dwell, 8/23/09

this started off as one of those generic sci-fi environment compositions but then i worked the architecture a bit and it came out slightly less generic sci-fi...

interior sketch, 8/20/09

i originally did a bunch of quick interior compositions for my boat... but then wasnt really sure if it would go well with the exterior so i left it out.. i came back and reworked this one a bit in color... tho it looks like i still need to figure out a better way to do color...

identity crisis??

actually i used to b afraid of trans design... i had some bad experiences with car design wen i first started out. did this for a design competition... we'll see how it goes... i wasnt too sure wut theyre looking for... but it was a good warm-up project b4 fall term starts. 3 more weeks!

meteora, 7/1/09

i was inspired after looking at exodyssey by steambot studios.. trying out some new photoshop techniques that ive seen lots of people using lately. practicing with mountains again....

pages from the sketchbook

some sketches i do from time to time... i guess its true... drawing with traditional media does make u feel more like an artist.. 

digital thumbnails, 6/20/09

lately ive been focusing on my photoshop painting techniques.. so i havent done any design sketches in a long time..

so here i experimented with a brush pen technique... except doing it all digitally. it ended up looking kinda ashley wood-ish.. not sure if its suited for product... i used to piss off norm with this kinda stuff... -_-;;

shower, 6/19/09

first time painting interiors now... havent dealt with so much perspective in a long time. also starting to use soft brushes and this speckled brush for the water.

from photo ref..

shrine girl, 6/3/09

happy birthday to me~

this time trying out a different brush... trying some stuff with lighting... and putting some effort in the color...

i used photo ref... one of the photos i took in japan. finally a piece inspired by my asia trip!

im back~

so i've been gone for a while... i went traveling around asia for a couple months and then spent some time resting back home. but finally got back on the computer to do some painting. its been so long, wen i first sat down with the tablet i forgot some of my photoshop shortcuts -_-

this one was done with no refs this time... which is a big step for me since all of the previous posts were done directly from photo ref. this time i wanted to try my hand at designing an environment.

i kinda feel like i shouldve done something inspired by my asia trip, but i guess that will probably come eventually...

big rocks, 2/19/09

all from photo ref...

master copy suicide x_x

so i attempted to do a master copy of paperblue... one of the super detailed ones... mines not nearly at the level of detail of the original but it already took me forever to get this far...

time spent - around 8 hrs x_x

paperblue u are a monster.

iceland, 2/15/09

45 min, from photo ref

anna tsuchiya, 2/14/09

one of the coolest jrockers ever... anna tsuchiya...

4 hrs, from photo ref.

happy valentines day!

china, 2/14/09

1.5 hrs, from photo ref

china, 2/13/09

1 hr, from photo ref

buenos aires cemetary, 2/12/09

1.5 hrs, from photo ref.

iceland, 2/12/09

1.5 hr from photo ref..

took me a lot longer than i expected... i got stuck trying to figure out how to paint the rocks....

marciac, france 2/11/09

30 min speedpaint from photo ref

first post

master copies of ashley wood and koji morimoto... i did these over winter break...