A couple of paints...

Two painting studies, one is a simple colour study (there's a mountain fortress in the background, built into the side of the mountain) and the other is a basic lighting study, to try and understand reflected light and luminosity a bit better:

more...

Futher sketches (sorry, not very inventive titles!)...

And even more sketches...

And some more sketches...

Finally, some sketches!

Okay, I finally scanned some sketches (contrast has been bumped up):

Blog inception -- at the prompting of illustrator friends in Japan, whom I met during a month long visit there in Dec. 2008, I've started this blog. As you can see their Japanese blogs have been linked. Please take the time to check them out, they are uniquely talented and skilled. Cheers, you guys, I appreciate all of the encouragement!

This will be a sketchblog, for the most part, but I will also put in a few non-art posts from time to time. It's my hope to catch some attention and land work as a full time artist in visual development -- so film, broadcast animation or video games, doing character design. For now, it's just a dream. Could someone out there help me fulfill my wishes?? I sure hope so...