Progress

Wow... it's been awhile since I last updated, so I figured I'd add a quick post with some of the new works I'm messing with ;p.

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This is an elven maiden I'd started recently, I think at this point I've put about 7 hours into it. Typically, I've only ever painted textures using Corel Painter, so I've been trying to expand my repertoire by learning to paint conceptually in Corel! Awesome software, a bit hard to get used to, not to mention the hot keys being different from Photoshop...

Really, I shouldn't complain, it's not that hard to learn, though I -do- need to get some more experimental time with the other medias....

I guess we'll see! Hopefully I'll have this finished here soon. I don't plan to push it much further as far as developing the image, but that's mostly because, as I said, this is more a learning piece than anything else.

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The same can be said for this piece, though ultimately, I'd like to push it a little farther, I -am- going to try a different style of coloring. I want to lean more towards children's book illustration, with a bright, cartoony feel.

Obviously, I need to do a little research about what airman's hats looked like... 'cause I'm not quite there on this rough.


Hopefully I'll be able to pull it off though ;p

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This piece will be a test for me. I want to push the photo-realism to the next level, as well as incorporating some neat style.

Ultimately, the dragon will begin as a tattoo across the girl's back and shoulder, rising off her skin to fly away. So I'll need to make sure it looks like a tattoo while still on her body, and real once it starts flying away. I'm also still trying to figure out what type of light I want to have in the scene, since the dragon would look awesome with glistening scales, so this will serve as a study for that, to ;p


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This one was a 2.5 hour speed paint, in painter, of my brother. I -know- how very off I am... it looks like him, but I don't like what I did for the hair and I don't like how....Clunky the whole image feels.... but I that could be because of the speed... maybe... at least I can use that as an excuse ;p


This was actually the first Corel Painting I did entirely from scratch. I've done photo portraits before, which usually come out pretty well, but those are best done using a water blender on the original photo. This is all oil and completely from scratch.

Maybe I'll take more time later and clean it up ;p

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And then, to break the trend, this was a 2 hour Photoshop paint I did of an old picture I have of a girl I used to work with.

It mimics the original photo pretty well, but in painted form, I think I'll need to go back and push the light further.. it's kinda washed out.

I obviously need ALOT of practice on hair.



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As always, any input, tips and advice is greatly appreciated. Keep posted for updates and any new pieces I'm working on!!!