mackaydesign

Film Noir Kid

2008-07-21T06:21:00.000-07:00

This is a concept painting for a children's book project I was working on recently. It was done in Photoshop.

Meow.

2008-07-21T06:09:00.001-07:00

Just trying to keep myself motivated to post more often. Here's a quick Photoshop sketch.

2nd Son of a 2nd Son

2008-07-16T20:52:00.000-07:00

I've been creating Illustrator work to add to my portfolio recently and thought it would be fun to honor my little creepy-crawly boy who's turning a year old this Sunday. (He's waving to me in the cell phone pic.)

Watching Jen watching AFV while looking @ bills

2008-06-13T06:37:00.000-07:00

My wife and I love to watch America's Funniest Home Videos together after the kids have gone to bed. I must admit that as a skinny tween I watched and loved the show when it first aired in the late 80's, but gave it up in the early 90's as I realized a person could only watch so much footage of unwary fathers getting hit in the crotch by innocent little leaguers. I'm not sure when we started watching the show again, but I'm certain it was after we had our first son. One of the most appealing things about the show to me now is watching my wife literally laugh her self to tears when some tiny, unsuspecting kid gets bounced off a trampoline like a rag doll or tossed off screen by a speeding beach ball. Her all time favorite on-screen misfortune involves an often slightly overweight person who naively stands ashore, strapped into a parasailing harness only to be dragged through the water seconds later like some sports fisherman’s dream catch. I think I enjoy watching her watch the show more than the show itself.

Quick Starts

2008-04-14T18:34:00.001-07:00

These are some digital painting starts that I'm not sure I'm going to finish. Just thought I'd post 'em anyway.

PIN 3 Show

2008-04-13T00:55:00.000-07:00

The opening reception for the Power In Numbers 3 show at Nucleus Gallery in Alhambra was really fun. The show will still be up until April 28th so if you didn't get a chance to come, you should check it out. Thanks to all of you encouraged me along the way and a huge thanks for those who were able to make it out to the show. Thanks for the support! Also congrats to all who participated in the show. There were some uber-fantastic pieces in the show.

The images are cropped in versions of the pieces I did for the show. I cropped them just in case you're going to the show later and you didn't want to have the excitement and anticipation spoiled. If you do want to have your excitement spoiled click here.

Group Show @ Nucleus

2008-04-06T20:16:00.001-07:00

Hello blog viewers and friends! For those of you interested, I'm going to be in Nucleus Gallery's 3rd annual Power in Numbers group show that runs April 12th-28th.

Opening Reception: Saturday April 12, 2008, 7pm – 11pm.

This is a benefit show where 20% of all sales will go to the Make a Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles

For more information visit: http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/141

And feel free to pass the info along to anyone else who might be interested. Thanks!

Photoshop Class

2008-03-11T00:01:00.000-07:00

I'm very fortunate to have been invited by Rich Tuzon to attend an intermediate Photoshop painting class that is being taught at work by one of my favorite teachers from school, Bob Kato. Basically Bob adapted his traditional painting technique as a way to paint digitally in Photoshop. This is a 2 hour master copy (caricatured a bit) of a one of Sargent's self portraits that I painted in tonight's class.

Landscape Painting with Dad

2007-12-30T20:46:00.000-08:00

I go painting with my dad quite often. This last weekend we went to Paramount Ranch. If you haven't been there to paint plein air, you're crazy! It has an old ghost town-looking set that was the backdrop for Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman and many other western sets from 1927 until present day. Here are my gouache efforts. The smaller two are 1.5" x 2.5" done in my moleskine sketchbook and the larger painting is on about 5" x 7" piece of illustration board. If you want to see my dad's he'll post it soon at his blog: http://sketchpainting.blogspot.com/

Some Sketchbook Sketches

2007-11-20T00:37:00.001-08:00

I'm still alive and here are the sketches to prove it!

Tablet Trouble

2007-10-06T06:48:00.000-07:00

Hello friends! Sorry I haven't posted lately. My old intuos-2 tablet broke down just after graduation and I am in the process of earning more money to pay for a new one. I'll get some drawings up soon.

Art Center Graduation Show - Friday, 08-17-2007

2007-08-14T01:25:00.000-07:00

Hey, art blog friends! I am graduating this weekend from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. For all you people around the L.A. Area, this coming Friday on August 17th from 7:00PM until 10:00 PM, is the Art Center Graduation Show. Come check out the show and say "Hi" if you happen to recognize me standing next to the artwork you've seen posted on this blog over the last few years. www.artcenter.edu

Little Red Robin Hood and The Naughty Sheriff of Ham

2007-07-27T02:41:00.000-07:00

I decided to use the animation background I posted earlier to create a fun Robin Hood story using animals in the place of people for my Advanced Sketching for Illustration final painting. Wait, ...Robin Hood...animals in the place of people...that's so original!

Digital Self Portrait

2007-07-26T02:47:00.000-07:00

Another Dang Painting

2007-07-25T12:22:00.000-07:00

Acrylic on Illustration Board

Hot Pink Lady and Cool Blue Girl

2007-07-19T17:13:00.000-07:00

More acrylic paintings on illustration board from Gary Meyer's Advanced Sketching for Illustration class.

Some More Props

2007-07-17T00:45:00.001-07:00

Here are some digitally painted props for my independent study project with Ricardo Delgado.

Animal Prop Studies

2007-07-03T00:10:00.001-07:00

Here are some prop ideas I came up with for the story I made up about animals that go to high school.

More Characters

2007-07-02T23:12:00.000-07:00

These are more character ideas for my Independent Study with Ricardo Delgado. Sketched in pencil and colored in Photoshop.

More Paintings

2007-06-26T17:08:00.000-07:00

Acrylic on Illustration Board 15" x 20"

Background Concept for Animation

2007-06-15T00:41:00.000-07:00

I was exploring animation styles and did this quickie Photoshop painting on the fly.

Peacock Feather Hat

2007-06-12T18:39:00.000-07:00

Acrylic on Illustration Board 15" x 20"

Clown Man and Cropped Face Girl

2007-06-05T18:35:00.000-07:00

I'm getting back into traditional painting and I have to say I love it. This is an acrylic painting. I didn't finish working on the clown man's hands, obviously. I probably spent more time than I should have working on his head. I only show the girl's cropped face for the same reason. Hopefully I'll get a full painting in next time.

Evil Warrior

2007-06-02T12:12:00.000-07:00

Another character concept for my independent study with Ricardo Delgado.

The Dream of Flying

2007-05-30T23:28:00.001-07:00

This is a color comp for a painting I'm going to do for Gary Meyer's Advanced Sketching for Illustration class. The topic is the dream of flying and the text on the bottom right says, "Look, Daddy! A bird!"