sonicpixel | Digital Art

This section of my entire portfolio is the most diverse and extensive. What is currently on this page is only a fraction of the digital art I have produced. You might wonder how I selected these few entries? Well, to be truthful, these were mostly ready to be posted online and many of the others are not as complete as I'd like for them to be. Stay tuned for more in the coming weeks, as well as more detail views so that you can really see the effort I put into my work.

To use this portfolio, select a thumbnail from the scrolling column on the left or, use the numerical links on the far left to display a larger graphic sample in this box. Explanatory text is displayed on the far right for each portfolio item and in-depth information — if available — can be found immediately under the large graphic. Simply scroll down using the green arrows to the right of the large graphic in this box.

Media Lab Mural 1

9' x 3' at 300dpi raster

This is a very large digital mural I made to use as a backdrop for the Media Lab at the Media Learning Complex at CSUMB. Originally, there was an overlay of text and some logos for this but, the overlay has been lost to the ravages of time.

Our RIP could not process this image which forced the creation of an all-vector replacement.

Media Lab Mural 2

9' x 3' vector .eps

The replacement mural for the all-raster first version took a very different approach. This rendering is cropped.

"Chastity Belt?"

28"' x 22" digital painting

I made this to adorn a very empty wall in a high traffic area at CSUMB.

My intention was to raise issues of contestation of authority and who tells you what to wear and when to wear it. I was perplexed by American prudishness.

"By No Small Means"

22"' x 28" digital painting

This was my first use of 3-D digital models as sources to paint on and over. There is quite a lot of detail within this piece.

My intention was to show the alienation and oppression of technology-driven erotica.

"Tincture"

17"' x 11" graphic illo

Quite fascinated with texture and color, I was exploring the mixing of the two in this piece. The title means "color" in art circles.

"Golden Shoulder"

12" x 6" digital painting

Generated entirely on my computer, this work started much larger — with the whole figure featured. As I worked with it, I found my inspiration in her head and hair and the negative space around it.

Is her shoulder golden in color? You decide.

Rave flyer art

6" x 6" graphic

While in college in the mid 1990s, I had some great experiences in the Rave scene around SF, Cruz and Monterey areas. I was able to help out with some artwork every once in a while. The scene got ugly when little kids and hard drugs invaded and I got out!

PLUR, baby!

"The Middle Cannot Hold"

11" x 17" graphic

This is a mostly-prophetic work I did in late 2000. There is a lot of symbology built-in. The text reads "When the middle can hold no longer, the voices of opposition will be silent."

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"Bonehead Makes His Move"

900px x 700px illo

This is an experiment I was conducting on the idea of developing comics with the computer. I created and rendered the figures and backgrounds and composited in Photoshop.

My biggest challenge was creating the illusions of distance and perspective.

"Evolution"

2" x 8" illo

This is a section of a bookmark I made to advertise services in support of faculty at CSUMB.

My intention was to show how we had progressed from a simple media service to a full service design studio.

Personally, I subscribe to Intelligent Design theory.

"Freefalling"

1280px x 1024px rendering

I made this as a personal statement about someone I know and I used this as a desktop picture.

This was rendered and then composited in Adobe After Effects for the motion blur. The clouds were rendered and then hand-painted.