Posted in: Comics |
June 3rd, 2009
The Typographer is a 6 page one shot I made for all of you comic geeks, and type nerds. The Typographer is free for any and all non-commercial use, so go ahead and splash it up all over the place. All I ask is a link back to this page. I hope you all like it. Thanks!
Click the cover below to check out the comic. Leave a comment if you like it! Or hell, leave one even if you hate it.
All fonts used courtesy of Blambot. Show them some love.
Hi everyone. Just updated my illustration portfolio. Some old, some new. I’m holding some back for later, but there are a few new things. Love to know whatcha think!
Click the pic below to view the portfolio.
Done in Illustrator & Photoshop. I wish Adobe would just create one program that does it all. Click the image to enlarge.
Happy Easter everyone.
Originally posted on 4/08/07
UPDATE: 3/22/08-
Well, I guess this post is ranking pretty well in Google since it’s really the only post of mine that has garnered any real response from the blogoshpere. Thank all of you for commenting below. As an artist, it is highly gratifying to know that I’ve made people think, or feel emotion, or be moved one way or another. Some of you like this piece, some of you hate it, but everyone who’s commented has been moved somehow. That is what every artist strives to do with their work.
Thank you, and again, Happy Easter.
UPDATE 3: 4/9/09-
Well, this pic is still very popular, and generates tons of traffic. So, in the spirit of the season, I have decided to bump this post to the top. Why? Because it’s my website and I can do whatever I want! Also, because I like to hear what people think about not only my art, but also religion vs. marketing in America today. I think that it’s a worthy topic of discussion. Thanks and again Happy Easter.
Hey, what’s that smell? Oh, it’s just teen spirit. Here’s a portrait I did of iconic rocker Kurt Cobain a few years back. Done in Illustrator, and re-posted for Illustration Friday’s topic, “Legendary”. Enjoy, please comment if you’d like. Thanks.
Something about this story gets me. I think it may be the most well known fairy tale of all, and it’s certainly firmly ingrained into American pop-culture. For these, I started with a ton of photographic reference for the trees and the wolf coloring. I took those references, and some original photography of my daughter, and my dog Manson, who is a chow-chow and very wolf like in her appearance, and “collaged” it all in photoshop, printed the collage and did a quick series of sketches. Then I scanned the sketches in and placed them in Illustrator. I didn’t bother with a live trace because in my experience, live trace never ever does what I want it to. Instead, I used the Brian Denham method with the pencil tool, and knocked out what I think are some nice finished pieces. These were drawn to be printed in a large format, so there is a little bit of detail/quality loss on the web versions, but all in all I think that they’re good enough to post. Click the image to enlarge.
UPDATE: I want to extend my warmest regards to the CCBC MD faculty, who awarded me with the honor of “Best in Show”, in the Digital Illustration category at the annual end of semester digital arts awards ceremony. Specifically, the winning piece was “Wolf Attacks” (the colored one). Thank you all for the honor. Moving forward, I would like to be addressed as the “Award Winning” CDowd. Thank you. 
Here’s a digital sketch I did using Adobe Illustrator. Just a simple b&w value drawing of the corner of my “studio”. Cross hatching is the best.
Posted in: Drawings |
December 7th, 2008
Here’s another charcoal still life. I think that this one actually turned out pretty well. Great sense of depth and detail (IMHO). I like it.
Update: Seems like Google has been friendly to this piece. Thanks to my friend Lainey for pointing that out!
Posted in: Drawings |
December 7th, 2008
Here are a few charcoal studies I did of fabric. Basically, just a white sheet draped over various objects. Not much more to it than that. A good fundamental exercise for any student of the arts. Please pardon my horrible photography skills.
What’s he waiting for? I DON’T KNOW!!
Blacks done in Illustrator, painted in Photoshop. About 14ish hours to complete. The PSD file topped out at 841.1MB. Definitely the largest digital painting I’ve done so far.
Click the image to enlarge. Enjoy.
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