The Ford GT40

"Crush those I-type, toe-rag, scumbag, pony-assed, heaps of Junk" Henry Ford

Ford GT

My next subject. The Ford GT40 is probably my most favorite car. The newer GT is just as impressive.

Jaguar D-Type

One of the prettiest race cars of all time.

Painter Demo

Did another process demo in painter.


First - start with a value study. Block in your shapes, considering your light source and your focal point. It is the apple in this image.



Next is the intitial color wash in digital watercolor (simple water brush). I like the digital watercolor because it allows me to paint from dark to light - and because it allows me to tint my value study.



Next,I dry the digital water and then use a custom airbrush to paint opaquely over the image. I push the highlights, color saturation, tints and shades at this stage - trying to keep the most saturated area in the middle values on the light side.



Adding more detail with the opaque mediums. A cool wash over the entire image in digital watercolor is then applied. This is done to unify the shadow areas. Next is to pull back the warm/light side by using digital watercolor set at white.



This could still be taken much farther. It's just a matter of detail now.

This weeks demo

Painted an old monster drawing as a demo on lighting and mood.

Exact Change Only BG

Block-in Demo

Concept Sketch for Project Car

Update

My Prize

My prize arrived today. All the books that Ballistic Publishing has published,

Restoration Update

I had a couple of hours today to work on Argyle. Since I last posted, the front end is off and most of the components are out. I pulled the engine and gearbox today. I won't have much time to work on him during the next few weeks.

Marilyn Final

This was the final on the Marilyn box cover

Jayne

This is the newly released box set cover that I did for Creative Partnership for Fox.

Will Rogers

I was in CostCo this morning - I always check the DVD section for good deals. It was fun to see one of the box sets that I worked on for Menagerie Creative, who's client was Fox.

Exact Change Only

This is a BG for an animated short that I'm working on.

Restoration Begins

I had a couple of hours this weeked to myself. Some people take long walks, some smoke, some listen to music; I relax by tinkering.

My new project - a 1959 Bugeye Sprite. I pulled off the chrome, pulled out the rest of the interior, off with the doors and began on the body. Next - the engine goes.

Giant Killers

In the sixties, mini's were nick-named the Giant Killers because of the types of cars they beat. I thought I would put that nick-name to an illustration.

Carib

This was the final image for Pirate King - a Carib

Fox Theatre

This is an image I recently did for Fox Theatre in Fullerton. It is to be auctioned at a charity fund-raiser. I took a nostalgic slant with the image.

Pirate King is Done

I just finished up the art for Temple Games board game Pirate King. It may be out late this year. This was quite a fun project and I would like to work with temple Games again.