Jimi Sketch

Pages and pages and pages. Working on a likeness.

Also looking for studio space.

"To the violence of the sun!"

So I've been working on this main page a lot...


And here are some sketches for my next oil paintings:


This sketch is from life, a girl sitting by the window at Boulder Coffee's Open Mic Night. I think her boyfriend was performing.


This sketch is from a photo and a great adventure a few years back.

"Can't Buy me Loooovvee!"

Finished with this digital painting, for now. I will probably go back to it.


And here is a sketch of a good friend. Unfinished, but the person got up before I could finish:


I am also taking a web design class this quarter and I have been thinking about ideas for my sight for a while. I want to use this bus as my main page navigation, and then use it without the text above the navigation on each page. Obviously it will be green.



2 Days until the Illustration Opening at Gallery R. See you there!
Love,
Sorrento.

Business as usual.

Some new ideas I am working out for my stationary, for my business and marketing class...





Possibility of a two-sided card:


And some sketches I like:



Goodnight Loves.

Soul Kitchen.

So this may be more for my own sanity, but here are some work in progress shots of Mr. Plant (which is, by the way a 4'x2' piece, and it feels SO good to paint this big again.):



I did some color comps before starting the piece, I might scan some of them and post them. The background is going to be a deep blue/teal color. I'm excited for that part!

Also, here is another caricature I'm going to be painting this week, Regina Spektor:


And because this post is not nearly as colorful as I'd like, here's my knitting (which is going much better and almost finished!!):

Whole Lotta Love...

Robert plant sketch, for a HUGE painting:

"And so I quit the police department, got myself a steady job"

HI!!! Finally, week 10. I got my digital piece done early and printed, and am happy to get this class over with, it's been such a struggle. However, I can't go without saying that I've learned something.

This is my final project based on Valentine's Day:



Not a Valentine's Day fan, so I really wasn't excited, but it came out decently. It's based off a story that after being rejected by a woman, Valentine killed himself and had his "still beating heart" presented to this woman. Freaky, right? I thought so. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day]

It's hard for me to fall in love with working digitally. I'm driven so much by process and my fingers.

And last, here's some sketches I'm particularly proud of:




This last piece is a quick sketch for a book cover I am currently working on. I work a lot with line in my sketches and I am experimenting with tying this element into my final pieces.

Anyway, things are looking up and I'm excited for the upcoming break, and the chance to do some of my own work and reading (I recently picked up Arkham Asylum and am completely captivated by what I've allowed myself to read so far!!!)