Iron Man 3 postered!

I successfully got Bioshock Infinite out of my brain by making the posters. Unfortunately I replaced it with making posters. So I made one for Iron Man 3. This time, instead of the Saul Bass and Olly Moss style minimalism, I went with my own style--cartoony. I like it. I wanted to do something that fit the trailers, which all seem to fixate on a pretty bummed out Tony Stark. Cheer up Tony!​

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Flying Together

I tried a lot of new things with this latest piece. I think it might be the first time I've created a picture with the video in mind. Check it out:

The goal of the picture and video was to capture some of the joy that comes from playing with my son and getting to facilitate his imagination. I hope some of that came through.

I tried to mix up my style a bit by using a brush with a fixed width when doing the lines. I feel like that gives the picture an animation-like look, as if you paused a movie at this frame. I think I might toy around with the style some more in other pictures. This one was a lot of fun to work on. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!

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Happy Holidays from the Lights!

Happy holidays! Due to a printer break down at Wal-Mart, my Christmas cards weren't ready in time to be mailed out. So if you aren't here in Charlotte, that's why you didn't get a physical copy. Feel free to print this one out and stick it on your fridge, or wherever you put these things. This is the third year in a row I've illustrated the cards. Here's the card from 2010, and the one from 2011. Happy holidays! 

Christmas Animal Sketches!

It’s Wednesday, and according to my rarely followed posting schedule, it’s an art post day. Life was a little hectic in November, so I didn’t get much done. I had a couple of commissions to blast through, plus this year’s Christmas card (which is awesome). I don’t want to share the card yet because I’m mailing it out. But I will share the sketches of the pics I’m working on for my office Christmas presents. Animals!

I bought little 2.5” x2.5” canvases and tiny easels to put them on. My plan is to paint these sketches and give away the mini paintings. I don’t work with traditional paint often, and I’ve never painted on something so small, so it should be super fun! I’ll post pictures when I get a few done and delivered.