The Flight Fanatic

Cessna 172 Skyhawk

The Topaz Queen

The word topaz might be related to the Arabic word توباز which meant "the subject of the search" or Sanskrit word तपस् "tapas" meaning "heat" or "fire;" some scholars think it is related to an Assyrian word meaning 'flashed'.  More likely, pitdah is derived from Sanskrit words (पीत pit = yellow, दह् dah = burn), meaning "yellow burn" or, metaphorically, "fiery".[13]

In the Name of the Rose

A xmas gift for my sister--going to print it big!

[*Note:  Rose is her middle name.]

Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)

Juliet:
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

Time's Up

I had two ideas for this painting when I first started:  The first was sunset where our heroine looks at us, away from the sun, hopeless because the bombs around her neck and waist seemed too close to detonation;  the second idea was sunrise where the heroine faces us with her posture flipped facing the sun in triumph because the bombs around her are nullified.  I wanted the dramatic version, so I went with the first.

This is my first digital / matte painting in a while...  I'm so out of practice...it's not even funny.  The girl is worse than the background, so I may be painting [and drawing] more people.  Look out for more of this character!

I tried to document my process as much as I could, but I guess I go too into what I was doing that it skips steps as I go on.  Sorry!  Better luck next time~  [*Also, is it sad I like the black and white the best?]

the SAK Holiday Email Invite

Design created from scratch [bag images and company logos were provided].

Lovely-Haired Snatcher

Actually, it kind of became a falling Harpy that is still in pain [and not dead, yet] because its throat was ripped out.  It started as a close-up, but it looked unfinished, so I painted the whole figure.   Started out black and white, finished in color.

Hungry Centaur

A centaur with a twist...

I can't wait to look back on this and laugh...wait, I'm laughing now!