tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334369132024-02-20T18:42:46.183-08:00Changewinds' InkA medley of art and various musings from a scientific and fantasy illustrator.Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-53876410851057527632014-10-01T13:48:00.000-07:002014-10-01T13:48:21.890-07:00Putting Together the WholeFor this year's steelhead trout exhibit, I couldn't find many stock photos that showed the San Gabriel river, let alone ones that were large enough to cover the 40' x 4' space that I needed to cover for our steelhead mural. The initial concept from Bowman Design Group has the mural covering the journey of steelhead trout from the ocean all the way to the their freshwater homes in the upper watersheds. Since our exhibit speaks about our local southern California steelhead trout, the mural was designed to reflect that. <br />
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So, since I couldn't find any appropriate photos, I decided to take a few of my own. I visited several locations along the upper San Gabriel River and also around Malibu to take several panoramics that became part of the final image. The interesting takeaway for me is that you can never have too many photos. A lot of what wasn't used for the main part of the image was used in smaller sections of the final image, or pieces to transition from one scene to another. <br />
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The final section, from the estuaries to the ocean, was made of stock photos since I couldn't find any locations nearby that reflected what we were looking for. Making a composite image of stock photos of various sizes presented its own challenge, especially since that section was 10' tall.<br />
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Here is a short .gif showing the different layers of the final image for the section between the upper river and the estuary. It doesn't show how much work was put in to blend those layers together, but it does give you a bit of a glimpse of how many images are there to make a cohesive whole.<br />
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Here is the final image, though we did add more ocean to the left of it later. What surprised me about the final was that a lot of things I worried about, namely where transitions seemed to be glaringly obvious, were not as apparent on the actual printed mural. The 4' section goes behind the live trout exhibit, while the 10' section acts more like a backdrop for the rest of the exhibit. The total number of photos that make up this image is over 100. The final length is almost 100' wide. <br />
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One the ways you know it's a job well done is that no one really notices it and just accepts it as part of the exhibit. Mission accomplished. Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-69030309718156160372014-10-01T13:10:00.002-07:002014-10-01T13:14:41.481-07:00New ChallengesThis year, the Aquarium of the Pacific opened a new exhibit about steelhead trout (<span class="st"><i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>)</span>. Because I don't know a lot about steelhead, I had a lot of research to do, which mostly involved a lot of google searching. However, in this case, I had the privilege of working with the actual fisheries scientists from USFW and regional fisheries scientists, which meant I also was able to supplement my photo reference with images and input from the scientists.<br />
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One of the things I was tasked with was creating an image for the steelhead life cycle, which is exceedingly complex because all steelhead start as eggs in a freshwater stream and as they grow older they can choose to stay in the freshwater and become what we call rainbow trout or they can can transition—in a process called smoltification—into the ocean-going form known as steelhead trout. To make things even more complicated, steelhead trout transition in freshwater to rainbow trout colors, but don't become rainbow trout. And they can return to the stream year after year to spawn unlike salmon. So yes, the big takeaway is that rainbow trout and steelhead trout are the same species.<br />
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This process started out with a sketch from Rosi Dagit from RCDSMM
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The initial Illustrator/Photoshop image based off Rosi Dagit's design:<br />
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The initial design looked too complicated on reflection, so we simplified it.<br />
Another part of the process was to send out an image of all the trout life stages to the scientists for their review. Here you can see the various notes that were given on an initial version of the illustrations and a later version of the illustrations after I'd made the changes.<br />
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Here's an image that shows a rough progress.<br />
The first image is a rough sketch, in this case of the steelhead (ocean-going form of the rainbow trout). For the ease of changing the outlines and scale of the various stages of the trout, I did all the "inking" digitally. These are vector images drawn in Adobe Illustrator and colored in Photoshop. It's hard to see the difference between the first outline and the second, but there were minor changes in the mouth shape and a general slimming down of the overall shape, since steelhead tend to be more streamlined than rainbow trout. <br />
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Here, you can see the final image, where includes a change in the title and a more pared down look. The background of the image reflects the exhibit so I made minor modifications there as well. <br />
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Next post is a little glimpse of what it takes to create a composite photo, without it looking too Photoshopped. Visit the Aquarium of the Pacific to see the new Steelhead Trout exhibit and the new signage in person!Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-3983192490618492342013-05-31T17:05:00.000-07:002014-10-01T13:14:25.240-07:00Giant SiphonophoreA giant siphonophore (<i>Praya dubia</i>) is a colonial Cnidarian like the Porteguese man-o-war. It can get up to 130 feet long and can be found at up to 1000 feet deep. Each of the small animals are connected together and have different functions like feeding, swimming, and reproducing. The "head" or swimming bell is the nectosome and the long "tail" is the siphosome. These guys can bioluminesce a blue color to attract their prey.
The giant siphonophore is part of the Aquarium of the Pacific's new exhibit on Ocean Exploration called Wonders of the Deep.
Since the images of these animals of their full length are mostly low-resolution ROV video captures and since the original designs called for a 40 ft image, I decided to illustrate the animal instead of going through the frustration of Photoshopping, cloning, and blowing up itty bitty pixels.
Illustration gave me the flexibility to play around with the size of the image to fit the context and also to blur or clarify the parts of the image that overlapped or went behind other Photoshopped photos.
This first image is the final image as it went to pre-press, with the images from the different sections and two walls put together. The illustration was built at 1/8" size.<br />
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Here's a close-up of the front of the siphophore, with the nectosome and some of the siphosome showing.<br />
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And here is the image in the context of the Wonders of the Deep Gallery. The projections above it show animals that live in the abyssal plains, 13,000 ft down. The siphophore isn't one of those animals, it's more an element to tie together the different panels. Sorry for the poor quality of the photo. It's an appropriately dark exhibit. <br />
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If you find yourself in Long Beach, come check out the new Ocean Exploration exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific!Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-30644200177199589992013-02-08T12:42:00.002-08:002013-02-08T12:46:37.509-08:00Putting together the wholeI suspect that people working as illustration editors for magazines do this kind of thing all the time, but I thought it might be interesting to take a look at what I get handed before I start an illustration. This is a post touching on the process behind creating an illustration from existing materials.<br />
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While it's essentially a tracing job, it's not quite as straight forward.<br />
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What you get is this: <br />
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What they want is this:
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I created this image for a forum on planning the use of marine space off the California Coast. It's officially called coastal marine spatial planning (CMSP). You can read more about the forum <a href="http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/news/story/aquarium_of_the_pacific_leads_ocean_use_planning_in_southern_california">here.</a> It's a vector image created in Adobe Illustrator with a map base created in GIS software and additional data added. I put reference links to the original image where possible.<br />
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This is the original map:<br />
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You can see the general shape of the land mass in the image. The shape of the coastline is directly pulled from this image. However, since the final image was reproduced at 8' wide, I added more detail to the map using other maps of the Southern California area.<br />
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This is a reference image that I used to create the oil platform icon:
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And this is the reference for placement of the oil platforms:<br />
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I used this map for the Marine Protected Areas (represented in green) and the state boundaries (represented in blue):
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Federal boundaries (represented in purple) and shipping lanes (teal) were traced from a nautical map:
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found here: <a href="http://www.fairwind.org/charts.shtml">http://www.fairwind.org/charts.shtml</a><br />
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And the final layer was of Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) represented by an outline of the Garibaldi (yellow):<br />
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Just a little look behind the scenes of everyday illustrations, making science and data more beautiful through art. Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-73656587022326831862012-08-24T14:35:00.001-07:002012-08-24T14:36:36.434-07:00A Little Plein AirSome entries from my watercolor Moleskin sketchbooks. Watercolors are some of the most portable art supplies, so I take my sketchbook on most hikes and outdoor trips. Here's a few from some of my recent trips.
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This one is from a Joshua Tree camping trip last year in August. The moon was too full to really see the Perseides meteor shower. Painting the sunrise from on top of a rock at the Sheep's Pass camp site.
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This one is from the Joshua Tree camping trip this year. With a sickle moon, the Perseides viewing was amazing! We camped out at the same campsite as last year. This sketch was also done at sunrise, but at a higher elevation. That mass near the foreground is the rock that I did the sunrise sketch from last year.
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Another camping trip that I repeated from last year was to visit the Channel Islands off the state of California. Last year, we went to Anacapa Island and I sat down to do a longer sketch from a rocky outcropping about 1/2 mile from our campground.
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This year, we went to Santa Cruz Island where I went on an 8 mile hike up to the radio tower. We wanted to get back before it got dark, so this is a much quicker sketch up on the Montañon Ridge of the cloud cover.
