Franklin's Illustration

Vizcaya-young adult romance novel

2012-01-06T04:54:00.010-05:00

This is the painting in progress. I hope that my friend Lina likes it!

And now with more paintiness!!!

Getting there!

TA DA!!!

I am Appleseed

2011-10-06T13:16:00.001-04:00

RIP Steve Jobs. In me you have planted a thirst to create art digitally. I am Appleseed.

Recent Caricatures

2010-11-11T12:06:00.002-05:00

A Couple of Random Designs I Did

2010-10-14T11:41:00.000-04:00

Line Art

2010-08-19T02:39:00.001-04:00

Here are some line are pieces that I have created over the years.

Banner Graphic

2010-02-08T00:11:00.000-05:00

I created this Banner as a Personal Brand for my fantasy and science fiction illustration. I used an illustration that I did as a promotional piece and cropped it to work with my "stamp" and Name.

Design and Illustration Work for CHI

2010-02-07T23:48:00.000-05:00

This is a series of pages I fully created for CHI, a military contractor. This product was created for a spiral bound training manual for the U.S. Marine Corp. I created all aspects of this project.

Horrid Halloween!

2009-10-31T18:45:00.000-04:00

Here is a 3.5 hour speed paint I did. I just sat down with the idea of doing something for Halloween and three and a half hours later here it is!

Self Portrait

2009-10-12T00:47:00.000-04:00

Quick 3 hour self portrait.

Serpent in the Garden

2009-09-24T03:01:00.000-04:00

Here is the final image! Next!

God

2009-03-18T02:31:00.001-04:00

This is the third in my Heaven mythos series. It is darker but I tried to keep it in the same universe as the other two.

Demon

2009-03-15T01:18:00.001-04:00

Second in my myth of Heaven and Hell. The demon is more in our world and has more in common with us than the Angel who is jealous of man's place.

Angel

2009-03-04T01:39:00.000-05:00

This is a piece that I just started painting without a sketch. It took about 4 to 5 hours. I think this is the beginning of a series.

OK I need help here. In the first image I increased the contrast. Is it better?

Elf Warrior and Gwarf

2008-12-30T08:36:00.001-05:00

This is a little fantasy illustration I am working on. I still have to iron out some of the work to the female figure before going to color.

I am getting a lot closer now. I have some good colors blocked in and am ready to bring it on home!

And here is the final! It took between 20-25 hours. I didn't keep a log, but that's a rough idea based on the number of days and when I sat down to work and finally stumbled off to sleep.

Encounter

2008-10-20T02:35:00.000-04:00

Sketch and work in progress for my latest endeavor.

Final of Dragon Painting

2008-09-19T12:38:00.000-04:00

Please, if you have any helpful criticism, do not hesitate to make suggestions. This was an incredibly fun illustration to paint and I have to praise Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop for making such amazing tools!

OK since I first posted this I have tweaked the image quite a bit. I placed the older versions below and here is the latest and hopefully final version.

Various sketches

2008-08-09T18:58:00.000-04:00

These are a few sketches I have done over the last few months in Painter. I figured I'd post some to f these playful little things showing my brain at work.

Dragon-Updated

2008-08-06T15:58:00.000-04:00

It's getting close now! I am having fun with this image!

OK so I am updating this with a sequence of snapshots of me recent illustration. I am not done yet but I am getting there. I wanted to show some steps that I go through when creating an illustration.

OLD:
I am working on a new digital painting. I am only posting this intermediate snapshot as a teaser. I am about halfway through this painting and will be posting a long series of pictures showing the process in motion. Thanks to all of you who check in on me from time to time!

Working on the background art and trying to be careful not to go too dark or to get too detailed. I want the foreground to "pop"!

In the Swamp

2008-07-10T09:21:00.000-04:00

Just sketching around

Worker Duck!

2008-04-25T02:27:00.000-04:00

New piece for local hotel undergoing renovations. I did revisions as requested by the client. I added their logo and tilted the hat. They also wanted smaller feet. I liked the larger feet but, hey, it's their duck! Final, Revision, Original.

Pin Deisgn

2008-04-16T11:49:00.000-04:00

I just did this as a sample for a local collectibles pin company

Studies and Spookies!

2008-01-28T19:18:00.000-05:00

Blast from the past

2008-01-28T09:30:00.001-05:00

This is an old piece I did as part of a deck of cards that local creatives in the Orlando area did for Disney managers as a gift.

Rework of Fairy picture

2008-01-25T23:25:00.000-05:00

I love having other artists to bounce my work off of. Some folks over on the VoodooChilli website critiqued this sketch and helped me make it stronger before taking it to final. I think their suggestions about playing a little more with tonal temperature, leading the eye around the image better, and not having the attention drawn away from the character were all valid issues and I have addessed them. Here is the new sketch.

Fairy Sentinel

2008-01-18T18:11:00.000-05:00

Here is the latest of my sketches to develop for a painting.

Here is the original sketch again.

2008-01-11T02:10:00.001-05:00

And here is the Final Image.

2008-01-11T02:06:00.000-05:00

It was a constant back and forth between Photoshop and Painter. I made a custom brush set in Painter and did most effects in Photoshop. It was helpful to take palettes from the photo reference that I used for different items. Saved a lot of time trying to mix all the colors. If you have any comments, I'd sure like to hear them. Thanks for looking.

Progress

2008-01-10T23:48:00.001-05:00

Baby is blocked in

2008-01-10T21:20:00.001-05:00

Just roughing in the little gipper.

Reworked drawing of panda cub

2008-01-10T18:02:00.000-05:00

I reworked the drawing of the cub to be more anatomically correct.

Red Panda Cub color in progress

2008-01-10T15:14:00.001-05:00

I am working back and forth between Photoshop and Painter. Here is where I am right now! You can see the sketch below in this blog.

Light of Reason Part 2

2008-01-08T03:03:00.000-05:00

I have been reworking this image for a while. Here is the latest incarnation!

The Light of Reason

2008-01-03T14:30:00.001-05:00

This piece is about the death of superstition and the birth of reason that many of us go through. All digital. Photoshop and Painter with the Wacon Tablet.

This is a sketch. When I get the final done I will post it as well.

Some more older traditional art

2007-12-30T14:56:00.000-05:00

I did the Alien painting about 6 years ago and the Glyptodon last year.

Time Travel

2007-12-27T02:58:00.000-05:00

Here is actually the first full color painting I did totally in Painter. I used strong photo reference and the images color palette to accurately render the depth and atmosphere of a mountain setting.

Red Panda Cub

2007-12-27T02:10:00.000-05:00

Working on a cute series of baby animals. Here's the first rough sketch.

Romance cover

2007-12-26T23:24:00.000-05:00

Here is a piece I did for a client illustrating his relatives in a Romance Novel kind of way. It shows the progression of my thought processes.

Fiend

2007-12-26T23:13:00.000-05:00

Just messing around in Painter.

Creepy Tree

2007-12-26T22:59:00.000-05:00

This is a sketch done in Painter and Photoshop. I sketched the line art in Painter and then added value with the airbrush tool in Photoshop. I play with the opacity and transparency settings to get the look I want. I also build up back-ground middle-ground and fore-ground using different layers.

Warrior. Sketch and Final

2007-12-26T22:52:00.000-05:00

This is the first fantasy painting I did with the wacom tablet using Painter and Photoshop.

My Illustration and Sketches

2007-12-26T18:32:00.000-05:00

This will be an ongoing display of my latest works with commentary and explanations of techniques. Please feel free to comment or to e-mail me for further information.