The Valiant Dreamer: Organic Edition; (Photoshop), 2023
A Self Portrait; (Photoshop), 2017
A Shattered Self; (Photoshop), 2017
Kintsugi - A New Beginning; (Photoshop), 2022
The Valiant Dreamer Logo; (Photoshop), 2020
Material Studies (2018)
Process work
Glass
Metal
Fur
Stone
Wood
Leather
Bubble
Bone
Artimas and Erebus Portrait (2018)
Artimas and Erebus; (Photoshop), 2018
Self Portrait; (Photoshop), 2018
Steamboat Willie Drawover; (Photoshop), 2018
The Journey began here...
Years ago before even trying to attend DigiPen, I created art for commissions and smaller personal projects, and even for class at Grossmont Community College in San Diego, CA. I never used Photoshop or other digital means to produce work before, so taking a digital painting class is really what started me on my journey forward.
The image to the right is called "Winter in New York", and was painted using Corel Painter 12 back in 2013. This was the first time ever using a digital medium.
My instructor really liked it and wanted me to enter it into the San Diego State Fair (then called Del Mar Fair) and of course I was hesitant being not only my first time digitally painting anything, but also the first time showing my work to a large public crowd.
I decided to enter after all, and to my surprise I actually won three awards! I was notified I had won 1st Place, Best in Class, and Best in Show. This also drew the attention of Fairgoers and people requested I sold them copies of it to which I did, and that really kick started my digital art career.
Of course, the want to create work digitally goes all the way back to high school with me wanting to be a Cinematic Animator for Video Games (changed in 2020 with the want to become a Walt Disney Imagineer animating Animatronics). The reason why I am typing this story, is to hopefully inspire people to step out of their personal fear boundaries and try something new and get yourself out there. Go above and beyond and think outside of the box.
Winter in New York; (Corel Painter 12), 2013
