CK Spade

TreeTown

2012-01-21T00:09:00.000-08:00

RabbitGod

2012-01-21T00:01:00.001-08:00

Skullface

2011-10-02T00:57:00.000-07:00

Messing around with the new zbrush4R2.

Made this from a dynasphere. LOVE the new update from Pixologic.

CinderBlock

2011-07-22T11:36:00.001-07:00

Keep on Rockin'

2011-07-22T11:34:00.000-07:00

Mech-chic

2011-07-22T11:01:00.001-07:00

Stinger

2011-07-22T10:42:00.000-07:00

Mr Smeegs

2011-07-21T23:55:00.000-07:00

Time for Takeoff

2011-07-21T23:07:00.000-07:00

Kane RIP 1998-June 20, 2011

2011-06-23T08:29:00.000-07:00

Rest in Peace to our wonderful wolfdog Kane. She was the best dog in the world and was a true original for 13 years.

We miss her dearly already and hope she is running around again somewhere.

Smocks n' Stuff..

2011-06-17T19:36:00.001-07:00

some materials. almost done.

Hut Hitchiker

2011-04-16T20:32:00.000-07:00

First shot at this guy.

May post the original sketch later.

Kane and Spooks.

2011-02-11T22:35:00.001-08:00

Zombie Watercolor Quickie

2010-06-04T09:28:00.001-07:00

That about sums it up...

Spirit of '41 Pinup

2010-03-15T11:59:00.001-07:00

Finished this up in time for the Mike Herron benefit in Baltimore. Not a great photo however.

Acrylics on Canvas. 2010

Waste Management

2009-12-04T19:51:00.000-08:00

An eastern breeze blows some nasty funk.

The funk then got up an friggin' walked away.

Frog Drooler...

2009-10-17T00:39:00.000-07:00

zbrush. 3dsmax. photoshop. pencil concept.

New Lineart

2009-09-25T13:06:00.000-07:00

Here is a digital piece I have been working on. This is just the lineart work. Still need to add the color.

FlowerPlucker

2009-08-09T21:45:00.001-07:00

Work in progress.

FireFly sketch

2009-08-01T21:37:00.000-07:00

Gears of War Sketch

2009-07-18T22:15:00.000-07:00

For a Tutorial I am doing based on Gears of War.

Curly

2009-07-05T18:52:00.001-07:00

Zsketch

Seasons

2009-06-28T20:57:00.000-07:00

Never posted this painting. Just dug it up from Brandon in the email.

Currently up at the cabin. Above the couch.

Zsketch

2009-06-21T20:23:00.000-07:00

Messing around with some heads and zbrush.

Bunny Temple rendertest

2009-05-02T22:49:00.000-07:00

Just a render of something I am working on. The Bunny Christ. Complete with bunny feet accents.

Huddle

2009-05-02T22:37:00.000-07:00

Zsketch..

Bunnyslave 1

2009-04-23T18:36:00.000-07:00

Here is a guy with zbrush, photoshop, 3dsmax.
Is a bunnyslave.

Snail Rider Render

2009-04-05T00:33:00.000-07:00

Snail Rider.

Zbrush.

Hope to include him in a future illustration.

Tinman Render

2009-03-13T23:46:00.000-07:00

Made in Max. Basic clay render.

Tinman Sketch

2009-03-13T23:44:00.000-07:00

Here is my sketch for the steampunk type tinman.

Scarecrow

2009-03-07T19:11:00.000-08:00

Here is a render of the Scarecrow. I am redoing the characters from the Wizard of Oz. Beginning with the Scarecrow. Hope to post the concept sketches soon.

Happy Halloween 08

2008-10-31T19:44:00.000-07:00

A witch for the season.

Painter. Photoshop.

Steampunk Bug Render

2008-10-28T19:07:00.001-07:00

old man sculpt

2008-09-12T23:02:00.000-07:00

update. old man. sculpt.

zbrush. max. photoshop. miller lite.

Website Up!

2008-09-01T19:56:00.000-07:00

Ok, Website is live. If anybody else noticed besides my wife I would be stunned.
It actually cost me money to buy the URL back from some guy.

Chris Spade.com.

$200 + in the hole and growing.

Most-least-profitable-website-ever.

Website Down

2008-08-06T12:14:00.000-07:00

If anybody cares, my website is down. Hope to get it back and up in a week or 2.

Developing...

New Flamer Piece

2008-05-30T09:43:00.000-07:00

Created in photoshop and a bit of painter. Got inspiration from all those commercials for that movie "The Strangers"

Took a few hours to complete.

X In DC Event Video

2008-04-10T11:20:00.000-07:00

Here is the video release of the event I did in DC. It takes about a minute to really get into it.

Website Update

2008-03-30T14:48:00.001-07:00

New style coming to the website. Here is the new frontend.

X in DC Event March 2008

2008-03-18T09:01:00.000-07:00

I just completed the X in DC Event. Had a great time.

