derek murphy

bloodsports

2012-02-10T10:08:00.001-08:00

I did the crimson daggers bloodsport dealy. it was pretty tough. was a busy last couple of week for me and only got started on this on monday of this week. overall im mildly pleased with it. ill see what the next theme is and hopefully be better prepared for it.

study time

2012-01-27T07:16:00.000-08:00

Gonna get back to basics next month. time to relearn how to draw.

Heres a study to start things off.

junk dump

2012-01-23T08:56:00.000-08:00

heres some junk. quick and stanky.

lets go gang!

2012-01-09T04:22:00.000-08:00

Here we are, 2012, we did it!

Now we get to do the same bull shit as last year, all over again! Maybe this year, if we work a bit harder, we will start achieving those goals we set out for ourselves a bit sooner. Keep workin and lets get some shit done!

Heres a pin up piece im submitting to something silly. enjoy!

flesh

2011-12-20T15:57:00.001-08:00

back.

2011-12-06T12:02:00.000-08:00

So im back. Was away for awhile doing some stuff. Went to Massive Blacks' San Francisco Workshop, had my mind blown by super art people, as well as met some really awesome like minded folk.

also. got a puppy. shes good at keeping me from working, and peeing on the floor. i love her, shes awesome. her name is Jengo!

gonna try and house break that little beast, while at the same time trying to get some work done. gonna be a slow month though, but oh well, its fucking christmas time!...ugh, i cant even get away with that excuse, fuck christmas, i gotta work my ass off.

heres some stuff i did with one eye on the screen and the other on the pup.

enjoy.

junk

2011-11-06T17:17:00.000-08:00

Heres some junk. A comic cover piece that failed... Gonna try and do some covers for the portfolio. This was a quick and unthought out one. Might go back to it, might not. But i definitely want to work on this type of stuff. Might help me land a shot at doing some paintings for a publisher or two down the road.

And i am also taking a CGMW master class online course too. Started 2 weeks again, James Paick is the instructor. Hes the guy to learn environments from i tells ya. My backgrounds are real shit so im hoping ill learn a thing or two from this course. so far we have only done grey scale sketches. Heres mine, kinda bleh. lots of problems, but learnin.

San Francisco is happening soon too! will be there for a week to get a bit of a vacation out of it. stoked!

red robin

2011-10-21T12:14:00.001-07:00

did a red robin sketch. and boy, am i full.... get it?... cus ive heard that its a restaurant... im Canadian..and we dont have them here... so i dont know if its true or not. could be just a lie.

wow undead fan art

2011-10-16T06:29:00.001-07:00

another wow fan art piece.

night elf fan art

2011-10-03T10:44:00.000-07:00

finished.

wow fan art

2011-09-23T08:53:00.000-07:00

first time drawing anything wow related. might come back to this one and clean it up later.

male stud..y

2011-09-19T10:08:00.000-07:00

another photo study.

jumpin

2011-09-15T09:17:00.001-07:00

another photo study.

do the twist

2011-09-12T13:38:00.000-07:00

ugh what a shit title for this entry.

another study, this time of a painting by Jacques-Louis David.

hardbody

2011-09-09T09:20:00.000-07:00

nother photo study. headless armless quadriplegic made of stone kind of study.

aw ma gawd duudes

2011-09-07T13:15:00.000-07:00

heres a dude leanin all cool as shit.

mornin thing

2011-09-06T11:11:00.000-07:00

bout to blast off into reference world so did this from my brains b4 i jump onto them studies.

not a horse

2011-09-05T05:47:00.000-07:00

So, im goin to San Fransico in November for a Massive Black workshop. pretty much every cool artist whose in the biz is gonna be there with some tuts or words or what not. im highly looking forward to this, im pretty new at all this stuff so im hoping this will help me get my sea legs for this very cool industry. aaanyways heres a red thing thats not a horse.

orcin out

2011-08-30T11:13:00.000-07:00

finished p90x, for the 3rd time. gonna drink beer again. and do a full p90x reversal for a few weeks. get right fat and stuff. should be great....... whats this.. p90x2 comes out next month?... fuck.

heres an angry thing.

bleh.

2011-08-23T09:49:00.001-07:00

some garbage. need to raise ma game bro.

more bewbs in places

2011-08-12T12:56:00.000-07:00

more boobs

2011-08-10T12:03:00.001-07:00

nude study

2011-08-08T14:54:00.000-07:00

sick sketch

2011-08-05T09:27:00.000-07:00

was sick this week, monitors made me feel ill. so only did this. blagh.

time to mow the lawn.

cock fight

2011-08-01T09:15:00.001-07:00

Heres another study. Learned a few things from this one. i suck at composition pieces. thumbnailing is a must from here on out. kinda just jumped into it and ended up having to fight with things the whole way through. the duck is also kinda silly lookin, but either way, im moving on.

beewbs

2011-07-19T14:40:00.000-07:00

gonna call it quits on this one. learned a bunch but its time to move on to something else.

chowin

2011-07-14T15:11:00.001-07:00

So im still at it. this week i decided to try out Conceptart.org's weekly CHoW (character of the week). it was a beast master theme. so this is what i came up with. bear master long knife stabby guy.

