Ostridge

Watercolor with Gouache. 15x11 in.

This is one I really want to do more with. The Ostridge design was a one of my favorite. I am hoping to do another one here soon with it deserted on a island rusting away. This was meant to be a submersible transport. I personally feel like this painting requires alot more work and it is indeed unfinished but its one of those I have been thinking and looking at for so long I don't want to touch it. So time will tell where I go with this one, but for now it is what it is.

Swordfish

Watercolor with Inks: Dr. Martin's. 15x11 in.

Watercolor with ink. 15x11 in.

This was the first time I started to use watercolor inks with my watercolor. I did these two about 4 months ago and ever sense then I have been stuck on those inks. The colors blend so well and keep there vigor even after they dry. These two where before the one below. I want to do more like the bottom one here - ship yard.

Most of my paintings are meant to convey a sense of purpose. They should display the reason for this creatures creation. Which in this case is carrying supplies across the ocean such as a cargo ship or oil tanker. The top painting was the first of this series of Swordfish. It is meant to be a preliminary painting to lay down the full shape and color of the subject. The bottom one is unfinished. The blank spot in the upper right corner is bothering me, so sooner or later something is filling that space in along with other details.

More Aardvark

Watercolor with Gouache. 15x11 in.

This was the second one I ever did in my continuing project. There are still touch ups to be made but as of right now it stands on its own. This was to demonstrate just how versatile the Aardvark robot can be. Here is it displaying its intended roll which is to carry goods over rough terrain.

Swordfish/Dark water

Watercolor and gauche, Arches HP, 23x15 in.

This painting was alot of fun in the making of it. Just to clarify that black goo is "Dark water" from the "Pirates of Dark Water" if any of you watched that back in the 90's. This is one of the latest I have made of this Tuckerbot- what the machines are called at this point. I have two other paintings done of it that I will try to get on here with in the next week. The time laps photos are a nice touch that I have started on some of my other paintings and will try to load them on here soon.
I have a large painting im working now that I have been taking pictures of scense I started it so that should make a nice post.

Aardvark

So this is the first work I made in the series. Lot of time went into this one. This is called the Aardvark if you can't already guess its based off one. The original design is a quarter view which I intend to make some time soon. The land scape is meant to be a garbage dump of machines like its self. Its main design is for long distance transport through mountains or rough terrain on land. The size of the water color is 12x15 on HP arches watercolor paper. The ultimate desire for this piece was to be blown up so I consider the larger 26x34 the finished work. This goes for alot of my work. The goal is to have them enlarged with out deterioration.

26x34 on fine art paper.

Lithodes

Finally I get some color on this site. This is one of my most recent creations. The Lithodes was based off a Stone Crab mixed with a lobster hence the tail. The name stands for lithodes couesi the Scarlet King Crab. This is the first three view painting I have done even though a lot of my sketches and diagrams consist of the same set up. I want the viewer to build a 3D image of what is in front of them. A quarter view doesn't aways give this effect. The geometric charts on the sides are not just there to look pretty. They show the extent of movement in the joints. The middle one gives the range of how far the tail can move up and down showing each segment. The bottom right a side view of the front left arm. The bottom left is the limitations of the legs.

35x55 on fine art paper