Earl

This one was 20 min. I'm playing with brushes right now and trying to stick to just one for each image to get a good feeling for each one and what it's capable of. This was with the Charlie Bowater Custom. It paints nicely if you like to use washes/glazes to build up color.

30 min Portrait#5 and Warm ups

Old Sailor

Today's 30 min portrait

Russian Army Woman

Today's installment. A little better than yesterday. This time in Photoshop. I'm trying to keep these in or under 30 min each. Also we have a page of sketchbook studies  and warm ups etc. Just trying to stay loose and keep the skills sharp.

Because I said I would

30 Min or So . This Time in Painter
Head Sketch #2

So I came across this guy's Blog and pretty much every day he does a quick portrait painting. His name ( his web one) is BTANK and you can find his blog here http://ninnjapizzaburgers.blogspot.ca/

Anyways, I admire his JC Leyendecker Esq style and his dedication to do these almost daily. So with that in mind, I hope to incorporate a similar practice into my daily routine. So with that in mind here we go with my first go. I think I popped this one off in less than 30 minutes. We're going for both speed and accuracy.

So I saw this girl at the local coffee shop working on her laptop and for some reason, I thought her outfit was totally outrageous. I mean who wears bright orange hot pants and pirate boots to the Good Earth just to sit and work on a paper or something? Not that I minded.... Anyways, I put together this sketch/image of a Gal because she inspired me. I plan on doing more Cheesecake character designs like these so stay tuned.

Cheers!