And heres a progress shot of a portfolio piece ive started. ill post updates as it progresses.

vamp

2011-07-06T12:27:00.000-07:00

heres what im workin on this week, ill post the finished one on friday.

first of many

2011-06-28T12:15:00.000-07:00

so this is it! a new chapter has started in my life. even though it still feels like this is just a vacation and that in a week or so ill be going back to work, ive already got the ball rolling on my efforts to nail out a respectable portfolio.

got myself all situated at home in my dads old office. converted it into a studio for me to work in, and i couldnt be cozier! feels great workin here.

i've also got my next couple months planned out, but im sure ill change somethings as i go. point is, im keepin myself busy. the worst thing that could happen in a situation like the one im in, is losing ones self discipline. and if any of you know me well enough; once i start something that ive got my sights on, i dont stop till ive crossed that finish line.

anyways, i couldnt be happier. theres more to come!

heres a piece that im messin around on right now.

gone dun it!

2011-06-22T13:49:00.000-07:00

So, guess what?

I quit my job.

Ive decided to take a year off andhammer out some portfolio stuff till its in decent enough shape to land me some solid freelance or a stellar gig in the gaming industry.

thats it. thats what im doing.

if you ask me how i feel, id say scared, but fuckin stoked! and i also feel pretty damn happy!

anyways ill keep the paintings comin, time to raise my game brah.

horizon

2011-06-17T11:27:00.000-07:00

:D
this is all... for now.

Sniffling work weasel

2011-05-26T18:52:00.001-07:00

Heres 2 more sketches.

Spidey is based off Marko djurdjevic's fantastic 4 spiderman.

...and a Rock dude.

space

2011-05-09T07:54:00.001-07:00

heres one for ya.

turtle

2011-04-06T09:54:00.001-07:00

two ladies and a dude

2011-03-16T18:47:00.000-07:00

again, most of these are unfinished simply because i run out of time or gas on these. been getting a lot of comments lately on how my stuff " isnt finished" and my answer is " it never was supposed to be" because they're studies.

If you scroll back a few pages to say this time last year, youll see that my photoshop skills arnt anything to write home about.... i am still learning... so thats why i dont try to jump for the goal for every sketch. i find once ive reached a point in the sketch that satisfies my internal artistic objective, i find it pointless to finish the sketch. Now if its a good sketch ill finish it of course, but most of them are out to simply find a better understanding of something rather than paint up a finish polished piece. that make sense?

anyways, heres some sketches!

contest.. no contest!

2011-02-08T17:22:00.000-08:00

but really.. this was meant for a contest.. but i read the instructions to late hahah... its the silent hill contest they have goin on facebook. i only just now read that the drawing was supposed to be a statue.. before finding this out, i had already drawn a bad ass monster thinkin thats what the contest was... oh well..

as for now, heres what i was gonna submit!

feet first

2011-02-04T11:42:00.000-08:00

Its been awhile, some pretty bad things have been happening to me in my personal life.My father passed away on dec 17th. So because i had to be with family and away from work and drawing, i feel like ive gotten a bit rusty. but of course, priorities, i was needed else where.

i gave myself some time off, to help cope, even though, just like when my mother passed away 2 years ago, its something that you'll never really be able to cope with or ever "get over". so i decided to go back to work 2 months later.

I dont feel much like getting into this right now, but what i will tell you guys is that im drawing again. and thats the whole point of this blog. to search for artistic answers. lifes a different pony ride. ima get back on this stallion of art and hold onto some reigns that im familiar with.

heres some creepy scary stuff i did.

its good to be back.

ma bronkkks hurt!

2010-11-22T12:05:00.000-08:00

heres some low res versions of the things i painted for the Pixel Love art show a couple weeks ago.

lazin

2010-10-27T09:02:00.000-07:00

Been afk for awhile. lost the motivation for.. everything. Gotta watch more Batman Begins to hear "Why do we fall bruce? so we can learn to pick ourselves up." thats good shit.

anyways, heres a peak at something im currently working on for a pixel art show called "Pixel Love" happening nov 5th here in Moncton.... also heres something that is currently old and abandoned.

hope to have more shit up soon thats better then this stuff.

dis an dat again

2010-09-03T07:53:00.001-07:00

summa dis

2010-08-19T18:33:00.001-07:00

Before...

afterish.

dur dur

2010-08-17T11:13:00.000-07:00

finished/abandoned

initial doodle.

neeeeooorrrrruummmmm!!!!!!

dudes

2010-08-13T07:53:00.001-07:00

another dude.

on going

2010-08-09T13:40:00.001-07:00

head ach

2010-07-26T10:16:00.001-07:00

colored

2010-07-08T12:03:00.001-07:00

recent dangs.

