Magical Mystery Art Tour

NAIL BUNNY, the Earrings

2012-06-08T14:08:00.000-07:00

Over the past week I decided to fashion myself a nice little pair of earrings out of clay to get a feel for the stuff. I'm thinking of making a few different kinds and selling them online or when I get a booth to sell my art. If you're interested in a pair let me know. I'll be happy to make you a pair for a small fee.

First thing's First mold the clay. The bunny is lying on top of a copy of one of my favorite comic books, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.

Next it was time to start adding some detail which I did with a metal nail file. It worked allot better than anything else I tried using. Than I inserted the bent nail into his stomach and had to rearrange some of the clay that was disturbed.

After all that I added the earrings into its head (which I should have done in the first place). After I completed the first one this was the first step for completing the second earring. Next I baked them. This is a before and after shot of them. The baking actually turned it a nice skin tone.

Finally The paint job. I still need to glaze them but I'm all out at the moment. I'm also going to add some chain to the earrings so they dangle a bit more. Thus my ail bunny earrings are complete.

The Pink Lady Forever Finished

2012-06-05T16:54:00.000-07:00

Here is the progress and completion of The pink lady painting I've been working on for 12 hours. These pictures were taken every 2 hours. Unfortunately the pictures are taken with a phone so the images are a little skewed. I'm not that sorry though since it isn't great quality which will hopefully mean less stealing of my paintings.

Overall the painting didn't turn out as nicely as I'd hoped but it was an amazing learning experience since I've never attempted to tackle something of this caliber before. I've already begun my next piece. It won't be so exact to the reference picture. I consider this painting to be basically pauperism since I didn't change enough.

Although I did add more purple to the hair which I personally like since it adds more depth in the painting.

The Art-O-Con Experiment

2012-05-09T15:44:00.000-07:00

Ben and I went to our first art "convention" called Art-O-Con on sunday May 6th, 2012. Thank you Jaded dragons studios for organizing the event. It was a good experience apart from not selling a whole lot. Now we know what to expect next time. We also made a few really great contacts. All in all it was worth it for the several great people we met and the experience. Also we stayed in Kitchener with our friend. It's a really nice city. We're thinking of moving up. Hope all works out well

Continuing the Pink Lady

2012-04-30T19:19:00.000-07:00

It's getting there and so I'm falling hard for this painting. It's been a blast and god do I love it. Pictures are skewed due to phone. My only regret that watercolor isn't more vibrant. I should really think about trying gouache.

End of class three.

End of class four.

2012 Life Drawing Portfolio

2012-04-24T18:04:00.001-07:00

2012 Life drawing portfolio. Includes 30 seconds, or gesture drawings, 1 minute poses, 2 minute poses, 5 minute poses, 10 minute poses, hands & feet, Clothing, motion studies and the page of animal sketches previously posted.

Collasanti's Trip

2012-04-21T10:59:00.000-07:00

One beautiful sunny Monday my 3rd year life drawing class took a trip to Collasanti's to draw some animals. These are my good sketches. Also I'm using this for my final portfolio evaluation. I had an excellent time drawing these funny looking animals. It wasn't easy though, they like to walk around quite a bit.

A job well done

2012-04-19T12:06:00.001-07:00

One of the many different jobs I have at work. Stealing road signs seemed like such a cool idea until I started making them at work. the novelty starts wearing off real fast.

Mines of Moria

2012-04-18T17:28:00.002-07:00

For my Final Lighting and rendering/modeling assignment, we were given the option to model, light and texture whatever we want. I decided to model some concept artwork of the mines of Moria. This is just a really cool shot I grabbed from my render view. Really happy with it so far.

Different Styles

2012-04-16T14:42:00.003-07:00

The purpose of this piece is to grab an initial pose and change it into 3 different styles of drawing.

2012 Sketchbook

2012-04-07T15:46:00.001-07:00

This is my sketchbook for second semester of my third year in college. Many of these images are already in other blogs but this is the grand compilation. First comes sketches I retrieved from my sketchbook, than images created using corel draw and finally paintings completed this semester using watercolor.

Work in progress

2012-04-04T18:28:00.001-07:00

A picture I found online and fell in live with. the beginnings of my reproduction.

What an evil web we weave

2012-04-02T18:51:00.001-07:00

A reproduction of an image I found on the internet. Reproduced on watercolor paper with masking fluid and watercolor paints.

Crack

2012-03-26T09:16:00.001-07:00

A piece of graffiti I saw on a wall in Europe. I reproduced it on water color paper with Indian ink and a yellow ocre wash.

First Animation Online

2012-03-19T08:45:00.003-07:00

Onhe of my third year assignments. Project was to create my head in polly's and using mudbox make it old. Using blend shapes I had to make it say a sentence. Sound isn't in sync , I'm having audio problems. Still working on it.

Art-O-Con

2012-03-07T16:03:00.000-08:00

Art-O-Con, Ben and mine,s first art show we'll have a table at.
We're very excited and working our butts off to create great material to sell. We'll also be selling GiazmoImaging decals.
May 6th
Polish hall
2316 Fairview St
Burlington, ON

New graphic available!

2012-03-04T15:56:00.001-08:00

A brand new graphic is available for all you nature lovers. Available in several colors. For a 6 x 4 inch graphic it'll cost you a measly 10$ and will look great on your laptop cover, vehicle, binder, back of I Pad, etc. Any hard surface.

Company Logo

2012-03-03T18:35:00.000-08:00

Our company logo, which yours truly has designed. I'm fairly happy with it, i think it captures him perfectly. On the plus side we can now right off all gizmo expenses as a business expense. Can't have our mascot crapping out on us.

Visit us at www.gizmoimaging.ca

Success!!!

2012-03-02T20:45:00.001-08:00

www.gizmoimaging.ca Has finally launched. We specialize in fine art, photography and decals. Our prices are very reasonable and we will accept commissions and requests. Give us a shot. Hope you like what you see. I'm very excited for this.

GizmoImaging

2012-03-01T16:37:00.002-08:00

Coming soon, GizmoImaging & design. A new company I'm working on. An idea for the header and or logo.

Material Study

2012-02-29T15:51:00.002-08:00

Material Study. A pillow on a 50's vinyl couch.

Snake VS Rat

2012-02-28T14:52:00.002-08:00

The first time we switched from feeding our snake mice to rats. It was a little big but a very col experience. Took him about 20 minutes. Stupid dates again...

Gizmo's reaction. He loves the snake.

The Fruit Bowl

2012-02-25T10:09:00.001-08:00

Lighting and texturing completed using Maya. A Second year project. It was one of the first light and texturing projects we had. We had to UV every piece of fruit and paint the textures, apply them and light the scene. Not my best work but it was from second year, first semester.

Winter Landscape

2012-02-22T14:30:00.000-08:00

This is a reproduction of a winter landscape I grabbed out of a watercolor demonstration book. It was a nice challenge and made great use of masking fluid. It was a fantastic learning experience.

The Green, It Grows

2012-02-21T06:36:00.000-08:00

<- The original

A picture I took in the back of my parents forest. I touched it up in photoshop, had some fun. All in all I still think I like the original best.

Mother's Day '08

2012-02-20T08:19:00.000-08:00

This is a painting a created for my mom on mothers day of '08. This is one of the first I've ever fell in love with. Also its an original composition.