Bigfoot Illustrations

The Bigfoot Has Moved!!

2011-02-11T10:18:00.000-08:00

Hey ya'll i've been in the process of transfering my site over to wordpress. just having some major issues with Blogspot so I wont be around on here anymore. you can catch me at:

http://www.bigfootillustrations.com/

come on by, check my new site out, have a cookie (that one is on you, I dont provide cookies)

and thanks for your interest!

Return of the Bigfoo!

2010-10-07T11:00:00.000-07:00

So Howdy ya'll, it's been quite a while since i last posted on here. Life, as we all know it to be, has been keeping me on a twisting and turning track, something new around each corner. I've continued to work on my, playing with different mediums and just figuring where i want to go next. Still working on the I, Undead comic to some extent, just want to make it the best i can before we roll out. The most exciting news so far is this last weekend we had 24 HOUR COMIC DAY! For the 3rd year in a row I have participated in this event, where each artist has to pencil, ink, and letter a 24 page comic in 24 straight hours. Possibly one of the hardest endurance tests I've ever had the pleasure to endure. I chose to create my comic on a children's book/ graphic novel that I've been toying with for the last year. Thanks to everyone that came out and created comics and to all those that came out in support, it was amazing to see people come out and just find out what were doing. Hopefully next year we'll have an even bigger turnout. Next year I'm going to be running the event, still at the comic shop, still just as awesome, if not more awesomer!.....bad grammar, but hey it's my blog.

The plan is for now to do at least one blog a month, mostly updates. and when i have new work on here i'll be posting that as well. And be sure to tune in because in April I will be having my first solo show since I graduated from UAF! It will be at Chartreuse, next door to Big Daddy's BBQ. I'll keep you posted if you keep on reading, thanks all!

R.I.P Mr Frazetta 1928-2010

2010-05-10T14:37:00.000-07:00

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/frank-frazetta-fantasy-illustrator-dies-at-82/?src=mv

today the world lost an amazing artist, an artist who revolutionized fantasy, sci-fi and barbarians, The one and only Mr. Frank Frazetta.

From his works on Conan to his amazing creatures and scenes, the work that he created brought a new aspiration for up and coming artists across the globe. His works set a standard that very few have ever been able to meet, but many hope to accomplish. So thank you Mr. Frazetta for setting the bar for me and so many others. thank you so much. R.I.P.

Just a few sketches...

2010-03-30T18:16:00.001-07:00

Here's a few sketches that I have done randomly over the last few days, im finishing up a few projects so once I get them photographed i'll put them up. The Quality is horrible on some of these, they were taken with a camera phone, so pardon the blurriness.

sketchbook pro sample

2010-02-13T14:02:00.000-08:00

So here is a sample piece that i want to do for a painting or large watercolor. i used sketchbook pro to create this piece, which was definatly a new experience, it makes it a lot easier to get the idea out and i dont have as much clean up haha. anyway, a new larger piece will show up on here soon.

Test Run!

2010-01-17T19:34:00.000-08:00

So for Christmas I received one of the best gifts I've ever gotten, a intuos wacom Tablet! I've never used one before, so using this technology is very foreign to me (especially since i am amazingly computer illiterate). I've been practicing quite a bit with it, especially since i want to use it to create my children's books with it. So to start off with my first official piece on it, I chose to do a art trade that I kinda started back in February with my friend Anna. She had sent out a mass e-mail to all of her art friends saying that she would do an art trade with her friends, she would do a pic of the artist and they would do a drawing of her. so finally i got around to doing it and so without further or due....

TA DA!!!
I hope ya'll like it, their will be more along the way!

NEW BOOK! oh and other stuff...

2010-01-08T00:58:00.000-08:00

Hey ya'll,

Sorry I haven't been around for a few months, the lack of internet and a scanner or camera will do that to you, but I'm back half way and man, things have been busy for me, Let's recap, shall we?

since july......

I got a job at home depot working night's.

