Jason Behnke

Dolphin sketch

2011-12-26T21:56:00.001-08:00

Tree Frog

2011-12-26T09:18:00.000-08:00

Winter on Rockaway Beach

2011-12-21T23:56:00.001-08:00

Majestic Coast

2011-12-13T20:55:00.001-08:00

WIP121011

2011-12-09T21:50:00.001-08:00

WIP 12-09-11

2011-12-09T11:01:00.001-08:00

WIP 12-06-11

2011-12-06T13:22:00.001-08:00

Red Autumn

2011-12-01T09:38:00.001-08:00

wip112211

2011-11-23T02:06:00.001-08:00

WIP111911

2011-11-19T17:55:00.001-08:00

Couple wips

2011-11-12T22:49:00.001-08:00

WIP101911

2011-10-19T00:07:00.001-07:00

WIP101511

2011-10-15T12:30:00.001-07:00

Sketch of Harley Quinn

2011-10-12T16:25:00.000-07:00

Quick pencil sketch of Harley Quinn. I'm not that versed in comics so I hope this is at least near the mark. :B

iPhone Cases

2011-10-08T16:48:00.000-07:00

Interested in an iPhone case for either yourself or as a gift? Nice selection of print options here too.
http://www.redbubble.com/people/behnkestudio/collections/103881-iphone-cases

Work in progress 100611

2011-10-06T16:55:00.001-07:00

One of our greatest

2011-10-05T17:07:00.000-07:00

A visionary, an inspiration, one of our greatest people is gone from us today.

Rest in peace, Steve Jobs.

http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/

Today's work in progress

2011-08-18T10:17:00.000-07:00

Today's work in progress

2011-08-13T22:06:00.001-07:00

Today's work in progress

2011-07-29T22:08:00.001-07:00

Today's work in progress

2011-07-14T21:28:00.001-07:00

Today's work in progress

2011-07-06T13:23:00.001-07:00

Today's work in progress

2011-06-19T07:45:00.001-07:00

Today's work in progress

2011-06-15T16:41:00.001-07:00

Copper Dragon 2011

2011-06-14T13:46:00.000-07:00

Today's work in progress

2011-06-11T20:14:00.000-07:00

Today's work in progress

2011-06-08T13:48:00.000-07:00

Today's work in progress

2011-06-05T13:59:00.000-07:00

Today's work in progress, cropped

2011-06-01T12:11:00.001-07:00

Champion of Dionysus

2011-05-22T02:46:00.000-07:00

Garrus

2011-05-10T19:40:00.000-07:00

Sleepless Hills

2011-04-20T14:38:00.000-07:00

Standing upon the Sleepless Hills
I've lost my way from the road,
Wander among the Sleepless Hills
Through the dusk my lantern glowed.

On my way south to Coast Haven
Upon the long Eastern Mare,
I camped aside the darkened road
Horse and wagon also there.

A misty night with tainted wind
On which was heard a sound:
Long and low a crooning breeze
Came over the rising ground.

On Sleepless Hills I fell asleep
In shade of the leaning knoll.
And hence upon the Sleepless Hills
There went my wayward soul.

Jason Behnke
2004

New limited edition Jeffrey Jones book

2011-04-19T15:14:00.000-07:00

Beautiful and highly recommended

Changeling Assassin

2011-04-17T23:40:00.000-07:00

Nepenthese sketch

2011-03-27T17:49:00.000-07:00

Picked up the pencil for a change today. Felt nice feeling graphite under my fingers again.

Mamloth

2011-02-26T23:47:00.000-08:00

Caustic Soul Genasi Wizard

Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim gameplay footage

2011-02-24T09:31:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day Gift Buying

2011-02-14T12:48:00.000-08:00

Liara

2011-01-23T13:07:00.001-08:00

Painter 11

Shadow Wolf

2010-12-30T03:20:00.001-08:00

Painter 11

Merry Christmas 2010

2010-12-24T22:52:00.000-08:00

8 x 10
oil on canvas

Piecora Tiorold 2010

2010-12-24T21:52:00.001-08:00

Painter 11

Isabeau process

2010-06-16T13:43:00.000-07:00

Plague War

2010-06-10T13:33:00.000-07:00

8 x 10
oil on masonite

8 x 10
oil on masonite

8 x 10
oil on masonite

Tiefling Star Pact Warlock

2010-06-01T19:00:00.001-07:00

painter11

Augmented Reality: Second Sight

2010-05-26T11:03:00.001-07:00

I'm curious how this might affect the art space within the next 10 years.

