Capri Productions

Unique LA

2011-07-31T20:36:00.000-07:00

My stand at Unique LA. It was a little windy down in Santa Monica. But it was great to meet people and other artists and get inspired. Altogether a nice weekend, but I hope the next time the event will be hold inside and in the downtown area.

Print on Canvas

2011-05-05T10:18:00.000-07:00

Monkey&Rabbit: I am preparing a small gallery show at Nickelodeon in June. I will be printing some of my artwork onto canvas. here are the first two pieces. The canvases are 16x20 inches big. I am pretty happy with the result.

Psycho II

2011-04-29T09:53:00.000-07:00

Monkey&Rabbit

Psycho

2011-04-28T08:55:00.001-07:00

Monkey&Rabbit

Odyssey 2001

2011-04-25T11:44:00.000-07:00

Monkey&Rabbit

Jurassic Park

2011-04-21T13:53:00.001-07:00

Monkey&Rabbit

Trainspotting step 4

2011-04-20T15:16:00.000-07:00

I am adding a new layer for the shadows. I can easily change the values by changing the values on the transparency. I am adding highlights to the eyes and to the monkey to give him a wet look. I am darkening the background to give the shadows a better contrast. As a final touch I am adding some lettering above the characters. The entire image is done with vector elements and can easily be enlarged without loosing in quality. You could have also achieve the same effect in illustrator.

Trainspotting step 3

2011-04-20T15:15:00.000-07:00

By using the "pen-tool" in photoshop i am coloring in the specific areas.

Trainspotting step 2

2011-04-20T15:14:00.001-07:00

Clean up in photoshop. I adjusted the head position of rabbit. I think the head down works better.

Trainspotting

2011-04-20T15:12:00.000-07:00

Monkey illustration in 4 stages. I sketch out my first idea in photoshop, blocking out the composition and the color-feel.

Star Wars

2011-04-19T14:31:00.000-07:00

Monkey&Rabbit

Bullit

2011-04-18T16:55:00.000-07:00

Just finished my latest illustration in the Monkey&Rabbit series.

Monkey&Rabbit

2011-04-18T13:02:00.001-07:00

Space Race

Monkey&Rabbit

2011-04-15T11:27:00.001-07:00

Logans' Run...

Monkey&Rabbit

2011-04-14T23:31:00.000-07:00

Tron

more Monkey&Rabbit

2011-04-12T11:11:00.000-07:00

here are some more illustrations.

Monkey&Rabbit

2011-04-11T16:30:00.001-07:00

Here is my latest project. I am working with a series of illustrations. Here are some of the first Images.

final stage

2011-03-14T10:43:00.000-07:00

I fill out the rest of the dark background. I color-correct some of the colors. I darkened the eyebrows. I changed the color of the mouth and nose. There was too much red. I give the skin-color a second coating to make sure the texture is nice and even. I paint the text, sign and let the painting dry. I will later on give the painting a varnish to protect the paint.
This painting is 36inches x 24inches. Usually I don't paint that large, but it has been fun. I am starting on a second painting in the same format.

stage 5

2011-03-14T10:42:00.000-07:00

I am outlining the character and the edges with the dark color. This is a pretty tedious stage. You will need to keep a steady hand and a lot of patience.

stage 4

2011-03-14T10:41:00.001-07:00

I put in the colors for the character.

stage 3

2011-03-14T10:38:00.000-07:00

I paint in the background color. I use the brightest color first. It is easier to cover a bright color with a dark color.

stage 2

2011-03-14T10:36:00.000-07:00

I paint over the outlines with a red base-color. The red color will shine slightly through the colors I paint on top. This will add to the texture of the paint and give the painting a warmer "feel".

Monkey Painting in six stages

2011-03-14T10:32:00.000-07:00

I project a sketch onto a canvas. I retrace the lines. I paint over the lines with a dark color to block in the paint-areas.

Logo

2011-02-08T13:54:00.001-08:00

I am working on a logo for my new site. here is version i am quiet happy with.

new website is coming soon...

2011-02-08T13:51:00.000-08:00

I am currently working on a new website. It will take me a few months before I have everything ready, but here is a research-page.

Akira

2010-12-26T16:25:00.000-08:00

X-mas-present for our neighbor's daughter. Akira is already a very talented young artist.

brother and sister

2010-12-20T22:08:00.000-08:00

Christmas-present for friends of mine. Their kids are going to the same school our daughter goes to.

Jennifer Coolidge

2010-12-20T22:00:00.000-08:00

Jennifer with my picture. Thanks for the photo, Katherine.

