I Drew a Horse Once

But, It's Nugget Night.

2012-01-22T01:14:00.001-07:00

Finished this one out today- I'm sure there are some tweaks that need doin'... but I feel pretty good about it. My kids love it- so that's okay.

2 pt. perspective for Drawing 1

2012-01-18T07:17:00.000-07:00

Drawing a cube in 2 point perspective

Drawing a cube above or below the horizon line in 2 point perspective

Using a grid for quick and easy perspective drawing

Some tips about ellipses(circles in perspective)

using blocks to create ellipses

Some samples of perspective drawings:

1 pt. Perspective

Using blocks to build basic shapes, refining shapes with more detail

2 pt. perspective grid sketch

Finished drawing after building basic shapes in perspective:

Using 2 and 3 point perspective grids to sketch more organic shapes (people) but still using blocks and simple shapes

refined drawing based on sketch5 above

2 point perspective grid drawing focussed on architecture of building and placement of people in the environment

finished drawing based on above sketch

perspective examples

2012-01-11T07:08:00.000-07:00

Nugget Night

2011-11-13T00:19:00.001-07:00

This is my first run through of my dialogue test.

Abe

2011-10-20T01:33:00.000-06:00

I should be sleeping but I drew this instead.

Mmmm, Broccoli.

2011-10-16T00:58:00.000-06:00

Here's a look at my current animation project.

Distraction

2011-10-08T12:38:00.003-06:00

I am terrible at time management. I never find time to do stuff for me. So every once in a while I try and not worry about what I'm "supposed" to be doing and just do something for fun. Last night- I drew this. I was supposed to do animation homework but I chose to draw for a while. I'm glad I did too. It was a nice break from all the other stuff going on. And I feel like I'm getting better at caricature type stuff- if only a little at a time.

Dustin off the old pallette

2011-09-21T22:54:00.002-06:00

Haven't gone plein aire painting since college- 7 years ago. Went with my daughter this morning for a school art competition just to be there for support. She got first place in her category. I did okay considering how dusty my brushes are. It's incredibly fun and relaxing. I need to do more. When this dries a little bit I'll revisit it and fix some stuff.
Here's Mack's landscape.

Animation

2011-09-11T00:16:00.000-06:00

Here are the 3 shots I worked on this term. The first one has many revisions needed. The second one can be fixed quite a bit too. I feel pretty good about the last one.

Jimmer Fredette- Football Sensation.

2011-09-05T22:31:00.000-06:00

My 7 year old loves the Jimmer. While watching the BYU v. Ole Miss football game on saturday- he kept wondering , "Where's Jimmer?" so I made this coloring book page for him. And now I present it to you: Feel free to print off a copy and color it. Then send me your completed coloring. The best one will win a free coloring book page of your choosing to be drawn by me. :) ENJOY.

IF: Disguise

2011-08-26T11:25:00.000-06:00

A couple shirt designs.

Some Work Samples

2011-08-15T11:52:00.000-06:00

Most of these are from T-shirt Designs.

current animation projects

2011-08-04T00:37:00.001-06:00

this one has quite a bit of revision and clean up needed. Hopefully I can find some time to give to it.

this is one I am in the middle of right now. lots to do , lots to do.

Here's my progress reel so far, everything I've done at school.

UPDATE

2011-08-04T00:18:00.001-06:00

I have not been here in a while... busy with other stuff, work, school, etc. That and nobody really looks at this blog anyway so there isn't much pressure to keep it going. But for you who are interested, here's a couple things I've done lately.

Canned Heat

2011-05-22T02:41:00.000-06:00

Planning my next project.

SOAKED

2011-05-20T20:41:00.000-06:00

So. Few things under water aren't soaked. Shirt design I did a few months ago.

IF: SAFARI pt. 2

2011-05-13T16:12:00.000-06:00

The first shirt I designed for work almost 6 years ago. Tag line reads "When Nature Calls..."

IF: SAFARI

2011-05-13T14:40:00.000-06:00

T-Shirt Design I did a while ago.

High Dive

2011-05-10T14:07:00.000-06:00

Some Animation Samples

2011-03-18T14:28:00.004-06:00

POSER

2011-01-13T00:38:00.000-07:00

some people...sheesh.

2011-01-11T18:54:00.001-07:00

Animation School : Fooling around- attempt 001

2011-01-03T23:59:00.000-07:00

SEASONS GREETINGS

2010-12-24T21:36:00.002-07:00

I Want a Hippopotamus

2010-12-24T03:02:00.000-07:00

Wrapped presents for 6 kids tonight. I thoroughly enjoy the gift side of Christmas and the anticipation and surprise of the kids. It is loads of fun. So it's 3 am. and I should have been in bed hours ago but decided to doodle instead.

