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As a child one of my favorite pastimes was to watch and play video games. I loved discovering the new worlds and all of the different life and stories within. In my work I want to bring this feeling of discovery and adventure to the viewer. I want to immerse them in the possibilities of the unknown and explore new spaces, heroes, villains, and species. I try to combine reality and history to make the most believable worlds possible, while still being firmly rooted in fantasy. I do extensive research on culture and societal norms before beginning a piece and use this research to build convincing concept pieces. My work reflects my interests in Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Medieval/Renaissance/Feudal society, as well as more whimsical elements like Alice in Wonderland and Mythologies from all over the globe. With every piece I do I try to push it further than my last, whether it be in concept or in execution. I want to challenge what people expect when they think of fantasy and give them places and people that they wouldn’t have considered before.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

New sketchbook, new stuff.



Recently got a new sketchbook, so here's a few pages out of it.

Camera photos because sadly I currently lack a scanner




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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Just a girl and her robot out for a stroll

Finished. Learned a lot, and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

More progress


Still nothing concrete. I probably could have finished this ages ago but I keep changing things and experimenting and otherwise procrastinating on finishing it up sooo...


Full image is where I'm currently at. Thinking about changing some colors/shadows/texture but it's coming along.

The other is just a close up in the girls face since you can't really see it in the full image. I need to throw some dirt at her but, seeing as I haven't really done any portraits from imagination in..months? I'm pretty pleased with it.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

WIP

Slow going.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012


Quick painting and some sketches, still trying to get back into the swing of things.

Next time I’ll work on something more polished.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

I liiiiiiive

Did I never post this? I should post this.

Enjoy.



I've been crazy busy lately so have some kinda old, mostly unfinished monster girls.

Some day I'll finish them...and the other...24....

Friday, July 13, 2012

Amaranthine






Amaranthine, definitation: Endless, Unfading, Immortal.

Wanted to try my hand a big piece, something to play with everything I've been working on in my studies and sketches as of late.

There are some minor tweaks I want to make but for now I'm calling it finished.

Also, question; I have huge stories for about every piece/character/world/creature that I do, but I never post them because I don't know if anyone would find them interesting? So if any of you want me to I can go back and edit those in, or just start adding them.

Friday, July 6, 2012

Stuff and more stuff.

First is a set of sketchy studies, I realized I hadn't drawn full figures in a while so I decided to remedy that.

Second is 1 of 2 current WIP's.





Friday, June 15, 2012

More practice

Loosely based on a reference image I've had for about as long as I've had my computer


About an hour and 20 minutes? I need to get faster...

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

What I've been up to lately...


...isn't much. I got dragged to Iowa for a week and had to help my Uncle and his family move to Arizona, and my roommates got a new cat, plus, to top it off, I'm trying this whole "Get in Shape" thing which is going..oaky. I'm really not all that fond of sweat to be honest but it's summer and it'd be nice to wear shorts at some point....

ANYWAY, here's the little bits of art I've managed to squeeze out in between Zumba and kitty cuddles.



The first is a quick speed painting to try out some new brushes

The second started as a study and then I'm not sure what happened but here it is.


Thursday, May 24, 2012

When the boats come in

Environment/color practice.

First large piece I've done since graduation.

Onward toward the future I guess.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Hawkeye

So after I posted that Loki piece a friend requested Hawkeye, and well, painting practice is always a good thing, right?

Either way, at least I'm producing art, and sites like Tumblr react well to fan art so hopefully it'l lgain me some commissions until I can get some real work.


Also should say I was working with a more limited palette then I normally do. It worked out alright, but I miss not using as much color as I normally do.

Monday, May 7, 2012

I need to find some shows/competitions to enter.

If anyone can point me in a direction that'd be great.

Google is helpful...but only to a point.

and I'm forever kicking myself for missing that Gallery 1988 Avengers show damn it.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Space Crew



Sci-fi space crew I'm working on.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Space Collaboration



Collaboration piece I did with a group of other concept artists.

The idea revolved around a multicultural space station that serves as a marketplace/trading post through the galaxies. This guy would be the main character, hes a bit of a dirt bag, he’s a miner and junker and basically scrounges for things to sell and trade for some quick money.

The suit is a cobbled together thing that he uses when hes out scrapping scouring planets/asteroids/wrecked ships for things to sell.

There’s also a little piece in the back where his little sidekick’s suit would screw in (he’s not pictured because he was created by a different artist.)

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Glass Coffin

Illustration for the Grimm's Fairytale, Glass Coffin.

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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Costume designs

Male and female armor class sets

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Monday, January 23, 2012

Spaghetti Western Insects



Character designs and environment for spaghetti western inspired insects and their pueblo village homeland.


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