class demo

here's a quick study for a class demo in costume drawings. lots going on, will post more soon...

character fun in watercolor

These are a few demos I did during the drawing for animation class I teach at the art institute, as well as some other quick studies for fun...

3x3 annual

Hi everyone,

Just found out that 7 of my images made it into the 3x3 children's annual. Whoo hoo! This is a contest I've entered a few times with no success. It's nice to finally make the cut!

I am currently working on a commercial pitch for Laika. I'll post those images once they say it's ok to. More images on the way as well. I'll try to post a little more often here...

-Lee

Sketches

Here's a few sketch experiments for some greeting cards I'm going to be selling soon...

waiting...

This is an image inspired by another image that Burnie Fuchs made (RIP). He was so awesome! This is my take on the same theme he was tackling. Also, I wanted to see if I could make a rather mundane moment (waiting for the bus) interesting. If someone gets good at that, there is no story they can't tell...

Followed

Here's today's effort in watercolor titled "followed". he he!

Enjoy!

Artic Fox

Hi guys, here's a painting I did today in watercolor. Hope you like it!

Interview

Hi everybody,

I just finished up an interview for Amy Baskin over at "Euphoria" which is a children's book blog. She interviews different authors and illustrators in the children's book biz. Check out the interview at:

http://amy-baskin.blogspot.com

more figure stuff...

not sure if I pushed this one too far. I feel like I'm finally learning how to use watercolor. Whew! it's a tough medium to understand...

figure painting

I don't post a lot of the more realistic work I do, but I thought I might start. I love drawing/painting the figure. Here's a quick effort in watercolor. It's nice to do these, because you get to relax and not think too much about storytelling (which is HARD)...

Heart Blower

Here's an image I intended to do for valentines day but I never seem to get holiday cards out on time. I did a few versions with different color ways. The first color version is how it is actually painted (in watercolor on arches paper). The studies I did originally were black and white with only the hearts in red.

I'm not sure which one I prefer, any thoughts??

Alice in Wonderland

Here's  a new image for the Nucleus Gallery show in Los Angeles. It opens on feb. 27. This image is done in watercolor on Arches paper.

 

Recent Sketches

Here's a few recent sketches. The first is an image I made for my wife. Her christmas present was some new cookware, so this was the card that went with it. Type surrounded the image.

Game Art Pre-Production demo

This is a demo for the game art preproduction class I teach at the Art Institute of Portland.

Illustration Friday—Crunchy

red riding hood looks pretty crunchy to me (and the wolf!).

12.8.09

This is a painting for an upcoming show in NY. It's painted on a postcard so the finished size is 4x6. It was kinda difficult painting that small! : )

12.2.09

Some quick sketches from the art museum. I'm trying to use the single line technique of just starting at a point and moving around with no lay in. Kinda tough, but I like the "clumsy" quality it gives the line.

11/31/09 recent sketches

11.30.09 recent sketches...

some sketches