Tyler Parkinson's Art Blog

Zynga

2012-02-03T14:06:00.000-05:00

I'm ready to begin a new chapter in Ohio, with the experiences I've acquired from living in Maryland and working at Zynga. I've decided that now would be a good time to post some of my work I created for Zynga's Frontierville. These were a lot of fun to work on, especially the feeds. I'm going to miss all of my friends at the studio and will remember so much from these talented individuals :)

ABE

2012-01-24T22:58:00.000-05:00

Not sure why I created this...maybe its from all the hype surrounding Spielberg's Lincoln movie or Lincoln Vampire Hunter. Or maybe its because he's my favorite president and not just because he was a bad ass speech writer and speaker but the fact he pummeled people with his freakish long arms to settle disputes. Either way he's been on my mind so this image might grant me some Lincoln closure for the time being.

YUM

2012-01-05T22:16:00.000-05:00

Bear is my favorite bug eating survivalist, so I thought I'd make a little tribute to a man that regularly braves the wild.

Hope you guys like :)

ipad painting #1

2011-12-07T19:32:00.001-05:00

My first attempt at painting on the ipad...so no judging!

Happy Halloween

2011-10-31T23:59:00.000-04:00

I trust that all you zombies out there had your fill of brains and the new season of The Walking Dead this weekend. If you haven't, you really must; its makes me feel like I have a pulse again.

Robot Roughs

2011-08-15T22:07:00.000-04:00

Some works in progress for a personal project.

Portman Painting

2011-07-21T01:00:00.001-04:00

I decided to paint Natalie Portman for practice
...it was a hard choice :P

America!

2011-07-04T14:33:00.001-04:00

A tribute to one of my favorite Americans on our nation's birthday.

He continues to inspire the underachiever in all of us; God bless you Bill Murray and God bless America!

New Vespa Girl

2011-07-01T23:33:00.003-04:00

FINALLY!

This took me longer then I would've liked but I'm happy with it for the most part. So I decided it's about time to put this one to rest and move onto bigger and better ideas.

Teaser

2011-06-15T00:35:00.001-04:00

I'm not dead, but you might assume so with the lack of posts. Been working on some new personal projects between sleep and work :P You might recognize the subject matter from an old piece of mine, I always loved the idea of a girl flying high above on a golden vespa, so naturally I wanted to do a new and improved version :)

So heres a teaser

Final coming soon!

Figure Drawings

2011-04-20T00:56:00.002-04:00

RED SNOW

2011-03-16T22:54:00.000-04:00

Ugh... gotta get back to posting more frequently. I'm gonna try and start a sketch a day kinda thing, but will more likely turn into a sketch a month fiasco. Any who, this image is about a young kid becoming a man through blood and guts :P it actually was the last panel in a comic strip I was doing, but I abandoned the strip when I realized I rather just make my favorite panel big.

Fairy Eater

2011-03-05T19:57:00.001-05:00

It balances its young on top of its dominant mushroom, while hopping through the woods and gobbling up fairies left and right. It keeps the fairies temporarily imprisoned inside its translucent gullet so that their radiant blue glow will attract more.

New character study

2011-02-02T23:09:00.000-05:00

I want to start giving my characters more life,

so I'm experimenting with how the characters move.

Kernal Ops

2011-01-25T10:34:00.000-05:00

I know this isn't what you would expect from me really, It's based on a bs train me and my friend where conducting, but in the spirit of silliness I decided to post it.

It's KFC meets COD!!!!!

My first day at Zynga East :D

2011-01-03T20:22:00.000-05:00

I was just hired at Zynga East in Maryland for a 2D/3D artist position. It's a big transition from my usual quiet country life to taking the train through Baltimore to a fast paced work environment everyday. But the best news is that I'll be creating fun visuals for....... wait for it........... money!!! So I'm super excited but there will probably be a absence of work on here, but I'll find my groove soon that allows for personal work as well.

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T01:02:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone, I wanted to wish you all a very merry christmas :) and I thought I would show you a portrait I did of my girlfriend for the holidays (she's the pretty blonde below)

Dungeon Delve Challenge

2010-12-14T07:22:00.000-05:00

I'm actually awaiting the arrival of my flight at Port Columbus right now, so I thought I would take this time to post my entry for the Art Order Dungeon Delve challenge. I loved making this, I don't do many illustrations in the fantasy genre so this was a breath of putrid dungeon air. It depicts a wounded knight behind enemy lines stumbling through a dark dungeon full of danger and his surroundings don't inspire much hope. His armor gets heavier with every step as he attempts to dislodge an arrow from his side and his only comfort is his flickering torch...buts it's only a matter of time before the darkness consumes them both! With all the foreboding aside this was fun to paint, my favorite areas being the one eyed corpse at the knight's feet, and the unnerving wall motif of a cave beast eating knight's of old

... much like the one lost.