The Event happens every 3rd Saturday of the month. Here is the website and the design I did at the event. It was 4 hour event, and the theme words for this month were Erotic, Half-Tone, and Liquid.

Precarious Situation

2008-01-15T08:35:00.000-08:00

Another painting using some pattern brushes and some life drawing of a antelope guy from behind some local bar.

Elephant Crossing

2008-01-15T08:34:00.000-08:00

Here is a new painting. Trying out some new pattern brushes.

Lawnmower Man...

2007-11-06T12:46:00.000-08:00

Hello nobody.

I have been slacking on updating, and have not gotten too much done of late. My newest piece was for a show in Hawaii. It is done in acrylic and is a Lawnmower Racer.

Brain Magazine Interview Link

2007-06-29T23:11:00.000-07:00

Here is a link to the interview for Brain Magazine... It is in French so it is a bit funny to run it through the translator again. It hardly resembles the original interview.

BRAIN INTERVIEW

Balloon Animal Update

2007-06-29T22:42:00.000-07:00

Here is an update to the balloon animal series for Laurens friends babys room. It probably is a bit off base. But here it is none the less...

Nurse Pin-up

2007-06-29T22:34:00.000-07:00

Ok,

Here is a new painting. A nurse pinup ww2 style. Def. out of my normal boundries so it should be interesting.

Kane Sculpt

2007-06-16T00:09:00.000-07:00

Ok, So Starscape did not go as planned.

Here is some new zbrush work. It is my dog. Hope to post some new acrylic and junks later.

Unnatural Erosion

2007-05-14T17:43:00.000-07:00

Here is my newest canvas that is now basically complete. It is called Unnatural Erosion and I hope to have prints ready for the Starscape Festival.

Mixed media on canvas.

Shitter Collection

2007-04-13T08:42:00.000-07:00

Here is the set of bottles from our bathroom. From the very posh Shitter Collection. I had not posted it anywhere on my site so I threw it up on here.

Balloon Animal Set

2007-04-07T00:30:00.000-07:00

Here are the first pictures of the zoo animal paintings i am doing for Laurens friend. They are basically animals that are blown up and tied to the ground.

They are for a baby's nursery so they are going to be a bit bright and childish.

Divebomb 3D Update

2007-03-29T08:34:00.000-07:00

Here is the updated mesh of the Divebomb character guy. Modeling is almost finished and I am preparing to move onto refining the skin in ZBrush and then onto laying out UV's and texturing.

Unnatural Erosion... Update

2007-03-25T20:08:00.000-07:00

Flare.

Here is the detail of the new canvas Unnatural Erosion. Bad picture and it is far from done but you get the idea.

Also working on the 3D version of Divebomb guy. Will post a new render of him soon.

I hope you all have seen the new underground Obama ad. Its pretty neat.

LINK

Starscape 2007

2007-03-22T20:44:00.000-07:00

Just got word from Steve G that we are doing Starscape again this year.

It should go off well cuz Steve has full funding. Need to find artists. So if you read this get ahold of me and grab a spot at this years Starscape.

Spots still open till you read here that they are taken. Should have some killer pics. Hope the weather helps out this year.

Spade Jacket

2007-03-14T16:45:00.000-07:00

I found this somewhere on my PC. I dont think i have posted anywhere else so i figured i would throw it on here.

Update: I sent in the interview to Brain and am waiting on the publication.

Brain Interview

2007-03-09T20:30:00.000-08:00

Sweeeet.....

Just got contacted by Brain Magazine. It is a French Art mag and they have requested an interview and some work to publish.

It is great to have someone from so far away inquire about my stuff. And is of course a great opportunity.

The internet is a crazy thing.

I will post some more info later on, and hope to get a copy. I hear they sell them at Tower Records. You can find it at this address until then...

www.myspace.com/brainmagazine

New Painting... Unnatural Erosion

2007-03-06T16:04:00.000-08:00

Here's the mock up of one of the new canvas' I have been working on of late. It has gone through a bunch of phases. I will try to post some down the road so you can see how ugly they were. It was never "quite right" until about now.

I'll post more down the road. Sorry for the ugly picture. My camera is really crappy.

Lauren was right...Damn you PENTAX! ! !

Divebomb 3D Render

2007-03-06T15:59:00.000-08:00

Hey now,

Ok.. so i modeled up Divebomb the Anteater guy in Max and Zbrush. I don't know why i have been doing so many anteaters of late. I mean i have been drawing them, painting them, modeling them. I am getting sick of anteaters and am done with them for awhile after this. But thats gonna be awhile. Anyways you can always find the 2D version of this guy on my site.

gnar.

Intro

2007-03-05T10:20:00.000-08:00

Hello nobody..

I decided to get a bloggy thing going for nobody but me and my fiance' to end up looking at.

Hope to post some pics of my new painting and maybe some of the new models i have been working up.

Lets see how this all works.

Till then here is a link to my website...

www.chrisspade.com

Cheers....