Cip's World

onto the painting...

2012-01-12T12:53:00.001-08:00

Now that I've played around a bit with some digital color and lighting - now it's on to the real painting... So far so good...

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getting a new painting going.

2012-01-05T01:19:00.001-08:00

Just doing some quick studies...

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Last drawing of 2011

2011-12-30T16:43:00.000-08:00

which of course will be the first painting of 2012... ;)

Finally getting around to this piece...

2011-10-27T15:26:00.000-07:00

I designed this piece a few months back - it was a much smaller piece, but the gallery director insisted I paint it bigger than the original design. I've just finished up a couple of paintings and now I have time to pound this one out... goodtimes with a lil' star wars influence...

Progress shots...

2011-08-16T17:56:00.000-07:00

Here's a few progress shots of the current project... Stay tuned for more...

Fleshing out a concept

2011-07-17T19:49:00.000-07:00

Just fleshing out a concept for a painting...

Art Show time!

2011-05-11T20:45:00.000-07:00

Be there or be square!

Paintin' it up

2011-04-29T17:50:00.000-07:00

Ok so I finally got around to posting this painting. I've already exhibited it at a couple of shows here in LA this year - so far the folks are feeling it. The total series will have around 4-5 paintings...

Colour studies!

2010-12-23T18:10:00.000-08:00

A small section of a much larger piece I'm working on... Because the final painting is 3 times larger than my usual work - I do a crude digital painting to work out the colours... It makes painting the final piece sooo much easier! The final piece will be much tighter and detailed...

Detail

2010-08-19T16:15:00.001-07:00

Here's a detail of a much larger piece that I'm painting..

Mr. Durden

2010-08-04T19:43:00.001-07:00

Ok so I'm working on a new painting that has a few characters in it... I'm using Mr. Durden as one of em! Just working through some character designs and expressions and what not...

Fleshing out a piece...

2010-07-21T20:20:00.001-07:00

What's currently at my work station... Acrylic on wood panel - this is the under painting... The fun part - no thinking or skills needed - just start throwing paint around and tighten it up later...

Painting concept

2010-05-28T19:48:00.001-07:00

Concept for an upcoming painting... Always tons of fun at this point...

wrapping up some paintings...

2010-04-13T11:22:00.001-07:00

here's a detail shot of a pinting that I'm wrapping up this week.. :D

Art is a gift

2009-12-06T16:37:00.000-08:00

Hi Everybody,
If you're in L.A. and free on Saturday, December 12 - be sure to cruise by New Puppy Gallery (www.newpuppyla.com) and check out the "Art is a Gift" Show. This will be my last show of the year and it'll be cool to just hang out and chill with some cool cats.. Hope to see you there!
peace!
CIP
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die Zeit of Drawing

2009-11-25T11:29:00.000-08:00

Here's one of the pieces I'll have displayed at the 'die Zeit of Drawing" exhibition at Climate gallery in New York (December 5-20, 2009). If you're in town check out the show. It's an international show with artists form all over the world. Should be a really good show!

die Zeit

2009-11-25T11:28:00.000-08:00

SLOW PROGRESS IS BETTER THAN NONE!!!

2009-10-29T14:14:00.000-07:00

Howdy folks, the Cannibal Flower show was a blast! had a lot of fun, sold my painting, then went to the Roosevelt in Hollywood afterward for some much needed cocktails! I'll be doing the show again in November (if i cn finish my pieces on time!!!). Here's one of a few pieces that I'm currently working on, prolly finish it up tommorow. Oh BTW, I'll be participating in a drawing exhibition at Climate/Gallery (www.climategallery.com) in NYC in December! I'll drop the exact details once I get them...
peace!
CIP
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CANNIBAL FLOWER ART SHOW ON OCTOBER 17 IN CULVER CITY!!

2009-10-16T20:39:00.000-07:00

I just got added to this show on thursday! Come on out and partake in the LA underground art event that is: Cannibal Flower!!! ha ha! See you there!!

more info at: www.cannibalflower.com

Psylocke!

2009-09-23T12:44:00.000-07:00

Okay So I've been prepping for the long beach comic con. Hopefully I can get some colour work gigs!! I did this Psylocke piece this week for fun. I decided to post up the process i used for the drawing.

1)The original drawing was a quick sketch I did at starbucks. I used a non-photo blue pencil. Altogether, I noodled the sketch for about 30 min. or so.. As you can see there are alot of problems with proportions and what not, but I'm not concerned with that - I just want to nail down the basic design and composition. I used a steadtler non-photo blue pencil for the lines.

2) Next up I scanned the sketch into photoshop, sized it up (the orignal sketch was only 6x8 inches or so). Then I printed it, and inked the lines using a sakura micron liner size 005. I've refined the drawing a bit, but it still has alot of issues. Again - I'm not concered with being perfect - I just need to keep my rhythm and energy going. The rough inks took about another 30 minutes or so.

