Depeche Mode: Sometimes

This is a song illustration that I created for Depeche Mode's Sometimes song from the album Black Celebration. 

Medium: Prismacolor and ink on sketch paper
Dated: 1990
Original size: 14"x 11"

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Force of Nature - Sketch

This was a lot of fun designing.  I knew that I wanted to depict a druid while casting a spell and I thought what better way to illustrate it than to show one while summoning forth the power of the wind.  It was a challenge to get the gust of his hair and robe just right, but the end result is that the composition flows well with the movement of the leaves.

I am currently painting this in oil.

Medium: Graphite on bristol paper
Dated: 2015
Original size: 9"x 7"

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Still Life Contour Line Drawings

These still life contour line drawings are done slowly and by drawing a one continuous line that captures the outline of an object or figure to emphasize the mass and volume of the subject rather than the detail.  The drawings below are some samples that I did while in my Drawing I class.

Medium:  Graphite an Strathmore sketch paper    
Dated: 2011
Original size: 10"x 8"

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Merman of the Red Sea

I love the ocean and have always liked the idea of merfolk.  This illustration is part of a diptych set.  I love dichotomy and thought it would be interesting to create a set of merfolk, one who lives in the Black Sea and one who lives in the Red Sea.  This is my illustration for the Red Sea.  The Black Sea can be found here.  

Medium: Prismacolor and pastel on Artagain paper
Dated: 2018
Original size: 12"x 9"

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Fire Sprite

This illustration was lots of fun to do.  As a young kid, I loved watching Fantasia when it came to the movie theater.  One of my favorite segments is the Nutcracker Suite which featured both fantasy and elemental creatures in it.

I knew I wanted to create a fire elemental type of fey, so I thought to why not a sprite?  It was a fun to design the flames as her hair and along the wings in order to give her the look that said she was in command of fire.  The background I did was to help convey the idea that she was perhaps on the rim of a volcano.  This fire sprite turned out to be a fun exercise in analogous color. 

Medium: Prismacolor on sketch paper
Dated: 1995
Original size: 8"x 6"

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