After Arkhipov Along the River Oka Masters study 2

After Arkhipov Along the River Oka

Arkhipov Along the River Oka

Following the last masters study,completed at Christmas, I made another one by the same artist.   This one was completed in a much shorter time frame maybe 6 hours over a few evenings.  All done in Photoshop and about 95 % of it was made with one brush.  These are a blast to do and not as demanding as the challenge work I have being doing.  I think I need to put what I have learned from these into practice.

Bloodsports 6 Challenge hunter design

Hunter Design Bloodsports 6 Challenge

This was the  submitted design for the Bloodsports 6 hunter creature design challenge.  Design a hunter - before hunt.  Then the creature which was the subject of the hunt and finally the hunter sporting the hunting trophy.  I didnt go for the obvious armour and instead went for something a little more internal. Anyway the creature which went along with this design is posted here.
The hunter is somewhat unfinished and I will return and polish it. 

Creature -Bloodsports 6

Creature -Bloodsports 6

Here is the submitted creature design for the bloodsports 6 challenge.  First off I put it in environment - don't think I should have for challenge but it sold idea creature lived in deep water.  Shell is a soft membrane - semi transparent.  Visible are organs - parts of the digestive and respiratory system.  Armour only on the underside.  I should have illustrated underside but time ran out.

Bloodsports 6 Studies Summary

Bloodsports 6 Studies Summary

Here is a summary of studies for the Bloodsports 6 Challenge. I did do a few pencil studies for the creature and channeled the water flea and the microscope image of the louse. I backed away from the pencil creature as it began to look too much like a turtle!

Manatee -Photoshop Study

Manatee Photoshop Study

After abandoning the Samurai armour study I committed to going with an underwater theme.  To aid with this I did a study of this manatee.  Reference was from National Geographic site (a great resource).  This image had an interesting subject and a great environment.  I did not finish it out it was probably an hour and a half.  Did a chunk of that during lunch break.  

Samurais-Photoshop Study

Samurais - Photoshop Study

 

 

 

 

This was a Study I did just to get familiar with the armour for Bloodsports 6 challenge.  It was not polished to any extent.  Just got some major shapes down to get ideas for construction.  As it turns out I didn't end up using the information here. 

Water Flea Study for Bloodsports 6

Water Flea - Photoshop study

One of the National Geographic Best Micro-Photos of 2011 (Joan Röhl, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology/Nikon Small World).  

Started out prepping for this challenge. I had already decided that this was going to be a water dwelling creature.  Did not want to get into the fierce beasties as I know I need way more practice with those.  I really liked this image of a water flea - limited pallet - something  know I need to practice on plus the idea of being able to see internal organs.