My girlfriend started her Master's of Education Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

I have have been working on a Zombie Comic with the awesome Keith Clinansmith, which im still working on, but am dang close to being done with the first issue, if you wanna read the story, you can go to- http://iundeadbook2jawless.blogspot.com

Had my 2 year anniversary with the woman whom i love more than anything (even art, crazy i know?)

Started work on another comic with a good friend of mine, it's all very hush hush, mum's the word at the moment

Was FINALLY hired to work for TSA ( Transportation Security Information) just so i can actually pay for everything while i strive to become an illustrator.

My Girlfriend's Birthday! we chilled, it was nice.

My friend Kim had her BFA Show this semester, it rocked and the Student Art Show up at the U was amazing!! Makes me sad that I'm not a student anymore....

Had Christmas where I revealed My NEW ART BOOK! Yes Folks, I do indeed have a new artbook filled with all the work that I had completed through out my BFA Career, If Interested in purchasing one, their is a link on this very website that can direct you to the bookstore where I am currently selling them. If you are a friend of mine on Facebook, I sent out a link earlier this week but please don't hesitate to e-mail me about it if interested

and since started working for TSA, I have come up with four children's Stories that I am currently in the works of developing.

And sadly, my beautiful truck passed away on me a month ago.....She will be missed, that truck saved my neck more time's than i can count and their is no way I can thank her. But for me to get to work, I went out and actually bought myself a NEW CAR!! it's one of those New Scion XD's, its sleek, great on gas and runs really nice, so for now, that's gonna help out a great deal.

That's all for me at the moment, I was planning on going to the Emerald City Comicon and set up a booth this year, but sadly, because of a bunch of different things happening all at once, I wont be able to, but seeing how it would have been my first con, i think I should experience one first as a participant as opposed to an artist, so hopefully my friend alfred and I can go to the San Diego Comicon this year, I really want to experience one since this is what i want to get into, so we'll see, As always thanks for tuning it, and I'm going to have some new work up here in the next few days finally,so keep watching!!

The Beast...

2009-07-20T17:05:00.000-07:00

So back at the beginning of June I received a mass post from an artist known as Trialsze on Deviantart. He was in the process of putting together an art book of pieces done by multiple artists of his character's from the comic "Outlaw Angel" released through Ape Comics. He was doing this book to help of set the medical bills for his dad, and I thought this was a pretty cool idea. I just got finished with the mural a couple weeks ago (pictures will be up on the final piece as soon as i can get them on the computer, my camera crapped out.) and have been finishing other commissions before i head down to homer, but In my off time i managed to do create a pretty awesome piece if i do say so myself. I character I decided to work with was The Beast* Dun Dun Duuuuuun* haha, anyway, in the story he is the holder of the keys to the gates of hell. I wanted to include more characters and do something big and awesome, but this one character just stood out to me. Im hoping it makes it into the book, because that would be great publicity for me and my work. but if not, i got to create this awesome character.

If you want to check out more of his work and these awesome character's, go to http://trialsze.deviantart.com and see what im talking about. enjoy the work!

Granny's Got a Gun!

2009-07-13T10:30:00.000-07:00

This is a piece i did the other night, just came up with the idea and thought I'd have a little fun. I was laughing the whole time i was drawing this just because it was so ridiculous, but at the same time it's so awesome, because this is probably what the punisher's grandma would look like. I think im going to leave it as a pencil, that way i have more for my portfolio, but I might try and get it colored. who knows. enjoy!

something new!

2009-07-07T15:16:00.000-07:00

so this last week I've been practicing on what are called Artist's Trading Cards(ATC's). They are 2.5 by 3.5 inches and are made of pretty much anything. Watercolor paper, bristol board, illustration board, any drawable material. Anyway, i thought it would be fun to do few images and give them a shot, and so i have here is a collection of the piece i have produced this week. I plan on doing a lot more in the future, and i'll be putting up a full price list for works here in the next week. hope ya'll enjoy and let me know what you think!

