Speed Paint, Space Dragon

Every time I do a paint, it looks likes it was done in the 1950's...
maybe that's OK? but not what I'm going for, oh well, I'll keep trying until I'm happy.

Quality Auto

I don't know why I am posting this, I just really like it...
It's not a great sign, I guess I just see a lot of different things in the painting. This is a sign painted on the side of an old mechanic's shop in the heart of downtown Pinckney, Michigan. I have probably passed this sign as a teenager a hundred times and never noticed it, but recently was nearby and it just grabbed me. I guess just something about the combination of colors on the wall, the blue sky and the green trees makes me feel at ease...
like I'm a kid back in the 70's, with tube socks pulled up to my knees and on my Schwinn with the banana seat and sissy bars riding by while they work on a 72' Nova listening to Journey...

I need to get back to posting!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I have been crazy busy
with just life in general, but I have a lot more stuff to come soon.
In the meantime here are some random sketches
from the last few months.

Patch Together

I've just submitted this design to PatchTogether.com, and need your voting support for selection to be possibly produced as a toy. Could you find it in your big hearts to sign up with PatchTogether and vote on my design and maybe even leave a friendly comment.

This particular design is for the Cutest Animal Warrior contest, but I also have the Trojan bug posted as well, you could vote for him too!

Have a look here.

The Real World

No robots or space birds in this post. Nope, just quick concept designs for a 20' x 30' trade show exhibit. Here's hoping to get the full design and build contract. The client is a manufacturer of industrial lasers and wants to see what could be done to have a wide open, clean and inviting booth space

on a ( as everyone these days) tight budget and time line.

Portrait

Kind of a side view portrait of a kinda bug shelled, cow, dragon thing...
I did a post like this back last April called "The Bug" where I wanted sort of this weird creature portrait set against this sort of beautiful back drop
and never really had gotten any further with it.
This painting started out where I was going to pick up on the bug painting but, I only ended up with just using the same shell and started changing everything else.

Aquatic Oddities

Just some more random studies in Photoshop painting with the Wacom tablet. Playing around with brush sizes and details, loose and a little tighter... some more thought out stuff coming soon!

Thomas Lettuce, " The Hammer Head " Johnston

Nothing to brag about, a somewhat crappie photoshop painting.... just have a couple of beers and see what happens. OK Tom, you space cowboy, with your flying four legged marmet...save the universe.

Sneak Peak

Here is a shot of a piece in progress I am thinking about using as a t-shirt design if it turns out OK.
I think I might take this and a few other things and put them up as shirt designs over at redbubble.
Stay tuned, I'll keep you posted.