Another time-lapse of my Lithops plant growing earlier this Spring. I snapped a shot just about every day for 2 months during it’s annual growth cycle.
Even though it seems to be growing quickly, the plant hasn’t changed its overall size much over the 3 years I’ve kept it. Instead, the new growth draws water from the old “leaves,” which shrink away like tiny raisins.
I made this piece back in November to pay tribute to Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion animator who had an immense influence on shaping my creative interests. I was saddened to hear that Mr. Harryhausen died this past Tuesday at the age of 92.
This scene from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is more responsible for what I do and what I’m about than anything else I can think of.
My day job has been eating up a lot of my free time these past few weeks, so unfortunately I haven’t had much energy to chisel away at my coloring book project. With the drawing time I do have, I’m giving myself a brain break and revising and digitizing some earlier pages. I’ll be back with some new art later in the month.
Fortunately, my day job is pretty awesome, so I’ll be posting some more images related to my work as an art teacher at an Asheville elementary school.
Here’s some pictures of the Buncombe County Schools Art Show, on display at the Asheville Mall until May 5th. Every elementary, intermediate, and middle school art teacher in the county was given a large bulletin panel to highlight some of the best art made in our classrooms. My school is K-4.
Illustration and a Beer - Episode 14: The Cryptozoology of Bluegrass - ZaPow! Asheville, NC Illustration Gallery and Creative Center
Here’s a link to my podcast interview with the folks at ZaPow, the Asheville gallery where my work is on display. It’s a nice long and meandering chat about my process and artistic interests.
Final version of the Kraken for my cryptozoology coloring book.
IG-88
Digital drawing
IG-88 in Ord Mantell Junkyard, my favorite moment from Shadows of the Empire on N64.
I did a whole series of process posts over on my Blogspot. Check it out to see more about how this got made.
Mongolian Death Worm- page from my Cryptozoology coloring book.
Chupacabra- page from my upcoming Cryptozoology coloring book.
The first product of my new Wacom tablet.
Still working out what the kraken’s prey will be, but other than that it’s basically finished.
Really love that my “inking” is editable now that I’m doing it on the computer instead of with Microns.
