With more than 10 years in the design field as a professional, I have put together a large body of work in the following areas:
For years I have used a number of outlets for my creativity – this blog is a place where I can share projects that I’ve worked on in the following types of areas:
- Stuff I built
- Car modifications
- Sketches & drawings
- Photography
- My inspirations
- Everything else…
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments about what you see on these pages – I would love to hear from you
Portrait – Just for fun
This is a step by step tutorial of how I painted Eva Green. This woman has a captivating stare and I saw two photos of her from a photo shoot she did for a James Bond movie and this is my drawing of one of them. Done on a Wacom Cintiq 24HD in Photoshop. Reference photograph used but not traced, about …
Platinum Marcom Award for 2013! Highest Honor!
I just received word that I have won my 6th Marketing and Communications Award (Marcom) for 2013. This is the fourth year running that my work has been awarded, and with more than 6,000 entrants in the US & Canada this year, it is an honor to accept this award. Thanks to FFF Enterprises for having me handle their artwork …
Advertisement concepts for No Bush
Here are a series of ad concepts that I created for No Bush. These paintings were meant to be concepts and ideas for what some of their photo shoots should be set up for. The final audience will be GQ, Maxim and Mens Health.
Ring Designs
A client contacted me with an unusual project – jewelry design (unusual for me anyways). They secured a contract for a line of high end rings to be produced in small numbers and sold at high end retailers in the US. They wanted designs from an artist who has no experience with jewelry design to design them so he could …
A painting of my daughter
This is a step by step tutorial process that I saved out in stages. I start with a loose blueline sketch, then a much tighter line drawing where I focus on defining the shapes and outlining the highlights/shadows. Then I usually fill the whole area with a middle value. Once I have that done, its just about creating multiple layers …
Gorilla Man Illustration – Step by step
Here is a step by step breakdown of a conceptual illustration I did for a client. The product is called No Bush and it’s a lotion that removes hair. The client wanted a very specific look for their mascot/spokesperson. A sexy male in excellent shape who had the head of an ape or gorilla with the hairless body of a …
Painting of my Daughter
This is a painting study attempting to capture a bit of my 2 year old daughters personality. Recently, when told ‘no’ or scolded, she shoots back this disapproving scowl with a furled brow that will take you off guard if you aren’t expecting it. If you return the same look back at her, she will begin to crack a smile …
Another gift for a friends wedding
This is a painting that I did from a photo reference as a wedding gift. I did the painting as an 20″ x 26″ to be gallery wrapped. This was the photo reference
Technical Illustration of A Bike
This project was done for a small start-up company in phoenix who is taking Felt Cruisers and turning them into motorbikes. The client was adamant that they be able to modify the color schemes of the bike with a minimal of fuss so they could create all the colors, patterns and textures they had available on their own without having …
Drexyl logo
Can’t give too much information on this one, its still in development, but this is a logo design that I am currently working on as a partner in a venture.
Aged Woman Cover Illustration
UPDATE: This magazine cover won a Platinum Marcom Award in 2013! Thanks to FFF Enterprises for submitting it to the gallery! This is a magazine cover illustration that I painted to represent the scientific side of anti-aging research. The editor opted for a split face illustration to get this point across. This idea has been done many times before, but …
Butcher block kitchen island
Our kitchen. This space in the house was one of the few spaces that we have done nothing with since we moved into our house. The previous owners did all new cabinets and carved out a decent pantry space plus put in a new oven, but they left the old blue/brown laminate counter tops there for us. The edges of …
Painting of my wife
Creative projects have been scarce lately, and even though I had work that I was supposed to be doing late tonight, I really felt like doing a painting of my beautiful wife, Jesika. This was based on a photo that I took of her one morning that we went out to breakfast – its silly, but this is one of …
Painting of my oldest daughter
This is a painting that I did of my daughter as a junior bridesmaid at a friends wedding. I chose the parchment background early, but as the painting went on I think it was too rough and rustic for such a gentle subject. For the final I chose to put it on a white background instead and I think it …
Gift for a friends wedding
This is a painting that I did from a photo reference as a wedding gift. I did the painting as an 18″ x 24″ to be framed into a 24″ x 36″ frame. Here is the reference photo that I used: