The Art of Eric Dyer

New Works in Progress

2012-02-26T18:45:00.000-08:00

Be prepared for the deluge. I mean it. =)
Currently am working on around 40-45 canvases. This is what happens when you have art on the brain and free time on your hands. Forgive the blurriness, the camera won't focus without the flash option, and with the flash option the colors get washed out, so instead I have to settle for this.

Digital sketches and such

2011-12-23T03:21:00.000-08:00

Couple of sketches I have been doing in photoshop, trying to work more digitally and get a better feel for digital painting. Lots of frezetta influences lately, hence the style. With the exception of the top image, most were completed in 5-10 minutes

Trees and Such

2011-12-09T17:37:00.000-08:00

Some works in progress from a series I have been experimenting with. A little bit of a story behind some of the images. April, my girlfriends, and I were watching a show called River Monsters, excellent show by the way, and there was a episode where the host was fishing for piranha in the Amazon. He was in a location that had once been part of the rain forest, however it had been damned further up river and the surrounding area that was once jungle had become a lake. It was a surreal landscape, as the trees had died but not fallen into the water, and it made a huge impact on me. I hope to take some of these pieces and really flesh them out to the point that I can convey the emotions I was feeling when i intitally saw the sunken forest.

Enjoy!

P.S. Also, there is a Harley Quinn image portrait I am working on I wanted to throw in!!! As well as some more whimsical images I have been reworking from some older pieces.

Frazetta Style!

2011-12-09T17:27:00.000-08:00

These are the works in progress for the Frazetta style pieces I am trying out. The larger pieces, 3'x3', each has about 2-3 hours of work, while the smaller pieces have about an hour of work. All are done with oils, with the majority being done on canvas and two on wood board.

Enjoy! Will keep posting as they progress.

Been Too Long

2011-12-09T16:52:00.000-08:00

I was sitting around working on some paintings, when I realized it has been a long, long time since I updated my blog! So here it is!

Let's catch up a bit. What Have I been up too? Well, I recently completed my first video game contract gig! Yay, woot etc!! The project was working on the Wii port for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and since have been playing the Xbox version of the game, which might explain a lot of the time lapse in my blogging. One last note on the game, thank you everyone at FXVILLE, especially you Joe for taking a chance on hiring me! The time spent and the people met were all incredible!

Beyond the game and video game work, I have been using my unemployed time to paint a lot in between looking for work. I am not just constraining it to traditional painting, as I have been working on digital painting as well. It is interesting how working on a video game, and dissecting 3d art has really positively effected my traditional art skills. I have begun looking at both my digital and oil paintings in a whole new light.

Speaking of oil paintings, I have found a new fascination in the works of Frank Frazetta. I have known of Frazetta for years, but his work just never grabbed my attention the way it recently has. I have started working towards doing several pieces that emulate his style. Thus far, nothing quiet amazing as his work as materialized, but he did take many years developing his work, and I hope to produce some high quality work down the line.

Keep your eye out for some images from the latest works!!
Now back to the easel to do some painting while listening/watching Bender get funky on Futurama!

-Eric

Pencil work turned awesome

2011-04-26T01:28:00.000-07:00

So.. it dawned on me that i have shifted to an, almost entirely digital medium of art work, well sometimes it seems that way, art show evidence at Echo Echo not withstanding, but i digress.....

I have started a new set of projects, pencil drawings to finish digital paintings, and thus far I am seriously "stoked" on them.

This is the first in a hopeful series, entitled "Fear the Reaper", still a work in progress, but really the only part that i am still touching up is the "Roman" soldiers in the front line.

Enjoy!

Echo Echo Art Show

2011-03-16T16:08:00.000-07:00

February was a busy month for art, as I was spending most of my time working on preparing for the art show at the Echo Echo gallery. Once again thanks go out to Chris and the others at Echo Echo for letting me put on my show! =D

These are most of the work that was done for the show, the others having been sold and therefore will not appear here! Which in itself is not a bad thing, but i means i can't share the art with the rest of you.

Hope you enjoy, these are all done with bleach on back paper, and some slight sharpie marker touch up!

These are for sale! If you are interested please email me at reekodyer@gmail.com

New Wacom Paintings

2011-01-28T12:42:00.000-08:00

Finally took the leap and upgraded my drivers on the Wacom tablet that April lets me use, and I am loving the pen pressure function for opacity and size. This is a daily sketch piece from CGsociety that i am pretty happy with, and the first real successful piece i have done with the new drivers. Took about 55 minutes.

Digital Painting Fun

2011-01-11T17:46:00.000-08:00

Took some time to work on my digital painting skills today and was happy with the result. I approached this painting with a more traditional technique I have seen used in oil figure painting. That and my other goal was to complete a finalized piece within one session, which I feel was successful.

Did this based on a reference of Brody Dalle, formally of the Distillers.

Tank Repair Shop Update

2010-12-29T16:01:00.000-08:00

My Latest UDK project is coming along quite nicely, and I have included some more screenshots.
Still working on importing all of the meshes, and need to refine some of the textures, but as stated, I am very happy with how it looks so far!

Tank Repair Shop

2010-12-21T16:43:00.000-08:00

Couple of screenshots from my latest Unreal project.

It is a Tank Repair Shop based off an acrylic concept painting I did.
I modeled all of the meshes and am just importing them into unreal as ascii files.
The lighting is temporary, as I am going to setup more stylized lighting over the tank.