I've been in serious art mode lately

2010-12-02T20:41:00.000-05:00

I did these earlier today, some concepts for a alligator-esque monster. The last one is a little silly... I blame the influence that battle toads had on me as a child :P

More landscapes

2010-12-02T02:01:00.000-05:00

More landscape practice; these were done relatively fast.

Another landscape

2010-12-01T01:18:00.001-05:00

I haven't done a jungle scene so this was a fun side project with all the texture and varying light.

The basic idea was a girl comes across an ancient abandoned robot and she's trying to fix the rusty guy when all of a sudden the lights turn on! (not sure if it's a good thing, might be a killer robot or an old sentinel from x-men haha) Also I got the chance to see Tangled and if you haven't seen it yet you should it's incredibly funny and of course artistically amazing.

Illuxcon sketch compilation

2010-11-30T02:08:00.003-05:00

I haven't posted anything in a while so I figured I would post some sketches I did from Illuxcon. These are all done with pen/marker and they were thirty minute poses. I gotta thank Patrick, Daniel and the models for making the figure drawing possible.

Stealth Recon

2010-11-11T07:44:00.001-05:00

I did this for the sketch to death overkill and neon art challenge. I don't usually work this hard on side projects but it was an opportunity for a good portfolio piece.

I painted the figure and vectored the weapons :D

Another Quick Painting

2010-11-02T19:24:00.001-04:00

Purple glowing flaoty things :D

A very fun creative halloween :D

2010-11-01T02:21:00.002-04:00

My girlfriend and I as Cortana and Master Chief at the Highball Halloween Festival. Her costume took forever but it was so worth it ( very awesome )

My Master Chief bubble shield pumpkin carving.

My contribution to the Halloween Potluck, a jello brain full of oozing gushers :P

Keeping Busy

2010-10-27T22:33:00.003-04:00

A local job that required me to paint the restaurant's name on their wall. I haven't done any murals for awhile so this was a refresher.

( keep those edges clean! )

Quick Creature Painting

2010-10-23T03:35:00.003-04:00

You know that ridiculously high pitched screech I do?

well I image this creature would sound a lot like that :P

Skeleton Cove

2010-10-20T21:53:00.000-04:00

Where else would pirates hide other than inside of a giant sea monsters skeleton. :D

The Kingdom of the Mysterious Waterfall

2010-10-12T02:39:00.000-04:00

The first thing that probably comes to mind while looking at this painting is where in the hell does all that water come from? well there isn't an answer so stop trying to figure it out lol. There was no reason for this picture beyond painting practice, hope you like :D

Taxes for Freelancers: 20 Deductions You Should Be Taking And How

2010-09-30T17:55:00.000-04:00

Great tax advice for those of us doing freelance. Write off taxes for things like web hosting, internet service and sweet art books and magazines plus many more! check them out at this link http://www.graphicdesigndegree.com/taxes-for-freelancers-20-deductions-you-should-be-taking-and-how/

Statham and Smart

2010-09-30T03:19:00.000-04:00

I've been preoccupied lately with a combination of Halo Reach, computer problems and a terrible head cold. While I was sick I watched Crank 2 (such a crazy movie) so I did some quick sketches of Jason Statham and Amy Smart. Then I got my computer's screen fixed and thought I would celebrate my new display by giving my sketches some color and post them for your viewing pleasure.

Bobble Head Brother

2010-09-16T22:05:00.001-04:00

My older brother Chris and I always give my younger brother Josh a hard time. But what's a better way of showing our love than by creating a bobble head of him for his birthday! I sculpted and painted the figure while my older brother designed the box that is covered with awesome remarks on Josh's strange personality. You can't see it in the photos, but we even added embossing powder on his chest so he sparkles like a gay vampire in the sunlight! He absolutely loved it!

Freelance Work!

