museum in Washington DC years ago (see images below). I put them to use in this digital illustration years later. (Photoshop/Illustrator)