Tangled

2010-12-13T22:26:00.000-08:00

A "thank you" gift to a generous person.

Madeleine

2010-12-12T23:07:00.000-08:00

went to my daughter's friend's fourth birthday party today.

Winter Festival

2010-12-10T11:03:00.001-08:00

...and the main poster.

Winterfestival

2010-12-09T23:38:00.000-08:00

Just finished a series of signs for my daughter's school.

Music-CD

2010-11-19T21:45:00.000-08:00

I have been busy working for Ella's school doing some designs. On of the assignments was a cover for a music-CD.

last card

2010-10-22T17:22:00.000-07:00

this is the last card for the Christmas-card-set

more x-mas-cards

2010-10-19T09:00:00.000-07:00

i am working on a set of four cards. here are two more.

x-mas-cards

2010-10-18T22:24:00.000-07:00

I am working on a series of christmas-cards this year for our company "punchbowlproductions".

Rico Bastardi

2010-07-29T21:59:00.000-07:00

went through my computer-files and rediscovered an image from an old project of mine. loved the project, but unfortunately i never got it financed.

haidresser

2010-07-21T23:09:00.000-07:00

this is a sample for a friend of mine. his wife would like to use a caricature for her hair-salon.

the big blue

2010-07-16T23:04:00.000-07:00

i went to a friend of mine to palm springs, celebrating the 4th of july. his three year old son was having a lot of fun in their pool. never saw a little kid that comfortable in the water before. he would jump in all by himself and swim towards me without any help.

mini adds

2010-07-15T11:55:00.000-07:00

just worked on some mini-adds for our online-store

Nighty-Night

2010-06-30T22:25:00.000-07:00

I am just a few images away from finishing my second children-book. Not sure yet, if I will self-publish again or if I try to get a publisher involved.

Agent Orange

2010-06-24T13:24:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine had a salamander when he was a kid. He used to call him "Agent Orange" still unaware of the true meaning of that name.

Local Collection

2010-06-08T21:43:00.000-07:00

My book and artwork is being sold at the Glendale Galleria at "Local Collection". There are original paintings, framed prints, T-shirts, postcards, bags and a children-DVD I animated a few years ago.

second children-book in progress

2010-06-07T10:13:00.000-07:00

my latest children book is making progress. I am hoping to get the artwork done by July.

slightly naughty

2010-06-02T22:13:00.000-07:00

after so much material for kids, maybe another sketch for grown-ups...

latest version

2010-06-02T22:12:00.001-07:00

Nighty-Night

2010-05-06T22:31:00.000-07:00

this is a color-research for my next children book project.

another children-book-idea

2010-04-02T17:22:00.001-07:00

"Nighty-Night"

2010-03-10T14:24:00.000-08:00

"Nighty-Night"

2010-03-09T15:05:00.000-08:00

I am starting my second children-book. The first book will get into print in a few days/weeks.

Pin Up

2010-02-20T00:04:00.000-08:00

I am working on a series of new pin-ups for a book I would like to print this year. here is one of the drawings...

School book

2010-02-19T11:05:00.000-08:00

I am working on a children-book for Ella's school. It should help the new families and their kids to get familiar with the new environment.

new project

2010-01-21T16:49:00.000-08:00

i am cuurently developing another TV-series-project. won't be posting too much about it yet, but thought i could put this one up on my blog.

second version

2010-01-15T15:19:00.001-08:00

The other girl didn't look feminine enough. also thought a back-ground color might help.

Ella's birthday invitation

2010-01-15T09:11:00.000-08:00

Ella's and her best friend's third birthday is coming up. here is their invitation.

Vespa Girl

2010-01-03T22:13:00.000-08:00

I am thinking of getting an artbook together this year. the theme will be various subjects, but mostly pin-ups. here is one of the images I will be using.

more painter-stuff

2009-12-27T21:34:00.001-08:00

playing around with the painter-software.

painter

2009-12-26T23:35:00.000-08:00

just discovered "painter". have been playing around with different textures and and paints. looking forward to see what i can do with this software.

christmas card in progress

2009-12-21T23:16:00.000-08:00

I have been too busy at work. I just started on my Christmas card for this year. Here is a first version.

Napoleon and Josephine

2009-11-13T10:54:00.000-08:00

The tragic love-live of Napoleon...

A Night At The Edison

2009-11-11T15:31:00.000-08:00

Virgo

2009-11-02T22:49:00.000-08:00

the last one...

