For all you concept aircraft and spaceship enthusiasts, my boy Igor Tkac has just launched an incredible blog showcasing some of the best concept ship art on the planet... no joke. This site will blow your mind... it contains high quality images by some of the world's most outstanding concept ship designers.

Check it out: http://conceptships.blogspot.com

I've finally wrapped up the last installment of the Figurative Drawing & Foundational Studies Series for 2DArtist Magazine. A huge thanks goes out to Lynette Clee, Chris Perrins, and Hong Ly for their help and support in putting this series together. The 3rd and final installment can be found here:

http://www.2dartistmag.com/artists/.../tutorial04.pdf

Previous installments for this series can be downloaded here:

http://www.joelcarlo.net/gallery/downloads.php

Hi everyone,

I was recently interviewed by SpinQuad.com and its now available on their site:

http://www.spinquad.com/interview/story/36

A big thank you goes out to Pablo Garcia & SpinQuad.com for putting it all together! Caliente! - J

I was recently commissioned by 2DArtist magazine to write a "how to" article for one of my concept illustrations. The image I'm referring to is "Speed Runners" which was made using a ZBrush to Photoshop workflow. Big thanks goes out to SaltaPiedras for providing the zship creation technique. It’s been an invaluable source for me and I could not have created this illustration without his contribution. - J

A direct link to the article can be found here:
http://www.2dartistmag.com/artists/.../makingof01.pdf

* Updated the link (please note it may take a few hours to update as the blog has been experiencing update issues lately)

Hi Everybody,

As some of you may have already noticed, there has been a serious lack of updates and participation from me throughout the last couple of months. For those who have taken the time to email or contact me directly during this time, I'd like to thank you very much. I haven't been exactly in the best of mental states coping with an overwhelming amount of work that I simply just needed some time off to breathe and get my head straight.

In other news, I've finally managed to find some time to give personal site www.joelcarlo.net a small face lift. It's not much different than before (other than it's a little brighter than what I'm normally used to), but the overall look and feel fits my taste perfectly... clean and simple. The gallery albums have also been cleaned up a bit and I've added a new section which contains various tutorials in both pdf and video format. If you have some time to kill and nothing to do, slide by and check'em out. As always, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me any time.

Thanks again to everyone who has taken the time to call or email. Talk soon - Joel