Phew! Finished just in time for my desk to get packed up. Compilation canvas and some final words coming soon… Previously: #5 – Red and green lamps #4 – CFL spotlight to the left #3 – Pink Christmas lights to the left #2 – Interior floor lamps #1 – Early winter afternoon daylight
Category Archives: life
Dice, spool, ornament still life – CFL spotlight to the left (#4)
#4 in my first lighting practice series was lit using an ordinary CFL bulb (“soft white”, to be specific) in a desk lamp pointed straight at the scene from the left. I also continue to correct composition and perspective issues with each successive piece. So far my method has been to use the previous painting as a […]
Dice, spool, ornament still life – pink Christmas lights (#3)
Round 3! Here’s the same scene again, this time illuminated by an enormous wad of pink Christmas lights and a smaller wad of rainbow Christmas lights off to the left and below. They gave everything a pinkish cast. I’m really enjoying this series and am becoming a little obsessed with finding unique light bulbs and […]
Dice, spool, ornament still life – evening interior lamps (#2)
And here’s the same scene again, this time with “evening light” – ie: a desk lamp to the left and a floor lamp across the room. Here’s the earlier version painted in daylight. Photoshop CS6 1.5 hours I painted over the previous version (don’t worry, it was a copy 🙂 ) to save some time […]
In the meantime…
Well, my finger’s recovery has taken much longer than expected. I suppose there’s a difference between cutting a cyst out of flesh and fat (like usual) and cutting a cyst off the thin layer of tissue between finger skin and bone. It’s healing up nicely, but it’s still interfering with resting my hand while I […]
89 Days!
…and I didn’t waste a single second! I’m selective about where I work and the projects I take on, but with the way the game industry is right now I knew it wouldn’t be long before I found an exciting opportunity to return to full time work. I’ve never enjoyed a long break from work/school […]
Job news!
Just a brief post to commemorate some good news: I’ve been hired as a game designer for Playdom, a Disney development studio in close by Bellevue, WA. Those who know me well know it’s never “just a job” to me – it’s me giving my all to a single client. Taking on a single client […]
2013 Blog Status Update
This post is to formally announce the creation of majoh.com/blog I ported the old contents of the blog from Blogspot to WordPress. This is why some images are still hosted on Blogspot. This blog is no longer just a picture blog. The old format was to paint something and slap it up here. The new […]
That two month gap in posts…
…we moved! Huzzah! Behold, the lovely new Casa Grant: Yup, that’s a bonafide 100% authentic Grown-up House! With 2-CAR GARAGE ACTION! We’re very happy with it – especially after tearing out the filthy carpet that had been gathering crust since the first Bush administration, fixing drippy pipes, a not-locking front door lock, replacing faucets and […]
Moon & Kamen (done)
At last, the series is complete! The whole thing started after Jim and I watched a few episodes of the Japanese-made live action Sailor Moon show on YouTube. Drawing Sailor Moon coincided with me getting serious about art when I was around 12/13ish. I thought it’d be fun to revisit the characters, having not drawn […]