Tentacle Creatures Versus Pizza Ninja

This was a contest for a mural at a local pizza shop that I finished in the summer of 2008.
Initial concepts.
More concepts.Final Photoshop concept.
The wall to be painted.
The final product. If you look up at the final Photoshop sketch and the image of this mural, you'll notice I didn't deviate very far from that small sketch.
Mixed media.
7'x30'

Snail Eater Finished

Here is the finished painting.
Oil on 24x48 canvas.

Snail Eater

Photoshop sketch.


After receiving feedback on my first sketch for the diptych painting I'm working on I redesigned my concept to have more of a contrast of styles to better illustrate the themes of permanence and ephemeral in this soon to be oil painting.
Graphite on 9x11 sketchbook paper.