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Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-75523899295070652022012-06-22T23:00:00.003-07:002012-06-22T23:01:26.068-07:00Compressing a City<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The image above was for the TED conference when they came over for an event at the aquarium. I had some time to work on it so I was able to put in a lot of details in the cityscape. My only directive was to draw something that represented Long Beach. I knew that the ports would be an important element and that the Long Beach skyline would need to be included and of course the Aquarium of the Pacific had to be part of the image! Pulling together elements of what represents the city of Long Beach, I made a couple of quick sketches of the idea I had and then went to the internet to find images that would fit what I had in mind. Only on an illustration can you get this many disparate views and elements into one image! The original sketch is done in Adobe Photoshop, which was later vectorized in Adobe Illustrator. The gradient was added to reflect the idea of new ideas, green practices, and positive outlooks to represent City 2.0. <br />
<br />Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-41427216384678884462012-01-24T16:24:00.000-08:002012-01-25T18:07:34.278-08:00Hot Off the Press!This past week I went to go visit friends and family over in Washington D.C. and New York. It was a museum/ memorial walk fest! This time, I remembered to scan in the sketches early on, so here's a few sketches from my journey through D.C. and New York.<br />
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A sketch of the Lincoln Memorial done in a cheap Japanese brush pen, a water-soluble Pilot pen, a waterbrush, and a pencil.<br />
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Very cute elephant shrews at the National Zoo. Ink pens and pencil.<br />
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The only full color image I did on my trip. Watercolor and pencil of Passenger Pigeons from the "Birds of D.C." display at the Smithsonian Natural History Musuem. The female is a little rougher since my arm was getting numb by then.<br />
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A giant sloth skeleton at the Smithsonian Natural History Musuem. Pens and pencil.<br />
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An Allosaurus skeleton at the Smithsonian Natural History Musuem. Pens, pencil, and a little watercolor.<br />
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A Sakhmet statue at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Pens and pencil. Her waist got a little truncated.<br />
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A quick sketch of the Greek mythology statue called "Andromeda and the Sea Monster" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with pencil and colored pencil. The hand is a little rough.<br />
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Ballpoint pen sketches of NY subway commuters. The lower lady got a little compressed, probably because of the way I was holding the sketchbook.<br />
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And the conclusion of the trip! Rough mountain sketches with the brush pen on the plane returning home.<br />
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Thanks for coming along!Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-8646048218041815752011-07-08T15:41:00.000-07:002011-07-08T16:20:24.029-07:00Concept ArtIn this post I talk about concept art, another example of why you would use an illustration as opposed to a photograph. Concept art is the physical form of an idea, used in my job to make a case for funding, for fellow employee's to visualize what they're planning, and for fabricators to visualize what the aquarium would like in the final product. The concept art that I do is usually quick and dirty and isn't as beautiful and thorough as that found in the breathtaking vistas of the concept art for games; it's mostly to have something physical to look at to get a better idea of what everyone is looking for. Most of the time, the final product doesn't resemble the original art and sometimes the image is as far as the idea goes. <br /><br />To make the process faster, I've used Google Sketchup as a base for most of my concept art. Sketchup is very useful for plugging in real-life measurements and being able to get perspective lines and a sense of the space. The final art is mostly digital for the ease of revisions, but sometimes, I also get to use watercolor for that traditional architectural rendering look. Here's just a few of the projects I've worked on over the past few years.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9koGd59u-v5lp2npEVnGBbK6L_9NIbKAHypPdIN4ZI4oJTAkWiAkdmd5gcWkrdEEbvsUEZA6HEf8HpHfz5IIIrVEoGZDOg8Dk7PlyRigURKqOEaH3dj6YRihxwa9exoBY1PvOw/s1600/science-sphereSU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9koGd59u-v5lp2npEVnGBbK6L_9NIbKAHypPdIN4ZI4oJTAkWiAkdmd5gcWkrdEEbvsUEZA6HEf8HpHfz5IIIrVEoGZDOg8Dk7PlyRigURKqOEaH3dj6YRihxwa9exoBY1PvOw/s320/science-sphereSU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627118042914557522" /></a><br />This is the Sketchup version of our now open Ocean Science Center. Done 2 years before the actual space was opened.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuYb-AYCEM_WzekGXRvt1U5aiPi11Z_Rx7WfTok_z_uL7vR642y0jd3sH3jGsQn7gN6zCa3Qvr4TBtWD2HIEUNKWA9J6SjXGo56eoDZ1gW0jYMF9fpdlJhZIY7wYwmL47fPSOGA/s1600/science-sphereflat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuYb-AYCEM_WzekGXRvt1U5aiPi11Z_Rx7WfTok_z_uL7vR642y0jd3sH3jGsQn7gN6zCa3Qvr4TBtWD2HIEUNKWA9J6SjXGo56eoDZ1gW0jYMF9fpdlJhZIY7wYwmL47fPSOGA/s320/science-sphereflat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627118042865819746" /></a><br />Here is the Photoshop rendering, based on the Sketchup model. You can see that the overall layout and positions of most of the people are based on the model. I had a lot of fun trolling through the internet for fashion ideas to clothe the simple Sketchup models. Also, as requested, the people in the final rendering reflect the diversity of our guests. I had more time than usual to render this one, about 2 weeks. This image was used as part of the funding request and as a glimpse of the up-and-coming exhibit.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXLV2ufAlGW125gRJy3muea6q6iX3flYeXq61bFTwInQQL7qdw8xtgusQGp6i5K3tHMcvVNV1oXoQ7a1ah6Iw1k9oiK646W4mPNaUpMm8uZLuMOKVfa9DrgpgqwSgYqQUgr6Spg/s1600/ottersSU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXLV2ufAlGW125gRJy3muea6q6iX3flYeXq61bFTwInQQL7qdw8xtgusQGp6i5K3tHMcvVNV1oXoQ7a1ah6Iw1k9oiK646W4mPNaUpMm8uZLuMOKVfa9DrgpgqwSgYqQUgr6Spg/s320/ottersSU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627119479286943298" /></a><br />Another simple Sketchup model used as the base for the final rendering. This is of a potential otter play structure.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitowjEw_7YOgnVtofPqz_q-fmvAxMpaWw3Qf11YQnSfoiEWrZMnGOGa7msOOfyBfoBD0mB0AoPR9DhID5yM6x2gcUTWBszzdlFPOIgUCGhJWyq7ienCroNPKrEPqvnHAT1Tsk48g/s1600/otters.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitowjEw_7YOgnVtofPqz_q-fmvAxMpaWw3Qf11YQnSfoiEWrZMnGOGa7msOOfyBfoBD0mB0AoPR9DhID5yM6x2gcUTWBszzdlFPOIgUCGhJWyq7ienCroNPKrEPqvnHAT1Tsk48g/s320/otters.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627119480844782546" /></a><br />I've learned a lot about rendering rocks in this job. This one was a little experimental, trying out some Photoshop brush techniques that I first worked with on the Harbor Reef computer mural. This one was fairly rough, maybe a week or less to render with a few revisions thrown in. So far, I haven't actually seen this structure made.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUosMZnX9mC5GTvftCBo9dGLWBhHWsI-gKzhwyjPidpQremk-V-2DuT1PynMIxaBJa1Tmti0zs0xT2XON8b8_CsaegyHxiYdavZq6lwt_UwW5A2bXGNU65wmbM70fZju7nLZSHg/s1600/rock-shrimpSU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUosMZnX9mC5GTvftCBo9dGLWBhHWsI-gKzhwyjPidpQremk-V-2DuT1PynMIxaBJa1Tmti0zs0xT2XON8b8_CsaegyHxiYdavZq6lwt_UwW5A2bXGNU65wmbM70fZju7nLZSHg/s320/rock-shrimpSU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627120903507439058" /></a><br />Here is a Sketchup model of our new rock shrimp habitat. The Sketchup rocks gave me a rough idea of how much space a particular-sized rock would take up.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzLs6PGm_NY5viuOxAC3aw56uQjDaPabk44BPybZHpA1CpyOPaoLVNG58XeJZa6OJZhcSNJ5Mf9fmoiHHrQrdnG60rCiK1jajETWsIeCd2jgJQ0JDyWeJZ3HtzTroBPJ0Idol0g/s1600/rock-shrimp2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzLs6PGm_NY5viuOxAC3aw56uQjDaPabk44BPybZHpA1CpyOPaoLVNG58XeJZa6OJZhcSNJ5Mf9fmoiHHrQrdnG60rCiK1jajETWsIeCd2jgJQ0JDyWeJZ3HtzTroBPJ0Idol0g/s320/rock-shrimp2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627120904245142146" /></a><br />The final Photoshop rendering. I'm pleased with the way this one turned out because the real-life structure actually resembles my rendering. