Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Landscape study 14

Landscape study 14
Just a landscape study from photo.  I pushed the colour a bit further.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Playing

Playing 




I was watching on of Bjorn Hurris 30 minute warm ups on Twitch and he showed a trick he uses to draw tubing easily using the stroke effects layer.  I was playing around with it and then started overlaying the effect and thought it looks a lot like etching.  I made this little guy using it.


The image below is a study from a photo just to get some practice a subtler transitions in colour /value to indicate form. 



Amaryllis study

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Launching


Launching
I started out with the grey scale sketch and then photo bashed through the middle of this then over painted.  I think I needed the textures to move it along but I liked the mood in the sketch.  [Edited: first post I had forgot the all important exhaust].




Launching sketch

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Boxer

Boxer
Another week where I did not get the piece I am working on to a finish. Anyway here is something from the week before.  Something I call boxer.  

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Guard

Guard

This one started out as some photobashing for an environment.  I like the complicated nonsense thats in this.  

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

There be dragons

GOT screencap study
This is a study of a still from Game of Thrones - about 2 hours.  The limited offering is because I was away last week in France so only got to do some sketchbook work.   I did get a chance to take some photos, among them was this little fellow, part of a bridges guard rail.  

There be dragons 

Monday, June 5, 2017

Different Ends

Different Ends 
So I was working on the lower image and it was taking forever.  At the end of a session I sketched out over the background and it went in a completely different direction.  The lower image is still not worked to a finish but this is as far as I will go. Will take what I have learned and put it in the next piece. 

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...