More Beach Fun

Still playing the a sort of abstract, flattened space. I'm not really sure if it's something I'll keep working with or not.


There should be a few more beach photos up this week.

Ocean

I took my Aussie dog to the beach last weekend mostly to get some new photos of her but also to get out and play with the camera a little bit. The theme of the day seemed to be flattening space. It seems funny - in painting I feel like I'm always trying to create a 3-dimensional space. For some reason, right now I really want to flatten space in my photographs.


There are a few more photos from the shoot that I'll put up as I get them edited. Also, I plan on putting the whole series of Iris photos on her blog.

Tiger

I said this would be a work-in-progress blog, and then haven't posted anything in ages. So, he's my current project.


He needs more work, especially in the highlights - the top of his muzzle, forehead, and cheek mostly. That dark spot right next to his nose has to go. I was going for sort of a complimentry colors thing with the orange highlights and blue shadows, but I'm note sure if it comes across enough. I might need to push the blue in the shadows a little more. Or maybe bring it up into the orange a bit in the stripes?

Critique is appreciated!

New Favorite Photographer?

I love this photographer: Erin Vey. Need I say more?

Also a solid reminder that I need to get out and shoot more.

Celtic Tree

A friend commissioned banners of three celtic symbols a few months ago - tree, fire, and wind. I designed them, and painted the originals. In an attempt at learning Adobe Illustrator better, I decided to try and clean the designs up a bit. I believe this is the first art I've ever made on the computer (not counting photography). I take some comfort in knowing this design started as a pencil sketch and then was painted before it became digital (in real paint! Acrylic even. None of that Photoshop fake digital stuff some people call painting. Stealing perfectly good terms for your evil computer things). I need none of that fake computer art! Now time to go hide from my digital artist friends and their well paying jobs.


Line art done in Adobe Illustrator, color and background added in Photoshop

Rosie the Labradoodle

Here's a couple of my favorite photos of Rosie from a shoot I did a few weeks ago. Her eyes are easier to see in larger versions. First, some typical portraits:




This one is actually my favorite:

Job Change

Completely not related to art, but I'm writing about it anyway. I have a new job! I'll be working for EveryScape, a company that makes virtual tours of cities, hotels, etc. Initially, I'll be doing QA for the city tours and then (hopefully) getting moved to studio. I pretty much will sit in a cubical all day and work on a computer. Yeah, I know. Not really my style, but it's a more stable schedule than weddings, frees up my weekends for various activities, and is a steady paycheck.

I'm still working on putting together my own little photography/painting business (photos from this weekend coming soon), but in the meantime I can't really complain about a steady paycheck. This job will give me more time during the summer to work on my own projects than if I was doing weddings.