Invaders

Revision!

Slight change of angle. Previous one was too straight-on as a colleague pointed out.

Sector C

Planetary Brothers

Something quick and fun. The siblings Earth and Kepler off to school together... or should I say... universe-ity? Ey? Ey? *tumbleweed*

Matte Painting - City

Quite enjoying doing these matte paintings. Maybe more to come then!

The Gate

Boo! Now that Skyward Sword is completed, its back to some much needed updating!

Black and White

Quick sketches whilst waiting for feedback. Originally started out as some test for some of my brushes.

Christmas!!!!!!

A little early for this buuuuuuuuut I wanted to wish the readers on here a Merry Christmas!!!!!
This was fun to make. I have been looking into artwork made for animation a bit recently which influenced the look of this piece. Before starting this I was wondering how I wanted the rendering to be done, whether to let the drawing do the work or the painting. In the end I decided to keep a prominent drawing and so the paint work would have to sit back a bit, so the form and contrasts are a little more washed out. Trying to go for a tight render with all that outline from the drawing will conflict with the form you try to convey with painting so I let that stay simple here.
You may have wondered where I have been with the updates... well one of the excuses is the new Zelda game, Skyward Sword! Its an early Christmas present hehe and its been fantastic so far! I feel like a little boy again :P

Left Handed

Left handed drawing done for the AIB Jumble blog. Started off in the program 'Alchemy' before tidying it up in Photoshop with the lasso and gradient tools. Rather than fight the messy nature of drawing with the wrong hand I decided to go for a technique that would be all about the chaotic shapes.

Siren

Today I have been off sick... damn rainy days during Bonfire night! But I tried to keep myself productive and entertained whilst on the mend. Again I have been experimenting with a different style. I have been surrounding myself with concept art and digital paintings that I have slightly gone tired of the same techniques and subjects, or I just need to take a break and refresh myself. That led me to looking into other creative avenues for my art. I have been looking into illustrations more these days and recently the work of McBess has had an impact on me. You can probably see his influence in this piece. There is something pleasing about these character's proportions and wavy limbs. They borrow a look from rubber hose animation but add something different to it that makes it a little bit eerie. Coupling our nostalgia for old cartoons with surrealism sure does make a juxtaposition that sticks with us. McBess' evolved rubber hose animation style is one reason why I think artist studies are useful. You copy someone else's style, take whats useful and discard what is not and make it your own.
Oh and I just want to dedicate this piece to my buddy Luis Migel who is all the way in Portugal far from his art buddies but is still keeping up his practices and kicking ass! Thanks for kicking me up the ass too and pestering me to post something. It worked \m/
Annnd in other news... I have been selected into my forth Ballistic Publishing book. This time I will be in the d'Artiste book series. This volume is 'fashion design' which will feature that painting I did with the lady dressed like a bird. If I was allowed to design clothes for people to wear thats what Id do :P

Current WIP

Been working on this on and off but I thought I'd show what I have been doing since it has been a while since I finished any of my personal pieces.

Favelados

Another grad film remake. This time its Favelados which I worked on during my first year of university. Ah memories :)

Barry and Ice-bots

Some characters to go with the van in the previous post. Redesigned from my freind's film Barry's Ices.

Barry's Ices

Sorry sorry sorry sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know I've been away and haven't updated in ages. I have been moving house and also been slacking a bit too I have to admit. But lets try this again shall we?

Here is something for the AIB Jumble blog. It is my take on my friend's grad film "Barry's Ices" as the topic is to return to our old grad films. But I have already done a number of versions of my grad film and have looked into those themes a lot already that I want to leave it for a bit and do something different.

Oh, and a few work news.... Check out this new trailer for the Puss In Boots game that Blitz Games have been cooking up. It looks good!

Also on November, my first game will be published in the shape of Michael Phelps: Push the Limit. But the big exciting news Im afraid I cant say :( You will have to wait till this time next year...

Matte Painteeeeeeeerrrrrrr!!!!!!!

Some updates from the matte painting front.