Sunday, March 18, 2012

Bloodsports 7 - Windwaker Reworked!

Bloodsports 7 - Zelda Windwaker Reworked.  Never played or even saw played a Zelda game.  That was not going to be an excuse not to complete this challenge, so first up a little research and then some compositional work.  


Sunday, March 11, 2012

Roses - Oil Painting

Roses Oil Painting






Had not done any oil painting in a while.  Valentines day rolled around and there were a lot of roses on sale so I took the opportunity.  This was going to be a very conventional still life but it drifted away form it pretty fast.  Drew the roses in pencil - it was really nice sketch.  Went over it with acrylic and it got obliterated so I just dove in with the paint.  I completed the background in the next sitting.  Sorry about light - energy saving bulbs- not so great some times.  

Friday, March 9, 2012

After Arkhipov Along the River Oka Masters study 2

after arkhipov along the river Oka
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.



Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Bloodsports 6 Challenge hunter design

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. 

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Creature -Bloodsports 6

creature design 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.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

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!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Manatee -Photoshop Study

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.  

Monday, February 27, 2012

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. 

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Water Flea Study for Bloodsports 6

Water Flea Photoshop Study
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. 

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Bloodsports Challenge Miyazaki Re-Marketed! final

Miyazaki Re-Marketed! - final


Here is the version submitted for the Miyazaki Re-Marketed! Bloodsports Challenge.  As ever I would have hoped to put some more time into this. I think I may go back and work on this a bit more.  I have to say the detail I looked most in this was this- 
Spirited Away











All told this bit took about 10 min.  What does that say..


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