Green Box Blog

Avery!

2011-12-27T10:28:00.000-08:00

My Mom has been after me for a while to do a picture for her, so I finally got around to painting her favorite subject...."the Granddaughter"

Merry Christmas Mom!

Red Skull

2011-08-17T23:04:00.000-07:00

In honor of Captain America: Super Soldier hitting the shelves a couple of weeks ago...here is a piece I did WAY back in the day when we first started. If you get the chance give the game a shot...I guarantee you'll have fun beatin up Hydra devils. It's certainly the best Marvel super hero movie tie-in game in a while.

EBH T-Shirt

2011-06-26T08:52:00.000-07:00

Here is a T-Shirt design I did for Edmonton Block Heater. The shirt has yet to be made but I thought I'd post this guy. The caption will be changed for the final image...I'll let Ross come up with something as he is a much wittier fellow than I. Enjoy!

H.P Lovecraft

2011-05-27T13:18:00.000-07:00

Here is another attempt at incorporating some 3d into my art process. The background elements were modeled and rendered in Max, I used a simple lighting model for some quick directional and bounce, and then went right into painting. I struggled a bit on this until I decided to do the Cthulu framing element...it added a ton of work to the piece but I think it helped. I'm throwing in some detail shots and a little work in progress image to show the various stages.

The Bride

2011-03-01T07:49:00.000-08:00

Here is another unearthed sketch from back in the day. I'm finding these quick little pieces a great way to get back into the groove after a bit of a break from painting. I'm doing some marketing images for Cap at work right now which surprisingly enough has inspired me to get back to my own stuff.

Superman

2011-02-21T16:32:00.000-08:00

I stumbled upon this old sketch I had done back during my days at P'n'B. Thought I'd throw some color on it just for fun.

Edmonton Block Heater_Mars, Massachusetts

2011-01-24T23:59:00.000-08:00

Well, at long last EBH has released their second album and once again I was lucky enough to help out with their album art. I did two pieces for the CD...if anyone actually buys CDs anymore. The first is the back cover, and the second is the illustration printed right on the CD itself.
Still waiting for my copy Ross...cough cough, but I just downloaded it from ITunes. I suggest everyone who reads this post go do the same and get your daily recommended dosage of straight up amazing song writing and incredible musicianship from one of Vancouver's best.
I dare you to listen to Kiss Me Kate and not have it stuck in your head for the rest of the week.

Lets get going on album #3 Smithy!

Evil Dead The Musical

2010-06-03T00:15:00.000-07:00

A while back my friend Scott played Ash in THE Vancouver production of Evil Dead The Musical. I wish I got to do the poster for that show...but I never got the chance.
So here is my "audition" for next year if they decide to mount the show again.

Thanks to Tony for some much needed color input on this one.

Scoots...hope you dig it.

Cinephile Cover

2010-05-10T21:45:00.000-07:00

Here is a piece I did a while back for my friend Brent when he was working on UBC's film program's magazine Cinephile. The magazine contains essays and articles on film that are tied to a different theme each issue. This particular issues theme was "The Scene".
At risk of over explaining the piece...I'll shed some insight into what we were going for.
Our initial concept was to try to combine the visual of the final scene and show how that all its components live in the mind of the director. The use of the Basic Instinct scene was a commentary on how certain scenes can go on to become part of vocabulary of popular culture and transcend the film itself.
I'm not quite sure what the dude who is watching it on youtube is supposed to mean.
Ask Brent.

Handsome Harry

2010-03-01T22:15:00.000-08:00

Well I've always been a big fan of Drew Struzan, so here I am blatantly ripping him off. Lets call it a tribute shall we...yes thats better. Here is my tribute to Drew. A man who must have gotten very tired of painting this handsome devil, over and over.
I gonna try do more portraits going forward...we'll see how it goes.
This piece also served as a bit of a reminder to me why I used to love Indiana Jones. Raiders is still my favorite flick of all time but don't get me started on Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

PS...around 4 hours.

Insomnia Werewolf!

2010-02-21T10:58:00.000-08:00

The other night I must have have my afternoon coffee a bit late and ended up not being able to sleep. So here is the sketch that came out.
This was inspired by Nigel's latest post, a great sketch of the grim reaper and a little girl, very creepy, very cool. And of course the Wolfman movie.

6 hours, Photoshop.

William and Temeraire

2009-12-16T00:13:00.000-08:00

Here is a pic that intended to be color but I spent too long on the value render and created too much work for myself to actually color it. Blast. Oh well...live and learn. This pic is inspired from a series of books called His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik. The series is a very fun read about dragons being used for aerial combat during the Napoleonic wars. Thanks again to the guys on this one...especially Tony.

Theseus vs the Minotaur

2009-12-10T13:16:00.000-08:00

Here is the second in my mythology series. I had alot of great feedback along the way from my coworkers, and it really helped me bring this one together. So thanks to Derek, Nigel and Tony!
Pencils and Photoshop

2009-12-10T11:43:00.001-08:00

Here is something a little more recent. This one is also something more of a sketch that previous posts....again, something to break the bad habit of lingering in grayscale.

Photoshop

More Halloween!

2009-12-10T11:27:00.000-08:00

This one was a really quick one for me. I'm trying more and more speed up the amount of stuff I do and avoid the epic renders. This one was also an attempt to break a bad habit I have of staying in grayscale too long.

PS and Painter.

Halloween

2009-12-10T11:21:00.000-08:00

Here's a fun halloween pic I did a while back. Its from an even older sketch I had kickin around for ages that I finally added color to. This pic has the honor of being used on the invite of one of Justin and Mina's legendary Halloween parties.

Pencil and PS

Birthday for Bullard!

2009-12-10T10:46:00.001-08:00

One of the many things Justin and I have in common is a love for all things Muppets. So I did this one to say Happy Birthday to a great friend. I had way too much fun with this one, I've got a couple other Muppet pics in my head...so stay tuned!

The Dark Tower

2009-12-10T10:44:00.000-08:00

This one I did for my bro while reading Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. Looking back at it now it was pretty ambitious piece for me at the time, I had fun with it, but it has not aged well with me.

Looks like I owe my bro another pic!!
Photoshop and Painter

Commission for Baxter

2009-12-10T10:14:00.000-08:00

Another D'n'D character commission for a guy I used to work with.

Pencils and PS

Commission for Eric

2009-12-10T10:09:00.000-08:00

Here is another older pic that I did for a friend at work for his D'n'D character.

Pencil and PS

I guess this makes you number one.

2009-12-09T22:43:00.000-08:00

I thought I'd start this blog by posting some older work. This one is a pic I did for my good friend Richard a while back. It's the start of what might turn into a mythology series for me.
Pencil, Photoshop and Painter.