Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Part 5: Slow

I have a baby daughter! She was born on Saturday and is doing great. For my week off, I present a little more progress on the pirate picture I started working on a year ago:












I thought since it looks almost done I'd be able to hurry and finish so I had something to post this week. I forgot that this is the most time-consuming part of any complex painting, where you're trying to pull all the parts together toward a semi-consistent level of finish. Also, most of my week was spent bouncing a fussy baby. Next update: 2050?

24 comments:

Jose Ramos said...

Wow , is my post the first?, I guess I´m a lucky guy!, hehe
.I have see this work before, i think so , but it was unfinished.
.Im so glad for you update your blog Sam , and i hope , you don´t take so time the next time.
Great work Sam!!

dwilson said...

Congrats on your new handful. Best of luck juggling Daddy, hubby, & painter dude.

I hope your wife is doing well.

Gabriel Olson said...

Congrats. I remember seeing your progress on this before, coming along nicely.

lila said...

I just want to say something generally: I found your blog now and I did read all posts, it's really damn amazing!
Wonderful taste of colours, lighting and great character design!

Amazing!

Zim said...

Oh, congratulations! ^^
The picture is looking really nice :)

SHOo said...

Congrats for the little girl!!! And great art as usual! I think my fav is still, after all those great pieces, the pug!!!! He's just awesome!

Aaron Ludwig said...

Congratulations!

omer said...

i too want to say i've discovered this blog lately, and so far its my favorite artist blog (and i browse alot of them!), your environments are amazing, cheers.

Jeremy Elder said...

Congrats on the child! You will have this piece finished by her wedding, for sure.

Mark Behm said...

Hey, Congrats!

Kloosli said...

Congrats on the daughter. It is shocking but you will soon see how different daughters are from sons- even at the earliest stages. Best.

Patri Balanovsky said...

dude congratulations on the sweet bundle of joy. :)

this pirate piece.. well I`ve been waiting for you to give it some more love. and you did! wish I could see a slightly bigger version of it, though. at any rate - looking very cool. I love how you lit it , but that`s nothing new; I ALWAYS admired the way you create your lighting.

keep at it, buddy!



Pat.

Evan Bonifacio said...

pirates + ninjas = awesome!

Congrats on the baby :)

Kells said...

lol LOVE the concept.

Ephelea said...

Gratz on the baby girl XD

Nice work on the pirates piece. :D

Hawk Richards said...

How big is the original file?

rinaj said...

your paintings are great, I love your style. :) and it's very funny to read the comments, too. I went back to the monkey and the witch you've painted, based on your kids' drawings. call me a fan now.

Cyree said...

Congrats Sam

Jason Seiler said...

Congrats Sam! I'm so happy for you and your wife . . . I've got two daughters myself . . . it's the greatest thing!

Dustin Foust said...

As usual, great piece! I wish I had half of your talent. Congrats on the birth of your little girl. I have a little girl who is seven months. Its amazing to watch their personalities take shape.

Damion009 said...

DUDE! all i can say about this drawing is `~EPIC~`

david puerta said...

I love this pirates, I would love to see them in a comic :)

Cedric Hohnstadt said...

Congrats on the baby! Being a father is the best.

Nice art too, by the way. Your work is very inspiraitonal.

Barbara da Silva said...

Hi, I am from Brazil, and I really like our illustrations, they are amazing. I do some illustrations too, but I work more like a graphic designer.
I really like your characters, they tell us something.

Congratulations!