New Work in Progress

Working on the sketch.

1st layers, acrylic on Strathmore 500 Illustration Board Vellum

Sorry, guys, another drive-by post today.  Trying out a new (for this process at least) surface for a painting I'm working on.  It's small, so I am hoping I will be able to meet my deadline for it.  I rushed a little putting the first layers down, so I'm not sure how I feel about it right now.

New stuff in the works for last SmArt School assignment as well.  I'll try and post something on it for next week

An Artist You Should Know About

Today is the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  To all armed forces who served and continue to serve, you have our heartfelt thanks.  God bless you and your families.

Nicholas Kole is a illustrator-concept designer.  Works mainly digital, but his sketches are also lovely.  You can find more of his work here.

An Artist You Should Know About

Cory Godbey is a South Carolina-based illustrator.  His work is mainly pencil, watercolor and digital.  Several of his short comics have appeared in the Flight Anthology.    You can check him out here.

The Final Little Red

Just a drive-by today.  Look it's finished!

Here's what's next:

An Artist You Should Know About

Let me first say that this guy's black and white illustrations are amazing.  Go check out his illustrations for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.  Every time I see them my eyes bug out.  It's very inconvenient.  But, really, Bernie Wrightson, for the love of Pete, whoever he may be, please, please, put your site back up.  It's so frustrating to want to drool over your work and then you taunt me with a broken promise.  So just to save you a couple of steps, here's a link to his work on Google Images.

An Artist You Should Know About

Kory Heinzen.

Steampunk Little Red Riding Hood - Part 8

I am having trouble with the scanning process.  Have I mentioned before how much I hate scanning?  My machine keeps picking up all the texture of the watercolor paper and it's driving me nuts.  If I can get home early enough from work I am going to try photographing it.  But since it starts getting dark around 4 here and I haven't been able to get home before 6 . . . well, you can see the problem.

Here you can see I am trying to figure out if I need to make her "dirtier".  I'm leaning towards the dirt on her shirt, but the general consensus has been that the smudges on her face make her look like she has a beard.

Sorry for the drive by post, but I have been really distracted and haven't gotten nearly as much done on the next piece as I need to.  Let me know what you think of Little Red - any suggestions as to a title?  I am considering Little Red, Little Red Cap . . . and a whole slew of others.