Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Stephanie Memorial Illustration
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Christmas Newsletter Illustration, 2024
Deciding on what exactly to do this year proved a difficult decision for me. In years gone by the imagery flowed with greater ease, or I already had an image waiting in the wings. Starting around Thanksgiving, after mulling it over for a couple weeks, or so, I finally decided on sharing something that goes well beyond the Christian mainstream. A concept that is alluded to briefly in the Bible, that has an expanded meaning due in no small part to the Book of Mormon and modern prophetic revelation. This Christ centered idea of the Tree of Life is deeply meaningful to me and my family. Every Christmas, not only do I share the story of the nativity, but I also include Nephi's vision of the Tree of Life and its meaning. The ideas engendered in his vision of our Lord and the Tree have become inseparably welded into my heart and mind whenever I see a Christmas tree. For me the Christmas tree is a symbolic representation of the Tree of Life pointing us to God through the living Messiah, even Jesus Christ.
The first part of this post will be about the process and tools I used to create the illustration. If you are willing to stick around, the second half will be a more in-depth explanation of the meaning behind the illustration.
Monday, October 28, 2024
An Epic Play Mat
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Bison Study Aug 2024
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Final Digital painting by Aaron Thorup. Purchase a Print. |
I started this particular study sometime last year. A good friend gave me an art book called Painting Wildlife TEXTURES Step by Step, by Rod Lawrence. This book highlighted using a technique of gradually layering the paint to build up the details. The idea of applying the same techniques to a digital painting intrigued me.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Maddy
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Friday, August 2, 2024
Vanilla Sky, a Digital Painting
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Finished digital painting. |
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Reference Photo of Vanilla Sky |
Below are a few detail images at 100% zoom.
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Detail at 100% zoom |
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Detail at 100% zoom |
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Mountain View Corridor and the Mitt Romney Visit
Couple months ago, Mitt Romney came for a visit to check out the pieces of military property that needed to be transferred into state hands so they can finish building the MountainView Corridor. I was asked to generate a couple maps to make clear what is being proposed. Went through multiple revisions. Used Adobe Illustrator to produce these.
Stephanie Memorial Illustration
Medium: Digital Tools: krita, using custom digital brushes Duration: Approximately 10 hrs, over 5 sessions On February 12, 2025 my cousin...

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