Atomic Bear Press » Watercolor/Gouache/Ink

New Art! Tribute to Mobius

Brian — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:41:27 +0000

Click here to see a bigger image at Flickr.com

I have been a big fan of the master French comic artist Mobius (aka Jean Giraud) since my college days where I was inspired by his style, technique and color use. With his recent passing I thought I would, like so many around the world, draw a tribute to the master.

My piece is based on Mobius 1985 “Starwatcher II” which many have been doing their version of in the last few years. To read more I would recommend the Tumbler Blog ‘Quenched Consciousness’ which has been my favorite place to follow the work of Mobius.

Visit the official Mobius website http://www.moebius.fr/

Cartoon Boot Camp – Comic Book Creation

Brian — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:27:58 +0000

Promotional illustration for my Cartoon Boot Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum: Comic Book Creation.

The class runs the week of July 9 to 13, 2012.

Cartoon Boot Camp 2012 – into to Stop-Motion Animation artwork

Brian — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:22:27 +0000

Promotional illustration for my Cartoon Boot Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum- Intro to Stop-Motion Animation.

The class runs the week of June 11 to 15, 2012.

Cartoon Boot Camp 2012 – Character Creation: Superheroes promo illustration

Brian — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:15:25 +0000

Promotional illustration for my Cartoon Boot Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum – Character Creation: Superheroes.

The class runs the week of June 4 to 8, 2012.

NEW ART! Blue and gold superhero.

Brian — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:30:32 +0000

Brush and ink drawing with digital coloring.

Happy Bunny Day! Happy Easter!

Brian — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:21:40 +0000

Happy Bunny Day! Happy Easter! Whether you celebrate the day in a religious way or just eating brightly colored eggs and chocolate bunnies, I hope it was an enjoyable time for everyone.

New Art! – Sketch Tuesday Superhero

Brian — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:45:34 +0000

This is one of my favorite pieces I created at 111 Minna gallery and club in San Francisco for the Sketch Tuesday artist event on 3/21/12. The event allows artist to make art on the spot and place it for sale for patrons visiting the space. The art is black acrylic ink and watercolor on watercolor paper.

I started with some light blue pencil lines, then etc on wet ink, then loosely painted the figures with broad watercolor strokes and finished with some more ink. Fun!

New Art! – Sketch Tuesday Skeleton at the Bar

Brian — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:54:22 +0000

Drawn at 111 Minna gallery and club in San Francisco at the Sketch Tuesday artist event on 3/21/12. The event allows artist to make art on the spot and place it for sale for patrons visiting the space. The art is black acrylic ink and watercolor on watercolor paper.

New Art! – Sketch Tuesdays Sheep

Brian — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:54:06 +0000

NEW ART! Sketch Tuesdays Dragon

Brian — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:32:35 +0000

NEW ART! Sketch Tuesdays Pin-Up Girl 2

Brian — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:28:09 +0000

NEW ART! Sketch Tuesdays Pin-up Girl 1

Brian — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:23:59 +0000

This one was my first one I sold.

NEW ART! Goblin

Brian — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:37:23 +0000

I really like how the color came out on this one.

Brush/Ink drawing with digital color

New Art – Pink and Green Bird

Brian — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:29:06 +0000

Time for some new art. It’s been a while since I posted anything here on the blog and I thought it was about time. Here is a bird that I drew in ink and then colored in Photoshop.

WIP report Feb 2, 2012 – NEW ART!

Brian — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:20:25 +0000

Work-in-Progress report for Feb 2, 2012. Sneak peek of a panel for my new comic premiering at the Image Comic Expo on Feb 24-26, 2012. Stay tuned to the blog to see more updates and the full reveal of my new comic!

New Art! – Sketch Tuesdays January 31, 2012

Brian — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:19:45 +0000

Last night I had a great time at Sketch Tuesdays at 111 Minna. The event takes place in a gallery/bar space where artist create art to sell. The place was packed and loud, but the creativity in the room was amazing.

NEW ART – Lizard and Bird watercolors

Brian — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:12:43 +0000

Two mini watercolor paintings inspired by a March 2003 National Geography Magazine by Brian Kolm. Click above for slightly larger image.

A special holiday greeting from me to you

Brian — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:59:41 +0000

A very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday to everyone no matter how/what/where you celebrate.

Every year I have illustrated an original Christmas card for my family to send to family and friends. The earliest Christmas cards we would make were silk screened and my father took my art and cut it by hand into the screen. Latter we would xerox the cards in black and white and hand color a few small elements to enhance them. And now I can scan, edit, color and prep the files on the computer and have them printed in vivid color, but no matter what form the cards take they are a continuing tradition I am proud to be part of. This year I decided to show you the illustrations I have created since 2000 in the video above.

I hope you enjoy the video and have a wonderful season.

note: Music “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″

New Art – Spooky Pirate, Super Spooks

Brian — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 08:42:23 +0000

Some Halloween drawings from last month. Watercolor, pencil, sharpie pen.

New Art – Painted Pumpkins for Halloween

Brian — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:57:21 +0000

At one of the locations I teach cartooning we painted mini pumpkins, which I had never done. It was surprisingly easy and they came out pretty great I think.