Enjoy!

Concept Sketches

2010-12-13T11:46:00.000-08:00

Have been working over in the Daily Sketch forums at CGsociety, and recently there has been a run on of "Flash Gordon" themed work. Had a blast with these and wanted to share them. They are concepts for Princess Aura, Ming the Merciless, and Prince Barin, all done in Photoshop with a Wacom.

Enjoy!

A Couple of New DSF (Daily Sketch Forum) Pieces

2010-11-17T10:51:00.000-08:00

Went to sleep super early last night, and so when I woke up at 530 AM i figured i would be productive.
Both of these peices were done in photoshop in about 30 minutes.

Killer Blues

Flash in the Night

Have a whole new set of bleach paintings i am working on, come back soon!!

Another New Low Poly Piece

2010-11-12T15:16:00.000-08:00

Just finished a set of crates that are low poly using only one diffuse texture sheet that is 512 x 512, pretty happy with this project, as it only took me a total of 2 hours or so in total creation time.

http://www.dyer-art.com/Dyer%203d%20Crate.html

New 3D Piece/web page!

2010-11-11T18:07:00.000-08:00

I was looking over my portfolio and i realized that if i want to get a position as a 3D artist, i might need to put a couple more mesh pieces on my website. So i took a couple hours this afternoon and knocked out a low poly oil drum!

http://www.dyer-art.com

The Road Home

2010-11-08T01:58:00.000-08:00

An hour long Wacom sketch I just finished for a CGsociety DSF piece.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the DSF (Daily Sketch Forum), it is a part of CGsociety.org that gives you a idea, and a time limit (generally, sometimes there is no time limit) and has you post the work you complete at the end of the time.

I have been trying to do these at least once in a while, as i find that it helps me push my speed & skill all at once, with ideas that I might not think of.

Woot!! Got my some of my Digital Art into Cgsociety!

2010-11-07T22:04:00.000-08:00

Happy Happy Day! My Piece "Smaug Awakes" was accepted as my first 2D Cgsociety Art Submission.... So happy!

Apparently when it was originally declined it was owing to the fact that i did not know to not submit more then one piece at a time, so happy.

You can follow the link below if you want to see the official posting!

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=133&t=932530

Blog and Webstie Issues Fixed

2010-11-05T01:33:00.001-07:00

Just finished fixing a couple issues with the website and the blog, and would like to say thank you to Sean for being thorough enough to catch them!

Tasting Defeat.. does not taste tasty ...

2010-10-27T17:18:00.000-07:00

Sitting here dealing with my first "setback" in my goals recently.. all the art i had submitted to CGsociety in an attempt to get posted in their 2d art section was rejected, and in some cases denoted as "incomplete" art.

Wow, i mean some of the other art i have seen on the site that gets though is worse then the ones i submitted. I had also submitted the piece from my last post, which to say i was very excited about.

In all fairness they do have some great art on the site, and i had hoped to join the ranks, but it looks like i will need to regroup and try again, as though i am down, i am not out.

"...They let Sarah Jessica Parker's face on TV and she looks like a foot!" -Peter Griffin

Smaug Awakes

2010-10-26T14:43:00.000-07:00

New Digital Painting!! I started this as a 30 minute Wacom painting for a CGsociety.org daily sketch, and this is the final result! The topic was the Hobbit, and my favorite character in the hobbit, and one of my favorite "monsters" has always been Smaug, so what to paint was easy.

Hope you enjoy!

Website up and running!!!

2010-10-24T18:12:00.000-07:00

I am excited, with a lot of work and banging my head against digital walls, my website is up and running!

Feel free to take a look at http://www.dyer-art.com/ !

Older Cafe Met Art Show Pieces

2010-10-19T15:35:00.000-07:00

These are some digital photos edits i did for a older show at Cafe Met about 9 months or more ago. All of the pictures were taken by yours truly as he spaced out at his old job watching planes land at Boeing Field. These are only a part of the set, I will post the rest later. =D

New Digital Images

2010-10-18T18:27:00.000-07:00

Couple of images I am working on for my website and wanted to share. Enjoy!

Most Recent Art Show

2010-10-08T09:58:00.000-07:00

These are some of the acrylic paintings from my last show at Cafe Met on the hill, which sadly might be the last one i get to hold there as it appears another bar has leveraged out the great bar that is Cafe Met.

These were a departure from my normal Oil painting, and i ahve to say i found it enjoyable, not waiting 3 weeks for paint to dry is a plus. =D

2010-10-04T20:59:00.000-07:00

Another Couple of digital pieces, thought i would like to share =)

Some Digital Artwork

2010-10-04T20:49:00.000-07:00

These are done in photoshop, mostly as speedpaintings. meaning that they were done within a set time limit. I used April's Wacom tablet on these... awesome.... =D

Bleach Paintings

2010-09-30T18:04:00.000-07:00

One of the mediums that i have found to be very enjoyable, is bleach on black paper (or colored paper of any sort, other then white). You can dilute the bleach with water to get varying shades of bleaching effect on the paper. One of the tricks i have found in doing this is that the paper has to be laying on a flat surface for the bleach to effectively soak into the paper. Enjoy!

First Dyer Art Blog Post

2010-09-30T17:57:00.000-07:00

Hello and welcome to my blog! For my first post I am going to rehash some old art that I would like to share!

The majority of these are oil paints, with some acrylics and spry paint mixed in.