The Traveler

Distant cities are intriguing. You never know what you'll find there.

Rolly Polly Fish Heads

Watching some Anthony Jones videos and painting, inspired.

Landscape

This was created for David Luong's Matte Painting workshop over on CGSociety.

Original Image

Night for Day

Also created for David Luong's Matte Painting workshop on CGSociety.

Original

Day at the Beach

Photoshop

Hearthstone Card

Hearthstone card. Not my design, but wanted to see if I could replicate the Blizzard style of painting. I think I did a pretty good job, no? Gonna do some original designs for these. Stay tuned! :)

Here's a breakdown of the steps I took to get this result.

Groot - 20 minute speedpaint

Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy.

Nice Sprite

Did this little guy after seeing him in a music video by Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma. (Original character design credit goes to Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma)

I really liked the subsurface scattering in him and wanted to try my hand at recreating it as it is something I've not done before. That, plus it's adorable! :)

Here's a breakdown:

And finally, here's a link to the Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites music video by Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma.

Enjoy!

Design Challenge 1

Did this for the Design Challenge over on Brainstorm on facebook.

Alchemy Silhouettes

Downloaded Alchemy and tried it out on a few silhouettes. Why doesn't Photoshop have a mirror function? Hello? Adobe? We need to talk.

Quick environment sketch. 30 minute speedpaint.

Mountain Lake

2 Hours in Photoshop.

Here's a breakdown of this image.

http://youtu.be/Ouo9Ep0RgiM

Departure of the Odyssey

Completed in 4 hours using Photoshop.

Original photo credit goes to Noah Bradley.