tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71047143529471732252012-01-20T20:09:34.103-08:00Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.comBlogger801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-28571803849114293412011-11-01T10:13:00.000-07:002011-11-13T16:58:38.318-08:00If you hadn't seen it here's a video that was put together of concept art juxtaposed with in game assets to show how the final product comes to life. This is a mixture of mine and <a href="http://www.adamart08.blogspot.com/">Adam Adamowicz's</a> concept art. There is a tremendous amount of work that happens in between these steps that requires teams of artists and coders to make happen. Without them, these would just be drawings. They're the ones who really bring it to life. Music is from the Skyrim soundtrack by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Soule">Jeremy Soule</a>.<br /><br /><b><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="303" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Xm54y82tUBY" width="540"></iframe></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-2857180384911429341?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-80209140196770270072011-10-29T12:20:00.000-07:002011-11-13T16:59:19.973-08:00Hi everyone,<br /><br />First of all, I want to thank everyone who follows my meager little blog for sticking with me and being patient.&nbsp;I've been extremely busy over here hence the lack of posts. As a matter of fact, I should probably be playing with my older son instead of letting him watch TV as I write this but never the less I rarely find the time to do this so strike when the iron is hot as they say. I plan on updating more often with art related materials that are either mine or things that I find interesting. If you have any ideas or things you'd like to know about I'd love to hear from you.<br /><br />So that said Bethsoft has released some more of the work I've done for Skyrim over the last 3 years and I wanted to share some of that with you. As the weeks and months continue I'll likely be trickling more out there so if you're interested stay tuned and check in every once and a while. Also check <a href="http://adamart08.blogspot.com/">Adam Adamowicz's</a> blog in the coming weeks as I have a sneaking suspicion he'll be posting his stuff too. If he doesn't I'll pester the hell out of him until he does:)<br /><br />Speaking of which if you have a few minutes also head over to the Bethblog for a link to our recent interview about the concept art process on Skyrim in the <a href="http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/10/28/skyrim-team-diary-1/">Skyrim Team Diarys</a>.<br /><br />As always I love hearing from you and welcome any comments and suggestions.&nbsp;Without further ado here's some of the most recent release of paintings I did for Skyrim. Thank you and I hope you enjoy.<br /><br />-Ray<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kfp7298HB0Y/TqxQ8UZCFXI/AAAAAAAAB_4/zB4MPSe2zw4/s1600/Ray_Lederer-TESV-Dragon_Shout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kfp7298HB0Y/TqxQ8UZCFXI/AAAAAAAAB_4/zB4MPSe2zw4/s320/Ray_Lederer-TESV-Dragon_Shout.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RJvR0mYzfz8/TqxQ7Mzu5sI/AAAAAAAAB_g/HJCtfRkEAds/s1600/Ray_Lederer-TESV-Azura.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RJvR0mYzfz8/TqxQ7Mzu5sI/AAAAAAAAB_g/HJCtfRkEAds/s320/Ray_Lederer-TESV-Azura.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9w1LgfV8RfY/TqxRBN_LMpI/AAAAAAAACBo/CSDyObaUMl0/s320/Ray_Lederer-TESV-Troll_Fight.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-8020914019677027007?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-50781898551760828362011-02-27T07:27:00.000-08:002011-02-27T07:28:17.709-08:00Another drawing session with the beautiful Luzia Bel this Saturday...<br /><br />Vine charcoal and newsprint <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BbCNTym7DVo/TWptM8ke7SI/AAAAAAAAB8A/Bua6QTeAjiM/s1600/Ray_Lederer_LD_Maria_Feb_24_2011%255B1000px%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BbCNTym7DVo/TWptM8ke7SI/AAAAAAAAB8A/Bua6QTeAjiM/s320/Ray_Lederer_LD_Maria_Feb_24_2011%255B1000px%255D.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-5078189855176082836?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-46157404629005959472011-02-24T08:08:00.000-08:002011-02-24T08:11:18.477-08:00Here's the debut of in game footage from the project I've been working on for the last 2+ years! We have an incredible team and here is the proof! The footage seen is a mere glimpse into what's to come. Many more surprises are in store for the fans...:)<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JSRtYpNRoN0" title="YouTube video player" width="540"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4615740462900595947?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-1349946474336573002011-02-11T10:15:00.000-08:002011-02-11T12:47:04.492-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Newly released concept art in high resolution! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one actually covers quite a few bases. I originally began this one as a simple concept painting of a bear but I decided to spend some time after hours developing an entire scene to pitch a few ideas on wildlife encounters in the game and duel wielding weapons. Luckily Todd was excited by this idea as it had never been done in an Elder Scrolls game before and he felt it was time to give it a go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7LsQty30sos/TVWDC3EIUXI/AAAAAAAAB7I/7owzMcFtr2A/s1600/Ray_Lederer-Bear_Encounter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7LsQty30sos/TVWDC3EIUXI/AAAAAAAAB7I/7owzMcFtr2A/s320/Ray_Lederer-Bear_Encounter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e2MySE2-uKc/TVV2CXOvyPI/AAAAAAAAB68/s1600/Ray_Lederer-Bear_Encounter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vGzZnWSGwcU/TVV2CgGewII/AAAAAAAAB7A/VfxLXdbskJ0/s1600/Ray_Lederer-Shrine_Of_Talos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vGzZnWSGwcU/TVV2CgGewII/AAAAAAAAB7A/VfxLXdbskJ0/s400/Ray_Lederer-Shrine_Of_Talos.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-134994647433657300?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-18750646279624775602011-02-06T19:06:00.000-08:002011-02-06T19:06:06.640-08:00&nbsp;This was released a couple of weeks ago on <a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/p/esv.aspx">Game Informer's</a> site but it's all over youtube now so I feel like I'm not scooping them anymore by featuring t here for a little more shameless self promotion...:) Ok, before you watch I have to talk about the fact that I don't speak in the video at all. To be honest it was a little awkward since I think the PR person was overzealous in controlling the message by not allowing me to be mic'd. My presence was essentially reduced to prop.&nbsp; Ah well, I can't complain too much as all the art featured in this video is mine. Hope you enjoy:)<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gI5-GZkKBDQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gI5-GZkKBDQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-1875064627962477560?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-67052281978113483202011-01-23T09:18:00.000-08:002011-01-25T11:40:30.384-08:00<div style="text-align: left;">Hi everyone! Here's some new stuff to show! This is an example of a paint-over, painted by yours truly. A paint-over is the process of taking a screen-shot from the game and painting directly on top of it to visualize how to improve a scene. It's a bit of the reverse of traditional concept art but it falls square within the job description and it happens more than you might think. The next time you're cruising around the different concept art sites, keep in mind that many of the pieces your seeing are not necessarily 'from scratch' but are collaborative pieces done with level designers and character artists to support the end product. It's a bit of different beast than illustration.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I recorded this back around Christmas 2009 using Camtasia and painting in Photoshop. I'd frequently stop and start the recording to make the clips more manageable in the editor so you may see a couple of dramatic jumps where I forgot to hit the record button:)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kz519BTf7bk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kz519BTf7bk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-6705228197811348320?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-35270359464288124932010-12-25T21:33:00.000-08:002011-01-23T08:59:43.569-08:00<div style="text-align: left;">I can FINALLY(!) acknowledge what I've been working on for the last 2 years! I am so happy and pleased to announce that myself and my good friend <a href="http://adamart08.blogspot.com/">Adam Adamowicz</a> have been hard at work creating the vast majority of the concept art for the 5th installment of the Elder Scrolls series. I am truly honored and thrilled to even be a part of such an amazing project and I cannot wait for fans to see the end result. Personally being here and working on this day in, day out represents a real turning point artistically which I feel is only the beginning of another leap forward. I won't say much more now, other than the game in it's current state looks a-mazing! Really. I can honestly say that being almost a year away from release this title already looks and feels incredible. This is a fantastic studio filled with hugely talented and cool people who pull off voodoo bad ass-ery on a daily basis and I'm so proud of what they're doing. They take my art and make it look a thousand times better. I wish I could show more but that will have to wait. In the meantime check out the super cool teaser trailer! I'll post more ASAP...<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/p/esv.aspx"><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9zfaFmSfhyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9zfaFmSfhyU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/p/esv.aspx"><br /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-3527035946428812493?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-27585618418623010082010-08-04T18:14:00.000-07:002010-08-04T18:20:26.001-07:00I think this will be the final. I played with the palette some and added subtle details and changes to fine tune it. I feel like I've gone about as far as I can with it before I overcook the pasta. Unless you have any other ideas I think I'm calling it done. As DaVinci said, art is never finished, only abandoned.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TFoOvskhx0I/AAAAAAAAB1s/HS1z3ooOykg/s1600/Rlederer_Gotta_Have_a_Hook%5BWEB%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TFoOvskhx0I/AAAAAAAAB1s/HS1z3ooOykg/s400/Rlederer_Gotta_Have_a_Hook%5BWEB%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-2758561841862301008?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-81803426808967893112010-08-03T17:17:00.000-07:002010-08-04T18:19:04.668-07:00Here we are with some slight tweaks to color balance, dust, and dwarf details. I may dial down the overall saturation and shift the palette back to the more pinkish fleshy hue overall. The color harmony happening in this one is almost too perfect and a bit contrived. The previous version actually appealed to me a bit more. I may push it back toward that direction while keeping the other small structural changes I made in this latest version.&nbsp; <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TFoRb-dFIYI/AAAAAAAAB18/dvVfofifZxQ/s1600/Rlederer_Gotta_Have_a_Hook%5BFINAL_1600px%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TFoRb-dFIYI/AAAAAAAAB18/dvVfofifZxQ/s400/Rlederer_Gotta_Have_a_Hook%5BFINAL_1600px%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-8180342680896789311?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-44918766619866472132010-08-02T19:05:00.000-07:002010-08-04T10:22:55.513-07:00Here is what I have so far. I'm mainly posting this to get some feedback. There is some fairly major stuff I feel I need to address but for the sake of objectivity, I don't want to influence any feedback I may get by stating my opinions. Thanks for taking a look.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />-Ray<span id="goog_104597200"></span><span id="goog_104597201"></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TFd5NSkVI1I/AAAAAAAAB1U/q8xxbNIfoh0/s1600/Rlederer_Gotta_Have_a_Hook%5BWIP%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TFd5NSkVI1I/AAAAAAAAB1U/q8xxbNIfoh0/s400/Rlederer_Gotta_Have_a_Hook%5BWIP%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4491876661986647213?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-76203270752287821472010-07-26T20:22:00.000-07:002010-07-26T20:23:30.820-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Here's this weeks Drawing. Meh. Conte and Newsprint.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TE5RKo_oe3I/AAAAAAAAB1M/Hyd2gFhqta8/s1600/LD_July25%5B2hr_WEB%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TE5RKo_oe3I/AAAAAAAAB1M/Hyd2gFhqta8/s400/LD_July25%5B2hr_WEB%5D.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7620327075228782147?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-29822826594747176152010-07-19T19:13:00.000-07:002010-07-19T19:16:30.723-07:00Here is a sampling of life drawing from earlier this month. These are 3 - 10 min drawings except for the first which was a couple of hours. Conte crayon on newsprint. I kinda butchered the top one when I started drawing over it with white Conte. I should have left well enough alone. Ah well...:)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFn38pgKI/AAAAAAAAB0g/RRod0AlbIOo/s1600/DSC_0407.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFn38pgKI/AAAAAAAAB0g/RRod0AlbIOo/s320/DSC_0407.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFk2ouluI/AAAAAAAAB0Y/PFz_QoJVqOM/s1600/DSC_0405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFk2ouluI/AAAAAAAAB0Y/PFz_QoJVqOM/s320/DSC_0405.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFjXpDCkI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/ijNWD75BugQ/s1600/DSC_0404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFjXpDCkI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/ijNWD75BugQ/s320/DSC_0404.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFUDSLLQI/AAAAAAAABz4/JXpc_FY1Smg/s1600/DSC_0408.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFUDSLLQI/AAAAAAAABz4/JXpc_FY1Smg/s320/DSC_0408.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFWeTszlI/AAAAAAAAB0A/TNN1th_KZaI/s1600/DSC_0409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFWeTszlI/AAAAAAAAB0A/TNN1th_KZaI/s320/DSC_0409.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFbYsl-DI/AAAAAAAAB0I/yBZ3rCgDsy8/s1600/DSC_0410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUFbYsl-DI/AAAAAAAAB0I/yBZ3rCgDsy8/s320/DSC_0410.JPG" /></a></div>More to come later this month...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-2982282659474717615?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-82757754120718417772010-07-19T07:20:00.000-07:002010-08-04T10:22:37.848-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TERc9RzncSI/AAAAAAAABzo/WrxU5hpV6ik/s1600/Art_Order_GHaH%28BW_Drawing%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TERc9RzncSI/AAAAAAAABzo/WrxU5hpV6ik/s1600/Art_Order_GHaH%28BW_Drawing%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hi all, ol' Duder's got a lot of irons in the fire. Recently I've been participating in an open art challenge put on by WotC art director <span class="fn">Jon Schindehette on his blog <a href="http://artorder.blogspot.com/2010/06/gotta-have-hook-challenge.html">Art Order</a>. It's been a lot of hard work and a lot of fun. Here is the assignment brief:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Description</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Setting - A cavern</div><div style="text-align: left;">Characters - A Male Dwarf Fighter and a Hook Horror</div><div style="text-align: left;">Scene - The dwarf has just delivered a mighty smack to the hook horror and knocked it backward through a stalagmite and/or stalactite.