Phat Thai Lettering Final and JBF Awards

The lettering at Phat Thai Cherry Creek was completed sometime ago, and I managed to let it slip through the other posts. Here are some shots of the final w lettering, have already heard good things about the artwork and its visibility from Fillmore. Also Mark Fischer is up again as a semi-finalist for the James Beard Foundation Awards, eighth time running if I am not mistaken, real honor to have worked for such a highly acclaimed culinary artist. Take a trip over to Cherry Creek and enjoy, I certainly recommend it. Thanks for stopping in. More tomorrow.

2012 JBF AWARD SEMIFINALISTS 

Artopia Pixel Arcade Recap

As promised here is a photo recap of the Studio 72 Pixel Arcade at Artopia 2012 this past Saturday. All was a great success, and our custom wall mount SM3 arcade unit was a hit, as we had hoped. Really is funny to see how many different people get thrown back or are still true fans of the old school Nintendo systems, so many great comments and competitors came to play. A special thanks to all those that bought prints, and a congrats to Stereo Abstract for moving his original!Thanks to all the event attendees and of course to Kristen Nolan for all your hard work. Also including some shots of the trading card print sets, and larger prints for sale, there are a few more left that may go to Etsy or if you want some shoot me an email or a line in the comments. Excited for new 8bit artwork ideas to come in the future.

Link to 8Bit Skull Painting

Infinite Monkey Theorem Quickie

Currently finishing up the eighth IMT barrel top, or is it the bottom?, not really sure which it is honestly. Nonetheless this round of paintings is looking great. I love the stained wood, sharp lettering, and weathered look that give these such a cool buried treasure feel. The finished paintings have been getting the Denver scatter as they will be adorning walls of establishments carrying IMT. I will post the detail shots, wood brand shots that distinguish which vineyard these are from, and final photos of all the barrels soon. Thanks for viewing to all you folks on Blogger and beyond. 

Napa Portrait Commission

Final of a portrait commission that I have been working on and off for some time now. This piece was a great challenge in the combination of references that I utilized in painting the final. Also was a learning experience and a lot of fun in the final portrait stages. Thanks to Brian Smith for the opportunity, was an honor to create. Thanks for dropping in, more tomorrow. 

8Bit Skull Final Painting for Studio 72 Pixel Arcade Artopia 2012

Lengthy post title, tons of progress photos, so....I will make this short. Third hand painted pixel, 8bit painting and I decided to tackle a skull. Well at first it seemed daunting, but as soon as I had figured out the value study I was confident it would be a go. The process is tedious and very exact, but the result is well worth it. The medium is spraypaint for the entire piece and you can see a photo of the palette instead of me having to ramble off brand types and colors. 

The final piece will be for sale and on display at Artopia 2012, Studio 72's Pixel Arcade will be located on the 2nd Floor of Vinyl alongside Dr.Sketchy's for the evening. I will have multiple sized prints and trade card sizes for sale, our custom interactive NES unit will be open to players of all ages, along with new work from Stereo Abstract and Bureau A. Come through and look for ticket info at the links below. Okay it still wasn't short but thanks for viewing and reading if you do that. 

Artopia 2012 Lineup and Info

Dr.Sketchy's Anti-Art School Denver Branch

Studio 72 Facebook

New Mural Rough

New mural concepts in the works. Thumbnails in charcoal, portrait studies and rough concept are graphite on paper. I created the color sample in Photoshop, and will be continuing to hone down the details. I have kept the figures fairly crude at this point as I will search for models and reference to finalize the drawing. Also might wait until the weather here in Denver starts to warm up more significantly to start. Look for more progress on this concept and more on the 8 Bit skull painting and Daughters portrait soon. I may also be looking to do a timelapse on this piece if anyone is interested please contact me in the comments, or via email. Thanks for viewing!

Infinite Monkey Theorem Round 2

Round 2 of the IMT painted wine barrels has begun at Studio 72. Hand drawn, transferred, and exacto cut five color stencils on a whole new batch of less crystallized wood. This set of Monkeyshine IMT works is going silky smooth and I will post some really nice details shots in a later post. A special thanks to IMT for their donations to the Jen Mericle WJ Bradley and Slow Food Holiday Celebration as well, both the red and white are really tasty. Support a local winery with experience and class, dont zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Round 1 Infinite Monkey Theorem Wine Barrel

Infinite Monkey Theorem Website

Minnesota Wild Red Rocks

Photos of some ugly dudes from Karma at the first Winter on the Rocks concert and some photos I took of the great seats we got to sit our mugs in. Also a photo from grind time at studio listening to webradio and seeing that your artwork pops up, always a cool feeling. Good times, good people, dirty hands. 

Thanks for dropping through, more tomorrow on a number of things. 

Atmosphere Headlines first Winter Concert at Red Rocks

New 8 Bit Painting

Process sketch of an up and coming event piece, stay tuned for more and check your local Westword you might notice Studio 72 activities. Thanks for dropping in.

Daughters Spraypaint Portraits 2

More progress from the dual portrait being executed in spraypaint on board. The layers are piling up and the figures are slowly being sculpted out using the drawing and reference hand in hand. I have also put a small process of the Adidas Shelltoe painted to a near finish. Amazing how one item of clothing can indicate so much about a person, even at a young age.This painting is a great challenge based on the scale and age of the subject matter, but is a lot of fun pushing and pulling the tones to a unified state. The first portrait is still in the works and I am moving through other areas of the piece to ensure the lighting and overall color is in a cohesive field. I feel one of the main difficulties of working in this manner is that all spraypaint is a base tone, whether its a tint or shade, you must either mix your own colors, which is a great deal of extra work, or you must use the stock tones and manipulate them to your own palettes vision. The difference for me from traditional painting is the aspect of applying direct color in one manner, and utilizing complex mixtures on the other, completely different platforms to create realism upon. 

For instance, I am using about 60 different colors to create this piece, but the relationships of those colors  when applied right next to one another create the illusion of realism. I will talk about this more as the painting moves closer to a finish. The brands of spraypaint that I am using are as follows: Molotow Belton, Evolve 004 Premium, Montana Alien,Mtn 94, Montana Hardcore, Rustoleum, and Flame 

Thanks for dropping by!

Daughters Portrait Stage 1