2010-06-22T10:59:00.001-07:00

a few dangs here.

some thangs

2010-05-28T07:23:00.001-07:00

2010-05-11T09:45:00.001-07:00

wip

2010-05-03T13:56:00.000-07:00

duder

2010-04-28T08:54:00.001-07:00

nother nother one.

kadoosh

2010-04-27T05:38:00.000-07:00

nother doodle.

bye bye!

eh.

2010-04-13T08:49:00.000-07:00

got bored of this sketch so here ya go wolves.

color

2010-04-06T12:04:00.001-07:00

just a super quick ... this... thing.

they will roll.

2010-03-08T16:29:00.000-08:00

yeah, im even sick of these.

force fed.

enjoy!

again

2010-03-01T08:34:00.000-08:00

more monochromatic head studies.

3 more

2010-02-17T10:07:00.001-08:00

some more.

top parts...pop tarts.

2010-02-12T11:19:00.000-08:00

somemadeez.

here

2010-01-14T10:57:00.001-08:00

A few dinky pencil sketches.

.

2009-12-22T09:56:00.000-08:00

someadeez

2009-12-16T11:16:00.001-08:00

Place, face and disgrace.

doodled tonight

2009-12-12T21:12:00.000-08:00

Ask me how my night was.

Regardless, i did this on my new mac book pro. Yah, i know, like a gazillionair right?

bye.

:|

2009-12-10T10:23:00.000-08:00

one of these things.

what are you wearing?

2009-11-30T12:18:00.000-08:00

macs on its way... gonna be "one of those guys" now.

how are you?

bye!

different word, same sentence.

2009-11-27T10:03:00.000-08:00

striving lately, hoping to see something out of this soon.

yeah, i know, you're thinking "Ooh Dereks being ambiguous!."

which i would then reply "correct."

see ya later.

diddle

2009-11-24T12:20:00.000-08:00

popped this squat today out of my mind chamber.

cool..

2009-11-13T09:50:00.001-08:00

snowy one.

today

2009-11-10T10:44:00.001-08:00

man

2009-11-06T12:19:00.000-08:00

heres a man i painted... who cuts things.

nother

2009-11-05T09:31:00.000-08:00

another lunch painting.

Pppfff

2009-11-04T12:12:00.000-08:00

another lunch time painting.

Pain N's

2009-10-26T12:26:00.000-07:00

some quick study things from my head.

self portrait...

2009-08-24T11:30:00.000-07:00

Did this quick self portrait today... im pretty obsessed with myself.. i have a mirror right next to my monitor.. no i dont use it as an asset to my art work, i just need to always be reminded of how pretty i look at all times.

seriously.

Butt you lookin at?

2009-08-20T11:39:00.000-07:00

Did this thing today...didn't finish it... just didn't feel like it.. so that way i could say "yeah its just a sketch". ever do that?

bye!

Rest of em.

2009-07-20T09:45:00.000-07:00

Vince...sham wow

Nicky boy

This guy.... was he in the rolling stones or somethin?

Mel the man

Calkin!

Manson

Heather.

Thats the rest of the paintings from my show i had in halifax. If you're desperate for a copy let me know, i have some prints left... or if you want an original, in all its glory, fire me an email. derby_fire@hotmail.com.

celeb mugs

2009-07-14T06:55:00.001-07:00

Here's a painting i did for my art show that's happening tonight in Halifax at the Seahorse Tavern. Did a bunch of celeb mugshots. This stud is Mickey Rourke.

Maybe see ya there?

something new

2009-05-25T10:07:00.001-07:00

did this today during lunch. sorry its been awhile since the last update, i seem to be doings that require my attention these days. anyhow. enjoy this nonsense.

some sketches

2009-04-07T10:05:00.000-07:00

heres a few things laying on my desk. some doodles. enjoy.

(this isnt how i cropped the jpg, its just a sketch on the edge of the page, my bad.)

painting

2009-03-19T10:56:00.000-07:00

did this fast painting today, something a bit different then im used too.

enjoy.

for the lady

2009-03-05T04:59:00.000-08:00

heres a painting i did for a pretty girl.

enjoy.

