Featured artwork on Shadowness.com

Two of my paintings titled "The Jewel" and "Her little sidekick" were included in the featured artwork section on Shadowness.com. It's awesome to see my work featured along side other talented artists from around the world.

Here is a link to the site
http://shadowness.com/

Happy Halloween!! :) New finished image titled "On a full moon"

Hey everybody, Happy Halloween!! :)

Here is an image I painted for an ImagineFX monthly challenge titled "Witches Moon." Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and when I saw this challenge I had to make some time to work on an entry. I would have liked to add more detail but I didn't have much time to work on it this month due to my busy work schedule.

Painted using Photoshop and Painter.

Here is a close up as well

















I hope you like it!! :)

Corel Painter magazine showcase!

One of my recent paintings titled, "The Jewel" was featured in a showcase section of this month's issue of Corel Painter magazine (issue #35). I just received my copy in the mail today and I think it printed great. The picture here that I took is terrible though.

I'm a fan of the magazine so this was an honor for me to have my work showcased. Yay!

For more info on the magazine here is a link. Check it out!
http://www.paintermagazine.co.uk/back_issues.php

Wow, I recently found out that my most recent work titled "Her Little Sidekick" was chosen as art of the week on digitalart.org. This is a nice surprise.

Here is a link to the site
http://digitalart.org/

New finished painting (Her Little Sidekick)

Hey everyone, :)

Here is my latest finished painting titled "Her Little sidekick".

I am very happy with the way it turned out. I had a lot of fun working on this painting and I especially loved working with this color scheme.

The story behind this work is that she is a circus performer who is tired and stressed from a long day of work and is being cheered up and entertained by her little sidekick (a Capuchin monkey) that is offering her a snack.

This image was painted using Photoshop and Painter.

Here are a few close-ups.

Another work-in-progress (Forbidden Love)

Here is yet another work-in-progress (titled "Forbidden Love") that I thought I would post here. I had started it as an entry to an art contest but couldn't find the time to finish it by the deadline. Aside from my busy work schedule I hope to find some time in the near future to finish it. There is still quite a bit of work needed to be done on this. I want to push myself farther with this one as I try to do with every new painting.

The story behind this work is dear to my heart and relates to a big issue that the world faces today. They are a young couple who ran away together because their cultures and families won't accept them as a couple. They are both from different countries and religious backgrounds though their countries are right next to each other their families hate each other and will never let them be together.

I wanted to capture a moment with them in a state of fear and bliss savoring every last moment that they have together before or if they ever are found.

Corel Painter magazine site front page.

After all of the excitement of having my portfolio featured on the CG society portfolio front page. I discovered that one of my works titled "Opalia" was chosen as pic of the week on Corel Painter magazines site front page. I just recently created a gallery there and only have one work uploaded so far and am already receiving good feedback.

This has really been a wonderful and lucky week for me. This is definitely great motivation to keep painting.

Here is a link:
http://www.paintermagazine.co.uk/index.php