Artist Spotlight - John Kenn

..just found this artist today, John Kenn --- these drawings are done on Post-It notes!

very well done, such detail-- love how he depicts 'monsters' !

thanks for the inspiration, John!



website/blog: http://johnkenn.blogspot.com/

Artist spotlight - Malcolm T. Liepke

Malcolm has been an inspiration to me since college-- i just love how he depicts people, in his figurative work.. wonderful use of color and a style that is unique (unfortunately-- it's copied by others! there are a lot of 'imitators' out there, but only ONE Malcolm T. Liepke!)

He is definitely one of my personal favorite artist's of all-time!



here is a link to his work featured at Arcadia Fine Art: http://arcadiafinearts.com/#/1/1/1/

Malcolm's work on Eleanor Ettinger Gallery: http://www.eegallery.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?artist=MALCOLM%20T.%20LIEPKE

Here is an interactive collage of some of his work: http://www.vuvox.com/collage/detail/0a8fa695e

..good article/review/interview on Southwest Art: http://www.southwestart.com/articles-interviews/featured-artists/mapping_the_senses

if you are on Facebook-- here is a link to his Home: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Malcolm-Liepke/129846273723427#!/pages/Malcolm-Liepke/129846273723427

Art Rage -- portrait videos (Ray Tsang)

I've been using Art Rage for nearly a year now-- really impressed with the natural media look/feel-- especially the oil paints! i will be posting some of my artwork using it, very soon..

until then-- i came across this very talented artist, Ray Tsang, who is using it for portraits



click on this link to view the video (you may need a Facebook account):
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=460159932413#!/video/video.php?v=460159932413

Here is a portrait he did using Corel Painter 11:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=460159932413#!/video/video.php?v=423192617413

Here is a link to a forum in which he shows additional portraits: http://www2.ambientdesign.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25550

UPDATE/NEW: Here is a link to his blog: http://raytsangartist.blogspot.com/

Artist spotlight - Craig Mullins

One of my favorite modern artist's-- a legend in the entertainment industry as a concept artist and designer.. he's also the 'Godfather' of speed painting-- which is widely used by most concept artist's to quickly communicate ideas/composition, etc.. i just love his use of texture in his imagery

i had the pleasure of working with him on 2 James Bond games (Agent under fire and Goldeneye: Rogue Agent) -- he did various matte paintings, concepts, etc..



check out his website-- he showcases both traditional and digital paintings: http://www.goodbrush.com/

Ballistic Publishing Grand Master interview: http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/articles/craig_mullins/

here's a video collage of his work on the Marathon trilogy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bHE5xPzwoE&feature=related

Artist spotlight - Carol Marine

..check out the artwork of Carol Marine! i just love her still life paintings! (the way she applies her paint-- loose brush strokes, choices of color, composition, etc..) i just discovered her work about 6-8 weeks ago, and i'm really glad that i did! she's an amazing/inspiring artist!

here is a link to her blog: http://carolmarine.blogspot.com/

here is a link to her website: http://www.bluecloudstudios.com/

i purchased her book (and recommend it!), available through Blurb.com--- http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/972967

'Cherries'

spent about 4-5 hours this past weekend-- working on this still life

..i've really started to focus my time/efforts on getting my work exhibited in gallery shows, competitions, etc.. recently, i entered my work (2 pieces) for consideration into a group show in Bowling Green, Ohio -- and both pieces were accepted! the opening reception was 2 weeks ago-- and the turn-out was great! it was also held during homecoming weekend-- so the town was busy was festivities, etc..

i also entered my work into a call for submissions at a gallery in Danville, IL.. the theme was 'shoes' and i had a painting that i did back in '91 that i dug up.. and re-touched (oils).. i entered it for consideration and it was accepted! Opening night exhibition was this past Friday night and the event went great-- met a lot of people, including a few local artist's.

in my studio, i am actively working on a lot of things! (still lifes, portraits and landscapes) i'm also working on designing a new web site, that will showcase just my fine art (i want to separate my fine art from my professional work, illustration, etc..)

the new site will be: www.chadwgreene.com

anyway-- i'll post pics soon (of the gallery work, etc)

-cg

updates

Yes, i'm still around! i've been very busy with my current work project-- i'm the Art Director on a video game called, "Red Faction: Armageddon" -- and it's been a lot of time/work!

i was recently traveling to promote the game (LA, San Diego and Germany) -- and i'll post some links to photos from those press trips-- stay tuned!

i am also working on a new website, specifically to show my 'fine art'

..and finally, i'm working on a FALL art show-- and i have a lot of artwork to post/share (stay tuned)

-cg

Digital impasto (head study #3)

Here's another digital impasto study that i created



click HERE to view a time lapse workflow process of this piece

Odd Head study #2

This is another digital head study i did, using Corel Painter 11

Click HERE to view an animated .gif that shows the work being created over time

Odd head #1 (details/process)

Here is a comparison to the original:



Click HERE to view an animated .gif that shows the work being created over time

Odd Head study #1

One of my favorite artist's is Odd Nerdrum.. i own a few of his over-sized Art books and have always been fascinated by his style/technique (along with his subject matter)

recently, i wanted to replicate his technique in Painter 11.. i started out by spending a lot of time learning the Impasto brushes inside and out-- to the point where i modified them to create my own unique variants.. and then i created a Custom palette with my own brushes.. i spent several weeks created abstract paintings, getting really comfortable with the behaviors, etc.. and then decided to use my learning to create a figurative study of one of his works.

so, over the course of 2 weekends-- i created this (total time approx 22hrs)

If you use/know Painter 11-- i mainly used Thick Oil brushes (modified), Grainy chalk (modified to act as Impasto), various palette knives.. a modified Sargant brush that just applies Impasto and i constantly switch between paper variants (these affect the tooth of the paper)

i plan on creating more of these studies in the future.. i had a lot of fun and learned a ton about creating a digital impasto look!

Art Rage!

the best $80.00 i've ever spent!

I've been using the software Painter user since it came out (and i'm an expert at using it)--- the recent version, Painter 11 has some good tools and i still use it for my 'fine art/digital paintings'

today i decided to download a trial of Art Rage 3 Pro--- after using it for 2 hours, i bought the full version, for an incredible price of $80 bucks!!?!

i spent almost ALL of today using it-- having a blast!! the final art media is incredibly realistic.. and it's easy to use! i love how the canvas utilizes my full Cintiq screenspace.. and the tools are easily hidden. the canvas papers react very well to the media (and look so real!) and they have this new feature that allows you to 'spray paint' on stickers! (which can be done is a cheesy way-- or done with some style and power-- ala using actual Photoshop .abr brushes!)

here is a link to the software: http://www.artrage.com/artragefeatures.html

try it out! you'll be very surprised at how powerful this software is!

-cg

Welcome!

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I will also be updating this to reflect what i'm up to-- work, personal, etc.

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