Thursday, December 29, 2011

Portrait Practice 2

Back after a Christmas break. 
Before the holiday I took some time out between landscape studies and the next set of studies to do a portrait practice.
 
Portrait practice 2

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Happy Christmas

This is a piece I did last Christmas.  Did not manage to create a new one this year. Heading home to family for Christmas. A welcome break after a tough year.  Fortunate to be able to celebrate. 


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Desert Landscape 5 Photoshop Study


Oops thought the last on was the last in the series but it was not.  So one more dose of sunshiny deserty goodness, 

Monday, December 19, 2011

Landscape -Utah Desert Photoshop Study 4

Landscape -Colorado Desert Photoshop Study 4

This is the last in this series of landscapes.  Still a lot of work to get done.  Did not manage to get the crispness I wanted - especially in the foreground.  I will be returning to these again.  I had planned to go into some figure drawing after this.  I have been practicing sketching poses and would like to do more detailed studies.  I am still torn between doing this and going for the challenge running on Crimson Daggers- Swamp Elder.  Hmm...

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Landscape -Utah Desert Photoshop Study 3

Landscape -Colorado Desert Photoshop Study 3


This is the second to last of this series of studies of desert rocks in photoshop.  Still not nailing the sharp lines and textures. 

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Landscape -Utah Desert Photoshop Study 2

Landscape -Utah Desert Photoshop Study 2

Continuing the landscape studies The famous arch in Canyonlands National Park.  I did try and lighten the image - maybe a little too much.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Landscape -Utah Desert Photoshop Study 1

Landscape -Utah Desert Photoshop Study 1




Still doing landscape studies.  So moved away from the misty landscapes to some images with sharp detail.  I did capture that here but I have planned to do a series of these as well so still some time to learn and improve.  The photos are from Canyonlands in Utah, USA.

Big Bear Game Art

  I started creating a series of promotional art for a ficticious game.  This was to practice going through the design process.  I have foun...