Taurus

2009-11-01T21:17:00.001-08:00

Burt as Sammy

2009-10-30T15:04:00.000-07:00

A caricature of my friend Burt as Sammy Davis Jr.

Bullit

2009-10-24T22:23:00.001-07:00

Scorpio

2009-10-24T20:53:00.001-07:00

Leo

2009-10-21T23:00:00.001-07:00

the hitman

2009-10-21T09:21:00.000-07:00

have no idea why the guy needs to be jumping. but i guess that's what they do these days in hollywood.

Gemini

2009-10-20T22:12:00.000-07:00

just finished another one of my star-signs.

water-elf

2009-10-20T14:10:00.000-07:00

got bored and started to doodle.

rabbit on a bike

2009-10-20T13:29:00.001-07:00

Capricorn

2009-10-18T21:31:00.000-07:00

Cancer

2009-10-14T22:01:00.001-07:00

Sagittaurus

2009-10-07T22:51:00.001-07:00

Aries

2009-10-06T22:40:00.001-07:00

Pisces

2009-10-05T22:37:00.000-07:00

starsigns

2009-10-04T23:17:00.000-07:00

aries and aquarius. i had painted a series of star-signs a few years ago. i can't find the originals, so i am reworking the images in illustrator for print. i will be opening an online-store with "cafe press" soon. this series will be there for sale.

The "Bunny-Hunter"

2009-10-01T15:22:00.000-07:00

The dyslexic bounty hunter.

virgo

2009-09-28T23:27:00.000-07:00

I have painted a series of starsign-pin-ups a few years ago. unfortunately I can't find the original scans again. All I've got are a few low-res files. I decided to modify them in Illustrator, so I can enlarge them and use them for print.

birds

2009-09-21T16:28:00.000-07:00

this is a project for a shortfilm i would like to do. i scribbled down a little story one evening and decided to make a short animatic. I would like to animate it later on in a papercutstyle and set two simple characters up in photoshop. here is a color-test for the set. i finally went with the green tree-green background version. even though i like the blue more graphic version i found the green brings out the red stronger and has a warmer feel to it.

Ella

2009-07-29T16:12:00.000-07:00

Here is a sketch of my daughter, Ella. I know my blog is a little all over the place, but I think that is typical me...

pin up

2009-07-21T16:27:00.000-07:00

eight #2

2009-07-21T15:30:00.000-07:00

Another research on the bad guy gone good.

eight

2009-07-20T17:16:00.000-07:00

a version of the bad gambler turned good.

Red Riding Hood

2009-07-14T13:05:00.000-07:00

I have started on my next personal project about the red riding hood and the big bad wolf.

Space Girl #2

2009-07-07T22:44:00.000-07:00

Space Girl

2009-07-06T22:58:00.000-07:00

Here is a colored version of a series of space-girls I have been scribbling.

i-phone addict

2009-07-02T15:19:00.000-07:00

here is a quick sketch i just did before string my weekend. usually i would clean the sketch up in illustrator, but used photoshop instead. i like the different thickness of the lines. gives it a cool retro-feel.

Bullit

2009-06-25T13:58:00.001-07:00

inspired by the movie "bullit" with Steve McQueen.

Spooky Rabbit

2009-06-25T09:42:00.001-07:00

Beggin 2

2009-06-12T16:33:00.000-07:00

Another Dance-pose, more stylized and slightly more booty...

Beggin

2009-06-09T15:55:00.000-07:00

I love the song "Beggin" from Madcon. Here is a sketch inspired by their video.

Hop!

2009-06-09T13:18:00.000-07:00

Just played around with photoshop again. This is a new character to one of my projects.

Comic

2009-06-03T16:05:00.000-07:00

I have been working a lot in the last days on my comic. here some images from my latest pages.

Ella and the Frogprince

2009-05-10T11:26:00.001-07:00

First finished painting for the series "Ella and the Frogprince".

Earthday

2009-05-10T11:24:00.001-07:00

A little bit late, but here is a painting I did for "earthday".

Mothersday

2009-05-10T11:19:00.000-07:00

For Camille. Here are the sketches and the final painting onto a woodpanel 4x4 inches small.

Dogtag

2009-03-30T22:12:00.000-07:00

This might be the cover of my comic about the military service. "Dogtag" translates "Hundmarke" in german.

You're in the army now...

2009-03-26T14:32:00.000-07:00

I am still experimenting on the perfect coloring-style for the comic. I think this one works well.

The Army

2009-03-15T23:23:00.000-07:00

Here is a color-test for my comic. I am planning to clean a few pages as a sample before I send a first draft to the publishers.