Karlssons Vodka

A little design I'm working on using the brand Karllsons Vodka as an idea.

Some Design

I've been working on wrapping my portfolio in order to show clients the end products I can achieve.

Starting out I wanted to make a design for a product, in this case, Vodka:

This is a WIP.  A friend suggested I change the type of vodka.. so I might through Sky Vodka or Greygoose in there instead of ABSOLUT.  We shall see.

Questions, comments, or want me to design something for you?

Shoot me an email.

Girl on fire.

So, this one isn't completed yet and the background may change dramatically but I wanted to show at least a glimpse of my evolving digital process here.

I like the bright background against the soft shadows of the figure.. obviously this isn't done and looking at it now I know where some things need work.  Comments and such appreciated as always.

Next one up!

Continuing this series:

Might keep working on this tonight.  Will certainly get more detailed but here it is so far!

Senior work

Never posted the work I did for my senior studio finished here.. better late than never!

Varying qualities of photos.. I really need to invent in a DSLR. It gives the general impression. Each of these is 8 feet by 32 inches. Loved painting that size.. have another two prepped to go just need to get into it.

Selene

I think this work can be called finished.  I want to create a few more a similar theme.

I'll be posting this to www.society6.com/stephengreen where you can buy prints of varying sizes.

Cheers! :)

Still Alive

Haven't used this blog in almost a year.  Crazy, it's been MUCH too long.  

I'll just jump into it. So lately I've mostly been digital painting.  Here's a look at what I've been working on over the last day or two.

Was going for a central figure theme, limited background. Will probably post this onto my website soon if I don't edit it more.. maybe even put it on a business card.

Work work work.

So I'm pretty far along now with the second piece of my show.

Tell me what you think and come visit if you have to chance, the lighting for these photos is pretty terrible.  Have a good weekend guys.

Work in Progress

My second painting in senior studio has went through some major changes lately and I've been holding off on updating until it reached a point where I was satisfied with giving people a look at what I've been doing.

Having experimented with the color and different options I decided to step back and shoot new reference photos and see what changes could be made:

I've completely faded out the figure and brought in two new figures who are manipulating a light source.   Subtle drama infused by different light sources that the mysterious figures are dealing with or controlling is important for me to try and setup a more surreal painting.  I'm much more excited about this than before.

Sound off in the comments!

some figure work

Spent the evening in a free figure drawing session.  Used the tablet and laptop for the first time in the studio with a live model.

quick 10 min ones..

a couple more 10 mins

Some 10 min ones on the right and a 30 min one on the left

Probably my favorite on the batch.. really got into the shading. Wish it had been a longer pose.

An hr and a half pose.  Decided to try it on a grounded canvas.. and to use some selective color and highlights.

Let me know what you think in the comments.
Steve

Up late.

Having fun with photoshop and working out a new piece.

What do you think? Going to include a man, running with the girl.  Going to work on this more tomorrow.

(click on it for a larger image.)

Goodnight.

bit of an update

Made some progress in the studio last week.. fleshed in the figure more, starting to get the lighting on her.  Going to continue working on this and hopefully have a new composition worked out this week.

Spring Semester

It's been a while since I've posted.  Here's a snippet of what I've been working on. The first is a digital piece that I started as my first little CS5 venture.  I liked it enough to turn it into a large oil painting.  It's another 8ft long canvas.

Digital Composition

I was able to get a surprisingly large amount done in only a matter of days.  Rather excited about that. 

ciao

Portrait Painting

So I took a portrait painting class this semester, thought I would share with you guys some of the things I've done in that class.  A majority of the time we spent doing copies of master paintings (a lot of Sargents)

Sargent

Sargent

Copy of a Jeremy Lipking

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Zorn.. completed in a zorn palatte

Another Zorn Palatte

From a Live Model

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From a Live Model

 I have some more live model paintings and a new self portrait I finished the class with, I'll post them this coming weekend.  I'll also get around to putting up some of my printmaking work.

Painting all day.

So I just got home from painting since yesterday morning.  Instead of just the one photo I took a compilation of photos showcasing the result of my progress.  I hope to get to the studio later this weekend to work more on this and my portrait final.  Feel free to leave any comments.

Maps on the wall

So this started from wanting to paint a figure in Photoshop.  Decided it needed to be somewhere too.. had a blast painting the maps on the walls.  I'm really excited about painting like this.  I want to try and involve more narrative in my next digital piece.  Feedback is welcome.

a WIP

So another Friday has arrived.  I spent today working on getting the light source that is emanating from the structure on the right to appear on the figure. The structure on that right is missing midtones.. I'll try and get to that tomorrow.  I do regret not taking a photo of it under the natural sky light in the figure drawing room.  Cheers.

Senior studio WIP

 

This is my second work in progress post for one of my senior studio pieces.  I'm working on the figure using an alla prima technique.  I fleshed in the figure mostly last Friday and spent a good deal of time today working on the background and the concrete structure on the right.  More to come this week.  Cheers!

a digital landscape

Landscape practice in photoshop.   I focused on leaving some areas smooth or letting the texture of the brush marks show in others.  Anyways, it was a lot of fun to do this.

Late Night Portrait..

So.. had portrait painting for 6 hours today and late tonight decided to do a digital portrait of my sister who I was video chatting with.

I think it came out pretty well.. it's the second portraitish painting I've done digitally.. so yippee.. I'll keep messing around with photoshop. Defiantly want to keep experimenting with this.

Cheers!