Electrocute

This is my first attempt using a new software called SumoPaint. Great potential for this program and I look forward to what else I can create with it.

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Artist Notes - Done in Sumo Paint. It is a free App for the Chrome Browser. It is found in the Chrome Marketplace. There is a downloadable offline version available for purchase.

The Accuser

This is a color version of an illustration I'm doing for an international study tool. The accuser stands pointing at our sin, but Christ stands in and defends, in fact, pardoning us from our sins.

Presidents Day 2012

In honor of Presidents' Day 2012, I'm posting a couple illustrations I did for Angie's preschool class to color tomorrow. The versions I did for her are in Black and White, but I colored them for the blog. Below are two great presidents, President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln.

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Artist Notes - Both illustrations done in CorelDraw X5 on a Windows 7 Dell Laptop.

Ichthus - Fish Symbol

Here's a promo that I did for our church here in Tulsa. It is for a five week study in Luke. I actually preached one of the sermons in the series and it can be found at Highland Park Christian Church's website at http://hp4christ.org/#/media/sermons. You can launch the sermon player and find my sermon on January 22, 2012.

Artist Notes -  I created the fish and background on my Android Tablet using Sketchbook Mobile Pro. Then I exported it as a PSD file which I opened on my computer in CorelDraw X5. I added the text in CorelDraw.

Face Sketch

This was a quick sketch I did on my Xoom Tablet.

November 2011 Turkey

Gobble gobble gobble. Here's another Thanksgiving themed November sketch.

Artist Notes - Done in Sketchbook Mobile Pro on my Motorola Xoom.

Character Design of Moses for Children's Curriculum

Here's a character design for Moses at various stages of his life that I did for an International Children's Curriculum I am working on.

Artist Notes - Done with a 2B Derwent Graphic pencil on Hammermill Color Copy Digital paper (28lbs, 100 brightness)

More Curriculum Coloring Pages

Here's more coloring pages that I have done for an upcoming curriculum package. These are from the life of Abraham. The first one is God telling Abraham the promise of descendants. The second is the birth of Isaac to Abraham and Sarah. The third one is Abraham sending Hagar and Ishmael away.

Birds of a Feather

Birds I sketched.

November 2011 - Day 02 - Samoset

Day 02 - Samoset.

Artist Notes - Done completely in CorelDraw X5 on a Windows 7 Dell Laptop.

Curriculum Coloring Pages

Here's a few coloring pages that I have created for an upcoming curriculum project. The first one is of Cain and Abel. The following two are for Noah, his family, the animals and the Ark.

November 2011 - Day 01 - Hello Pilgrim

Day 01 - Hello Pilgrim.

So, after over double the traffic on my Sketch blog for October, I thought I might continue doing some daily drawings/sketches. Let's see how long this thing goes.  Here's the first a simple pilgrim's hat and gun in a flat illustration style.

Artist Notes - Done completely in CorelDraw X5 on my Windows 7 Dell Laptop.

October Monster Madness 2011 - Day 31 - Jack O

 Day 31 - Jack O.

Here's the pumpkin I carved tonight. Happy Halloween! This year's Monster Madness has come to an end. But that's not all, as Frosty says...I'll come back again some day. Wait.....Frosty? Christmas? Hmmm..... To be continued....

Artist Notes - Carved the pumpkin. Took a picture of it with my Motorola Xoom. Used Sketchbook Mobile Pro to erase everything else that was in the picture. Exported it to DropBox. On my Dell Windows 7 Laptop, I used CorelDraw X5 to fit it to the size I wanted. Added a background and signature. Then topped it off with the words "Happy Halloween" using the font "Dock".

October Monster Madness 2011 - Day 30 - Vampire Bat

Day 30 - Vampire Bat.

It's the penultimate day for monsters in the month of October. I will be closing out this year's October Monster Madness tomorrow. I've been uploading these to my Sketchblog and Facebook. Not sure what the stats on Facebook, but on my blog I've had a considerable increase in foot traffic. On my Sketchblog, the previous four months have had an average of about 500 pageviews per month. This month there has been almost 1,300 visits! Thanks for coming by and checking the sketches out.

Artist Notes - This one was done completely in CorelDraw X5 on my Windows 7 Dell Laptop.

October Monster Madness 2011 - Day 29 - Frankenstein's Monster

Day 29 - Frankenstein's Monster.
After a grueling process of science and madness Dr. Frankenstein raises his monstrous creation during a lightning storm. Does his feat of organized chaos work?

Artist Notes - Pencil sketch with a 2B Derwent Graphic pencil on Hammermill Color Copy Digital paper (28 lb, 100 brightness). Captured on my Motorola Xoom in sepia mode. Then uploaded on Dropbox for access.

October Monster Madness 2011 - Day 28 - House Ghost

Day 28 - House Ghost.

And the house guest that you can't get rid of, the House Ghost!

Artist Notes - This one was a mix of mediums. First the background of the room/house was done in CorelDraw X5 on a Dell Laptop running Windows 7, as well as the picture frame. In Sketchbook Mobile Pro on my Motorola Xoom I created the man in the portrait and the man in the top hat. The portrait was merely exported as a png and imported into CorelDraw. The man in the top hat was exported as a psd file, which retains the transparency around the edges, then imported into CorelDraw X5. I inserted the man in the portrait into the frame then placed the man in the top hat in front of the scene and made him transparent. I converted it to a bmp and used the image adjustment lab to lower the saturation and made the temperature warmer. This gave the image more of an aged look. And then I exported the whole piece as a png.

October Monster Madness 2011 - Day 27 - Werewolf

Day 27 - Werewolf.

This is an image that I thought of yesterday and last night hammered it out fairly quickly. The thought of a werewolf howling in silhouette in front of a full moon was appealing.

Artist Notes - Sketched using Sketchbook Mobile Pro on my Motorola Xoom tablet. The nice thing about Sketchbook Mobile Pro is that you can create things in layers and then if desired merge those layers together. I originally had the werewolf higher but since it was on a different layer than the moon or night sky, I was able to lower him (and the hilltop) to a point that I thought was more visually pleasing.

October Monster Madness 2011 - Day 26 - Jack Painting

Day 26 - Jack the Pumpkin Head painting.

Here's a painting I've been planning on all month and finally got around to doing it. It's a painting of Jack from my book Jack the Pumpkin Head. It's available on Amazon, iTunes and the Barnes & Noble Nookstore.

Artist Notes - This a painting on a black canvas using acrylics.

October Monster Madness 2011 - Day 25 - Monster Within

Day 25 - Monster Within.

He sits a docile innocent kitty. What lurks underneath? Behind his large doe eyes and his adorable smile? Could it be a monster within this little one?

Artist Notes - Pencil sketch done with a 2B Derwent Graphic pencil on Hammermill Color Copy Digital paper (28lbs, 100 brightness). Captured in mono on my Motorola Xoom. Uploaded to Dropbox.

October Monster Madness 2011 - Day 24 - The Mummy

Day 24 - The Mummy.

This is one mummy you won't run crying to when you stub your toe!

Artist Notes - Sketched with a 2B Derwent Graphic pencil on Hammermill Color Copy Digital paper (28lb, 100 brightness). Captured with a monotone filter on my Motorola Xoom tablet. Uploaded to Dropbox and cropped in Windows Live Photo Gallery.