Look Ahead (Digital Painting)

A little something I did back in November to try out a new set of brushes in Photoshop.

Look Ahead

She Waits (Digital Painting)

This particular painting was created back in March, but I've only bothered getting around to uploading it now. Based on the reference photo here.

She Waits

She Waits (Black & White)

Initial Sketch.

Speed Painting #09 - Old Man

A speed painting based on reference here. Fast and loose.

Old Man

Old Man (Black & White)

Initial Sketch.

Can't Help Smiling (Digital Painting)

I haven't been drawing much at all over the last few months, so I've started getting back into it lately. Based on the following reference material here. Wanted to do something cheerful with vibrant colour.

Can't Help Smiling

Early stage of the process.

Pain (Digital Painting)

Had a hankering to do some drawing over the weekend although I had been dealing with eye strain and headaches over the last few days. The reference photo that this was based on can be found here by photographer Michael Tarasov. Check out his gallery.

Pain

Pain (Black & White)

Warrior (Digital Painting)

This piece was a commission that I began back around the middle of 2015, however due to my other workloads and commitments, I only got around to finishing it off around the start of 2016. The brief was to paint my client as a Spartan warrior. The planned output was for a canvas print with the dimensions of 600mm x 1000mm.

After sitting down and discussing the initial idea with the client, I was able to collect some reference images and go away to do additional research into Spartan warriors and sketch up a few concepts. Once a particular concept was settled upon, I was able to dive right into my process which was to flesh out the initial sketch and create a black and white version before eventually moving onto colouring and finalising.

Although the process had taken longer than I would have liked, it was an enjoyable experience with some great learning along the way in terms of improvements to my process. And of course, it's all worth while when the client is happy with the results!

Warrior

Concept #1

Concept #2

Warrior (black & white)

Facial reference (Luke)

On Her Mind (Digital Painting)

Did this back in November of last year but for some reason didn't get around to uploading it on my blog. This was a little something I did to break in my new Wacom Cintiq 27QHD. Loads of fun. Great colour display too.

Reference I used as a base can be found here.

On Her Mind

Shot of me drawing on my new Wacom device.