IFX, LoC, ASoIaF

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of creating a workshop for ImagineFX magazine. In the article I give some insight into my process and share tips about painting fabric in motion. The issue is on sale right now - this is one here:

... and this is what the my workshop looks like:

You can watch a preview on Youtube and buy the issue here :)


On an unrelated matter, this is my first set of illustrations for Legend of the Cryptids, which recently got released. They were so much fun to work on!

And finally, a one-and-a-half hour warm-up sketch of Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch from A Song of Ice and Fire. I'm a huge fan of the books, so this guy is based on how I imagined him from the descriptions. I love the TV series as well though :)

Quick Sketches & Livestream!

I've been a little busy lately, but there always has to be time for some studies! So here we go, some faces, horses and landscapes from photo reference:

And a couple of quick-ish sketches from imagination! I did these to prepare for my first ever livestream broadcast.

If you're interested in watching me paint live and possibly asking me some (not necessarily) art related questions, please check out my livestream channel. I don't have a fixed streaming schedule at the moment, so the best way to know when exactly I'll be live is to follow me on Twitter. The next time will probably be somewhere around the weekend again - until then you can watch this last weekend's exploits on demand. Looking forward to seeing you around! :)

Studies

After a pretty busy month I had time to do some of studies again these past few days. First off, a skull from life - experimenting with a red lamp, 2 hours each.

These really go to show what a big difference a good lighting setup can make. The first one (besides being quite painful to stare at for such a long time) looks a lot less interesting than the second one, doesn't it?

In these two quicker photo studies I played around with texture brushes and the smudge tool again.