So bad at this blogging thing.

I will be hanging this coming April 7th @ Locals only in Indianapolis for the annual IWG Comix Rock show.  It host a slew of bands and artist that get together and make up a commonly themed show.  This year the theme is Horror.  I, being the pain in the ass that I am, have decided to try to bend the rules this year and enter no straight-forward horror themed content.  I have images from: Donnie Darko, 2 from Lost Highway, Pan's Labyrinth, and Gremlins.  Gremlins is probably considered the most horror of the bunch, and that's what I love about it.  When someone says to you "Horror" you don't think of Gremlins, or any of these movies really, yet none of them seem out of place, or over the line when set up with Freddy and Jason.  If anything, if you're like me, when you walk into someone's house and see a painting of Freddy, Jason, or Mike Myers you think, "O.K., this guy is cool.  We can hang out."  When you go inside a house and see a painting of Alice or Renee from Lost Highway you think, "This guy is a badass. The world would be a better place with more like him."
Here's a shot of Alice.  Renee ain't 100% yet.

Where have I been, and what the hell have i been doing?

Well, to keep it short.  I tried some new approaches to, not style, but process.  I like it, but have yet to accomplish everything I want out of it.  And as am often known to do, rather than try it on a few small pieces, I got commissioned to do a giant wall piece.   4' x 7'.  And why not change my process while working under a deadline.  Yup, still stupid after all these months.  Its not finished completely, but here's what I have done so far.  Come check me out at the comics rock show the 1st weekend in April.  Hopefully I'll have some posters of this finished piece there.

Yoda!

I was away over the 4th of July and having a great time getting away and camping, but deep in the recesses of my mind I was eager to get back and get this Yoda painting done in time for the Comix Rock show. I found this old frame and knew a Jedi master had to be in it. I tried a new technique with laying all tones underneath and doing color washes over the surface of the dried tones. It worked out great. Left the final image a little darker than anticipated but overall it led to a colorful image that fit perfectly with the frame.

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