Mass Effect Movie announced

2010-05-25T09:38:00.000-07:00

Great news for ME fans.

Taken from Bioware's forums:

Legendary Pictures, the studio behind great films such as The Dark Knight, Watchmen, The Hangover and 300 have picked up the rights to make Mass Effect. Legendary Pictures will produce with Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni along with Avi Arad (who has been behind great films like Iron Man, X-Men and Spider-Man). From BioWare Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuck and Casey Hudson will serve as executive producers.

"At BioWare, we’ve always thought of Mass Effect as having the depth, emotion and plot twists perfectly suited for an adaptation to a motion picture,” said Casey Hudson, executive producer of the Mass Effect series. “With Avi Arad and Legendary attached, we believe that the Mass Effect movie will be an extraordinary entertainment event that realizes our vision for the franchise and thrills fans.”

Rise Robots Rise

2010-05-18T11:20:00.000-07:00

God I miss these guys. I wonder if there's any chance of them getting back together and doing something brilliant again.

Edward Tufte accepts Presidential Appointment

2010-05-14T17:10:00.000-07:00

If you are anywhere near the industry of information design and visual communication, I highly recommend that you become familiar with this man.

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Edward Tufte Presidential Appointment

Original article here

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 5, 2010

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

WASHINGTON

President Obama announced his intent to appoint several individuals to serve on the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel. Their bios are below.

President Obama said, "These impressive individuals will be valued additions to our team as we work to confront the challenges facing our nation. I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come."

Steven Koch, Appointee for Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel
Steven Koch is a Vice Chairman and Co-Chairman of Credit Suisse's Mergers and Acquisitions Group. He joined Credit Suisse in 1985. Mr. Koch also teaches in the Director's Consortium, a semi-annual seminar he helped to organize, that is sponsored by the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Stanford Law School. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sinai Health System in Chicago and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, The Board of Trustees of the Francis W. Parker School and the Green Ribbon Committee of the Chicago Climate Action Plan. Mr. Koch received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and his B.A. from Hampshire College.

Chris Sale, Appointee for Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel
Chris Sale is Vice President for Development Finance at CHF International where she provides guidance and informs policy for the CHF International's microenterprise, housing finance, and small to medium enterprise lending programs. Ms. Sale has more than twenty years of experience in finance and development, having served as the Deputy Advisor for External Relations for the Inter-American Development Bank, Deputy to the Chairman and CFO of the FDIC, COO of the US Small Business Administration, among other positions. She is currently a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and the Finance and Investment Chair for the National Partnership for Women and Families. She received an MBA from American University and completed her undergraduate work at Boston University.

Malcolm K. Sparrow, Appointee for Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel
Malcolm K. Sparrow is a Professor of the Practice of Public Management at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where he has been teaching since 1988. Before joining the Harvard University faculty, Dr. Sparrow served 10 years with the British Police Service, gaining extensive experience in criminal investigation and rising to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector. At Harvard his research and teaching has focused on the distinctive challenges faced by regulatory and law enforcement agencies as they seek to control risks and threats of various kinds. Dr. Sparrow has authored several books and worked closely with U.S. and overseas regulators on issues including crime, terrorism, corruption, fraud, environmental protection, safety management and regulatory compliance. He holds a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, a MPA from the Kennedy School, and a MA in mathematics from Cambridge University.

Edward Tufte, Appointee for Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel
Edward Tufte is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University. He wrote, designed, and self-published The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Envisioning Information, Visual Explanations, and Beautiful Evidence, which have received 40 awards for content and design. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the Society for Technical Communication, and the American Statistical Association. He received his PhD in political Science from Yale University and BS and MS in statistics from Stanford University.

