September 23, 2009

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.

September 21, 2009

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.

September 15, 2009

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