It's funny because it's true

Beginning of a new Acrylic painting!

The first steps of a new acrylic painting . . . 20" x 30"

. . . I'll continue to share the process as I paint, this is about two hours into the painting . . . a long ways to go!

First Lady Warm Up Sketch

A quick warm up of First Lady Michelle Obama . . . I'm currently working on a large acrylic of a favorite band of mine . . . I plan to share some of the process here as I work on it.

NEWS
My most recent George Lucas painting can be seen in the latest Communication Arts Illustration Annual 50! I'm honored to be in this book with so many awesome artists! Some really great work, a lot of talented artists and a nice variety of styles.

BOOK and DVD.

I want to thank all who have purchased my new Book and DVD, pre-orders started on the 25th of June and have been coming in strong. I will receive the DVD's sometime next week and will begin shipping immediately. Thank you for your patients!

Click here to PRE-ORDER my New Book and DVD.

Book, SEILER 2008-2009 $25.00 + Shipping.
DVD, Sketching with Jason Seiler $35.00 + Shipping.

Anyone know what's going on in Iran? Anyone tired of what's going on in L.A.

Quick warm up sketch of some Iranian guy . . .
Wasn't there something going on in Iran? How's that going CNN?

On a different note! My Book and DVD.

The Books and DVD's have not yet arrived, but should arrive to me sometime this week. However, they are separate products and will come on different days, so if you've ordered both there's a chance you'll get one before the other. I'll post right away when I get them so stay tuned!

Schoolism

I have a few spots left open for my course on Caricature at Schoolism. The course starts on July 24th, any questions about Schoolism, can be emailed to me or the Schoolism staff. My class is filling up so sign up today!

Click here to PRE-ORDER my New Book and DVD.

Book, SEILER 2008-2009 $25.00 + Shipping.
DVD, Sketching with Jason Seiler $35.00 + Shipping.

What is Schoolism.com? (R.I.P. M.J.)

Quick 30 minute sketch . . . Rest in Peace Michael!

Click here to PRE-ORDER my New Book and DVD.

Book, SEILER 2008-2009 $25.00 + Shipping.
DVD, Sketching with Jason Seiler $35.00 + Shipping.

Imagine if you had a professional to help you and look over your work! Schoolism classes not only teach you the secrets from known professionals, but you will see them draw over the top of your drawings and hear them talk about how to take your art to a whole another level!

Schoolism.com Online Art Classes open for
registration:

The Art of Caricature with Jason Seiler - starts July 24, 2009 By the end of this course, master caricaturist, Jason Seiler, will have you looking at people in a whole new way! For illustrators seeking to add
high-end caricaturing to their repertoire, this course is a must!

Building a Powerful Comic Book Portfolio
with Alvin Lee - starts July 31, 2009 Go through an intensive workshop with professional comic book artist Alvin Lee to create a powerful comic book portfolio. Watch and listen as Alvin draws on top of your work, explaining to you the 'DOs' and 'DON'Ts' of what makes a great comic book portfolio!

Character Design by Silver - starts
September 7, 2009 Over nine lessons, Stephen will introduce you to the art of drawing, character design and the business of art. Your role will be to create major
and incidental characters for animated T.V., feature films, or video game concepts!

Portfolio workshop with Cheeks -
starts November 15, 2009 Sean Galloway aka Cheeks will be taking you through 9 lessons of intensive workshop to teach you the do's and dont's of what makes a great design portfolio for film, television, animation, or illustration.

Digital Painting Techniques with Bobby Chiu - starts November 1, 2009 Learn Bobby's personal techniques of how to digital paint. Watch the lessons, do the assignments and see Bobby paint on top of your paintings
showing you how to improve your art!

Pre-Orders are ready for my New Book and DVD!

I have created a store where you can buy my first book as well as my new book and DVD. Click on Seiler Depot to visit the store, or click on the Seiler Depot strip featured on the right side of my blog. Click on any book cover and it will direct you to the Seiler Depot store.

I will be out of my studio and away from any internet connection for a week. I'm leaving this Sunday the 28th and will be coming back on the 6th or 7th of July. My DVD and New Book will be available in July 2009, but at this time I do not have an "official" date of when I will "actually" have them. When I get them, I will immediately announce their arrival here on my blog.

So for those of you who just can't wait, click here to PRE-ORDER my New Book and DVD.

Book, SEILER 2008-2009 $25.00 + Shipping.
DVD, Sketching with Jason Seiler $35.00 + Shipping.

Richard Butler Painting + Schoolism

Here's my final painting for Richard Butler, a past student of mine from Schoolism. I was inspired by Rembrandt while painting this, not sure why, but that was the direction I decided to take it.

I want to let everyone know that my next class on Caricature illustration is filling up and will close soon. The course starts on July 24, I only accept 15 students a semester. Visit Schoolism.com for more info. Also, I am currently working on a NEW course that I will begin teaching in the Fall. Painting with Jason Seiler, also through Schoolism.com registration for that course will start sometime in August.

