the mountains of madness. part one.

these are part of a larger collection when its done will span the entire book. these are still tecknically works in progress but i like how they're coming along. Horror illustration is much fun to do.  

The imperial city

so this is my attempt at a more industrial environment. yes its just lots of blocks but i need to get out of just doing organic landscapes.
I thought it would be cool to make a militaristic imperial looking city but not make it look like London or Berlin. I've always had a thing for italian architecture so i thought it would be cool to imagine Rome or Florence if Mussolini had won. of course if Mussolini hadn't ended up swinging from a lamp post most of this would be white.

i will probably update this later with some flags n stuff.

The Haunted Forrest

This isn't done yet but I haven't posted anything in a while that wasn't soldiers in face masks.

Short storyboards

I added a few more storyboard to my website. follow the link to see the first half. I'll add the second half when I can.trust me it get pretty weird.
http://bentobitt.com/storyboards

REPER soldier

So ive been reading This book is full of spiders. the sequel to john dies at the end. so far its pretty cool reading a monster zombie outbreak from the first person, but it being mostly about the people involved rather than just a story that cant wait to get to the action bits. So in the story these special forces guys show up and are all kited out to take on the zombie apocalypse. I researched a lot of combat and riot gear covering all the important bits but still allowing movement. the helmet is modeled on a US air force helmet. its creepy and kind of makes him look like an asshole.

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.