Brothers Grimm

UPDATE: Bear and Bird Gallery had a great show a little while back and I had a ton of fun doing some pieces for it. A huge thank you to everyone who bought my pieces! You are too kind. You can still see artwork from all of the amazing artists who contributed by clicking here.

Here is a closer look at some of the pieces I did.

Seven Ravens
Ink and Watercolor

The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
Ink and Watercolor

I also made a thumbnail beat board for the entire story of Hansel and Gretel!

Hansel and Gretel
Ink and Watercolor

The process of making this piece was an awesome experience. After a few failed attempts I ended up getting a huge piece of plywood, soaking the paper overnight, pressing the paper against the board with a roller and getting a little out of hand with a staple gun. I was done taking chances.

The inking stage.
(note the few thousand staples)

I have been lucky enough to work on a couple beat boards for movies and shows but never an entire story. Kind of intimidating. I just stayed as close to the text as possible and only added a few subtle background elements.

Finished color.
(the plywood ended up being a great workspace!)

At around 28" wide I think this is the largest piece of art I've ever made. Yet somehow I still managed to turn it in to a ton of little pieces! Good times.

Away In The Woods...

In a couple of weeks the Bear and Bird gallery is hosting a show based on Brothers Grimm. I can't tell you how excited I was to be in the show! It was also a great excuse to reread the stories. The storytelling really is amazing! I especially liked seeing the differences and similarities with modern storytelling. Even back then it was all about characters and choices. If you haven't read any of the stories in a while I would highly recommend it!

The Wren and the Bear
Ink and Watercolor

My approach for most of the artwork I did was to make you wonder what happened to get the characters in the situation or wonder what is going to happen next. Hopefully those questions inspire you to pick up a book and read the stories again.

Watch Out Death Dude!
Ink and Watercolor

Watch Out Death Dude! is from the story The Messengers of Death. It's a piece that is a bit of a tangent from the rest of the story but I loved the visuals of how the story opens. Even if you just go back and read the first couple of paragraphs I think it's totally worth it!

Brother and Sister
Ink and Watercolor

Brother and Sister was a lot of fun to do and I tried to put a few subtleties in with this piece. One of the things I wanted to hint at was the brother keeping watch for his sister just to play against their relationship at the end of the story. I also thought it would be fun to get a deer somewhere in this piece to foreshadow things to come.



I'll post some more pieces when it gets closer to the opening. Stay tuned!

Edward Scissorhands show this weekend!

Seb Mesnard has set up a really cool blog to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Edward Scissorhands. Tons of really talented and inspiring artists have submitted artwork, I was very flattered he asked me to join the mix. Here's a link in case you haven't seen it yet: click here for the Scissorhands blog.

Now Nucleus Gallery is hosting a show of the original artwork from that blog this weekend! Here's the piece I did:

BFF's
Ink and Watercolor
3.5" x 5.5"

And even more cool news! I just found out my piece is gonna be the original artwork raffle prize! Here's a link to their blog for more details: click here for the Nucleus blog.

Hope to see you there!

Updates and coming soon...

Good news! The Bear and Bird boutique in Florida has put all of the artwork still for sale online! Here's a link to their store: Small Stuff 4 artwork. Check it out. There are still a ton of cool pieces available. I think they have photos of the event posted as well.

The bad news for any of you online buyers? I think all of the pieces I did have already sold. Sorry. I hope they have found happy homes in sunny Florida. Sounds like a good life to me.

Which leads me to the next show...The Super Big Micro Show! Here are a few of the smaller pieces I did for this upcoming show:

Felipo, espresso aficionado.
Ink and Watercolor
2.5" x 2"



Somebody has a crush on Pinky...Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.
Ink and Watercolor
2.5" x 2"

The show opens on December 11th at 7 p.m. It's gonna get crazy! If you do plan on buying anything from this show I would suggest signing up for the online preview. And if you want to see some of the freshness everybody is doing check out the Micro Gallery blog. I think most of the artists have links from there. I can't wait!

More Small Stuff

Here are some more pieces I did for the Small Stuff 4 show at the Bear and Bird Boutique:

Captain Brisbane
Ink and Watercolor
4" x 6"

Sub Tours
Ink and Watercolors
4" x 6"

If you get a chance, and happen to be in Florida, you should definitely check it out. There are a TON of really talented artists involved! Plus they have comics downstairs! Too cool.

I'M OKAY!

Sorry about the lack of posts and replies. I have been super crazy busy. Part of that is because I'm working on artwork for two different exhibits! The first one is for the Bear and Bird art gallery over in Florida. Here are a couple of pieces for that show:

Fisherdudes
Ink and Watercolor
4" x 6"


Pirates!

Ink and Watercolor
4" x 6"

The show opens on November 21st. For more info here's a link to their website. Their store looks really cool! I wish I could visit them.

We are also having a Micro Gallery show at Nucleus this December! Some of my friends over at Disney started a Micro Gallery blog to explain the whole thing a little better. Check it out if you get a chance.

Stay tuned, more artwork coming soon...

"Transit" Micro Gallery

"Transit" was the theme of the most recent Micro Gallery show. Here's what I did:

Best. Trip. Ever.
5"x5"
Mixed Media

The Captain America comic and the first X-men comic are almost impossible to see in this image but bonus points go to anyone who can guess the other eight comics.