Thursday, July 3, 2014
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Dungeons and Dragons: Fortune Cards
A set of Dungeons and Dragons: Fortune Cards were just released! Check out 5 of the cards I illustrated for this set! This project was so much fun to work on and the art director was a pleasure to work with. I was also very surprised and honored to find that the top image was featured on the back of the packaging.
I'm very happy that they all reproduced so well.
I'm very happy that they all reproduced so well.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Photoshop Brushes
My Brushes can now be downloaded via my ABOUT page on my website!
Or get 'em here!
Or get 'em here!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Colors! sketching
Found a new program for the Ipod called Colors! A pretty decent drawing program for Ipod and Nintendo DS. Here's a painting of a man on the train.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
New concept Illustrations and Brushes
Here are some concept pieces done for a proposal of a fantasy card game. Also my brushes are now available for download on the about page of my website!
All images © Fourth Story Media
Sketches and Reference
A while back I was asked to do some concept illustrations for a fantasy card game which is always a fun thing to do. One of my favorites was this very dedicated young warrior who wears living vine armor. I immediately began working on sketches. I did a whole bunch of thumbnails and decided to explore these two. One of him taking in the sunrise and the other of him hacking away at some practice dummies at night.
Both sketches were meant to show his determination, how in tune with the earth he is, and show of his fancy armor. The client ended up picking the second, but asked that I get rid of the background and make the armor more orderly and with smaller strands.
Taking reference is key. It's a simple process, and should be done wherever possible. My setup consists of a $4 clamp light and a point and shoot camera with a timer on a tripod. My costume for this piece was made up of a cotton sweater vest, a thermal shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a red flannel shirt tied around my waist. I hung a Jack Daniel's belt buckle from the collar of my shirt and I'm holding an old karate bow from when I was in second grade. As you can see, it's just things I can find round the house. Although not necessary, I try to match the value of the costume to what it needs to be in the piece. I've recently started collecting things that could be used as reference down the road. Halloween is an excellent excuse to do this.
Here's one of the compiled reference shots.
And here is the finished piece.
Both sketches were meant to show his determination, how in tune with the earth he is, and show of his fancy armor. The client ended up picking the second, but asked that I get rid of the background and make the armor more orderly and with smaller strands.
Taking reference is key. It's a simple process, and should be done wherever possible. My setup consists of a $4 clamp light and a point and shoot camera with a timer on a tripod. My costume for this piece was made up of a cotton sweater vest, a thermal shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a red flannel shirt tied around my waist. I hung a Jack Daniel's belt buckle from the collar of my shirt and I'm holding an old karate bow from when I was in second grade. As you can see, it's just things I can find round the house. Although not necessary, I try to match the value of the costume to what it needs to be in the piece. I've recently started collecting things that could be used as reference down the road. Halloween is an excellent excuse to do this.
Here's one of the compiled reference shots.
And here is the finished piece.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
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