Puss Reboots: Digital Art: Themes: People
People aren't a regular theme in my artwork but every so often I get the urge to do a portrait or a study.
 Back I drew this to piece to try out some Photoshop plug ins but I no longer have this package. April 2001 |
 Crossed Fingers Another 100% Bryce 5. I used metaballs to create the hand and fingers. June 2001 |
August 2001 |
 Unexpected Arrival This is a Bryce / Painter piece and it's very rough and rather cheesy but I like it because it helped me work out some of the aspects of a uniform I was trying to describe. So forgive me for my sentimental posting of a rubbish drawing. September 2001 |
 Huntress I made this piece in Painter and later applied it to an amphora. October 2001 |
 Le Fou I drew this in Painter and Photoshop for use as a pillow texture in the alcove project. October 2001 |
 Waiting for News It's another cheesy Bryce/Painter/Poser piece. While it's not great, it did serve it's purpose as a storyboard for a project I've been working for just about forever. So it has sentimental value. October 2001 |
 Three Tiered Dish Challenge Here is a poser render of the candy dish. November 2001 |
 Noodle Bowl I drew this with pencil based on a photograph in a magazine or newspaper article. I don't remember any more where the original image was. February 2002 |
 Snow White I did this with Poser and Painter. It's not as good as I would have liked but it took me a long time to complete it. March 2002 |
 The Conversation I did this Poser render to create some artwork for a Carrara project. April 2002 |
 Solarium Ooh. Nekkid men on the walls! August 2002 |
 Nina's Room Trying to get back into Bryce after Sean. August 2002 |
 Sean Aged Two Weeks I drew this sketch of Sean as he napped. September 2002 |
 O'ahu Afternoon This project took a couple of evenings to put together. November 2002 |
 Fly Fishing Dick and George go fishing on an alien planet. November 2002 |
 Observing in the Rain Even inclement weather can't stop the work of the volcanoligists on this world. December 2002 |
 Sean Aged 3 1/2 Months As of 2005, he still sleeps with his hand in his mouth. December 2002 |
 Marion at the Reflection Pool Poser, Bryce and Painter used in this project. February 2003 |
 The Yellow Fan I think this geisha was the most complicated Illustrator drawing I've ever done. March 2003 |
 Venus Drawn with Illustrator. This piece was included in the February 2005 edition of ROI Design's ezine. March 2003 |
 The French Connection This piece is one of my favorite Illustrator drawings. March 2003 |
 Out of Reach A portrait of Sean in 3D. People have asked about the right foot's placement. Babies at this age really can fold their feet in these funny positions. At least mine could! April 2003 |
 The Bride I drew this piece with Project Dog Waffle. April 2003
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 Romeo Slumbers I drew Romeo with Project Dogwaffle. It is one of two (so far) drawings inspired by Romeo and Juliet which strikes me as odd. It's not remotely my favorite of the bard's plays. May 2003 |
 Fingers in the Grass I drew picture with Illustrator. May 2003 |
 Coffee Dedicated to all those people who have to pull late nighters or who work the grave yard shift. May 2003 |
 Cleaning Up I was practicing with Poser, a program I don't use much. The mucky water is done with metaballs. May 2003 |
 The Crown Prince Ball Room No -- she's not cleaning the entire floor with just a bucket and a sponge. It's just one tough spot. May 2003 |
 Moondance Drawn with Painter. June 2003 |
 In the Sand Trap on the 18th at the Sihon Country Club It just looked like a sand drap to me. June 2003 |
 Wolf Woman Drawn in Painter June 2003 |
 Captivation Drawn with Painter. June 2003 |
 Barbara Drawn in Painter. July 2003 |
 Girl on the Beach Drawn in Illustrator. August 2003 |
 Amish Woman I spent about four days drawing this woman in Painter. September 2003 |
 Look Away My last Illustrator drawing for quite some time. October 2003 |
 Vision Quest I composited the Poser render and the Bryce render in Photoshop. February 2004 |
 Watching Television My last Poser piece to date. I haven't installed it on my new machine. March 2004 |
 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I know... it's a Maya Angelou title but I was actually thinking of the Avengers episode where Emma ends up in a bird cage. April 2004 |
 Grace I drew Grace with Photoshop. Purple and orange are one of my favorite color combinations. Created January 28, 2005 |
 Tragedy This Photoshop drawing was inspired by a photograph of a recent performance of Romeo & Juliet. Created May 2, 2005 |
 Walking Another Photoshop drawing. I used Gaussian blur to put give a sense of distance between the person walking (the foot) and the people standing on the horizon. Created June 20, 2005 |
 On the Water Drawn with Photoshop. Save for some ripple distortions, there isn't much reliance on filters in this drawing. Created July 12, 2005 |
 Wading Drawn with Photoshop. Here are two boys contemplating the tide and cooling off from the summer heat. Created July 26, 2005 |