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgDGHdRk-KXrvetlIw7unodyPeJxfWUuIKNpxBZ4QiUfaPzXz-HS6YDq-1foqyWL31y1JUdMSuHeOjEb7TJ_y0f-wuTCndAqisT6qZ4bwDOJGbHHQrRVWn6sF0sj_L0DC4ds7GA/s1600/penguinsSU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgDGHdRk-KXrvetlIw7unodyPeJxfWUuIKNpxBZ4QiUfaPzXz-HS6YDq-1foqyWL31y1JUdMSuHeOjEb7TJ_y0f-wuTCndAqisT6qZ4bwDOJGbHHQrRVWn6sF0sj_L0DC4ds7GA/s320/penguinsSU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627121879038637890" /></a><br />We are changing out an existing exhibit to make way for penguins! Here is the Sketchup rendering that I used as the basis for my final rendering.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHUa6OejfdGi3204wUNCN3BDbBnAuZ9_hC-XG9bt8U7MkYPswmKJWinDq7Tm98z7ZuXGu7_Crm8ELCN2QYuBJd8Wk3whdInKoFc3TymVL1TwO5hyYWpuqJulSa8he56r13CBpDw/s1600/penguins-concept.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHUa6OejfdGi3204wUNCN3BDbBnAuZ9_hC-XG9bt8U7MkYPswmKJWinDq7Tm98z7ZuXGu7_Crm8ELCN2QYuBJd8Wk3whdInKoFc3TymVL1TwO5hyYWpuqJulSa8he56r13CBpDw/s320/penguins-concept.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627121885287656434" /></a><br />One of the few times I got to break out the watercolors. This rendering is done in watercolor and graphite and was shown at our fundraising event "Aquarium After Dark" to give everyone a glimpse of what the penguin exhibit might look like when it is finished next year. <br /><br />I have a lot of fun with these concept renderings because they are a challenge to make sure I get everything the client wants in the image and because it's a little like making your own world in miniature.Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-78220761891480198422011-06-19T19:57:00.000-07:002011-07-08T16:21:38.881-07:00Urban Ocean Festival 2011Here's my contribution to the Urban Ocean Festival at the <a href="www.aquariumofpacific.org">Aquarium of the Pacific.</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBgVsIeiRe5BlkpWYL3n7Ej1UCd0ae3XRf32xy-Q6b7QRoz0GqEgf5RzQ3n4fnUKx9bzuz5kTT6y0kqyWtcZcGyd_-UHNp2bjAVsz4eYo24hHVjqge2Ia4OxFrRTC7_FSPJjdmQ/s1600/urbanocean.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBgVsIeiRe5BlkpWYL3n7Ej1UCd0ae3XRf32xy-Q6b7QRoz0GqEgf5RzQ3n4fnUKx9bzuz5kTT6y0kqyWtcZcGyd_-UHNp2bjAVsz4eYo24hHVjqge2Ia4OxFrRTC7_FSPJjdmQ/s320/urbanocean.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620131077014817634" /></a><br /><br />One of the more fun murals done in about ~12 1/2 hours over 2 days. Part of the <a href="http://www.artmiles.org/"> Art Miles Mural Project</a>, an amazing project bringing art to children all around the world. I was one of the live artists to draw people in while kids and families were welcome to join in on the fun with one of our other canvases set up to paint. <br /><br />Thanks to all the volunteers and staff that helped out. Couldn't of pulled off such a speedy mural without all the help I received with water changes, paint distributing, and canvas moving. Everyone was awesome!<br /><br />The theme was Urban Ocean and I started out with the thought of gears in the ocean and a couple of photos from the Monterey Bay Aquarium of a wolf eel skeleton and an octopus. One of my fastest murals and paintings to date. I had a lot of fun, with free reign and creativity that I don't normally get on work projects.Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-10425948473815364042010-12-03T16:51:00.000-08:002012-01-24T14:31:22.035-08:00Fun Fish in Black and WhiteThese are from a while ago now, maybe a couple months ago, but I was going through the education list of fish illustrations they didn't have and chose my favorites to start off with. For me, pen and ink is a very calm affair, zen-like almost. Turn on the music/podcast and slowly watch a piece develop under your hands. The time frame for these illustrations was more than usual since I was just filling time between projects, so they're more detailed than I would normally get.<br /><br />The best of the recent black and white illustrations:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmqGNoNpDUnaOco5d1qmhba9XTk-yuDnGGhCojDk_iJjKZcp1C-veXRkGmZ5XurxwOqJ_43EmWZYzmHK43vUYvGM9K6qDWlXLEAxVGLYdMxSNTusr9wDbthZht5LfC-xitOOy0A/s1600/frogfish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmqGNoNpDUnaOco5d1qmhba9XTk-yuDnGGhCojDk_iJjKZcp1C-veXRkGmZ5XurxwOqJ_43EmWZYzmHK43vUYvGM9K6qDWlXLEAxVGLYdMxSNTusr9wDbthZht5LfC-xitOOy0A/s320/frogfish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546624259642285858" /></a><br />A frogfish.<br />They move around on their fins like they're part walking, part hopping along the ocean floor. They're also related to anglerfish and are ambush predators with a lure on their head. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiek8GVuWN-N6ZLLrRjrim2jPAiM5mHVocFjYB6Yl2ggHI3h4TdI7XJD42fVA9-dgbd1rOt4iCHpIz2V2yZz12E9nZMVCva8dHU1TkdTDWnVkVjQy7fqmfkreE8nu2boi6yw_TGPQ/s1600/lumpsucker.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiek8GVuWN-N6ZLLrRjrim2jPAiM5mHVocFjYB6Yl2ggHI3h4TdI7XJD42fVA9-dgbd1rOt4iCHpIz2V2yZz12E9nZMVCva8dHU1TkdTDWnVkVjQy7fqmfkreE8nu2boi6yw_TGPQ/s320/lumpsucker.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546624683178423330" /></a><br />A Pacific spiny lumpsucker.<br />These guys always remind me of muppets. A very cute fish. Their disk shaped ventral fin lets them hold onto rocks in high tide areas.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33qpZ1gW6iErLWNVd7gkakn_TFNqYWNFgNALrCOpybwoHl5P6o5hln7hT7QcZRWMBFkfMjZ0XwQxgyTYeeagTmuVcagAhNgqoB7waHI_w4w5SzcTcG6AxFVrWKNKyrjW7MolmeQ/s1600/wolf-eel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33qpZ1gW6iErLWNVd7gkakn_TFNqYWNFgNALrCOpybwoHl5P6o5hln7hT7QcZRWMBFkfMjZ0XwQxgyTYeeagTmuVcagAhNgqoB7waHI_w4w5SzcTcG6AxFVrWKNKyrjW7MolmeQ/s320/wolf-eel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546625126214469746" /></a><br />A wolf eel. <br />Not truly an eel—they have pectoral fins—these guys have some brilliant orange and brown colors with blue-green eyes as babies and then turn into grey, spotted, heavy-jawed animals as adults.Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-85749196165889644072010-11-12T12:38:00.000-08:002013-05-30T10:00:42.923-07:00Tuco-tuco<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn-6N98HuhL8TXsSggnnCC-bsV4IAG2CcmBGyz_PlPmwPWh9SPeyaUICYjkKtkaFBDRBOl4AX17rlQRb7toPCtZBogpjYtODzaz9JdX9wl0350rZ1GyIotk1XYTX0g7lfMtq1Aw/s1600/tuco_small.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538766185343604194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn-6N98HuhL8TXsSggnnCC-bsV4IAG2CcmBGyz_PlPmwPWh9SPeyaUICYjkKtkaFBDRBOl4AX17rlQRb7toPCtZBogpjYtODzaz9JdX9wl0350rZ1GyIotk1XYTX0g7lfMtq1Aw/s320/tuco_small.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 256px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
A subterranean rodent that lives in South America, the tuco-tuco of the family Ctenomyidae.<br />
Fulfilling an old request to draw one in black and white.Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-67522622981534637552010-09-03T15:42:00.001-07:002011-01-11T16:44:24.091-08:00Garden Signage: Non-Plant IllustrationsHere are a few close-ups of the non-plant ID images used in the Garden signage. <br /><br />Food waste that can be used for composting. This image was a simple pencil sketch composed from various photos and colored in Photoshop.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqFhxEH-FySNuNpN9JLyKXRYMmuTQnZ3XTOaYl_a-qYx6QWaHqkl6NYpIzTuJVtHL_KGAKAAMnu_DNQFou8RvXVkN6HlhqN1ctDL6c6rQstrzWRVEks7-XQgOuRYYktkkZ70L-w/s1600/foodwaste.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqFhxEH-FySNuNpN9JLyKXRYMmuTQnZ3XTOaYl_a-qYx6QWaHqkl6NYpIzTuJVtHL_KGAKAAMnu_DNQFou8RvXVkN6HlhqN1ctDL6c6rQstrzWRVEks7-XQgOuRYYktkkZ70L-w/s320/foodwaste.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512821691624066914" /></a><br /><br />Compost and worms. Again, a simple sketch composed from various worm and compost photos, colored in Photoshop.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjL5xhddEM1DEDcolyD5NLZ-ckTXvU66hONIjyUTJIyD7zxgWOHGVv8Hw9non6rqL7qx9a9-DVyVFTUoFnn-qHnF45V7fg8K-OGVb7JAXLOM2cfip7REM0eGDdvjV1cyO0XIXFQ/s1600/worms-flat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjL5xhddEM1DEDcolyD5NLZ-ckTXvU66hONIjyUTJIyD7zxgWOHGVv8Hw9non6rqL7qx9a9-DVyVFTUoFnn-qHnF45V7fg8K-OGVb7JAXLOM2cfip7REM0eGDdvjV1cyO0XIXFQ/s320/worms-flat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512822268100218354" /></a><br /><br />Organic pesticides. Usually when I do a vector image of an existing object, I start out with a trace of a photo of the object, usually low res, and adjust accordingly. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnD0qpJbrXPEYnmYpDPfv4X3P7bf4ze1dV8sBlbAWC0zuzbyoO2zSuNrs8YR1o97Y5GdZp2OPLJuoeAEvuyWt_8maW-Jcey2A6KNFNRJSbMngNe6KnJ06BFqThA8twveIv17-YQ/s1600/orgpesticides.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnD0qpJbrXPEYnmYpDPfv4X3P7bf4ze1dV8sBlbAWC0zuzbyoO2zSuNrs8YR1o97Y5GdZp2OPLJuoeAEvuyWt_8maW-Jcey2A6KNFNRJSbMngNe6KnJ06BFqThA8twveIv17-YQ/s320/orgpesticides.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512823128321295586" /></a><br /><br />A close up of the home with the programmable drip irrigation box. Composed from various Illustrator and Photoshop elements.