Dagger Practice

2009-06-29T10:39:00.000-07:00

This is just a practice drawing from last night, I was playing with color and wanted to draw a woman. It started off as the Invisible woman but then changed to dagger, haha, I hate it but I love it when something like that happens because sometimes you get a better idea than you had in the first place

micron pen and prismacolor marker

I did a second version as well with the background tweaked in Photoshop, I tried doing something with the color of the energy and the blades around her hand, but im still a rookie in the program, so if anyone knows how to help me, please do, I would greatly appreciate it.

Dagger copyright, Marvel Comics

Turtle Power!

2009-06-27T14:00:00.000-07:00

So i was feeling a bit nostalgic the other night, going through my old movies and comic books, and I kept thinking I wanted to do a quick piece of characters from my childhood. What's better than the ninja turtles? haha hope ya'll like it

9"x12" watercolor paper
pen and ink
watercolors
tweaked in photoshop

Project Train Room- Day 8...or 9

2009-06-24T16:45:00.000-07:00

So Think Im missing some pictures from a previous day that I had worked, but here is what I did today. I Have just one more day of work and I feel that I'll be done!! but thats not for me to decide, I have to wait till Dave gets back from his job up north to see if he likes it, and if he does, IM DONE!!

Aint he cute?

2009-06-23T16:52:00.000-07:00

So one night last week I was creative mood, but wasn't sure what i wanted to make. I was thinking about all that i could do and just glancing around my cabin when i saw one of my Ghostrider Graphic Novels. Now i'm not the biggest Ghostrider fan in the world, but I do like the story and then it got me thinking. What would it be like if Ghostrider was a kid? just kinda goofin around for a couple hours I drew up and inked the comic you see before you. I plan on going over it with water color here soon but for now here is the almost finished product!

just foolin around..

2009-06-23T16:07:00.000-07:00

This is a piece that i was working on for my girlfriend. When i had my show about folktales back in february, I did a piece with the character Molly Pitcher. For those of you who dont know who that is, Molly was a revolutionary war "pitcher maid" where she would carry water out onto the battlefield to the soldiers. During the Battle of Monmouth, her husband was a gunner, working the large cannons at the front of the field. Her husband became wounded, leaving his cannon a man down to fight. Luckily Molly stepped in and helped her fellow patriots and their by became known as "Sergeant Molly."

Anyway, my girlfriend saw the painting i had done and said that it would be awesome to see her as a pin-up. Apparently to her and a great deal of other people who saw this piece said that it was very phallic, but oh well. So after many months of working on other projects and getting commissions done, i finally got around to putting it together. I have both the pencils and the final Inked version, and lemme tell you it was a funny piece to put together.

The title for this wonderful piece as she put it is " Load My Cannon.."

Project Train Room- Days 6 and 7

2009-06-04T17:49:00.000-07:00

not much to write here on this one either...but I do have pictures!! almost done with the project, so far the guy is pretty happy with the piece, his son and one of his daughters stopped by today and checked it out too and said that they loved it, so i must be doing something right, right? haha, anyway i figure i have another week or so and i'll be done and then i can move on to other projects.

Day 6-

Day 7-

Project- train room days 3, 4, and 5! plus GRADUATION!!

2009-05-24T17:05:00.000-07:00

So it has taken me a little longer to get here to post this, it has been a heck of a last few weeks for me. so to start off i have progressed with the mural, where i have pretty much completed to walls and am now working on the concrete wall. Let me tell ya....it sucks...the wall takes forever to dry and doesnt want to cooperate with anything but i am making it work. so let me show ya what have been doin with it instead of just talkin about it.

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

and then finally last weekend I finally graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in painting. so if anyone wants a painting or a drawing commission please dont hesitate to contact me!

voodoo puppet

2009-05-03T16:02:00.000-07:00

This is just a new piece I did just before the Student Art show. I orginally started off with the arm on the left and thought to leave it at that. but you always know once you start you just wanna keep going, so i did a 2nd arm. The piece didnt look right though so i decided to add the body. Once i added that however i thought it would be awesome to hinge it all together and see how that looked. The judge for the Student Art show liked my piece and thought it would be great idea to hinge it as well. I almost didn't get to put into the show i was out buying the hinges to put on the piece and didnt make it back in time to enter it in the show. But thanks to my friends jess and amanda, they entered it for me and it made it in! so finally its all together and in the show and I almost won the student choice award again this semester but lost to a pretty sweet sculpture so it wasnt a bad loss. The bad part is the piece doesnt have a name, so if anyone has any suggestions im more than happy to hear them out.

