Here is the first oil painting I have done in a long time. It was quite the challenge to figure out how to fit everything in that was wanted. I think I have gotten a better handle on oil paints, and learned a lot by painting and wiping off the ground at least 5 times. I think I had the most success with the cows, which were the quickest thing to paint go figure. Anyway it was a ton of fun to do a finished piece in oil and really want to try out another one soon.

I know a lot of kids getting baptized this year. So I decided to do a painting on it here is my sketch and color study I did on my Kindle. 

I collored Jake Parker's drawing for a competition for the School of Visual Storytelling.  http://schoolofvisualstorytelling.bigcartel.com 

The competition is for $75 credit for the classes on the site. 

Here is a link:

https://www.facebook.com/schoolofvisualstorytelling?sk=app_292725327421649

If you click on the submissions you can see what others have done and vote for your favorite.
The competition ends on the 23rd of January.

Here is the color study for the splash screen. I did this on my kindle with the brightness turned way down to it might be a bit jarring and bright (if your monitor is set up like mine anyway). Doing this is a great help now i can see i want my grass to be a bit more orange. Come to think of it everything should have an orangeness to it. That way the sky would be a bit more desaturated and the green color of the trees and the grass wont hurt your eyes so much. Anyway I'll be throwing this in to Illustrator soon and should have something done soon (pending approval).

Here is what I worked on tonight for the "Promised Land of Zarahemla" game. This would be the splash screen that would show up while its loading up. I know its not very apparent here but the girl will be holding vegetables. I cant wait to get this approved and throw it in illustrator and ink/paint it.

I have been creating characters for a game! These characters will be part of a tower defense like sequence of the game. These guys will have an assortment of weapons (2 each) and they will be animated. Finally I get to animate something no matter how basic it will be. 

     To get what I have here I filled 20 plus pages in my sketchbook with multiple variations. I finally came to the conclusion that the attackers will have "sinister" like headdresses while the defenders will have more of a protective type of creature on their heads. 

        

Illustration Friday's topic this week was refrain. I needed a break from working on my children's book app (no title yet) so I decided to just submit a drawing. I have always loved this trick and know how much restraint it takes to not eat something you really want.