Caption Contest

2010-12-17T00:47:00.000-07:00

So I have had this idea for a while but I keep putting it off until I can come up with something funny for my sock puppets to talk about. In the meantime I thought it would be fun to see what other people think is funny. So send me what you think Jim and Bobby should be saying to each other.

Fun With Animation

2010-12-07T22:03:00.000-07:00

So, I've started a new chapter in my life and am starting animation school in January. This fall I took an intro to Maya class and had some fun with it. I look forward to learning and bringing things to life.

Some more faces.

2010-11-03T08:35:00.000-06:00

Digital sketchbook.

2010-10-14T00:31:00.000-06:00

Needed to do something tonight. Found a pic of Jim Carey I liked. Sketched it.

Some stuff I've been up to.

2009-08-15T23:11:00.005-06:00

I've been fairly busy with work and school and have neglected to post anything lately. Here's some stuff I've done since my last post.

Ye Scurvy Dogs!!

2009-03-05T17:09:00.003-07:00

So once again my homework assignment is one of perspective. I spent most of my time working on the ship. I watched Master and Commander 5 times last week and Pirates of the Caribbean once. I realize the dog ship is way taller/bigger whatever than the cat ship but oh well. Just look past that okay. So here we have the classic battle, DOG v. CAT on a breezy day on the high seas. Though the cats are willing to defend themselves I think we all know how this will end. I've included a quick value study which really needs more work on it. It was really just a three minute study so don't expect much from it.

Tortoise vs. Hare- The Race of the Century

2009-02-24T01:40:00.002-07:00

Instinct would suggest that the rabbit has this race won already. But that tortoise looks like he might pull it off. Just finished this tonite for school. Would love to do a daytime version. The assignment was exploring artificial light and shadows so we went with the night scene.

What the... ?!!

2009-02-20T22:11:00.004-07:00

So I've been away too long. I have been busy you could say but I don't think I've been that busy. I recently started school in a Masters program and have very much enjoyed doing real drawing again for a while. I'll add some of the stuff I've done for school to this post. I really do love art. anyway, I hope you haven't missed me too bad.

IF: Sugary-2

2008-10-04T09:45:00.004-06:00

I've heard it said and I agree- only trust a fat chef.

IF: Sugary

2008-10-03T12:23:00.002-06:00

I don't know if they are sweet or not but with a name like "Jelly"fish I bet they're delicious.

The Forest is strong...

2008-10-02T17:21:00.002-06:00

So this was a fun shirt to work on for obvious reasons. For some reason my boss was worried about making sure the ships didn't look like x-wing or tie-fighters. I would think the whole layout and light sabers and death star would be more of a concern than the tiny ships but you do what you gotta do right?

Wedding

2008-08-09T04:48:00.002-06:00

So my brother Mike is getting married today. A few years ago my wife decided a great wedding present would be a hand drawn portrait of the wedding announcement photo. So I've done a few of these for friends. I enjoy it. Hope Mike likes it.

IF: Sail

2008-08-08T11:12:00.003-06:00

Haven't done this for a while. This is a T-Shirt design I did at work.

recent tees

2008-07-23T14:05:00.002-06:00

Here's a couple designs from work. I really like the way the pirate one turned out. Both look quite nice printed on the shirt.

Some Recent Logo Work

2008-07-23T09:44:00.002-06:00

Aside from designing T-shirts, I get to do Logo design from time to time. Here's a couple I did last month.

IF: SAVE...again

2008-04-05T12:15:00.002-06:00

Wow. Two posts on the same topic. So I started this this morning thinking It would be cute. After the first 3 sketches I decided to go a different route. I've always loved David Shannon's "NO DAVID" books. I find the art incredible. I love the idea of the kid telling his own story with the pictures rather than an adult trying to capture what the kid is experiencing. I thought I'd give that a go and I really like it. Plus it was a lot more fun.

IF: SAVE

2008-04-04T23:19:00.002-06:00

I guess I got baseball on my mind. One of my boys has figured out how to hit a ball. He's 3 so it's pretty cool. Anyway this is the reliever coming in to SAVE the game.

IF: HOMAGE

2008-04-02T10:43:00.003-06:00

This is an homage to Roy Lichtenstein.

IF: HEAVY

2008-03-18T22:28:00.002-06:00

I've been busy again. Wanted to post something- This is a little cartoon I made at school like 4 years ago just for fun. It's based on an old SNL skit and don't worry: It's just ketchup...