Project- Train Room Day 2

2009-05-03T15:28:00.000-07:00

So this was actually done on wednesday the 28th, it really sucks not having a computer sometimes just cause i want to keep up to date, but hey what can you do? I started work on the far side where i would have to get up onto the train set itself and start painting, but also so it would look like i had gotten something accomplished. The first area I painted on was sheet rock so it held pretty well, but took a bit of time drying; not as much as the concrete did mind you. it took about 6 hours to complete this section, im not sure if it's done quite yet though. I wouldnt mind someone's opinion on it though, just so i can make it better. but so far in 2 days i have finished a 1/4th of the work so im on a roll!

project -train room day 1

2009-04-28T17:49:00.000-07:00

A while back my friend Fish told me about a guy that was wanting a mural done to his basement. i thought that doing a mural would me pretty awesome since i haven't done one since i was in high school. I call up the guy and he's telling me that he wants a landscape for his basement train room. I don't know too many people with train rooms anymore but i thought it was pretty awesome. So a few weeks ago we get together and i'm checking out the space that he wants me to paint and lemme tell ya, its not quite like Michelangelo painting the Sistine chapel on his back, but it does have a few complications. Im not a small guy, but i will have to jump up into the back where the wall is and try and not stomp this guy train tracks, it worries me. At first when i checked this assignment i wasn't really sure if i wanted to take it, but as Dave ( the guy who wants me do this project) was telling me why he wanted it done, so that he and his son could have a project that they could enjoy together, i couldn't help but take the job. What he wants is a landscape to encompass the blue area around the train set, so that the piece becomes more realistic. The walls as a whole are measured at 93 square feet if i remember correctly, so this is gonna be a beast of a project. So over the next couple weeks as i try and get this done, im going to be putting up photos of the progress. Not only for my benefit so i can look back on it, but i wanna share the process with everyone, and if their is anyone that has any comments or possible critiques, please tell me, im open to discussion. thanks and wish me luck!

this here is the start of the actual panting. above is the base coat to see where everything was at.

birthday wishes

2009-03-31T00:23:00.000-07:00

So this last weekend i was invited to go to my friend Kelly's birthday party. I haven't seen her or really heard from her since i graduated high school just because ya know people lose touch and branch out into the world. we hung out a lot back in high school and for a lot of my friends back then, I would try and draw something for them on their birthday's. I made a piece for her back my senior year, she used to be really big into playing with zippo's and just kinda playing with fire. so for that piece I drew her as this kinda Human Torch character, with her hands on fire. Since i haven't seen her for a long time i wasn't sure what to get her for her birthday. So I decided to do a little throwback to that piece and kinda update it because i have gotten so much better as an artist and I thought she would appreciate it. I pulled out a copy of the old picture (sorry i couldn't get a good copy, otherwise i would put it up) and just tried to remember somethings that she liked. She is a strong christian, so i wanted to put that in somewhere, she has a fiance, rick, who's a pretty cool guy, so i wanted to put him in somewhere and she's big into her music so i wanted to get that in there. so in about a day and a half of putting it together and kinda trying to figure out what to do, i got it done. What's really cool too is that i got to try this new tool called pentel brush pens which pretty much acts like a paint brush so it was fun to use.
My girlfriend and I showed up to the party on Saturday and had a pretty good time, I knew a few people, but rhiannon didn't know anyone, so i chilled with her most of the night. The funny thing was kelly was telling everyone that i was an artist and was talking about the piece that i did for her back in high school, she even brought out the piece, so it was pretty fun seeing a piece that i did back then. I don't have much of my original artwork, either because i gave it away or it was destroyed. But seeing how much she liked that piece made me feel good and I was excited to see her reaction to this piece. Fast forwarding, Rhiannon and I were getting ready to take off and we said our goodbyes and kelly comes over and said that she hadn't had a chance to open gifts yet, so we went to the presents. She grabbed it and opened it and was really excited about it. I love seeing the look in my friends eyes when i give them a piece that i made because its something original and special for them. One of these days I'll hopefully be able to say that i've made something for everybody i know, but i can only take it one person at a time. who knows, but i had fun at the birthday and Kelly if your reading, again HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Tech Vs. Me Round....who knows..

