Digital Painting Basics

For the past few months I've been teaching 6th and 7th graders the art of digital painting. That's the age I gained a serious interest in doing art for a living, so it was an opportunity I had to take up. If one or two of these kids pursues art as a living, that'd be awesome. I told them I'd share their most recent pieces here, so here they are.

Fanart - The Walking Dead - Michonne

I haven't seen the new season of The Walking Dead, but I've read a lot of the comics and Michonne is by far my favorite character. Robert Kirkman is a creative genius and everything about The Walking Dead is amazing, but Michonne takes the cake. She is such a cool character. I love her history, I love her personality. Rick is alright. But Michonne is walking badassery. I hope I did her justice with this painting.

-Chris Shehan

Fanart - Lucy - LMS

So I dunno if you've read Dan Luvisi's Last Man Standing, but I do know that you need to. It's a game changer as far as art books go and the art and story are epic enough that they got picked up by Paramount for a movie, soon after publication.

This book itself is a big inspiration to Badassery Studios and it inspired us to do an art jam based on the book. Here's mine. Everyone else is still working on theirs.

I chose the character named Lucy. In 2008 when I was starting to take my art seriously, Dan had posted an image of this beautiful character, wielding two guns, falling from a building with the face like she was more calm than she'd ever been. From there he created a world of characters and eventually his book. The main character is pretty awesome, I'll admit. But I've sort of had a crush on this character Lucy since it was at the same time I was starting to really work on my art.

So I hope you enjoy Lucy. There are a lot of WIPs and Detail shots of this painting on my Facebook in the WIPs album.

-Chris Shehan

Art Jamathon Challenge # 2 - Venomized

It is most definitely that time again! Time for another Jamathon!!! I'm super busy right now, but I felt I needed something fun for me and you guys to work on. So this is another fanart jam. I gave in. Again. BUT, like the last one, this one has a twist! So let's get to it.

CHALLENGE: VENOMIZE A CHARACTER
-Imagine the symbiote that turned Spiderman and Eddie Brock into Venom got on another character. Design the look of that character (try to do one that hasn't been done or make it as unique as you can if possible).

EXAMPLES:



RULES:
-You must opt in by commenting here and saying you're in.
-It can be your original character.
-It can be Marvel, DC, or any other company (video games/movies included).
-It can't be a character from Spiderman.
-HAVE FUN :D

DEADLINE
-11:59 PM, May 27th 2011 (as long as I get it before the following Monday)
-All on-time entries will be shared on BadasseryStudios.com , our Facebook Page, my personal Facebook Page, and ChrisShehan.com. All of those get a lot of traffic daily, so it's definitely good exposure for you, so get them in on time and do something cool!


I'm excited to see what everyone does!

-ZhouRules (Chris Shehan)

Sketch - Adventure Time

I don't normally post sketches here, but this one is finished enough to show. This is for Robert Barnett's Adventure Time Crossover Art Jam! Either draw characters in Adventure Time art style, or draw Adventure Time characters in another universe. So fun. I would have done a more finished painting for this, but I've been on a deadline so I could only do this quick sketch, but I do like how it came out.

I love Adventure Time. It's such a weird show, but I love the art and the vibrant colors. And it's a funny show too. I'd say it's this generation's Ren & Stimpy, but I bet there's more adults watching this than kids! Anyways, I had a lot of fun with this. I tried to give it a sort of super hero comic/noir feel.

Robert Barnett is a member of my studio, Badassery Studios, and that guy is just oozing with talent. He has a cartoony art style that he executes perfectly, he's also a filmmaker and a musician. He's a well-rounded artist for sure. He's worth checking out if you wanna see some cool stuff.