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Details: The dwarf is wearing heavy scale mail armor. Wielding a warhammer and a heavy shield.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These are the thumbnails I started with: I chose number 3 as it felt the most dynamic and engaging to me:&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TERjws7FmGI/AAAAAAAABzw/8FyJdC2qVg0/s1600/Dwarf_v_HookHorrorWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TERjws7FmGI/AAAAAAAABzw/8FyJdC2qVg0/s200/Dwarf_v_HookHorrorWEB.jpg" width="128" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is the B/W drawing and value study that will serve as the foundation to the final painting:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUH5bOT5JI/AAAAAAAAB0o/GSMgT2J7UWE/s1600/Rlederer_Gotta_Have_a_Hook%7BBW_CORRECTIONS%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TEUH5bOT5JI/AAAAAAAAB0o/GSMgT2J7UWE/s400/Rlederer_Gotta_Have_a_Hook%7BBW_CORRECTIONS%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="fn">&nbsp;Next will be the final color phase coming up in the next couple of weeks.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="fn">&nbsp;</span> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-8275775412071841777?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-88380951172708879452010-06-26T19:03:00.000-07:002010-06-26T19:19:59.645-07:00Who would've thought the Maryland/DC area had quite a thriving art community? I suppose it makes sense when one thinks about it for a minute. I'd never given much thought to Maryland until the weird idea of moving here reared it's head my way. Anyway, that said I'm making it a point to go to life drawing every week these days. Not only is it refreshing, it's *vital* if one is going to continue progressing to the next level. Montgomery College in Rockville has a great community of artists and models that meet on the weekends to do Short and Long pose drawing/painting sessions. I'm sticking to Gesture drawing right now to loosen up. I look forward to becoming more involved in the coming months. Here are some highlights from June 2010. These are all roughly 5-15 min Gesture drawings. Sorry about the poor image quality. I have no lighting rig or image stabilization available to me in the foreseeable future.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TCax1sAJv2I/AAAAAAAABrE/EgK6iRtU90A/s1600/DSC_0364.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TCax1sAJv2I/AAAAAAAABrE/EgK6iRtU90A/s320/DSC_0364.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487268731900510050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TCax1fm8bEI/AAAAAAAABq8/ynUAaklIrBQ/s1600/DSC_0363.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TCax1fm8bEI/AAAAAAAABq8/ynUAaklIrBQ/s320/DSC_0363.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487268728573553730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TCax0nMqzWI/AAAAAAAABq0/q7_YfnH-NRE/s1600/DSC_0357.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TCax0nMqzWI/AAAAAAAABq0/q7_YfnH-NRE/s320/DSC_0357.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487268713430961506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TCax0KsbI4I/AAAAAAAABqk/Qp17sD93uTY/s1600/Ginger_5min_Gestures%5BFB%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TCax0KsbI4I/AAAAAAAABqk/Qp17sD93uTY/s320/Ginger_5min_Gestures%5BFB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487268705779524482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TCax0WBGnTI/AAAAAAAABqs/AfrSBLtta4o/s1600/Ginger_10min_Gesture%5BFB%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/TCax0WBGnTI/AAAAAAAABqs/AfrSBLtta4o/s320/Ginger_10min_Gesture%5BFB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487268708819049778" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-8838095117270887945?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-18256571987023163632010-05-07T12:09:00.001-07:002010-05-07T12:42:17.569-07:00I'm going to attempt a WIP series on my blog that will hopefully keep me motivated to see it through to completion. I've been reading Moby Dick recently which has inspired about a 1000 different illustration ideas so I'm going to try a couple of them. My goal will be to post stages of progress which may last months given my schedule:) Starting here are some very rough thumbnails of scenes in my head while reading along. The tail fluke idea comes from the part of the book when they've gotten surrounded by a huge pod of sperm whales in the south Asiatic Sea. A ring of whales has surrounded mothers and calves who swim just below their tiny boat regarding them with (slightly curious) indifference. The visual effect in my mind is a slithering mass of (what must seem like to the whalers) eyes, flukes, and teeth just below the surface.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S-Rli6jpx4I/AAAAAAAABqc/kIi9eGrBczA/s1600/Moby_Dick_Thumbs_WEB%5B02%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S-Rli6jpx4I/AAAAAAAABqc/kIi9eGrBczA/s320/Moby_Dick_Thumbs_WEB%5B02%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468607498043377538" border="0" /></a>I also have the ubiquitous White Whale jumping out of the tumultuous sea with Ahab's boat in the foreground which is always fun. As you can see I've thrown in some steep high waves to create a sense of even more peril. The other one I really like is a top down view again of Ahab's boat cutting across MD as his pectoral fin is cutting through the water towards Ahabs boat. Seeing this one through I think will be a challenge and could be a strong yet subtle piece. We'll see:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S-RlihXmTXI/AAAAAAAABqU/mtFGHHgtxEs/s1600/Moby_Dick_Thumbs_WEB%5B01%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S-RlihXmTXI/AAAAAAAABqU/mtFGHHgtxEs/s320/Moby_Dick_Thumbs_WEB%5B01%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468607491281931634" border="0" /></a>My immediate goals are to do some very strong refined drawings using models and props with anything I can make, beg, borrow, or steal. Stay tuned...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-1825657198702316363?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-6229186418904850992010-05-03T04:44:00.001-07:002010-05-03T04:57:11.820-07:00Maria Garcia. Learned a lot on this one. I'm not at all happy with my proportions or edge quality however I did come away with some insight on how to approach next time around. There's a few nice things happening on her head. I hope I get the chance to draw her again as I definitely only caught a glimmer of her essence this time around.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S963t3dgX5I/AAAAAAAABpw/YGWAtwPxSOA/s1600/Life_Drawing%5B2hr_May02_MariaG_WEB%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S963t3dgX5I/AAAAAAAABpw/YGWAtwPxSOA/s320/Life_Drawing%5B2hr_May02_MariaG_WEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467008996284063634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S963WLq2c0I/AAAAAAAABpo/RIL4bG0cyk4/s1600/Life_Drawing%5B2hr_May02_MariaG_Head_WEB%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S963WLq2c0I/AAAAAAAABpo/RIL4bG0cyk4/s320/Life_Drawing%5B2hr_May02_MariaG_Head_WEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467008589391885122" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-622918641890485099?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-14838464147439054842010-04-29T18:08:00.000-07:002010-04-29T18:13:29.972-07:00Here's a few more for good measure. The little boy drawing was done by Rafael Colonzo. I swiped it and threw it in for scale. Again all from around the same time frame of 2007-ish.<br /><br />Beach adventure layout...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9otyHIchGI/AAAAAAAABpA/ChM9aCX-Rs8/s1600/Arrival_Beach_Reef%5BDSKTP%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9otyHIchGI/AAAAAAAABpA/ChM9aCX-Rs8/s320/Arrival_Beach_Reef%5BDSKTP%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465731436698698850" border="0" /></a><br />Snabbit Factory...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9otxuSyeKI/AAAAAAAABo4/ePVwrSws-Ms/s1600/scrapyard_factory_exit.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9otxuSyeKI/AAAAAAAABo4/ePVwrSws-Ms/s320/scrapyard_factory_exit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465731430031194274" border="0" /></a><br />Some sort of pickup item. I forget what it was now...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9otxHdWPqI/AAAAAAAABow/OIa8ZuMvC0g/s1600/Restoration_Tiki%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9otxHdWPqI/AAAAAAAABow/OIa8ZuMvC0g/s320/Restoration_Tiki%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465731419606498978" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-1483846414743905484?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-73008167868131193552010-04-28T18:23:00.001-07:002010-04-29T09:05:53.548-07:00Here comes some more from around the same time period around 2007-2008. A few environments plus a chibi-ish character. This could've been a really cool game but alas it wasn't in the cards. Such is the fate of many a game project the public rarely sees.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9jghcHLMYI/AAAAAAAABoQ/npShD3lAnqo/s1600/EE_Viking_Girl_WEB.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9jghcHLMYI/AAAAAAAABoQ/npShD3lAnqo/s320/EE_Viking_Girl_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465365012900688258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9jghAp_06I/AAAAAAAABoI/ePn5mkRaqUA/s1600/EE_Character_Select.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9jghAp_06I/AAAAAAAABoI/ePn5mkRaqUA/s320/EE_Character_Select.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465365005530551202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9jggnepUeI/AAAAAAAABoA/tOyaJPoGtzY/s1600/Lost_City%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9jggnepUeI/AAAAAAAABoA/tOyaJPoGtzY/s320/Lost_City%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465364998772052450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9jggcPT1vI/AAAAAAAABn4/k_WuFxr2tR8/s1600/Sludge_Factory%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9jggcPT1vI/AAAAAAAABn4/k_WuFxr2tR8/s320/Sludge_Factory%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465364995754940146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9jgf5ZaxlI/AAAAAAAABnw/YO6eKfgyxxQ/s1600/Valley_Entrance_DSKTP.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9jgf5ZaxlI/AAAAAAAABnw/YO6eKfgyxxQ/s320/Valley_Entrance_DSKTP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465364986402096722" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7300816786813119355?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-82226142322395712182010-04-28T03:37:00.000-07:002010-04-28T03:54:01.122-07:00Rummaging around I unearthed some unpublished stuff from years ago for various project pitches. These were all fun and very challenging. Some of them have that Golden Books feel which I never even realized until my AD at the time pointed it out. Amazing what our minds will pull from when asked to step out of our creative comfort zones. Anyway I'll post some more soon. Hope you enjoy my little strolls down memory lane until I can show new stuff:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9gRLDAiyCI/AAAAAAAABnY/hV2UjQBGf14/s1600/EndlessEmpire_InGame.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9gRLDAiyCI/AAAAAAAABnY/hV2UjQBGf14/s320/EndlessEmpire_InGame.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465137029297915938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9gRKxHwo_I/AAAAAAAABnQ/0ORmNVNsNVw/s1600/EndlessEmpire_InGame_Gardens.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9gRKxHwo_I/AAAAAAAABnQ/0ORmNVNsNVw/s320/EndlessEmpire_InGame_Gardens.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465137024496346098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9gRKYy-qrI/AAAAAAAABnI/TTyyjKvc4sw/s1600/EndlessEmpire_InGame_Stage_04_Castle_WEB.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9gRKYy-qrI/AAAAAAAABnI/TTyyjKvc4sw/s320/EndlessEmpire_InGame_Stage_04_Castle_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465137017966734002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9gRJxpDN6I/AAAAAAAABnA/guzfDLT3EXc/s1600/EndlessEmpire_Cover_FINAL.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9gRJxpDN6I/AAAAAAAABnA/guzfDLT3EXc/s320/EndlessEmpire_Cover_FINAL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465137007456106402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9gRJT7YhcI/AAAAAAAABm4/2j7H6WUNMlY/s1600/Big_Banyan_Vines.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S9gRJT7YhcI/AAAAAAAABm4/2j7H6WUNMlY/s320/Big_Banyan_Vines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465136999479936450" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-8222614232239571218?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-1173632463642717202010-04-20T18:28:00.001-07:002010-05-03T04:57:29.899-07:00Here's the result of a whole lot of measuring and remeasuring and then more measuring. I used the corners of the room as perspective guides which was quite useful for keeping my proportions in check and perspective true. I'll worry about making these pretty later. For now I'm interested in accuracy.<br /><br />18x24 Newsprint and vine charcoal.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S85ZyVe34II/AAAAAAAABmo/_bi8SyLOYIs/s1600/Life_Drawing%5B2hr_April18_WEB%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S85ZyVe34II/AAAAAAAABmo/_bi8SyLOYIs/s320/Life_Drawing%5B2hr_April18_WEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462402119341957250" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-117363246364271720?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-23828289842198034352010-03-01T11:43:00.000-08:002010-03-01T11:51:59.269-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S4waaj-7RwI/AAAAAAAABlw/3m6_cgzhAKk/s1600-h/Dantes_Inferno%5BDSKTP%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/S4waaj-7RwI/AAAAAAAABlw/3m6_cgzhAKk/s320/Dantes_Inferno%5BDSKTP%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443755093222180610" border="0" /></a><br />I've been kicking this one around a while and finally got motivated to finish it when I saw this months image challenge over at <a href="http://forums.thegnomonworkshop.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2">Gnomon</a> of Dante's Inferno. I got inspired for this one driving down a wide open country road just east of the foothills between Boulder and Louisville CO. In the middle of blistering hot August day, a couple of road workers were filling potholes and touching up the asphalt with these long propane torches. It struck me as a sort of vision of hell to be out on such a hot day dressed in protective gear and torching a wide open, heat rippled expanse. Anyway that vision stuck with me for a while until I've finally purged it to pixel paint!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-2382828984219803435?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-32394286942901329232009-11-05T19:46:00.000-08:002009-11-05T20:12:13.561-08:00This is what occupied most of my time last year. A really cool game that will never be made! Ah well, that's how it goes in this biz. I still get to draw fun stuff. Those that know me know this is quite a departure from what I'm used to doing but what a great way to stretch those muscles. I don't think I was terribly successful in getting the style like <a href="http://www.calonzo.com/">Rafael Colanzo</a> and <a href="http://bobbypontillas.blogspot.com/">Bobby Pontillas</a>. Those guys breath this stuff and it's brilliant. It just doesn't come that naturally to me but I had fun trying. These were some of the better ones...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOc-YYyaJI/AAAAAAAABkg/ZbxUg11QoaI/s1600-h/Wind_Machine_WEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOc-YYyaJI/AAAAAAAABkg/ZbxUg11QoaI/s320/Wind_Machine_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400832973659596946" border="0" /></a>Snabbit! Snapping Rabbit. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone had an evilometer?