Art Vogt Art

Brian Posehn Caricature Portrait

2012-01-31T15:10:00.000-08:00

Found a pic online of Brian Posehn as a kid! Painted it quickly today for fun.

Our Sad Sun

2011-10-26T15:32:00.000-07:00

Here is a quick concept I did of our sad sun.... powerful and loving, but in the end he must die, and so must the life he helped to birth.

Inspired by "How the Universe Works". Images provided by the internets. (no i didn't paint this (it only took 20 minutes) its mostly photo collage with some small painting tweaks to quickly express something)

Wizard of OZ concept painting on Odosketch

2011-08-24T09:59:00.000-07:00

Here's my first color sketch on Odosketch.com. It was fun! I did this from my head just randomly. I love working within odosketches limits, I think it helps you learn. Obviously this is Wizard of OZ.

My Little Brother... another quick sketch on odosketch.com

2011-08-09T13:52:00.000-07:00

This is my little brother... best brother ever :) Drew this around lunch time today on odosketch.com

Another Jerboa Character Design ... on Odosketch

2011-08-03T21:02:00.000-07:00

Lately I LOVE using odosketch.com . I post some of the drawings to facebook, but in case you don't follow me there, here is one of my favorites below. Watch it here, or if it doesn't load.... Stop by my Odosketch page for more! http://sketch.odopod.com/users/86459.

I'll keep on drawing there until it bores me :)

Jerboa!

2011-08-01T07:46:00.000-07:00

So today I randomly found a pic of the cutest little creature! It's called a "long eared jerboa", and he's so stinkin' cute that I had to draw him/her! I did a drawing based on one of the photos, kept the same pose, taking liberties with the character design but trying to stay a little more realistic.

I might do another one, but REALLY push it to cartoony. That's the best thing about character design to me... you can take one reference photo or idea and do endless variations of design with it, all with varying degrees of personality.

If you like rodents I hope you like this :)

A Long way to go...

2011-07-31T08:24:00.000-07:00

Quick visual development sketch of a new character in an animated story of mine. This is the first time I've drawn him (the big "bear" guy), so Im sure he'll some as I narrow his character and adjust the design to fit :)... I threw in some environment and my other character to help get a feel for him in context.

Small Animation Visual Development Scene

2011-07-14T18:38:00.000-07:00

This is a small visual development painting from a project I am working on in my brain all the time, and on paper when I get the chance. I took the chance to paint in Sketchbook Pro as I don't use it as much as Id like, and I like to stray from my comfort zone when I can and constantly learn. I hope you enjoy this tiny piece of my world! (I do mean tiny, this is 100% the size of the final, great way to keep from getting overly detailed and focusing on what matters to communicate an idea, try it!) :)

Hurley.... from Life on Nintendo DS "Colors!"

2011-07-02T07:55:00.000-07:00

This is my boy Hurley! He fell asleep for about 20 minutes, so I took the chance to paint him before he woke up. It was late in the day and overcast. This is another digital sketch from life on my Nintendo DS using "Colors!"

Character Design of Rodent guy, thing...

2011-03-11T19:03:00.000-08:00

I love seeing other people's processes, so i thought I'd show a wink of mine... though it makes me feel naked! This is a character design in a long line of characters for one of my many unmade story ideas. I did some rough sketches first, The first clean up sketch is on the left... it was too stiff for me, it lost the gesture and life so drew him again fixing what stunk about the first drawing.. liked it MUCH better, so then I painted that one in Photoshop. :)

... yet another work buddy

2011-02-22T20:23:00.000-08:00

Had to post something as I realized its been a while! This is Terence :) Painted in Photoshop.

Creature Dog Monster Thing....

2010-09-25T14:57:00.000-07:00

Randomly started digitally painting this creature / dog character design out of the blue today for fun. Took about an hour of noodling in Photoshop. Inspired by my doggie!!!

Justin Bieber Caricature Portrait Drawing

2010-09-18T14:41:00.000-07:00

My first go at a Justin Bieber Caricature Drawing.. this portrait is for the young ladies out there :P. PrismaColor on Paper, about 5 inches high.

Another Work Buddy Caricature

2010-09-18T10:15:00.000-07:00

Here is the second caricature for a work pal! It's digitally painted in Photoshop with a chalky look... the same look as the Team Fortress 2 inspired "Neil Rio" painting. Took a couple hours. I pushed her character design a little to express her personality. Say hi to Mary!

Hamster Sketches

2010-09-12T08:17:00.000-07:00

Here is a page of quick life sketches I did of our fat hamster Tink!

Work Buddy Caricature

2010-06-19T09:12:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick digital painting I did of a friend from work.... I was trying to illustrate to him how I want his hair to look.... then i just kept painting :) AN hour later I had this. FUN! (the style was inspired by Team Fortress 2, the paintings for that game are awesome!)

