Living in a Glass of Water - Inspiration Friday

Photos by Olaf Wipperfürth, jimmy backius, and not sure what the 3rd image is from.


Happy Inspiration Friday!
The Theme for this week is Living in a Glass of Water.
I know it's kinda a strange theme,
But this week Dave (my brother) and i were talking about how, when we used to have to make weight (for Wrestling tournaments), when we would go swimming, it would feel like we were swimming in a cold glass of water! hahah
i know, i know, kinda strange but it's what inspired this theme! haha
Well i hope you like it :)

P.S. The oil painting is shaping up, finished the underpainting and first glaze coat. and going to work more on it today :)

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Story Book Concept Drawing - Tom's House

Hi, everyone!
How are you?! : )
As I mentioned, I've been oil painting a lot lately and really enjoying it.
I think the painting is starting to take shape now, and I'm getting excited about it.
Hopefully it will turn out cool and I'll have something fun
to share with you! Also, I might have a new video coming soon.
So my friend Carolina and I have always talked about building a giant tree house,
and I decided to design one! Haha This is my drawing of it. I hope you like it!

P.S. this is pretty much my dream home ;)

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Foggy Dream Walking

Hey Friends how was your weekend?
Mine was great!
My Sister and brother-in-law got me this amazing book from the Tim Burton exhibit
at LACMA, so i have been looking through it non-stop for the last two days!
I'm really excited to see what kind of art it will inspire :)
I'm also working on a new oil painting...
I've only done the first two layers of paint, but once it starts taking shape i will start posting pictures :)

Since i just started oil painting more lately, I thought it would be interesting to take what i'm learning and apply it over to digital painting. The Picture above is what i came up with. I like how it's a little bit different than my usual.
What do you think?

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McQueen's Girl

Morning!
How was your weekend? Mine was amazing! We saw the last Harry Potter movie and it was incredible!
Thank you for all your support on the Dream Walking Society Ep!
It really means a lot. :)
The picture today is one i did last week.
There is something about it i really like.
I think it's the soft mellow vibe.
It sort of has the feel of a dream i had a few days ago.
The mediums i used were fluid inks, pens, & pencils.
And the dress is one of my favorite dresses from Alexander McQueen fall 2006.
I really hope you like it,
and hope you're having a great day!

P.S. Thank you for all your kind birthday wishes! You all are amazing :)

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The Dream Walking Society - EP on itunes!

Yay! It's Finally Here!
Well this is just the start of many more to come.
But my friend Tim Frost and I have been working for about a year on putting a full length album together.
The album is going to be 21 songs.
We thought that it was time to put out the ep for the album, now that we are about half way done with the full length.
The last couple months have been kinda hectic trying to wrap this project up.
I'm so excited for you all to hear the songs!
I do you hope you like them.

Click here to go to itunes

The Album is only $4.95 on itunes.
It would be amazing if you could help us get the word out about it!
I hope you like it and hope you're having a great day!

P.S. Special Thanks to Andy Freeman & Bay Area Tone for Mixing and Mastering everything, and thank you to my good friend Mr. Ryan Baxley for singing and writing on "Waking in a Dream", and thank you to Katy McDonald for your wonderful vocals and lyrics on "The Dream Walker".

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A Little Preview of the Runaways Ep

Hi, everyone! I'm excited to say that our EP comes out next Tuesday!!!
I can't wait for you to hear all of it! Well i thought i would post a quick video my friend made with one of the songs as a little preview. I hope you like :)

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Natalia & Neva

Happy 4th of July!
Well my friends, i'm really excited to show you this mixed media picture
I did of the lovely Natalia Vodianova & her daughter Neva.
The picture is from Mario Testino's "Field of Dreams" editorial in American Vogue's November 2008 issue.
It's one of the sweetest softest pictures, which has made me want to paint it for a while now.
I think i have been getting a little bored with painting editorials where the models just gave a pout,
and their personality doesn't shine through, so i've been trying to find images that have more emotion and feeling.
I love trying to convey that feeling through different mediums.
I really like how this one turned out. It has a slightly different feel than my other pictures.
I think it's because of the subject matter being a mother and daughter.
What do you think?
I hope you like it!

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