Spinosaurus

My interpretation of the terror of prehistoric North Africa!  The most complete skeleton was destroyed during WWII in Berlin but the sketches and measurements remain.  I have developed the animal around a lowland, valley, river/wetland lifestyle.  It is commonly believed among many academics that Spinosaurus was likely a scavenger and fish/aquatic critter eater and was not likely to have been a swift chase-down predator.  I made the tongue of the animal blue to reflect a possible lure for fish and other aquatic creatures to within snapping distance of the creatures mouth.  I also made the sail a colorful display as well as an air conditioning device that is also a possibility commonly discussed among the scientific community. 

F/A-18 F

I had the distinct pleasure yesterday of enjoying a walkaround of 2 of the United states Navies Finest Aircraft, the F/A-18 Hornet, or "Rhino". This is the new Top Gun, this is the new ultimate machine of Naval Aviation. What is even better is meeting the persons that make this entire system function for a celebration of 100 years of Naval Aviation.

Fonda Petting

She said she was sort of.....

This was really just a quick sketch as part of my daily routine, I'm really liking these big war horses. I was concentrating on proportions, just the whole horse form really. Sort of like the assignment to draw 100 hands and 100 feet, I'm going to sketch 17 plus hand horses.

LEXVC video from Debra's Social Stimulus

Many Thanks to Debra's Social Stimulus for creating this awesome video for LexVC.

Screech Owl Sketch FINISHED!

yeah, I know what your thinking.

Concept was not mine, it was a glamor shot taken by a friend a while back, I just added the hood and robe. I needed to do an illustration of a figure, particularly the face just for practice. I tried to limit my time to just a few hours (<3). I'll admit it, I did a little tracing OK, so what! Just kidding, I am trying more and more to move away from tracing and using the reference material in the proper way. I didn't focused my main attention on the face and this is actually my first study using the Grayscale first, then color overlay. Hope you enjoy it.

Spinosaurus Preview!

It's the moment you've all been waiting for!

This is a small preview of what started out as a simple sketch and has now grown into yet another intricate and time consuming painting. There isn't a decent background yet and I have some more scales to draw, but this is something to tide you over for now. Enjoy.

Indianapolis Air Show was AWESOME!

Drove to Mount Comfort Indiana on Saturday to check out the 15th Indianapolis air show for the first time. The blue angels were the headliners this year and the weather cooperated very nicely. I'll be uploading more images and eventually a video of the Show so stay tuned.

Thunder Over Louisville

This year was a rainy one in Louisville Ky, when thunder was about to roll through the Ohio river valley. It was cold and windy, and wonderfully sparsely populated. The show started off normally with some most aircraft making a single pass, but I still felt confident that it would just be a low light, overcast show. The weather began to get 'squirrely' as our humble narrator put it, and this presented a problem for incoming aircraft. The cloud layer (and thus viability) was falling below 4,000 feet, too far into the performance box for some of the aircraft to fly in. We did see some big guys, plenty of helicopters, and the Coast Gaurd's new C-144 Ocean Sentry so I was feeling confident. When the weak were breaking from Ohio river windburn, I still had hopes that the finale would come through. Although the squirrelliness of the weather prevented several flights from making the show, The end of the video shows the F-22, for which I was seeing for the first time. I'm Hooked like a drug. Enjoy.