Silly process

Process.

I think that it's one of those things that separate artists. The way an artist goes about creating their work is a wonderful thing. I, however, am still struggling with getting mine down. I suppose it's safe to say that having several ways of getting things done is best but I just can't seem to pin down one that's very comfortable for me quite yet.

Getting there though.

Also, please stop by Peter Breese's blog (if you don't already) to see what the guy's been up to! Peter's a very cool, supportive guy (and an incredible artist) who inspires far too much. Visit the blog. Give it love. He'll appreciate it.

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A Few Panels

These are panels from a story titled 'The Factory'. I'm not posting full pages because I haven't been given that go ahead. Here are some of my favourite snippets.

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Still here

Happy (late) New Year, everyone!

I'm still here. Just been going through several changes so the blog has really taken a backseat. I'll be posting stuff on a more regular basis very soon.

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About time!

I've been super busy doing all sorts of stuff. Needless to say that I really should be producing more work than what I'm posting here. I've come to realize that I'm not a big fan of working digitally. There's something about doing work traditionally that really appeals to me more. That's not to say that I won't be doing more digital work, but I really want to further myself traditionally. Plus, when I work digitally I feel as if I have no boundaries when, in truth, I don't know what I'm doing half the time. I need to solidify the basics - colour theory, drawing, painting - THEN I'll be able to handle digital work more effectively.

We'll see how that goes!

As far as what I'm posting today I have a piece that got out of hand, and didn't turn out well. In truth, it's not complete but I think I'm throwing in the towel. The two characters are my 're-imagining' of characters from HBO's Rome (incredible show). Lastly, there's a poorly photographed portrait.

I hope everyone had a great (and safe) Thanksgiving weekend!

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Stay a while...

It's not so much the pain,


It's more the actual knife.


Pretending the picture is perfect,


I cut myself to sleep.


I close my eyes for a second


And curse my fragile soul.


I scream to hide that I'm lonely.


The echo calls my name.


If I ever, If I never


Make me understand the thought whatever.


Make me see. Make me be.


Make me understand you're there for me.


Take this life, I'm right here.


Stay awhile and breathe me in.

Alchemy

Sweet customs brushes for those rune markings are from Obsidian Dawn.

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Beast

I know that the pose is pretty boring. Sadly, I was far too preoccupied with the colour of the piece. This one was done directly in colour rather than in grayscale first. As usual, that's a big challenge for me. Despite the stiff pose I think it came out decently well.

Here are some other sketchbook foolings. Alrighty, off to work on something else.




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Long time no post

But I've been keeping myself busy!

Even though I took the semester off from school due to a ton of issues I still wanted to push myself to keep learning. One of my classes would have been focusing on the clothed figure and folds in the human body so I've tried to do some charcoal sketches to keep up with that to some degree. There are a couple sketchbooks things up there as well. I'm hoping to do more environment work soon. I just can't seem to wrap my head around it. I guess I need to just suck it up and do something!

As far as digital work I've been working on 'recreating' some characters. The first I worked on is Pinocchio. My premise was to think of Pinocchio doing much more than lying. I wondered what he would look like if he indulged in all sorts of bad things. If lying corrupted his nose imagine what would happen to him if, for example, he killed Geppetto?





I don't find that it looks complete to me, but I'm not quite sure what's missing. I'm going to move on to my next piece and come back to it later. Please let me know what you guys think about all these pics.

Finally, just for kicks, here's Layla as she shows her appreciation for my cellphone the only way she can:



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Art & Life Pt. 4

More sketchbook stuff.


Heard this line the other day and wanted to share it:

'Examine, but don't judge. A judge brings a sentence. An examination brings an evaluation'

Art & Life Pt. 3

Sometimes when I wander aimlessly I encounter some 'happy accidents'. I realize I need to be open enough to see when they happen.

Art & Life Pt. 2

Everything, it seems, has a perfect purpose. Sometimes that purpose is humorously unorthodox.

Art & Life Pt. 1

I've found that solutions are always there. In order to find them I often need to shed some arrogance and simplify things.

Lots of Changes

Been a long time since my last post. I've been going through a lot of changes and there's been a lot happening so... I've been busy. Here are a couple images for the sake of an update. None of them complete but learning processes nonetheless.

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I'm Not Rob Anymore

Hey everyone!

I while back I was talking about how some writers believe that every panel needs several paragraphs of dialogue. Well, I decided that I was going to try to do a short story that was only art. No dialogue at all. I wanted to see if I could do it, see if I could pull it off to some degree and give myself some validation for my complaining. That's where these pages are from.







In the end I wanted more interaction between the 'damsel in distress' and the hero but I think it would have stretched the story to another page and I only wanted something short and sweet.

Please let me know what you think!

Also, Giulia tagged me, so now I'll tell you 7 random things about me:

- My lightbox is just pieces of wood and plexiglass. The best thing I ever made!

- I'm a morning person. I hate waking up early, but I prefer to get things done early so that I can goof off for the rest of the day.

- I'm a Firefly/Serenity fan.

- I don't like peanut butter except when it's a Reese Cup!

- I'm a HUGE fan of music (all genres), but I hate listening to the music radio stations because it's pretty much a 'Top 10' rotation all day long.

- I listen to talk radio when I'm not listening to my own music. I love hearing various views on issues.

- I'm glad this list is over. I was searching for things to add after the lightbox thing.


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Bloom: {Black Cherry} Blossom, and few other things

Finished this Bloom piece a while back but, after all I went through with it, I wasn't completely happy with it. Nonetheless, I don't know where to take it from here so I'll just call it finished for now. I learned soooooo much doing this one. In fact, I spent so much time on it that I felt as if I had been neglecting sketching. Just good ol' sketching.

So I've gone back to doing that and I'm having a blast. Of course, half of it looks like doodles but that's where it all starts, right?

I've also decided to share some other stuff I've scribbled/doodled/painted in the past few weeks with you all.







Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend and Happy 4th of July to all my American friends!