Incoming
Watercolor of an Elasmosaur skull.
Nigerian Pterosaur Watercolor
Skull of a Nigerian pterosaur in watercolor.
Hadrosaur Skull Watercolor
Watercolors of various animal skulls.
Walrodont Beach
WOOOOOOOOOOOT!
Baby Walrodonts
Part of the Xenopermian project drawn as a reference for one of the other artists on the team, Zach Miller of "When Pigs Fly Returns": [link]
Walrodont Sexual Dimorphism
An updated color reference sketch of the walrodont, with size comparison between male and female. The females tend to be slightly smaller with shorter tusks and lighter in color than their male counterparts.
Walrodont - Updated WIP
Two walrodont bulls bellow and battle for mating rights on a beach in the Xenopermian.
Detail work from a bigger digital painting I am working on for [link]
Detail work from a bigger digital painting I am working on for [link]
Cretaceous Critter Coffee Co.
A fictitious coffee company label inspired by Ray Troll's amazing art for Raven's Brew Coffee.
Tropeognathus skull study done in pen and ink, colored and typeset in Photoshop.
Tropeognathus skull study done in pen and ink, colored and typeset in Photoshop.
Brachiosaurus Skull Study
Brachiosaurus skull. A study in light and shadow.
Nuthatch Speed Painting
Speed painting of a red-breasted nuthatch (2.5 hours).
Still not quite there...
Still not quite there...
Things are happening!
Walrodont - WIP
Detail from a larger painting I am doing for Will Baird's Xenopermian project: the Walrodont - an aquatic synapsid descended from Lystrosaurus and other related dicynodonts.
See [link] here for more.
See [link] here for more.
Velociraptor Speed Painting
"He doesn't look very scary...more like a 6 foot turkey..."
Europasaurus
A "speed painting" of Europasaurus holgeri, a dwarf brachiosaurid/titanisauriforme sauropod (there's some debate as to which "grouping" it belongs under) from the ancient European island archipelago of the late Jurassic.
This piece is on display for the month of October 2011 at the Midtown location of Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge in Anchorage, AK as part of the "Dinosaurs & Robots" art show with fellow artist Scott Elyard.
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This piece is on display for the month of October 2011 at the Midtown location of Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge in Anchorage, AK as part of the "Dinosaurs & Robots" art show with fellow artist Scott Elyard.
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Walrodont
Another creature for Will Baird's "Xenopermian" project - the walrodont. This little guy is derived from the extremely weird proto-mammals, the dicynodonts, and is adapted to a watery lifestyle, like a walrus or sea lion.
This is a color sketch so I can familiarize myself with what was probably one of the most difficult animals I've ever drawn. Stay tuned for more!
This is a color sketch so I can familiarize myself with what was probably one of the most difficult animals I've ever drawn. Stay tuned for more!
Polar Bear
Rawr! I'm a bear!
Prancin' Pony Coloring Page
A coloring page I illustrated in 2009 for the Alaska Horse Journal's kid's section.
The Folly of Circuitry
Sometimes I draw stuff that doesn't even make sense to me.
Snowy Owl
A mascot I worked on back in 2007 for the Willow Winter Carnival while I was employed at the Frontiersman newspaper. Not done in Illustrator, but Photoshop!