4pan to polish

B4 work

Had some time before work around 10-20 min, So I tinkered out some thumbs. Feel like I need to adopt Scott Robertson's way of getting thumbnail snaps . Also I thinks its time I planned and hammered out 2-3 good solid polished environments( about 2- 3days time) and move to props and creatures. I need to strengthen my portfolio and skills before pax prime. Also in some respects I feel I am ready, in others I do not . In the foundation of images I feel like I am almost there. Again, I need to work on leading the eye and developing levels of detail. Lighting I believe is coming around with time and study.

Silly Heads

Back from a bit of a break but nonetheless determined ! sketched some heads while playing league during load times and threw them in photoshop to paint tonight this was about 30min . Needto be faster for this amount of variation but could take them diff directions or extremes ie "push it " more in the directions I have.

A tattoo that took to long

So about a year ago a co-worker came to me about getting a tattoo. I had trouble  at first discerning what they actually wanted for the tattoo but eventually it worked out.

The task was to create a tattoo using the letters " THLK" originally Y as well, but later we decided against it, to create a symbolic tattoo representing strength love and family.

I began trying to overlap the letters to create a symbol of sorts and possibly something of oriental visual style. I tried thinking in circular patterns as was the natural tendency.

After one meeting we found that the we wanted a tree design , which led me to the quite literal final result using the leo symbol as a foundation and drawing a tree representing family on top with the letters entwined.

I learned a lot about baby steps in freelance and some things to look for within that. Tried my best to keep the lines clean in the final for hand off to some one doing the actual ink as I have no knowledge of that process. I also stayed in frequent contact. My only regret is that it took so long to deliver.

Value Studies

Bin finding a better ergonomic solutions and learning Im going to blow my wrist out if I don't take breaks etc. These started out really slow but sped up quite quickly. About 20-40 min in total I believe for both, a little longer on the robin hood one.

Something off my chest.

Something that errs me and that sends me onward to push my self further is the knowledge that people whom cannot do the things many of us take for granted in daily life are able to do them, and more in video games. It  really pushes me toward something great, I don't know what yet but I know if I am putting something out there that's meant for adventure in to other worlds and stories  I want to up hold and exceed the standards and expectations of my peers and followers.

 There is no limit. It's why I do art in any form whether its animation, modeling or traditional.

 What I am saying here is that if your going to make some thing beautiful for all to experience you better damn well make it the best you can because the consequence is more than just another day at work.



On a lighter note!! I have more work to post! started the youtube vid time lapses for now . I cant be bothered with anything fancy atm. Just another way to get me out there really. So for now I am going to continue with my value studies sip my rum and coke and maybe drop into some League or tf2 ;)

 cheers! ps

Camtasia and Youtube

Hope to get more time lapses out there of actual full paintings. Still very nooby with it but at least I'm getting my stuff out there right ? Well I certainly did more video editing and playing that I hoped to I looked up and it was 3am , great hehe. Til next time.

4pan picks from thumbs