Ron Lemen

2011-01-19T13:28:00.000-08:00

Okay, so here are the recipe pages for the color wheel we do in color theory class. I am still working out the purples, I have to double check my old notes to make certain they are totally correct via mixture, but none the less the colors are the correct colors. I just have to play with their intensities again to determine which side of the wheel they go on.
The rest was shot by Karen Johnson in my classes down here in San Diego. Thank you Karen for the photos.

TAD art

2010-06-29T19:48:00.000-07:00

Here are a few new images I am posting to announce my participation with TAD. The Art Department.org Vanessa will be coming on board soon, I was asked to fill a class last moment.

We are really excited and can't wait to start up with TAD.

Oh, and it has been a while. I need to be a little more responsive to the web these days...no more hiding under rocks:)

Godzilla vs. Kincade

2009-06-09T01:12:00.000-07:00

This was for a show we did at Studio2ndstreet called Changes. My idea was changing the landscape of art, wiping away the old habits and bringing in something new. Actually, I took an old and wiped it away, the landscape filled with happy little cottages and such...and such ick...our world is oversaturated with this stuff, can we change that please?

drapery class

2009-06-08T18:51:00.001-07:00

We teach a class that goes over procedures for drawing the figure clothed. This semester was a really productive semester and all the students improved considerably from the beginning to the last class, and it was awesome to see the rapid growth. These are demonstrations and quick sketches from that class.

Basketball that will never see the sun

2009-05-14T11:40:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of the several basketball images that will never be published. UD lost the contract to this one, so here are a few...

More War...warcraft

2009-05-14T11:39:00.001-07:00

Here are a few new warcraft images I can post.

the mattson 2 shoot

2009-05-14T09:55:00.001-07:00

We had the opportunity to have the MAttson 2 and a Japanese film crew come in to film for Tortoise Matsumoto, he is famous in Japan with his music travel show and as a great guitarist. We expected this to be a film production, but as pro as they are, they came in, filmed two songs and bailed...this painting, a 2' x 2' was done in probably 20 minutes, I thought we would have more time, but of course, we never know what to expect when it comes to film production.

more quick sketches

2009-05-14T09:24:00.001-07:00

a few head quick sketches

2009-05-14T09:21:00.000-07:00

These are all within 20 minutes each during class while I am waiting for the students to get their first round of lay-ins worked up...some great characters in LA...

some studies from classes

2009-05-14T09:01:00.000-07:00

These r a few QS pages from class, mostly LAAFA studies, although number 2 is our very own Van Metcalf, the greatest model to grace a stage. He is an actor taboot, and yes, the poses were nude, I added the clothing with what time I had as inspiration to the poses. These are all 5 minute poses I believe.

AWESOME PAUL

2009-05-14T08:58:00.000-07:00

Here is a marker sketch I did of "AWESOME PAUL" This was done during one of our Friday Night Sketch nights. We each pose for one another for 20 minutes and sketch, drink, chat, etc. its great fun, and this was a rare night, Paul posed, no glasses, no complaints, and we found out he likes to be called Awesome Paul...:)

This was done on his pad with his markers after I could not get my setup ready in time. Thanks Paul for the moment of time...

I need to be more aware

2009-05-14T08:54:00.000-07:00

AWARE, well, no, more like slapped in the face to keep the updates going...life...

Here is a few new posts...this one is a pic I really felt was strong in our class last night, Wed night dynamic lighting class...this was done by Brian Weiss, he really hit this one out of the park last night, you could say he got in the "Zone"

Now to get more images and update. Thanks Brian for the great session.