IF: MULTIPLE

2008-02-23T16:48:00.012-07:00

I've been wasting time trying to come up with something to do. Figured I should just sit down and do it. Found some pics of people online just for portrait practice. This is alright considering it's been quite a while since I last took a stab at a portrait. The sketch was fun. Ball point pen- not my usual tool of choice but my kids seem to have run off with all my pencils. Then I put it in photoshop and played with value. I am finding that whole process enjoyable which is good as I sometimes find myself bored with work. That's all for now. Thanks for coming by. Tell me what you think.

JUST SOME DUDE

Update:
Realizing this could be fun I started playing in photoshop with different expressions. Then I thought, 'Hey, this could be a fun thing for the IF topic: MULTIPLE.' So here you go: multiple expressions. It's a lot of fun- I may keep going all week long.

huh?!?

eeeeew!

snoozin'

shock and awe

Why has it been so long?

2008-02-18T21:44:00.002-07:00

So for Christmas we got our kids a dog. I guess it turns out we kind of got me a dog. We call her NACHO(as in, "Hey! That's Nacho Doggie!"-not your doggie). She's a boxer. She is almost 4 months old now. I realize these are not drawings or art really. But I wanted to show what I've been doing with my free time where I haven't been able to draw much. So here it is. Also on the day we got her, my wife told me she is with child, our 5th. She's been quite sick and so when I'm not working, or taking care of "my kid's" dog, I've been doing laundry, cleaning house, dishes etc. She's feeling better now so hopefully free times right around the corner.

Wow! Has it really been that long?

2008-02-18T20:46:00.006-07:00

These are something I did for a play some folks at the church were putting on. I wish I had more time to put into it but they had a limited budget and I didn't have a ton of extra time to put into it for free, but I think it turned out pretty good. The color one ended up about 11x17 with date/time info in the big empty space in the bottom left corner. The B/W image was for a program just 8x5. They didn't need the info so I added the dress. I was going for the Drew Struzan movie poster look. Obviously not even close to the quality and detail he puts into it. I even borrowed his composition a little bit from his Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom poster.

Beary Christmoose

2007-12-02T01:42:00.001-07:00

I made this today for an invitation to a hot cocoa party we're having next week.

Some guy- caricature attempt

2007-12-02T01:38:00.000-07:00

This was a pencil sketch colored in photoshop.

IF: Scale

2007-11-13T22:26:00.002-07:00

(Images can be clicked to view larger.)I did this a while ago. Been out of it for a while. Need to do more. Still need to finish the "Leafy Bug"- have just been exhausted lately and not wanting to do anything.

"Leafy Bug" Sketch

2007-10-15T22:27:00.001-06:00

I figured I'd try to do an in progress step by step thing. This will hopefully motivate me to get some work done on this in time to post before Illustration Friday puts up a new topic. The topic this week is Extremes. My boys were extremely excited to find this extremely interesting bug in our back yard. It's a "leafy bug" and is their favorite bug now thanks to its extremely clever camouflage. So here's the sketch and hopefully tomorrow we will have the next step.

16 OCT 07
"Leafy Bug" Value Study

I don't always do this step but for this one I did. I like to determine the values and see if my composition is working. I think it's headed in the right direction so tomorrow I will paint over with color- Hopefully we'll have a finished piece tomorrow.

IF: Open

2007-10-10T21:55:00.001-06:00

This is just my 3 year old Jake opening wide for a sip from the hose. He's a good kid, we tried several times before I got the right shot. He got a kick out of it though.

Edit 5-20-2011- Jake is now almost 7. I used this for an Illustration Friday post a few years ago but thought it fit nicely with this week's topic. I mean what three year old can drink out of the hose without getting soaked?

Check it out.

2007-09-18T01:44:00.000-06:00

Hey friends. I finally updated my website. Take a look... please let me know if you find any problems. Please let me know if you like it. Feel free to give me a job if you're in a position to do so. Just click on the moose.

Israel Dodge Allphin

2007-09-12T01:16:00.000-06:00

This is my great great grandfather Israel Dodge Allphin. He was an early settler of Pine Valley, Utah in 1862.

This is him again in color.

