Final of Dragon Painting

Please, if you have any helpful criticism, do not hesitate to make suggestions. This was an incredibly fun illustration to paint and I have to praise Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop for making such amazing tools!

OK since I first posted this I have tweaked the image quite a bit. I placed the older versions below and here is the latest and hopefully final version.

Various sketches

These are a few sketches I have done over the last few months in Painter. I figured I'd post some to f these playful little things showing my brain at work.

In the Swamp

Just sketching around

Worker Duck!

New piece for local hotel undergoing renovations. I did revisions as requested by the client. I added their logo and tilted the hat. They also wanted smaller feet. I liked the larger feet but, hey, it's their duck! Final, Revision, Original.

Pin Deisgn

I just did this as a sample for a local collectibles pin company

Studies and Spookies!

Blast from the past

This is an old piece I did as part of a deck of cards that local creatives in the Orlando area did for Disney managers as a gift.

Rework of Fairy picture

I love having other artists to bounce my work off of. Some folks over on the VoodooChilli website critiqued this sketch and helped me make it stronger before taking it to final. I think their suggestions about playing a little more with tonal temperature, leading the eye around the image better, and not having the attention drawn away from the character were all valid issues and I have addessed them. Here is the new sketch.

Fairy Sentinel

Here is the latest of my sketches to develop for a painting.

And here is the Final Image.

It was a constant back and forth between Photoshop and Painter. I made a custom brush set in Painter and did most effects in Photoshop. It was helpful to take palettes from the photo reference that I used for different items. Saved a lot of time trying to mix all the colors. If you have any comments, I'd sure like to hear them. Thanks for looking.

Some more older traditional art

I did the Alien painting about 6 years ago and the Glyptodon last year.

Time Travel

Here is actually the first full color painting I did totally in Painter. I used strong photo reference and the images color palette to accurately render the depth and atmosphere of a mountain setting.

Romance cover

Here is a piece I did for a client illustrating his relatives in a Romance Novel kind of way. It shows the progression of my thought processes.

Fiend

Just messing around in Painter.

My Illustration and Sketches

This will be an ongoing display of my latest works with commentary and explanations of techniques. Please feel free to comment or to e-mail me for further information.