Aces High Suits

I going to try to make a deck of cards

SHARING SATURDAY II :D

I was thinking of what I wanted to share and was feeling nostalgic so here are some of my childhood influences.

The first is Hiroaki Samura. He writes and draws Blade of the Immortal which is what the first two pictures are from. The last is from his artbook, Hitodenashi no Koi.. It is horrifically graphic and quite lovely at the same time. That is one of the tamer pictures so as not to scar your eyes. LOL

The second is Takehiko Inoue. Who is immaculate to say the very damn least. Those two images are panels from his comic Vagabond.

Samura and Inoue made want to learn pen and ink and pencil. I remember sitting in a hot garage trying to figure out how to make a quill not suck, how to make a brush function like a pen. I was banned from inking in the house because I was damn clumsy, haha.

These are still some of my favorite artists, but in a way, it feels like I've grown out of them a bit. Either way, I still feel strong influence from Samura in my pencils, but my inks are still piss poor. ONE DAY!

More WIP

Almost done with this one. There's a few color tweaks left to be done.


Some detail whore-age.
I got an art table at an anime convention so.. this is gonna be one of my poster prints. LOL. Don't even care, shit is going on my wall.

Here are some sketches I've been doing as of late! just different adjustments to the brush :)

okay more art! These were some kitty cat comissions I did for my boss at work...she's so excited that she wants more a lot more lol...hurray for comissions!

This is like a record for not posting. I just have too much stuff and don't know what to post because DAII is done and 360 will prolly be drifting off to the big green x in the sky soon.


This was for Neo's artjam. Big thing where everyone draws shit for everyone. Was nice! This is someone's cat/dragon charatcer I did.

colossus update

haha okay so I think I'm almost done! Maybe a few tweaks for emphasis here and there. Any other suggestions or issues I've over looked would be welcomed!

Hey so here it is at stage 3, after another 6 hrs of work...still got a ways to go, working on the mouth now!

I added more overgrowth, thinking it still needs some more stuffs there.
I also added more knights it give a better sense of scale! I love the guys silhouette in the background.

colossus update

Hey here's another update before work, I put textures on all the legs and detailing in the trees. Then I also added some dust and particles around the feet (below head) and by the wall.

What's left?
1. MOUTH OF CREATURE!
2. helmet of foreground soldier maybe add a few more soldiers if time permits?!
3. Some more of the rift flora to make this place even more colorful and overgrown!
3. lighting and emphasis.
4. Color balance

So I'll be working through the night :)

hey long time no post got some stuff to share. Lots I've been meaning to share like this baby, my life colossus...needs the dapple of color to bring this baby girl alive but so far I'm pretty happy with it.



Here's some character sketch I did while on brake from the colossus!

Sketches

It's Rapidash, my most favorite pokemon!
I've started a few different things but feel a little photoshop'd out. Or something. Gonna pick up the brush and pencil for a bit, I think.


Cicero, Wellow
And Kingdom.

Commission

Done working on it~ :D

And the reference

This is for Sergei (and since I've lost your email).

http://darkswordminiatures.com/mainwebsite_html/gallery/V_7513_2010SE_Jen.htm

Arishok be my friend

Did someone say brush abuse.. .

Duke

Im going to hold off on posting stuff, until I get something I really like. Ill still try to do it daily, but I'll put stuff with more quality from now on...

Posting this here because Sergei wanted me to send it to him and couldn't think of a faster way!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMRK5vFsuV0&feature=related

Watch all the episodes!

Wellow

2011 - June


2009 - November

Countess + wallpaper

If you dont have too many textures ready to go and you need some, or you just like to check out some free high resolution textures check out lost and taken here
Free High Resolution Textures - Lost and Taken

They dont have a good browsing function, but Id suggest going through all of their shit and taking it all.

SHARING SATURDAY :D

If you guys like custom brushes in photoshop, Hannes just posted a brush pack. I haven't messed around with them yet but I probably will tonight. I usually just use defaults so it should be interesting.

Here is some more people who kick a fantastical amount of ass:

Justin Cherry
Marcos Mateu - I need to get his book, raaaaagagah
Adam Brockbank - YES YES YES BACKGROUNDS so good.
Reynan Sanchez
Eric Canete - B+W always and forever
Maciej Kuciara

Always relevant to my interests:

Dead Bear(aka Alex)
Shohei

Maybe someone here will spark some inspiration or will or something. I know I could waste days just looking at artwork.

KEEP DRAWING!

Spell Caster (you can tell by the staff)

Commission Progress

This is a work in progress of a commission I'm finishing up. Client wanted something similar to the Mercy piece. It's always the best to get work for shit you would be drawing anyways. Haha.

Blue Mage

Let the eye burning continue. I took seta's advice, and not planning, just jumped into that shit.

CANDY TIME? Candy time

I've had insomnia the past few days. It's fucking stupid, I hate being up till 6am. Weepweep. Going insane.
I was practicing expressions and this was too funny not to upload. He's.. so fucking excited. lmao.

Little Treasure

Your Will, My Hand

Drew this with Enduser on repeat. I'm sure it's tin foil to most people's ears but it was so appropriate.

Those are the best boobs I've ever drawn. ♥

This is one of my gladiator/dog character's Mercy. She's the mother of another dog character named Thorn who is infinitely less badass than she is. He pretty much lives in his mother's shadow. If you're wondering about some of her animal features it's because she can turn into a fucking lion. :D
I tried to do wip steps but I kind of forgot.. But you kind of get the idea? Imagine more grey blobs and that's that.