Illustrations

paranoia

read morepost a comment Fri 05/18/12 5:41 PM
paranoiaJust because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.
This fun (disturbing?) illustration is for the Illustration Friday (@ifri) challenge - "sight"
36in x 58in.

King Ghoul

read morepost a comment Wed 05/16/12 6:04 PM
king ghoulEven ghouls need a leader.

A Ghoul All Alone

read morepost a comment Tue 05/15/12 6:27 PM
ghoul all alonePoor little ghoul. What can be said about this? She's just plain... disturbing. On *so* many levels.

it wants

read morepost a comment Sat 05/12/12 5:35 PM
it wantsIt wants... what it wants.

ghoul

read morepost a comment Thu 05/10/12 5:44 PM
ghoulI began this piece just screwing around, without any definite intent. I only wanted something that was off, in some way. Disturbing, even. As it progressed, I realized that it was reminding me of another artist's work, more and more....

mostly human

read morepost a comment Mon 05/07/12 6:11 PM
mostly humanShe's... well... mostly human. Mostly.

left wanting

read morepost a comment Sun 05/06/12 5:58 PM
left wantingNo soapbox today. Just continuing some of the elements from the last project.

Broken Beauty

read morepost a comment Sat 05/05/12 5:51 PM
broken beautyI'm really tired of all the Photoshop debates. Just as one dies down, another fires up. Get used to it, people. Photoshop (and/or similar apps) are here to stay. There is no going back. All these debates do is hurt a company that produces a good piece of software. Granted, their pricing structure sucks; but, Photoshop is not the problem. I hear what people are saying and I understand the arguements. They are valid - almost.

endless city

read morepost a comment Wed 04/11/12 3:37 PM
endless cityContinuing my love affair with New York city.... I really need to go back some day and get fresh photos. This particular scene does not really exist - though it is based on a couple of photos I took in September of 2002. As vast as the city seems from the ground, it does have very real boundaries. For this piece, I wanted an impression of an endless expanse of buildings.

Look Closely

read morepost a comment Sun 04/01/12 6:10 PM
look closely... and what do you see? Most people only see the literal interpretation of whatever is in front of them. Very few take the time to really look, to really see things, people, ideas, or events from all angles. It's not their fault. We are wired that way. We come preconditioned to relate everything to our own mental models of what we consider to be real, right, or moral. It takes effort - an act of will - to see beyond the superficial or literal. Even then, most will stop with what lies just beyond. But, you have to dig further. There are layers on layers of details... countless ways of seeing things from various angles and points of view (both literally and figuratively).

hangin

read morepost a comment Tue 03/27/12 6:29 PM
hanginTaking a tangent. Trying out a little stylized "doodle art."

purplottame

read morepost a comment Sat 03/24/12 5:09 PM
purplottameI thought I would try combining a couple of my styles. My current "vector" styles sometimes seem to be a little lacking in texture. My older styles were a little too traditional, in that I was trying to replicate real world "wet" media. Maybe a hybrid style is the answer.

self portrait a la Poe

read morepost a comment Wed 03/21/12 6:05 PM
self portrait a la Poeself portrait with a dash of Poe.

self portrait 03/21/12

read morepost a comment Wed 03/21/12 3:37 PM
self portraitAnother distorted self portrait. I'm having a lot of fun with these.

lost in thought

read morepost a comment Sat 03/17/12 5:28 PM
lost in thought - self portraitI'm finding distorted faces interesting, lately. The pulled, stretched, contorted expressions seem to have a little more meaning. They're a bit more expressive. If only I could find more people willing to be portrayed this way. Everyone is a little too worried about how they look, how others perceive them. Get over it people. None of us fits any kind of physical ideal. If you think you do, sorry. You're dead wrong. Delusional. There IS something wrong with you. Some flaw, major or minor, in how you look.
Learn to love the flaws.lost in thought - self portrait