2010-09-16T20:57:00.000-04:00

Look I don't just do silly weird things, I actually do freelance illustration! So this is a picture of an acquaintance's friend who recently received her tenure from a college close to where I live, and she asked if I could create a picture of her friend that showed her in a surrounding that talked about her. There's a bunch of little easter eggs that tell something about her. It was probably one of the most detailed vector drawings I've done :D

More Resident Evil :P

2010-09-02T03:28:00.001-04:00

A piece I did for a resident evil contest on deviant art. At first it was super chaotic with all the water but I think I found a good balance. This picture depicts a unknown character fighting the notorious executioner with her limboing under his absurdly large axe ( he's compensating for you know what)

Shawn of the Dead

2010-08-13T16:59:00.000-04:00

I couldn't sleep last night,
so I decided to do a tribute piece of one of my favorite movies!
Shawn of the Dead may have one of the best screen plays ever
+ Simon Pegg and Nick Frost + Zombies = a big slice of fried gold.

Landscape painitng

2010-08-06T20:51:00.000-04:00

I'm aware that landscapes and I have never gotten along very well, but change is a coming! I need to expand my skill set and stop being such a chuss about when it comes to things that don't agree with me. This was created in PS and the clouds are all painted ,with a bit of photo texture on the ground and with a hint of lens flare YAY LENS FLARES! I was hoping to put some weird furry desert animals being ridden by heavy clothed nomads in the foreground, but that will come later I suppose.

Resident Evil Comic Page

2010-08-05T04:40:00.000-04:00

I created this for a friend's blog I'm part of called Sketch 2 Death. It's supposed to be a piece that is derived from a childhood memory, and the only thing I could think of is the absurd amount of video games that my older brother and I played. One of our favorites was Resident Evil, so I created this comic page of Jill Valentine running into a Crimson Head in one of the poorly lit hall ways of the infamous Raccoon City Mansion. Thankfully she is saved by none other than Mr. Zombie Killer himself Chris Redfield. This was great PS practice and I loved the subject. Back in the old games, the camera was always positioned behind a potted plant so you couldn't see the blood soaked zombies stumble towards you (and you didn't have enough bullets to kill them anyway) ('''(;,,,,,;)''')

My comp and first version, I ended up changing it because I felt I could create a more dynamic last panel.

The finished page, with a redone last panel.

Gypsy Girl and LOLA the super fat chihuahua

2010-07-31T00:10:00.000-04:00

This is another character from a story I'm creating. This Gypsy girl would be the love interest for the main character ( the feeling appears not to be mutual, since she is constantly picking his pocket) as far as visuals the transparent fabric was fun on this one :D

Lola is my girlfriends annoying super fat chihuahua, I started with a realistic pen sketch, but once I got started I had to continue...with some quick photo shop color.

Keeping Busy

2010-07-23T04:12:00.001-04:00

I couldn't wait to finish the drawing of this weird fish dude...I knew he was going to be fun to color :D

Yay Color

2010-07-18T03:28:00.000-04:00

Finished coloring Barek Noble, Vector's right hand man...and the ships most talented swordsman.

new character!

2010-07-16T17:22:00.000-04:00

Finished the drawing of this guy this morning, looking forward to adding some color...after a nap ('''(-_-)''')

Bill Hader

2010-07-07T22:17:00.000-04:00

I got tired at staring at a landscape painting I was working on, so I switched gears and did this quick painting of Bill Hader. I chose to paint Hader because he never disappoints, no matter what he's going to make me laugh :D I'll probably get bored with landscapes soon again, so expect more portraits of the Judd Apatow guys.

Some recent characters

2010-06-27T01:17:00.000-04:00

Some recent drawings I colored lately. Expect more weird creatures, pirates, tribal people and some landscape/vehicle designs :D

Finished Canyon Painting

2010-06-09T20:34:00.000-04:00

I finally hunted down my painting at CCAD, it was hiding in the admissions office.

Little Dragon :D

2010-05-27T18:12:00.001-04:00

I loved How to Train your Dragon! so this is a drawing I did of a little dragon, I'm trying to achieve a level of charming/cuteness in my characters. Since I feel that I have completely over done scary things with teeth ('''(;,,,;)''')

Hank Vector sketch and final

2010-05-07T20:05:00.000-04:00

His name be Hank Vector and he soars the uncharted skies on his air ship with his loyal Parrotter.

Hank Vector Wips

2010-04-15T14:17:00.000-04:00

Some quick concepts for Hank Vector, explorer of the unknown. I decided to go with the last character on the right for the final, cause I don't do a lot of regal costumes. Plus it'll be more fun to design a air ship to go with him :D

Pen Portraits

2010-04-14T18:07:00.001-04:00

Some ballpoint pen portraits I was doing of friends in my little moleskine sketchbook.

