That time of the year...

This is basically all I see, every day, all day, living in Boston between 4 or 5 different colleges, all year. They all blend together into one supergirl. Pending background I think.

Sorry I've slacked on the posting. My personal life has become quite turbulent in the past month, ranging from stomach viruses and doctor bills to double funerals and sibling graduations. I've been living in a haze, which has demotivated me from doing anything constructive in my spare time. Time to wash that slough off and get back on track as they might say, if I may make relevant humor! Because she's running! ya, you got it.

Self Portrait

Saw the Zorn exhibit Isabella Gardner Museum here in Boston, immediately went home excited to try a self portrait, since I hadn't painted anything from life in years. Went home, set up a mirror against the radiator and painted for 2 hours. Most of what I accomplished was realizing that I am in fact, NOT Zorn, but at least I broke my not-painting-from-life streak.

Here's a gif of my process if you're interested:

Dragon Tamer initial sketch

Some pr0n before bed.

Native New Yorkers sketch

Started this last night after shotgunning the movies. I've had this image in my head for a long time but I finally got around to getting it out of me.

Sietch Door sketch

Stuff I practice during lunch. Inspired by Lasaine and other Disney environment painters.

And now for something REALLY different

Thought I'd share something different and unusual, to say the least. A long time ago (at least 7 or 8 years ago) I was really into the Hindu mythos, and I used to paint Indian creatures and goddesses and the like; I was really obsessed with Indra Sharma, an Indian mythology painter. I painted a number of these, including this image in 2005, which must have been when i was 19:

Something about the sounds of the cosmos coming out of a sea conch, and she's listening to it on headphones, I dunno. It was a gift for an ex-girlfriend. Anyway, a group of kids in INDIA found the image on a website and told me and wanted to reproduce it in a Rangoli mural (I didn't know what that was at the time). I surprised that people in India were looking at my work, worried I had offended them somehow with my art, and then flattered that they wanted to use it at all at the same time. 

Then I saw these.

I hadn't shown this to anyone other than my parents at the time, and then I came across it while searching for stuff in my email. I had completely forgotten they existed. I remember I was just so relieved and stoked that people in India appreciated the work I was doing. Probably one of the coolest things that will happen in my artistic career is this, and the other is when i get to work on a Dune miniseries.

Lunch Time Sketch: Steersman

Luuuuunch. I've shown concepts of how I'd like to design the steersman, but I don't think I've ever shown how I'd like them lit. I want to evoke something both horrifying and fragile about them, like a mutant test-tube baby. As characters in the Dune novels, the steersman are often greedy, weak creatures, so I wanted to show that he would be just as reserved about meeting you as you would be to meeting him. Alright, back to work.