USF Health fundraising gift commission

I was called yesterday from a client with the part of the University of South Florida "USF" health fundraising department, and she wanted me to paint 12 employees all in one page. This is going to be given to their boss that is being promoted to another department, so they all wanted me to draw them together. It was such a last minute idea and not much time so I convinced her to let me come on location and draw some of the employees on location. It worked out great and I hope to let you all know what happens on Thursday when he will receive the art!
Well here is what I ended up doing a 16-20 inch illustration board with pen and ink, and water color.

Baseball coach Caricature

I had a repeat job from a client I did of a base ball player where he was wearing a double hat ( I tried to find it but could not find it) It is fun to working on high quality water color paper, and really like how I am able to achieve really effective values and textures.
This week I have a Trade show at the Tampa Bay Convention center for DST output. Will share more soon! Good night

John Kascht Artist Painting

John Kascht is the visiting artist at the ISCA Caricature convention in San Antonio Texas this year, and I could not make it this year! I had to at least paint him. While working on this I tried to achieve the water color feel, but with digital tools in photoshop. We had a digital work shop with Jan Optebeck on the ISCA forum, wich I missed but knew I had to get this talented artist a painting of mine! I have more to go, but for now here it is!

The winner of the guess question on Matt Damon

I ran a question on a close up of a drawing I did of Matt Damon on my facebook fan page, and twitter and my college classmate from Ringling College of Art and Design Talmage Watson guess it right. He won a free drawing by me, so he wanted his son drawn.

A Illustration of a dying mans last wish.

This is for an Illustration for BAM bass angler magazine. I wish I could share the whole piece the article, but not intil it has been published. I am sorry I have not been as active as I wanted to, but that is all about to change. Have a great day, comments always welcomed!

Andy Serkis

I thought it would be appropriate to show you my step-by-step with painting my Andy Serkis. 
I have been struggling with finding my style with the involving the new digital medium in photoshop. I really like to sketch right with pencil first, pen and Ink, water color, gouache, and then digital. Now I know the step of Pen and Ink is a step that is now needed for tighter work with less lines because everything will be painted over! I hope you like that I share my progress in this painting. Every week on Caricaturama Showdown we 3000+ artist all pick the same famous person and Caricaturize our own interpretation, and here is mine! 

I hope everyone as a really great Thanks giving holiday and I pray everyone realizes the real meaning of christmas and it doesn't get barried under all the stress of the shopping etc.! Leave comments I love to fellowship! Peace

Samples of Gift Caricature of a family in Munich Germany

I was contacted by the mother of the Father in this Caricature Illustration. I like the fact that she wanted traditional media and I am really enjoying the pen & Ink and water color as my traditional medium of choice. Mark Fredrickson once told me at the 2009 ISCA Caricature Convention ( which is coming up real soon here in my home town, more to follow), and that was that I should try to leave my line work in my work as much as possible because that was my strong point. I am trying to find a fine medium between the liniar work and more tones and values. due to the fact that it is a gift for Christmas everyone will have to wait to see the full final here are close ups that I liked. 

Ocean Front Magazine Cartoon Page

This new really cool magazine decided to start up a Cartoon Page for there cartoon spot Illustrations. My 4 Cartoon Illustrations are on the top of this page really great stuff, my friend Bruce Norris also Has a couple of his cartoons in this Mag.
Here are two new Cartoons that came out in this this June.

Ancestor Tree

This was a fun project and nice for a change. I was to Illustrate an old tree in a creative way and the add the different names and families. I really liked the line work and didn't want to cover the quality of the line soo I decided use Water color for the coloring. 

  

K.C water color sketch of Friend K.C

K.C. is a fellow artist of Rock-stars Anime art that he sells prints of at Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach, Fl.

Jay Leno Caricature

Here is the finished art and thumbnails for my final Jay Leno done in pencil and water color, with a touch of gouache highlights. I am not happy with the hands on him and had to repaint, them. After I get my critique from my teacher on schoolism I will do the changes in photoshop! For the record I really enjoy the water color and how it works with my drawing style. Comments are always welcomed!