Star Wars 1

2008-04-25T19:26:00.000-07:00

Here are three of several images I did for a Star Wars Universe book. They were done in Goauche and digital. Unfortunately, when I did the digital part, I had no Wacom Tablet and had to do these by finger mouse on my laptop. I am not happy with the coloring or detailing, and will post an updated version of these when I have the time to fix them the way I wanted...but it was Star Wars...finally worked on something I really got into...
Paintings are 4 x 6 inches in Black and White goauche.

advertisement for Magic the Gathering

2008-04-25T19:23:00.001-07:00

This was an ad for Magic Time Spiral Campaign. It appeared in a trade publication, and I think it also ended up in some comic books. Pencil, Digital, mostly digital. This is the second to last iteration in the working process. I can't find the final image...strewn in somewhere with all the other junk piling up everywhere.
17 x 17" Original size

drunken times

2008-04-25T19:20:00.001-07:00

FOr the interior of an RPG game.
Graphite and Ink
8 x 10

more stuff

2008-04-25T19:16:00.000-07:00

This was an interior illustration for a sci-fi book.
Graphite and a little digital.
9" x 12"

the last video

2008-04-15T11:52:00.000-07:00

The last video in the hand series

next video...

2008-04-15T11:39:00.000-07:00

The next one
My brother's band did the music for this one and they were called the By The Ways, not the Byways as I accidentally wrote in the video...Thanks Jay and the rest of the band for this good jamming music. Surf Music is not dead...

Another Video from the collection

2008-04-15T11:10:00.000-07:00

Here is another video from the article. I have to compress for the web so it will take a bit for these all to appear here...but they will be up on the net soon. Either here or at Lemen-aid.com.

video of hand drawing

2008-04-15T10:33:00.000-07:00

I hope this works. This is one of the videos I created for the latest ImagineFX DVD issue 30. It accompanies the article I did on drawing hands holding objects. Hope this works...

This and other videos will be up on lemen-aid.com soon, a great place to go on the net for art instruction. Enjoy the videos and they will be more instructional sooner than later. These were all a test and experiment. Your comments will also help me organize the videos and get the right information to you. And yes, I used the Mattson 2 for the sounds...these videos were filmed on my own, I could not keep an eye on the monitor and draw under the time I had. I also filmed this with an Elph so I had no chance of checking out what was being filmed. More on the filming later when I draw up the diagram so it makes more sense. This is called dedication, or stupidity...:)
Here is a diagram of the shoot to give you an idea how this first round went...invent as you go.:)

Dash-eye

2008-04-15T10:23:00.001-07:00

This is Dash...we have been friends for a very long time. He is now the master DJ for The Tribe of Kings, the tightest reggae and dance hall sounds on the west coast. And he is blowing my mind with what he is cutting up on his mixer...and does one of the best ollie impossibles in the biz...
Pencil and a little gouache on watercolor paper
http://www.tribeofkings.com/sandiego.htm

thumbs for the pages

2008-04-15T10:14:00.001-07:00

And here is how the pages started. The thumbnails for page approval.

Marvel Presents pages

2008-04-15T10:06:00.001-07:00

Two pages I did for a Marvel Presents Vangaurd book for Marvel Comics. Didn't get name credit but got them published. Issue 5. Coloring job kinda hacked the pages, but I don't expect too many colorists to do a great job over raw pencils...

Mattson 2 too

2008-04-15T09:58:00.001-07:00

And here is the amazing Jonathan. He and his brother are going to be big jazz musicians in this next generation of music. And hopefully they have their new site up soon. Otherwise, here is
their blog mattson2.blogspot.com
oil 3' x 5.5'

Mattson 2

2008-04-15T09:55:00.000-07:00

This is Jared. He is the amazing guitarist in the dynamic duo of the Mattson 2. He and his brother are exceptionally gifted musicians and I am very proud to be working with them.
Oil 4' x 6'

Jimmy Patton

2008-04-15T09:51:00.001-07:00

He is a terrific guitarist. Van and I are soon to do some more images of he and his wife playing together. He is extremely talented and very fun to watch. The double guitars is incredible.
Oil 4' x 5'

frazetta piece

2008-04-15T08:57:00.001-07:00

Here is a goofy quick painting I did for the Frazetta issue of ImagineFX, I believe it was issue 29. The image was a little dinker thumbnail, I figured I should post this here so you can see it a little larger. It was done in gaouche and pencil, digital. I think the original is 16 x 16 roughly...

hack and slash

2008-04-15T08:54:00.000-07:00

...and I did this one before the Treant so I can say I hadn't quite learned my lesson with the motion blur filter yet...Wizards of the Coast the client.

and the back cover

2008-04-15T08:52:00.000-07:00

...and the back cover for the book.

