While on the topic of non kosher animals. Here’s a blue frog.  There is a fat green frog at the Aquarium of the Pacific that I based this off of.  Speaking of which: Near the Aquarium at Shoreline Village there is a Pirate Festival. My wife and kids are going there with some moms. Yes. […]

A Pig character with a Big Smile. His body color is different than his head. He looks like he’s wearing some sort of clothes. The detail in the eyes were fun to do. Drew naturally with my custom brush, color blocked it, added shading, then added texture. Drawn on Corel Painter X3 with custom brush […]

Being unable to spend the time to finish m drawings the past 3 days is deflating me a little bit. I would love to come back and finish some of these concepts one day. Drawn on Corel Painter X3 with custom brush with Wacom Intuos. Day 20 of 30 day Trial.

If dinosaurs were available today as pets, what would it feel like. Unfinished drawing of a boy and his pet dinosaur. Drawn on Corel Painter X3 with custom brush with Wacom Intuos. Day 21 of 30 day Trial.  

Didn’t have much time and had to quickly draw this. The mountain in the morning. The light is dawning on the mountain. Drawn on Corel Painter X3 with custom brush with Wacom Intuos. Day 20 of 30 day Trial.

This is that moment when we hear the truth and the first beam of piercing light shines through our clouded minds. In that moment a quiet yet tangible and powerful change starts to occur. We want to keep staring into the light, watching it because we are drawn to the beauty of the change like […]

3 types of clay jars: One for Incense, One for Oil, One for Light. I didn’t have the time to complete them due to time. Drawn on Corel Painter X3 with custom brush with Wacom Intuos. Day 18 of 30 day Trial.

More development on the Slamina. This is #1 Gold, the captain choosing his weapon. I learned about grouping layers. What a life saver when it comes to organizing all the different layers for multiple items on the painting. This frees me up to make many layers. I also learned about drawing slow and got a […]

Character Design for a jungle explorer.  Used the brush that I made and am learning how to control it so much better. Opacity adjustment helps me to make the under-drawing so much easier. I wanted to celebrate entering the 2nd half of this process by giving thanks for what I’ve learned.  I am beginning to […]

Developing the characters I made yesterday. They are cosmonauts wearing high tech space suits. This is team one. With character 1, 2, and 3. Created custom brushes that worked well for me. Still need to develop a brush for painting that I can better control and move color around with. I didn’t really get to […]

Doing a little character design. More on these characters at a later time. Drew these on Corel Draw X3 (vector) brought it into Painter X3 and painted over it after selecting solid colors with the magic wand. Should have painted on another layer after selecting spot. Darn. Well Now I know. Drawn using Corel Draw […]

Garlic. Since I’m on a roll drawing vegetables, I thought I would just continue with this one. Drawn with Corel Painter X3 airbrush digital edge. Day 13 of 30 day trial.

The cabbage. Another layered vegetable. Drawn with Corel Painter X3 airbrush digital edge. Day 12 of 30 day trial.

This is an onion. It’s a young onion that has been picked out of the ground perhaps slightly too early. I have hear that smaller onions tend to have a stronger flavor and possibly less sweet. Onions are are a very strange vegetable. It is composed of layers. If all the layers are peeled away […]

Jellyfishes hanging out. Used background color with black foreground to keep feel of transparency. Used very faded background around objects to appear luminescent. Drawn with Painter X3 airbrush digital edge. I felt more in control with this one. Day 11 of 30 day trial.  

Gears are like members of a team. They all work together and bring movement to each other. There is usually one leader gear that is connected to the motor. It was very hard to draw mechanical right angled piece of metal without it being wrong. Drawn with Corel Painter X3 Digital Tapered Air Brush. Day […]

Went out to take the trash at night. Saw the moon and the street light in one eye shot. I thought it was an interesting contrast. Experimented with the airbrushes today.  Still struggling to harness the power of digital painting. I still feel as if I have to force it to pain the way a […]

Kids in costumes that pertain to deserted island. The Sun, Flower, Mountain, Wave and Fire. Experimented with round brush and locking layer transparency on lines and coloring the lines in with color. Did some custom brush settings like setting pressure to change opacity. Drawn with Corel Painter X3. Day 8 of 30 of the trial.

Kids in costumes that pertain to a deserted paradise island theme. The Sun, Flower, Mountain, Wave and Fire. Experimented with round brush and locking layer transparency on lines and coloring the lines in with color. Did some custom brush settings like setting pressure to change opacity. Drawn with Corel Painter X3. Day 8 of 30 […]

Trying to draw old school version of space suited man in a space pod. Started with background color and added foreground colors. Drew with messy lines and faded it out. I didn’t get to complete it. Used Corel Painter X3, All round brushes with different settings of that brush.  Day 7 of 30 of the […]

Trying to draw old school version of space suited man in a space pod. Started with background color and added foreground colors. Drew with messy lines and faded it out. I didn’t get to complete it. Used Corel Painter X3, All round brushes with different settings of that brush.  Day 7 of 30 of the […]

Experimenting with color and brush with ambient color. Used photo references to get the look of the leaves. It made a huge difference. The non-main leaves were not drawn with reference. Used Corel Painter X3 Gouache opaque smooth brush and other things I have learned to use previously.  Day 6 of 30 of the trial.

Experimenting with color and brush with ambient color. Used photo references to get the look of the leaves. It made a huge difference. The non-main leaves were not drawn with reference. Used Corel Painter X3 Gouache opaque smooth brush and other things I have learned to use previously.  Day 6 of 30 of the trial.

Tried out some simple drawing and text combo. Used the neutral color shade canvas to begin. I heard somewhere that in nature, it’s rare to see absolute white and that having a white background as a basis for a drawing is the most unnatural. Drawn with Painter X3 with Gouache and lots of edge erasing […]

Tried out some simple drawing and text combo. Used the neutral color shade canvas to begin. I heard somewhere that in nature, it’s rare to see absolute white and that having a white background as a basis for a drawing is the most unnatural. Drawn with Painter X3 with Gouache and lots of edge erasing […]