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.

Bamboo Tree

read morepost a comment Sat 02/18/12 10:59 AM
Bamboo Tree36in x 58in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop; I've never seen a plant as impressive as the bamboo trees in Jamaica. This isn't the first piece I've done on them. I'm sure it will not be the last.

Palm

read morepost a comment Sat 02/18/12 10:56 AM
palm tree36in x 58in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop; It's a male palm tree. How can you tell? You can clearly see his coconuts! Ha! Ok, it is late as i write this. See how funny you are when you're wiped out. Sheesh! With fronds like you, who needs enemas? HA! See what I did there? Fronds? Get it? Oh all right. Fine. Be that way.

Egrets In Tree

read morepost a comment Sat 02/18/12 10:49 AM
egrets in tree36in x 58in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop; This one was inspired by a lucky photo I scored of an egret in a tree on the bank of the Great River.

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.

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:

city lights

read morepost a comment Mon 12/05/11 11:58 AM
city lights33in x 52in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop. Back to my roots, this time. Not sure why I love abstracts so much, or repeating patterns, for that matter. I just do. This began as a lazy Sunday, messing around, having no specific goal in mind, project. The more I progressed, the more I liked the colors and patterns I was getting. To me, it started resembling city lights, out of focus - like a bokeh effect.

I Just Gotta Be Me

read morepost a comment Tue 08/16/11 11:02 AM
I Just Gotta Be Me33in x 52in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop. Typographic Poster.

Hair

read morepost a comment Wed 08/10/11 11:04 AM
Hair33in x 52in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop. I created a rather large number of vector paths in Illustrator, then imported them into photoshop for more work. Along the way, it started looking a bit like hair. The colors made me think of the old movie "Hair." Hmmm... maybe I should actually watch it?

The Lesson

read morepost a comment Mon 05/02/11 12:09 PM
The Lesson52in x 33in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; digital illustration. This one is for this weekend's http://illustrationfriday.com challenge. The topic is "lesson." I thought I would stretch my legs, so to speak, and try something new. So, I gave an outright illustration a try. The topic made me think of being in a schoolroom and having to write out things on a chalkboard. I couldn't decide what the lesson should be, so I made it a compilation of things we try to teach children (in theory, anyway). This kind of illustration is not something I normally do, so I'm very interested in feedback.

Dixie and Hal

read morepost a comment Sun 04/03/11 9:11 PM
Dixie Carter and Hal Holbrook36in x 58in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; digital abstract/portrait. Got the idea for doing a couple from IllustrationFriday.com - this week's topic was "Duet." Got the idea to do Dixie from my partner, she was a friend of his many years ago.

Teresa

read morepost a comment Mon 03/28/11 7:14 PM
Mother Teresa36in x 58in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; digital abstract/portrait. This time, I chose Mother Teresa. Two reasons: first, she has a familiar face (which makes the whole process much easier for me) and, second, she had an interesting face. Lots of wrinkles made for a nice challenge and texture.

Boris

read morepost a comment Sun 03/27/11 7:08 PM
Boris Karloff36in x 58in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; digital abstract/portrait. Boris Karloff - one of my favorite horror movie actors.

Audrey

read morepost a comment Sat 03/26/11 8:39 PM
Audrey Hepburn36in x 58in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; digital abstract/portrait. My last portrait piece was so well received, I thought I would try again. This time, I chose on of my all time favorites - Audrey Hepburn. Modeled after a well known photo from Breakfast At Tiffany's.

Elizabeth

read morepost a comment Thu 03/24/11 6:18 PM
Elizabeth Taylor36in x 58in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; digital abstract/portrait. In memoriam.

Heaven and Hell

read morepost a comment Wed 03/23/11 6:01 PM
Heaven and Hell abstract36in x 58in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; digital abstract painting.

wilderness

read morepost a comment Sat 03/19/11 1:27 PM
wilderness abstract36in x 58in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; digital abstract painting. Another piece inspired by illustrationfriday.com. This week's topic was "Cultivate." I'm not sure this really expresses that topic, but it is where I started. Working on this piece, I discovered a number of brush libraries that come with Illustrator. This set, specifically, is a watercolor set of brushes. This was fun. I'm thinking of tropical rainforests... perhaps a place between steep cliffs, maybe a valley, undiscovered and unspoiled, where vegetation spreads like wildfire.

The Great Horror

read morepost a comment Wed 03/16/11 8:27 PM
The Great Horror58in x 36in @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; digital abstract illustration. Feeling a bit depressed about what has been happening in Japan. I listen to the reports, from the damage caused by the earthquake, to the tsunami, to the critical situation in the nuclear plants. This piece started out completely unrelated. But, as I listened to one piece of bad news after another, this is what evolved. The wave , which started as a full panel spiral, struck me as being similar to "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa). Once my mind made that association, I couldn't see anything else. So, I rotated the piece and worked with it.

ferns

read morepost a comment Sun 03/13/11 1:56 PM
36"x58" @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; Digital Painting.

Melting Pot

read morepost a comment Fri 03/11/11 4:03 PM
36"x58" @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; Digital Painting. Inspired by IllustrationFriday.com's topic of "Stir"

Flow

read morepost a comment Sat 03/05/11 11:26 AM
get the large poster print36"x58" @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; Digital Painting.

ablaze

read morepost a comment Fri 03/04/11 1:33 PM
Purchase this print36"x58" @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator; Digital Abstract Illustration.

Tree Frogs

read morepost a comment Sun 02/27/11 6:48 PM
buy the Tree Frogs print36" x 58" @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; digital abstract pop art illustration.

Centipede

read morepost a comment Sat 02/26/11 3:46 PM
abstract centipede illustration36" x 58" @ 300ppi; Adobe Illustrator CS4; digital abstract pop art illustration. Still using the "swarm" topic from IllustrationFriday.com. Today, for some odd reason, I was thinking of centipedes. Curious little monsters - they both fascinate and disturb me.

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