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4nNKjG8zkxYIiLyjO4B_F9x1U9WpW3blYbbGZwT5SK34TEpOWRcIWnPe8AToGQyNCrph9KOU0-BlFiy4Y9HAV8nOZVwjixWVBJMuJzWS_cUcxHh_Dr36ELjiYsR_f81bvnd8rg/s1600/drip2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4nNKjG8zkxYIiLyjO4B_F9x1U9WpW3blYbbGZwT5SK34TEpOWRcIWnPe8AToGQyNCrph9KOU0-BlFiy4Y9HAV8nOZVwjixWVBJMuJzWS_cUcxHh_Dr36ELjiYsR_f81bvnd8rg/s320/drip2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512822755426681666" /></a>Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-88692112045201394032010-08-27T10:52:00.000-07:002011-01-11T16:44:24.093-08:00Garden SignageHere following are the Aquarium's garden signage, which feature my plant illustrations and vector drawings. The first two are used out in front to talk about our drought tolerant garden, designed to match existing signage in the front and the other one is used behind-the-scenes at our compost bin, designed to match our other BTS signs. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtarQ1jOT-stztlXjpuz9oMM6eASHhe1JdwN2HexREMyBHq92mvKrUZ_yCjOzsz-vh-nThzY0_yFl4JkP_rUwpOuBHCxVeO6WwThRzqEaxC3PZM0vNgWtaPUbsJVtnr70mqXj2Rw/s1600/garden.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtarQ1jOT-stztlXjpuz9oMM6eASHhe1JdwN2HexREMyBHq92mvKrUZ_yCjOzsz-vh-nThzY0_yFl4JkP_rUwpOuBHCxVeO6WwThRzqEaxC3PZM0vNgWtaPUbsJVtnr70mqXj2Rw/s320/garden.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510154027760526914" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWi18kHRtcAmT8LDI5_BB5agaLsvFNKdC5xUgN5Ve9skfOHhRdtS2mgiHnE7u_I51tPyIb_x5xQjFkZxGqNXWHX_CQxjankzOCLwZAaG8QOAjOZjAICJrWwHXRLYdreInb1h7CIw/s1600/gardendrip.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWi18kHRtcAmT8LDI5_BB5agaLsvFNKdC5xUgN5Ve9skfOHhRdtS2mgiHnE7u_I51tPyIb_x5xQjFkZxGqNXWHX_CQxjankzOCLwZAaG8QOAjOZjAICJrWwHXRLYdreInb1h7CIw/s320/gardendrip.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510154125340675074" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPGowwyDCGPAsvtnF8FQEvAMl3QI9zH5b9y5rCma2vOgKa53bIlKQMK6x_b8bdJ_3iBvdtS8rQp_Hb-UHOEsOvuIpDeMPg8o9MtjBuzC7X5eEim6G6zWsoRXjlnHbJV0NeH-hOg/s1600/compost_bts.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPGowwyDCGPAsvtnF8FQEvAMl3QI9zH5b9y5rCma2vOgKa53bIlKQMK6x_b8bdJ_3iBvdtS8rQp_Hb-UHOEsOvuIpDeMPg8o9MtjBuzC7X5eEim6G6zWsoRXjlnHbJV0NeH-hOg/s320/compost_bts.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510154369263464946" /></a>Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-35412640201178368262010-05-26T17:26:00.000-07:002011-01-11T16:44:24.094-08:00Water Wise Plants for the Home GardenThe Aquarium of the Pacific had it's official opening of its Earth-Friendly Garden on Earth Day 2010, featuring drought-resistant plants. The goal of this project was to show a variety of plants that had low water usage and that also looked beautiful, encouraging guests to plant a few in their home garden. I did the illustrations for the signs and based the layout on existing signage. Ahead are just a few of the many beautiful choices for a drought-resistant garden.<br /><br />Foxtail Agave<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Agave attenuata</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGGzA9WgITpjvE39hu86k1SAIVdL8b90EK3Q4Wj_B2sNU3QK1S4bRUUbj6jRZU7fAkTQpt12tv038QtO0gNArSrLEPMuIoSHtlSCKasvEPf0HOL1wDYLpBziW-ifamtybDMDK-Q/s1600/agave.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGGzA9WgITpjvE39hu86k1SAIVdL8b90EK3Q4Wj_B2sNU3QK1S4bRUUbj6jRZU7fAkTQpt12tv038QtO0gNArSrLEPMuIoSHtlSCKasvEPf0HOL1wDYLpBziW-ifamtybDMDK-Q/s320/agave.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475741786356874802" /></a><br /><br />Blue Fingers<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Senecio mandraliscae</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJ0HNUsIRB72y8JuSgxTN4PFtM0JRHl8Fr5M8fqK7SwQgBl1PjbBrf0QSN9SGHqUuuCNtzYcOm1IHr4QrsQSWCrL6ptqpqL9n9Jo-hh8xqKO-RAJt2Nq3a1JtV4Hnwe6wxvQh1w/s1600/Blue-sticks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJ0HNUsIRB72y8JuSgxTN4PFtM0JRHl8Fr5M8fqK7SwQgBl1PjbBrf0QSN9SGHqUuuCNtzYcOm1IHr4QrsQSWCrL6ptqpqL9n9Jo-hh8xqKO-RAJt2Nq3a1JtV4Hnwe6wxvQh1w/s320/Blue-sticks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475742113614365666" /></a><br /><br />California Lilac "Blue Cushion"<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Ceanothus "Blue Cushion"</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei40iM0V0FNjYb5mygDm8U04drSXMmel206nmtORR6_M4Ve7GFIwP7W8J8rxNQXu-aPVG9fLIp8ftyXHHT-F_DoTmt4CVKysbuhZmpAf16oYmXspZVdoquxzq9dZc5STFdFnjbg/s1600/Ceanothus.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei40iM0V0FNjYb5mygDm8U04drSXMmel206nmtORR6_M4Ve7GFIwP7W8J8rxNQXu-aPVG9fLIp8ftyXHHT-F_DoTmt4CVKysbuhZmpAf16oYmXspZVdoquxzq9dZc5STFdFnjbg/s320/Ceanothus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475742366220484802" /></a><br /><br />Douglas Iris<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Iris douglasiana</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYVeQfmK9PPCwOAG72eticxcE-rMCIR_5qJ7nh_anu0mMk_BHhrKQ3Np27GexaEGVKwHDSBGd1TBeO3iUq6SZhVm9k9PZpEAQJ2FpZsL4fqRcm0QGuZ0vfrKYtfMEZDPc43987w/s1600/Iris.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYVeQfmK9PPCwOAG72eticxcE-rMCIR_5qJ7nh_anu0mMk_BHhrKQ3Np27GexaEGVKwHDSBGd1TBeO3iUq6SZhVm9k9PZpEAQJ2FpZsL4fqRcm0QGuZ0vfrKYtfMEZDPc43987w/s320/Iris.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475744651302288402" /></a><br /><br />Jester Flax<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Phormium tenax "Jester"</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23REjXjroTDLf52Vhtk3vNUty8H7zpClAhxDL6MM0gMo-hqAic3poniX0BfPAJH_1pJ1g7s6StUBTYT77SYA2oy6HSDnI2VYQND1hLsTw5WMJKZaXu3-ZShILxJb1gOCU56uU0w/s1600/jester.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23REjXjroTDLf52Vhtk3vNUty8H7zpClAhxDL6MM0gMo-hqAic3poniX0BfPAJH_1pJ1g7s6StUBTYT77SYA2oy6HSDnI2VYQND1hLsTw5WMJKZaXu3-ZShILxJb1gOCU56uU0w/s320/jester.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475744851463675602" /></a><br /><br />Spanish Lavender<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Lavandula stoechas "Otto Quast"</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAJeQ4AjSuluFjGgN3_rNgTX-wsTix4rG7I5zmR3TJ3nAEg-EI0KUgW9dPx1jsvvPiAO83mFdBMNXMijFhEBlZat_Fb3BgGNOwGw4NsUYd54LDVKo_v71QwzuoeN01zM6D-QW9A/s1600/lavender.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAJeQ4AjSuluFjGgN3_rNgTX-wsTix4rG7I5zmR3TJ3nAEg-EI0KUgW9dPx1jsvvPiAO83mFdBMNXMijFhEBlZat_Fb3BgGNOwGw4NsUYd54LDVKo_v71QwzuoeN01zM6D-QW9A/s320/lavender.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475745473453682066" /></a><br /><br />Carmel Sur Manzanita<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Arcostaphylos edmundsii "Carmel Sur"</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Jk3nC8h9WaDgiG48u_JQxte9qPZ0b25HEItDCeVEtmjP8-DTfMgrE7DcuBXWIf2Si6Fd1LNe80nluKm3mG7YtjKzn9AcawLQ0Aq2B1-SaArFNvg8MEZfSB-WGGNRRvNcgPaZyw/s1600/manzanita.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Jk3nC8h9WaDgiG48u_JQxte9qPZ0b25HEItDCeVEtmjP8-DTfMgrE7DcuBXWIf2Si6Fd1LNe80nluKm3mG7YtjKzn9AcawLQ0Aq2B1-SaArFNvg8MEZfSB-WGGNRRvNcgPaZyw/s320/manzanita.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475745787948072946" /></a><br /><br />Rock Rose<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Cistus "Sunset"</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhchqfD5KF24mw3hQIKEOMuKUZsHqOODOnfJe_qXMYKwacrR9Ut1nvvFurvXMUQ3H4ttFb2QQsitNcAoRrOBjXiSYkdLkZ8i1uEkmMybW7iH5Ph7GkchYPodXJuUgrjn3Vbnn5QKg/s1600/Rock-Rose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhchqfD5KF24mw3hQIKEOMuKUZsHqOODOnfJe_qXMYKwacrR9Ut1nvvFurvXMUQ3H4ttFb2QQsitNcAoRrOBjXiSYkdLkZ8i1uEkmMybW7iH5Ph7GkchYPodXJuUgrjn3Vbnn5QKg/s320/Rock-Rose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475746079840687282" /></a><br /><br />Cleveland Sage<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Salvia clevelandii "Winnifred Gilman"</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNN6IZQVtmGbsP9KG_7bKHN4llAlXOGqSQuMzZ6vd4_DKEjw6K14wivu_UEL1B3N4PehugGENl5pzYokBAGgYtkGoLBLyWvbiZK7hnywDVIy5qaAK0bU__ozTRynF_KldEocvg9g/s1600/sage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNN6IZQVtmGbsP9KG_7bKHN4llAlXOGqSQuMzZ6vd4_DKEjw6K14wivu_UEL1B3N4PehugGENl5pzYokBAGgYtkGoLBLyWvbiZK7hnywDVIy5qaAK0bU__ozTRynF_KldEocvg9g/s320/sage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475746409217987042" /></a><br /><br />Next time, a post of the actual signs and some plant illustrations from last year for the Watershed Exhibit website.Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-54764980219861904082010-02-12T14:49:00.000-08:002011-01-11T16:44:24.095-08:00As I Sail OnHere's the latest large art project I was involved in for work. It's a sail-like banner for the Aquarium's Shark Lagoon, currently hanging on the elevator tower. Actual size is ~8' x 13'. Original was a sketch that was colored in Photoshop. I've only got a digital file of it now; the photos I took on the day it went up turned out too dark and grainy. Better photos of the actual sail to come.