Mad Genius Art

Alley

2011-02-18T07:41:00.001-08:00

This is a photo I took from my phone of an alley near where I work. Although the subject matter is sort of depressing, it is still visually interesting

Mr. Underbridge

2010-11-09T18:59:00.000-08:00

Here is a troll i painted for the Avalanche Blog a little while back. As im sure anybody who looks at this Blog on a somewhat regular basis will notice, i dont update very often. I am hoping to change that by posting more than just my latest paintings.

Finally something!

2010-04-14T12:46:00.000-07:00

The project that i have been working on (at work) is finally wrapping up. This frees up some time to do a little painting. This is one for the Avalanche Blog. The subject is "Bug Warfare". I know this isn't a painting of a war but i thought it was close enough. Besides who wants to sit and paint hundreds of individual bugs fighting. Not me!

Green Goblin

2009-10-03T17:09:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest in celebration of Disney's purchase of Marvel.

Mo

2009-03-29T20:15:00.001-07:00

A quick character sketch.

Werewolf

2009-03-29T20:03:00.000-07:00

Just adding some stuff ive been messing around with. There is a new Wolfman movie

coming out based on the original Universal film. I can't wait.

Maiden

2009-02-03T19:50:00.000-08:00

I painted this for my dad. Hope you like.

Barbarian dude

2009-02-03T19:41:00.000-08:00

Here is a barbarian fighting a zombie. What more does one need in life?

Ohh right, a fair maiden. Ill post that next.

Dr Jekyll

2008-11-09T20:37:00.001-08:00

Here is the latest. Had a lot of fun with this one.

Thanks for looking

Banshee

2008-10-28T12:36:00.000-07:00

Here is a sketch I did the other day.

Another Witch

2008-10-22T20:18:00.000-07:00

Another Halloween witch.

Witchy

2008-10-20T20:05:00.000-07:00

Here is a witch for Halloween.

Or whatever Holiday you like.

Maybe Witches Day.

Send a card and flowers to your favorite Witch.

Unless you do that on Mothers Day.

Sorceress of Greyskull

2008-10-05T11:19:00.000-07:00

Here is my version of the Sorceress from Masters of the Universe. I just posted this over on the Avalanche blog as well. It is based on the latest challenge of doing our own take on a character from the He-Man Universe.

Sno Monsta

2008-09-27T18:11:00.000-07:00

I just posted this over on the Avalanche Blog. I should probably get a link set up to that blog....someday.

Man, am I lazy.

Long Time No Post

2008-09-20T19:43:00.000-07:00

Well we are approaching the end of a rather nasty crunch on the latest game we have been working on. I have not had much time for anything other than work. I hope to be posting a bit more frequently now that things are beginning to ease up.

Here is the latest anyway.

Couple new things

2008-04-09T19:31:00.000-07:00

I have recently been in somewhat of an artistic rut, so I have been focusing on some non artistic stuff and not done much with my blog. I do however have a couple new things that im posting despite them not being finished. I bought a new Wacom tablet hopeing to give myself a boost and get back into painting, and it does seemed to have helped. I get in these ruts now and then and just have to pretty much wait it out. I usually just sketch to keep things rolling and eventually It passes. Its like artistic constipation. And sketching is a high fiber cereal. And non artistic stuff is like an herbal laxative that my Aunt recommended but really isnt working that well. And im just waiting for that "cork to pop" to find out that the sketching really was helping in the background and all of this creativity is going to spill out and make a big mess. But a good mess.....figuratively speaking.

Halloween mask

2007-10-04T10:07:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple pics of my Halloween mask as its being sculpted. Not the greatest pics but I will post more as progress continues. You may notice that this sculpture is similar to another mask I was sculpting last year. That sculpture was destroyed by my not monitoring its moisture content.
WED clay is a Water based clay that will eventually dry out if not regularly wet down.

Pumpkinhead

2007-09-29T09:03:00.000-07:00

Here is another Halloween themed sketch. Im hoping to get more of my Costume stuff posted soon. I just need to be better at taking some photos of the progress. But expect to see some of the sculpture and mask making here soon. Later

Rising

2007-09-16T14:58:00.000-07:00

Getting excited about Halloween. Here is the latest painting. You can expect to see more stuff in the horror vein as Halloween gets closer. Thanks for looking

Boot Hill Ben

2007-08-26T17:37:00.001-07:00

This is the color version of the wanted poster I did for the Avalanche blog.

more sketchy

2007-08-23T17:34:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more

sketchbook stuff

2007-08-23T17:26:00.000-07:00

Ok its been a while (yet again). So ive got a bunch o' stuff from my sketchbook that im posting.
No particular theme here, just some random sketches.

