Last Chance to donate before my ALC Ride

A message from Michael Gourdin-Mcmahon kingnor@gmail.com.

Hey everyone, just a final message before I head out on my SF - LA ride.

I'm still trying to raise $160 more to reach my minimum.  If you've been thinking about donating and just putting it off, please try to do it today or tomorrow! 

These donations are tax deductable as well, a few of you have asked.

Thanks for the support!  Can't wait to get riding.

 

-Mike

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Biking from San Francisco to LA: I need your help!

A message from Michael Gourdin-Mcmahon kingnor@gmail.com.

Hi everyone,

As many of you know, on June 3rd I'm participating in the AIDS LifeCycle ride from SF to LA!  It's 545 miles over seven days!

I'm trying to raise $3000 so I can participate in this awesome ride.  The money goes to help people who are living with AIDS/HIV.

I heard about this ride from a friend who was fundraising about 6 years ago.  He said it was a profound experience, and from the training rides alone I can see what he was getting at.  I've been training every weekend with a group of awesome people and watching everyone and myself improve at the art of cycling has been rewarding.  I cannot wait to get on the road and spend a week seeing the California coast and helping people who are dealing with a horrible disease.

I'm still short of my goal though and I need to raise $1950 in the next 12 days!
You can help to get me there!  Every little bit makes a big difference!

Thanks for your help everyone!

-Mike

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Purr purr

If my cat and Jiji had kittens. Painter XI. 45m-1hr

Toadstool

Painter XI 1.5 hrs. Still practicing. Not as much as I should be.

30-day Drawing Challenge! Day 1 - Draw Yourself

Decided to try the 30 Day Drawing Challenge. So here's two versions of me:

Me at work where I do Flash and Mobile games and draw a lot in Flash. ...Which has unfortunate consequences.

Me after I've calmed down from my Flash-related outburst.

30 days challenge - Myself (Heather Houghton)

30 days Challenge - Myself


This is a quick illustration I did of me with my dogs. I enjoy running as well, and it was based off a moment when I just started jogging with them both and Gottie (the big dog) was galloping gracefully next to me and I just felt really badass for a second.

My little dog, Jack is blind. And I'm a terrible seeing eye person.

30 in 30 WiP

Any feedback is welcome

high five painting

havent been doing the sketch topics because i've been devoting my art time to this. trying to get more detail in the faces and render things out more, since usually my art is super sketchy and fast and not rendered at all.

not related with topic!

Not related to topic, but i just finished this
not sure how long this took, on and off for about 3 weeks or so?

Airship In Fog

uhhh 30 minutes in photoshop?

Robot and His Creator: A Portrait.

photoshop // 35 minutes off and on.

Cheetara Ortho

Spent about 2 hours getting the proportions as close to the show as I could.

Retouched it in photoshop to make it more symmetrical.

Lazy Face Doodle

I guess its related to something. No more of this stuff?

Bennett - What I'm working on right now.

just thought id post a progress shots of my most recent painting, in case anyone wants to give me some input on it.

Red Riding Hood - Lauren Wong

FINALLY FINISHED! After months of on and off progress. The ZSketch monthly topic actually inspired me to start a series of pieces based on an existing body of work I've been doing for a couple years now (what I fondly call my "Crying Girls Series").

eh.. -Mike G.

5-10 minutes during a meeting

Sharpie vs Notebook

Bennett - Running Late

10 minutes // photoshop

Eater of Worlds - Jaylaw

Painter. I sketched it out real fast, but then ended up playing around in Picasa for at least 15m. I guess 45m overall.

Armored Pig Monster

Just messing around in Painter. 30m.

06/27 Aliens - Mike G.

dark backround

10ish minutes Sharpie and marker

Quick Alien

I did this real quick in Painter. It's my first sketch on my new Cintiq 21 oooooOooOooh. 25m.

Then I played with the contrast/exposure levels in Picasa. 5m.

Alien theme "Ducky" -ronbondoc

ZBrush 4 off and on for about an hour

body snatcher 90 min

Photoshop 90min.  Color comp was working out at first so I started over in monotone to get the values right and worked from there.

Enough Excuses

Get back to work!

Themes will be added to the side bar and chat on a hopefully daily basis. Not a member of the chat? Let me know and i'll get you added! Also if you still haven't had your gmail account registered to post to the blog, let me know.

tjobling@zynga.com

have fun, and I look forward to seeing some great art.

Orcs on a rampage - Mike G

More orc doodles