video games & illustration

I decided to take a scene from a video game called "Final Fantasy 3" that was first created in 1990, and give it a little revamping with a new style of illustration I've been working with.  Mine version is on top, the actual video game screen-grab is on the bottom.

macro photography - water on a feather 1

Peacock feathers have an amazing way of capturing light and bouncing it back as a spectrum of various vibrant colors in the different angles they are looked upon.  :)

macro photography - jumping spider

This little critter is about half the size of my pinky nail.  I noticed him hopping around on the pebbles outside my door, and upon seeing his sinister little red smile, I became determined to photograph him!  In this shot, he decided to take a rest on a small blade of grass, I assume he was also keeping a few eye's out for his next meal too.  :)

printmaking the ink blot series

I have been photographing several models lately for an ink series of portraits. I figured it to be fitting to translate my portraits into a lino-cut print.  Being my first attempt at lino-cut, I believe it turned out fairly well.  :)

painting the fall forest 2011

I decided to photograph the trees and their beautiful fall colors and then take what I saw and translate it into a painting.  While looking through the camera lens, I noticed there was a lot of movement from the wind so i set a goal to not only capture the vibrance I see in the trees around me, but to also capture their movement in the wind.   :)

first time experence with clay

It took me a good 7 hours to complete this.  It was bisk fired, and then hit with a stain to give it a bit of a leather look to it and then fired again to maturity.  :)