viking roids

had this little guy sitting in my analog SB and thought Id breath some digital life into him. Sometimes Its just burlier to go sans armor. :P

working on a full bodied old Mcgruff warrior.... never underestimate the power of the mustached axeman.... :P

sketch

i had this weird dreaded warrior portrait in my head the other night... so i got busy. I think its nice and creepy. :P

Centaur all up in my yin yang

This centaur keeps coming back... I had the first version... which although I enjoy parts of it, looking back on it i was too fixated on the ZOOM aspect of photoshop and lost site of the illustrated whole. Maybe Ill try to go back into it to unify the piece/character more... hmmm...

THEN i began reworking him... changed the pose a bit then just changed him completely w/ a completely new comp. I still like the rough sketch... but then again i got all muddled up with wanting to do a massive (600 dpi) piece and put my computer system through that pixel crunching test... annnnnd i struggled with that piece... from trying to fish out the details to just maintaining an excitement with it... Ultimately it puttered stalled and died. :(

THEN i just said the HELL with it and flashed through a completely new variant (well 90% new >:P) and Im digging it again. Also to avoid the pitfalls/curse of this Centaur im working zoomed out the majority of the time, only zooming in when some details need fleshing out more...

Heres to the creative process. :P

finally

Ive been procrastinating and doing the "its not good enough yet," to "just a little longer" and every shade of gray inbetween... But i realized that such a state of limbo leads to no where and I simply cant abide by that any longer. SO, here be some drawings to coincide with my website and perhaps some random musings to go along with the visuals. :) i hope my fellow artists and art admirers alike enjoy.

this is a piece i shall finish soon... debating on the style of rendering... hmm.....