Photo Illustration: Idea farm

I've created a new photo illustration called "Idea Farm" that's about cultivating that one idea that can turn into something. I used paper mache, light bulbs and a somewhat successful attempt using baby powder for atmosphere/dust with a long exposure. All together, the final image was a composite of 4 different shots.   Here's some behind the scenes of how it was made:

Destruction Site

Here's another speed painting based on some photos from SF's city dump. I'm going to keep on hammering out a few of these a week but fairly soon I'll be diving back into creating some 3D scenes/elements.

Forgotten Factory

I love dystopian locations and this piece gave into that guilty pleasure. Created from a few photos I took around SF and Photoshop.

Jungle Cave

Created with Photoshop and personal photographs.

I'm Back

I finally decided to dust off my brush, and create a new concept piece based on several photos I took around the bay area. I'm going to attempt a few more like this just to get back into the swing of things.

When Lawn Gnomes Attack

So here is this week's challenge: "When Lawn Gnomes Attack". I wanted to portray a serene suburbia scene where an angry lawn gnome got his revenge on pink flamingos. It was a fun quick piece out of my comfort zone which felt refreshing. Stay tuned for next week's challenge: "Prehistoric Time Travel".

Microcosm Challenge

For this week's challenge, we went with "Microcosm" - a minature/microscopic civilization. I decided to try a more photo-based concept this time by inserting this bio-mech bug city in a photograph I took by the Palace of Fine Arts here in San Francisco. The bug was modeled and rendered in 3dsmax with a little help from zbrush. The comp and DOF work were done with photoshop and DOF generator Pro. Next week's assignment is "When Lawn Gnomes attack".

Scrap Scraper challenge

Some friends and I are starting weekly challenges in order to do more personal work. This week's challenge was to illustrate a Scrap Scaper... a city, structure or colony made entirely of scraps. Next week's challenge is going to be "Micro Blvd."

Some concepts

Here's some more older concept work I did for 3DTotal.com last year