Mark's Sketchblog

Been a long, long time

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:24:00 +0000

Help the Hodges Benefit Auction

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:48:00 +0000

For an old friend. It's been my honor to know and learn from this man.

If there are any industry artists out there that haven't heard or been able to contribute, the deadline for submissions is coming up very soon: http://www.helpthehodges.com/

It's the first acrylic on canvas I've done since ...possibly high school? I'm struck by how much easier the predictable texture of the surface makes things. I don't have to worry about any of my previous acrylic issues. I've been painting on smooth surfaces for too long. It begs more playtime.

This is such a bad idea

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:14:00 +0000

How does he always get talked into these kinds of things?

showdown

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:39:00 +0000

Just playing with some custom PS brushes.

Gogogo!

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:31:00 +0000

Time to paint

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:31:00 +0000

been too long

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:16:00 +0000

roughly how tired I am.

Live demo Nov 5th in Bellevue WA

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:21:00 +0000

unused illo for a WOTC D&D project from last year.

If you are in the Seattle area, I'm going to be doing a demo next Thursday in Bellevue.
Even better - BROM is going to be there giving a talk. It's an opening for a new school called 3d Training Academy. I'll be teaching a couple of character design/digital painting evening classes there soon. See their site for the demo location http://www.3dta.com

out for a stroll

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:54:00 +0000

Been so busy lately. Lots of partially finished stuff that's just not ready to post.

huntsman

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:56:00 +0000

Photoshop.

acrylic + photoshop

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:43:00 +0000

zbrush "PaintStop" doodle

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:28:00 +0000

Downloaded it today. Just playing w some of the tools. It's not one of those things I was hoping or expecting from zbrush, but I found it kinda fun.

Shoe Salesman

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:09:00 +0000

Photo"painfully slow"shop CS4.

No idea where I was going with this. It's really hot here.
Can anyone tell me why this plays so fast?! It's 13 minutes @ 30fps on my machine and plays just fine til I upload it.

Digital Painting 01 ~ Shoe Salesman from Mark Behm on Vimeo.

the pass

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:17:00 +0000

Friday mug

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:00 +0000

It had been a while since I last used painter. I needed some down time at work and had installed painter 11 some time ago. Now I remember why it was so fun.

landscrape

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:58:00 +0000

I feel dirty painting waterfalls. Like a lens flare.

tradigital

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:08:00 +0000

Started as a an oil over pencil. Painted over it and added more color in PS. I haven't done that in a long time.

'nother

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:06:00 +0000

Another, same light conditions. Working through some of the things I learned from the last experiment.

To top it all off

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:26:00 +0000

Bernard's breath was bad too.

wipeout

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:48:00 +0000

Another Nightwork interior. Alkyd over fixed prismacolor. For those not familiar with the idea this was done entirely transparently. A loose value drawing, then a quick wash of black and burnt sienna, then lights wiped, scrubbed and/or picked out with a dry cloth, dry q-tip, or brush with turps. I used to love the luminous quality, textured feel and raw speed of this over-done technique.
See Bernie Fuchs, C.M.Dudash and David Grove

Bad white point, first 2 steps.

Face Study

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:53:00 +0000

Waiting for a meeting this morning.
Every once in a while I'll do a few sketches just to find out what I'm missing. What muscle insert have I been faking? What would the light really do? For this one I just tried to keep the light position fixed relative to their face directions. The temptation to reference photos was pretty bad. Then I goback and check against photos/mirror with similar light. These are pretty off, but (and always) it's worth every minute I spent on it - just to take away a couple things I learned.

Nostalgic

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:34:00 +0000

I sometimes miss the little patch of woods next to where I lived in Northern California - on a huge bluff above the ocean. It didn't really look like this but it had a similar personality to it.
The place could be breathtakingly beautiful and scary at the same time. My favorite times were the crazy red light it often had about it at sunset and the absolute darkness and roar of the ocean at night.

TrollGeeks

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0000

For Drawergeeks this week. PS.

Exercise

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:22:00 +0000

Painter. More quickie palette knife randomness.
I'm aggravated by the lack of decent angle control.
Tilt is useless to me. Bearing is confusing. Direction doesn't work (spins).
Rotation with my 6d is more or less random (only seems so w pknife) and only seems to want to read the pen's angle when it chooses to.

palette knives

markbehm71@gmail.com (Mark Behm) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:07:00 +0000

Painter. Loaded palette knife and a soft airbrush.
Love that knife for blocking.