The Beanstalk

Everybody needs one

2011-12-06T08:38:00.001-08:00

Zombie of the day

2011-11-22T01:39:00.001-08:00

2011-11-17T00:06:00.000-08:00

2011-11-16T23:35:00.001-08:00

Mr. Marmunt

2011-11-13T15:59:00.001-08:00

Zombie boy

2011-11-05T17:42:00.001-07:00

Messing around with Art-Rage a bit.

cafe sketch 1

2011-11-05T16:24:00.000-07:00

2011-10-24T02:01:00.000-07:00

2011-10-12T17:16:00.001-07:00

The Messenger boat dev 1

2011-09-15T12:39:00.000-07:00

2011-09-12T23:32:00.001-07:00

the Probe

2011-09-10T02:16:00.001-07:00

trying out my new rotation stylus

2011-09-08T10:53:00.001-07:00

The Sellsword

2011-09-02T23:53:00.001-07:00

2011-09-01T14:35:00.000-07:00

nother one'

2011-08-31T16:25:00.001-07:00

2011-08-30T10:23:00.001-07:00

The Odd Couple

2011-08-29T12:07:00.001-07:00

notes

2011-08-28T18:53:00.001-07:00

Hipsters and Hippies

2011-08-27T00:23:00.001-07:00

2011-08-26T09:08:00.000-07:00

You don't know where you're going
You cross the street, you don't know why you did
You walk back across the street

At Dawn

2011-08-25T09:41:00.000-07:00

Trying out a few foliage brushes.

Pocket Monster

2011-08-24T11:10:00.001-07:00

bovine sketch

2011-08-21T00:42:00.000-07:00

Shzooinks!!!

2011-08-19T23:25:00.000-07:00

a peek

2011-08-16T18:49:00.000-07:00

Hellboy Sketch

2011-08-10T22:24:00.000-07:00

Sketchbook page

2011-07-23T15:48:00.001-07:00

A few more from the Archives

2011-07-10T22:09:00.000-07:00

paintings I made a few years ago.

XDDDDDDDD

2011-07-06T12:40:00.001-07:00

Hunted sketch

2011-06-22T22:13:00.000-07:00

I worked on a cinematic ad for the game Hunted this year, I don't think its being made anymore. Anyway, here is a quick sketch of one of the characters.

Iceman sketches

2011-06-14T11:47:00.000-07:00

Some quick sketches and development of one of the many storybook characters Lauren and I are working on. On hold for the time being. We're changing the format of the book so these designs will have to change as well.

I know, I know the whole old-timey poster thing is getting old. Just couldn't help myself!

Three Dudes at the Immigration Office

2011-06-10T23:47:00.000-07:00

drawn with a pen-brush from life embellished at home.

A gentleman and a scholar

2011-06-07T22:58:00.001-07:00

Gangsta!

2011-05-28T23:22:00.000-07:00

ooh, la la

2011-05-28T01:04:00.000-07:00

Somewhere..

2011-05-16T00:57:00.001-07:00

hut study

2011-04-23T13:10:00.000-07:00

The Alchemist

2011-04-01T11:01:00.001-07:00

Its Coming!

Kramskoy Master copies

2011-03-29T01:12:00.001-07:00

These are some copies of works by the great Russian master Ivan Kramskoy. Please check out his work. The man really knew how to observe with emotion without being sentimental.

These are just simple studies and were done pretty quick, so of-course they don't even begin to compare to the beauty of the originals.

Zombie Grinder sketches

2011-03-26T19:23:00.000-07:00

More Zombie Stuff here, and here.

Sketching during a really boring class

2011-03-22T17:55:00.001-07:00

Class Caricatures

2011-03-20T12:10:00.001-07:00

Haven't done these in a long time, so this was pretty fun.

The Incredibly Large Nipple Monster!

2011-03-17T09:26:00.001-07:00

Another one!

2011-03-16T11:59:00.000-07:00

Cricket

2011-03-14T14:27:00.001-07:00

A charchol portrait of one of my sister's many dogs. I did this as a birthday present for her a few years ago. Mike Hernandez came to give a talk at Art Center at the time, obviously I was very inspired by his animal drawings.

Portraits of Bicyclists

2011-03-08T04:30:00.000-08:00

A few illustrations I did for a research project. We interviewed people to find out about the bicycle culture in LA, these go together with our presentation.

Deluxe Reveal!!!

2011-03-02T08:00:00.001-08:00

My lady-friend Lauren and I have been working on a bunch of awesome projects together. In case you weren't aware Lauren is a super-talented and hilarious writer. We are trying to keep most of the projects under wraps for now, however, our excitement about this particular character put us in a sharing mood.

