An image created for a friend as a gift. This was so much fun to put together! I always love drawing animals and putting them in bee costumes made it way too much fun. :)
More work coming soon as well as some really exciting projects!
The new year brings new and exciting projects to work on! I’m already very excited about some new work coming out as well as some really great new opportunities. I think this will be a fantastic year!
These two illustrations are out in Imagine FX this month. You can find them in issue 77 in the US right now. This particular set of Q&A’s were really fun and challenging. The top image actually led to an idea for a small project. I had mentioned it a few months back but I’ve recently been distracted with a day job. Now that I have more time to spare, I’m able to pick it back up again as my daily warm up. The project is called “Flora/Fauna” and it deals with creature design influenced by plant-life. I’m hoping to create a small series of Flora/Fauna and compile them into a mini-book. This was one of the critters I had started a while back for the project:
I like the design so far but I might work a bit on the pose. For now this is just a side project that I plan to work on when I warm up before I start work on client projects or The Red Valley Project.
That’s it for now. Stay tuned for more updates soon! :)
We lost an incredible man and illustrator on Friday last week. (December 2nd, 2011) Dugald Stermer was one of the best.
He was a huge influence on my own work and countless others.
From The Morae River:
As most of you know, The Morae River project has come to a close this year. The whole idea to even start the project in the first place was a guided one. I received grievous news on Friday, December 2nd. My former professor, Dugald Stermer, passed away that afternoon.
Dugald was a huge influence, not only on The Morae River project, but in all of my work. He was passionate about wildlife and worked hard to promote conservation and education in natural science. Dugald always pushed us to research everything in class whether it was about politics or tubers. He was incredibly generous and extremely hardworking. I know he was a beloved friend to countless others and while I only knew him for just under three years, I considered him a valued friend. He was an excellent mentor and was never quick to turn any student away based on skill or ideas. He was always more than willing to work with us.
I feel so fortunate to have met him and even more so to be included in his final round of teaching thesis at CCAC. He was one of the many instructors who always encouraged me to focus my attention on creatures and world building. I always felt like he believed in what I was doing. If not for this man and his constant encouragement and questioning, I probably would have not created this project at all. The Morae River has helped me learn in so many ways and has opened numerous doors for my own career. It had been my escape and my love and even still I visit this place from time to time. The Morae River is a very special place to me and hearing such sad news made me immediately want to run back to it.
I just wanted to say thanks Duglad.
Thanks for always pushing me to get it just right. To make sure that the eyes were communicating. Thanks for suggesting the idea to include a size-ratio-to-human-graphic. You were right, it totally helped. For always asking me “why”. Thanks for believing in this project, sometimes more than even I did.
Thanks Dugald. I’ll miss you…
(Dugald Stermer at Ease Photo by Judith Calson / found via Robert Hunt)
I have been working on some new images that I really can’t wait to share! Life has been a bit hectic lately with the Holidays coming and work. More updates are on the way for The Red Valley along with a few new images for my portfolio. I have two new images in Imagine FX magazine this month. You can see both of these in Issue 76! Be sure to check it out if you can. I had lots of fun painting that landscape and, of course, the canines as well. It’s always a pleasure working with the Imagine FX team. :)
Stay tuned for more updates!