Wellwoods

Here is a detailed view of the final. This is done in colored pencils, acrylic, and gouche on textured grey paper.
-JAMES the THIRD

The OFFICE: kevin

"When someone gives you 10000:1 odds on anything, take it. If John Mellencamp ever wins an Oscar, I'm going to be very rich." -Kevin
WORK IN PROGRSS end of day 1

I saw that Brian Baumgartner (Kevin from "The Office") is a big fan of art, especially fan art. So I decided to do a quick portrait of him. This is the sketch to that portrait. He has this deal with fan that if you send him an autographed picture he will send one back. So I am going to send him an autographed copy of this portrait and see what kind of a response I get to my work. I am a GENIUS!
-JAMES the THIRD

James Dean sketch

This turned out far better that I had expected. From begining to end it went pretty fast (about 3 hrs). I now have prints for sale for this image as well as any other images posted on this page. Just let me know.

Here is a detail view.
-JAMES the THIRD

Portait: study

This is a quick head study. Done in colored pencil on textured paper. Total time 1hr and a half.
-JAMES the THIRD

Sketchbook: portrait

This is just an image from my sketchbook. I liked all of the bead work so I did a sketch. I might turn it into a finished painting later.
-JAMES the THIRD

Luchadors!

These are a few luchador drawings that I have been drawing in my freetime.


LUCHO DINERO!


RECYCLOR!
-JAMES the THIRD

Wonder Woman

This was a fun sketch.
-JAMES the THIRD

VISA "Breakthrough" campaign

I did these drawing for a company called Arc Worldwide in San Francisco. They had a project that needed a sketch/layout artist and they gave the job to me. VISA was doing a new campaign for small business credit cards called "Breakthrough". I was told that I was to draw two scenarios. They had chosen a female chef and a male contractor. I was told what type of scenes they wanted for each scenario. An example would be contractor at his desk, a chef cooking, etc. The description was very open. I was not given any reference and was asked to do these quickly. The art director loved the sketches. He especially loved the detail and attention put into the backgrounds.
The drawings were then shown to VISA and they loved them as well. I was offered the job of flushing out more scenarios but I had to decline. I accepted a full time job as Head of Marketing at Fireclay Tile.

Turkey!

This is a pen & ink drawing that I was commissioned to do for an avid turkey hunting club.

Tub's Club Logo

This is a logo that I designed for a start-up company that was kind of like a Jenny Craig type of place. I made the logo in about 30 different colors so that the could merchandise it any way that they wanted. They were very pleased.

U.S. Government VS Blackwell

While in college I landed a job as a courtroom sketch artist for 10TV NEWS in Columbus Ohio. This is one of the cases that I covered. These images were done onsite in the courtroom during opening statements. I only had about 2 hours and I complete 7 paintings. These 4 were used on the 5, 6, and 11 o'clock news. This is an image of Roger Blackwell himself. He was caught (along with many friends and family members) and charged with insider trading that resulted in millions of dollars gained illegally.
This is an image of the government's prosecutor. I sat right behind him during opening statements. This is an image I did of Roger Blackwell's defense attorney during opening statements.
This is Roger Blackwell's ex-wife, who testified against him in return for all charges against her and her parents to be dropped.

Phonebook and Chamber of Commerce Ad

This was an Ad that I did for a Real Estate company in Pacifica California. It was made to be printed in the Yellow Pages and in the Pacifica Chamber of Commerce magazine.

Portrait of a Doctor

This is my most recent portrait. I just finished this last night (3.4.07). I have several more portraits that I am finishing up so keep an eye out for new ones.

Dora the Explorer

This a "Dora the Explorer" children's touch book that I did the layout for Leap Frog. This was a big freelance job for me. Leap Frog has recently asked me for samples for to do more work for them (I have done a total of 2 jobs for them already).