self portrait

read morepost a comment Sun 03/11/12 5:27 PM
This is me. Kinda.self portrait

a face in shadow

read morepost a comment Sun 03/11/12 1:40 PM
a face in shadowI recently got a stylus for my iPad. I didn't realize that by doing so, I would begin to draw more. It seems that lately, all I do in my off time is draw & doodle. I think I'm liking that. I also enjoy using multiple apps to play with photos and drawings to combine them into something new. This piece is the culmination of several iPad apps - from Photo Booth, to Sketchbook Pro, to ToonPAINT, back to Sketchbook... then on to Adobe Illustrator (to convert the various drawing layers to vectors), and, finally, Photoshop for assembly, color adjustments, filtering, etc.

a disturbing dream

read morepost a comment Sat 03/10/12 9:39 AM
a disturbing dreamI rarely remember my dreams. Of those that do stick with me (maybe once every few years), they tend to be odd, if not out right disturbing. When I was younger, some were outright horror fests. I have often wished I could remember more of my dreams. However, if I did, would they necessarily be pleasant? Be careful what you wish for, and all that. Maybe I should take my lack of dreams (remembering them, that is) to mean I am a particularly well adjusted individual? Or, is that just a pipe dream?

Colony 143

read morepost a comment Mon 01/30/12 2:44 PM
Colony 14333in x 52in @ 300ppi; Mandelbulb, Blender 3D, Adobe Photoshop CS5. Still having fun with fractals. This time, I went a bit sci-fi. I got an idea for mixing in a kind of retro style rocket into the scene and the fractal became a type of colony. I saw it as a large complex of buildings. Imagine centuries of human development and expansion. Buildings have grown into a seemingly endless structure. Maybe this is a colony on a distant asteroid. Maybe it's an ancient space station, grown to gargantuan proportions.

In the Temple of Oz

read morepost a comment Sat 01/28/12 3:20 PM
In the Temple of Oz33in x 52in @ 300ppi; Mandelbulb, Daz Studio, Adobe Photoshop CS5. She stepped into a vast chamber dimly lit by hundreds of chthonian lights, their sickly yellow light making her uneasy. Every surface as green as emeralds. Shadowed balconies coiled up to an arched ceiling, far higher than any she had ever seen before. Distant, ominous voices echoed down long corridors, chanting unfamiliar words, giving her goosebumps and making her hairs rise. Feeling very small and frightened, she asked in a trembling voice, "what is this place?" Replied the guard, "this is the Temple of Oz."

ghostly

read morepost a comment Tue 01/24/12 12:08 PM
ghostly60in x 38in @ 300ppi; Adobe Photoshop CS5. I liked the concept so much, that I wanted to redo it, but in a different layout. Overall, the style is the same. Same colors - but different blending to produce a wider range of colors in the final piece.

the scream

read morepost a comment Sat 01/21/12 4:57 PM
the scream33in x 52in @ 300ppi; Daz Studio, Blender 3D, Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5. I guess today is about creepy faces.

Haunting

read morepost a comment Sat 01/21/12 2:37 PM
haunting33in x 52in @ 300ppi; Adobe Photoshop. Have I mentioned how much I love horror stories? I can't say that it's my favorite genre; but, it's in my top two. Books and movies. Why? Hard to say. Maybe because it was my go-to genre as a child, whenever I was home sick. Maybe it's because my parents took me to see (some) horror movies at a young age (Alien, most notably). I'm not sure why I have such a strong affinity. I love horror like most people love chocolate. I crave it.

M Hotel New York #2

read morepost a comment Sun 01/15/12 3:43 PM
M Hotel New York #278in x 50in @ 300 ppi; Adobe Camera Raw, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop. Decided to work with another photo I took of this view in New York. This time, it's pure photo manipulation. I like the muted colors in this shot. Tons of processing here. I also decided to go a bit larger. Why? Well, though this is a shot of New York, I'm from Texas. We do things bigger in Texas. (c:

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