Robo Hobo

2007-07-01T23:53:00.000-07:00

This is based on a challenge from the Avalanche blog. We have a new subject every couple of weeks that we paint . This one was "homeless robots". If you have not seen the Avalanche blog.....I highly recommend you check it out. I will put a link to it here soon.

The Hit

2007-06-24T16:24:00.000-07:00

I just posted this to the Avalanche blog.

Pretty self explanatory.

thanks for checking it out.

The Goldmine

2007-04-01T11:39:00.000-07:00

Whoa! I almost forgot I had a blog.
Yes its been a while. I took some time off of work and ended up being busier on non work
related things like building a swingset for my kids, and building a steel tubing bender for an off-road buggy im also working on, also some finish trim work in my house . Anyway I am posting this one even though its not really finished. If you look at it for very long you will notice alot of rough unfinished stuff in it.

Thanks for looking at my work.

The Executioner

2007-01-21T17:45:00.000-08:00

Here is my latest. Im not sure what I was thinking about when I came up with this, but alot of my art has a slight hint of irony in it. I think its a bit humorous if nothing else.
thanks for looking.

Gladiators

2006-12-18T21:26:00.000-08:00

Its been a little while....work has been pretty busy. Anyway here is the latest. A couple of gladiators fighting.

Thanks for looking at my work.

Mermaid

2006-11-16T22:37:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest...This one was for an Art Challenge at work. I hurried somewhat to finish it, so its a bit messy in spots. I still like it though. Hope you like it as well.

Vi King

2006-10-22T15:03:00.000-07:00

I figured this guy was some kind of viking nobility. This one started as a ballpoint pen sketch. I may post that sketch a bit later.

Octobeast

2006-09-26T22:00:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest. This one has a bit of a 50s monster movie feel to it. Im a big fan of monster movies and as Halloween approaches I will be doing more monster art. This one took a bit longer than some of the previous posts.....about 12 hours.

More Pirates

2006-09-19T19:50:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine at work does these cool whimsical pirates with a ton of character. It inspired me to try going a little "overboard" (oh man I kill myself) and push the envelope a bit on this guy. Im also trying to be more loose and exaggerated and do the rough sketch right in painter instead of sketching first and then scanning it in for coloring. 3 hours

Alien dude

2006-09-17T19:14:00.000-07:00

Here is a new sketch. This one took about 2 hours

Old mechanic

2006-08-16T22:44:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest. I keep learning new things about Painter from the people i work with. I have a blast just sitting down and painting for a couple hours knowing I can get up anytime and not worry about the paint drying or cleaning up a big mess of brushes and stuff. Anyway this one took about 4 hours.

new speed painting

2006-08-11T18:53:00.000-07:00

Here is another landscape speed painting. This is based on a photo of a river in Laos. About 90 minutes.

Speed painting

2006-08-07T21:02:00.000-07:00

Well its been a while since i have posted anything. But hopefully I can make up for it over the next couple of days. This is a speed painting I did in about 45 minutes. I just went from my head which is why the colors are not very natural. But I like the values overall. I really need to spend some time working on environments and landscapes. I also need to try using some reference.

Pirate Sketch

2006-07-11T19:54:00.000-07:00

Here is todays Painter sketch. This one took about 2 hours

Last Halloween Costume

2006-07-09T17:19:00.000-07:00

Here is the mask from a costume I built last Halloween. The series of images shows the progress of an evil clown from clay sculpt to painted mask.

Another Painter sketch

2006-07-09T16:49:00.000-07:00

Another Painter sketch I did a couple of days ago. This one took about 4 hours. I pushed this one a bit farther than most.
Im still pretty new to Painter (I started with it about 2 months ago), but I really like the fact that I can paint without having to clean up afterward.

Painter sketch of the day

2006-07-09T16:40:00.000-07:00

I try to do a sketch in Painter every day. I dont always get to it, but I try to.
most of these will be pretty rough. Mostly just practicing with color, light, and mood.

I hope to post as many of these as I can......as I complete them.

Haloween Stuff

2006-06-24T19:17:00.000-07:00

These are images of the sculpt im doing for my halloween mask this year. Im using WED clay. Its a water based clay with glycerin. I dig this stuff because its so easy to work

test 1

2006-06-24T19:11:00.000-07:00

Ive been having some trouble getting images to upload. It seems to crash IE every time i try.
We will see if we can get it sorted out.

First Post

2006-06-23T10:25:00.000-07:00

Well, as a result of intense peer pressure ive decided to give this blog thing a try.
I plan on posting some of my artwork as well as my hilarious adventures in motorcycle building.
stay tuned and enjoy!