Mad Lad Studios: Progress

Portrait: Michael

2011-11-29T00:14:00.003-06:00

Acrylic on 6x4 Canvas
2011

Portrait: Jeff

2011-07-17T22:44:00.001-05:00

Acrylic on 8x6 Canvas
2011

Portrait: Jerry

2011-05-10T10:00:00.005-05:00

Acrylic on 8x8 Canvas
2011

Portrait: Alex

2011-03-26T16:07:00.001-05:00

Acrylic on 8x6 Canvas
2011

Portrait: Ellie and Violet

2011-01-23T13:55:00.003-06:00

Acrylic on 12x6 Canvas
2011

Portrait: Gregg

2011-01-22T15:01:00.002-06:00

Acrylic on 5x5 Canvas
2011

Portrait: Rich

2010-12-26T14:22:00.003-06:00

Acrylic on 5x5 Canvas
2010

Sketch: Alex

2010-11-06T16:18:00.002-05:00

Sketch: Jennifer

2010-11-04T13:08:00.003-05:00

Portrait: Greg

2010-10-19T22:25:00.003-05:00

Ink on Paper

Sketch: Gregg

2010-09-27T13:53:00.004-05:00

Portrait: Amber

2010-09-19T14:41:00.000-05:00

Acrylic on 6x8 Canvas
2010

Portrait: Danny

2010-09-19T12:00:00.002-05:00

Acrylic on 5x5 Canvas
2010

Portrait: Eric

2010-08-15T15:03:00.003-05:00

Acrylic on 5x5 Canvas
2010

Portrait: Tara

2010-08-01T19:06:00.001-05:00

Portrait: Pete

2010-08-01T17:38:00.004-05:00

One Magical Show

2009-07-16T19:44:00.007-05:00

We gave it to Danny & Toni last night, so I can finally post a pic of this thing.

Back in 2004, we attended a Pixies show at the Aragon in which two of our good friends became an item. Now they are getting married (in 8 days) I was hoping to do capture the evening in a piece of artwork. Conceptually, I wanted to tie the event of the first stage of their relationship to the event of the show itself (which kicked ass by the way). The first thing that came to mind were rock posters.

Instead of the traditional screenprinting or going with a digital print, I opted to go the gouache route to give it a bit of texture and to avoid making something I could easily reproduce. The colors are solid and the outlines were done in black ink. It was a successful piece not only for me personally, but I'm happy they enjoyed it.

Before and After: Gears

2009-04-27T15:57:00.003-05:00

After

Before

This is a photo of the gears at the Chicago Bridgehouse. As you can see the paint was falling off and it looked pretty beat up so I cleaned it up.

Zero & Femme

2009-04-26T23:28:00.003-05:00

A quick sketch of the two coolest superheroes ever.

Packed Train

2009-02-17T07:52:00.004-06:00

I Thought It Was A Metaphor!!!

2008-05-10T01:34:00.003-05:00

The Swamp of Loss

Sabrina's New Cyberlimb

2008-05-10T01:27:00.003-05:00

Southern Comfortable

2008-01-27T18:45:00.002-06:00

Morning Coffee

2008-01-06T19:20:00.000-06:00

gouache on watercolor paper

Postcard: +3 Art Show

2008-01-03T00:08:00.001-06:00

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Flee!!!!!

2008-01-01T18:51:00.001-06:00

01.21.2008

01.20.08

Billiards Trip

2007-12-30T17:21:00.000-06:00

better photo, updated = 95% finished

updated 01.01.08

Turnstile Hopping

2007-12-30T17:19:00.000-06:00

Update - 01.14.08

80 Minus 40

2007-06-14T07:42:00.000-05:00

01.27.08

01.20.08

07.15.07

Nerve Session

2007-05-09T08:06:00.000-05:00

07/09/07

Another Painter work in progress.

*Update* I keep changing my mind and swapping things out. We'll see what happens.

Cribbage

2007-04-12T23:16:00.000-05:00

Here's the drawing before I went in to add more definition.

*UPDATE* Here's post-definition version of the drawing. I'm much happier with this version. I was also able to fix the jacked up left hand Pete pointed out. I think i was kind of tentative about drawing with pen due for a comissioned piece due to how permanent each line is. I curse the digital world with each line.

Cribbage Part Deux

2007-04-04T13:17:00.000-05:00

This is the final sketch (i think) for the project i'm undergoing this weekend. I planned on it last weekend, but wound up getting a sinusitis. If you've never experienced one, imagine having your head slowly crushed by Andre the Giant or someone of comparable size. Either way, the orange is going to be an ink wash and i'll be going over the entire thing with black ink once it dries.

it's on a big piece of Arches, so it's gonna be interesting. I never work this large. Lets hear it for comissioned artwork!

*Update* I finished the drawing last night, but am not extremely happy with the results. I'll see what the woman says. It may be best for me to just re-do the entire thing again. I'll post the results soon.

Zero Charisma

2007-03-28T15:44:00.000-05:00

Here's my superhero who kicks things. He's pretty much the greatest superhero of all time.

Vector the Bear

2007-03-21T08:09:00.000-05:00

Possible character for a children's book. Drawn by hand, then created in Illustrator.

FLEX'D

2007-03-17T00:03:00.001-05:00

Just a random sketch on the back of an invoice.

Two Men Playing Cribbage

2007-03-16T23:54:00.001-05:00

Slowly getting accustomed to the world of digital painting. This is definitely In Progress.