Zombie Ted

Zombies are fun to paint... at least I just found this out as this is my first one ever!

Just a speed paint that came about from watching too much SCRUBS and playing the Left 4 Dead 2 demo.

Nothing to Report

Firstly, for those interested;

My last painting 'Faerie Birthing Grounds' that I entered into a Fantasy Landscape competition on DeviantArt won 2nd place out of a total of 106 entries. I'm pretty happy about that. :)

Now, onto my latest work;

I can't even remember when I actually started this one... at least a few months ago and I had completely forgotten about it.

I thought it deserved to be finished and shown.

Inspired by and an homage to Matt Rhodes and his awesome concept work on Mass Effect.

Faerie Birthing Grounds

So, this is the final version of the enviro sketches I uploaded a couple of weeks ago (found here). I went with the idea of faeries being born from the pods/eggs to give a contrast of beauty coming from something ugly.

All told, this took around 20hrs of work in Photoshop CS3.

City Sunset

This is one of those funny, unexpected paintings. It started out as just practice to paint a nice sky and give that sky depth, something I've had trouble with in the past. It evolved from there.

Inspired by the view from my brother's apartment in Tokyo. :) About 3hrs work.

Assassin Droid

Something I've been working on for the past couple of days while I've had some free time. About 8hrs of work in total, could still do with a little clean up but I'm happy with it for now.

Enviro Thumbnails

I got an invite to join a contest on DeviantArt where I have to create a fantasy environment - something that I love doing anyway. ;-)

Thumbnails are usually small, color roughs that an artist does to block out a scene or just to quickly get ideas onto a canvas. These are slightly larger than I would usually do a thumbnail but the intent and purpose remain the same.

After completing the first painting, I wanted to add a more claustrophobic and creepy feel which you can really see with the difference in the trees and the shift in color in the second image. There's still a few elements missing that I want in the final image so I may do one more thumbnail and try to squeeze them in there before completing the work. :-D

Odysseus and the Cyclops

As much of a Sci-Fi fan that I am, I have always loved the story of Odysseus (sometimes referred to as Ulysses). Homer's Odyssey is a great read and has so many themes and elements that are still being explored in today's movies, games and novels.

This is a classic 'David and Goliath' scenario where the hero is up against insurmountable odds but still, because he is the hero he stands his ground.

The Cyclops is a little larger than what he is written to be but that's my artistic license trying to create even more of a sense of impending doom. :)

Enjoy!