3) Now that I've defined my lines - I trace them onto the illustration board for the final inks. For this project I did traditional ink on paper instead of doing it digitally. Why? because I wanted to have a nice hand inked piece of Art to show my friends! :P With the rough pencils and rough inks I worked quickly, now I'm slowing down. I used a sakura brush pen, sakura micron pens - sizes 005 - 2, an HB pencil, white acrylic paint, a series 7 windsor and newton brush, and a six-pack of beer (hey i like to relax when I'm working at home). The inking took about 3 hours (I think - the beer kinda threw me off a bit). I've refined the drawing quite a bit, but there are still some issues - again I'm not concerned, I'll finish off any issues when I take it into photoshop and paint it up..

4) I scan the inks into photshop, flat the clolurs in, and paint like crazy!!! This part takes the longest because I'm further tweaking the ink lines, fixing proportions (think liquify tool), and adding efx as I'm painting. Not to mention that I need to step away form the piece from time to time so I can look at it with fresh eyes and let the piece develop over time. All in all, the colours took about 8-10 hours of work time spread out over three days. I could have did it in one sitting, but i didn't collect a check for this one, so what's the rush? Save that fire for your clients yo!

Anyways, thanks for stopping by! See you at the LB Comic Con!!!
peace!

Storm!!

2009-09-08T14:32:00.000-07:00

I always liked the 80's design!!!

2009-08-27T12:27:00.000-07:00

DRAWING COMICS ARE FUN!!! Ha ha.. I did a quick sketch, liked it, so I decided to paint it out..
hope you like it!
Peace!
CIP
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VEGAS!

2009-08-12T17:24:00.001-07:00

I've been so busy painting canvases that I haven't done an illustration in a minute! Anyways here's a new one and an old one..
pece!
CIP
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Art Show!!

2009-07-23T18:57:00.001-07:00

If you guys are in LA in August, come on by and say hi... My and a few hundred other Artists are reppin' LA baby....

Made in Japan interview

2009-07-12T12:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.madeinjapanmagazine.com/?p=88
An interview I did for Made in Japan...

So I've been taking the top cow colourist test..

2009-05-15T02:35:00.000-07:00

I've finally sat down and started taking the top cow colourist test. It's been a welcome break from the video game stuff. Here's today's work - Still working on it - I think after a quick polish pass it'll be through...

Testing 1,2 testing 1,2 - is this thing on?

2009-05-14T17:50:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago I took a texture art test at Naughty Dog Studio (Sony). Had fun with the test, but they decided to pass on my candidacy... Oh wells, I'll be a' re-applying next year!!!

It's been awhiles...

2009-04-19T18:02:00.000-07:00

Howdy folks - It's been forever and a day since I've posted anything on here.. So I'm posting a couple of paintings. Finished these two and exhibited them in the "Alter Ego" Show in little tokyo at Archrival.. Had a blast painting them. Currently i'mworking on my next to paintings for my next show.. Peace!

2009-02-18T15:42:00.000-08:00

Here we go again folks. The DL... Those of you from the L.A. area know this show. I haven't done a DL show in a couple of year s - so when I was invited to do this one (my 3rd) I jumped at the chance. The premise is simple: take 6 L.A. Artists, have them choose an Alter Ego, paint in a different style, and exhibit the work... Guess which one I am! See you there!
peace!
Cip
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www.thearchrival.com

Siggraph!!

2008-06-20T20:14:00.000-07:00

This is a work in progress that I've been working on for a bit. Siggraph is in LA this year and I've been busting my butt to get this environment finished in time for Siggraph. I'm about 60 percent done - I'll be sure to post some screens when this puppy is finished!

Comics and Concepts

2008-06-19T10:22:00.000-07:00

I like Comic Art. I like Concept Art. Who doesn't though ?!? ha ha

Kung Fu Panda!

2008-06-19T10:14:00.001-07:00

In case you're wondering what to expect from a videogame test, here's what one looks like. I applied for a gig at Activision last year and they had me take this test. I didn't get the gig - so I guess this would be an example of a fail under Activison's criteria.. But it was still fun.

illustration and 3d modeling work.

2008-06-18T09:40:00.001-07:00

An older drawing of mine, and some newer 3-d modeling work.

Kane's Wrath!

2008-06-18T09:08:00.000-07:00

Ha ha.. Here's some concept and texturing work from EA's Command & Conquer 3: Kane's wrath expansion pack 1.

Sci-fi goodies.. I like sci-fi!

2008-06-18T00:56:00.000-07:00

Here's a sci-fi environment. It was a test for a video game gig that I didn't get... :( It was concepted by a great concept artist by the name of Andy Chung though - so it was a great project to work on!