New doodles to be painted...

Here are a few doodles I liked enough to prep in photoshop for painting...hopefully soon. The space-guy is missing a raygun (didn't like the original so I got rid of it). The problem has been that when I sketch, if the design catches my eyes I don't render it in pencil right in the sketchbook as to save the rendering for later PS work. That way the render process stays fresh and fun. Granted, pencil rendering would be good practice. I will upload updated versions later.

The Polar Team

It is relatively cold in LA...though it isn't snowing anytime soon, I thought to do a snow themed pic.

Various bits from my sketchbook

Here are a few sketches from a sketchbook of mine. I already scanned them and plan to digitally paint them when I get the chance. I have a problem of buying new sketchbooks of various shapes and sizes withouth having had filled the older ones...an addiction if I may say. :) Nevertheless, I am never short on sketchbooks.

Silhouette studies

Here is a bunch of silhouette studies I did for my class demo. I find it to be a good exercise for exploring new design ideas.

Assassin demo piece

Here is a demo piece I did for a digital painting workshop that I conducted at the Art Institute. Pencil, Painter and Photoshop...

New CD Cover...

Sorry for the delay in postings...been somewhat busy. Nevertheless, here is a piece I designed for a CD cover. I rather enjoyed the process and am definitly open to doing more CD illustrations. Enjoy!

Carrot-Top

Been a while posting...but I thought of posting this quick painting I did while testing Painter X. I have managed to record the painting process as a video and hope to post it soon on my website (www.tirgari.com). I will have a new section of demo videos on the site which will hopefully be of use to my students and those curious as to my process. I will also be teaching workshops, and possibly an entire course, dedicated to digital concept painting at the Art Institute if all goes well. Cheers!

Arboreal Ninja Demo