Canyon Painting

2010-04-13T18:39:00.000-04:00

This is a process shot of an oil painting of the Grand Canyon on Masonite. I'm almost done I just need to finish the closest of ridges. It's been a challenge to achieve the same colors session to session, and I've never painted so big this painting is around 24"x 48".

Perseus and Medusa Finals

2010-04-08T14:05:00.001-04:00

These are designs for some designer toy resin kit's. I still need to post the sketches of the character backs and accessories like weapons and armor etc. as well as a pose of Medusa turning into stone. I thought it would be awesome to have a version were you could swap out the normal top half for a stone version of Medusa as if she just saw her reflection in Perseus's shield. This project has really awoken my interest in sculpture again, perhaps I'll sculpt one of these.....after graduation.

Perseus Sketch

2010-03-27T11:33:00.000-04:00

The wounded Perseus approaches the Gorgon Medusa without fear. He makes sure not to make eye contact, but is still able to avoid her stone snake arrow's with his trusty mirror shield...but only just.

Looks That Can Kill

2010-03-26T00:51:00.001-04:00

This is a sketch for my next project for Groff. It's going to be a resin-kit mock up of Perseus and Medusa fighting. As you know Medusa has looks that can kill, but she also has an arsenal that includes poisonous snakes and a deadly aim with her Indian Bow. But instead of using arrows, I decided to have her use snakes instead. So when she pulls back with the snake in place, she stares into its' eyes and launches the now petrified snake at her victims. Also she never has time between slaughters to get out to Macy's, so she wears the remains of the dead, such as her skull bra and bone arm gaurd. Hope you like :D

Spray Interior...finished!

2010-03-25T00:41:00.000-04:00

This is an illustration of a futuristic interior decked out with sci-fi gadgetry and filled with the unusual characters that live there. From left to right is Trog, Spray, Rusch, Juki, Pierce and of course Hack the digital cat.

Cammy Pose and Three Panel Comic

2010-03-23T00:30:00.000-04:00

I've been on this Street Fighter kick lately...haha kick. Anyways I hope you like them- I've been trying to become quicker with Photoshop. These images and the previous Chun Li took about two days; that's not bad considering I was surrounded by a pack of my mother's fluffy white dogs. :P

Chun Li

2010-03-21T01:35:00.001-04:00

Yay! Chun Li has legs that could kill...literally :D I rarely do fan art but this was so much fun. Look for a Cammy/Zangief piece coming soon.

Grasshopper Gun Slinger

2010-03-20T17:36:00.000-04:00

A more rendered drawing then my typical sketch of a grasshopper gun slinger. I'd imagine he would conceal his guns underneath a heavy leather coat and probably ride a large dragon fly :P

Violence at Violet's Bar

2010-03-16T02:13:00.000-04:00

" You shouldn't have headbutted him!"

This is an illustration that shows Paper and Plastic in Violet's Bar, right after Plastic decided to headbutt an Alien that was trying to stick him with a Light Knife! He's had so much to drink he hasn't even noticed the large tooth protruding from his forehead, so Violet points it out to him.

Final Colors for my Alien Warrior and Value Scale

2010-03-06T01:30:00.001-05:00

It's really nice to finally finish something that's not an assignment :)

Alien Warrior-Sketch and Inked

2010-02-26T17:56:00.000-05:00

Just a doodle I did after I was super inspired after receiving my new creature box books :D I liked it so much I decided to ink it and hopefully I'll get a colored one up here soon.

This Alien is equipped with a Hydra-Burst Rifle and poisonous spines all over his body for defense. He also has the standard issue Ranger first-class armor but with a added spy camera so he can keep an eye on those pesky Astro-Marines behind him.

Some new projects

2010-02-19T13:57:00.000-05:00

The final version of my Marvel piece :D

A movie poster for a mixture of Pulp Fiction and Fargo

MARVEL inks

2010-02-15T04:14:00.000-05:00

These are the inks for a new project. It was fun because I rarely draw comic book characters. Now I just have to incorporate shading, color and background :P

Barrel Bot with "Holo" the clown

2010-02-08T19:09:00.000-05:00

This was a assignment for Illustration Workshop. The assignment was to develop a character design based around a rodeo. So I developed a futuristic barrel robot that can mock the space bull as a holographic clown named Holo, then transform into it's protected barrel form when it gets charged.