Another Cover Front

2008-04-15T08:48:00.001-07:00

This was a novel cover done for the man who wrote Logan's Run. Ray Bradbury likes this too and hopes to publish a new book and hopefully we can collaborate while he can see the book published. This group of writers is amazing, some of the most entertaining sci-fi writers around. Let's hope they continue producing more visionary works, more for us to illustrate too:)

Cover Painting

2008-04-15T08:45:00.001-07:00

This was a cover for Margaret Weis Productions called the Immortals. This was a fun picture, calm or passive aggression.

Kookie Surfer Dude

2008-04-15T08:41:00.000-07:00

This was a character design for TWS Surf Game, one of several but the most rendered out of the group, also the most disturbing...:)

another oil portrait

2008-04-15T08:39:00.001-07:00

This was another oil portrait done on raw board so I hope it holds up in the end...16 x 20. And another portrait of the ever transforming Bob.

game art

2008-04-15T08:35:00.000-07:00

This was for an RPG real world history game. It has a lot of potential, the game that is...this was a fun piece, ink and black and white gaouche and I am sure I spelled that wrong.

Another WOW Card

2008-04-15T08:33:00.001-07:00

Some more WOW art.

oil landscape

2008-04-15T08:25:00.001-07:00

This painting was a commission from a great animator from Sony, at least at the time he was working with Sony. Luong Phan, and if I misspelled your name please let me know. This was oil 48 x 60 and tons of fun. I really want to go here at some point, this was too inspiring to paint!

Comic Page Test

2008-04-15T08:23:00.001-07:00

This was a page test for a book called Rex Mundi. Arvid is an amazing writer and I hope he has a long and fruitful career. That means amazing stories till were all old and gray!!!

head drawing

2008-04-15T08:19:00.001-07:00

Here is an old drawing of a great soldier out of costume the Mighty Bob. I think this is Graphite and Stabilo Wax Pencil.

battle

2008-04-15T08:15:00.001-07:00

This was another digital attempt at traditional noise that I feel did not work so well, but I still like the image. It works better smaller. I might one day go back and fix some of the noise, but for now it serves as a good learning lesson.

Treant WOW Card

2008-04-15T08:10:00.000-07:00

One of many WOW cards I have done for the game. Its a fun universe to play with color and shape. Last time I use a filtered blur...booooo...heh.

Burnquist Portrait

2008-04-15T08:08:00.001-07:00

A portrait of Bob Burnquist, one of several different paintings I did for a video cover of his career. I think the video came out 2 years ago.

Wizards Image from '04?

2008-04-15T08:03:00.001-07:00

I will have to find a bigger version of this image. This was for Wizards of the coast several years ago and ended up in Expose 5. One of the first of many multi-figure compositions I have been enjoying.

Tutorial On Using the Figure for Picture Making Updated 4-16

2008-04-14T18:23:00.001-07:00

These are a little bigger than the images I saved over on ImagineFX forum. The entire tutorial will also be posted on Conceptart.org...

Page 5 updated on the forum

Page 6 Now updated on the forums...

I have to start sometime eh?

2008-04-14T18:12:00.000-07:00

oil painting 16 x 32 of estreet cafe employee-Lori

portrait of akash

2007-09-30T13:02:00.000-07:00

portrait of akash playing bass
oil on canvas

harmonica player

2007-09-30T13:01:00.000-07:00

harmonica player
oil on canvas

lemon - still life

2007-09-30T12:59:00.000-07:00

lemon - still life
oil on board