-drk

left over

2009-02-10T06:49:00.001-08:00

Not really enjoying much of my sketches these days, but heres one anyways.

bye.

forward

2009-01-29T12:24:00.000-08:00

Its been awhile, things have been rough for me in my life as of late. Id even say my life has drastically changed. Earlier this month my Mother passed away from a long 9 year fight with cancer. she faught long and hard, as we all did along with her, but its something that just becomes more then a medical thing, and became a family thing. we all love her so much, but at least now we have peace of mind knowing shes not suffering anymore. you should say hi to your parents if your reading this, tell them you love them. anyways ive already said what ive had to say about this subject many times, so let me get to the point of this blog. heres some more sketches i did recently. hope you enjoy them.

peace and love.

deadly rains

2008-11-10T11:25:00.000-08:00

I wanted to do the zombie walk here in moncton, but it rained, and i didnt want to look like a half melted living dead mess of grey. So heres what i did today instead, as a tribute to how wacky November is being in regards towards my desires of particapating in a walking dead parade. Its just a quick digital painting i did up at noon, might finish it up some other time, or might not.

...boobs

-wreckles

some tings

2008-10-27T12:52:00.000-07:00

Just some recent doodles. All pretty much randoms.

odd ends.

2008-10-24T11:26:00.000-07:00

I painted a flamingo for my friend, Jenna , recently. Yeah, she likes flamingos and isnt over fourty. Boy is she gonna be a happy when she turns fourty and sees which friendly little creature is on her front lawn 40 times over. I wonder if it will still be her favourite then.

...did this yesterday.

peace.

its a doodle

2008-09-24T13:00:00.001-07:00

Just a nooner doodler.

hugs

-derek

Neeeeeeerrrrruunnhh!!!

2008-09-17T13:05:00.000-07:00

did this at lunch... tried something dark... that's all.

a leap

2008-09-15T18:20:00.000-07:00

Decided to start oil painting.

Here's what i have so far.

i dunno what the hell they are, i just painted them Isaac Mendez style. you know.. that painter from Heroes? how he just starts a painting .... hopefully mine don't predict the future... cause it'd be confusing....and boring.

Anyways, these arnt finished, and are taken with my iphone..... yeah... yeah, those excuses sound good enough for why my paintings suck haha.

take care.

happy faces

2008-09-11T13:19:00.001-07:00

wouldn't it be neat if you saw this guy on the street one day!

..but you cant.

anyways, its a quick painting from ref. enjoy.

Tease please

2008-08-29T08:34:00.000-07:00

yeah, so i haven't had an update in awhile, ive just been really lazy lately. so what eva!

BUT! i have been working , and doodling on things still, here is a tease of what i hope to be my first finished digital painting. its about half done now so this is all im gonna show you.

peace.

skeetches

2008-08-08T13:30:00.000-07:00

Some Andrew Loomis sketches and some of my own.

Nothing else to report.

sum more fur ya

2008-07-25T09:55:00.000-07:00

i dedicate this post to my least favourite of all my skills: illiteracy.

byw

more fer ya

2008-07-24T12:57:00.001-07:00

heres some more doodles.

bats

2008-07-23T07:30:00.000-07:00

So im not gonna beat around the bush here. we all know the dark knight sucks. ok ok, if i were in the 90's heres where i would say "Not!".....so... pretend i said that and that we're in the 90's.

The movie was solid, cooler then lightning bolts. And thats all ill say. Here are some batman sketches and random doodles.

eat crayons.

Digital Sketches

2008-07-08T13:10:00.000-07:00

Heres some sketches i did today while trying out some new brushes.

Yesterday was my birthday, high five?

peace!

नो डिंक्स.

2008-06-25T07:34:00.000-07:00

Some sketches here from recent times.

enjoy.

p.s. sorry no more dinks.

dinks!

2008-06-13T11:14:00.000-07:00

Heres a little 2 hour painting of a naked rock shaped like a man. aka "David".
might finish it some other time.
until then, have a look.

Meet Dolan

2008-05-23T06:36:00.000-07:00

Heres Ken Dolan, my co-work/personal molester. He wanted me to do a caraciture of him a while back, and i finally did it.

cheers!

I met this guy once.

2008-03-31T14:58:00.001-07:00

Did this quick digital painting/caricature today after supper. They're pretty fun to do.
If you haven't figured it out, its a Rembrandt, directly referencing one of his self portrait oil paintings.

something about a title

2008-03-17T08:55:00.000-07:00

So ive been a bit busy lately; work, personal life, lazyness. But none the less, I scanned up some older sketchs from the last month or so. Ive Been reading and falling in love with the Conan Comic book series, and i must say im floored by the art work of Cary Nord, not to mention that hes Canadian, at least i read that somewheres. Even if hes not, ill alow him to be mistaken as one.

hope everyones well, happy st Patties!