Something a little different for me... I haven't done a pilot and craft shot in about 4 years... I think I did a cut-down millenium falcon awhile back. The patron supplied Macross reference and a bit of modern pilot shots... I combined the two modes of reference into this shot. Hope y'all like.
I also played around with ink line, by inking the pilot, but leaving the ship a bit softer (color right onto the pencils themselves)... letting be a little softer and hopefully, push back into space a bit. As one of the things I liked from the Macross reference was pilot and plane were close in color... and to separate the two, I let the ink line diffrentiate the two similar color schemes.
It is time for another Ten Ton Studios challenge. This week, it is the Phantom, that one-o-the first of masked men in striped underwear. Well. I'm a sucker for pulp imagery. And I strived to bring that pulp excitement and action to my contribution. Let me know if I succeeded or not.
I also have not been painting traditionally in a long time. So, out came the acrylics on this one. Although I screwed up the sky royally, and after getting back from Philly, I quickly slapped down oil paint on the sky. It still ain't where I want it to be, but the stuff had to dry for it to be put down on the scanner in time for the contest.
Come check out the other Phantom entries. Vote for your fav!!!
It is time again for Top Ten Studios weekly challenge. Which is an excuse to work in some paint for me, as the art HAS to be done in some traditional format (ie, not digital!).
This week, I got to choose as I won the Phantom contest last week. I chose Clea: Mistress of the Mystic Arts and invited everyone to re-imagine her outfit.
The entries are a bit low on the numbers side, but the quality is really, really high this week. As I write this, I don't even have one vote yet. I got schooled. Josh really deserves this weeks win... he hit it out the park with his amazing angle on Clea.
Really nice work on Clea, Storn. She was always among my favorites.
__________________ Jack O'Neill: So what's your impression of Alar?
Teal'c: That he is concealing something.
Jack O'Neill: Like what?
Teal'c: I am unsure - he is concealing it.
"...but the Senator, while insisting that he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity."
Wow, what an awesome collection Storn. You are amazing, I'm so glad Ilium pointed me here from the d20 Modern forum. Count me as another admirerer!
Thanks so much for sharing.
__________________ ...the capacity not to think is a very useful thing indeed.
...If thinking leads to pain, and hallucinating leads to fun, I choose hallucinating!
Then a more superhero/villain brick who don't know his own strength.
And a enigmatic wind/ice/cyrokinetic
... and lastly, a bowl with a mango. Just because I felt like showing it. This was an impromptu birthday present for a friend. I had bought the mango just to eat, but once I put in my bowl, I loved the colors. It is hour and 1/2 oil painting, very sketchy. The blue behind the bowl was my wadded up fleece sweatshirt on my drafting table.
Time for some more Death Tribble commissions. First up, Aquatic Evil. Guppy gone bad. Bad Guppy, bad!
Then, in DT's game, Doc Destroyer has a scientist sidekick, who is asian. He said (I'm paraphrasing); "Let's do an asian with no dragons, no martial artsy-ness, none of the usual trappings."
Lastly, the gist was "give me Phantom Lady, but dark costume". I assumed from the Codename, I could work in some energy, light power sorta sfx.
This is for my fellow podcaster, Jeff, and his RPG called Giants. A little giant height hierarchy. The storm giant, the robot, the giant wolf and hill giant are all PCs from various playtests.
If you want to know more about Jeff's upcoming game. Check out his design blog on the subject at:
Oohh, shiny! The colours are more textured than usual, I like that (I also dig your pencil sketches more than your coloured stuff - but then, I also like Jeremy Jarvis' stuff).
I got permission to post these sketches, as they were part of the Houses of the Blooded playtest. The new game from designer John Wick (L5R, 7th Sea among others).
Even though we've been playing for a good 4 or 5 months, I didn't feel free to post artwork of an upcoming game, even though this is not pro- work, this is just scribbles at the table. If you are interested in checking out HotB, there is a free preview PDF here:
My assumptions: The Ven live in a fairly warm climate. Clothes are a bit skimpier than renaissance europe...but I keep slipping into a 3 musketeer mode. Remember: this type of outfits are a bit out of my acumen...I would need reference to pull what I have off in my head... and I'm at the gaming table. No time to look up reference.
Architecture in my mind is like the fantastical arabic musings of Hal Foster. Lots of butresses, scale is big.
Clothing, I go to India crossed with byzantine.
Faces: I range from oriental, to russian to indian again. And my typical white guy face does sneak in there. This is where color can really make a difference. Trying to show my own PC, Kolis, as being swarthy, yet elegant of feature, in JUST pencil, well, its a pain in the ass...
Swords: Elegant, slightly curved, good for the stab or the slash... I did many of them with no hilt. Because they are that DAMN good swordsfolk. Hilt is seen as a crutch, and a true artist with a sword doesn't need one.
First up, our quickie map of Shanri (and yes, I mispelled the damn thing on the map itself).
Next, was the cover if I was to do it. This pose proved to be very difficult and I would need a model to ge ge the weight of the figure and the odd angle to the hand brushing the hair back. But there is stuff in this that I really, really like. The height of the buildings for one.
Jorha here had the aspect: "Perfect Ass" right on his character sheet. And the player MEANT the phsyical attribute, not 'tude. I HAD to draw that!!!
This is my newest PC, Kolis, son of Tyrian. Tyrian died vs. Ork, fighting to save his betrothed. Kolis was well positioned as the young guy, to take over the Count-ship from the evil Count Szas, with backing from all the other barons.
And here is the prelim relationship map with a couple of more NPCs on it.
And a very quick sketch of Meza, once an NPC wife of Sagay, but now the Player of Sagay's PC after Sagay's operatic death. Meza, here, was leading forces against the evil Count Szaz's Ork allies on behalf of the young Count, Kollis.
Very nice artworks (and yes, I still like your pencil work a notch more than your coloured art) - and I like the specific style. For me, it also has some sort of Eberron vibe - vaguely earth-inspired, but not mimicking something specific.
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