SUNFLOWER

                                Digital drawing I did for a dear friend for his xmas gift this year.
                                We both have a passion for  photography and art and digital art.

                                                              MOVIE POSTER-2013

                                                               by Beau Revetta

Human Factory

                                                                 
                                                                                 
                     
                                                                                                 "Factory"

This was a fun montage project I recently did utilizing layer masks and the adjustments panel.

                                                                         Lou Beach

                                               
                                                                Happy Halloween!

This is a rad montage that Lou Beach created for Springfield Paper during the mid 20th century. He is a very talented and creative artist and digital designer. He has produced work in all fields of art and entertainment from album covers to advertising posters. His art is provocative and mind jarring and always gives you something to think about.

                                                         Maggie Taylor [1961-present]

   
     I love this piece by Maggie Taylor from her collection Almost Alice. This is a whimsical rendering of an alligator bathing in the swamp. I love her use of depth of field and range of tones she applies to her colors. Maggie Taylor is a fantastic digital artist who creates very unique and somewhat antique style of   imagery with a slightly dark undertone.

                                                     Surrealist Rene Magritte [1898-1967]

                                               
      This is piece by Rene Magritte titled Horse Riding. Magritte was a surrealist artist of the 20th century who used surrealism to express his very unusual view of the world. This piece shows a women riding a horse through the woods and each panel hes created has a different dimension placed on the horse and rider. I like the multi dimensional affect he created and the color pallet he chose. The colors are very warm and soothing to view. This is familiar in paintings by Monet'.

                                                          Hannah Hoch  [1889-1978]

Hannah Hoch was a  graphic designer and conceptual artist from 1916 to 1963. She used the montage style to create thought provoking, inspirational and sometimes controversial artwork. This is a piece of her work from 1931 titled the Wedding Couple. I found it to be very introspective for the time period and also somewhat reminiscent to the surrealism of Dali, my favorite artist.

  'Lux Aurumque'

 
A must see if you like visual and audio media. This is Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir presents 'Lux Aurumque'. These are all normal people with no professional background in music or voice. Pretty amazing! Please go to the link I provided under Audio/Visual Media, and click Virtual Choir to view the show.

                                                                   Reflections

                                                                      Unedited

                                                                    Color with Light

                                                              I shot these with a Nikon D50

Sea Launch

This an aerial shot I took of the Sea Launch. This was a unique opportunity to photograph this amazing mobile satellite rocket launch pad and command center ship. This platform and ship are owned by a privately owned company called Sea Launch. They are an independent contractor that specializes in satellite placement and with this launch pad they have the capabilities to position a sat rocket anywhere on the globe to launch for specified coordinates.

Port of Los Angeles

   Aerial photo I shot over the Port of Los Angeles of a small section of the container staging area. Thousands of containers off-loaded daily bringing us more stuff we don't need and can't afford but we must have!! Amazing

Vintage Bombs

These are photos I shot at the Vintage Bombs Car Rally 2013

                                                                 

My Crazy Life Clothing

         Here is a fun project I just vectorized for a cool clothing brand called My Crazy Life

How to Animate a Bouncing Ball in Photoshop

                              

Check out this cool tutorial on How to Animate a Bouncing Ball in Photoshop. Just click on the link in the right column. The source of this tutorial adobelearners and good-tutorials.com

ANSEL ADAMS

This is a picture of Ansel Adams in front of his famous photograph called "Moonrise over Hernandez". Ansel Adams is an American Icon and the first photographer I was introduced to as a young boy. He has inspired me for over 35 years and ignited my passion for photography. He was a master at capturing the American landscape and nature. His love for the John Muir Wilderness and Yosemite National Park also helped fuel my passion and love for mountain climbing and landscape photography. Ansel was born in 1902. He became an accomplished pianist and then went on to be one of the most noted photographers in American history. Ansel was so extraordinary. He was known to haul fifty or more pounds of supplies and photography equipment up into Yosemite and over Half Dome and beyond for days just as one example of his many photography trips to capture unseen landscapes. Keep in mind this was forty to sixty years ago when their were no single lens reflex or digital cameras. Cameras were big, bulky, square and heavy.He was an animal. As a climber and photographer myself, I can really appreciate his journeys and what it took to get the shots he did with the equipment he was using, amazing.  Ansel's dedication to sharing the beauty of this countries natural landscapes with the viewer did probably more then any one person in helping this country see the importance of our national natural treasures and lands. I love Ansel Adams. I have a large collection of his work and this particular photograph is one of my favorites. Both Ansel and I share a love for the Native Americans. As a boy, back in the sixties and seventies, I spent a good bit of time on family vacations visiting indian reservations with my family. My father loved the Native American culture and deep historical importance. I too have a deep passion for Native American history and artifacts. I have a lithograph of this famous photograph Moonrise over Hernandez currently hanging in our master bedroom along with other Native American art and rugs. If your not familiar with the American Legend Ansel Adams, make sure to check him out!

                           Pen Tool Illustration I did in Adobe Illustrator and then transposed onto a wooden cross for the Vatican Studios Station of the Cross Grand Opening and Art Show April 2013