Be Safe Tonight

If you are going to watch the Dark Knight Rises please be careful.

I recently just heard about the horrible event that happened in colorado. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and I hope justice is served.

anyways happy viewing guys be safe!

Live-Stream Fail

So I live-streamed while painting this , BUT I WAS DUMB AND HAD IT SCREEN CAPTURING THE WRONG MONITOR THE ENTIRE TIME WHILE I WAS PAINTING

by the time i realized it , the painting was pretty much finished and I felt like a moron

Sorry to all those who literally stayed in the stream and stared at a blank monitor , you guys were quite dedicated! haha

anyways painting in this "tom scholes" type style is always fun for me , of course he does it better , but it still shouldn't stop me from having fun haha


2.5 hours photoshop


-kalen

Post Comic-Con Study

Comic-Con was a blast , Shout outs to Anthony Jones to introducing me to so many cool people , I got sit at dinner table with some of the industry's greats . I met a lot of cool people and left inspired

I was lucky enough to get my ass kicked by Robh Ruppel at his booth. Some of the stuff he said when critiquing my stuff really challenged the way I think.

He emphasized being able to break down complex things to its simplest forms, and also remember what exactly am I trying to convey and that if I keep that in mind , that my process will build around it.

When trying to do this my mind really hurt ( like literally it gave me a headache) . 1. because i felt so slow doing it 2. Because it requires me to really understand what im doing and not just pushing paint around.

However , as I slowly began to finish the painting , I really began to see the value in all of it. It is hard as hell to do , but it really inspired me to take my stuff to the next level. Fundamentals

Character Warm Up

1 hour cs5

Tom Scholes Study

Just a quick Tom Scholes Study before I head to bed, Every time I see his work its another reminder why I shouldn't be sleeping. Tried out some new shape tools I made and some different approaches with layering.

about 2.5 hours photoshop.

Character Practice

having some more fun , character practice is always fun , I will probably add some faces soon as I practice different approaches to building characters

quick study