A Field

Field

 Not much in the way of finished work for the moment.  

I entered the challenge run by Bjorn Hurri Unreal Bjornament   .  The info is here.  Event though it is a 2 week challenge I am only working on it this week.  I did some very rough thumbnails and then went with one to explore it.  The images below are rifts on a theme and these are not the end of the exploration.  I have given until Wednesday to play then I have to commit and paint.  

Challenge thumbs 

Challenge thumbs 2

Challenge - iter 1

Challenge - iter 2

Challenge - iter 3

Challenge - iter 4

Challenge - iter 5

Last Stand

 Last Stand

I have not attempted too many dragons but I felt the time was right.  Went with some stylised fire to go along side.  This one took a while to do.  That was in part because I started with a different idea for this and took awhile to figure it was not working an switch it up.  Still ended up putting a lot of work on this as it evolved.  The main planning steps are below.  

 Last Stand Lines

 Last Stand value

Last Stand colour 

The other thing I would like to mention is the revamp of this site.  I have set up as a business and wrestled with branding.  In the end I decided to go with what I have operated under for the last eight years.  

I have launched a portfolio site to showcase and of course I am at artstation.  

So this is a new chapter.  
I will continue this blog.  I know blogs have fallen out of favour but for me it is a diary of my work, change and progress so even if it is a considered a backwater of the social media scene, for me, it is still valuable.  


 "In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind." 
Edmund Burke 

Rengar- Riot contest

Rengar- Riot contest 

Finally got around to finishing this image in time for submission.  It may seem trite to say I learned alot from doing this but it is very true.  This is a style of image I have not done a lot of.  I know the riot art style is a rendered to a smoother finish but this was as far as I could go.  I think I would modify the workflow to be more efficient and get to a higher finish. Anyway I feel its another mountain climbed. 

Plane n clouds

Plane n clouds

Above is a cloud study with an added plane. 
 I am still working on the Rengar image.  Here is the grayscale render.  I worked out most of the details in this phase but left some things to resolve after the colour is added.  

Rengar - value

Little dudes

Little dudes

Having a bit of fun with these guys.  It was a welcome relief form a lot of administrative work I had to get through this week.  I did start an entry to the riot competition which finishes at the end of the month.  I have some decent progress on it beyond what has been posted there.   It is a departure in style and approach for me so I did not add a redesign challenge on top of it - which was allowed.  

Riot Contest - progress

Into 2018

Portrait study   Neymar

Portrait study Ridley Scott

Happy new year.  

Took a break over the festive season hence the lack of posting here.  I had hoped to keep posting but it was not to be.  I have been busy working on other art related activities which I will share in the coming weeks.  In the meantime here are some portrait studies.  The Neymar one is a still from a beats advert.  The Scott one is from a Guardian interview about his new film.  

Snowy Siege

Snowy Siege 

With Christmas holidays coming I have one snowy themed image. The other one is a  study from a photo.  

Study of  MELVYN GOLDSTEIN / National Geographic Creative