Nate the Snake

2007-09-08T01:49:00.000-06:00

You are aware, I'm sure, of Nate the Snake. Your not? Well Nate the Snake is infact the greatest hero of all time. Movie Star, role model, Idol, all around super guy, one heck of a dancer, and he's a snake. He's the greatest thing since... I don't know what. Anyway, this is his story... well technically its the story of Steve and Jed. Steve and Jed were Nate's biggest fans. Everything they did was based on a simple philosophy: What Would Nate Do? To say they worshipped Nate would be an understatement. To make a long story short, and for the sake of time, we will just say- no one loved Nate more than Steve and Jed.
As often happens, Steve and Jed were out for leisurely drive through the desert. As you very well know, in the desert there is a rather large lever in the middle of the road. This is no ordinary lever. This lever, if switched will utterly and completely destroy the entire planet. It just so happened on this drive through the desert that Steve and Jed were approaching the lever at an incredible rate of speed. There are signs to warn about the lever of course, so Steve and Jed were perfectly safe. However, as Steve tried to slow the truck down the brakes went out. As they neared the lever they saw something ahead in the road. It was Nate. They swerved right to avoid Nate but then they were headed for the lever. They swerved to avoid the lever but there was Nate.
Oh they were in it bad. On the one hand they didn't want to flip the switch and destroy the world. On the other hand, they just couldn't run over Nate the Snake and kill the biggest star in the world, their idol, their hero. Back and forth they swerved... Lever...Nate...back to Lever. Finally the time had come and Steve had to make a choice. He cranked the wheel to the left and world was safe. Through their tears, Steve and Jed agreed: it was Better Nate than Lever.

IF: Visitors

2007-08-28T11:35:00.000-06:00

I did this a few years back. I reworked some of it briefly today. I think it fits in the topic. Wanted to do something but am too busy this week with other stuff to try for a new piece. Let me know if you like it.

IF: Captain

2007-08-17T11:52:00.000-06:00

I know- everyone else has already done a pirate, but who cares. So a while back I saw this pirate on the amazing Mel Milton's blog. I absolutely loved the telescope and his hand holding it so I borrowed that part and it sort of became this whole thing here. Thanks Mel, please don't sue me.

IF: Emergency

2007-08-11T13:22:00.000-06:00

In an emergency Santa is happy he has a spare.

IF: Missing

2007-08-05T12:17:00.000-06:00

IF: Moon part 2

2007-08-02T15:03:00.000-06:00

Well this popped in to my head last night and I figured I'd see if I couldn't get it together in time. I suppose a kid riding it would be better. Perhaps someday...

Just some shirt designs from work.

2007-08-01T12:47:00.001-06:00

IF : Moon

2007-07-30T21:48:00.000-06:00

I have been rather uninspired lately. Actually I've probably just been real lazy. So I did this 4 years ago, but it fits the theme and I reworked a few things tonite that have bugged me on this one- hilites, fuzzy edges, etc. Still far from good but It was my first real digital painting and I was quite pleased with it at the time. Many people don't seem to associate this one with bowling for some reason. I guess they couldn't really see the crows and maybe the lane isn't obvious enough. Hopefully some of the changes I made clear that up a bit. Maybe I'll have some fresh ideas soon.

IF: Twist

2007-06-29T14:38:00.000-06:00

Same story two versions... which is better?

This might be a bit of a stretch on the topic... but here goes. There are twists in the rocking chair, she would twist the crank on the victorola, and if she weren't so old she could get up and do "the twist." I designed this for my pops who is in a bit of a folk band. They tend to perform at old folks homes and their music is definitely geared towards the older crowd. I look forward to when I can take it eaasy and just ROCK! all day.

IF: Camouflage

2007-06-27T23:58:00.000-06:00

Camouflage:
noun: the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
noun: an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
noun: device or stratagem for concealment or deceit

These definitions made me think of imitation. This is based on a rejected idea from work. It's one of those things that I find funny but not sure anyone else does.

Dinosaur sketches

2007-06-22T12:54:00.000-06:00

Working on some t-rex poses for work. I like these. Really sketchy but I like the feel of them.

IF: Rejection

2007-06-15T08:57:00.000-06:00

DRESSED TO KILL. (i'm really not sure who will get rejected here. Either the sharp dressed fellow, or the guys in the back. Choose your own adventure I guess. Either way someone is going home with the ladies and someone isn't.)

IF: Suit take 2

2007-06-13T12:31:00.000-06:00

It's a BIRTHDAY SUIT!

IF: Suit

2007-06-08T09:18:00.001-06:00

It seems to fit the subject.

Illustration Friday: SIGNS

2007-05-20T15:54:00.001-06:00

Go Jazz!

2007-05-20T14:09:00.000-06:00

Tag! I'm it.

