WIP2

Still loads to do, consolidating the lighting,colour, saturation and the clouds then a lot of atmospherics i think- to make you FEEL the wind! Plus the planets are waaaay over lit for the proximity of the sun-think i was just enjoying rendering the planets at the time..:S But all will be amended so stay tuned!

MPC Challenge

Mattepainting.org have just posted a challenge courtesy of MPC-thought I'd get involved and post a WIP. Still a fair way to go overall and still working on how the whirlpools integrate but there's a base there to work with...fingers crossed!:P

DMP

Since yesterday afternoon I got round to doing some  Mattes! I like Matte Painting but I do find I get a little involved in my world and then realise the suns gone down! Fun to mix things up from doing purely painting, hoping get on with some 3D projections next month to build some sequences- I've done it in Maya but like to have a stab at Nuke. As far as I can tell you have a little more control and it's better streamlined for the practise so that should be fun!

Warrior Nomad

This one kind of evolved. Was meant to do some rough other ideas for the guy on the right but then it kept on working as this kind of nomad warrior that could definitely take on the previously designed 'Orc Giant' and survive the harsh conditions of the climate.

Giant Orc

Some over due character work. The stages to this are in the portfolio bit to show my workings init :P Plan to colour this up and add some more details PLUS do some other characters to fit the scene....

A Silent Exit.

I waaaas going to go to bed, but figured screw it I'd stay up a bit late and work this up into some kind of scene. Heavy influences from playing Skyrim I think :-P

Colour Key

So i can post something today in case I don't finish what I'm planning to do tonight...

Just a very quick colour key to establish mood, lighting that i want to convey for what i plan to do next- which will be medieval themed :P

Ring City

Playing with shapes and generally messing around! Was quite fun not been constrained to any particular idea. Might do a colour up version if I think of a decent scheme....

Chase

More practising...

Yachts

Just a quickee...wasn't quite sure where I was going withit :S.....

Journey

 For this piece I thought I'd show a bit of my process. I wanted to produce something with a definate sense of scale and depth (something an earlier painting lacked which irritated me). The floating rocks are a little fantasy cliché' but it was another means to convey a constant feeling of depth.

In terms of process I tend to start with a sketch, then through in some tones in grayscale before roughing up some colour and texture over the top. I rarely go with texture ideas so early but in the case of the rocks it helped the scale and perspective as I painted into the piece so it helped in the end :)

Serene garden

Speedpaint of something with vegetation to mix it up :)....think I'lll go back to big structured architectures though-I miss them :P

'Sci fi' dock

Well my desk finally arrived so i could get on with some painting! Figured Sci-fi would be good place to start as it's where I feel most comfortable. There's still lots of extra elements I know I could put in but I think that could go on for ever and I want to start something new. Plan to focus on my conceptual work this month then may move into some matte projections next month...cheers