Arctic Fox Character Design Sketches

2010-03-22T20:04:00.000-07:00

Here is a page of arctic fox exploration sketches I did for a possible character in a personal project. Just having fun and going with the flow of my brain to see what I can see :)

Melting Snow

2010-03-07T08:55:00.000-08:00

Another quick digital piece painted in photoshop of the view out of my studio window.... trying to catch the specific light and color of that day with a simple design.

Winter Red Sunset

2010-02-04T20:52:00.000-08:00

A quick digital painting in photoshop from life of a realllly red sunset one night from this winter.

In the car!

2010-01-26T18:22:00.000-08:00

A quick sketch painted digitally on the Nintendo DS using Colors in a car on a trip in the dark in some fog... :P

Eagle Character - Inspired by Alvin and the Chipmunks....

2010-01-10T14:50:00.000-08:00

I was watching Alvin and the Chipmunks 2, and I loved the look of the eagle in the part where Theodore is in the Zoo.... so I drew a quick version from my head inspired by it.

Time of Day / Mood Variations with Colors!

2010-01-07T07:34:00.000-08:00

Here are some more digital concept paintings I did with Colors! on my Nintendo DS. I'd use the same simple composition to mess around painting moods and time of day over the last month... usually in bed at night :)

From Observation to Imagination...

2010-01-02T15:48:00.000-08:00

I started this landscape painting from life by observing the amazing sunset outside. One hour later I had strayed from plein air painting to painting from my imagination, and this little piece came out of it. It's so magical to get lost in your art...

First Snow Painting!

2009-12-19T10:45:00.000-08:00

YAY! It's the first snow of the year here! I have only spent a couple years of my life in a climate that has snow.... so this is my first snow painting from life in probably 6 years! A quick digital painting sketch in Photoshop from observation out my studio window. :)

Quick Digital Figure Painting with Trackpad

2009-12-17T09:00:00.000-08:00

For my morning exercise I decided to paint this young lady in Photoshop using just my laptop's trackpad and one brush. Varying just size and opacity. I really like being out of my comfort zone, you learn alot!!!

Digital Landscape Painting / Study

2009-12-09T11:48:00.000-08:00

I did this digital painting / study from a photo a buddy of mine took on a trip. I really enjoyed trying to capture the life of the waves and the texture in the sand. Thanks Mike!

Character Sketch - Round 1!

2009-12-06T15:17:00.000-08:00

I did this Warrior sketch quickly today for a friend. It's my first rough (very rough!). The value is more for defining space/objects, not light. I'll refine/clean/define him more in the next sketch. I have all sorts of ideas behind everything about him. A story/history, no matter how small, ALWAYS helps you make your work better!

Painting From Memory

2009-12-05T09:15:00.000-08:00

Lots of times when i'm driving, I try to remember a scene and it's colors, then I paint it when I get home. It's GREAT practice for many reasons!

Landscape Painting - Digital

2009-11-30T17:55:00.000-08:00

This is a quick landscape study of the view out of my studio window. I paint it almost every day. I never tire of it!

Turkey Character Design for Thanksgiving!

2009-11-25T10:10:00.000-08:00

Figured I should draw something quick for Thanksgiving, so here it is! Happy Thanksgiving to all you who celebrate it! Eat tons and Be SAFE!!!

Nintendo DS Colors Quick Digital Painting - from Memory

2009-11-23T15:54:00.000-08:00

I painted this immediately after returning from a day trip in the car. I remember the orangey/greeny light shining through a group of trees by the highway on the way home and painted it quickly from memory when I got home. :)

Jacob Black Portrait Drawing - Twilight Series

2009-11-21T20:22:00.000-08:00

My first take on Jacob Black from the Twilight series. The werewolf Native American Kid. This Character Design was alot of fun! And very challenging, which i LOVE!

Sketches

2009-11-20T19:28:00.000-08:00

A half page of character design sketches and layout / composition studies for a project.

Nintendo DS Colors Quick Digital Painting

2009-11-19T08:48:00.000-08:00

Another quick digital painting using Colors on my Nintendo DS. This one was from when I was reading the Golden Compass a year or two ago.

Edward Cullen Portrait Drawing - Twilight Series

2009-11-18T12:26:00.000-08:00

My first take on Edward Cullen from the Twilight series about vampires ( in case you didn't know about it :P ). I think I'll do alot more of these, he has a fun face... and I love exploring and creating many designs from one person.

Nintendo DS Love!

2009-11-17T09:07:00.000-08:00

Painted digitally on my Nintendo DS with a program called "Colors". The image is posted at 100%.

Kid Whale Sketches

2009-11-16T09:32:00.000-08:00

Some exploration sketches from this morning of a whale kid :)

Hello World!

2009-11-13T09:57:00.000-08:00

I finally got a blog! I'll use this to post random art, tutorials, work in progress, personal projects, and art I dont want to publish on my main site (things I dont want in my portfolio but are neat in their own way). And to start it off... here's a quick painting of the sunset last night!!!