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOc-HYiJmI/AAAAAAAABkY/tYwDA0eMErU/s1600-h/Snabbit_v2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOc-HYiJmI/AAAAAAAABkY/tYwDA0eMErU/s320/Snabbit_v2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400832969095128674" border="0" /></a>I kinda like this one but if I had it to do over again I would redraw those monkeys. I can't stand the way I drew them. They look like the fell out of some stoner comic from the late 60s. Bah!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOc9-M_o0I/AAAAAAAABkQ/Qr-NFeAaqy8/s1600-h/Monkidu_Promo%5BFINAL_no_logo_WEB%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOc9-M_o0I/AAAAAAAABkQ/Qr-NFeAaqy8/s320/Monkidu_Promo%5BFINAL_no_logo_WEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400832966630810434" border="0" /></a>Thumbnail process for the Bulkhead contraption...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOc9p-CMxI/AAAAAAAABkI/EA4sDfdyCGw/s1600-h/MONKEY_MECH_THUMBS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOc9p-CMxI/AAAAAAAABkI/EA4sDfdyCGw/s320/MONKEY_MECH_THUMBS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400832961199354642" border="0" /></a>What could be a more refreshing pick-me-up after fighting hordes of mechanical monsters?! Why a fruity beverage of course!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOcd9UayYI/AAAAAAAABkA/xbejZgkhQVU/s1600-h/Health_Pickup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOcd9UayYI/AAAAAAAABkA/xbejZgkhQVU/s320/Health_Pickup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400832416637700482" border="0" /></a>A gouache-y looking vista...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOcdluF8PI/AAAAAAAABj4/iZhY89ousoU/s1600-h/Glider_Monkey_Vista_WEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOcdluF8PI/AAAAAAAABj4/iZhY89ousoU/s320/Glider_Monkey_Vista_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400832410302935282" border="0" /></a>Bulkhead schematic... This guy was fun for me. It took a lot of back and forth to finally come to this design but it works well I think. The whole thing is controlled by a single ships wheel with a small horde of monkeys pulling levers and ropes to work the arms and legs!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOcdUJQOLI/AAAAAAAABjw/EKlOB5up4BQ/s1600-h/Bulkhead_Blueprint.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOcdUJQOLI/AAAAAAAABjw/EKlOB5up4BQ/s320/Bulkhead_Blueprint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400832405585017010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOcdMJI9GI/AAAAAAAABjo/NXcXJAVH96c/s1600-h/Bulkhead_v2_WEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOcdMJI9GI/AAAAAAAABjo/NXcXJAVH96c/s320/Bulkhead_v2_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400832403437057122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOcc46BOOI/AAAAAAAABjg/1ae4hSJ3I9E/s1600-h/Bulkhead_FRONT%5BFINAL%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SvOcc46BOOI/AAAAAAAABjg/1ae4hSJ3I9E/s320/Bulkhead_FRONT%5BFINAL%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400832398273362146" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-3239428694290132923?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-8310842882763923212009-10-19T18:16:00.000-07:002009-10-19T18:27:44.624-07:00I'm not really a Parrothead but my good friend and neighbor Tammy is. She has seen Jimmy Buffet perform 18(!) times! If she isn't a Parrothead I don't know who is. She also shares exactly the same birthday AND birth year as me! So for her birthday I painted on our birthday. It was as much a present to myself since I don't get the chance to practice painting with real paint all that often. So I got to work digging up a few references and 4 hours later Parrothead was drying on my makeshift easel. Happy birthday Tammy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/St0Q3HYirNI/AAAAAAAABjA/07Jg0Qlo-AE/s1600-h/Parrothead_Painting%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/St0Q3HYirNI/AAAAAAAABjA/07Jg0Qlo-AE/s320/Parrothead_Painting%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394486467720555730" border="0" /></a><br />Materials: Clumsily applied Guoache &amp; Prismacolor Pencils on Moleskine watercolor pad<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-831084288276392321?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-81395359899371237382009-07-09T19:24:00.000-07:002009-10-08T08:15:10.141-07:00Sorry for the lack of posts everyone. I've been super busy with work and raising my son. I manage to squeeze in little things here and there. I'll post anything I can in the meantime...<br /><br />Speaking of which here's an old sketch for Dead or Alive, the zombie/western book cover I did for William Harms last year. This one will probably never get done but I thought it was a pretty good design for a novel. It would be designed as a wraparound with the binder rings occupying the space where the spine would go.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Slao3okCMtI/AAAAAAAABiY/qM1QvCvu8ZY/s1600-h/DoA_Cover_Sketch_No2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Slao3okCMtI/AAAAAAAABiY/qM1QvCvu8ZY/s320/DoA_Cover_Sketch_No2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356654480538612434" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-8139535989937123738?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-77782198553598025532009-06-17T09:41:00.000-07:002009-06-17T09:49:34.727-07:00Hey if I can't be at the Illustration Master Class 09, I have to make my own right? Having loads of models doesn't hurt either:) Poolside at our condo and view of mountainside from condo window, plus monsters. One of the girls had found a plastic grocery bag and tore out the bottom to create a plastic halter top:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SjkdjAqlM0I/AAAAAAAABYE/9ttE-rGksKA/s1600-h/Thiazi_Sketch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SjkdjAqlM0I/AAAAAAAABYE/9ttE-rGksKA/s320/Thiazi_Sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348338519790400322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SjkdjEQM-TI/AAAAAAAABX8/1pa9tfo0qf8/s1600-h/Whister_Hillside_Sketch%5Bmd%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SjkdjEQM-TI/AAAAAAAABX8/1pa9tfo0qf8/s320/Whister_Hillside_Sketch%5Bmd%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348338520753502514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Sjkdiv3-b9I/AAAAAAAABX0/qMU3G5SQAoc/s1600-h/Whister_Poolside_Sketch%5Bmd%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Sjkdiv3-b9I/AAAAAAAABX0/qMU3G5SQAoc/s320/Whister_Poolside_Sketch%5Bmd%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348338515283177426" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7778219855359802553?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-36385636141040314282009-05-02T11:07:00.000-07:002009-05-03T07:03:09.263-07:00Man, it's amazing what you find when unpacking from a move. I ran across this storyboard (from probably 2003) when I was working on an animation idea examining theories in dinosaur behaviour. I got really inspired to do this when I ran into world famous paleontologist Robert Bakker at the Whole Foods in Boulder CO(where I lived at the time). He was sitting there enjoying his food in the common area and sketching in his sketchbook which had all sorts of anatomical drawings of animals long since extinct. We started talking about his book Red Raptor which gives a fictional narrative to these theorized behaviours and I got so excited I went home later and immediatly started working on this storyboard. As sometimes happens these things get put aside for a while and eventually get lost in the shuffle of life, but I still enjoy thinking about this stuff and still like the direction of where I was going with it. Who knows maybe I'll get inspired to work on it some more someday. In the meantime I've got a zillion other things to work on that I'm more interested in now:) These thumbnails are about 1.5 inches across.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SfyQf4E3e5I/AAAAAAAABXk/3AuFo0xyxrw/s1600-h/Dino_Story%5BStalking_The_Herd%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 115px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SfyQf4E3e5I/AAAAAAAABXk/3AuFo0xyxrw/s320/Dino_Story%5BStalking_The_Herd%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331294936202967954" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-3638563614104031428?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-42569545925444046892009-04-26T09:05:00.001-07:002009-04-26T09:11:14.388-07:00Yesterday was my beautiful <a href="http://raygunrane.blogspot.com/">wife's</a> birthday and so naturally I had to paint her a little picture. I guessed one can never go wrong with a roller derby theme and I managed to get our (now) 16mo old son in there to boot! I love you baby! Stay 16 forever!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SfSHSTxxatI/AAAAAAAABXU/8oheX-lRK9Y/s1600-h/Rane_BDAY_Sketch%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SfSHSTxxatI/AAAAAAAABXU/8oheX-lRK9Y/s320/Rane_BDAY_Sketch%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329033007702567634" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4256954592544404689?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-72811097450594284132008-11-11T22:24:00.000-08:002008-11-11T23:00:57.581-08:00These are for an art test at a certain game studio. Studious observers will recognize which one from the shoulder patch:)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SRp3KPMwkxI/AAAAAAAABTA/wrnSmi1sFck/s1600-h/R4_Human%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SRp3KPMwkxI/AAAAAAAABTA/wrnSmi1sFck/s320/R4_Human%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267653731925660434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SRp3J9idd4I/AAAAAAAABS4/nF0rtl6ITxU/s1600-h/R4_AlienHybrid%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SRp3J9idd4I/AAAAAAAABS4/nF0rtl6ITxU/s320/R4_AlienHybrid%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267653727184844674" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7281109745059428413?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-59475786716902518632008-11-10T21:03:00.000-08:002009-03-19T08:07:02.778-07:00Having some fun with lines again. Feelin' a bit rusty but good:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SRp-xHS0CkI/AAAAAAAABTY/zuRZmnfI1fs/s1600-h/R4_Battle_For_Seattle%5BWEB_LINES%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SRp-xHS0CkI/AAAAAAAABTY/zuRZmnfI1fs/s320/R4_Battle_For_Seattle%5BWEB_LINES%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267662096399862338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/ScJfivpXjLI/AAAAAAAABWs/4N0Ic87MkT8/s1600-h/Battle4Seattle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/ScJfivpXjLI/AAAAAAAABWs/4N0Ic87MkT8/s320/Battle4Seattle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314915560760773810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SRkSX49WEBI/AAAAAAAABSo/ViBfmizp0jQ/s1600-h/R4_Battle_For_Seattle%5BWEB_LINES%5D.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-5947578671690251863?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-55469757473495230432008-11-04T23:18:00.000-08:002009-03-31T18:35:28.982-07:00<div style="text-align: left;">I feel great! No I did not draw this:)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SRFR88F3D6I/AAAAAAAABSY/ckHccLvAh2g/s1600-h/november-4-2008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 188px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SRFR88F3D6I/AAAAAAAABSY/ckHccLvAh2g/s320/november-4-2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265079546737528738" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-5546975747349523043?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-34488221170349797652008-10-30T21:17:00.000-07:002008-10-30T23:28:02.393-07:00I found some old animation work collecting dust on my hard drive from my Jaleco/VR-1 days. Ahhh so many memories destroyed by beer-Fridays and the gentle musing of the HalfLife crowbar...:)<br /><br />Music by Brazilian Girls<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4fdVU2Dm1mM"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4fdVU2Dm1mM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-3448822117034979765?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-47795507798832394062008-10-25T19:06:00.000-07:002008-10-25T23:25:26.241-07:00This is my world right now. If you hadn't heard, a group of us (myself included) at GPG were laid off a week ago yesterday. Time to get creative. The search for a new home continues...<br /><br />Here's a peek at my current studio space. Pretty minimal but exactly what I need right now to focus.<br /><br />I always enjoy seeing other people's workspace. This is mine at the moment. The painting on the left hanging above the table is from my friend over at Bethesda, Adam Adamowicz. The other is a quick oil portrait of 'The Black Frog' from El Coro done at the Massive Black workshop in Seattle last year. A buddy of mine Mike Geiger won it in a raffle but couldn't take it with him on the plane back to CO. I've been keeping it until it dries and I can ship it to him safely. I'll miss you Froggy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SQQJ14QoyaI/AAAAAAAABR0/kN8aAzYYc98/s1600-h/job_search_studio02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SQQJ14QoyaI/AAAAAAAABR0/kN8aAzYYc98/s320/job_search_studio02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261341085915466146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SQQJ1sOjzQI/AAAAAAAABRs/37nEBtVt1FI/s1600-h/job_search_studio01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SQQJ1sOjzQI/AAAAAAAABRs/37nEBtVt1FI/s320/job_search_studio01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261341082685525250" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4779550779883239406?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-53542546010572597722008-10-10T15:33:00.000-07:002008-10-10T15:35:26.800-07:00Some stuff that's been accumulating for a while...:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SO_YlWvHwNI/AAAAAAAABN8/tHX2vwSzmNQ/s1600-h/Critters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SO_YlWvHwNI/AAAAAAAABN8/tHX2vwSzmNQ/s320/Critters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255657426434638034" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-5354254601057259772?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-47808582302006233772008-09-26T01:27:00.000-07:002008-09-26T01:28:50.394-07:00My new site is up. Nothing fancy. Just portfolio and CV.<br /><a href="http://raylederer.com">http://raylederer.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4780858230200623377?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-34560257420965039272008-08-29T17:21:00.000-07:002008-09-11T09:22:13.133-07:00Hi all, here's a thing I just finished. Zombies vs Cowboys! <span>This is a piece I did for my good friend William Harms. His book will be published late this year or early 2009. You may see another variant cover emerge in October...:) </span>I included a version with temp lettering just to give an indication of layout. I won't be handling that stuff in the end. Anyway thanks or looking<img src="http://www.conceptart.org/forums/images/ca_smilies/normal/anj_smiley.gif" alt="" title="Smiley" class="inlineimg" border="0" /> -Ray<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SLiSxnFe-EI/AAAAAAAAA9g/sd0VuEdtdrw/s1600-h/DOA_Wrap_Cover%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SLiSxnFe-EI/AAAAAAAAA9g/sd0VuEdtdrw/s320/DOA_Wrap_Cover%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240099547448801346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SLiSx_42QRI/AAAAAAAAA9o/_5IvWsAgMj0/s1600-h/DOA_Wrap_Cover%5BWEB_TEXT%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SLiSx_42QRI/AAAAAAAAA9o/_5IvWsAgMj0/s320/DOA_Wrap_Cover%5BWEB_TEXT%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240099554106687762" border="0" /></a><br /><code style="font-size: 12px;"><br /><br /></code>Also here's a time lapse video of my chaotic process of painting if you're interested:)<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_AngqeFtdjQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_AngqeFtdjQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-3456025742096503927?