Wednesday, November 30, 2011

quick sketch, 20 minute Rhino

Super busy with clients this month but I needed to breath and do something just for me.  And now I'm off to teach and warp young artists minds...moohaha.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Monday, November 28, 2011

CYBER MONDAY DEAL!

So Black Friday deal was good for some money off.  For TODAY ONLY!  Buy the new book character driven (and if you already own it, gift it ;) and get an official, original, one of a kind piece of art for FREE!  LINK!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

MY CTN Report (UPDATED)

So Karmic Socialism* was in full effect yet again.  while I was getting ready for the Expo on Thursday my dog got bit and went into anaphylactic shock.  To the hospital, he's fine.  Friday morning I set up my entire booth and, I kid you not, lay some business cards on the edge and the table collapses with all books, prints, portfolios and pride onto the floor.  Worst and best part.  Too perfect to not be kind of funny.  I check my table and it's legs are just duct taped.  Got a new table, re-set up and it was smooth sailing from then on out.

- I made Natalie Hall hug me
- Did a live Demo on Friday with J Scott Campbell on the other side
- Met amazing artists (and all very very likeable people too) like Trevor Spencer, Beth Sleven, Brian Ajhar, Genevieve Tsai, Richard Peter Han, and Chris Ayers
- I got to hang out with my good buddy Mark Mcdonnell
- Got to watch Marcelo Vignali and his amazing new beard make art
- Had some ice cream
- Re-connected with some awesome artists like Paul RichardsForrest Card, Joshua Shaw, Jason Pruett, Chris Oatley, Monte Michealis, Mike Henry, Ted Pratt, Ryan Hall, Kendra Melton, Tuna, and Justin Rodrigues
- Got the new Sketch travel art book (awe inspiring)
- Fell in love with my wife all over again
- Watched John Nevarez draw on the Cintiq and spurred on a new technique to explore
- Did a live Demo Saturday with Brittney Lee on the other side, bummed because I wanted to see her beautiful demo.

- made a new sketchbook and new prints in the store as of now

Thanks to all who came by to say hi, blog followers and twitters, those who shared their art and allowed me to be a small piece of the artistic journey, and to the CTN team for all their hard work.

*Karmic Socialism:  The act of bad things piling up on you all at the same time so others who could not deal with that stress don't have to.

Cheers,
-Bean

morning warm up

Still tired from the Expo, the con sniffles, and deadlines but I'll get back to full form soon. Leave it the awesome John Nevarez to show me a new method on the cintiq.  Inspiring as always good sir.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

CTN EXPO 2011 in 3 days!


Circus part 2


Steve Jacobsen as the Ringmaster.  See the other artists at the drawing club

More CG based off my art!



I got the pleasure of meeting Michael Hoopes at Comic Con this year and I think he did a superb job and pluses the design beyond my thoughts!  I love me some collaboration and getting to see my work in 3D. Check out more of Michaels awesome. blog  HERE and more views on the ZBrush forum HERE

The fun thing is this was a couple walking on the beach in Hawaii that will never know they are immortalized artistically now

Circus Act



Monday, November 14, 2011

CTN EXPO 2011

 John Nevarez made an awesome post adding every ones name and location for CTN.  I thought I'd pass it along.  You should go and get his books and meet the man.  Super genius and extremely caring and nice gentlemen!  By the way, I'll be at booth T-17!

Pascal Campion T-65
Forrest Card T-90
Danny Wise T-24
Tyler Carter T-34
Shane Glines T-14
Brett Bean T-17
Hanna Abi-Hanna T-27
Ivan Iguirre T-62
Brian Ajhar T-57
Mario Furmanczyk T-49
Katy Hargrove T-73
Frank Forte T-30
Cale Atkinson T-95
Eduardo Avenir T-43
Howard Shum T_94
Chris Ayers T-35
Damon Bard T_91
Andre Barnwell T-07
Ryan Benjamin T-87
Alberto Ruiz T-14
Sean "Cheeks" Galloway T-86
Chris Ingram T-46
Ted Davis T-16
Mark McDonnell T-54
David Colman T-79
Louie del Carmen T-64
David DePasquale T-77
Brianne Drouhard T-81B
Duncan Studio B-26

Jamie Caliri
Craig Elliot T-74
Peter Emmerich T-77
Andrea Fernandez T_02
Kevin Dart and Chris Turnham B-36
Bill Robinson T-71
Sonia Tiwari T_01
Zaruhi Galstian T-25
Walter Gatus T-59
Gentle Giant studios B-32 7 B-42
Ed Ghertner T-67
Ghostbot T-66
Gnomon B-24
Scott Petersen B-09
Steve Gordon T-50
Rudolphe Guernoden T-05
Ryan Hall T-04
Richard Peter Han T-03
Frank Hansen T-69
Thitipong Jitmakusol T-3
Liana Hee T-55
Francisco Herrera T-26
Trey Hodges T-28
Vadim Bashanov and Steven Neary T-22
iAnimate B-31
Bobby Chiu and Kei Acedera T-40 and T-41
Jessika Von Inneremer T-95
Justin Orr T-76
June Kim T-27
Vladimir Kooperman T-61
Trevor Kraken T-73
LAAFA B-10
Stephanie Laberis T_01
Christophe Lautrette T-05
LCAD T-15
White Lee T-68
Brittney Lee T-56
Josh Lieberman T-02
Lettie Lo T-43
Jose Lopez T-60
Joey Mason T-32
Maxon Computers B-26
Wayne Medina T-62
Mark Mohamed T-07
Fabian Molina T-58
Gary Montalbano T-37
Eric Gonzalez and Erich Haeger T-11
John Nevarez T-04
Gallery Nucleus B-46

Chris Oatley T-47
Paul Wee T-31
Kris Pearn T-51
GPixologic B-43
Powerhouse Animation Studios B-25
Jason Pruett T-47
Willie Real T-23
Nicolas Villareal T-39
Reel FX B-17
Rhino House B-16
Rhythm and Hues B-45
Ricardo De Los Angeles T-21
Robh Ruppel T-72
Ralph McQuarrie Gallery
Donnachada Daly T-19
Sheridan College T-96
Stephen Silver T-09
Beth Sleven T-18
Society of Illustrators T-66
Sony Animation B-27
Trevor Spencer T-02
Mark Sperber T-88
Zach Stark T-24
Coran Stone T-48
Sergio Paez T-70
Sherm Cohen T-526
Stuart Ng Books B-4, B-5 & B-6
Marceline Tanquay T-61
The Animation Guild T-10
Renaud Armanet T-06
ToonBoom B-37
Tori Davis T-75
Genevieve Tsai
Robert Tsai T-28
USC School of Cinematic Arts T-03
Valerio Ventura T-78
Mario Pochat T-36
Glenn Vilppu B-07 & B-08
Wacom B-21 & B-22
Walt Disney Animation B-13
Walt Disney TV Animation B-12
Jim Hillin T-85
Woodbury University B-29 & B-30
Mike Yamada T-45
Dean Yeagle B-41
Victoria Ying T-45

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Outta Sight!

#3 from the drawing club.  This was a 5 minute drawing put into Photoshop.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Foxy 2


FOXY!

Karole Foreman From the drawing Club. This was a 10 minute gesture drawing and a warm up 40 minute Photoshop treatment.  When I have more time I'll put up the others.  As always check out the drawing club website to see all the other artists versions of the model LINK

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

SPACE ZOMBIE!

100% inspired by Matias Hannecke's latest post
His image just got me giggling and thinking about space...
then zombies...then space again...maybe thoughts of a cheese sandwich in there...
Must be the Halloween time.....