Detail.

Alice in Wonderland!

Here's an illustration that has been released about Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Imaginism Studios had the privilege of designing many of the characters for the movie.
This image of Tweedledee and Tweedledum was designed by my pal Bobby Chiu and painted by me. Bobby did a lot of amazing work for the film!!! I helped paint a lot more characters and did some creating and design as well, but mostly I was given great designs by Bobby and my part was to paint them realistically, give them life so to speak. It was a lot of fun and I hope to have the chance to do that sort of work again. Again the above painting was not painted by us (we didn't do environments... just the characters). When I have and if I have permission one day to share the drawings and paintings I did, I'll be sure to share some of them here. Looks like it will be a fun film!

Preview of DVD cover!

Well, the DVD and the book have been shipped off . . . now we wait!

This is the DVD layout, front and back! A big thanks to my friend Jan for doing the sketch of me for the back of the DVD! There's more to announce about the DVD as far as special features and what not, I'll be announcing soon how to order the book and DVD, so stay tuned.

New Book Preview

The DVD is finished and it looks really good! Thank you much to Nathan and everyone who helped to make the DVD extra special! And thank you all who sent in your questions and comments. Most of all the questions asked were already things I was working on for the DVD. The DVD covers quite a bit, plus has some really nice bonus features, thanks to Nathan!

This is a mock up of my new book sent to me today by Brandstudios! Looks pretty cool! I'll have more to share soon on the book and DVD. Both have been sent off to be manufactured . . . I'm hoping to set up pre-order's sometime next week. As always thank you for stopping by!

Nathan Editing DVD.

Wow, it's been a TON of work, and still more to go. Nathan and I are nearly finished with the DVD . . . we're currently adding the music and making small vocal adjustments. We also finished the DVD menus today.

These are a couple quick sketches I did of Nathan while editing.

Butler Eye . . . work in progress.

It's so important to get the eyes right. I spend a lot of time on eyes, once they're right, the painting will move along quite fast.

Richard Block in . . .

Richard Butler Sketch

My Book is finished and will be availabe very soon! Hopefully I'll be able to post the cover soon and start pre-orders? We're also wrapping up the DVD this week!

This is a quick sketch I did this morning of a past student of mine, Richard Butler. Richard is a very talented bloke from the U.K. He's commissioned me to do a small painting . . . so stay tuned for the final.

CG Arena Step by Step

I recently did a step by step for CG Arena's digital art magazine. I received my copy of the magazine the other day and was surprised to see that they used my painting as the cover! My friend Nathan didn't know he'd be a "Cover Guy"?

New Self Portrait!

I did this late Tuesday night . . . oh wait, I guess early Wednesday morning . . . I had a bit of fun, maybe it was because I was rock N' out to The Who? Who knows?

Sorry . . . just a Tease!

Sorry for the major lack in posts! Today I finished all the art for my new book! I did some brand new work that you won't be able to see unless you get the book. I'll be finishing up the book this week and the DVD sometime next week. I'll post here as soon as I have all the info on the book and DVD, as well as how you can order them.

Hopefully I'll be back in the "usual" swing of things and will be posting new sketches and paintings soon! Thanks for stickn' around!

Recording Vocals

Last night we recorded vocals for my DVD on sketching. A few more days of editing and it's off to the press! I'm also finishing up new art for a brand new book with Brand Studios, working around the clock on two huge projects! Will be posting some new sketches and paintings soon!

Hitchcock Doodle

Dave Canfield Sketch

Wow, there's a lot going on right now! I'm nearly finished with my DVD on sketching, the production of the DVD is really coming along, looking good! This sketch is one of many that I did for the DVD.

I'm sorry for the lack of posts these days, I've been swamped! Another project in the mix is a brand spank 'N new book published by Brand Studios, it will be released this summer! The book is much different than my first book, featuring art created between 2008-2009. There are new drawings and paintings never seen before as well as a step by step digital painting tutorial. It's a bigger book, 9"x12" hard cover!

Stay tuned for more info on the book and hopefully a trailer soon for the DVD! As always, thank you for your support and encouragement!

Zombie Elvis TATTOO

This was recently brought to my attention and I thought it was funny and wanted to share it here. Makes me wonder if any other paintings of mine have been tattooed or branded?

THIS JUST IN . . . ANOTHER TATTOO BASED OFF ONE OF MY PAINTINGS! SO WEIRD!!

Aretha Franklin painting.

This painting was done as a step by step for 3D Total magazine. Still working on the DVD, it's coming along very well!

Also I wanted to let folks out there know that my next course on Caricature at Schoolism starts on the 24th of July. For questions or more info on Schoolism and my course on Caricature, please visit Schoolism.com