The Ice Spire

I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I would throw up the final render for "The Ice Spire", a conceptual illustration for my design course. The composition was not my first choice, but we were supposed to allow the class as a whole to guide our decision on the matter of composition and color scheme. All in all, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, and there is very little I would do to change it. It was started and completed in Photoshop CS4 in approx. 8 hours.

Hmmm... I just noticed the similarity between this painting and the one I did for my final project in my perspective class... I guess I have a thing for spires... or phallic imagery....

....I'm tired....

Okay, so here's the finished image for my final project in Perspective class. I really like to cause myself a great deal of pain... so I chose futuristic Tokyo as my theme. Anyway, it took about 15 hours to complete, over three days. I didn't get much sleep. I'm happy enough with it, though I think it is a bit confusing to look at. But then again, so is real life Tokyo, so...

Valentime's Day

I painted this the other day for a valentine's day gift for my wife. It's her and our dog, Dracula. I used some new brushes that I got on it, including the textured rake brush on the background. I've been trying to go for a more natural feel to my digital paintings, and this is the first attempt. More later...

Waking up to Desolation...

Here is another assignment I completed for my Perspective class. I came up with the idea while playing the demo for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. I entitled it "Waking up to Desolation", because I envisioned someone waking up in a ruined hospital, and when they walked into the hallway, this is what they would see. There was a bit of a rush on this since this was attempt #4 at this assignment, which had us dealing with cast shadows, reflections, and changing planes in perspective, but I thought it turned out okay despite the time constraints. If anything, it definitely forces me to practice turning out a completed image in a limited amount of time.

New Cairo

This is a project I was working on for my perspective class. I was happy with the way it turned out, so I decided to upload it here. We were required to portray a cityscape in three-point perspective, and we had to choose a theme. I chose futuristic, and I decided to take it in an Egyptian direction. I may do color on it someday if I'm feeling ambitious, but this is the assignment I ultimately turned in.

The Calling

I started this painting while working through Jason Chan's quick sketch tutorial. I'm not sure whether I'm finished with it or not, but since school is eating the majority of my time, I decided to put this one aside for the time being. I may return to it at some point to add some polish, but for the most part, it is complete. I call this one "The Calling" for obvious reasons to anyone familiar with Lovecraft. Photoshop, 3 hours.

The Last Stand Final

So, here it is, the final render of "The Last Stand". Put in about 4.5 hours to finish it up, putting me at right around 10 hours total painting time. Not too bad, and I'm pretty pleased with the results. I may tweak it in the near future after I look at it with fresh eyes... we shall see... Anyway, let me know what you think of the final piece! Viva la Aliens!