David Sketch

Here is a little job I did today of David (of David and Goliath fame) for a children's Sunday School product.  As you can see, my pencil sketch for this was pretty simple. I scanned it in and finished it in Photoshop using my Cintiq.

20 Cents

Over the years I have literally done hundreds of paintings but believe it or not, this was one of the most difficult ones I ever tackled. It is much harder to paint the everyday, common object than something that is totally made up. Everybody knows exactly what a dime looks like so it had to be dead on or it would just not work.
This was done in oil on masonite and the  dimes are actual size.
It was a fun challenge!

London Calling

I have a book that has tons of pen and ink illustrations in it of what people wore through the different centuries. I did a sketch of one and put my own flair to it and this is what I came up with. I finished it in Photoshop.

Magic Rabbit sketch

Rough pencil sketch closeup of a music CD cover that I am working on. I will show the final art when I can.

Herman (Munster) Cain

This was a lot of fun to do. As you can see from my previous post, I added all three elements together to form the ultimate Halloween monster!!! A compilation sketch was done, then scanned, and then finished in Photoshop.

Herman (Munster) Cain in the making

Here are the three elements I gathered from the internet to use as reference to make my monster. I actually like Herman Cain a lot. However, it was close to Halloween when I decided to do this and it just kinda happened :-)

Trudy's Birthday

Fun With Co-Workers!!!
This was a quick caricature I did of a friend I work with for her birthday. Quick pencil sketch, scanned, and then finished in Photoshop.

Newt sketch

Pencil sketch of Newt. I scanned this in and did the final art in Photoshop.

Newt

I love laughing and making fun of people and I always have. Maybe that's why I love doing caricatures so much. I have always thought it was a high honor to have someone spend hours and hours doing a portrait of you even if it brings out your most noticeable characteristics.
Here is a good example of just that. I like Newt Gingrich a lot. However, I also like to have fun so here is my tribute to him.
This was done in Photoshop on my 21 inch Cintiq.

Welcome!!!

Welcome to my new blog!!! First off, let me introduce myself. My name is Michael Lang (most people just know me as Mike). I have been an artist as long as I can remember and have enjoyed  knowing who I was and what I was made for since I was around 6 years old. I will never forget the first time I was asked to draw in Kindergarden and I drew a dog. I thought it was really good but then again, everyone else in the class thought their drawing was good to. However, something happened that day that changed me and forever set my course of who I was to become in life. My teacher Mrs. Duncan went on and on about how good my drawing was and I remember thinking how good it made me feel to receive compliments for something I had done. After that, I was hooked and I set about to be the best artist I could be by drawing all the time.

I was born with a heart problem which kinda hindered what I could do as a kid. I could play with my friends but it became increasingly more and more difficult to keep up with them as we got older. For that reason, while others would be out playing I spent many hours inside drawing just to pass the time. I believe that everybody has a gift and God gave me the gift of art.

I have been a professional artist/graphic designer/illustrator for 28 years now and I am more excited about art now than I have ever been. I love doing all kinds of art and you will see form my post that I have done a little bit of everything as long as it artistically challenges me.

I hope with this blog I can share my work and passion for art to the world so that you may become in love with art as well.

P.S.
I am a working artist. If I don't work, I don't eat!
If you see something you like or if you want to commission me to do a piece for you just give me a call.

Blessings,
Mike