Skull Paintings by Tom French

Watercolor face paintings by Mario Bolognesi

Here are some cool water color face paintings. The colors chosen really help enhance the emotion depicted on the face. I have even seen one of his paintings appear on an older t-shirt by Tank Theory. You can view more work from Mario Bolognesi on his website here: http://www.marion-b.com/

The Armory Art Show NYC Recap Video

Here's a video recap of some of the art that was displayed at the Armory Show in Manhattan like the work of Kawz.

Recent Works in 2010

Here were some stuff that I was working on or worked. Here are some sketching, logo work, and various art pieces, whether they are completed or not. The one above is a sketch that I'm brought into the computer and will be touching it up in Photoshop.

Hungry Andy's was a logo design for this new sandwich shop down in Baltimore, Maryland. This is only the black and white version.

This was a fun pinup sketch, that I would like to continue working on.

Woman paint like sketch.

Playing around with the wacom pen with this woman laying down sketch.

Negative Woman

This one wasn't, but I just wasn't satisfied with the outcome. It says "Champion" in Spanish.

Inspiration: Florian Nicolle w/ Step By Step Process

I was browsing on Behance and came across some of the illustrations by Florian Nicolle. I must say there is  pretty cool stuff. The blending of traditional media and digital media is always fun, but the majority of the legwork is traditional. Nicolle adds some texture in Photoshop of course to help make an amazing illustration shine even more. This is the artist statement on these illustrations:

I try to create an image that retains its freshness of the first paint stroke, the expressions of the line have to be very free and spontaneous. While keeping a rigorous drawing. So i use fast techniques like a bic, large brush, watercolor and chines ink then I add texture and details on Ps.

i use much texture of text, because it adds a presence of hand. I draw a picture as if I wrote a text, with the same tool, the same freedom, with erasures, lines, scribbles etc

You can view more work from this French Graphic Designer here: http://www.behance.net/neo_innov  or http://www.neo-innov.fr/

Here is the step by step process:

1. Background

2. White Splash

3. Pencil

4. Black stroke with chinese ink

5. Water Color ink

6. Details in Photoshop

7. Integration of "Billie Jean" lyrics on forehead in Photoshop

Inspiration: Dmitriy Rebus Larin

Watercolors is a very difficult medium and I applaud anyone who can create amazing compositions with it. I know I've dabbled in them, but not enough as I should. For all those watercolor loving fans check out the wonderful art of Russian artistst Dmitriy Rebus Larin. The work that Dmitriy forms when his brush hits the canvas is astonishing. To view his portfolio click here

Chun-li and Ryu paintings by Rodney Fuentebella

As I was looking up info about the new Nike Dunks Street Fighter series, I came across these images. These are very interesting watercolor paintings that definitely captured by eye. I like that the figures are more abstract and does not show the anatomical details. I like the warm colors used in the Ryu painting. I do like the composition of Chun-Li better and the splatter in the background. I like them, but what do you think about the work painted by Rodney Fuentebella?