 Yellow Umbrella Drawn with Photoshop. Created July 18, 2005 |
 Blink Drawn with Photoshop over the course of a couple of days. Created August 15-17, 2005 |
 Put Your Right Foot In Drawn with Photoshop. This was mostly an exercise in tonality. Created October 7, 2005 |
 Watching the Sea Drawn with Photoshop. October 20, 2005 |
 Autumn Drawn in Illustrator. I did this very simplistic drawing last night when taking a break from Nanowrimo. November 14, 2005 |
 Red Hat I started with a photograph of Sean as a baby and focused on an interesting spot where the red of his USC hat contrasted against the dark of the background and the yellow of his footed jammies. June 23, 2006 |
 The Plunge Pure Bryce and inspired by "Back" a piece I drew in 2001 with Photoshop. I changed the medium and the gender of the figure but the spirit is the same. October 8, 2006 |
 Young Woman Inspired by a photograph posted on the Agence Eureka blog. December 1-2, 2006 |
 Beach Walk I did this drawing to learn how to make custom dynamic brushes. I used my custom brush to make the sand texture. January 22-3, 2007 |
 Under Construction "Under Construction" is my first hand drawn portrait since December of 2006. This time I used the pen tool on four separate layers (hat, skin, shirt and sky) to draw the construction worker. In my most recent drawings, I've been using Illustrator but I prefer the color selection tools of Photoshop and I'm more comfortable with the program. June 23, 2007 |
 Waiting in Traffic I drew this piece in Photoshop from a photograph I took last yaer. June 25-6, 2007 |
 Huck Finn I did another portrait with the pen tool in Photoshop. June 30, 2007 |
 Visage I am enjoying drawing again in Photoshop. I used the line tool for the mannequin's head and the shape blur tool for the background. I really like the glow that came about from the blurring. July 7, 2007 |
 Georgia I did another drawing in Photoshop. I like focusing on pieces and details, rather than the "whole picture." For Georgia I concentrated on the feet. I used custom shapes for the flowers on the grass. July 9, 2007 |
 Red Shoes Drawn tonight in Photoshop. I mostly used the pen and gradient tools but I also used a custom dynamic brush for the foliage behind the walkway. July 22, 2007 |
 Green Skirt I'm drawing feet again. Created August 7, 2007 |
 The Bucket When it was too hot read at night, I decided to spent the time drawing instead. I did this quick six layer Photoshop drawing based on a photograph of a Pie Town dugout I saw on Shorpy.com. August 30, 2007 |
 Gossip It's been a month since I did a drawing in Photoshop. This latest drawing uses a custom dynamic brush, the pen tool, gradient fills and some gausian blurs. It is inspired by "Girls Talk!" on the ParisDailyPhoto blog. October 7, 2007 |
 Country Butter The Shorpy blog has been running a recent series of beautiful color photographs from the 1940s. The man stopping to read the sign at this store in Nebraska caught my eye. I decided to focus on that moment in this quick Photoshop sketch. October 19, 2007 |
 Wet Red Shoes I needed a break from Bryce. The last time I drew in Photoshop was back in October when I created "Country Butter." The drawing is inspire by the red shoes that sculptor Marc Rogerson is wearing in the photo Michael Blamey posted on his Melbourne Today blog. Buy a copy of "Wet Red Shoes" to hang on your wall. February 4, 2008 |
 Red Sock After sitting through a number of long Bryce renders, I felt the need to do an illustration in Photoshop. I really liked the bright red socks in "Red Socks 1942" a photograph posted on the Shorpy blog. So I did my best to recreate one of the red socks. You can buy this illustration as either a poster or a magnet. Created February 24, 2008 |
 Harriet in Oregon Sean took a lovely photograph of his sister while we were at the Boardman rest stop in Oregon. I used the photograph as a reference while I drew this portrait in Photoshop. Buy a copy of "Harriet in Oregon" to hang on your wall. Created February 25, 2008 |
 Harriet in the Grass After the positive comments I received on "Harriet in Oregon" I drew this portrait of her playing in the grass. Like the previous one, this one is drawn from a photograph taken in Oregon. Buy a copy of "Harriet in the Grass" to hang on your wall. Created March 3-5, 2008 |
 Harriet in Blue I drew this portrait of Harriet from a recent photograph taken at home. Buy a copy of "Harriet in Blue" to hang on your wall. Created March 30, 2008 |
 Portrait of an Artist I drew this portrait of my son posing near one of his recent drawings. It's based on a photograph I took of him. Buy a copy of "Portrait of an Artist" to hang on your wall. Created May 2, 2008 |
 Sean at the Beach I drew this portrait of Sean from a Photograph I took last year at La Jolla Shores. My mother asked me to turn it into a drawing. Buy a copy of "Sean on the Beach" to hang on your wall. Created May 11, 2008 |
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