Late Night Work (Process)

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1. The initial sketch. This began on a recycled old painting which already had the colors I was looking for. In this stage, I was trying to capture the overall essence of the piece.
2. The line drawing. This was done over the initial sketch. You know what they say, behind every great painting, lies a great drawing.
3. The line drawing was then placed on top of the initial sketch.
4. I began to paint under the line drawing, trying to separate values, and distinguish the different items in the painting.
5. I Finally rendered on top of the line drawing to a more finished state.
final piece can be seen here

black and white Thumbs

Here are some black and white thumbs for practice. More black and white studies can be found here.

Mythology themed Sketches

First, I made a spitpaint of medusa's death. 

With a similar color scheme in mind, I later used "Medusa's Death" as a starting point (canvas) for the cyclops who went on a rampage shortly after losing his sheep.

 Later, I had an idea completely with a color scheme completely different from the previous two.

These were all 30 mins. I'm really tempted to push some these sketches further.  

Desert Series (continued)

More Desert themed spitpaints.

Desert Sketch Series

A while ago, I did a few desert themed spitpaints. Here they are. At this time, I discovered the ability to soften edges when using the lasso tool. 

Christmas Card

For one of my final exams, we have to make a Christmas card. So I decided to make a card with an illustration that has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas. I'm thinking of changing the dimensions of the card because that tangency between the edge of the house and the gutter is bothering me. 

This is an idea of what my process usually looks like when painting in photoshop. I usually start with basic general shapes in black and white. Then I gradually make things more detailed while bringing color into the picture. 

More speedpaints

one man snowman party

purple valley

daemon extraction 1

daemon extraction 2

More 30min speedpaints from the previous week. I need to improve in many areas from composition, to brush economy, and everything in between. more speedpaints can be found on my tumblr page. 

Speedpaint Blues

daemon extraction 3

death of red

red

thanks to the Daily Spitpaint group on fb, I've been drawing a lot of things that are way out of my comfort zone. It's quite challenging I tell ya. On the bright side, If I keep doing this for at least a couple years, who knows what'll happen?

More speedpaints

30 minutes as usual. 

Today's Quicksketches

flying house

flying house 2

Both took 30 mins.

Speedpaints

1 hr

30 mins

higher res images can be found here.

30 minute speedpaints

Top one took 30 mins
bottom 2 took 20.
individual images can be seen here on my tumblr page.

4 legged chairs

Here's a couple of quick 4 legged chair designs. more chairs can be found here on my personal website.

Mind Market Ground Level WIP

This is the same painting with 2 different color schemes. Only one color scheme will make it to the final painting. This piece is a sequel to a piece which can be found here

Cyborgs

Just a couple cyborg designs. 

Futuristic African Soldiers

Here are some character designs of a sci fi african soldier. these guys don't need protective vests because they are badass.

Isolated Palace WIP

Here are different concepts WIPs for a palace that is meant to be isolated from the city. I'm showing these to my teacher tomorrow. The plan is to get him to act like an art director and choose one for me to continue pushing.