This one has more clown :D

FedEx drone

2010-02-08T00:29:00.000-05:00

The FedEx drone is complete with package rotation and hand scanner security, a big upgrade from previous models.

New stuff :D

2010-02-01T01:53:00.000-05:00

I know I haven't posted in awhile but I hope to post more frequently during this semester. These are a few pieces a started over break.

MONSTER RAGE

SPACE WORM

NINJA STRIKE

Easter Island Man

2009-11-09T23:09:00.001-05:00

I decided to ink an old sketch. Not sure what it's about, I think it had something to do with the creation of the Easter Island sculptures and this guy was their model.......u gotta use that ref!

Blood Trail

2009-11-02T18:07:00.001-05:00

A sketch I thought I'd share for the Halloween season. It's a lobotomized lunatic chasing his wounded prey to their ultimate demise! Buwahaha!

Light up and you get lit up!

2009-10-07T17:07:00.001-04:00

This illustration is based on the superstition that it's bad luck to light three cigarettes with one match, meaning in a time of war by the time you lit the third cigarette with your match an enemy sniper would hone in on the light and that soldier would get shot.

Honda G3 Circuit Racer

2009-06-05T01:19:00.000-04:00

I did this for a weekly assignment that me and my friends decided on so we wouldn't get rusty over the summer. I decided to design a high tech racing motorcycle capable of outrageous speeds.

Some last semester stuff

2009-06-05T01:04:00.000-04:00

A cover re-design for Chuck Palahniuk's book Snuff.

A three color and black illustration done for styles and concepts.

The Office Hamsters

2009-03-01T09:04:00.000-05:00

A class project that had us transform someone famous into an animal. I chose to turn half the cast of The Office into Hamsters. From the left to right we have Jim, Dwight, Pam and Kevin.

Scary Girl

2009-02-02T21:13:00.000-05:00

Pillow Fight

2009-02-02T20:47:00.000-05:00

Undo

2009-02-02T20:32:00.000-05:00

Spartan!

2009-01-22T19:06:00.000-05:00

This was done from a fairly old drawing I did when I was pumped for the 300 movie. I then went back and vectorized it.

close up

High Flyer

2009-01-22T18:41:00.000-05:00

Another vector piece with some tweaking done in photoshop.

close up

Big Idea, Bigger Smile

2009-01-02T20:03:00.001-05:00

Hooray! for another vector piece, I don't get to do these as much as I'd like.

Spray & Rusch

2009-01-02T18:13:00.001-05:00

Two characters I did for my illustrative drawing class. Spray is a graffiti artist with a painted octopus friend named Tag. While Rusch is a adrenaline junkie that loves hover boarding and parkour.

Choke Book Cover

2009-01-02T18:05:00.000-05:00

A cover design that I did for a great book by Chuck Palahniuk called Choke. I decided on this design with a large mouth choking on all the these filthy objects. It might seem a little vulgar but if you read the book you'll understand the obscenities.

CREEPERS!

2009-01-02T17:51:00.001-05:00

Just some sketches of creepy things that I did mostly during topics in animation and comics class.

Character Designs

2009-01-02T12:28:00.000-05:00

Bahamian Brute

2008-04-09T15:16:00.000-04:00

PEELZ

2008-04-03T02:20:00.000-04:00

These are designer toy concepts. Its Zombana, 360 and Overdose.

Classic Fantasy

2008-04-03T02:12:00.000-04:00

My version of a classic fantasy scene. Complete with the courageous knight,damsel in distress and fire breathing dragon.

Gator-Skator

2008-04-03T01:19:00.000-04:00

Another vector piece done in Freehand MX.

My first post/Spectrum 15

2008-04-02T22:27:00.000-04:00

Crazy Alien

I am finally getting my art up online, so this is basically my online portfolio. But I am always looking for constructive critiques so please don't hold back on comments. This piece shown above is the piece I believe that made it into spectrum 15, for those of you who don't know what Spectrum is, it's a national competion for fantasy art and is published anually. You can check it out at www.spectrumfantasticart.com. But I haven't gotten word yet, what piece actually got in because I entered two but they only let you know that you got in, not what you got in, so I'm figuring it's this one.
Oh yeah this was done in Freehand MX a vector program thats now obsolete thanks to Adobe Illustrator just because they wanted to get their hands on Flash.

Cruel Intent

This was the other piece i submitted into Spectrum. Basically I wanted to incorporate a figure with three random visuals, and this was the end result.