Space Race: Final

Space Race: Step 3 : Painting

Started in on the guy, and refined some of the lighting more. Just realized that his head position is a bit weird. With that neck brace, his neck and shoulders would never really fit normally.

Space Race: Step 2 - Color Pallete

Just laying down some quick colors. Trying to get the right mood.

Space Race

Doing another CHOW challenge. This week you have to design a jouster, who races in the most famous sporting competition in the year 2703. The jousters ride on hovering steeds and the whole thing is corporate sponsored.

I never do far off sci-fi concepts, so this kind of fun.

So here's my take: I started thinking about the Il Palio horse races in Siena, Italy and how the before-hand there are these elaborate parades showcasing real Renaissance style armor. That got me thinking.

What if in the 2700's they do the same thing with us. They put on these elaborate jousting competitions to mimic the real space race that went on when man first left the confines of Earth. Each side dons, old-tech inspired suits, similar to the genesis NASA suits and Cosmonaut ones.

So I'm going for an illustration that kind of represents that ideal. The suit is kind of generic right now, and isn't going to look exactly like our current day suits...but along those lines. I hope to still make it look very futuristic.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon: Finished

Creature Update

Started painting:

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Started designing the poster. I'll start painting the creature tonight.

Creature

Just sketching for this week's Chow contest. The challenge being to do your own take on one of Universal's Classic Monsters. So I'm resdesigning the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Just Sketchin'

monday night sketchin'.

Gang Territory; Update

Started laying in colors. Far from finished. need to rework the background buildings and fix the perspective of the tracks (it's messing up the size relations of the foreground to the background)

Gang Territory

Started working on the Gang Territory landscape. Wanted to go for an underpass, railway, dark, seedy, kind of area.
Just layed in shapes and values and trying to get the right composition. Once all of that working better, I'll start adding in color (Started adding in some in a few areas just to test it.. The color palette will be muted blues, greys, greens, yellows. )

Gang Leader: Getting Closer

Gang Leader: Progressing

Painted more of the figure (jacket, jeans, etc.). I've got to figure out what I want to do with the helmet and sword...so I think I'm going to move on to the bike next.

Moped Gang Leader

I really like the way this is coming out...so i think I'm going to expand on the original CHOW brief and make a whole series of moped street racers. Maybe painted a couple of locals too. I dunno. Could make some cool portfolio pieces for a imagined videogame. (Bunch of Robin Hood gang members race thru the city, over main streets, highways, and labyrinth back alleys, to steal from the rich and the back to the poor. All the while chased by cops and landlords.)

Started painting and laying down color.

(Oh and Chris: yeah, the bike looks like it's floating, i think once I paint in the shadows it'll fix it.)

I also have to start working on our ArtGasm Logo. Got a couple of ideas mushed around in my noggin.

Black River Crew: Gang Leader

Reworked the design a bit of the character as well as redesigned the bike too. This is just the value study.