Photo Study of Tiraspol

A quick landscape study from a photo. Trying to do a few more of these this week.

Swordsman

I had some time the other day and I wanted to add some Fantasy or Medieval work to my portfolio. I also wanted to practice some characters with some expression after watching Wes Burt at the SFWorkshop back in August. He stressed beginning with a loose sketch, in a very hi key with only light and complete shadow to figure out the characters head "gesture". He has a mastery of anatomy, and so he can make short hand marks that denote the surface features of the face and indicate a lighting direction in a single mark. I do not yet, but I can start to see how you sort of "feel" the features out in a rougher  big brush and sometimes marks just look natural. The second part was that building on top of this in other layers, you must continuously check back and make sure your character's mood and personality still read and resemble the sketch. Rendering can easily make your faces contort and drift, so that was very helpful.

Snake Lady

Had a fantastic evening at Crowdstar with our excellent model. She had a pet snake that was very fun to attempt to draw with all of her serpentine motion. Really a unique experience that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Little Color Sketch

Just a little practice environment.

Trying on some Sparth

I have been realizing that in my quest to become a more effective painter, I have at times started to overwork things and get away from the impulsive and creative. Its true that I am still trying to improve my finished rendering skills and don't want to stop that, but I also want to get back to creating a striking image that doesn't need too much detail to get across an idea. I just finished reading Structura 2, the art of Sparth and thought I would do an image using those methods. It feels great to work and leave things more unresolved and indicative rather than explanative.

Missle Platform

Here is a fun concept I did for a vehicle in Wasteland empires which will launch surface to surface missiles.

Nuclear Jet- Pack

Back from the trip and boy am I tired. Thought I would post some character art I was doing at work.