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-48425935906633257082008-07-31T23:38:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:14:48.456-08:00It's been a while but I've been busy:) Here's the final barring any tweaks...<br /><br />The illustration is from a design brief for a book called Green by <a href="http://www.jlake.com/">Jay Lake</a> that is due to be published soon by Tor books. Dan Dos Santos has the honor of illustrating the <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/DSillustration/full_green.jpg">real cover</a> and it's a beauty. I'm fortunate enough to have had some great input from Dan, Scott Fischer, Greg Manchess, Donato, Boris and Julie, and the rest of the IMC alumni of 2008. Thanks all! I could not have progressed as far as I did without your help and encouragement!<br /><br />Medium: Digital and Oil on Panel<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SJfpnotOXgI/AAAAAAAAA7E/7S7IDcDe_ng/s1600-h/RL_Green_Cover%5B1000px%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SJfpnotOXgI/AAAAAAAAA7E/7S7IDcDe_ng/s320/RL_Green_Cover%5B1000px%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230906359365393922" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SJNsQoVybWI/AAAAAAAAA5c/jyHjtcWP7pE/s1600-h/RL_Green_Cover%5BDETAIL%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SJNsQoVybWI/AAAAAAAAA5c/jyHjtcWP7pE/s320/RL_Green_Cover%5BDETAIL%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229642625269788002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4842593590663325708?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-13609621820155141872008-06-27T01:29:00.001-07:002008-12-11T20:14:48.621-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SGSleHaodKI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/0zv6WdMWkOs/s1600-h/IMG_0596.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SGSleHaodKI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/0zv6WdMWkOs/s320/IMG_0596.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216476205207286946" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/raylgun/IMC_PICS">http://picasaweb.google.com/raylgun/IMC_PICS</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-1360962182015514187?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-39125767562035462232008-06-17T15:14:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:14:49.514-08:00<div style="text-align: left;">Wow! We're not even halfway through and this is turning out to be the most incredible artistic experience of a lifetime. This is what a workshop should be. Small and intimate. Everyone is friendly, absolutely no egos, all of the instructors go way out of their way to help and get close and personal with the work you're doing and invite you to do the same with them working in the same room with everyone else.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SFh_NXe4PEI/AAAAAAAAAi4/nwkcOAmClhk/s1600-h/Boris_Friggin_Vallejo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SFh_NXe4PEI/AAAAAAAAAi4/nwkcOAmClhk/s320/Boris_Friggin_Vallejo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213056436299906114" border="0" /></a>Boris friggin' Vallejo walks up behind me today and goes 'Wow! That's great work!' ...and means it! Even with absolute beginners, they're made to feel as if they are part of a community of illustrators and that from now on we are peers. I and everyone else here has gotten hours of personal one on one critique including paint-overs, redrawing, and truly helpful and practical advice. Scott Fischer and Daniel Dos Santos (at the same time!) both chipped away at my drawing today kind of refining it and giving me really good input on how to make it sing.<br /><br />Donato discusses his Lord of the Rings prelim drawing.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SFh_Njof9qI/AAAAAAAAAjA/QKZVaJ3GgZY/s1600-h/Donato_Discusses.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SFh_Njof9qI/AAAAAAAAAjA/QKZVaJ3GgZY/s320/Donato_Discusses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213056439561483938" border="0" /></a>Donatos ref pile.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SFh_N15yK3I/AAAAAAAAAjI/XlwrynwPt3s/s1600-h/Donatos_Ref_Morgue.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SFh_N15yK3I/AAAAAAAAAjI/XlwrynwPt3s/s320/Donatos_Ref_Morgue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213056444465818482" border="0" /></a>Studio B on Monday's demo night.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SFh_OO6Ld8I/AAAAAAAAAjQ/IhXQRK2vVhI/s1600-h/Studio_B_Monday.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SFh_OO6Ld8I/AAAAAAAAAjQ/IhXQRK2vVhI/s320/Studio_B_Monday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213056451178362818" border="0" /></a>Donato has some fun plus a sneak peak of what I'm working on.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SFh_OSsLhwI/AAAAAAAAAjY/zI-3KRJvnjw/s1600-h/Donatos_Maniacal_Laugh.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SFh_OSsLhwI/AAAAAAAAAjY/zI-3KRJvnjw/s320/Donatos_Maniacal_Laugh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213056452193388290" border="0" /></a>Big big thanks to Donato for going way above and beyond helping me with his transfer process. He was incredibly patient with my fumbling with the brayer knowing that I was about to turn my drawing into so much wet tissue paper had he not jumped in to help. Thanks again man. I will do my best to pass along this technique to others know that I know what to do.<br /><br />Much more to come soon...<br /><br />-R<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-3912576756203546223?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-66268601272965371912008-06-05T09:52:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:14:49.746-08:00Well it finally happened. Jack stayed up late last night and made his own blog. I guess he got sick of sharing space with me on my blog. Quite frankly, I was getting a bit jealous of all the attention he was getting. So from now on, all future Jack pics will live on his own <a href="http://jlederer.blogspot.com">blog.</a><br /><br />Warning! Cute pics and videos contained within. Anyone other than family and friends will probably be bored silly:)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SEgaQWhE0UI/AAAAAAAAAiY/Vj_QQBV7Xms/s1600-h/5moJack_After_1st_Drink.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SEgaQWhE0UI/AAAAAAAAAiY/Vj_QQBV7Xms/s320/5moJack_After_1st_Drink.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208441837278515522" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-6626860127296537191?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-10101004758617578652008-06-04T13:10:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:14:50.500-08:00Here are some examples pulled from the trailer of some of the stuff I designed. None of the models or renderings are mine. They were modeled, textured, and animated by the amazing team of artists on the Space Siege team. Honestly, most of my design work was preliminary with a few things making it through the cracks. The work that prevailed from the team is what really makes it shine...:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SEb2-l4i7GI/AAAAAAAAAg4/fLObffZxsFk/s1600-h/SS_Trailer_Char.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SEb2-l4i7GI/AAAAAAAAAg4/fLObffZxsFk/s320/SS_Trailer_Char.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208121574282161250" border="0" /></a><br />Although I did very little modeling or texture work on this project, I did create the backdrop for the canyon areas that run the length of the Armstrong's interior. This consisted of multiple planes with painted alpha maps mixed with some post lighting effects to sell depth.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SEb2-14i7HI/AAAAAAAAAhA/F9cFOxV1ulU/s1600-h/SS_Trailer_Environment.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SEb2-14i7HI/AAAAAAAAAhA/F9cFOxV1ulU/s320/SS_Trailer_Environment.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208121578577128562" border="0" /></a><br />Some of the most fun stuff for me to work on was spaceships. I designed all the earth based ships and the basic configuration of the Armstrong [which can be seen <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2007/10/space-siege-concepts.html">here</a>].<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SEb2-14i7II/AAAAAAAAAhI/THRw1qoJw4I/s1600-h/SS_Trailer_Industrial.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SEb2-14i7II/AAAAAAAAAhI/THRw1qoJw4I/s320/SS_Trailer_Industrial.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208121578577128578" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-1010100475861757865?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-17109492505443354302008-06-04T12:39:00.000-07:002008-06-04T12:44:11.279-07:00New Space Siege trailer. A bit of shameless self promotion here... I developed some of the concepts, environments, and preliminary designs for this game. My wife,Rane did some voice acting for several of the characters too!<br /><br />Robots, monsters, spaceships, hot girls in spandex uniforms, and 'splosions. What else do you need?<br /><br />:D<br /><br />To see in high definition go here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34561.html">http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34561.html</a><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kd0XRryUrco&amp;hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kd0XRryUrco&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-1710949250544335430?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-45288196094335662432008-05-17T13:24:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:14:51.362-08:00I had a pretty good morning at life drawing today. I threw away a few disasters but salvaged some lessons from today's experience. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SC9AXRiCOhI/AAAAAAAAAe4/9I1MbduS7fg/s1600-h/Montage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SC9AXRiCOhI/AAAAAAAAAe4/9I1MbduS7fg/s320/Montage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201446863223536146" border="0" /></a>I'm beginning to utilize some of the advice of Richard Schmid from his book Alla Prima in identifying edges and blocking in values while also incorporating line drawing to identify my proportions and add some flourish here and there.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SC9AYBiCOjI/AAAAAAAAAfI/rQzXRisoicM/s1600-h/Over_Shoulder.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SC9AYBiCOjI/AAAAAAAAAfI/rQzXRisoicM/s320/Over_Shoulder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201446876108438066" border="0" /></a>I feel like I'm starting all over again after so long in front of Photoshop and Maya.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SC9AYBiCOiI/AAAAAAAAAfA/TTAjkHMDPN8/s1600-h/On_Belly.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SC9AYBiCOiI/AAAAAAAAAfA/TTAjkHMDPN8/s320/On_Belly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201446876108438050" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4528819609433566243?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-48648437289622810992008-04-26T09:25:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:14:52.921-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">This week was Rane's birthday so as a surprise I painted her this little gouache painting. That meant the studio was off limits for the last couple of days. I'm pleased to say she was surprisingly good about not peeking. (she's a peeker.) Gouache, 6x9 inches.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SBNXiix3fpI/AAAAAAAAAeI/sit6sCTnrdc/s1600-h/Rane_B-day_2008_WEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SBNXiix3fpI/AAAAAAAAAeI/sit6sCTnrdc/s320/Rane_B-day_2008_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193591046251445906" border="0" /></a>I found this great pre-made shadowbox frame at Aaron Bros. It fit perfectly.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SBNbnCx3fqI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/RxUHQsxdKLI/s1600-h/Rane_B-day_2008_FRAMED.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SBNbnCx3fqI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/RxUHQsxdKLI/s320/Rane_B-day_2008_FRAMED.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193595521607368354" border="0" /></a><br />And here's the transfer drawing:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SBbMVyx3ftI/AAAAAAAAAeo/swnzbDk8ico/s1600-h/Rane_B-day_2008_XFER_WEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SBbMVyx3ftI/AAAAAAAAAeo/swnzbDk8ico/s320/Rane_B-day_2008_XFER_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194563894998695634" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4864843728962281099?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-74476538444275648892008-04-14T12:58:00.001-07:002008-12-11T20:14:53.619-08:00From this weekend's Figure Drawing session put on by <a href="http://aaroncoberly.blogspot.com/">Aaron Coberly</a> at the ArtNot Terminal in downtown Seattle. I used size F and B 'sanguine' Pitt Pens exclusively that day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SAO3tU6TvEI/AAAAAAAAAdA/v6TOmRIvLCs/s1600-h/041208_FD_5min_Butt_Profile%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SAO3tU6TvEI/AAAAAAAAAdA/v6TOmRIvLCs/s320/041208_FD_5min_Butt_Profile%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189193184996211778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SAO3t06TvFI/AAAAAAAAAdI/s712kMjFlT4/s1600-h/041208_FD_5min_Kneel%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SAO3t06TvFI/AAAAAAAAAdI/s712kMjFlT4/s320/041208_FD_5min_Kneel%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189193193586146386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SAO3lk6TvDI/AAAAAAAAAc4/0hVbRX0ersg/s1600-h/041208_FD_5min_2pg_LyingDown_SideView%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/SAO3lk6TvDI/AAAAAAAAAc4/0hVbRX0ersg/s320/041208_FD_5min_2pg_LyingDown_SideView%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189193051852225586" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7447653844427564889?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-46348884469582301412008-04-03T01:19:00.001-07:002008-12-11T20:14:53.841-08:00<div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R_STIXFDegI/AAAAAAAAAco/OeGcZjzn0Pw/s1600-h/SS_Cover_2008%5BWEB%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R_STIXFDegI/AAAAAAAAAco/OeGcZjzn0Pw/s320/SS_Cover_2008%5BWEB%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184930842853734914" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4634888446958230141?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-78070337682317332912008-03-14T23:00:00.001-07:002008-12-11T20:14:53.895-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R9tmTghkdPI/AAAAAAAAAcg/f7pNFWggCuE/s1600-h/Engine_Room_WEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R9tmTghkdPI/AAAAAAAAAcg/f7pNFWggCuE/s320/Engine_Room_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177844681926800626" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7807033768231733291?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-20901511115298278912008-03-13T18:27:00.001-07:002008-12-11T20:14:54.202-08:00Ok this weeks Challenge over on <a href="http://unleadedartists.blogspot.com/">Unleaded Artists</a> was Dune. My riff on the Baron and Feyd walking around on Geidi Prime.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R9oJsghkdLI/AAAAAAAAAcA/17GHjmn1ncs/s1600-h/Geidi_Prime_Barony%5B1600px%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R9oJsghkdLI/AAAAAAAAAcA/17GHjmn1ncs/s320/Geidi_Prime_Barony%5B1600px%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177461381865436338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R9n8wQhkc-I/AAAAAAAAAaY/Mfpcq0ynzS8/s1600-h/Geidi_Prime_Barony%5BDetail%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R9n8wQhkc-I/AAAAAAAAAaY/Mfpcq0ynzS8/s320/Geidi_Prime_Barony%5BDetail%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177447152638784482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R9nUzAhkc8I/AAAAAAAAAaI/kd-zZExGpf4/s1600-h/Geidi_Prime_Barony%5BDetail%5D.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-2090151111529827891?