the SUBMERGED SERIES!!!

well... i'd call this 95% done. possibly a few more color saturation and value passes in photoshop + i'll probably tweak out the outline color a bit depending on the piece with a few artists proofs.

BUT! these are basiclly it! and although they look a bit different after the photoshop pass, imo the original paintings turned out quite nicely- will probably end up selling those as well.

"SUBMERGED_A"

"SUBMERGED_B"

"SUBMERGED_C"

"SUBMERGED_D"

"SUBMERGED_E"

having had such a fun experience with this series, getting back into larger compositions, and looking to be taken seriously in galleries, i think my pieces will start getting a big bigger from here on out. these measure ~15"X7.5". i'm looking to go up to at least 7X21" on the halloween collage series, that i've already begun sketches on- wee hoo!

night night!

... patenaude

print making like there's no tomorrow!

old bertha [my HP photosmart pro b9180] has really been earning her keep lately. here's the batch i sent i sent down to [pikaland] (all the way down in malaysia!], for NEXT month's pikapackage- a mix of the smurf color remix series, the box collection, and mr. octopus from series SEALIFE...



and below is the first batch of exclusive prints i shipped out to [the shiny squirrel] last week.



after wrapping up the photoshop work in the SUBMERGED series this week, and move onto a series for halloween, along with various other projects that i'm sure will creep in along the way. oh boy!

... patenaude

sealife series!!

well- here they are- final shots [courtesy of my buddy rob adams] of the sealife series that i painted as a gift for elliot's birthday. i plan on tweaking the border/ sizing a bit for the limited edition prints, which i'll be posting later this week, but as far as the originals go- you can't get much more final than this- in the frame and on the wall!

a group photo of them all together... how cute is that!?

"lobster"

"sea turtle"

"octopus"

be on the look out for the prints- available [to the public;)] later this week!


... patenaude

series SUBMERGED progress...

these will probably be the last "progress" shots you see of series SUBMERGED.

aside from a bit more cleanup, once i get them scanned [especially on a few of the background washes ended up having a bit more "character;)" than i'd like], for the most part, the majority of the work will just involve inking them up, which will combat a lot of the unclarity that is going on in a few of them.

i'm planning on having these puppies wrapped up within the week, despite nibbling on a few other misc. projects simultaneously.

ps. yes- HARSH palettes, but... they were a lotta fun! ... enjoy!

... patenaude