Thursday, April 23, 2015

NERDCORE III - opening May 9th!

So the painting previews I've been teasing you all with are for this upcoming group show opening on May 9th at Slushbox Gallery, in West Palm Beach, Florida!  fb event info here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1552679305013669/

(I will not be attending the opening in person unfortunately, but it looks like a strong roster of talent lined up. I encourage you to check it out if you're local/in the area.)



Wednesday, April 15, 2015

New painting for May show - sneak peek #2

Here is sneak peek #2 of the yet-to-be-revealed-titled-painting for a group show in May. This is a closeup of the frame. It's pretty old...

Monday, April 13, 2015

New painting for May show - sneak peek #1

Here is a sneak peek of a new painting I completed for a show in May. (I can't tell you what the title is yet, it would give too much away.)

Thursday, April 09, 2015

RiP: A Remix Maifesto

I watched this great documentary recently about copyright laws. It covers it's inception and usage in the past with global insight on how it's evolved in this digital age we live in. Highly worth the watch.


  Official site: http://ripremix.com/

For more art documentaries: Jono's art documentary recommendations

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

color studies and tonals - THAT LAUGH!



 Here are the tonal thumbnails (painted digitally) I made for the ‪#‎painting‬ 'THAT LAUGH!'. From this, the next step would have been the color studies  below. The thumbnail on the bottom left had the best balance of darks and lights.


 Final tonal study. Available here.

Here are the color thumbnails I made for the ‪#‎painting‬ 'THAT LAUGH!'. From this, the next step would have been the color study. I like to see multiple options on the same page for contrast. For the color study, I took the clouds from the one on the bottom left and Porky and Ludwig from the one on the bottom right.
The final color study. Available here.