Happy Holidays!

. . These are paintings I did for the DreamWorks Christmas special "Shrek the Halls". If you're new to my blog you can see mor...

Upcoming January Classes

I'm offering two fun filled classes starting in January ( see the sidebar for dates and times , To enroll contact LAAFA.org , phone (...

. . Photoshop sketch. .

. Watercolor on Arches paper, 15"x 20". .

James Gurney's New Book

As long as I'm pitching books I'd like to make a recommendation for you: James Gurney 's new book is out: " Color and Light...

Moonshine!

Moonshine is a newly published book featuring the personal work of DreamWorks visual development artists. It's on sale now at Amazon , g...

. . Coastal city, photoshop and art rage. .

. . Coastal City, Photoshop. .

. . Charcoal and Nu-pastel on Strathmore paper. .

Color Design for Entertainment, Nov 13

. Only a few spots left! To enroll email: contact@conceptdesignacad.com or call : 818-669-4657 Hope to see you there!

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Here's a scene from The Prince of Egypt . T he painted background is somewhat abstract and was meant to serve as backdrop for several ch...

. . Compressed charcoal sketch. .

. . Oil study of Clark Allen. .

. . Sarah, oil on canvas, from a life painting session in 2000. .

. . Location design for How to Train Your Dragon . This is the shoreline of Dragon Island. I did it in photoshop, it's inspired by a loo...

From Student to Professional, September 14th

. I'm giving a presentation we're calling "From Student to Professional and Beyond" on Tuesday, September 14, 7-10:00 pm. ...

A Watercolor demo this week. I began with a light blue wash over the paper before beginning the drawing, then added darks so as to not loose...

. This is a scene painted for Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron with close-ups and a color rough. Acrylic on illustration board. .

. . A location sketch for How to Train Your Dragon , photoshop. .

. . A scene painted for The Prince of Egypt , 1998. .

Comicon Portrait Demo

. Here's my charcoal portrait demo from Comicon, it was great to see all of you who stopped by. And much thanks to the Laafa folks for ...

. . These are digital landscapes painted in photoshop. They're meant to serve a very different purpose than the plein air gouache painti...

. . In my class we've been studying painting with theatrical light sources. Here are a couple of my demo sketches. Watercolor and gouach...

How to Train Your Dragon: Location Design

. I very much enjoyed doing rockwork for How to Train Your Dragon . My Dad is a geologist and he passed on a strong interest in it to me. Th...

Composition Workshop! Saturday July 10

The skills of drawing and color are critically important and yet they don't find their full expression until they're teamed with a s...

. . Compressed charcoal on Rives paper. .

. . Here's another idea piece for the ogre encampment from Shrek Forever After . .

Shrek Forever After: evolution of a sketch

. The ogre resistance encampment was an interesting challenge, here's one of many passes we took at it: Moleskine sketch Color rough ...