2.14.2010

Nursery Paintings!

I've been busy on a little side project lately.  My brother and his wife are going to have a baby (insert squeals here!) and I thought it would be neat to do a couple of pieces for their nursery.  They decided to paint a Panda/Bamboo theme for the baby's room.  Since they both have such a love for the beach and surfing, I painted surfer pandas!
Here's the intial sketches I did for the paintings:

Then I did a quick color study in Photoshop:
And the final pieces!  I haven't worked in acrylic in a million years so I was pretty rusty.  Felt good to get back into it and mess around.  I'll definitely be more adventurous next time, but was pretty happy with how these turned out.  I hope Baby Kreig likes them!!

  
 





















11"x14" Acrylic on canvas.
UPDATE:  Paintings were a BIG hit at the baby shower.  Yayy!!!! 

2.08.2010

Retro Me

Doing some more portfolio development and wanted to work in Illustrator a bit more.  I like the way the pen tool brush turned out in this one. I love making fun curvy shapes!