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Monday, December 26, 2011

Jang Khang Study


study of Jhang Jaeok and Khang Le , some of my favorite artists. I love their loose style!!

Friday, December 23, 2011

Ruppel Studies



Because I am such a fan of Uncharted 3 and Robh Ruppel. I can help but try to do some studies of his style of paintings. I seriously have no clue of how he does it haha. But these artist studies are great for me to explore things out of comfort zone. Here are couple of the results.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Warm Up



Exploring different ways of painting . Now back to work

Monday, December 5, 2011

Practice

took too long but ah well , just grinding trying to get better

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Friday, November 11, 2011

Sky Rim Inspired

everyone has been talking about skyrim lately , never actually heard of the game before nor played it , but after looking it up , the environments were pretty inspiring so i thought I paint something in that world for fun , enjoy

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Studies


"so here we are , it's funny how so close can seem so far"

cloud and john singer studies

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Themed Paintings - ( Under the Sea )



So on James Paick's blog he speaks about the different themes one can paint for environmental concept art. So I have decided that each day I will try to bust out 3 - 5 paintings for that particular theme ( I know he can do 5 in a day , I am not that fast .... at least not yet)

Something that I started is that I work on each painting in 20 minute intervals , and I put an online timer on my other screen. When I see that time winding down I force myself to be bolder with my decision. As soon as it hits 20 minutes I start a new painting and I keep rotating. So I kept each one of these to 2 hours a piece. However, before all this I gather some reference and spend about 20 minutes doing rough sketches on pen and paper before jumping to digital. I will be doing more tests on this and themes. Next theme is cliffs.

kalen

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Happy Halloween







They don't really celebrate Halloween here that much so I need to represent. This was done for some one asked me to more of a cartoon/animation type style , it was fun to do . I hope you like.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Trying to get up off the sidelines


Inspired by Aj's recent art posts and Gino Whitehall's brush work. 1.5 hours CS-5

Friday, October 21, 2011

Color Test


an experimentation with how i approach color , I will try it a couple more times , anyways enjoy 2-3 hours CS5

Thursday, October 20, 2011

EnviroTest

experimenting with the way I used to paint a couple of years ago , and seeing what I like and what I do not like. Done during a couple of lunch breaks

cheers,

kalen

Monday, October 17, 2011

Character Lunch Sketch


Quick character sketch done during lunch . 1 hour ps cs3 . Keep Grinding yall!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Quick Test

quick paint test before I start some work. Different color scheme than what I am used to

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Also here is a Video of our trip too!!

Pyroow aka Hacham made a sweet video of our travels , check it out!!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Morocco and Friends


This last week, Paul Richards came to visit us in Madrid. Such an honor to have such a skilled artist.


During that week we took a trip to Tangier, Morocco. We were extremely blessed to have met some fellow artists through the Deviant Art community that drove 6 hours out of their way just to come meet up with us and show us their country. It was gr
eat to experience their culture and also life as they know as concept artists. I was able to visit the beautiful country side city ofChefchaouen (Known for its beautiful blue buildings, if you have never seen you must google it).

There is no doubt I would have not been able to experience such a beautiful city had it not been for them. So this painting is dedicated to them , Thanks for the experience guys



Monday, October 10, 2011

Beaches in Portugal




Recently had the chance to check out the beautiful city of Porto in Portugal. Great food and wine , and the beaches were very beautiful

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Quick Test



Paul was asleep , still a little jet-lagged. So I decided to paint while he sleepin

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Study


study. 2 hours photoshop. goodnight

Saturday, September 24, 2011

3 years ago






September 24, 2011

It's only been 3 Years look at how I've grown
I'm just in my zone, I call this shit the calm
Yea, but I'm the furthest thing from calm
Dedicated to my mom, and I swear my word is bond
Everything will be ok and it won't even take that long
You can see it in my face or even read it on my palm
Leader of the new school it's proven and it's known
I'm sittin' in a chair but in the future it's a throne
-drake-

Only 3 years to this day yet so far to go. That was the first painting I ever posted. So I decided to repaint it. To all the people that have let me into their lives , and to the people who have inspired me and helped me along the way, to all my supporters and doubters. I thank you . Let us see how far we can take this!!!


Kalen

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Lasso Test


Experimenting with lasso tool/shape tools . Seeing what I can come up with. Sorry for lack of posts , I have so many unfinished paintings that I need to just finish up and post . I have been live-streaming more and more but most of them suck haha. But I did like this one from my stream , anyways more to come enjoy

cheers,

kalen

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Splurge Break Session




Done between lunch breaks on and off for about a week or so . I kind of hate taking so long on a piece ( its probably the concept artist in me telling me to get it done and crank it out) . But on this one I took my time and really tried to enjoy myself and life how it came out. No expectations kind of thing.

A little inspired off of Guild Wars 2 stuff , would be such a cool game to work . One can dream I suppose.

Pictures from Portugal Coming Soon!!

cheers,

Kalen

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Merchant City




Live Stream session , after I got the basic block in , decided to take it to a more rendered finish , anyways enjoy

k

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Gate Paintover

This was a paintover done for my friend kelli hoover and her game project she has going on at school at the moment, She provided great line art for me to go off of. So this was to provide an idea of what color/mood could be like . Anyways I can't wait to see how their project comes out , they have a lot of talented people on their project : )

Friday, July 29, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEFANIE

So My "ACTUAL" present that I have for her is in Madrid , but until she gets here , this my present to her .

I have been blessed a lot in my life and one of the greatest things thus far is having Stefanie in it

I know being with an artist is never easy , I dedicate a lot of time and effort to my craft, however through all of this she has always stood by me and has never faltered. Next to my mother she has always been my biggest fan , and I know without her none of this would be possible ,

so happy birthday baby

i love you soooooo much : )

Friday, July 22, 2011

Go Hard No Days Off









5:00 am in madrid ......... eyes tired