2009-03-28T00:41:00.000-07:00

so im sitting here trying to crop and fix a pic i scanned into the computer of a drawing for a friends birthday. everytime i try and make a move to spruce up the drawing, the screen tells me, " error: cannot make adjustments for ......so and so reason." I think that honestly technology is out to get me. any kinds, all kinds, i get something techy i kid you not it breaks or has a malfunction within a week. all i want to do really is just scan in a pic so i can show ya'll but the problem with that too is that i dont have a decent and/ or larger scanner so i can scan pieces that might be 11" x 14" or a bit bigger. so right now i have to resort to using a crappy lil digital camera to try and get something and the camera keeps shutting off on me....i have a great respect for those who can master these monsters of machina, but i give in.....for now. But as what to what i was saying earlier, i do need a bigger scanner, something that can scan in nice large pieces, so if anyone knows anything about one, please let me know. And i hope to be able to put up this drawing for ya'll to see soon. its been a fun piece to do and once i get it up i'll tell ya more about it. till then...

My 1st solo art show!!

2009-03-19T17:38:00.000-07:00

On February 23rd, at 10 am i paced back and forth in front of the UAF gallery, eagerly awaiting my fate in the hands of my professors. it all came to this, " do i pass and become the bearer of a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree? or do i have another semester of attempting to graduate?" I was called back in and....I had passed! I was so relieved to know that all the stress from the previous year was behind me.
For those who don't know, I have been working for the last year on achieving my B.F.A. and having an art show is only my work. My show was consisted of works that were re-tellings of famous and some not so famous tall tales. Let me tell you, this show had consumed my life, every waking moment I was in the studio, working furiously to pump out my work. In the end my work paid off, with 12 paintings and 7 drawings displayed, i was finally going to show the fruits of my labor.
That night i had my opening, and it was amazing! i didn't leave the gallery the entire night, just because i had people constantly coming up to me and wanting to congratulate me. i was so grateful to see my friends and family, it really meant a lot that the people i care about most were there. the whole night lasted about 3 hours and by the time we closed the doors, I was wiped. I honestly couldn't have done any of it with out my beautiful girlfriend, so thank you for everything, even though i still say it all the time. after that night my show stayed up for about another 2 weeks, it was amazing. I'm kind of sad that I had to take it down, but i did get pictures. overall i sold 8 out of 12 paintings and 5 of the 7 drawings, so not bad for my first real time as an accomplished artist. With the show behind me, I'm looking to the future, i currently have 8 commissions set up so i will be a busy man, but that wont stop me from taking more. so please don't hesitate to contact me. Again to those who came to my show and also to those who supported me, thank you so much!

hey...long time no talk...

2008-12-09T15:32:00.000-08:00

so i made a blog and....i dont even use it... how messed up is that? i have been playing more on my deviant art site as of late and just dont know what to put here. i will have a new blog up after my finals though. but a recap of some of the things that have been goin down for me are: i got the presidents choice award at the presidents show! i got the student choice award at the student art show! i am gettin a cabin! ( yay no more couch sleeping!) and im goin to homer for christmas to hang out with my girlfriends family! *gasp wheez* so theirs a recap. i know i keep saying ill put art up and dont worry i will. later!

challenge beaten!

2008-10-23T20:03:00.000-07:00

all right so this is the comic that i created for the 24 hour comic day, its basically about jeff, an old roommate of mine that i think was perfect to write a comic about. now i plan on redoing this, ya know cleaning it up and and maybe trying some photoshop on em. but please let me know what yall think

yay for sleep deprivation!