2007-05-19T19:55:00.000-06:00

So- Here's the deal. My friend Ken "tagged" me the other day. Apparently he'd been tagged by someone else who'd been been tagged by someone and so on and so on. You get the idea. Anyway whoever is it is then required to post like 7 sketches or something and then tag 7 new people. I guess then I'll have good luck or something. So here it is. Hope you like them.
Rock Lobster.

Yet another Rock Lobster

A seagull.

Fat Chef...the best kind.

A farmer with a hose.

Another farmer with a shovel.

Old guy/Super hero...thus the goggles.

The RAPtors.

Older Cowboy

2007-05-04T17:26:00.000-06:00

Just another sketch during Letterman last night.

Illustration Friday: NEIGHBOR

2007-05-04T09:57:00.000-06:00

I actually did this for work last year. It was for a zoo t-shirt.

Art Jumble: Folk Heroes/Legends

2007-05-03T10:45:00.000-06:00

I originally did the Jack Burton sketch for Art Jumble this week. As I thought about it, although he is Legendary and a bit of a Folk hero in my own home, they were probably looking for something else. So I pulled this out. It's a shirt design I did a couple months ago, thought it fit well in the category.

The Pork Chop Express

2007-05-03T10:34:00.000-06:00

I haven't attempted a portrait in a long time. This is Jack Burton from Big Trouble in Little China- perhaps the best film ever. Did I nail the likeness? No. Did I enjoy the process? Absolutely.

Illustration Friday: REMEMBER...

2007-04-29T01:34:00.000-06:00

REMEMBER... Your pants.

So, my friend Dave does these amazing black and white paintings all the time. His values are right on. I've wanted to try some. Still far from amazing but pretty fun to just worry about value and not color. I enjoyed doing the Wicked Witch in sepia and wanted to try again. I may have to come back to this one with color.

Miss Gulch-

2007-04-20T01:14:00.000-06:00

I joined a little online drawing community. This weeks topic: The Wizard of Oz. I drew Miss Gulch- AKA the Wicked Witch of the West- AKA the triple W. It was a lot of fun. Her theme song is in your head isn't it?

Another Rejected Design

2007-04-19T09:38:00.000-06:00

This was an idea for our Redneck line. Once again, my boss thought it funny but doesn't think people would want to suggest that they might be a redneck, or wear something that could be considered self-insulting. I showed my mom, she was not offended.

Another Poster

2007-04-17T08:37:00.000-06:00

It's time again for the Chili Cook-Off at the church. In addittion to making the poster( I did this one two years ago, they keep reusing it and just changing the date on the bottom) I also make a pretty mean chili. I will be there and I am going to win that blue ribbon.

Chili Cook-Off UPDATE
29 April 2007 : I did not win, not even so much as a nod from the judges. But I'm really okay with it. Thanks for the well wishes.

The Poster Guy

2007-04-17T08:32:00.000-06:00

Every time there is a party or something at the church they need a poster. Every time they need a poster, guess who they call, that's right,... me. So this is what I did for the Christmas Party. It's a pencil sketch that was then fiddled with in photoshop and illustrator.

AAAARRRRR

2007-04-17T08:21:00.000-06:00

I know. I'm obsessed with pirates. It's a fairly recent development. They are just about the funnest things to draw. Easy on the imagination I guess. I did two new pirate designs last month. This ship was a backdrop for one of them. When the art is released in July I'll post them here.

Beavers

2007-04-13T09:50:00.000-06:00

Here's another sketch I dug up. Not too diferent from the finished design, but different enough. I tend to like my sketches a lot more than where my boss art directs to.

Mad Cow

2007-04-13T09:42:00.000-06:00

This is a shirt idea we didn't use. I saw something similar to this on Threadless.com with a juice box. I loved the concept of the sticky notes. I wanted to do a lame shirt that someone tried to make cool with sticky notes. Ultimately, my boss tends to worry that no one will buy it so he just doesn't try some ideas. Not a whole lot of drawing skill involved here, but i do like the sticky notes.

'Sup DAWG?!!

2007-04-06T14:11:00.000-06:00

I played with this today. It was a sketch for a shirt a while back that we went a different direction with. I was cleaning through some stuff in my office and found the sketch. It was fun. Pencil Sketch, Colored in Photoshop.

2007-04-03T19:41:00.000-06:00

Here's a quick hello. This is what I do. I work for The Duck Company in Denver, Colorado. We design T-shirts for resort destinations. Ski Resorts, Beaches, Islands, National Parks, Zoos, etc. It's a lot of fun. I hope to use this blog to share some of what I do. Hopefully, if I get around to it, I will use this for some personal stuff. I've got four kids so most of my "free time" is spent with them. So enjoy, I'll see you next time.