Fishpistol Post

Island Life

2012-01-13T14:13:00.000-08:00

I love pirates. An image I painted in Photoshop for a contest that I didn't win. Oh well, it was fun and a great learning experience. I can't wait to delve deeper into my digital painting and get better at it. I regret diving into the render pass too soon on this one. I should have focused on getting the values right with broad passes. Comment with any crits you have. I appreciate it!

Mr. W.

2011-11-28T16:34:00.001-08:00

Growing restless at work. So a 15 minute dabble with Painter's Oil Pastel brush. Just to keep things loose....

Smithy

2011-11-16T08:54:00.000-08:00

He made the hammer....and he knows how to use it.

Boom Chuck

2011-11-09T11:04:00.000-08:00

Meet the Boom Chucker. He'll explode you. This one needs some values to clear up my bad composition. A colored 3/4 view would be much better. I'll have to revisit this fella.

Archer

2011-11-08T10:56:00.000-08:00

Archer is a great TV show. Just sayin.

Elder Wizard

2011-11-04T13:50:00.000-07:00

Here's another character from my oft-thought about, seldom worked on project. He knows hocus pocus.

Turtle Tank

2011-08-10T16:50:00.000-07:00

Another fellow from my personal project. I almost broke Flash drawing this one!

Half Pint

2011-08-05T20:33:00.001-07:00

Wow, sorry for the LONG lag between posts. Life got more crazy than usual..but we're back! This is Half-Pint with his special libation "Firebeer". He's one of the fellows associated with my super secret personal project. Maybe I'll post the rest of em if I can get the idea to go somewhere. Or.... I suppose if it crashes and burns I can post all of his little buddies :D

Spring Plz

2011-02-16T18:08:00.000-08:00

My sketchy expression of groundhogs day. This fellow and I really would like an early spring, but since it snowed today.....I am not hopeful.

Legend

2011-02-14T21:45:00.001-08:00

Last year I created this short little story for a compilation comic book that was published by a friend of mine who wanted to put together a comic for the Feed the Children charity. I held back on posting my contribution for a while, but now I'm posting it here. This is just my contribution. The real value is the work of the other incredible artists, and you can still buy the book (remember, all proceeds go to charity) here:
http://fragmentscomic.org/

Legend Cont.

2011-02-14T21:31:00.000-08:00

Doodle Do

2011-01-25T22:31:00.000-08:00

A quickie while I was waiting on my computer to do it's thing at work today. I'd like to think they're covering something epic like The Czar by Mastodon.....but lets face it, they're probably playing Journey.

Waiting for the Bus

2010-12-30T16:45:00.000-08:00

Formative years.

Rooftop WIP #3

2010-12-28T11:28:00.000-08:00

Another pass on my rooftop animation. I still need to polish up some portions of this, and then I can get going on a face pass.

Questing

2010-12-09T17:06:00.000-08:00

I should win an award for my lazy backgrounds.....OR I should start staging my characters in more realized spaces. hmmmmmmm......

Rooftop WIP #2

2010-11-28T16:06:00.001-08:00

Here's another WIP post. I'm not getting as far along with this as I'd like (isn't that always the case), but it's coming along bit by bit.

Sneaks

2010-11-18T11:53:00.001-08:00

Here's a playblast of my personal reel project that I'm working on. It's just the opening shot of what will hopefully be a great chase scene. This is my progress WIP on the first part with one round of polish.....much more needed. I'll update here with more of these as I complete em!

Back to basics

2010-11-15T19:57:00.000-08:00

Graphite, uncombed hair, canvas jacket. Earthy stuff.

Hard Times

2010-09-01T00:29:00.001-07:00

They come and go.

Cute Gun

2010-08-26T01:10:00.000-07:00

Whew, back to posting....it's about time! Here we have another sci-fi creation that's a little cuter than the last one. Good to be back. Sorry for the lag between posts.

Creature Feature

2010-08-18T23:38:00.000-07:00

I'm waaay behind in my posts. But it's for a good reason as I've been busy with some cool freelance work. Here's an oldie from a caveman short animation that I never finished. Conceptualizing some villainous prehistoric creatures. I'll get back to the daily posts when things slow down a bit.

Dirty Red Pirate

2010-08-11T23:56:00.001-07:00

Wednesday is Pirate day!

An Ode

2010-08-10T23:47:00.000-07:00

Tuesday's post is an homage to the Norse half of my heritage. All hail this hammer handling heathen.

Huntress WIP #1

2010-08-08T20:51:00.000-07:00

More to come on this dangerous lady. Just the line work for now. Soon to include additional characters, an environment, and other exciting stuff.

Patrol

2010-08-06T02:49:00.000-07:00

A multifaceted fellow on patrol. Scribble scribble!

Sketchblog rejuvination

2010-08-05T00:28:00.000-07:00

I've been remiss in both posting and actually creating enough new artwork. That will change now as I intend (what a great word...so full of optimism) to post a new drawing or creation here on this blog every day. If nothing else, it will force me to grow and produce. Some of my daily posts will certainly be quick sketches (like this first one). Some will hopefully be fully realized pieces. If life overwhelms, I will try to post an older piece. Hooray for scribbles.

Monstah!

2010-07-12T08:15:00.000-07:00

A weekend Photoshop exercise

Conan Frazetta Tribute

2010-06-08T11:20:00.001-07:00

My tribute WIP of Conan the Barbarian. RIP Frank Frazetta. I'm going to use this as a base for a digital painting.

December Sketchdump

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All Yours Bud

2009-12-08T17:26:00.000-08:00

Drawn in Flash....years ago now..

Probably Crazy

2009-12-07T09:52:00.000-08:00

A rough 11secondclub.com animation that I put together in June '09. Placed 7th out of 137 entries. I'd like to go back to it and make it a bit snappier and maybe clean it up a bit. It was a fun test. I'll be doing some more 2d tests soon and I'll post them all here.

Nice Doggy

2009-12-04T17:49:00.001-08:00

A little late for Halloween. An old illustration I did for a client while I was in school. I need to draw some new stuff instead of posting old stuff.

Chillax

2009-12-04T17:43:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine once told me to "Chillax" I imagine that's what this guy would say. A flash sketch from my art school days.

2009-12-04T17:04:00.000-08:00

Lion-O. Hark the best decade in entertainment. I should color it sometime.

Pro ant agonist

2009-12-04T13:51:00.000-08:00

A couple characters I came up with last spring. I need to draw some more of these fellows. Posting these now so I have something besides text on my new blog.

Hola and Hello

2009-12-04T11:51:00.000-08:00

I've been meaning to do this for a while now. This blog will be dedicated to my various artistic efforts. Basically a forum for those inclined to comment, review, and criticize my scribblings. I promise not to rant about politics, movies, or the state of my personal life. Just drawings, animations, and anything else I create. I hope everyone likes it.