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Overcoming Art Slump

Posted in Basics, Characters, Concept Art, Drawing, Illustration, Studies, Tutorials

Creature Painting: Seaker – Short w/o narration version

Here is a creature painting. Actual time was about 5 hours. I call it a Seaker. My neighbour called it a Kracker. I’ll make a longer narrated version sometime soon. Voice over editing for long clips takes a fair amount

Posted in Concept Art, Creatures, Illustration, Tutorials

Tribal Hunter – 2 Hour Version Character Design Tutorial, Digital Painting

This is a 2 hour version of the Character Design Tribal Hunter tutorial. It contains no dialogue though. I recorded a full 2 hours of narration but got rid of it because of the poor microphone quality. Will probably reupload

Posted in Characters, Concept Art, Demo, Environment, Illustration, Tutorials

Loomis Study Series – Fun with a Pencil part 1

This is the beginning of a series where I’ll be going through Andrew Loomis’ Fun with a Pencil, and then through the other book such as Successful Drawing. I always find it very helpful to go back to basics and

Posted in Basics, Caricature, ebooks, Illustration, Loomis, Studies, Tutorials

Character Design/Illustration Tutorial – Tribal Hunter (Full Length)

To purchase and download a full 1080p version that includes the PSD and Brushes click here: http://store.payloadz.com/detail_html.asp?Id=981868 (Only $2.99) This tutorial presents the process of creating a Character Design Illustration in Photoshop with a Wacom Tablet. I discuss technique, storytelling

Posted in Characters, Concept Art, Environment, Illustration, Loomis, Tutorials

Character Design/Illustration – Tribal Hunter (Part 1) Tutorial

This tutorial presents the process of creating a Character Design Illustration in Photoshop with a Wacom Tablet. I discuss technique, storytelling and character design. The character is a Female Tribal Hunter and I develop her attributes as the illustration process

Posted in Characters, Concept Art, Digital Painting Series, Illustration, Tutorials

Episode 39: Speedpaint Environment – Termite City

Speedpaint tutorial walkthrough of a piece titled Termite City. Actual Time: ~ 2.5 hours Software: Photoshop CS5 Hardware: Wacom Intuos3 A5

Posted in Concept Art, Demo, Digital Painting Series, Environment, Illustration, Tutorials

Episode 38: Stylised Creature – Platypus

Another stylised creature painting demo for the aussie animals series. This time it’s a platypus.

Posted in Caricature, Creatures, Digital Painting Series, Illustration, Tutorials

Episode 36: Stylised Illustration – Rope Swing!!

here’s a walkthrough tutorial of painting an illustration in a cell-shaded or animation style.

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Episode 35: Stylised Creature Painting (wombat)

In this epidode I demonstrate painting a creature in a more cartoony or comic style. Painted in Photoshop but the process can be applied to other programs or even traditional media. Actual Time is about an hour.

Posted in Caricature, Creatures, Digital Painting Series, Illustration