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Hello folks. For those who are my friends/watchers on this site, I'm back!

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First of all, I'll talk about the above piece then I'll explain my long absence from this site. The render depicts a scene in which desert bandits are awaiting an enemy. They have quite the vehicle at their disposal, a truck made out of old bus and mining truck parts using a commercial diesel engine. The chopper is built from and old custom chopper but with some additional parts attached. They are in the Bonneville Salt Flats on a hot summer day.

This piece is a milestone for me because it is my first fully completed digital artwork. Usually I would start with a pencil sketch, scan that in, and then color it digitally. I used standard brushes to do all of the coloring and detailing, along with the selection tool. This render was also something that happened at random. I wanted to try my hand at a concept render that focuses on a subject matter which lacks seriousness and is all about some wild, crazy, or strange fun. It really was fun working on this, except for the quirks associated with the program I used. The render was done completely in Adobe Photoshop CS6.

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Concerning my long absence, I'll post a journal entry right here just because I am a little lazy and sick at the moment... I've been spending a lot more time than usual working on my truck design project (yes, it's still ongoing, for those who remember). I won't show anything related to this project until it is absolutely finished. I don't know when it will be, by the way. I've also been helping out at the family workplace much more than usual, too, especially due to a remodeling project the property owners were doing during the summer of 2013. The plaza looks great now, and no longer like a travel back to the 1980's! But, most exciting of all, I have been getting busier with another job with a friend who's down in San Jose. The job involves custom motorcycles for some big clients, and I am the designer who works on the initial designs and ideas. my friend runs the business with many other friends an connections, and we are planning on finishing up a motorcycle very soon. For those who follow the auto or motorcycle scene, you may come across the bike on the internet, I'm thinking... I can't go into any specifics about that too much, but when the bikes are released one by one, I'll have the go-ahead to upload my work for the bikes. The year 2014 may just be the start of a long career in art and design for real, I'm hoping with all my heart!

Description
Hello folks. For those who are my friends/watchers on this site, I'm back!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

First of all, I'll talk about the above piece then I'll explain my long absence from this site. The render depicts a scene in which desert bandits are awaiting an enemy. They have quite the vehicle at their disposal, a truck made out of old bus and mining truck parts using a commercial diesel engine. The chopper is built from and old custom chopper but with some additional parts attached. They are in the Bonneville Salt Flats on a hot summer day.

This piece is a milestone for me because it is my first fully completed digital artwork. Usually I would start with a pencil sketch, scan that in, and then color it digitally. I used standard brushes to do all of the coloring and detailing, along with the selection tool. This render was also something that happened at random. I wanted to try my hand at a concept render that focuses on a subject matter which lacks seriousness and is all about some wild, crazy, or strange fun. It really was fun working on this, except for the quirks associated with the program I used. The render was done completely in Adobe Photoshop CS6.

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Concerning my long absence, I'll post a journal entry right here just because I am a little lazy and sick at the moment... I've been spending a lot more time than usual working on my truck design project (yes, it's still ongoing, for those who remember). I won't show anything related to this project until it is absolutely finished. I don't know when it will be, by the way. I've also been helping out at the family workplace much more than usual, too, especially due to a remodeling project the property owners were doing during the summer of 2013. The plaza looks great now, and no longer like a travel back to the 1980's! But, most exciting of all, I have been getting busier with another job with a friend who's down in San Jose. The job involves custom motorcycles for some big clients, and I am the designer who works on the initial designs and ideas. my friend runs the business with many other friends an connections, and we are planning on finishing up a motorcycle very soon. For those who follow the auto or motorcycle scene, you may come across the bike on the internet, I'm thinking... I can't go into any specifics about that too much, but when the bikes are released one by one, I'll have the go-ahead to upload my work for the bikes. The year 2014 may just be the start of a long career in art and design for real, I'm hoping with all my heart!