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The New Genesis Art Gallery and Studio

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:01:54 PST

Yesterday I had a chance to visit with an old friend Billy Marples. We have worked on several projects together in the past. He gave me the grand tour of the “Genesis Art Studio” in Kimballton Iowa....

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Photoshop batch actions

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:07:31 PST

Photoshop actions can definitely save time when applying the same effects to an entire folder. Using the batch function with actions is a fun thing to watch and can also cause experimentation with...

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Applying a texture useing the offset photoshop tool

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:17:27 PST

When choosing a source file for texturing a 3D wall with a brick pattern, regularity is key. But I didn’t go that route with this texture. I wanted instead a texture full of irregularities, something...

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Still Life Painted in Oil

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:00:47 PST

This still life was set up at Bellevue University as a graded assignment instructed by Mike Giron. The painting is an exercise in under-painting, a way of painting shapes instead of drawing them. No...

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Rifts Glitterboy User Interface Mock-Up

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:13:04 PST

This User Inter face was designed from the perspective of a power armor pilot. This particular design is for the World of Rifts: Coalition of Deadboys Game doc that I wrote. No one to my knowledge...

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Oil painting of the Goat that posed for me on the way to the top of Mount Evans

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:36:24 PST

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Velvet underground Oil Painting

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:05:44 PST

Velvet underground Oil Painting When I painted this oil painting I did not draw on the canvass first, instead I started with a burnt umber paint and applied it strait to the canvass. I built the...

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value sketch scanned from sketchbook “the Butcher Sweeney Todd”

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:56:27 PST

I try to sketch from reference as much as possible, it really helps to stay in practice. This sketch in particular is a value drawing and it is approached in the same way that an under painting is...

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Cock a Doodle Dude Logo

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:11:22 PST

This assignment provided an excellent opportunity to work on a project that I have put off for way too long. I made up the cartoon character a few years ago and put a few of my jokes on some...

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Dutch Pin-Up Sketch

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:47:11 PST

This painting was an attempt to paint a painting using a Dutch painter’s pallet. The colors I used were from a few different Rembrandt paintings. I ended up with an interesting portrait of a...

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devestating collage of tractor parts

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:08:14 PST

This is a pile of photos stacked on top of each other used to create a unifying image. The monster is just a pile of tractor and tech parts images that I found on the internet. Composed together they...

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Watercolor Portrait of Baby J

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:12:20 PST

Watercolor portrayal of a subjects can be tricky business. Lighting helps a lot in reference photos used while painting. In the particular portrait I asked for light conditions to be positioned...

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Rockin’ Rockies Oil Landscape for a Merry Christmas

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:51:26 PST

I Painted this landscape in from reference photos that I took last summer in Colorado. The substrate was prepared by incorporating Kills oil primer with a 2 inch brush. While preparing the 3/8 board...

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digital still life

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:57:03 PST

This was a class project still life. Special thanks to Mike Grion from Bellevue University for the set up. This sketch took about 3 hours start to finish. And was a week two exercise in my digital...

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Perspective WIP concept art for Rifts Coalition Death’s Head

info@jcarnal.com (Carnal) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:03:31 PST

This is a digital sketch of a Rifts Coalition vehicle named Death’s Head first presented by Palladium books in Rifts: World Book One, illustrated by my hero Kevin Long written by Kevin Siembieda. I...

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