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16429 Lost Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA, 91387
United States

(661)299-9478

Drawing from the visual worlds of science and nature, the human figure, the grand tradition of American illustration, Japanese scroll paintings and woodblock prints, fantasy illustration, and great artists of Europe, Elliott’s work strikes the viewer at first with a powerful tableau and draws them in to experience the subtlety and beauty within. Beyond the pictorial impact of his work, themes personal to him such as body image, environmental preservation, and social and psychological repression weave themselves throughout his work.

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Phoenix Goddess #2

Craig Elliott

Second version of the Phoenix Goddess I posted earlier for Applibot Japan.  

This was painted in photoshop- I really like how fast this one came together and how it looks like she is painted in oils. :P 

Craig-Elliott-Phoenix.jpg
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Signup NOW! For New Online Art Classes at Gnomon!

Craig Elliott

I will be teaching 4 online classes this term at Gnomon. Two of the classes are all new this term:
Visual Development 
Imaginative Landscapes

The images below contain a description of the class, you may find all 4 classes at the Gnomon online Entertainment Design page:
https://gno.empower-xl.com/community/index.cfm?action=main.browse&ATVL_ID=1&loc=GOL

Visual Development

Visual Development

Imaginative Landscapes

Imaginative Landscapes

Photoshop for Concept design

Photoshop for Concept design

Advanced Digital Painting

Advanced Digital Painting

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categories Teaching, News

The Artist Within Vol. 2

Craig Elliott

Greg Preston's "The Artist Within, Volume 2" is nearing completion, and I am proud to be one of the artists along with some people I have worked with, John Musker, John Lasseter, Chris Sanders, Glen Keane, and Alex Nino. 

My teacher from Art Center is also in there, Harry Carmean.
These aren't the final shots that will be in the book, by the way. They are even better than these! 

http://www.sampselpreston.com/#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=14&p=4&a=0&at=0
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Moleskine Project #3

Craig Elliott

A new painting in oils on a pair of Moleskine sketchbook pages for a show in San Francisco December 5th.  I will probably paint this much larger soon.  
Come to the opening or stop by the gallery in December! 

 

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Need an Art Deco frame? Make one!

Craig Elliott

Final steps of making the Art Deco Frame:

1. the frame gets clamped to the workbench, and the outer and inner edges are routed to round them off, one side at a time. 

2. I made 2 little wings of oak from 1/4 round moulding by sanding off the corners to make each one round, then they are glued on.

3. The final frame stained and with the portrait of Carlye Pollack.



STEP 1:

1. Gluing up the blocks from bit of scrap oak and even some oak from old pallets. 

2. The blank blocks of oak cut to size and ready to go. 

3. The routing inside for the painting, and slots cut for the biscuits that hold the corners together.

4. The main part of the frame glued together with a test fit of the painting.




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Foreshortening challenge~

Craig Elliott

Perspective challenge sketch!

4 x 6 inches, in watercolor and pencil on rag paper.
This was for a perspective life drawing challenge on the Pinupexpo facebook page run by Paul Grisar~  

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Gnomon classes!

Craig Elliott

For those of you interested in learning some of the techniques and secrets behind creating artwork for film and games, I'll be teaching 2 Gnomon classes again this term.

Just click on the images below to go to the Gnomon site and see the classes that are available!  

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tags News, Painting Instruction

The Seventh Son

Craig Elliott

Here is a trailer for a movie I was a Concept Artist on.  I am really hoping this will turn out to be a great film! When the film comes out I'll post some art if Warner Bros is ok with it! 

 

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures 
Director: Sergei Bodrov 
Screenwriter: Matt Greenberg, Charles Leavitt, Aaron Guzikowski 
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes, Djimon Hounsou, Alicia Vikander, Antje Traue, Olivia Williams, Kit Harington 
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy 
MPAA Rating: Not Available 

Official Websites: http://www.seventhsonmovie.com/ww/ind...,https://www.facebook.com/seventhsonmovie

Plot Summary: 
In a time long past, an evil is about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the forces of the supernatural and humankind once more. Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges) is a knight who had imprisoned the malevolently powerful witch, Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore), centuries ago. But now she has escaped and is seeking vengeance. Summoning her followers of every incarnation, Mother Malkin is preparing to unleash her terrible wrath on an unsuspecting world. Only one thing stands in her way: Master Gregory.

In a deadly reunion, Gregory comes face to face with the evil he always feared would someday return. Now he has only until the next full moon to do what usually takes years: train his new apprentice, Tom Ward (Ben Barnes) to fight a dark magic unlike any other. Man's only hope lies in the seventh son of a seventh son.

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tags News