Photoshop fun with Warhammer 40k miniatures!

Just a quick post on Photoshop fun because its been a while.

Joshua recently finished painting a Warhammer 40k Orc Warboss and we thought a nice photo of him in an environment would be groovy. We played around with three different images and settled on this one for the finished photo.

OK, here is the photo of the figure Joshua painted...

and here is the photo of "Urban ruins" we found via the internet. I'd give credit if I remembered where it came from!

We used the image adjust, "levels" to set the mood and then used the "Burn" tool in order to add the proper shading to the warboss. All in all the finished piece only took 30 minutes and most of that was outlining the warboss.

There is a blog post featuring the Orc Warboss on Battleground Hobbies blog with lots of images of Josh's work for you to check out!

Enjoy!

Hardtail Sportster, Hollywood Style: Ice, Lace and Pearl

Hollywood does it again, this time on a hardtail sportster!

Check out the funky throwback 1960's candied pineapple ice, lace and pearl paint job.

We tried different lighting so you can see the lace in the pearl...

We should probably mention how "Hip" and "Groovy" it is!

A couple additional angles...

Enjoy!

Big Tiki Furniture Surfing

Well here's another fine hand striped and detailed item. No its not a motorcycle or street rod.

How about a split level end table!
This bad boy was another awesome creation by Hollywood. Beautiful tropical flowers along with the "Henderson Surf Board" tiki.

Here's a few details of the paint work!

Enjoy!

Adjective Art Web Site Launched!! Abstract Art Anyone?

The site AdjectiveArt.com is up and running!

Still looking for any bugs but the site has won rave reviews from screenwriters and artists from Sacramento to Atlanta!

Below is a sampling of paintings you'll find on the site. Please stop by and take a look, let us know what you think about the site and the art.

Enjoy!!

 Field of Purple

 Green Planet is one of my favorites!

 Passing Fancy

Either One

Motion

Joshua's artwork is "Relentless"

Joshua entered a Sectional Fine Arts Competition with a T-Shirt design of his own making. His sketches were very similar to the finished piece which was inked and then scanned into the computer. Joshua used the pen tool in Photoshop to create a great vector based image. He played with the layers and colors to get it all just right and then had it printed on a heavyweight bright white stock at the local Kinko's.

Here's the final sketch before Photoshop...

and here is his final artwork.

Here it is on display at the competition. He received a Superior with Invitation to the District level of competition. Way to go Joshua, make a dad proud!

He entered a Digital Photo too which is also advancing to the district level. This photo is featured in the "Creative Photography" section on the Hendersonworks web site. The section title icon uses the photo and it is the first photo in the section titled "Blossom in Tree".

Enjoy

Finished Ork Loota and Burna Boyz!

Back in December we posted a few images of upcoming projects, you can see the post here. Well we never let you see the completed product.

Here is the finished Ork mob of Lootas and Burnas.

You can see additional images on Battleground Hobbies Flickr page.

Enjoy!

Man's Day Logo Design

Had the opportunity a few months back to do a logo for an event called "Man's Day & Family Fun Event" held at our church. The event had a classic car show, motorcycles, camping, fishing, archery, and other displays. The Pittsburgh Bomb squad truck was on hand as well as a local skateboard park and a military airsoft company. Can't forget the pizza tasting contest between several local pizzerias.

Any way, it was a great deal of fun and the logo represented the event well, at least I think so.
You be the judge!

Here's a few of the many cars that attended the event.