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Digital Portrait Painting bundle

For a very limited time I have the two Digital Portrait Painting videos bundled as a discounted package. In this limited offer bundle you'll get both videos (2 hours of content)

1. Digital portrait painting: blocking and detailing
2. Digital portrait painting: hair

That's a Fact Jack!!

I've been super busy in the studio for the past week working on a portrait painting of Si Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame. I'm a fan of the program and I think his character makes the show. And that's a fact Jack! In addition to his character, I just had to paint that beard!

Jay Bilas Spot Illustration

I had the honor of working on a spot illustration painting for ESPN The Magazine this week for an article. This was painted on one day using Painter 12.x. after submitting a hand full of sketches for the Art Director to choose from. Thanks for the opportunity guys! I had a blast.

That's a Fact Jack!

I don’t do much fan art but I really dig Duck Dynasty and the amount of character that Si has. So I did some studies of Si and will be turning this one into a painting.

Erondu Portrait

Jared commissioned a monotone piece. Originally I planned on painting it monotone but thought I'd have some fun with an old-school color theme first then drop it back to monotone for him. I've provided both to him so he can choose which one he wants to use in whatever his final application will be.

Monoprice, The Little Tablet that Can

Tablets are a frustrating but necessary tool for artists. Most, including myself, think that Wacom is the only player in this arena. My friend Ray Frenden had been raving about this cheap tablet sold by Monoprice. Yeah, that's right. Monoprice! The cable company. Ok, so maybe Wacom isn't the only player.

Who's Got Your Back

Overview

I get a lot of questions about how I handle backups on my Mac(s) as an illustrator. I'm going to explain the best I can how I've come to trust my current system. I will say that I've lost a lot of files over the years and pulled a lot of hairs out. Maybe that's why I'm bald? I've crafted a backup plan that works for me and doesn't cost me much money.

Corel Painter Lite and Masters Program

I’d like to thank the crew at Corel for recognizing my work and adding me to the Painter Masters program. There are some incredible artists in the program, some I’m friends with already and all of which I respect a great deal.

Drawcember

Daily sketching is something I’ve done for years. My longest daily sketch streak was 684 days long. In July, I got really busy and fell out of the habit for a while. Michele Melcher mentioned…

Yawn! and a new bundle

A new portrait painting titled “Yawn!” is released and I’ve also put together a new print bundle in the shop. Click in to read more and see the new painting.

Little Brother

The title of this painting is appropriately “LIttle Brother” for Tucker, the brother I didn’t know I had until two years ago next month. You can read that story in the original format.

Upgrading Camera, Selling Some Gear

I’m going to be upgrading my Nikon body and some of the gear I currently have I won’t need anymore.
So, I’m selling it off.

Crate.io Icon

@dstufft contacted me a few weeks back and asked if I would be up for the challenge of creating the logo icon for the Crate.io website.

Rat Rod

Monday morning I did a speed sketch of a rat rod for the Mudbrick guys (@pixelfader on twitter) and since I love anything vintage (and ratrods are cool) I decided to take it one step further and paint a more detailed version of the car.

Harley Davidson Vintage Series - 1946 EL Knucklehead

I’ve spent the better part of the last two months working on the first painting for a series of vintage Harley Davidson motorcycles. The ’46 EL is the first out of the studio. I did the original painting in the two-tone blue and cream vintage style and then repurposed…

Tim's Thoughts

I’m a huge fan of Nightmare. I have a boatload of collectors memorabilia in the studio and boxed away. Most never opened. I don’t usually do fan art but after the nudge of a respected friend I took some time over the holidays to put my thoughts to paint.

New Gallery

I finally got around to adding the gallery app to the site. It’s a straight forward app built using Django obviously, but specifically it’s using the lastest version of imagekit and Amazon S3 for storage…

Blowfish

I’ve made the switch over to painter12 for most of my illustration work. I do switch back to photoshop for tasks that Painter can’t handle. I had purchased Painter11 a few years ago but didn’t use it. It was painfully slow. The new version is a substantial upgrade…

Cheesehead at Macworld Expo

I’m excited to announce that “Cheesehead”, the painting of Aaron Rodgers was accepted into the Macworld | iWorld Digital Art Gallery at the 2012 Macworld Expo, January 26-28th.

Pudding Pops 2.0

I have had requests for larger prints than 8×10 of “Pudding Pops”; Bill Cosby. The other night I fired up Painter 12 and repainted him in high resolution.