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From ET:

I will be serving on the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel. This Panel advises The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, whose job is to track and explain $787 billion in recovery stimulus funds:

"The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board was created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 with two goals:

To provide transparency in relation to the use of Recovery-related funds.
To prevent and detect fraud, waste, and mismanagement.
Earl E. Devaney was appointed by President Obama to serve as chairman of the Recovery Board. Twelve Inspectors General from various federal agencies serve with Chairman Devaney. The Board issues quarterly and annual reports to the President and Congress and, if necessary, "flash reports" on matters that require immediate attention. In addition, the Board maintains the Recovery.gov website so the American people can see how Recovery money is being distributed by federal agencies and how the funds are being used by the recipients.

Mission statement: To promote accountability by coordinating and conducting oversight of Recovery funds to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse and to foster transparency on Recovery spending by providing the public with accurate, user-friendly information."

I'm doing this because I like accountability and transparency, and I believe in public service. And it is the complete opposite of everything else I do. Maybe I'll learn something. The practical consequence is that I will probably go to Washington several days each month, in addition to whatever homework and phone meetings are necessary.

-- Edward Tufte, March 7, 2010

Keeping an eye on this

2010-05-14T16:56:00.000-07:00

g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.

I do miss the Mako.

2010-05-08T03:26:00.001-07:00

painter11

I do miss the Mako from ME1. It was honestly fun to drive.

This was done a couple months ago when my wife started up a new character in ME1 in order to carry over into ME2. Brought back nostalgia. I didn't like this painting after working on it for a while so I forgot about it and worked on other projects, but tonight I peeked at it and found that I didn't mind it so much, maybe a fresh perspective and all that.

Work in Progress: mock book cover for Le Guin's Rocannon's World

2010-05-02T14:40:00.000-07:00

painter11

Work in Progress: Tiefling Warlock

2010-05-01T12:34:00.000-07:00

painter11

Isabeau

2010-04-20T00:13:00.000-07:00

painter11

0330male

2010-03-30T13:53:00.000-07:00

painter11
90mins

0330 Hourglass

2010-03-30T10:54:00.001-07:00

painter11
75mins

Tali 2

2010-03-29T02:42:00.001-07:00

Painter11

Discovering a Muse Charity Event

2010-03-26T13:38:00.000-07:00

Brought to you by ArtOrder and Veronika Kotlajic

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I'm making time available to participate in this. I will be basing my work around The Muse and The Key.

The Future of Publishing

2010-03-17T23:38:00.000-07:00

Seen on The Art Department

Beholder

2010-03-17T16:33:00.000-07:00

painter11
3 hours

0316

2010-03-16T17:44:00.001-07:00

0316female
painter11
90 mins

Lich Queen

2010-03-14T04:29:00.001-07:00

painter 11
10 hours
This started as a daily study but then my imagination got a hold of it. I had no idea what to call this, but isn't a Lich some kind of monster in D&D who's basically just a skull with super powers?
Anyway, I think she's pissed because he drooled on her.

030910gator

2010-03-10T15:03:00.000-08:00

painter11
7 hours
I spent waaaaaaaaaaay too much time on this, but I learned a lot on it. It was probably done in 2 hours, the rest of the time I spent noodling with brushes, colors, layers.

Project Gustav

2010-03-09T10:06:00.000-08:00

Keeping an eye on this.

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/gustav/default.aspx#video

03-08-10

2010-03-08T10:39:00.001-08:00

030810forest
painter11
4 hours

030810Apple
painter 11
90 mins

030810male
painter 11
90 mins
model

LE Massive Black Art Book and Sketch

2009-01-26T07:07:00.001-08:00

I received this yesterday, and it is a beautiful thing. Massive Black is a design studio that stands in the midst of the interweaving and congealing creative media industries and on the threshold of forward momentum trends. This package is a showcase of their mission of passion and discipline within these industries. Mine came with a hand-drawn sketch by Michael Bierek, and everyone signed the book itself. It goes on the top shelf to inspire for years to come.