Aug 7
Nicholas Joseph Clayton is the historic Victorian architect and the inspiration for this draft sculpture. I spent a few hours getting this basic structure together until i can find more pictures of him. This will most likely be the first of many maquettes until I get one that I like the most. i am pleased with this first result, especially since I only had one reference photo and a few hours to work on it.
Jul 4
Brooke was kind enough to be my second model for this series I am working on for a new book to be published in a few months. The theme is still in development but has inspiration from both anime and aztec influences.
This is one of a few images to give a preview of the series that will be revealed in an upcoming art show. So keep your eyes open for the release date for the entire series and a new book.
Jun 10
Had a successful and productive trip to California with my friend Nicole Moan and her Father, Albert Riddle. It was three weeks of art galleries, traveling to various cities to visit their art walks and such.
I had the chance to visit both The Getty Museum and the Norton Simon Museum. Both of them are fantastic collections of art. Seeing the Old Masters works such as Da Vinci, Cezanne, Serat, Van Gogh and many more was awesome. Seeing their technique in person and the paintings was something that will stay with me. Seeing art in print is one thing, but you really miss something that you can only see in person. Now I have a much more informed idea on how they did their work.
Got a chance to meet several awesome artists as well. Christopher Ulrich, Sandy Sisneros, Elizabeth Caffey and more to say the least were all great inspirations.
If you get a chance to visit Los Angeles and the surrounding areas, I highly suggest checking out the art walks that happen once a month. I will add resources and update this post later with some links to the various artist sites and art walks as well.
Here is a image tutorial I create to help people learn to create bubble with reflections.
1. Copy a square image section from an image in which you desire to make into a reflection.
2. create a new image and paste the square image into it.
3. using the filters, go into distort and select polar coordinates, make sure you select rectangular to polar and click okay.
You will notice your image is distorted to a circular shape. you can make more of a bubble bulge by going back into distort and selecting spherize.
4. Duplicate this distorted image on a new layer.
5. make the background layer, solid black or grey, so you can see the next step as you work on the bubble.
6. using the layer mask tool, paint a transparency into the distorted image, making see through areas for your bubble.
7. create a new layer and paint your light reflections and highlights on the bubble to create dimension.
8. Merge all the laters except the background. you want to keep your transparency and if you merge everything you will lose it.
9. Delete the background image and save your bubble image with a transparent background.
10. Now you can copy and past or input your bubble into whatever image you are working on that you want to add bubbles with reflections.
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and it helps you to create new and fun work.
Sincerely,
Bryan Crump
Nov 3
Body Painting done at Psychopomp in Oklahoma City. The editing style is Another step towards my Hyper Realistic technique aka The Crump Effect!!!
Apr 30
One of several new body painting photography projects for some upcoming shows.
Apr 28
Bryan Crump and Justan Floyd are the Featured Artists
at the Velvet Monkey Salon Too in Oklahoma City.
The Date is January 10th, 2009 from 8pm until 10pm and the art will be displayed for a period of two months. So if you can’t make it to the reception party, then you know you can stop in and see it any other time, but if you do I encourage you to make an appointment as this is a Hair Salon and a business. The Velvet Monkey has an excellent team of stylists and several locations.
The Address for the show is 3003 NW 63rd Street, OKC, OK