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBBot7kwqVxoIRipKwy0hiq6tED7QrlgOnNjh5OE5iKYytjLya_zfEGDaXPYot9WbE4ze43U9_FEEVsCV1lcCsS8X78Ol7ZwE9iGnMb3nLEy1piokvKGp3Ll3z7bMj0CsXQGvVg/s1600-h/AOP-sail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBBot7kwqVxoIRipKwy0hiq6tED7QrlgOnNjh5OE5iKYytjLya_zfEGDaXPYot9WbE4ze43U9_FEEVsCV1lcCsS8X78Ol7ZwE9iGnMb3nLEy1piokvKGp3Ll3z7bMj0CsXQGvVg/s320/AOP-sail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437493697103096882" /></a>Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-20092108062724934522009-12-10T15:14:00.000-08:002011-01-11T16:44:24.096-08:00The Process Behind the MadnessHere's a little insight into my own process for black and white drawings. This is the process I use at work, usually takes between 8 to 16 hrs to complete a piece, depending on the complexity. I'll be mostly going over general stages and not into specifics on each step. Next time I do an ink drawing, I'll try scanning in additional steps in the process.<br /><br />In this instance, I'm going to talk a little bit about how my Crested Caracara ink drawing was done.<div><br /></div><div>First, I gather a nice library of reference photos, these days, mostly performed through a Google search, for both the common name and the scientific name. Generally, I end up with about 6-10 photos that compromise one drawing. This prevents the drawing from looking like any particular photo, and also includes enough detail to work up each part of the animal.<br /><br />In this case, these photos <a href="http://chandra.as.utexas.edu/~kormendy/brazilss/CrestedCaracaraClose-1704ss.jpg">here</a> and <a href="http://geradandlaura.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/20090414-_mg_4178.jpg">here</a> were used for the head. <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/s681/webpage/Lifelist/Birds/CrestedCaracara.jpg">This one</a> for the wings. Also <a href="http://images.travelpod.com/users/jonclark2000/patagonia-2007.1175642940.southern_crested_caracara5.jpg">this one</a> and <a href="http://www.maxwaugh.com/images/cr05/caracara2.jpg">this one</a> for the wing feathers. <a href="http://www.cardinalphoto.com/photos/dps-5-03/bi_caracara_0358.jpg">This one</a> was referenced for the wing and tail feathers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Two photos were used as the main references, which give the majority of the look of the final piece. <a href="http://recyclingtheworld.us/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/crested_caracara_7c2v4428.jpg">This one</a> was one I used a lot for the pose, wings, shadows, and patterning. <a href="http://www.exoticbirding.com/images/southern-crested-caracara-006-gallery.jpg">Here's</a> another I used the most for the pose and the feet.<br />A few other photos also played minor roles in detail references.<br /><br />To save myself the trouble of sketching, then retracing onto tracing paper, I skip a step and sketch directly on tracing paper. The initial sketch is loose and light, with a 2H pencil, lots of erasing and correcting until I get something that looks like it matches all the references I used. Then, I make a few more small corrections in the process of transferring the image onto bristol using graphite transfer paper. All the dark lines on the sketch are the final lines that were transferred to the bristol paper.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3iJAg3jUb9a3NvqNBpQ_dqubirOr6M7eu7zBOQ2YmeHb5wpkAg-wVaPGeOM7-wvD_gCKewwvtWK9_LWltrKSedUc1ow2K4OoJ_9whzhgoDmu9dcSJOSv_wsSVW_3cVuAdLo0bw/s1600-h/caracara-sketch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3iJAg3jUb9a3NvqNBpQ_dqubirOr6M7eu7zBOQ2YmeHb5wpkAg-wVaPGeOM7-wvD_gCKewwvtWK9_LWltrKSedUc1ow2K4OoJ_9whzhgoDmu9dcSJOSv_wsSVW_3cVuAdLo0bw/s320/caracara-sketch.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413758992621638354" /></a><br /><br />Next step is to ink the transferred sketch. I generally start near the head, outlining the shape with a Hunt 512 nib. Anything that still feels strange at this point is erased and redrawn with the 2H pencil. I do most of the interior details with the Hunt 102 nib. Any stippling is done with a Micron .05 pen. And the end result:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7p-4_FhHUBD5g27gmCSt7dOgjU7YIJyJWDeNbW2V7miBLdUpSEdn6fNKxDp3X6ylqbFQR0RZT0QlgHGy19qK4M_9QSzNBtrn05bwnj1hCG5pdtjfUa3xqV9Z1gHCsPLtGVycMw/s1600-h/caracara.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7p-4_FhHUBD5g27gmCSt7dOgjU7YIJyJWDeNbW2V7miBLdUpSEdn6fNKxDp3X6ylqbFQR0RZT0QlgHGy19qK4M_9QSzNBtrn05bwnj1hCG5pdtjfUa3xqV9Z1gHCsPLtGVycMw/s320/caracara.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413761761424479570" /></a></div><br /><br />As requested, a couple of close-up images.<br />The upper wing:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0__ksZMrAush-1t7gvavFcuSHW2RaGTcCvSUPpLgtHUgeF45HrFkBQ3q4-wjIzYQsEcUhrALBuV0SIqXaCqXphybgGNqGlhAFqUIUvxP9gfKH7aYLJAYNuWWfafuzBvUr8ueBw/s1600-h/caracaradtl1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0__ksZMrAush-1t7gvavFcuSHW2RaGTcCvSUPpLgtHUgeF45HrFkBQ3q4-wjIzYQsEcUhrALBuV0SIqXaCqXphybgGNqGlhAFqUIUvxP9gfKH7aYLJAYNuWWfafuzBvUr8ueBw/s320/caracaradtl1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418949211078967442" /></a><br /><br />And the close-up of the head:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhii6KtMGmy3yQ6BG0-tCbIsyivWq9TUVaGijYHf9AfoImSbviTXepRdTl4XQ353UBjOP-qlYhw6MKBk8OKE5IfvhKOHkCdu1EqzbdO8AqUjD3gHjl8NVF4xiSQi3s7Wnbi5JA08w/s1600-h/caracaradtl2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhii6KtMGmy3yQ6BG0-tCbIsyivWq9TUVaGijYHf9AfoImSbviTXepRdTl4XQ353UBjOP-qlYhw6MKBk8OKE5IfvhKOHkCdu1EqzbdO8AqUjD3gHjl8NVF4xiSQi3s7Wnbi5JA08w/s320/caracaradtl2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418949424334717954" /></a>Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-84583404697585960772009-11-12T13:07:00.000-08:002011-01-11T16:44:24.097-08:00Back to BlackWhile I have done some color pieces for work, it's all been concept for projects that aren't public yet, so here's a few more ink spots that I've done lately. On the homefront, I am working on a couple of pieces, but they are still WIP. <br /><br />Here's a whitespotted bamboo shark:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgIqnR59gUOR8d6YItVFSwtY2THts4pgiO9aPaRIhSY1FMISIEA1WtpgvDBqNxqr8N6G8RvDLdJMEXE7FwrnHcOde_ACoZZsO50Kzpq2K9iuTJWS53fW2rMfRmvhKYE9RfSHrwA/s1600-h/Chiloscyllium-plagiosum_AH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgIqnR59gUOR8d6YItVFSwtY2THts4pgiO9aPaRIhSY1FMISIEA1WtpgvDBqNxqr8N6G8RvDLdJMEXE7FwrnHcOde_ACoZZsO50Kzpq2K9iuTJWS53fW2rMfRmvhKYE9RfSHrwA/s320/Chiloscyllium-plagiosum_AH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403327694725111874" /></a><br /><br />A porcupinefish, no species in particular but the markings were modeled after a <i>Diodon holocanthus</i>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTol_hYw-5UkIptM-ezjxWijozeXemUpAjhHkv9bPOBlchdMqYmxwdrCKWj4B82w99Ksn4PDMn9XmUPbueCJW_arSsE_8rHOgwxVuHZD5LfCy6PTLAbUncLWb8O52NCFq8gGUFcg/s1600-h/porcupinefish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTol_hYw-5UkIptM-ezjxWijozeXemUpAjhHkv9bPOBlchdMqYmxwdrCKWj4B82w99Ksn4PDMn9XmUPbueCJW_arSsE_8rHOgwxVuHZD5LfCy6PTLAbUncLWb8O52NCFq8gGUFcg/s320/porcupinefish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403327869899404930" /></a><br /><br />A male American Kestrel:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQRh2IHARWg5GmPGDFbWWsA7Rl08kUFgbUuNUDPskfJit0jSYGP2lQgAD6Y5zq6HEmruxew2LKgr_BT4Bx8ATRIGdZfjUbZz51bzJFmlI1j2Ek3T53i2dquvs9q5Y3ubeGBkg7g/s1600-h/American-Kestrel(m).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQRh2IHARWg5GmPGDFbWWsA7Rl08kUFgbUuNUDPskfJit0jSYGP2lQgAD6Y5zq6HEmruxew2LKgr_BT4Bx8ATRIGdZfjUbZz51bzJFmlI1j2Ek3T53i2dquvs9q5Y3ubeGBkg7g/s320/American-Kestrel(m).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403330157495673554" /></a><br /><br />A Harris's Hawk; I feel like the head's too big:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZsg1F23RTbW_JUilbOtKYuH7PwDybFySRMk73Tv5ud79YBOGcTfJChbzOdBUHv580LoA6Z25T0K1nw3YtKFt124xTKKg9FZiBuDJVch7BHtdjbj12adK6rUppT6y7hDe3-QvUQ/s1600-h/Harris-Hawk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZsg1F23RTbW_JUilbOtKYuH7PwDybFySRMk73Tv5ud79YBOGcTfJChbzOdBUHv580LoA6Z25T0K1nw3YtKFt124xTKKg9FZiBuDJVch7BHtdjbj12adK6rUppT6y7hDe3-QvUQ/s320/Harris-Hawk.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403330481027165106" /></a><br /><br />And while not strictly black and white, it is fairly monochromatic. Here's an octopus done in Adobe Illustrator in the style of Live Trace for a volunteer name tags board: <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ccLbct7X5J5WIz85Z-sHmOT8M_1f63dR87UMp4SXnThxCQuk9LsEcMl9CYrg6RKa_688vDOyOx5bS8MDxKN1vuynUnMYmQGNB1u3MBzcOYmK3ihl7Rwgw1He1mg-Mw8cOHd_Iw/s1600-h/volunteer-tags.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ccLbct7X5J5WIz85Z-sHmOT8M_1f63dR87UMp4SXnThxCQuk9LsEcMl9CYrg6RKa_688vDOyOx5bS8MDxKN1vuynUnMYmQGNB1u3MBzcOYmK3ihl7Rwgw1He1mg-Mw8cOHd_Iw/s320/volunteer-tags.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403332165136189538" /></a><br /><br />Working on a Crested Caracara pen and ink drawing now. Otherwise, mostly working on new signage.Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-22515368169687607002009-09-06T10:15:00.000-07:002011-01-11T16:44:24.099-08:00Mural Madness!Finally getting around to posting pictures of the murals I worked on this year.<br />The murals are © to Aquarium of the Pacific, but the photos are © to me.