The City on the Water- Concept Painting

Awe morning!
Wow feels good NOT waking up at 2:00 am today! haha
It's been crazy here, been raining non-stop for a couple of weeks...
Which i have to say, has put me in a perfect mood for painting. :)
The painting today is one of the first i've done with my new water color set.
I had a lot of fun layering on this one.
This is just a concept painting for a story i'm working on with my brother.
You honestly have no idea how excited i am to show & tell you the story...
Hopefully soon ;)
Well i hope you like the painting,
and i hope you're having a great day!

Lil Finn - Character Development Sketch

Hey Friends,
So today's painting is the first of hopefully a lot more character Development Sketches.
I've been working developing story ideas and trying to learn how to develop drawn characters.
A little while back i stumbled on to the character model sheets for Pinocchio,
and i was so inspired i though i would make some of my own.

This was my first attempt at developing a character named "Lil Finn".
Though i like how this water color sketch turned out, it's definitely not there yet.
Still trying to get the hang of all this!
But i really hope you like it! :)

Oh lastly, I wrote you all a song this weekend!
I think i will try to upload it for this Inspiration Friday! :)
Hope you're having a great day!
- d

The Runaway Forest Concept Sketch

Well Good morning!
How's the day treating you?
Well T Minus 8 days till my brother and i leave for NYC.
There is still so So much to do... C'est la Vie ;)
So my best friend since like i was in 3rd grade, Benje, arrived here last night.
He has been living in Kenya for the last year or so.
It's been amazing catching up with him.

So growing up, my brother David, Benje, my friend Sean, Ryan, and i have been best friends.
And since we all have moved to different places and we are all doing different things now,
we started a yearly tradition of doing a week (or weekend) vacation to catch up and relax.
So tomorrow i will be leaving for that. Should be so much fun!
I should have tons of pictures from the trip for yea ;)

Ok Now for this sketch...
You know how i've been saying i write music & write stories?
Well i've finally officially started writing my first story book!
My brother and i had a road trip this last weekend and we got rolling on the first book in the series.
The sketch above is one of the first study/concept sketches i've done for the story.
I really hope you like it!

P.S. I'm thinking of posting some excerpts of the story as it is written...
Is that something you would be interested in?

EDIT: Just Realized i left out the newest member to the friends get away, Alice! This is the first trip since Ryan and Alice have been married! woot woot!

Josette & The Black Hat

Hey hey hey!
Happy thursday!
How was your day?
I'm so exhausted, but oh well, such is life. :)
The Painting today is of a character named Josette from a Story I'm writing.
I've been watching a lot of 1930s movies lately so i think that era's style influenced this picture.
... Those old movies were pure magic!

Oh, also I started on part of the final version of the animation.
Yikes this might take a while...
I'm shooting for the animation to be 40 seconds,
which is going to be insanely time consuming,
but i hope yawl will like the the final version :)
Well, hope you all are having a great day.

It Happened One Night - Part 1

Wow friends!
I was overwhelmed by all your amazingly nice comments about the McQueen Cover. :)
Thank you so much.
Oh also Sunday something even cooler happened...
My Dad got inducted into the National Wrestling Hall Fame!!
Congrats Poppa! that was amazing ;)
I experimented a bunch on this story book painting today.
Tried some different mixed media stuff on this one ;)
This is only part 1 of the painting, as i have another idea for it.
Well i hope you like it!
thank you all again

The Girl & Her Fox

Hey friends, how are you!?
SO... tonight my Dad got inducted into the Orange County Wrestling Hall of Fame for coaching!
It was amazing!
Such a great event ;)
Congrats poppa! ;)

Well, the drawing today is a random little sketch i did
the other day called "The Girl & Her Fox"!
It was more of a brain storming sketch.
I'm not sure who the characters are yet,
and what the story line behind them is yet. ;)
I hope you like it :)



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Sometimes I Want to Travel in a large Caravan

Well, my friends, since i posted about my brother yesterday,
I thought i would post this painting i did 3 or 4 years ago for my brother's birthday.
The painting is 4ft by 5ft and is on pieces of water color paper. :)
I've been really wanting to find some random forest to go on an adventure lately!
Have i ever told you about my obsession/biggest "want" ever?
Well, it's a TREEHOUSE!
Shoot! I have wanted one so, so, so bad!
Still have never had one..
maybe one of these days.
Well, i hope you all are having a wonderful day!

The Clown and the Pirate

Howdy, my friends. A new week, tons of fun!
Woot, woot! Here's a quick sketch i did for you all today.
i hope you like it.
Also, i wrote this song for you all this weekend.
i hope you like it.
It's part of my album I'm writing call "I'm Living In a Soundtrack"
which is the soundtrack to my life.
hahah. Yesss! So i hope you like them.
How are you all doing?


Click Here to Download the song posted up here. or if you want to hear more music posted on this blog Click Here

The First Drawing of Being 23.

well yesterday was my birthday. Turned 23. i also flew home from Lake Tahoe via Reno yesterday. So got to doodle for the first time in a week. so this drawing i posted above is a bi-product of that flight. Hope you like it. i think the title of it is going to be. "ME and She at the Sea" Hope you like it.

Take A Step into My World.

here's some drawings i did out of this little fairtale that has been brewing in my head for a few years now...