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-15549197684444194722008-03-06T10:03:00.001-08:002008-12-11T20:14:54.535-08:00<p>As a kid I had a crush on Wonder Woman. ...ok *I STILL* have a big ol' crush on Wonder Woman!<br /></p>[edit]After some feedback I made a few tweaks...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R9AyDoW15gI/AAAAAAAAAZg/QSSex8MSi00/s1600-h/WW_Kicks_Ass_FINAL_WEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R9AyDoW15gI/AAAAAAAAAZg/QSSex8MSi00/s320/WW_Kicks_Ass_FINAL_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174691009802921474" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-1554919768444419472?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-50376903280170120752008-02-29T07:23:00.000-08:002008-02-29T07:39:38.841-08:00I made some decent progress on the foreground figure last night. After a little more tweaking, I think I can move on soon to finishing up everything else. Whew!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l0ewEIgOY2s"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l0ewEIgOY2s" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-5037690328017012075?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-75235875219425000952008-02-28T08:41:00.000-08:002008-02-28T08:42:21.171-08:00What I wouldn't give for 6 - 8 uninterrupted hours to get into a groove! Ah well, such is life these days. Here's another hour's worth of noodling.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P-kj0joT2wc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P-kj0joT2wc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7523587521942500095?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-78809972825245966632008-02-25T08:29:00.001-08:002008-02-28T08:42:59.870-08:00I've moved on to defining the rocks in the foreground a bit more. I want to make them stranger so I think I'll sleep on it tonight and come back fresh in the morning. This was about an hour of work, give or take... <br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mmoc8bu0Zio&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mmoc8bu0Zio&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7880997282524596663?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-56680821408074493422008-02-23T01:46:00.000-08:002008-02-23T01:47:53.536-08:00Oh man, are you ever getting a taste of my ADD in this one! I start to find my stride towards the end, however I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes open any longer:)<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IAYcLc9Rvwc"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IAYcLc9Rvwc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-5668082140807449342?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-27552079204369463182008-02-22T17:28:00.001-08:002008-02-22T20:50:21.057-08:00Here's some I did over lunch today. As you can see things are changing as I progress. Since this is for fun I'm not really worried about it and I'm just enjoying the process. <br /><br />I guess this is more an illustration than a speed paint. The speed part comes in when I time-lapse it for Youtube:)<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EKDj098D-b0"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EKDj098D-b0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-2755207920436946318?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-42418809845803154142008-02-21T22:31:00.000-08:002008-02-22T20:50:35.237-08:00A quickie from last night.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VC_OkXAZS1M&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VC_OkXAZS1M&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4241880984580315414?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-51978222513004932302008-02-15T10:59:00.000-08:002008-12-11T20:14:54.771-08:00Digging into last years archive from one of many rejected Space Siege designs:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R7XhWbsfXcI/AAAAAAAAAXY/SzvkuTdqu6I/s1600-h/Ranged_Attack_Alien_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R7XhWbsfXcI/AAAAAAAAAXY/SzvkuTdqu6I/s320/Ranged_Attack_Alien_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167283922985246146" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-5197822251300493230?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-79715109447644963982008-02-07T09:47:00.000-08:002008-02-22T20:50:51.590-08:00Adding figures...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ibIRmXck_aM&amp;rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ibIRmXck_aM&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7971510944764496398?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-81557523677481164782008-02-06T18:58:00.000-08:002008-02-22T20:51:04.913-08:00<span>First part of a time lapse Photoshop illustration. This is the beginning of the piece which is just a rough block-in of the background. In the next part I will begin adding the characters in the foreground. I'll post more as I finish.</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VzFFbdiDkfA&amp;rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VzFFbdiDkfA&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-8155752367748116478?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-5812512405946143482007-12-31T21:34:00.000-08:002008-12-11T20:14:56.435-08:00<div style="text-align: left;">Here's some more pics of Jack. Most were taken on my lap with a crappy little point and shoot digital camera this morning.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3nU2c9ZHpI/AAAAAAAAAWo/GIJDuzraPo4/s1600-h/Jacks_Asleep.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3nU2c9ZHpI/AAAAAAAAAWo/GIJDuzraPo4/s320/Jacks_Asleep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150381680826588818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3nU2s9ZHqI/AAAAAAAAAWw/SItZ-PrCS2s/s1600-h/Jacks_Wide_Awake.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3nU2s9ZHqI/AAAAAAAAAWw/SItZ-PrCS2s/s320/Jacks_Wide_Awake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150381685121556130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3nU289ZHrI/AAAAAAAAAW4/uWJ4-9i0KV4/s1600-h/Jack_Blurry_Yawning.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3nU289ZHrI/AAAAAAAAAW4/uWJ4-9i0KV4/s320/Jack_Blurry_Yawning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150381689416523442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3nU289ZHsI/AAAAAAAAAXA/GIY_bADNFbc/s1600-h/Jack_in_the_Lap.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3nU289ZHsI/AAAAAAAAAXA/GIY_bADNFbc/s320/Jack_in_the_Lap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150381689416523458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3nU3M9ZHtI/AAAAAAAAAXI/a7kzKpS5QEE/s1600-h/Jack_Flower_Duck.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3nU3M9ZHtI/AAAAAAAAAXI/a7kzKpS5QEE/s320/Jack_Flower_Duck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150381693711490770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-581251240594614348?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-46355382933489620992007-12-24T19:31:00.000-08:002008-12-11T20:14:56.651-08:00At 3:28am on December 24th 2007, lil' cap'n Jack Lederer joined us in our adventure. At birth, he weighed in at 8lbs .04oz and has dropped about 5% in the last 24hours, which is normal. He is 21.5 inches long with dark hair, Rane's mouth, and my hands. He also makes dark chocolaty pudding in his diapers. What a man!<br /><br />More to come...!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3GPXs9ZHoI/AAAAAAAAAWg/6b6lQoRwEUI/s1600-h/All3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R3GPXs9ZHoI/AAAAAAAAAWg/6b6lQoRwEUI/s320/All3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148053486429609602" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4635538293348962099?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-81848216243695176632007-12-14T22:36:00.001-08:002008-12-11T20:14:57.026-08:00Here's some portraits of characters in the sieging of space.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R2N2Hs9ZHkI/AAAAAAAAAWA/qV2KLrfkBWc/s1600-h/SS_BW_Portraits.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R2N2Hs9ZHkI/AAAAAAAAAWA/qV2KLrfkBWc/s320/SS_BW_Portraits.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144085074087059010" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-8184821624369517663?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-56196044336128290772007-12-14T22:06:00.001-08:002008-12-11T20:14:57.266-08:00Just some collected noodles...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R2Nu-89ZHjI/AAAAAAAAAV4/qzAxkPoWLzA/s1600-h/Random_Chibi.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R2Nu-89ZHjI/AAAAAAAAAV4/qzAxkPoWLzA/s320/Random_Chibi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144077227181809202" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-5619604433612829077?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-50978576895683956742007-12-02T16:02:00.000-08:002008-12-11T20:14:57.743-08:00Here's a couple of quick paintings to show a cargo area section of the ship...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R1NK_26hbaI/AAAAAAAAAVg/b3h-As-ZsHY/s1600-R/cargo_door.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R1NK_26hbaI/AAAAAAAAAVg/DakAjWGY_Ok/s320/cargo_door.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139534060693056930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R1NLAW6hbbI/AAAAAAAAAVo/F9b-cgh1MlQ/s1600-R/Cargo_floor.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/R1NLAW6hbbI/AAAAAAAAAVo/y-0bruoSoIA/s320/Cargo_floor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139534069282991538" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-5097857689568395674?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-11505345580938911182007-10-27T16:08:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:14:58.093-08:00<span class="postbody">We did another round of figure drawing today with my wife who's now 7 months pregnant. It was pretty amazing. We could even see him kicking around while she was posing...<img src="http://www.drawingboard.org/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /> Anyway here's a couple of 20 minute studies out of my sketchbook.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RyPFjZA0hpI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/nsnNIwOWKUc/s1600-h/rane_reclining_20min_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RyPFjZA0hpI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/nsnNIwOWKUc/s320/rane_reclining_20min_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126158012678178450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RyPFl5A0hqI/AAAAAAAAAUY/jTQ7tt_XZjY/s1600-h/rane_sleeping_20min_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RyPFl5A0hqI/AAAAAAAAAUY/jTQ7tt_XZjY/s320/rane_sleeping_20min_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126158055627851426" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="postbody"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-1150534558093891118?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-2684473394005596692007-10-26T10:58:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:14:58.296-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RyIq_JA0hjI/AAAAAAAAATg/Paqy3jsnRR0/s1600-h/Boar_Head.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RyIq_JA0hjI/AAAAAAAAATg/Paqy3jsnRR0/s320/Boar_Head.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125706590140532274" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-268447339400559669?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-20221610991669511452007-10-21T20:54:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:14:59.316-08:00Today was Seattle Zombie Walk day! Unfortunately many brains were left unmolested by this event. The living are just so wily and hard to catch. Better luck next time eh?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxwnXj_r2nI/AAAAAAAAASs/nQVhDzDb8S8/s1600-h/Zombie_crowd.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxwnXj_r2nI/AAAAAAAAASs/nQVhDzDb8S8/s320/Zombie_crowd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124013761793612402" border="0" /></a><br />Christen does the zombie scowl oh so well...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxwnXj_r2oI/AAAAAAAAAS0/qZsTXeshXjc/s1600-h/Zombie_kristen.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxwnXj_r2oI/AAAAAAAAAS0/qZsTXeshXjc/s320/Zombie_kristen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124013761793612418" border="0" /></a><br />Rane looking a bit dazed from her recent departure from the land of the living...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxwnXz_r2pI/AAAAAAAAAS8/A03s1eOWwR4/s1600-h/Zombie_rane.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxwnXz_r2pI/AAAAAAAAAS8/A03s1eOWwR4/s320/Zombie_rane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124013766088579730" border="0" /></a><br />Ahh the fun one can have with latex and toilet paper...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxwnXz_r2qI/AAAAAAAAATE/jdNUDnYhN7k/s1600-h/Zombie_ray_CU.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxwnXz_r2qI/AAAAAAAAATE/jdNUDnYhN7k/s320/Zombie_ray_CU.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124013766088579746" border="0" /></a><br />All 3 in full regalia...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxwnYD_r2rI/AAAAAAAAATM/UL3f9wryY6o/s1600-h/Zombie_trio.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxwnYD_r2rI/AAAAAAAAATM/UL3f9wryY6o/s320/Zombie_trio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124013770383547058" border="0" /></a><br />The best part is when my pregnant wife Rane starts clawing at the dangling bloody cabbage patch kid hanging out of her hospital gown, shrieking 'My baby! My baby!'<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-2022161099166951145?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-33241130243823810292007-10-15T20:37:00.002-07:002008-12-11T20:14:59.510-08:00Here's another never used pre-production image from last year. The Marooned piece was one of the first images I did for Space Siege over a year ago when there was talk of having planet side adventures in the game. Ultimately, we decided it was more manageable to have it all take place on one giant generation ship.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxRTAj_r2XI/AAAAAAAAAP4/8j23vsuHDSU/s1600-h/Marooned_Color_Treatment_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxRTAj_r2XI/AAAAAAAAAP4/8j23vsuHDSU/s320/Marooned_Color_Treatment_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121809945354557810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RxQ30z_r2WI/AAAAAAAAAPw/ozxLwrfXm7w/s1600-h/Marooned_Color_Treatment_WEB.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-3324113024382381029?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-20828387621869482082007-10-11T16:01:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:15:00.346-08:00I don't know about you - I love me some iterative art. I enjoy seeing process so I figured I'd share some very early sketches I did for an earlier project. None of these will be used in the final game however they did contribute to the later designs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Rw6ruz_r2GI/AAAAAAAAANw/M75rZpjRzz0/s1600-h/Crew_Soldier_Types01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Rw6ruz_r2GI/AAAAAAAAANw/M75rZpjRzz0/s320/Crew_Soldier_Types01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120218647086487650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Rw6rvT_r2HI/AAAAAAAAAN4/Oem7ngDyXn0/s1600-h/Crew_Soldier_Types02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Rw6rvT_r2HI/AAAAAAAAAN4/Oem7ngDyXn0/s320/Crew_Soldier_Types02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120218655676422258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Rw6rvj_r2II/AAAAAAAAAOA/sMp-iDoudJs/s1600-h/Crew_Maintenance.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Rw6rvj_r2II/AAAAAAAAAOA/sMp-iDoudJs/s320/Crew_Maintenance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120218659971389570" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Rw6rvj_r2JI/AAAAAAAAAOI/eFhgT_2Qi1w/s1600-h/Crew_Uniforms.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Rw6rvj_r2JI/AAAAAAAAAOI/eFhgT_2Qi1w/s320/Crew_Uniforms.