Beasties and the like

Still trying to figure out composition, value ranges and color theory simultaneously. Probably not a smart idea, but that tends to be how I work ;D

I should mention that these guys are technically angels, not just dopey beasts.

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We just started a new composition/illustration class at school and it's sweeeet. We're spending 6 week periods working our way from generic thumbs up to fully realized final illustrations. I've been entirely unable to squander a single second of spare time for personal projects for the last 6 months, so this is the perfect opportunity to drag out my sketchbooks full of Nephilim concepts and go to town. Plus its all under the guidance of Mr. Mike Bierek and his beard of power. I swear I catch that thing staring at me sometimes.

Here are my first round of thumbs. Spent about 30 minutes to an hour on each, since the idea was to keep things a bit abstract to allow for compositional fine tuning at any stage. I was totally off the mark, so I'm going to redo the whole idea from the ground up, which I'm pretty excited about. Every screw-up is a chance to learn, and when Mike is the one correcting you, then the more mistakes the better. I also apologize for the terrible, terrible value range I worked with for all of them ;P

Blarfl?

I couldn't really get this guy to scan very well, but here is my third cast drawing:



The next one is going to kick my ass, for sure. If you've never done it, try to look at a face and see anything other than a face. You fucking can't! Your brain just goes "face!" over and over no matter what. Apparently you can break your brain of the habit, but thus far I've just simply broke my brain. Even as I type this I can feel my little synapses sputtering and spewing and surely before long I'll resort to some simian poo flingery and word jarble nonsenk jja perfff blut grook blarfl tart blllrrrgg.

Shit.

The banality of finality.

Finished my second cast drawing today. Clocked in at around 50 hours, which isn't too terrible, I guess.



I'll be posting my first oil painting soon. Get your belly laughs ready and armed.

Busy, busy, busy. My first cast drawing (90 hours) and some digital stuff.

Someone's standing on my chest.

I'm anxious for the point at which the steady stream of epiphanies and failures coalesce to provide some good ol' fashioned understanding.

My fingers are perdurably crossed.

Some new stuff:


Huck Finn redesign project - Border Society - sheet one


Huck Finn redesign project - Border Society - sheet two


Digital Life Drawing 01


Digital Life Drawing 02

Space Opera Goodness

Some concepts for a re-imagining of Huck Finn- Atelier homework.

Dryad

You'll be seeing more of her soon.

Shapeshifter

Trying to apply some of the ideas I've been learning to digital painting.

New paint over followed by the old sketch.

Sketchbook Poop

Just some random stuff from the sketchbook and a quick digital composition test.