Grub Goblin

2011-03-01T23:19:00.001-08:00

Biker Girl

2011-02-27T09:39:00.000-08:00

Rhino Sketch

2011-02-25T23:28:00.000-08:00

Cloud Studies

2011-02-24T13:35:00.001-08:00

Dark City sketches

2011-02-22T17:53:00.000-08:00

This was a project for my Arch II, class. The final image turned out terrible but these mini-layouts didn't turn out too bad.

Dragon sketch

2011-02-21T07:40:00.000-08:00

Having fun with some new brushes!

2011-02-15T19:12:00.001-08:00

another quickie

2011-02-14T19:21:00.000-08:00

15 min

2011-02-13T14:10:00.001-08:00

2011-02-01T21:44:00.000-08:00

2011-01-31T23:31:00.000-08:00

2011-01-29T23:26:00.001-08:00

2011-01-28T16:21:00.001-08:00

An old drawing of some friends. I think this was done at 3am at a Denny's.

2011-01-27T13:36:00.000-08:00

Warming up.

Sunset Blvd 4

2011-01-21T10:55:00.001-08:00

sunset Blvd 3

2011-01-21T01:09:00.000-08:00

Sunset blvd 2

2011-01-19T10:25:00.001-08:00

Sunset Blvd 1

2011-01-18T11:28:00.001-08:00

Sometimes I find profound imagery in classic movies

Tywin Lannister

2011-01-17T09:17:00.001-08:00

Really getting into Gerorge R.R. Martin's work on audio-book while I'm working.
This is one of the characters prominent in the third of his Song of Ice and Fire series.
Did a quick sketch as a warm up the other day and did a warm up paint over the next day.

Warm-up Dark City Sketch

2011-01-16T13:02:00.000-08:00

Joshua Tree- Last one.

2011-01-15T13:58:00.000-08:00

The funny thing about these is that I forgot my field sketchbook when we went camping, so I had to rip up some boxes from the food we took with us and used the back to paint on.

Yeehaw!

2011-01-14T14:14:00.000-08:00

Just felt like doing a cowboy sketch, has something to do with seeing True Grit recently mayhaps.

More Joshua Tree painting

2011-01-12T12:26:00.000-08:00

I couldn't have had more than 15-20 minutes for this one as the sun was setting. It was almost dark by the time I was done. Would have been way easier if I was working on my laptop, but not nearly as much of an adventure.

another Joshua Tree sketch

2011-01-11T07:36:00.001-08:00

Joshua Tree National Park Camping Trip

2011-01-10T10:59:00.000-08:00

A painting from my freezing cold camping trip to Joshua Tree.

This one needed some help in Photoshop

Quick Monster Sketch

2011-01-09T16:51:00.000-08:00

Just had to get one of these out

Maester Aemon

2011-01-08T08:59:00.000-08:00

Goat Man Alien mask Sculpt

2010-09-19T18:57:00.001-07:00

Here is a picture of the Sculpt I did in Jordu Schell's class just minutes before I had to destroy it to make the cast for the polymer mask. I messed up that cast unfortunately, so I will have to clean it up a bit before I can get a mask going.

monkey

2010-08-26T16:39:00.001-07:00

stuf

2010-01-05T23:21:00.001-08:00

An alarm clock concept. It rolls away from you!
Oh No!

A few character Studies for a freelance project.

Another painting for Baron Munchousen, this one was rushed but I still kind of like it.

Zombies Ate My Neighbors Concept Sketchings

2009-10-31T21:11:00.001-07:00

A little bit of everything...

Check out the finals at rustamart.blogspot.com

caricatures

2009-08-14T17:27:00.001-07:00

new sketches

2009-07-24T11:51:00.001-07:00

The two below are from my backyard.

This last one was done in less than ten minutes before Descanso gardens closed down. I really like how simple it turned out, but still conveyed the canopy mood lighting I wanted.

Master Copy Sketches

2009-06-24T21:21:00.000-07:00

Wyeth

Remmington

Some charcoal portraits from a few years ago

2009-05-29T13:28:00.000-07:00

warm ups

2009-05-28T18:08:00.001-07:00

I miss drawing heads..

Where the Wild things are

2009-05-22T17:28:00.000-07:00

Just saw the trailer! It's going to be awesome!

color

2009-05-21T13:49:00.000-07:00

Here are some color studies I made for a recent project. I thought the abstract quality of these brought on by abrupt execution was kind of interesting.