The Rise

My latest piece was really a challenge. It all started with a simple sketch for a project. They ended up wanting me to execute another idea (the result you can see a few posts earlier), but I somehow kept looking back to that original idea. My good friend Tyler told me to just paint that one for myself and I decided to dive into it. Feeling the need to challenge myself I expanded the original sketch and really tried to push my own abilities.

The mood was key for me and really a journey to complete. Along the way I feel I learned a lot and won some battles while losing others.

As for the theme. Perhaps I have already exclaimed my love for H.P. Lovecraft yet I always felt so strange that there was so little really good artwork depicting his chilling tales or ancient gods. Thus, I named this piece the Rise - as in the rise of the old, resurfacing of the unknown, an ancient cult bringing forth Cthulhu from his long sleep in the depth of the ocean.

Mutant Beast

I have a strange fascination with these kind of things. Ever since seeing the movie the THING I have seen visions of twisted human shapes. Enjoy the nightmare.

Desert City

A traveler finally reaches the hidden city.

Lion-O redesign

Yep, a popular thing to do, but fun non-the less. Decided to radically change the character while making him as much a bad-ass as possible.

Robot

Having fun with some robot design.

Cthulhu

This was a freelance project I completed months back but can finally show now as it's been released as a card game illustration. It was so much fun to do as I adore H.P. Lovecraft.
The image is actually not of Cthulhu himself but a bloodthirsty Starspawn, as he is described.
That is basically a little bit smaller version of Cthulhu.

Hawx 2 - Artwork

Happy 2011 to those I haven't met in the new year.
Finally I can show something from Ubisoft that I've worked on. Creating the cover for Hawx 2 was a long process but what you see here is only a fraction of all the sketches I did for it. The way we worked (Art director and me) was collecting as many ideas for compositions and then using any means to make it look top notch even though they were only sketches. I began doing black/white sketches but later moved on to using 3d renders of the pilot and and photos for backgrounds with lots of Photoshop painting.

At the very bottom you can see the landscape version and then the final pack version that we ended up using.

As these would otherwise never see the light of day I thought I should share them with you.

Alien Planet

Predator

After the Recent movie Predators my childhood enthusiasm for the hunter from outer space was rekindled. This one is dedicated to my friend Tyler who recently got married and who I know shares my fascination with the original movie.

Knight

Decided to post this one even though I never got around to finishing it. Don't get much more than sketches done these days but oh well.

The Landing

Quick sketches trying to capture mood and setting.

Alien

A quick sketch done in one session (2h). Why he has an iPad I don't know...

The Arrival

Yet another giant space ship.

Crushed

Here something I did for fun.

Bio-Hazard

Here a piece I have been working on and off on in my spare time.

3d Sculpture

My first attempt with ZBrush, a 3d sculpting program. Did it without reference so forgive the anatomical missteps. Hopefully after a little more practice I will have something more decent to show.

Galaxy Sailors

Here are two space-ships that I had done along with the others but never got around posting. On the second one I wanted to do a ship with some sort of sails that could be opened and closed depending on the solar winds.

Dragon Rider

Yes, it's been a while. I am working on a few sketches but this is the first I was able to finish to some degree. This was fun to work on. Thought it would make a nice little twist to have the horizon turned upside down. It is also brighter and a little more saturated than my usual work so it's an attempt to explore a new direction.

Rider

This started as a simple pencil scratch on paper. Now when I look at it I feel the Frazetta influence that must have come over me after reading about his passing away. Anyways, I see her as a hunter that has learned to control this big but simple minded creature.

quick sketch

Work has kept me from posting more, so here a quick study. Never been good at painting people so I'm working on improving myself.
Have several painting in the works that I hope to be able to finish of soon and share.

- stay tuned