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120218659971389586" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-2082838762186948208?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-22962501129107330002007-10-04T23:10:00.001-07:002008-12-11T20:15:01.020-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwXaLD_r17I/AAAAAAAAAMY/nInsP20CFTQ/s1600-h/Armstrong_Montage_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwXaLD_r17I/AAAAAAAAAMY/nInsP20CFTQ/s320/Armstrong_Montage_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117736435162273714" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a couple of pieces I can show from the last project I was on - Space Siege. The ship is called the I.S.C.S. Armstrong and as you can tell from the scale of the Eiffel tower, it's huge! This is a ship designed to be a deep space colonization ship. I had in mind that a person could be born and die on this ship without ever stepping foot on a planet surface. The atrium centered at the 'eye' of the ship could hold the Eiffel Tower inside it. I have some concepts rendered of those too that I will post later when I'm allowed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwXV0D_r15I/AAAAAAAAAMI/nhA-8L2And8/s1600-h/Armstrong_LAPTOP.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwXV0D_r15I/AAAAAAAAAMI/nhA-8L2And8/s320/Armstrong_LAPTOP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117731641978771346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Inside the ship is a canyon that bisects the entire length and height to allow transport and maintenance access throughout.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwXV0T_r16I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/SfCa5nVtfww/s1600-h/Transport_Center_Sketch_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwXV0T_r16I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/SfCa5nVtfww/s320/Transport_Center_Sketch_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117731646273738658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I will post more soon.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-2296250112910733000?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-81845542919450612962007-10-01T20:27:00.001-07:002008-12-11T20:15:02.730-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwHL5D_r13I/AAAAAAAAAL4/LqvUbHo209w/s1600-h/Bat_Seq07.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwHL5D_r13I/AAAAAAAAAL4/LqvUbHo209w/s320/Bat_Seq07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116594832854996850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I've had several requests for process. This is really the first fully painted illustration I've attempted in a long time so the results are bit contrived and awkward to me but that'll hopefully go away after some more practice. If anything, I'll be able to look back at this to see what a benchmark it was and how far I've come since this time.<br /><br />So I started by settling the final composition with my client which you can also see in an earlier post. I started by transferring the drawing to illustration board.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG7oj_r12I/AAAAAAAAALw/mi_sSpkMzZ8/s1600-h/Batman_Bust_Face_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 109px; height: 143px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG7oj_r12I/AAAAAAAAALw/mi_sSpkMzZ8/s320/Batman_Bust_Face_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116576957201110882" border="0" /></a><br />So here I begin to lay down flat color.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG65D_r1wI/AAAAAAAAALA/0PqGCc6ad-4/s1600-h/Bat_Seq02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 167px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG65D_r1wI/AAAAAAAAALA/0PqGCc6ad-4/s320/Bat_Seq02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116576141157324546" border="0" /></a><br />A closer look... at this point I laid on a layer of workable fixative.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG65T_r1xI/AAAAAAAAALI/hkajX0kZvmY/s1600-h/Bat_Seq01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 167px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG65T_r1xI/AAAAAAAAALI/hkajX0kZvmY/s320/Bat_Seq01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116576145452291858" border="0" /></a><br />Did a bunch painting up to this point. Sorry I don't have more inbetweens. I'm beginning to define my light sources.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG65j_r1yI/AAAAAAAAALQ/rJ-glx4B1iQ/s1600-h/Bat_Seq03.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 171px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG65j_r1yI/AAAAAAAAALQ/rJ-glx4B1iQ/s320/Bat_Seq03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116576149747259170" border="0" /></a><br />Sprayed more fixative layers. At this point I'm really gobbing on color so it holds to the fixative. If it's too watery then it just beads up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG65z_r1zI/AAAAAAAAALY/BK5sfQwOdpQ/s1600-h/Bat_Seq04.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 162px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG65z_r1zI/AAAAAAAAALY/BK5sfQwOdpQ/s320/Bat_Seq04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116576154042226482" border="0" /></a><br />After figuring out the lighting I really started to focus more on texture like divots and scars from Bruce's many encounters.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG65z_r10I/AAAAAAAAALg/NiMHPMM0CZA/s1600-h/Bat_Seq05.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 92px; height: 123px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG65z_r10I/AAAAAAAAALg/NiMHPMM0CZA/s320/Bat_Seq05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116576154042226498" border="0" /></a><br />I decided to give it a much more apocalyptic feel so I put down another layer of fixative and then painted black COMPLETELY over the orange background. After it dried I took a damp towel and wiped away some of the black to reveal the orange underneath then sprayed another layer of fixative on top of that to seal it in. Then I painted the night sky corner that allows for the 3rd light source in the scene to play it's part.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG7BT_r11I/AAAAAAAAALo/smwzSr_eSqE/s1600-h/Bat_Seq06.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 177px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RwG7BT_r11I/AAAAAAAAALo/smwzSr_eSqE/s320/Bat_Seq06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116576282891245394" border="0" /></a><br />After some cleaning up of failed experiments I decide I can no longer futz with this anymore and I call it done.<br /><br />Good learning experience overall. I plan on doing many more.<br /><br />See previous post for Final image...:)<br /><br />-Ray<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-8184554291945061296?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-77925753136749293682007-09-27T01:35:00.001-07:002008-12-11T20:15:03.285-08:00Here's the final for the commission piece. I spent way to long on this. I learned much from it that I hope to apply to more interesting subjects later...:)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvtrmD_r1kI/AAAAAAAAAJg/bKIhYsOBlpY/s1600-h/Batman_No_Widget_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvtrmD_r1kI/AAAAAAAAAJg/bKIhYsOBlpY/s320/Batman_No_Widget_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114800103460951618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was the section I enjoyed the most. I was able to play with textures in some unexpected ways...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvtrmT_r1lI/AAAAAAAAAJo/LW-F07VlWGY/s1600-h/Batman_No_Widget_CU.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvtrmT_r1lI/AAAAAAAAAJo/LW-F07VlWGY/s320/Batman_No_Widget_CU.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114800107755918930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I picked up some good things from this. Eh... I don't know... hopefully the next one won't be so ham fisted. Thanks for looking! -R<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7792575313674929368?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-39385370119514610922007-09-20T21:19:00.001-07:002008-12-11T20:15:05.150-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">I'm drawing some Batmen for a commission piece. I'll likely do some more since I have some time and then choose one to paint with Gouache. I've always liked drawing the Bats...:) Here are some rough (...some rougher than others...) sketches so far...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvNGvj_r1gI/AAAAAAAAAI4/B_EqwiimYWA/s1600-h/Batman_Bust_Face_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvNGvj_r1gI/AAAAAAAAAI4/B_EqwiimYWA/s320/Batman_Bust_Face_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112507784925795842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvNGpz_r1fI/AAAAAAAAAIw/1rvtfVyrtIk/s1600-h/Batman_Jumping_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvNGpz_r1fI/AAAAAAAAAIw/1rvtfVyrtIk/s320/Batman_Jumping_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112507686141548018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvNGjT_r1eI/AAAAAAAAAIo/DbTCDMivahg/s1600-h/Batman_Full_Body_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvNGjT_r1eI/AAAAAAAAAIo/DbTCDMivahg/s320/Batman_Full_Body_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112507574472398306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvNGbj_r1dI/AAAAAAAAAIg/NOC7myoyHQc/s1600-h/Batman_Bust_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvNGbj_r1dI/AAAAAAAAAIg/NOC7myoyHQc/s320/Batman_Bust_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112507441328412114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvNGVj_r1cI/AAAAAAAAAIY/KTjFkZZHvug/s1600-h/Batman_Portrait_Grin_WEB.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RvNGVj_r1cI/AAAAAAAAAIY/KTjFkZZHvug/s320/Batman_Portrait_Grin_WEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112507338249196994" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-3938537011951461092?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-58459191596789767972007-08-30T20:23:00.001-07:002008-12-11T20:15:05.326-08:00here's some warm up sketches from this morning...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RteJ0MS20HI/AAAAAAAAAGY/uqgS_pIDogc/s1600-h/some_head_caracitures+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RteJ0MS20HI/AAAAAAAAAGY/uqgS_pIDogc/s320/some_head_caracitures+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104700232394264690" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-5845919159678976797?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-70248978932524152542007-08-26T21:12:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:15:05.582-08:00Wow! We're back and what an amazing journey. We stayed with our good and dear friend <a href="http://www.cedarsphotography.com/">Cedar Bough</a> and her family on a wonderful rustic farm on the south edge of the island. There's no running water except for in the main house and a small outdoor sauna with a shower, sink, and washing machine attached. The first couple of nights we stayed in the upstairs room of the barn and then a small cabin down the drive for the rest of the week. Cedar and her family showed us so much kindness and generosity. It will be a challenge to come up with a way to show my appreciation.<br /><br />I did a little painting. Mostly to get used to the feeling of oils after about a 15 year hiatus. I've come to remember that oils are wily and REAL. Unlike digital painting. They'll be there for me once I gain the confidence to make committed palette choices. I'm just getting the feel for it again so I won't post anything from the past week, however I plan to pursue this whole heartedly now that I've gotten my brushes and appetite wet again. I need a mentor, or at least someone with a few years experience on me to show the basic time saving stuff I'm clearly lacking right now. I think my next step will be to purchase Alla Prima by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/105-9310001-4156412?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Richard%20Schmid">Richard Schmid and make it my bible.</a><br /><br />This photo of us was taken by Cedar on the cliffs overlooking <a href="http://www.sanjuanislander.com/groups/san_juan_preservation_trust/watmough-bight.shtml">Watmough Bay</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RyY2WZA0hsI/AAAAAAAAAUk/d-GN0u1sRc0/s1600-h/Ray-n-Rane-Watmough-Bay.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RyY2WZA0hsI/AAAAAAAAAUk/d-GN0u1sRc0/s320/Ray-n-Rane-Watmough-Bay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126844984107239106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/105-9310001-4156412?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Richard%20Schmid"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7024897893252415254?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-87827857225013206752007-08-20T09:06:00.000-07:002007-08-20T09:09:58.158-07:00...I'll be on Lopez Island this week to visit friends and indulge in some landscape painting. I'll be back around the 26th. Have a great week! -R<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-8782785722501320675?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-59380146797051784862007-08-05T20:27:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:15:06.307-08:00So for those who don't know, my wife Rane is pregnant! She's due in mid December and we couldn't be happier. So I've taken to drawing her from time to time and plan on doing some oil painting soon with her as my model. I want to capture her while she's still early on and hopefully have somewhat of a sequence to show for it before 'Jack' is born! This past weekend she did some figure modeling for a small class. I was able to attend in trade for her services as a model. We thought it would be interesting to draw a body in the midst of a dramatic transformation and it was! Here are some short sketches...:0)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RraXU-80ixI/AAAAAAAAAGA/EaiNCU-Jw0I/s1600-h/Rane_Knocked_Up_Laid_Back.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RraXU-80ixI/AAAAAAAAAGA/EaiNCU-Jw0I/s320/Rane_Knocked_Up_Laid_Back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095426415167572754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RraXPe80iwI/AAAAAAAAAF4/d44Zsg4aa4Y/s1600-h/Rane_Knocked_Up_Leaning.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RraXPe80iwI/AAAAAAAAAF4/d44Zsg4aa4Y/s320/Rane_Knocked_Up_Leaning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095426320678292226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RraXGO80ivI/AAAAAAAAAFw/Xqb0-7Ltp78/s1600-h/Rane_Knocked_Up_Laying_Down.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RraXGO80ivI/AAAAAAAAAFw/Xqb0-7Ltp78/s320/Rane_Knocked_Up_Laying_Down.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095426161764502258" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-5938014679705178486?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-47806282269576539412007-07-30T12:15:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:15:06.454-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Rq6Cke80iuI/AAAAAAAAAFo/GI3b_S_dq-g/s1600-h/Yoda_Meat.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/Rq6Cke80iuI/AAAAAAAAAFo/GI3b_S_dq-g/s320/Yoda_Meat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093151791897676514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br />Been pretty quiet 'round here lately... looks like it's time to start a new challenge. This week's topic has been picked by a 4 year old.<br /><br />From our creative director's child...<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">'We were sitting at the table having dinner last night when my 4 year old said</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">, “We should have Yoda meat some time.” After I was d</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">one laughing (and explaining the limitations of the meat department at Albertsons), I was thinking that </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">might make a good challenge… assuming Lucas doesn’t sue us or something.