DANGERMARC

Big thanks to Nev and Shira for involving me in the fundraiser for this year’s Burning Man Temple.

Here are some images of the pieces at the event.

I recently came in 7th in an online contest with this piece. See the winners.

Also, to those wondering where my posts have been this week, I’ve been on my honeymoon so will be posting again in a week or so. Thanks for staying tuned.

I have a commission to do a portrait for a man and his husband. He described their animals, you know how people have animals they associate with themselves, like that. I was mid-sketch for a close up portrait, and I ended up with a croquil pen and this.

(full picture after the jump, warning: there are naked male parts)

Continue reading ‘Bull and Finch’

These are character sketches I did in Photoshop. I’m exploring three different looks, the top being a casual look, the bottom left two are more formal, and the bottom right is designed for combat. We’re closing in on this character’s look and will be moving on to the next very soon.

UPDATE:
Prints Sold: 2
Money I will donate: $160

I want to donate the campaign limit of $2300 to Barack Obama’s campaign. I am a working artist, so I need to raise the funds. You can help, and you get something for it. I will give all profits from sales of prints of my Obama portrait to his campaign. For every 9.5″x13″ signed and dated print of my Obama piece (below) that you buy, I will donate profit from that sale to his campaign. I will do this for every sale until I reach the campaign limit of $2300. Prints are $100, which is $80 plus $20 tax/shipping, so I promise $80 to Obama on each sale. You can buy more than one (they’re great gifts…).

If you’re worried about the legal, here are the details:

• You are buying a print from me for $80 plus $20 for taxes and ground shipping.
• I am paying tax and this is income. I am not pooling donations.
• I plan on donating $80 of every $80 sale to Obama’s campaign up to the limit of $2300

Watch here to see if I’ve reached my limit
I’ll keep updating this post with how many I’ve sold. If I sell more than $2300 in profit, I will offer those who bought after I reached my limit a chance to cancel their sale.

Where is your print?
I’m going to send these in batches. The first batch will go out on June 19th. The second will go out on July 19th. I hope to sell fast and not need a third!

Are you an artist and are you interested in doing this?
And if you’re an artist who wants to do this, email me and I can help.

You like the idea but you’re not an artist? I’ll give you my prints.
If you would like me to give you 30 of my prints so you can also make a profit, and then donate the same amount to Obama’s campaign, email me and I will send them to you. All I will ask is the cost of materials.

This one is a bit overdue. This is the image I created live at Alchemy. I’ll post a rough video soon.

This is my latest Video Portrait. Another commission from Olivia Wilde, with the help of a great photo for reference by Tao Ruspoli (www.ruspoli.com)

Just a little wild expression practice.

This is a thumbnail sheet for my latest project. This is why digital is cool. I can take one drawing, and scribble all over it and find costume ideas. Of course I also have a stack of reference images to help me find the right shapes.

If you read my post on Obama, then you have some idea how thrilled I am right now. I’ll tell the short version.

Last week, my friend Cari IMs me, “If someone were able to put a framed print of your Obama portrait into the hands of the man himself, would you make it happen?” Cari is involved in the South Dakota primary, and I had a feeling her question wasn’t hypothetical. I think I was at FedEx before my feet hit the floor.

This is a picture of Cari handing Obama the framed, signed, and dedicated image to Barack Obama. Many thanks to Cari and James for not only delivering the framed art, but getting this great photo. You can see the original image and video here

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