LA pad

some backgrounds for a pitch.

the new forrest

Some place near where I grew up.

the white orc

this dude had a lot of design choices i really liked; the almond eyes, the flattened nose and the more vampire king look to him was really cool. That and i find facial scarification fascinating. I did this painting from memory so he’s not 100% accurate to what he looked like in the film. but nevertheless this was fun to paint.

A cruel winter

Open publication - Free publishing - More ben tobitt

Sir Brum Esq

Sir Brum esq. the bugbear barbarian lawyer.
when creating the character on sheet i just kind of went with whatever rolls i got. having no ambition to purposefully build a character. what i got was a immensely strong barbarian with high charisma and intelligence.  so without knowing it I had a character that resembled Hank Macoy. this was a big factor on designing this smug basterd. i like the more bestial lion like look of more recent incarnations of beast but i didnt want to include the bright blue fur. so i opted for a more rusty red.
I thought it would be cool to have a character that was always trying to appear above his station. a monster with class. thus the lawyers tail coat and commerband over the amour shaped to look like a steel waistcoat. and the cute little bow tie.   below is an illustration from the current quest we're on. where he had to scoop up two party members under his arms and crash through a window to escape a burning room filled with hellhounds.

Grizzled General

A reinstated Danport back in the great machine of the Tecknologists Empire. with ceremonial helmet custom made to further his reputation and legend as the old lion. he's mostly held together by his power amour but is still ferocious in battle, refusing to lead from the safety of forward command.

Man fears the darkness, and so he scrapes away at the edges of it with fire.

What! Fanart? well yes it is. But Watcha gonna do dork?
This scene and episode always stuck in my mind after i watched it. I love how visceral and bloodthirsty the violence is in Evangelion. It really just spits in the eye of other mecka anime.

Arched

So I should say this painting just took just 20 minuets like the real digital artists. But the truth is this one took ages. regardless I still enjoyed the process of painting a figure from a reference. 

WW2 Meck

I think getting a larger wacom tablet was a good decision. I'm still getting to grips with it but it affords me much more control and allows to draw completely in the computer. on the old a5 one i would get horrible line control  and getting a nice curve was impossible. so yes. big thumbs up for an a4 bamboo. I wanted the meck to have a ww2 tank feel to it. I imagine it would kind of waddle through urban combat arias and provide mobile armored mortar support.  but due to it going side to side with every step, firing and moving would be a no go.

Slender

I'm breaking in a new tablet so I thought I'd some horror. this piece may well end up the cover of a comic I'm starting to write about a town of people plagued by slender people.
I know I'm pretty much ripping of the slender man meme but for such a cool idea there aren't a lot of very good stories concerning the creature. The idea is great don't get me wrong but I'd like to do something cool with it. anyway watch this space I suppose.

Violent but Educational

Blimey its been a long time with no posts. 

Due to work and a lack of a tablet I haven't had much to post about

to be honest. so here are some snapshots of the TED video i'm makeing with 

help from Rosana Wan. http://www.rosanna-wan.com/

first contact

At 23:47 exploration ship the Sagan made contact. the first with an extraterrestrial life form.
After a garbled transmission all communication stopped. at 00:00 there was one last transmission. initially thought to be white noise, upon later inspection it was in fact the astronauts screaming. 

Vikings Invade

Concept art for the next project I'm working on. I love history (as you probably know) and depicting it so I'm really exited to start working on it. I'm trying to be as accurate to history as i can so no horns on these vikings.  there are also no style restrictions this time so i can stretch my legs stylistically so to speak. 

speed paint blarg

Some speeds before I do my real work or moving things around on a screen.  I'm trying to do at least one of these things a day but finding the right subject matter is a pain. then again i should just suck it up and paint anyway.

Assemble!

So long time no posting. man this painting took far too long to make. But I figured if I was going to do some fanart other than batman I might as well go head first. I like the idea that even though the avengers are this bad ass team when they have to team up its for something incredibly bad and impossible. so seeing them only just about get through and almost die in the process is something i find interesting instead of  just blazing through without a scratch. just the more battle worn look.
I'm still figuring out my process to define myself as a painter. i'm still not completely satisfied with this one but i think I'm getting there.