Lace, Leather, Feathers Fur character concept
So I had so much fun on Purple, I decided to use the same technique again, this time for the topic “Lace, feathers, leather and fur”. Again, 1 hour in Photoshop. This piece was all about the costume. I was influenced by some of the great Asian game art, and I love having the chance to explore outside standard medieval costumes.
Purple character concept
A sketch done for sketchfest (which means the topic is generally a fairly random concept, in this case ‘Purple’, and is painted in under an hour). Because this was a fairly structured way of painting, I was able to capture a few of the steps. Enjoy!
Russian fantasy peasant girl – Lada
A watercolour ACEO commission. Client: S.Wright
Lada is a blonde peasant girl who lives with her widowed grandmother. A bit of a dreamer, she’s courteous and helpful and believes the best in people.
And some sketches from the process
The inner workings of a commission
I really liked some of the sketches and ‘milestone’ phases for my recent commissions so I thought I’d share them. As you can see, sometimes the sketch can be loose, sometimes it’s really detailed. Click on the image to see a larger view
Urban Angel … a little bit further
Believe it or not, I got stuck painting jeans and building for about 3 hours Yeah, kind of crazy since mostly no one will care about those things. I haven’t quite figured the balcony. I was going to have it with pretty curly wrought iron details … but the lazy artist is coming out! I’ll ...
Work in Progress – Urban Angel
Well this was a different angel to the small ACEO I drew and had planed to paint, but I’ve been obsessing over feathers and city buildings for the past two days and I need a break. Still got a bit of work to do as I’ve only blocked in the buildings and clouds, and oh ...
Ruchira & Ipsita commission process
I recently published a commission piece to my galleries called Ipsita & Ruchira. I thought I’d share a little bit of the behind the scenes that goes into a commission. The client contacted me and gave me a very detailed description of her characters, how they looked, thoughts on the background, and then let me ...
