Family Troupe

"Family Troupe"

2011 - Mixed Media

I'll probably do some progress shots/ documentation when I get some more photos taken. The physical scene is about 24 inches wide, 24 inches tall, and 12 inches deep.

The Blue Marble Gambit

In the beginning of the summer, I completed a book cover illustration for a client self-publishing on the Amazon Kindle. For his novel, The Blue Marble Gambit, Mr. Holt requested an illustration in the style of my drawing "The Cartographer's Library," which I made back in college. This is what I came up with. It was a fun project and we were both very satisfied by the result.

You can view the book, download a sample chapter, and purchase it from Amazon.

Kindle Screen Broken

How did this happen? Just in time for my 3 hour flight to Korea, too....

"The Travellers" - Progress shots

That's a working title.... Here are some photos. I don't think I'm going to post any more of this until the finished product - I am expecting to be finished building around September 1 and lighting/ photographing by mid September.

Concept Sketches

New Diorama - Progress shots

Here are some shots of my current diorama. This will be another forest (like one of the scenes I made for IP,) though on a smaller scale (60cm x 60cm x 30 cm, or 2ft x 2ft x 1 ft.) It will feature, hopefully, 3 characters (made from polymer clay, not rapid-prototyping) and lots of other details. I will try to post the concept sketch tonight with some color studies.

My "studio" space setup in my apartment

Beginning stages of the landscape

One of the 3 characters

Sculpture Sketches

My family visited me in Japan last week and brought my art supplies! So I've been doing some fast miniature sculpting. This guy is about 4 inches high. Because the oil-based clay attaches and separates pretty easily, I've been experimenting with different "costumes" made of large, general forms, which has been a good exercise in character design.