Yoda (Digital Painting)

With the hype surrounding the release of the teaser for the next Star Wars movie, I couldn't help myself doing a little fan homage to one of my favourite characters from the franchise. Bring on the Force Awakens!

Yoda

Yoda (black & white)

Initial Sketch.

Kitten (Digital Painting)

This was created as part of an art trade with a friend. They requested I draw a kitten. I scoured the internet for photo-references of kittens (which wasn't hard). I ended up drawing a Tabby as I currently live with one of the little rascals, so I couldn't help myself (I like to think this is what he looked like when he was a kitten).

Kitten

Initial Sketch.

Speed Painting #08 - After the Tears

Here's a quick one from early April. I wanted to draw something with a bit of emotion. I should explore more expressions in my drawings.

After the Tears

Indiana (Digital Painting)

So after a busy few weeks I finally had some time to sit down and do a little something. I'm a big fan of adventure stories, and of course Indiana Jones! Had to do a Harrison Ford/Indiana Jones painting at some stage. A fun break back into the process after not having any time to do anything.

Indiana

Indiana (black & white)

Initial Sketch.

Reference Image.

Rear Admiral Isaac Arthur Ramsay-Brown (Digital Painting)

I'm finally able to upload this without ruining the surprise for my friend.

This was created before the new year, however due to the holidays, it took a little while for me to get it printed and framed. Recently I've been wanting to draw people that I know personally, but I always find it awkward to ask, however I couldn't pass up the opportunity of drawing my friend Isaac as he was planning to leave for overseas. I really wanted to really create something distinguished with this piece that resonated with classic bygone portraiture.

After receiving my subject's blessing, I proceeded to gather my reference material, which mainly involved photographs of the subject and an image of Napoleon II which I wanted to tailor my drawing off of. As always, I began with the sketching process to make sure I nailed proportions. After I was happy with the sketch I went onto painting a grey-scale version (black and white) of the portrait - this is a great way to focus on tone (light and shadow) and form. Once that stage was finished, I added colour, textured and finessed the image.

I'm quite happy with the end result of this portrait and consider it one of my personal favourites. Of course, it's even better that it's a gift for someone else. I look forward to doing something like this again in the future. Until next time...

Rear Admiral Isaac Arthur Ramsey-Brown

Initial Sketch.

Grey-scale version (pre-colour).

Reference of main subject (Isaac Brown)

Supporting reference (Napoleon II)

Framed print with Isaac Brown.

Artificial Appreciation (Digital Painting)

A little something I worked on here and there in my personal time over the last couple of nights. I've been having to think about robots lately, but that's another story.

Artificial Appreciation

Initial Sketch.

Self Portrait #02

Second self portrait. Looking for fresh faces to draw. Hopefully get some takers.

Self portrait 2