Juvenile in Flight

This is a painting done in Painter 12 and Photoshop as a personal project that I worked on over the Thanksgiving holiday. I drug my feet on this for ages until my friend Rogie gave me a virtual kick in the ass to get it finished.

Abby's Song

Trying to catch up on posts. Never have the time to devote to it.
“Abby’s Song”, as I have dubbed this drawing was a commission for a friend and his wife. This piece was done in graphite on bristol board using mostly 0.05 mechanical pencils with varying leads from 4B to 4H.

Faces of the NFL Project - Aaron Rodgers

Continuing with the NFL project, this is number five and my halfway point. Aaron Rodgers.

Faces of the NFL Project - Frank Gore

Cranking along on this project with a painting of Frank Gore. This is number four of ten and I’m about to finish number five which I’ll probably post after the weekend. Happy Friday!

Faces of the NFL Project - MJD

Maurice Jones Drew of the Jaguars is number three in this series. I’m way into number four and delayed showing this one because I was working on the screencast that a bunch of people have requested I do. Special thanks to my brother, Tucker, for his help in editing the screencast.

Faces of the NFL Project - Drew Brees

I already mentioned about the Faces of the NFL project and the secrecy associated with it.
This is painting number two in the series (of ten). Drew Brees. It’s been a challenge to try and keep the paintings a loose as possible while still staying within my style. (A client request)

Faces of the NFL Project - Tom Brady

I’m working on a client project and can’t say too much about it for obvious reasons. I can however show some progress as I go along. This is number one in the series; Tom Brady. It’s been a challenge to try and keep the paintings a loose as possible while still staying within my style. (A client request)

Bill Cosby

Go ahead. Say it! PUDDING POPS!!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I moved the site over to Virb last month and didn’t want to post until the designs are done and I can make this space look nice but too much awesome is going on.

Self Portrait Caricature Painting

Most people know me as a “Devigner” (developer + designer) or “Hybrid” doing design and development with Django. One of the things I wanted to do this year was exit my comfort zone and push my personal limits. I haven’t really done any digital painting before and was never really comfortable with my Wacom Intuos4.

Ozan Value Study

Value study painted in Photoshop for a course I’m doing in the evenings with the excellent Paul Moyse

Python Illustration

This is a fun illustration I’ve been working on since Friday night. I saw Zed Shaw was looking for some art for the cover of his book “Learning Python the Hard Way” and thought I’d give it a shot. Special thanks to Idan Gazit and Bryan Veloso for keeping me in check during the early sketch phases. You guys rock!

Chimp Study

I’m planning out a painting for my son of a chimpanzee. He’s fascinated by monkeys. This is one of the studies from the sketchbook.

Ram Sketch

This is just a quick doodle I was working on in my Moleskine last weekend. I blocked in the color for the horns with colored pencil and then abandoned it. I probably won’t take this much further but may do as a finished piece in gouache/watercolor at a later date.

The Stork Lost One, An Adoption Reunion

Friday (June 11th), I made a public announcement on Twitter
and Facebook about some news that has dramatically changed my life for the better and a lot of friends immediately asked me for more context. I started to write this narrative in great detail and then decided to just keep it a little more simple. Sorry if it’s still too long of a read!

If memory serves me well, around age eight or nine I was told by my parents that I had been adopted at birth. My childhood was good. I cannot complain in that department but there has always been something missing. I think there’s a blood bond that needs to be reconnected. As far back as I can remember, I wondered about my birth mother. Things like, where I got my artistic abilities and more importantly, did she think about me. Was she that nice woman running the register in the checkout line?

Rent to Own

Since relocating my family to Charlotte, North Carolina, in August of ’09 I haven’t had much time (or desire) to go out and shoot. There has been too much going on and workload has blocked the enthusiasm for photography. Yesterday morning the bug to shoot got the best of me and I immediately grabbed my tripod and camera and jumped in the Jeep. Oddly, I did not go straight to this property which is only three miles from my home. Instead, I drove a 25 mile loop only to end up here.

Painterly Portrait Processing

Since posting this picture of my son Brodey on Flickr many months ago, I have received a lot of emails asking how I did the post work. Many people think it’s HDR, some say it’s got the Dave Hill feel to it.

I will go through my recipe in detail. It’s not a hard process. It’s something I’ve refined to work for me and over time, it’s become second nature. I have even used it on landscapes with great success. A lot of this works better with higher contrast images and good lighting (not that I’m great at lighting).