<br />Here's an overview of the Watershed Exhibit mural:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4tbXv9b1GJ-XGRVX1stbiIfFjFk1fSzBi9iSE_bB4i-bPS1o_S6aDnP4Bxh0EbUSXbvUuRTlo_KczT3cA407oJBGjcofazanmYTogiuvHo_WiB_hn2_7Cr2MldD6pX3vq_XYIQ/s1600-h/watershed5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4tbXv9b1GJ-XGRVX1stbiIfFjFk1fSzBi9iSE_bB4i-bPS1o_S6aDnP4Bxh0EbUSXbvUuRTlo_KczT3cA407oJBGjcofazanmYTogiuvHo_WiB_hn2_7Cr2MldD6pX3vq_XYIQ/s320/watershed5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378404771441379698" border="0" /></a><br />You can see that the mugwort's starting to overgrow the right side of the mural.<br />These days it's 6 ft tall and completely covers the bottom half of the mural.<br /><br />Here's a shot of the left side of the mural:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGftTKSn8guXfG6vh0QJtD3R2ug4qvbFFF8Q-4mLoNyNn1Tm2nYCd5FiqUDclHXXBSz-Gdn7I7kAdlJ2ITHHliEVa6RIoWA7i3Q3VTasMsvPWAZn7oVfw819xjslONMVQQWkjP0Q/s1600-h/watershed4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGftTKSn8guXfG6vh0QJtD3R2ug4qvbFFF8Q-4mLoNyNn1Tm2nYCd5FiqUDclHXXBSz-Gdn7I7kAdlJ2ITHHliEVa6RIoWA7i3Q3VTasMsvPWAZn7oVfw819xjslONMVQQWkjP0Q/s320/watershed4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378406210792493330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The middle of the mural:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUMVN1hy_7eadXR_qExcT2j5MD4smHHRiw-tqoNCkZtDDRuYpglcIYl8CoGxZ7F8FyC2FN6gqBpPIKaClaUrDw5zKpOPCqKcTaeUBrpvcIvS-K7_L2LSnDDxb4IKiq9eHDIAO8w/s1600-h/watershed2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUMVN1hy_7eadXR_qExcT2j5MD4smHHRiw-tqoNCkZtDDRuYpglcIYl8CoGxZ7F8FyC2FN6gqBpPIKaClaUrDw5zKpOPCqKcTaeUBrpvcIvS-K7_L2LSnDDxb4IKiq9eHDIAO8w/s320/watershed2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378409726959411218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Several close-ups of some of the animals:<br />Great Blue Heron<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSYEZvn7_4qw2uzv2dWaaIt39MEmGhdvLLXcqcftEnUsrtQmTChD2BxtPmRA_z5gnTgrlLD594CdnIOjTdH4CwV-5rFLo3mfsmg8AHxxOBGJqyBoakBXO1B6RFkHMmVvwKX5I-A/s1600-h/watershed6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSYEZvn7_4qw2uzv2dWaaIt39MEmGhdvLLXcqcftEnUsrtQmTChD2BxtPmRA_z5gnTgrlLD594CdnIOjTdH4CwV-5rFLo3mfsmg8AHxxOBGJqyBoakBXO1B6RFkHMmVvwKX5I-A/s320/watershed6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378430290319491330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Harvest Mouse<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuygB6L-f4vDikw8y-OD8w2d_236RAKrd1CCAoDnbeQfvNrA8nCtiyoEmNumTBTMmQvdh6K6ExyQRaHas70wlflNliWK7cRio9AjncVa17brE48In2PIUMwQ1sqVA7ptuOcXRY3w/s1600-h/watershed3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuygB6L-f4vDikw8y-OD8w2d_236RAKrd1CCAoDnbeQfvNrA8nCtiyoEmNumTBTMmQvdh6K6ExyQRaHas70wlflNliWK7cRio9AjncVa17brE48In2PIUMwQ1sqVA7ptuOcXRY3w/s320/watershed3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378431063987981234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Black-Neck Stilt<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0s0n4GmPzTdIf8kw1DH5ctxZ9sl-cNuweFq3iktFGp9EqeyszSDKT7PRdQWVKvWv3D4t6-hHmROt_vs4wrxluxyDQ7RZOnqN3o9cn2GFhu6rbj8dHb671VhEBgFp6yQUN4aDTAA/s1600-h/watershed7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0s0n4GmPzTdIf8kw1DH5ctxZ9sl-cNuweFq3iktFGp9EqeyszSDKT7PRdQWVKvWv3D4t6-hHmROt_vs4wrxluxyDQ7RZOnqN3o9cn2GFhu6rbj8dHb671VhEBgFp6yQUN4aDTAA/s320/watershed7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378431221472416818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Here are some photos from the Shark Zone murals on Harbor Terrace. While the watershed mural was painstakingly scientifically accurate, Shark Zone was done to brighten up the area. While the colors are truly that bright on some of the different species, I punched up some colors and shifted others. The mural is also a mix of tropical and temperate species.<br />The main part of the wall mural on the left wall:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Lf-GVs05TmjOhNoyFz5DJANif-C-zD2XNK36r_T4knczkQNQmy02_vr2FgRpbxVMJjHzCScy8HY6mgIEPJ7j1BZH9z1lmYnS3J38rGEx31Vvu4GB-OLPQ8r9h4AZe2uLeJhnyQ/s1600-h/shark-zone2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Lf-GVs05TmjOhNoyFz5DJANif-C-zD2XNK36r_T4knczkQNQmy02_vr2FgRpbxVMJjHzCScy8HY6mgIEPJ7j1BZH9z1lmYnS3J38rGEx31Vvu4GB-OLPQ8r9h4AZe2uLeJhnyQ/s320/shark-zone2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378435794269394242" border="0" /></a><br />The other side, on the right wall:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLJbxqHBjXyUq7Os-ISoY6KfSRb2EYWE1bTE8VYsWiKo5910jq6jFDmAAcZqmICO-djdLST3mGhNjVhWSGieurh9tOws77E3ZoaOKv6Cgb9BTcMP7n5BKCXubnxF_cc8zsoSUeA/s1600-h/shark-zone3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLJbxqHBjXyUq7Os-ISoY6KfSRb2EYWE1bTE8VYsWiKo5910jq6jFDmAAcZqmICO-djdLST3mGhNjVhWSGieurh9tOws77E3ZoaOKv6Cgb9BTcMP7n5BKCXubnxF_cc8zsoSUeA/s320/shark-zone3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378436017592808018" border="0" /></a><br />The two computer murals printed out as stickers. The one on the food cart is a combination of a watercolor whale shark with some Photoshop filters and a lot of copy-paste fish. That one had a short deadline and was done in a day. The one on the window is a Photoshop creation based on a rough pencil sketch. All the corals are put in there more for aesthetics than for the actual zone and place they grow in:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_zejUcxaNTnqXBVQo1Nniv05-_I-gh01R1Nu9NkcSjSW7dwAcAWulnKZtaAOrkHaiedgbnf1rPrN76GdtlX0ghJU8j9hvXCHEzTSm32zNXpgqvCgw6wxKIGyNViujtKB5PwtfQ/s1600-h/shark-zone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_zejUcxaNTnqXBVQo1Nniv05-_I-gh01R1Nu9NkcSjSW7dwAcAWulnKZtaAOrkHaiedgbnf1rPrN76GdtlX0ghJU8j9hvXCHEzTSm32zNXpgqvCgw6wxKIGyNViujtKB5PwtfQ/s320/shark-zone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378436211506043170" border="0" /></a><br />Here's the actual computer image of the window image, "Harbor Reef."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wEHs70dllG8NLqeNaQnrnvCxtvQ9eVa7buALME4QLvDTcgOJcysuARLguYibiaCBVnxyISoMiqMXITYLS5FbyCpMxmXC89FPIJ3H5rMWZXIw3UKmi9nQ56y5_rwjgqf1nphdSw/s1600-h/harbor-reef.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wEHs70dllG8NLqeNaQnrnvCxtvQ9eVa7buALME4QLvDTcgOJcysuARLguYibiaCBVnxyISoMiqMXITYLS5FbyCpMxmXC89FPIJ3H5rMWZXIw3UKmi9nQ56y5_rwjgqf1nphdSw/s320/harbor-reef.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378438132077834722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some close-ups of the wall mural:<br />bat ray<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcT-OYF9Z9uH0V1B-TveSeGNVHpwoEPdMMAqTFUwwrKGVatHUrATgGlrN7knOVutiz-WjalZg3qWx8kZwcqW_5wrknFp-znnEG4kBVvO7HpE7d6U149OciGdtFHbL4jZIgQ4vQcg/s1600-h/shark-zone4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcT-OYF9Z9uH0V1B-TveSeGNVHpwoEPdMMAqTFUwwrKGVatHUrATgGlrN7knOVutiz-WjalZg3qWx8kZwcqW_5wrknFp-znnEG4kBVvO7HpE7d6U149OciGdtFHbL4jZIgQ4vQcg/s320/shark-zone4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378438436751104898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />bluespotted ray<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA90gdsRv6UTQKddl2-BtTzxO1wgElZTUFdjmQkbEhHEZT27d4AInRZxu7t07vaOZAhFJoz6yuoKA728uIbhUFs-xRAXHGwIEVX8oubFbHvWLgYBzvQBa5dlzdiuCetkpq7GOmgw/s1600-h/shark-zone5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA90gdsRv6UTQKddl2-BtTzxO1wgElZTUFdjmQkbEhHEZT27d4AInRZxu7t07vaOZAhFJoz6yuoKA728uIbhUFs-xRAXHGwIEVX8oubFbHvWLgYBzvQBa5dlzdiuCetkpq7GOmgw/s320/shark-zone5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378438602305401266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Anemone! Based off a whitespotted rose anemone.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxx4dFzsD10LAWGaqwOVH7QCahqbMIcI6zIK9PmBGNGPxD5CCSJuTRham9qFxA5PlzvzOoRqwlo8dc8wz5qH00_oGWB67APzjaPCdHqHEF0Huy_93MFW6vC9chTmJAH1k26xPSyQ/s1600-h/shark-zone7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxx4dFzsD10LAWGaqwOVH7QCahqbMIcI6zIK9PmBGNGPxD5CCSJuTRham9qFxA5PlzvzOoRqwlo8dc8wz5qH00_oGWB67APzjaPCdHqHEF0Huy_93MFW6vC9chTmJAH1k26xPSyQ/s320/shark-zone7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378442087182372482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Hope you enjoyed your tour of the recent murals I worked on. I finally have them up!Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-11611236236757788432009-07-20T12:12:00.000-07:002011-01-11T16:44:24.100-08:00From Concept to CompletionHere's a small insight into the process of creating a scientifically accurate mural.<br /><br />Near the end of last year, I was tagged to create a mural for the 42' white wall in our new watershed exhibit. My approach to murals is through the limited experience and experimentation that I've had working at the aquarium and the years of painting on a smaller scale, so my approach is very much my own. I started off the image in Photoshop for the quickness and ease of changing placement.<br /><br />My first instructions were to copy the mural that was done on the fountain in the front, so I after a couple of revisions of bird placement and how much of the mural to copy, this is the mockup I made:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNssSDxI2m_KeCPhLg6l3XxtegTazRLdvR5bxcwN62qpYg0SGnNCXjm4iSzfGLBt_R7OztP_K3bOjg2ddhYrV7OlXeqLttiIuP8-DiWUGCMRsCy7JBG9uHJKcn9MJT4tVaSLU4Ow/s1600-h/watershed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNssSDxI2m_KeCPhLg6l3XxtegTazRLdvR5bxcwN62qpYg0SGnNCXjm4iSzfGLBt_R7OztP_K3bOjg2ddhYrV7OlXeqLttiIuP8-DiWUGCMRsCy7JBG9uHJKcn9MJT4tVaSLU4Ow/s320/watershed.