Character Designs

Another one for University.  The comic book script I was given by Black Dragon Studio's progressed onto making a Motion Comic/Animatic, I decided that I wanted to do this motion comic/Animatic to add to my Animation show reel.  

I decided, though, that instead of carrying the story on where I left it (with the comic book pages) I wanted to work backwards, from the last page and as many pages as I could finish.  It also keeps the script I was given a little broken up, I didn't want to start publishing the whole story without the permission of the company, but I am allowed to post this artwork as my own for now.

A pretty much typical looking Sheriff, although I quite liked the idea of him being a little younger and more hot headed, almost like he's starting out and hasn't got the wisdom to accompany him yet.

A typical looking Mayor type, from the western movies that are always on TV, it's one of the more striking images in my mind even though I know the Mayor could look any way I wanted him to.

Finally, the "boss" of our two protagonists, she is still somewhat pretty but just hard enough looking to intimidate.

Portrait Work

My friends and family have always asked me to draw them pictures for special occasions, like birthday's or for Christmas so here are a few of those images.

Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam was one of the first Portraits I did on Photoshop.

My cousin's children

And a commission for a family friend for a 40th.

Favourite Artist Post 2

One artist I've been following online is thealmightyp on Tumblr, I really love her style of work and how she uses different media to create one image.  She mainly draws fanart (I can understand that) but it doesn't make her work any less beautiful.

I love the way she's able to blend different media into one image as it makes it look a lot more interesting.

Her digital work is something I envy greatly.  

You can find her art on her Tumblr page >>here<<

Personal Project 2

Following on from the mentions of Marta Dahlig, when I was doing my GCSE's I had a project that revolved around the Seven Deadly Sins.

From this project inspired a new wave of imagery for me, and since my final piece from my GCSE exam I have been revisiting this topic ever since.

 So this first image is from 2007, my GSCE final.  It was on A2 cartridge paper and completed in Oil Pastel.

This second image is from 2009 when I traveled the world with my sister, we were in Australia when I decided I wanted to redo this image so it's only completed on A4 with a fine liner pen and Copic Markers.

The last image isn't completed yet (when it is I shall update), but for now I can show the rough image that I sketched out on Photoshop and show a snippet of one of the Sins more-or-less completed.

And for the type of colouring this will be subjected to:

I will most definitely be uploading the final image once it's complete so I can see for myself how I've progressed over the years.  As I have gone through certain phases of favouring one type of media, I have revisited this image, so the may be a lot more of these to come as I progress as an artist.

Favourite Artist Post 1

Generally, I like looking at artists that aren't very well known in the industry.  I tend to find artists that draw exactly how I'd like to draw myself but am unable without the amount of work they put into their own, they draw the types of images I'd love to be able to or they use the techniques I desperately want to learn.

The first artist that I remember finding and falling in love with was Marta Dahlig, who I found on DeviantArt when I was about 16.  I remember thinking "this art is amazing" when I found her portfolio and also thinking "I'd like to learn how to do that!"

She was the first digital artist that I'd ever come into contact with, because before her I thought that all art was pencil and paint on paper or canvas.  Her style is super realistic but in the fantasy genre, something that I've always been interested in.

What really drew me in were her Seven Deadly Sins images.  Her inspiration from Alphonse Mucha clearly showing through in these images gave me more incentive to use other artists to help me achieve what was in my head. 

Marta Dahlig has always stuck in my head as the artist that gave me ambition, as her work is so beautifully rendered I will always try my hardest to be as good as she is, my Photoshop skills are not nearly as refined but looking at her work will always inspire me to be better.

The link to her Deviant Art is >>here<<