Its been awhile since I’ve posted so… a quick costume story for a short story concept I’m working on.   Rapunzel Animation is gearing up making it hard to get updates up… Its going to be a good one, can’t wait to show the world the stuff we’ve been doing!

The clothes are from an anthropologie catalog.

Two small guache studies.  one from a Malcolm Liepke painting and one from life.

a quick master copy of chinese artist zhang lu..  taking a stab at his photoshop method.  Took it about 60 percent of where he does.  love the method, lots of layers

Thomas Martin used to paint from movies back at Ringling..  its great to study color and composition..

this is from Before Sunset, and yeah the likeness is off…

schulgasse

Back in 2004 after Polar Express wrapped I went and wandered around central Europe for a few months… drawing and painting in a little water color book with some Japanese water pens and a set of guache.

villa

the prater

hostel

shonbrun

and one quick study from my own neighborhood, Hermosa Pier, California

hermosa

I drove on out to Alhambra this weekend to check out Kid Koala’s music to draw to, a little gathering of sketchbook and music fans.  I loved it, sat there for a few hours, drew, drank lemonade and stuffed down a few of those trendy fresh baked red velvet cup cakes.  Took a few minutes to draw some of the kids hanging round.

A few nights before I left Burbank late after a few drinks on the patio to go draw at the now re-located late night salon…  the theme; tokyo pop..

and a little in progress of those two still unfinished paintings… the city is starting to suck.. need to loosen it up again.

First, a painfully slow cityscape from angels flight down in the historic core of downtown LA facing east. (work in progress)

Second, a reworking of an earlier painting i hadn’t gotten around to posting yet.

Third, 7 little character drawings from the friendly fires’ show at the troubadour last night while I waited at the bar for friends to show up.

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