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366925257367480466" /></a><br /><br />The thought was that the image didn't really do what they wanted to do, which was, essentially, to cover the white wall and in effect, make it disappear. So the bosses scrapped the idea of copying the fountain from the front, because the shape of it was completely wrong for the wall in the back and it would have taken some major distortion and extension to work with the dimensions of the wall. Instead, I was given free reign to create my own image, a sort of "do whatever you want" with a similar idea. So I decided to put some of the garden plants on the wall to create the illusion of an extended garden and since it's an aquarium, an ocean scene. I also carried over from the fountain mural the locally found endangered bird, the Least Tern, as the main focus of the mural and few native butterflies to round out the animal population:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc3TGvSyaaDkqSZ-pHzs0IJRkwUQKOUYXxyRi7KC2_dZUkhp9sREw_NPEZY1IaLkAxP4AJOuins383OqUKmcZWnIyc2XRqKmZe875wfoiesdTkLJ77USK5hEPh6wKvm2_z3GH5Q/s1600-h/watershed2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc3TGvSyaaDkqSZ-pHzs0IJRkwUQKOUYXxyRi7KC2_dZUkhp9sREw_NPEZY1IaLkAxP4AJOuins383OqUKmcZWnIyc2XRqKmZe875wfoiesdTkLJ77USK5hEPh6wKvm2_z3GH5Q/s320/watershed2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366925449216118114" /></a><br /><br />Once given an image to work from, my bosses decided on the theme "Urban Wetland," to reflect the characteristics of the local wetlands and the interactions of people with the natural world. It's a large part of what the aquarium wants to convey through the new watershed exhibit, which this mural is a part of. So another couple of revisions deciding what should compose the "urban" portion and this was the result:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-Kd4M4dyrcW2KTtyrscUrLwngFtozfqifQyWb5IhF5QDSGvtWO24OY1VFOjvMYmG2vwcp7bUeEAVb931yDC4_wr-R8cZIxtmb_C_z-Hh4q4Fuh-uioR_AvGS7nuHdKCwBrA_AA/s1600-h/watershed3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 60px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-Kd4M4dyrcW2KTtyrscUrLwngFtozfqifQyWb5IhF5QDSGvtWO24OY1VFOjvMYmG2vwcp7bUeEAVb931yDC4_wr-R8cZIxtmb_C_z-Hh4q4Fuh-uioR_AvGS7nuHdKCwBrA_AA/s320/watershed3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366925579655147250" /></a><br /><br />So we had power lines, cars, and a shopping mall to represent the urban part of urban wetlands. The next request was to see a 20% tilt in the "camera angle" of the image in order to see more of the wetland:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDM1HvlEifvan7nxbKV0HWfQUX-14muKh_jMeugDtG1VMiKNYjGI4xLFAAwiPWD4FclIKEKEmRTcaLEDXU-Ulo_Eb8eKq75MR8Vnhsdp52aCvJASxIC9Vj0fBC_Zt7DggoXn471Q/s1600-h/watershed4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 61px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDM1HvlEifvan7nxbKV0HWfQUX-14muKh_jMeugDtG1VMiKNYjGI4xLFAAwiPWD4FclIKEKEmRTcaLEDXU-Ulo_Eb8eKq75MR8Vnhsdp52aCvJASxIC9Vj0fBC_Zt7DggoXn471Q/s320/watershed4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366925768143283474" /></a><br /><br />For the sake of scientific accuracy, since this was no longer an ocean scene but a coastal bluff overlooking a wetland, the brushy hill was converted to a sand dune, a prime nesting spot for the Least Tern. Also, an additional revision called for the inclusion of an osprey, a common bird of prey, hunting for fish in the wetlands:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAiW1bGF7hhPyZus_5G3I9VaIBQuejIDkElhr-S26DIJrueLiFCtM7MelxGxuyDTY0fkOParXkW5YHFstqh7mGyApoon0NTOe_kcgoimmChF5gqe5Phc0pqgjcIaTkTyYP1TPfA/s1600-h/watershed5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 61px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAiW1bGF7hhPyZus_5G3I9VaIBQuejIDkElhr-S26DIJrueLiFCtM7MelxGxuyDTY0fkOParXkW5YHFstqh7mGyApoon0NTOe_kcgoimmChF5gqe5Phc0pqgjcIaTkTyYP1TPfA/s320/watershed5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366925925153377506" /></a><br /><br />Now, I had a full collection of local residents of the wetlands, mostly birds, because they are the most easily seen and recognized. The image was sent off again for review, this time including a professor that was familiar with the local Los Cerritos Wetlands. The species list was updated to include more of the local plants and animals.<div><br /></div><div>The final concept image can be found in the previous post.</div><div>Next post: Photos from the actual finished mural.</div><div><br /><div><div><br /></div></div></div>Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-78604673799712158422009-04-07T19:24:00.000-07:002011-01-11T16:44:24.101-08:00Instead of WallpaperA while ago I posted a couple of images I did for a mural of the Sea of Cortez, the Vaquita and the totoaba. I finally got around to taking a photo of the mural. Here's the main section. It's about about 12' wide and 9' tall. There's another portion on the opposite wall where the Baja peninsula is blown up, but the lighting is pretty bad in that gallery.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJqOCXlrlnGCGl1fpCWuMuOsP0FCu5rsaEH-Bollq8nxpKDCOaYGMhTs-Dxw4v6VOU2_XCQBJzLT5BCST-Fhnrob4VY2wsoQ6fBYv_si1QxAFbWkd9bXF46YRD7W9MPfRZXWCWQ/s1600-h/baja.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJqOCXlrlnGCGl1fpCWuMuOsP0FCu5rsaEH-Bollq8nxpKDCOaYGMhTs-Dxw4v6VOU2_XCQBJzLT5BCST-Fhnrob4VY2wsoQ6fBYv_si1QxAFbWkd9bXF46YRD7W9MPfRZXWCWQ/s320/baja.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322142702574296178" /></a><br />Currently working on another mural, larger than the last, at 42' x 8' though the wall dips down to 5' for about 20' of it, so that's why the mockup has a strange shape. I will post more about the process as this mural goes along. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCDBzxxwY4lXHGnKP9BJm1RNglgnDN_MoheyAVf-78xip5bJNWBqu8ggOC3_heljQI9a-GE1LaF1NOSeNYL4hEDyWnNFLhZ6wJjGIy8X5HHoa8SjO_3cAad7GxtonowhRuZoz3g/s1600-h/watershed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 60px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCDBzxxwY4lXHGnKP9BJm1RNglgnDN_MoheyAVf-78xip5bJNWBqu8ggOC3_heljQI9a-GE1LaF1NOSeNYL4hEDyWnNFLhZ6wJjGIy8X5HHoa8SjO_3cAad7GxtonowhRuZoz3g/s320/watershed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322146352094386674" /></a>Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-60133412145267178022008-08-24T21:41:00.000-07:002011-01-11T16:25:25.417-08:00Respectfully Dead, Happily LivingA few weeks ago I went to Artist's Night at the Body Worlds III exhibit, live models posing next to the plastinated bodies. It's taken me a while, but I'm finally putting up the sketches I did. Now, bear with me here, most of these are pretty rough, and I can't say I'm happy with some of them, but I was glad to have the opportunity to work out my rusty figure drawing skills. Many of the people that went sketching that night had skills that I envied. So, onto the sketches. I find that I really only like the first one, and that my skills were kind of sporadic after that. Forgive the quality of the reproductions. I took the photos hastily in the evening. <b>WARNING: Artistic Nudes ahead.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjC9o70dMR2YmefFo-fPSwQhQ__RWgIsc0wDj4LvXU0ICk6eJ8vXtE5FlGZQsNE7CuVAHRUYt3b0WwKPY3-v4ZY9_m7I4qQXhMJ1Hp4z7H8xB30DsvmG5yLQddbZhLufLu_iPt9w/s1600-h/figure11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjC9o70dMR2YmefFo-fPSwQhQ__RWgIsc0wDj4LvXU0ICk6eJ8vXtE5FlGZQsNE7CuVAHRUYt3b0WwKPY3-v4ZY9_m7I4qQXhMJ1Hp4z7H8xB30DsvmG5yLQddbZhLufLu_iPt9w/s320/figure11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238313085184780290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9tMOiSWP1FcrmDtQc9HLvffvcSQz8JiaK26dlm61fzFdfaOElypAgBOZYaULTsd2RCY0IZImA84nk8GP4egFuF_uWuPvG6spAAb_lZuyApbYgSPqcAfai_sslI0nH_2G77eLLA/s1600-h/figure12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9tMOiSWP1FcrmDtQc9HLvffvcSQz8JiaK26dlm61fzFdfaOElypAgBOZYaULTsd2RCY0IZImA84nk8GP4egFuF_uWuPvG6spAAb_lZuyApbYgSPqcAfai_sslI0nH_2G77eLLA/s320/figure12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238314211678800178" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqzHq0M1hAD3Sq5iYZ4PS1jR_W9TjHBz9jwv19vUZkzliaEKVIULDfTdUXRGjqQSsLD__Ah0ZX1oeOlZyxuTrckoujdQqg5FYeo83-5Ywx_47PCyYkzW-FRjmnxBZ5adEmnUADA/s1600-h/figure7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqzHq0M1hAD3Sq5iYZ4PS1jR_W9TjHBz9jwv19vUZkzliaEKVIULDfTdUXRGjqQSsLD__Ah0ZX1oeOlZyxuTrckoujdQqg5FYeo83-5Ywx_47PCyYkzW-FRjmnxBZ5adEmnUADA/s320/figure7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238313444523480274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37irmgbCrtFQt6nXQXgdL5pWHt6_lZj8GPr7GffnqUZld4QWFsAaUPHiFNnpOIF-mO2onMRtVl2sY_hSkK1im_uvWE1jGIx2rVGHX1DTkws4YrmlYCfYPt2dCXTVqHxQjE0ml3Q/s1600-h/figure8.