Concept Art for Children’s Book for Maskwacîs Education Schools Commission
Patreon Post is Live About This Exciting Project Just wanted to share some concept work I’ve been cracking away on while I’m finishing teaching a spring session class at MacEwan University. I’ve been fortunate to land a contract working on 3 children’s books for Mascwacîs Education School Commission. Two of the three books I am […]
Improving the Artists Ability to See
As you may know, I have been on a journey to create 100 portraits. I am counting the piece I posted today, depicting Tom Holland, as #60/100. This process has stretched out far longer than I had hoped. My goal was to complete 100 portraits in 2021. I realized at about number 50 that that […]
8 Tips for Managing the Creative Journey in the Context of Life
On July 15, 1977, a small 6lb boy was born to a young couple who lived in the small town of Gibbons northeast of Edmonton. That boy is now 42! What in the what? How did I get here already. 42 and almost 19 years married (to the most amazing woman! I successfully married up.). […]
100% Effort is Contextual
I always tell my kids that I don’t really care what their marks are looking like in school as long as they give 100% of their effort. I believe if they apply this mindset to life, they will ultimately succeed. We all have different levels of passive talent. However, if we learn to apply ourselves […]
How to Draw a Portrait in Procreate on Apple iPad Pro
Hey gang! I finally finished this video how to. I hope you get a chance to look at it and I welcome any feedback you may have! Thanks so much!
Procreate on iPad Pro – Review
Hey gang! A few months back we were fortunate to be able to pick up a couple of Apple iPad Pros for Pulp Studios Inc. I’ve had the opportunity to play around with this new toy (AHEM! I mean productivity tool) and have been pushing myself to create paintings in Procreate. As you may know […]
Solo A Star Wars Portrait
Hey gang! In this video you can see my process of creating this portrait of Han Solo or Harrison Ford. I used photoshop to create this piece. I hope you like it!