<o:p></o:p> It’s just </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">a thought. I wanted to share that golden memory with you anyway.'<br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">Hence the name of this week's challenge:</span></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style=""><br />YODA MEAT!!!<br /><br /><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-4780628226957653941?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-73243426316797200172007-06-30T19:14:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:15:06.577-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RocOR7abBMI/AAAAAAAAACk/-EZonzZotkg/s1600-h/Ant_Man.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RocOR7abBMI/AAAAAAAAACk/-EZonzZotkg/s320/Ant_Man.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082046405679973570" border="0" /></a><br />Of Ants and Men.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-7324342631679720017?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-90645893594705511812007-06-25T16:34:00.000-07:002008-12-11T20:15:06.805-08:00A quick sketch page...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RoBRPDZ9tVI/AAAAAAAAABU/efreWrwnJhQ/s1600-h/KillerKlown%26GirlieGirl.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kQKvRGB20n0/RoBRPDZ9tVI/AAAAAAAAABU/efreWrwnJhQ/s320/KillerKlown%26GirlieGirl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080149698728015186" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-9064589359470551181?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104714352947173225.post-62403058357377343762007-04-04T22:48:00.000-07:002007-04-05T14:29:36.376-07:00<a name="1035755340753070828"></a> <div class="post-body"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="116874801594417682"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> SpeedPaint: A remote-controlled green orc with lots of leather straps </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3517/2608/1600/35997/A%20remote-controlled%20green%20orc%20with%20lots%20of%20leather%20straps.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3517/2608/320/802787/A%20remote-controlled%20green%20orc%20with%20lots%20of%20leather%20straps.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I went all Frasnkenstien-y on yo asses - R:D </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2007/01/speedpaint-remote-controlled-green-orc.html" title="permanent link">1/13/2007 08:12:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116874801594417682">2 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=116874801594417682" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116874801594417682&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Saturday, December 30, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="116752259473248145"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Pastel Drawing </h3> <div class="post-body"> I went to an awesome weekly figure drawing session today in downtown Seattle. It's held in the Art-Not-Terminal Gallery ...a very nice set up downstairs in the Art Co-op.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3517/2608/1600/304890/Art-Not-12-30-2006_WEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3517/2608/320/624203/Art-Not-12-30-2006_WEB.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em><br /></em></p><p class="post-footer"><em><br /></em></p><p class="post-footer"><em><br /></em></p><p class="post-footer"><em><br /></em></p><p class="post-footer"><em><br /></em></p><p class="post-footer"><em><br /></em></p><p class="post-footer"><em><br /></em></p><p class="post-footer"><em><br /></em></p><p class="post-footer"><em><br /></em></p><p class="post-footer"><em><br /></em></p><p class="post-footer"><em><br /></em></p><p class="post-footer"><em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/12/pastel-drawing.html" title="permanent link">12/30/2006 03:48:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116752259473248145">3 comments<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></a></p><p class="post-footer"><br /><a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116752259473248145"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116752259473248145" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116752259473248145&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Monday, December 25, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="116703498954052515"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Christmas Speed Paint </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3517/2608/1600/520521/XMASRobot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3517/2608/320/534708/XMASRobot.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Our Christmas Card this year - Merry Christmas Ya'll!<br /> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/12/christmas-speed-paint.html" title="permanent link">12/25/2006 12:21:00 AM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116703498954052515">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=116703498954052515" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116703498954052515&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Sunday, December 03, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="116519068088235255"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Jackson Pollack Web Doodler </h3> <div class="post-body"> Fun time waster...<br /><a href="http://www.jacksonpollock.org/">http://www.jacksonpollock.org/</a> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/12/jackson-pollack-web-doodler.html" title="permanent link">12/03/2006 04:03:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116519068088235255">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=116519068088235255" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116519068088235255&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Friday, November 10, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="116320527194361007"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Giant Native American Earth Sculpture Found </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/NA_EarthSculpture%20copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/NA_EarthSculpture%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&amp;q=50%C2%B0%200%2738.20%22N%20110%C2%B0%206%2748.32%22W">Click here and zoom in to about 500 ft! Neat!</a><br /> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/11/giant-native-american-earth-sculpture.html" title="permanent link">11/10/2006 04:33:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116320527194361007">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=116320527194361007" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116320527194361007&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Friday, November 03, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="116259410227550586"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> BUGS! </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a href="http://pishmo.com/macro/">http://pishmo.com/macro/</a><br /><br />Really cool images of bugs! </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/11/bugs.html" title="permanent link">11/03/2006 02:47:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116259410227550586">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=116259410227550586" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116259410227550586&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Wednesday, November 01, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="116240788706187003"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Music from the band called Annuals! </h3> <div class="post-body"> I've been listening to this over and over while I'm painting and I can't seem to get enough... I wish the rest of the album was like this. Here's the link from their website:<a href="http://www.formatography.com/04%20Carry%20Around.mp3"> Annuals - Carry Around</a> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/11/music-from-band-called-annuals.html" title="permanent link">11/01/2006 11:02:00 AM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116240788706187003">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=116240788706187003" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116240788706187003&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Saturday, October 28, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="116208867280872198"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> 30 minute speed painting: A reluctant cowboy flees a creature with hooks in a field of meteorites </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/A%20reluctant%20cowboy%20flees%20a%20creature%20.2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/A%20reluctant%20cowboy%20flees%20a%20creature%20.2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />30 minute speed painting using random phrase generator... </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/10/30-minute-speed-painting-reluctant.html" title="permanent link">10/28/2006 07:22:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116208867280872198">2 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=116208867280872198" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116208867280872198&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Friday, October 20, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="116137130483890261"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Speed Painting </h3> <div class="post-body"> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />Some friends have started a 30 minute speed painting forum based on a random phrase generator. This week's phrase was: </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:navy;" ><span style="color:navy;"><br />"</span></span><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" ><span style=""> An angelic scarecrow</span></span><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > embraces an entity in the darkness."</span><br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/ScareCrowEmbracingDarkness.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/ScareCrowEmbracingDarkness.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><br /><br /></span></span> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/10/speed-painting.html" title="permanent link">10/20/2006 12:03:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116137130483890261">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=116137130483890261" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116137130483890261&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --><!-- End #comments --> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="116136844575125960"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Urania - Huge Collection of Italian Sci-Fi Cover Illustrations </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a href="http://www.mondourania.com/urania/uraniaelencopagine.htm">http://www.mondourania.com/urania/uraniaelencopagine.htm</a><br /><br />wow! </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/10/urania-huge-collection-of-italian-sci.html" title="permanent link">10/20/2006 11:19:00 AM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116136844575125960">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=116136844575125960" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=116136844575125960&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Sunday, September 03, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="115734643057451654"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> We moved! ...and it is good! </h3> <div class="post-body"> If you hadn't heard - we moved to Kirkland, WA! This was a hard choice ... hold on... it's just been pointed out that I'm bottomless and blogging. Sorry. I'll put on some pants. Ok - where was I? Oh yes difficult decisions etc... well it wasn't so difficult. I really needed work HOWEVER(!) I wasn't ready to settle for working as a production artist anymore. I wanted to be illustrating full time again not just when needed to fill in a gap the full time concept artist couldn't get too. So now I'm a Concept Illustrator for Gas Powered Games.<i ve=""><br /><br />For family and friends who don't know what that means, basically I get to draw spaceships, weird landscapes, and monsters all day long that gets used as reference material for other artists to construct objects, characters, and landscapes to be used in video games. Ja? Ja.<br /><br /></i>I can truely say I haven't been this happy personally and professionally in a long time. The only caveat is leaving Colorado. THAT was difficult. I left so many good friends there and so many new friendships that didn't have a chance to fully blossom. Leaving CO the state was exceptionally difficult - If you haven't been to CO it's quite possibly one of the most beautiful places on earth. Really. There's is rarely a day when the sun isn't out and the temp isn't perfect. The raw majesty of the Rocky mountains is awe inspiring no matter how long you've been there. There will always be a special place in my heart for CO and I will return. The next time I do - it will be permenant. Rane and I have discussed this many times and eventually we will find some land deep in the mountains and buy or build a home there. I need to build a portfolio and client network strong enough to support that dream. This may be far off however it's not impossible.<br /><br />In the meantime I will enjoy the good fortune and fantastic opportunity I have with GPG to grow stronger. There is much to look forward to and I hope you'll all stay tuned and in touch with me ok?<br /><br />Much Love!<br /><br />Ray<br /><br />Oh and I can't stop listening to this local radio station:<br /><br /><br /><li><a href="http://www.kexp.org/playlist/playlist.asp">KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle</a></li><br /><br />Give it a go some day. Wonderful variety of new and interesting music. Like many college stations... except better...%^P Realtime playlists and options to buy tunes directly from playlists... very cool! </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/09/we-moved-and-it-is-good.html" title="permanent link">9/03/2006 09:31:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=115734643057451654">1 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=115734643057451654" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=115734643057451654&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Monday, May 22, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114830895784293858"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> More Humvee action... </h3> <div class="post-body"> Now with more 'splosions!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/A_Humvee_FINAL_Painting_WEB.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/A_Humvee_FINAL_Painting_WEB.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/05/more-humvee-action.html" title="permanent link">5/22/2006 07:40:00 AM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114830895784293858">4 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114830895784293858" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114830895784293858&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --><!-- End #comments --> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114830877344007995"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Humvee MK IV </h3> <div class="post-body"> I had a request recently to design a slightly futuristic Humvee ... so here it is:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Humvee_MK_IV_WEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/Humvee_MK_IV_WEB.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/05/humvee-mk-iv.html" title="permanent link">5/22/2006 07:36:00 AM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114830877344007995">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114830877344007995" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114830877344007995&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Thursday, May 18, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114798484829737018"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> BioMek Wallpaper </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/RL_BioMek_Purple_Smoke_1600x1200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/400/RL_BioMek_Purple_Smoke_1600x1200.