(Alzmann Studios)

New Website!

2010-08-08T01:02:00.000-07:00

I finally changed my old site to a nice new Squarespace one. Same addresss but now the blog and the site are in the same place. I've been meaning to do this for a while and I'm hoping it'll mean I will post more often : )

New Print

2010-08-01T17:34:00.000-07:00

Andrea sold me on the idea of doing a piece that was 4 separate panels and I came up with this. Sort of a still life I guess.

ComCom!!!

2010-07-19T11:14:00.000-07:00

I'm going and I'll be at booth #4916 in the Fantasy Illustrator's section with a few new prints and other goodies. Looking forward to it!

Work in progress

2010-03-30T21:31:00.000-07:00

Here's the latest on a peice that I've been peckin' at for a while. Its in that stare at it and see if its done stage.

Wonder Con

2010-03-30T21:05:00.000-07:00

If you haven't gone, you should. Its a great convention and not as daunting as Comic Con in San Deigo. Hope to see you there!

Indie Spirit Film Festival

2010-02-04T22:39:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine asked me too create a poster ad for his film festival. The ad will be in Fangoria Magazine. If you are in Colorado or going to be there, check it out.

http://www.indiespiritfilmfestival.org/

Gnomon Video

2009-11-16T23:19:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I finished up a dvd for Gnomon. In it I go over my process for creating digital paintings and illustrations. Looks like it will be available in December:)

Spectrum

2009-11-16T20:15:00.001-08:00

I am very thankful to have gotten a piece printed in Spectrum 16. I am looking forward to seeing all of the other work in it.
Gotta get off my butt and produce some more for next year.

Spectrum Exhibition

2009-09-03T23:09:00.000-07:00

I am thrilled to say I got a piece in the second Spectrum exhibit at the Society of Illustrators in New York. I am also thrilled to be getting to attend the opening this time that will be held on Friday Sept. 11th. Click the header title for the link.

Playing with clay

2009-07-11T22:00:00.000-07:00

Every now and again I love to sculpt. Its fun to get your hands dirty and its great for one's drawing skills. Its like drawing in 3D. This Bogey sculpt was done after I did the Bogeypool painting.

Comic Con!

2009-07-11T12:37:00.001-07:00

Comic Con was so much fun last year I got another booth this year. Should be fun. I have some new prints for sale as well as a card set of prints from last year. Hope to see everyone there.

Draw!! The Angry Cowboy

2009-06-30T15:42:00.000-07:00

I have been having some fun with screen capture software while trying to get an instructional DVD done for Gnomon.

Terminator Salvation

2009-04-12T12:40:00.000-07:00

Nice article about Terminator Salvation.

Wonder Con

2009-02-24T22:06:00.000-08:00

I'll have a booth at Wonder Con this weekend Feb.27th to Mar.1st. Hope to see you there!

Castle Sketch

2009-02-23T23:00:00.001-08:00

Just having some fun painting snow lately. I like all of the color variation it offers.

Concept Design Academy Demo

2008-10-20T20:58:00.000-07:00

So I added a couple of hours to the demo on Sunday night in my spare time. Here is the actual demo and little bit of extra love on the character to see him through. Thanks to all that made it to the workshop it was really fun. A special thanks to Kevin and Estelle for having me.

Concept Design Academy

2008-09-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

I am doing a one day workshop in October at my friend Kevin's school. The topic will be on designing digital creatures and fx.

Totoro Totals

2008-09-11T20:54:00.000-07:00

The Totoro Auction was a big success and a really good time. Thanks again to Dice and everyone that worked so hard to do it. It was really neat seeing so many giants in one room like that. Special thanks to bidder #566!!!!

Totoro Forest Project

2008-08-10T14:09:00.000-07:00

Totoro Forest Project Tickets Available Monday 8/11 10:00am Pacific Time!

