Lunch Sketch

House Lunch Sketch

cartoony fun , quick sketch before starting work

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

Studies

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

cloud and john singer studies

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

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.

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

Color Test

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

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

Character Lunch Sketch

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

Quick Test

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

Also here is a Video of our trip too!!

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

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

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

Quick Test

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

Study

study. 2 hours photoshop. goodnight

Touch The Sky

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

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

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

Merchant City

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

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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 : )

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 : )

Go Hard No Days Off

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

WEST SIDE

get it JOE PAULLLLLL !!!!

Fresh Breeze

inspired by thomas moran , dorje , odyssey to the west, and the wonderful clouds in Spain , 2 hours CS5 .

3 lunches later ............. I've been skippin lunches to paint for an hour instead . Luckily in Spain we get a 15 min break at 11 in which we go to a restaurant and eat bread with tomato sauce with orange juice for 2 euros. It's pretty filling!! So skipping lunches it is , if it helps me get better!!

inspired by santiago calatrava's architecture work which i want to go see since he has bunch of his works in spain!!

much love

kalen

EYE GATE!

Me trying to be cool like david hong haha

Live Free

My island paradise ( inspired a little by Kingdom Hearts)

Always live free and do what you love my friend . that is all. Steffie comes in about 3 weeks . I am very excited for I have not seen her in 2 months , and it will be 3 months come august. I just wish the days would go by faster. This one is for her.

Forest N Things

Then and now

To measure progress in ones art is never easy. I think it requires a lot of faith. But regardless I think it can be done.So I took an old painting I did 3 years ago and tried to reinterpret it again.
This what I came up with, I felt my head was in the right spot in that time , but I could easily remembered how scared I was to take chances in my art , impress people , get a job etc.

So This time around I tried to eliminate those things in my mind ,
new one

old one

Hope yall dig

Live Streamin Morning Warm Up

So I woke up a little late this morning and did a little live stream warm up . I didn't announce it just because I wanted to simply jam to my music and paint , If I usually have to talk then I can get distracted from time to time and it takes longer .

But you can watch it here[link]

I will prolly live stream tonight and take on questions and all that good stuff

CS5 1.5 hours ( Still a little too long lol)

Enjoy

Some Art Therapy

So I started this a quick Warm up at work yesterday , Took random photos mashed em all together. I began to kind of like it so I took it home and finished it up .

Don't usually do sci-fi stuff haha but i like to do it , so more sci-fi to come , thanks to all who came out to the live stream to support ,

love you all

kalen

Live Streamin

Here is the painting done from last night's live streams , It was about 1 and a half of painting , and then I woke up this morning and spent about 2-3 more hours , so about 5-6 hours total. ( Still kind of long when I think about it , I could easily be faster, just need to concentrate a little more)

Sunset

Little landscape before bed

What Started as a Demo

What started as a demo for my co worker/roommate Rob. Became kind of a full colored illustration/concept.

Big ups to edgar for all his suggestions while painting this , he even drew a basic shape of the monster on that bridge and I took it to a rendered finish. This is one benefits about living with other artists , is how they can push you and challenge your ideas while painting. Not to mention all the inspiration they can provide as well

This one of the more complex pieces I ever done , I kind of wanted a final fantasy type enviro with lots of people running around , more of a thriving environment as opposed to my usual stuff.

This is about 8 hours total , kind of long in my opinion , I think I can be faster.

I will be posting the psd of this piece soon so you can check out all the layers,

until then , We are having a house warming poker even at our apartment , wish me luck!!!

For My Lady

For my lady , I am usually painting a lot more since she is back in the states getting prepared to move out here in august. It has been the longest I have been away from her so painting helps me keep my mind off the distance.

So anyway love you very much , and always thinking of you