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Here's the final wallpaper I painted in Photoshop for Auto Assault. They'll have it posted soon in their wallpaper section... in the meantime here's a lower res version. </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/05/biomek-wallpaper.html" title="permanent link">5/18/2006 10:21:00 AM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114798484829737018">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114798484829737018" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114798484829737018&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Tuesday, May 09, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114721027134310694"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Sketchlunch | Archi the Barfly Vampire </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Archi_The_Vampire768.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/Archi_The_Vampire768.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Archi_1280.jpg"><br /></a> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/05/sketchlunch-archi-barfly-vampire.html" title="permanent link">5/09/2006 02:28:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114721027134310694">2 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114721027134310694" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114721027134310694&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Tuesday, May 02, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114663256023663192"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Weapon Concepts </h3> <div class="post-body"> The idea being lightweight infantry Low Recoil 'Bullpup' Full Auto Shotguns. These would be devastating urban combat weapons or equally effective suppression in low visibility jungle environments in ambush situations - especially if the rounds were mixed. Real world experiments with this concept are being played out right now. Apparently - because of the some of the design features - they require little or no maintence and actually self lubricate.<br /><br />Buckshot rounds mixed with Mini-Frag Grenades @ 400 rpm...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Rifle_Concepts_Camo_Painted_4Web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/Rifle_Concepts_Camo_Painted_4Web.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/05/weapon-concepts.html" title="permanent link">5/02/2006 09:48:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114663256023663192">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114663256023663192" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114663256023663192&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Friday, April 21, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114567943007223855"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Wallpaper Sneak Peak! </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/RL_BioMek_Sneak_Peak.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/RL_BioMek_Sneak_Peak.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Here's part of a painting for Auto Assault I've been sitting on for a while now. Still waiting to show the rest of it in the next week or so when the whole thing will be downloadable. </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/wallpaper-sneak-peak.html" title="permanent link">4/21/2006 09:13:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114567943007223855">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114567943007223855" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114567943007223855&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --><!-- End #comments --> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114567899108749791"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> 100 bullets sketch </h3> <div class="post-body"> I ran across this one the other day. A couple of years old ...ahhh how things have changed;)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/100.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/100.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/100-bullets-sketch.html" title="permanent link">4/21/2006 09:08:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114567899108749791">2 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114567899108749791" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114567899108749791&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --><!-- End #comments --> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114560299857712372"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Sketchlunch | Sword & Sorcery Quick Sketches </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Sword%26Sorcery_QuickSketchs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/400/Sword%26Sorcery_QuickSketchs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/sketchlunch-sword-sorcery-quick.html" title="permanent link">4/21/2006 12:01:00 AM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114560299857712372">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114560299857712372" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114560299857712372&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Saturday, April 15, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114515206756411004"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Sketchlunch | Boardillo </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/CrusherConcept_V2.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/CrusherConcept_V2.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I started with markers and worked my way up with 5 colored pencils: Red Blue Yellow and Black and White. </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/sketchlunch-boardillo.html" title="permanent link">4/15/2006 06:40:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114515206756411004">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114515206756411004" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114515206756411004&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Thursday, April 13, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114496330617171402"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> SketchLunch | Croc-O-Pig! </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Croc-O-Pig_WEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/Croc-O-Pig_WEB.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Name credit to Mr. Geiger... Thank you sir!<br /><br /><br /> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/sketchlunch-croc-o-pig.html" title="permanent link">4/13/2006 02:19:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114496330617171402">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114496330617171402" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114496330617171402&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Wednesday, April 12, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114482638277789393"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Monsteriffic! </h3> <div class="post-body"> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Thrall_8x11.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/Thrall_8x11.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I had lot's of fun painting this critter...!<br /><br /><br /> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/monsteriffic.html" title="permanent link">4/12/2006 12:18:00 AM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114482638277789393">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114482638277789393" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114482638277789393&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Tuesday, April 11, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114482489814112745"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Shout out to MMO land... </h3> <div class="post-body"> My buddy Sean placed a link to my blog on his so I'm returning the favor. His is all about gaming with a slant towards MMOs. If you're into that go check it out. He's wicked smart and super cool!<br /><a href="http://srhsrn.blogs.com/hardcoregamers/">http://srhsrn.blogs.com/hardcoregamers/</a><br /><br />Also if you're into MMOs go check out the game I just finished working on: Auto Assault! It has NO orcs or elves... guaranteed!<br /><a href="http://www.autoassault.com/index.html">http://www.autoassault.com/index.html</a> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/shout-out-to-mmo-land.html" title="permanent link">4/11/2006 11:47:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114482489814112745">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114482489814112745" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114482489814112745&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --><!-- End #comments --> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114482392466816787"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> SketchLunch | Creature from the Brown Lagoon </h3> <div class="post-body"> From today's sketchlunch...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Creature%20from%20the%20Brown%20Lagoon.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/Creature%20from%20the%20Brown%20Lagoon.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/sketchlunch-creature-from-brown-lagoon_11.html" title="permanent link">4/11/2006 11:36:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114482392466816787">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114482392466816787" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114482392466816787&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --><!-- End #comments --> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114482334788764526"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Cat Burgler </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Krista_VDay_RED_DESKTOP.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/Krista_VDay_RED_DESKTOP.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />This was originally a consignment from a good friend who wanted an image of his wife rendered as a cat burgler/super spy. </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/cat-burgler.html" title="permanent link">4/11/2006 11:26:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114482334788764526">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114482334788764526" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114482334788764526&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --> <!-- End #comments --> </div><h2 style="text-align: left;" class="date-header">Tuesday, April 04, 2006</h2><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114413927223205936"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> DareDevil Fanboy Art </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Daredevil_WEB_RESOLUTION.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/400/Daredevil_WEB_RESOLUTION.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I have to admit I really enjoyed doing this. I'm embracing my super saturated color sense in my old(er) age. Musta got it from my Mom:) Hi mom! </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/daredevil-fanboy-art.html" title="permanent link">4/04/2006 01:23:00 AM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114413927223205936">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114413927223205936" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114413927223205936&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --><!-- End #comments --> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114413842073506837"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> The mysterious Project Phantom! </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/projectPhantom.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/400/Piece_WEB_RESOLUTION.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Piece_WEB_RESOLUTION.jpg"><br /></a> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/concept-request-for-friend_04.html" title="permanent link">4/04/2006 01:13:00 AM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114413891230657142">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114413891230657142" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114413891230657142&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --><!-- End #comments --> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114413837505890620"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> She's Knifey! </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Knife_Girl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/SarahVowelDeath.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Whattya lookin' at Snowflake?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/WolvieSnowflake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/320/WolvieSnowflake.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Some failed character attempts.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/Cover%20Element%20Sketches.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/400/Cover%20Element%20Sketches.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/sarah-vowel-as-death-and-other-random.html" title="permanent link">4/04/2006 01:11:00 AM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114413832266382352">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114413832266382352" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span><span class="item-control admin-1370296255 pid-1481808693"><a style="border: medium none ;" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/post-edit.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114413832266382352&amp;quickEdit=true" title="Edit Post"><span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a></span> </p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <!-- End .post --><!-- Begin #comments --><!-- End #comments --> <!-- Begin .post --> </div><div style="text-align: left;" class="post"><a name="114413824169822120"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> that looks sorta cumbersome... </h3> <div class="post-body"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3517/2608/1600/FeatheredHeadgear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Feel free to leave any comments.<br />-R </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <em>posted by Ray Lederer at <a href="http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2006/04/grand-opening.html" title="permanent link">4/03/2006 10:52:00 PM</a></em> <a class="comment-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/comment.g?blogID=25345396&postID=114413013066624119">0 comments</a> <span class="item-action"><a href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/email-post.g?blogID=25345396&amp;postID=114413013066624119" title="Email Post"><span class="email-post-icon"> </span></a></span></div> </div> <p class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span class="post-author"> Posted by Ray </span> <span class="post-timestamp"> at <a class="timestamp-link" href="http://rlederer.blogspot.com/2007/04/that-was-annoying-so-switching-over-to.html" title="permanent link">10:43 PM</a> </span> <span class="post-comment-link"> <a class="comment-link" href="http://www2.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=788747309215356183&postID=1035755340753070828" onclick="">0 comments</a> </span> <span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link"> </span> <span class="post-icons"> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-1068949747"> <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=788747309215356183&amp;postID=1035755340753070828" title="Edit Post"> <span class="quick-edit-icon"> </span></a><a href="http://www2.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=788747309215356183&amp;postID=1035755340753070828" title="Edit Post"> </a> </span> </span> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7104714352947173225-6240305835737734376?l=raylederer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144202700639417274noreply@blogger.com0