The upcoming Totoro Forest Art Auction Benefit Event is to be held at Pixar on September 6th. Tickets are selling online! The first pre-sale will start monday 8/11 at 10am. Here's the options available - Please note that all tickets include the stunning Art of Totoro Forest Book (worth $40)

Forest Friend - 100$ regular admission + book.
Forest Sponsor - 200$ includes admission + book + signed limited edition print
Forest Champion - $300 includes middle VIP live auction seating + book + signed limited edition print + gift certificate to Blowfish Sushi
Forest Hero - $500 includes front VIP live auction seating + book + an original drawing by one of the artists

Tickets will go on sale at this LINK exactly at 10AM Monday! We have a rather limited numbers of tickets so we suggest acting quickly if you want to be part of this event. Remember many of the donating artists will be in attendance, this will be a night to remember!! All the "Totoro inspired" art is up for preview at www.totoroforestproject.org. All proceeds will be donated to the Totoro Forest Foundation!!

The Return from the Con

2008-07-31T22:20:00.000-07:00

After 5 pretty exhausting days we're home. What a great opportunity to see amazing artwork and to meet the artists that create them. It was a real pleasure to get to meet Irene Gallo, Gregory Manchess, John Howe, Eric Fortune, Todd Lockwood, Rebecca Guay and Donato Giancola among so many talented others. I was so excited talking to so many illustrators that I lost my voice. It was a great experience and I hope to do it again next year. Here is a pic of the booth my wife Andrea and I spent so much time building.

Comic Con

2008-07-12T12:42:00.001-07:00

I got a booth at this year's San Diego Comic Con. The convention runs from July 24th to the 27th. My booth is #4720 in the Fantasy Illustrator's Area and I'll be there all 4 days selling prints of my artwork. The convention is almost sold out. Hope you all can make it.

Totoro Forest Project

2008-07-12T12:11:00.000-07:00

I was fortunate enough to be asked by the über talented Daisuke Tsutsumi to contribute a piece for a charity event called the Totoro Forest Project. This project is a benefit to save the Sayama forest on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan, and was established by the oscar winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. My little piece was done in carbon pencil and watercolor and is a little portrait of a little wind blown tree spirit protecting her tree.

Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008-05-30T21:46:00.000-07:00

Click the title for a link to a quick interview with Post about the VFX on the film. The interview was done early on so at this point we had to keep all of the secret plot points..uh...secret. Indy was a really fun project to work on and of course one of my earliest inspirations for wanting to work in film.

Snowy Sketch

2008-04-09T22:41:00.000-07:00

Another quickie and what do you know its the exact same composition as the last one. This was inspired after an Art Department ski trip. I wanted to record some of the things I saw from the mountain.

2008-03-15T20:03:00.000-07:00

This is a better view of the previous post. It was really just a doodle sketch for a lone figure in a landscape. No grand concept behind it. Just going for something a bit mysterious and somber.

Another Quickie

2008-03-11T21:18:00.000-07:00

This is a quick 20-30 minute painting in photoshop. I tried to keep every step as a layer and then I rendered it out in a little movie. It was an interesting exercise.

Spiderwick

2008-02-21T20:52:00.000-08:00

The Spiderwick Chronicles is out. I spent about a year Art Directing on this one and had a really good time working on it. Hit the link for more info on the movie and my little part on it. Maybe some day I will be able post more of the artwork done for it.

Holiday Break

2008-01-01T22:40:00.000-08:00

Finally got to do this painting I have had in my head for a bit. There is a five page graphic novel that goes with it, except that parts not done. I'll post those pages as I turn them out.
Happy New Year!!!

Quick lil' Photoshop Sketch

2007-11-13T23:10:00.000-08:00

This is something I did to test some new pastel-like brushes I created in photoshop. Some day I will post some finished work too.

Mead Schaeffer

2007-10-31T20:52:00.000-07:00

Some of the favorites from my trip east. Seeing his work next to Cornwell, Wyeth, Dunn, Leyendecker you realize he holds his own against anyone.