2008-10-21T01:43:00.000-07:00

so this past saturday at noon to sunday at noon, myself and 19 other artists participated in the 24 hour comic challenge, basically meaning i stayed up for 24 hours and had to create a 24 page comic in 24 hours. we went in with no script and no prepared work. And it stayed true to its name as it truly was a challenge. but out of 20 people only 8 people( including myself im proud to say) finished the challenge. so go us. im puttin a couple pictures up of the event and when i get my comic back ill place some of the pics up, but to those who competed around the world, i salute you, this was probably one of the best things ive done in my life.

skull scarabs!

2008-10-07T23:57:00.000-07:00

so these are two pieces that i have done for a guy, he's gonna be puttin this stuff on his site soon enough, ill let everyone know about the link, but this is what I got so far,

the skull scarabs!

mighty barbarian slaying skull scarabs!! ( dont really have a title for it)

happy anniversary!

2008-10-07T23:40:00.000-07:00

so today was Rhiannon's and mines 1 year anniversary! ha ha we had a blast today, she worked part of the day and i had to go paint, wait...thats not the blast part. rhiannon was sneaky enough to leave an awesome card in my jacket today and also left a copy of...IRON MAN!! haha, i was stoked, possibly one of the best movies made in a long time. anyway she left me things here and there through out the day, but i got her back after she got off work. i was hangin out in the living room and when she got home we talked for a bit and then i asked ker really nicely to get me a nice button up shirt from the drawer. she was kinda reluctant, but did it anyway, so when she went and opened the drawer, waiting for her was a copy of sex and the city( not as good as iron man, but hey, not my kind of movie) a deck of go fish cards with impressionists painters and their work on them, a bag of white chocolate raspberry truffles and 2 of these scent diffuser things that she really likes. she came back in to the room and gave me the shirt and acted like she didnt see them. we both started cracking up cause she wasnt expecting it. she also surprised me with a new memory card for my phone and a box of whoppers! (the best candy ever!) and then i drove her out to the turtle club, the best prime rib place in town and had a nice dinner and had an awesome time. their was this old eccentric lady their that was walking around asking people if they had a dog, she stopped by us and asked and then went on to this big table next to us and asked them if they had a dog. they replied yes and she said that she had a giant piece of steak that she couldnt eat and wanted to give it to their dog. they said sure and thanked her, where she proceeded to ask what their occasion was. a guy there had just turned 22 and they were celebrating, ya know just a big ol family having a good time. well she turns over to the kid and says " 22 ....bastard" jokingly of course, but it cracked the whole place up!! overall the night was awesome, we both had an awesome time and im looking forward to many more anniversaries, and rhiannon i know your gonna read this, so lemme say I love you baby and can't wait for next year.

The Beginning....

2008-09-30T13:54:00.000-07:00

ha ha, so this is the first blog I've done in probably 3 years...its kinda crazy, i hate to write, but as i see more and more artists with blogs and websites and what not, i keep finding that i can't stay away. so this is the start of BIGFOOT Illustrations, my site for drawing, painting and well...what ever i think of...but isn't that the point of a blog?

so as i wrote in my "about me" section, I'm going to be having a thesis show in hopefully march or April for my B.F.A. degree. For those of you who don't know what that is, its the Bachelor of Fine Arts meaning I'm a determined artists in the department and what to be all cool and have my own show when im done with my thesis. Why i wanted to do this i have no freakin idea, but i did anyway, and now I'm stuck. don''t get me wrong I'm having a blast, but when i am trying to figure out what to do for each painting, it just gets confusing. take for instance the piece im doing now ( by the way my show is on folk tales; Paul Bunyan, johnny appleseed, the whole shebang) is on Mose, a firefighter in New York when firefighters were regular joes, people on the street who came and helped when the city needed them. Well i wanna do a 9/11 kinda piece I'm just having trouble putting it together. ill put a picture up next time, but hey at least i got something started.