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH02rlXXC-0qrjT63X3-PgmFxxxyKhruTlLG5nYugn_oSX8riiL8Ia36QU__KLQ7wXi0Rp2SnD3B2zlLATh6GkyRScaDL8CiqJfZdreHTx6vyHUeChvMRukn4LhUKCtbUo5HQ6sw/s320/figure2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238314434466705554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfIqPrhFpvAjJH-u9a5qv1AxAxbakDY9QSKuVCxYsocojyfwCohylvynovpPKvhP8H2OF8f-ZOHybAdc6aT5WbFJerroliI_KUjddnpjsB-cXIcB7BNLXbt-Hau7h6mrWKAa3cA/s1600-h/figure1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfIqPrhFpvAjJH-u9a5qv1AxAxbakDY9QSKuVCxYsocojyfwCohylvynovpPKvhP8H2OF8f-ZOHybAdc6aT5WbFJerroliI_KUjddnpjsB-cXIcB7BNLXbt-Hau7h6mrWKAa3cA/s320/figure1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238314574765369634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9_oC4fWTm4Lq48X7WE7wMoHDHlcCgJyuPSeDfqEqZBWlxAQSQ9K3yPlSUYxSJHEGXH24AhmpGef6I7VD2UBZnn-Ofyd9Trjv0d-YYUuDIdMMPtHRkqkwX-YgkJ2qj09Ivm3fTQ/s1600-h/figure10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9_oC4fWTm4Lq48X7WE7wMoHDHlcCgJyuPSeDfqEqZBWlxAQSQ9K3yPlSUYxSJHEGXH24AhmpGef6I7VD2UBZnn-Ofyd9Trjv0d-YYUuDIdMMPtHRkqkwX-YgkJ2qj09Ivm3fTQ/s320/figure10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238314820665619746" /></a>Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-79347860108789803172008-07-20T21:19:00.000-07:002011-01-11T16:44:24.102-08:00Spreading the Ink<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIn4ZpiL0a6cMNFSUlB6YVR52qIwWV61P1vnThuun6kvw0TYWX3KeZb6geWhqMsR2iUU1aaSp-bKWutTsRGrywlV5OLtkHFhZThDmgd5CfBmQ0EXF85LJG1_BAW39ZERq6jdhiA/s1600-h/tortoise.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIn4ZpiL0a6cMNFSUlB6YVR52qIwWV61P1vnThuun6kvw0TYWX3KeZb6geWhqMsR2iUU1aaSp-bKWutTsRGrywlV5OLtkHFhZThDmgd5CfBmQ0EXF85LJG1_BAW39ZERq6jdhiA/s320/tortoise.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225318962299416834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3f56FEhn1ByD1jezVVrZMONDUbdiwHJcAfdFu0fXlMqxow3piDWvI1YjZzVRCVtalPrKIV4gcPdmDlozdWoSJdVvWejHx0hPNFU1VT-jh663wGUzC-OLIxayFwamEIbdrg0dTrQ/s1600-h/duck-foot.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3f56FEhn1ByD1jezVVrZMONDUbdiwHJcAfdFu0fXlMqxow3piDWvI1YjZzVRCVtalPrKIV4gcPdmDlozdWoSJdVvWejHx0hPNFU1VT-jh663wGUzC-OLIxayFwamEIbdrg0dTrQ/s320/duck-foot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225318709814905858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6pB4DRHXiXkf_aCsfaluEa3TX8yZCz_m_CV1DkUeNzK1v0aq-d6rfX4_LMnrwPyzWh9uzB-GkCC8Re03YWmTANsO17qquGemfeEEP19rt29f1t80STF9t9As0V_7NFyLZ-uD0A/s1600-h/duck-head.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6pB4DRHXiXkf_aCsfaluEa3TX8yZCz_m_CV1DkUeNzK1v0aq-d6rfX4_LMnrwPyzWh9uzB-GkCC8Re03YWmTANsO17qquGemfeEEP19rt29f1t80STF9t9As0V_7NFyLZ-uD0A/s320/duck-head.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225318710504851090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3hN7m30XfmNRGWVhpyS7zvTOhRODKD2xo0c4lRAs8FjgU48VnP-0X098IZU429w__wS4jiFY5ztOS4Eat7_1wIJxL2jQ5rJJfNEEzc-ViaZG3qIgTLfQL-oJTC5SuRigJmJw_g/s1600-h/buffalo-sculpin.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3hN7m30XfmNRGWVhpyS7zvTOhRODKD2xo0c4lRAs8FjgU48VnP-0X098IZU429w__wS4jiFY5ztOS4Eat7_1wIJxL2jQ5rJJfNEEzc-ViaZG3qIgTLfQL-oJTC5SuRigJmJw_g/s320/buffalo-sculpin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225318602648468978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCk6qig28FtLMxQWIUj7Ewz23x52KJWuiQF3ArzzpxFyIEWl9Pi89Qa4VDLJqYu8YWY1vcWbHT3bvp4dlziDmCKiBxE7b3CHTVJmw5BkOHxVHAFdHEzEMH8uOaVCza-PS2xt5Hw/s1600-h/duck.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnCk6qig28FtLMxQWIUj7Ewz23x52KJWuiQF3ArzzpxFyIEWl9Pi89Qa4VDLJqYu8YWY1vcWbHT3bvp4dlziDmCKiBxE7b3CHTVJmw5BkOHxVHAFdHEzEMH8uOaVCza-PS2xt5Hw/s320/duck.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225318601810639810" /></a><br />Tried out some pen techniques at work with a few duck and other recent illustrations. I realized I don't really have a good brush for inking; at least it worked for the large patches I had to cover. So, the duck foot was done in the precise, careful inking I normally do, same with the buffalo sculpin. The generic duck was done partially with a brush, and the duck head was done with some looser, more varied strokes. The desert tortoise was a slower process with more detail, but I fiddle with stroke variation on the shell.Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-22744275117798453072008-04-19T15:11:00.000-07:002011-01-11T16:44:24.103-08:00Holding onto the Edge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedEzmmlUDiX5ng4kqrgtWPmiQK3s1nPstxGgRA6oy6TM4wZjr5vGttwrGNCfvsIIaMVdRFehrlpQYeTEZU2IaqzjD_6-VJNtWjcrBVb14DJ2u8y9kv1opytPx3exXptPhIA1OgQ/s1600-h/totoaba.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedEzmmlUDiX5ng4kqrgtWPmiQK3s1nPstxGgRA6oy6TM4wZjr5vGttwrGNCfvsIIaMVdRFehrlpQYeTEZU2IaqzjD_6-VJNtWjcrBVb14DJ2u8y9kv1opytPx3exXptPhIA1OgQ/s320/totoaba.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191087389274166706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkjD2wlcstk7bBBf4Vf4m0yvFxK4sfYD5JI5ef7ZaSOpwU-uslUERlxgFELngF5ajZdEe4I3pVGofOveq2WC-V4BiHDSiPERkaZJ7nwCAJdyko8KGhyphenhyphenpv4HIWLwnnx9yl4fy09g/s1600-h/vaquita.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkjD2wlcstk7bBBf4Vf4m0yvFxK4sfYD5JI5ef7ZaSOpwU-uslUERlxgFELngF5ajZdEe4I3pVGofOveq2WC-V4BiHDSiPERkaZJ7nwCAJdyko8KGhyphenhyphenpv4HIWLwnnx9yl4fy09g/s320/vaquita.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191087316259722658" /></a><br />A couple of Gulf of California's critically endangered residents, the vaquita whale and the totoaba fish--both are about the same size at about 6 ft. Overfishing of the totoaba using gillnets have decreased both populations to the point of near extinction. The decreased flow of water from the Colorado River hasn't helped either. Current conservation efforts include the creation of a nature preserve between the Colorado River delta and the upper portion of the Gulf of California. <br />Originals are 11X14 done in pen and ink for work.Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-13373548919124067122008-02-13T19:20:00.000-08:002020-01-24T11:21:55.068-08:00Slither and Slink<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGt-1SEU4FIscmtReNkVdGUrVA9yXJvj7x2aSFhXupXz4yRzBYP_k05UgqtyVwFn6NkeR32AIWMeu2Hej892SJ3FKXWtxlhnXPyg1sb0a-iSrB5d9q1eOxfuWY9wfZGpZi3uwsg/s1600-h/eels.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166672063899508658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGt-1SEU4FIscmtReNkVdGUrVA9yXJvj7x2aSFhXupXz4yRzBYP_k05UgqtyVwFn6NkeR32AIWMeu2Hej892SJ3FKXWtxlhnXPyg1sb0a-iSrB5d9q1eOxfuWY9wfZGpZi3uwsg/s320/eels.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br />
Some eels for your viewing pleasure. Eels can be more beautiful, with more complex patterns than you'd think, especially since most people jump to the California moray eel or perhaps the eels in <i>The Little Mermaid</i> when thinking about what eels might look like. They are certainly more diverse in form and pattern than I'd ever thought before seeing so many different species. All in black and white with pen and ink of the species that can be found at the Aquarium of the Pacific.Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33436913.post-1902552573000746932008-01-24T17:26:00.000-08:002011-01-11T16:44:24.106-08:00A Few Sharks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxPZyj8Ine0Nq8bonUHV9B5qkr9rG6RUL3oXlmsEFC8jqk0rjxslny01QKqCITdCRzQaM5QFiyzjjLE1PA-ks1mx3pMoZZN4U8BRlZMX5zutvOUQ2PhWL9e2AOnuuLU5Lfj3bRg/s1600-h/Carcharias-taurus.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxPZyj8Ine0Nq8bonUHV9B5qkr9rG6RUL3oXlmsEFC8jqk0rjxslny01QKqCITdCRzQaM5QFiyzjjLE1PA-ks1mx3pMoZZN4U8BRlZMX5zutvOUQ2PhWL9e2AOnuuLU5Lfj3bRg/s320/Carcharias-taurus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159223405366217906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaKSRjxqwaVBvtQN_a4HDu-3g8bZGGX9IVxNPy2z5pcEw76721k-3uTZhnCAx5o0xzbraZIWVTolpUn29Mu7L7f_y4Z8n9N-gRcWI_IhgGioAga_5oWo1gJxs3r0sdursTJey2g/s1600-h/ginglymostoma-cirratum.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaKSRjxqwaVBvtQN_a4HDu-3g8bZGGX9IVxNPy2z5pcEw76721k-3uTZhnCAx5o0xzbraZIWVTolpUn29Mu7L7f_y4Z8n9N-gRcWI_IhgGioAga_5oWo1gJxs3r0sdursTJey2g/s320/ginglymostoma-cirratum.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159223177732951202" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAyuPJiq0o27EO2hBwCYwyVposn8Hvp6BjGpDf5Cdv0lLStGnE2IstqbkMt0Em3c_6ypwJNJe1zEAP3sZGG1_-Gbf9UXTNDN2XHcJ7_lFST_x5DkSuidUFIMfMWl7egw74mZzMA/s1600-h/Carcharinus-melanopterus.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAyuPJiq0o27EO2hBwCYwyVposn8Hvp6BjGpDf5Cdv0lLStGnE2IstqbkMt0Em3c_6ypwJNJe1zEAP3sZGG1_-Gbf9UXTNDN2XHcJ7_lFST_x5DkSuidUFIMfMWl7egw74mZzMA/s320/Carcharinus-melanopterus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159223104718507154" /></a><br />So these are some of the watercolor spot paintings I've been doing at work lately for ID signage. For some reason the "save for web" option in Photoshop always makes the images darker. I understand the more limited color palette, but I'm not quite sure why the colors would be darker overall. <br />As they are:<br />sandtiger shark <span style="font-style:italic;">Carcharias taurus</span><br />blacktip reef shark <span style="font-style:italic;">Carcharius melanopterus</span><br />nurse shark <span style="font-style:italic;">Ginglymostoma cirratum</span>Changewindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916085587953972207noreply@blogger.com0