Memory Sketch

2007-10-24T21:53:00.000-07:00

This is a quicky photoshop sketch of my drive into work. I was still inspired by the view when I got to my desk. It was painted from memory in about 10 minutes, hence the sci-fi looking bay bridge. I really need to get back to real paint soon.

The Named

2007-09-08T16:24:00.000-07:00

These are rest of the covers I finished for the series of books titled The Named. One of the important points I learned from illustrating these was how to keep the work consistent when doing a series. Even still I have my favorite from the series and of course my least favorite. They were all done with a rough pencil drawing first then painted in Painter and Photoshop.

Clan Ground Cover

2007-09-02T20:47:00.000-07:00

This was a cover for a book called "Clan Ground. It was the second book in a series of five. I did the covers for the re-issues of these books which are about prehistoric, sentient cats that are evolving throughout the stories. I had to do a lot of big cat studies to do these. It was a fun and challenging project. This book in particular "the named",as they are called in the book, learned to domesticate other animals.

More Illustrator Pics

2007-08-26T14:09:00.000-07:00

An N.C. Wyeth illustration for Steinway.

Detail

Why yes I am a huge nerd.

ps. if you haven't gone and you love this stuff, you really should go. You can always email me and I can give you a list of great sights to see.

D.C. Trip

2007-08-26T12:30:00.000-07:00

The Capitol

Washington Monument

Frank Schoonover's "Marine's Took Bour"

The view from the Wyeth Family Porch

One of the many at Brandywine

I just got back from a week's vacation in D.C.Great city filled with cool little neighborhoods and some fun restaurants. The best part of the trip of course was getting a chance to see the very best in American Illustration. It started with a visit to Delaware to see the the Delaware Art Museum, Schoonover Studios, and the Brandywine Museum. I met John Schoonover at the Schoonover Studios who introduced me to Elizabeth Alberding and Richard Kelly of the Kelly Collection of American Illustration. Some of the highlights include: seeing the majority of Pyle's pirates at the Delaware, Seeing 11 of the 17 Wyeth Treasure Island paintings, seeing where Frank Schoonover and N.C. Wyeth actually worked and seeing the vast amounts of beautiful work at the Kelly Collection. So much to see that a painting I would have spent 10 minutes in front got whittled down to mere seconds. All of the more reason to go back for a visit some day. I really have to thank Richard, Elizabeth and John for such a extraordinarily memorable trip.

Imagine FX

2007-08-25T20:44:00.000-07:00

Imagine FX's new issue is out I think. I did a cover a workshop and an interview for their Sept 2007 issue, They wanted a Frazetta inspired image of a barbarian and his lady. Since I haven't had a lot of chances to illustrate barbarians I had fun doing this one. I was going for a sort of Thundar vibe without the sun-sword.

New blog....obviously.

2007-08-25T19:36:00.000-07:00

This is my attempt to try and post more art and things that are "sketchy". I would also like to use this forum to share inspirations with others and vice versa. I will try to keep the website more up to date too. Here is a study sketch for a hag I am dealing with at the moment.

(Alzmann Studios)

New Website!

New Print

ComCom!!!

Work in progress

Wonder Con

Indie Spirit Film Festival

Gnomon Video

Spectrum

Spectrum Exhibition

Playing with clay

Comic Con!

Draw!! The Angry Cowboy

Terminator Salvation

Wonder Con

Castle Sketch

Concept Design Academy Demo

Concept Design Academy

Totoro Totals

Totoro Forest Project

The Return from the Con

Comic Con

Totoro Forest Project

Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Snowy Sketch

Previous Post

Another Quickie

Spiderwick

Holiday Break

Quick lil' Photoshop Sketch

Mead Schaeffer

Memory Sketch

The Named

Clan Ground Cover

More Illustrator Pics

D.C. Trip

Imagine FX

New blog....obviously.