San Quentin

So I was heading for Sausalito, but decided to take a random exit right off the San Rafael Bridge and found a Prison!

There's a small stretch of houses facing the bay before you reach the prison. Found a cool spot to paint... I think I was actually on someone's private property when I did this...

Landscape painting is a great way to explore my new surroundings...

Driving Home from Work

On the Richmond Bridge at around 6:40pm...

Geography is wrong, I'll memorize it better next time...

Trying to memorize color and shapes while driving on wet bridge = major distraction.

4 days of rain coming?! Schweet!

Quick Sketch

Quickie on Strawberry Hill at the Golden Gate Park.

Gotta go landscape painting more often, rust building up...

Moving...

Ah, its been too long since the last update. Sorry about that. Lots of stuff going on in my life at the moment...

I got a new gig and will be moving to San Francisco/Bay Area. I'm really looking forward to the new surroundings and working with some of my heroes...

That said, Sparkians, its been a real pleasure working with you guys. Keep pumping out those miracles! Its amazing what you guys are pulling off everyday with that insane schedule!

My friends & foes list is getting a little too long on the right there... so I've organized it according to how much I like the person (Sorry Will, I hate your guts).

Coincidentally, it came out in alphabetical order.

Oh, also, there's another jackson around the art blogs... so I'll be signing comments with me full name from now on.

Finally, I'm trying something new with this piece... pretty loose, I'd say, but super fun to do. I was fortunate enough to visit my friends Khang and Anthony over at Project Offset the other day, and I've been inspired by their talents all over again...

Man, packing sucks....

Paris

I was really inspired by the architecture in Paris...

Particularly the Notre Dame Cathedral. Painting the crowd was fun, no people brush!

Tired of the Wii

I have had terrible luck in finding a Wii since its release. This morning was the last time I would waste my time lining up for one. I'm guessing I will have to wait till March or April to find one readily available for purchase...

Anyways, thank you to all the well wishers from last post. I had a great time in Paris and am now addicted to travelling. Next up is Japan I hope!

This started out as a speed painting excercise... Cute furry animals are awesome as long as they don't sing in a movie...

Before I go

I'll be off to Paris in a few hours...

Till 2007 my friends!

Ayala and the Dreamcatchers

This was an unscheduled sketch which started as a warm up... decided to finish it with a little bit of story.

More Happy Scenes

Yay! 1 down and a couple more to go!
Baby Totoros were spotted in the forest earlier...

Happy Holidays

I must apologize for the criminal lack of updates in November.
Work has been rather hectic lately with some pretty tight deadlines. Besides that, a slew of awesome games just came out in time for Christmas, so quite a bit of my time has been spent.... "researching".

No more excuses... I've got a few WIP pieces that I hope to finish by the end of the year.
Till then, hope the holidays bring you no worries...