A commission for my friend Andrew

 

Around December of 2020, the pandemic was kicking off. With the quarantine, I had a lot of time on my hands and was free to take commissions. My friend Andrew reached out to me for a portrait. Initially he wanted a painting of Kramer from Seinfeld, but we settled upon a portrait of him as Ron Burgundy. This painting has gone through some interesting evolution, but the final result turned out great. It was a great exercise in skin tones and I loved honing in the details.

 

This painting has gone through some interesting evolution. The original idea was to have Andrew against a green leafy background. The backdrop then changed to a “purple 4” from one of the pictures he sent as a reference. I had some struggle with painting skin tone, but my friends gave me some great advice.

 

Corvette C8-R painting

 
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I've been working on this painting since the pandemic started. I was inspired by Kirk Bennion's posting of the racing version of the C8 Corvette.

With the lighting, I wanted to make the Corvette leave darkness and enter the light. I wanted to emphasize the front details while letting the rest disappear into the background. This was a really fun challenge, and I will work on more paintings.

 

Here are some shots of the process:

Sketchwars exploded views

 
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After winning the chess piece challenge, I was given the honor of picking the next week’s topic. I was sketching exploded views for my freelance work and decided it would be an appropriate topic. This gave me an excuse to take apart an old remote I had lying around and sketch it. It was an interesting challenge that brought back memories of viscom from my days at CIA. Once again, I really enjoyed trying to create a clean sketch with pen and markers.