I keep forgetting this is meant to be my online sketchbook and not the concept art portfolio. Went into this mad loop of shying away from showing my sketches and ideas and allowed the adobemagic to hang to dry again… Over now. I’ve spent last evening working on this and feel like it’s now getting somewhere I like again.
Back from trip to Asia and back to Photoshop. It was great to get away from digital and stick to pencil and occasional watercolours all this time (boy, I need practice there…) My sketchbook is full of really interesting, asian art influenced sketches and patterns I am not sure what to do with, so before I get to that I thought I get into groove with my rusty and trusty wacom. Started from a sketch of a beastly looking fella barging into a house but then thought: outdoors is better… TBC.
I made some changes, utilizing the liquify function to get the face angrier and creating a custom bat brush. My wife is not sure about this one, (to put it lightly) and asked “what is that?” referring to the bats (doh). My heart kinda sank…
I did not have anything Valentine-y to update the blog with for today’s highly commercialized lover’s feast. What I did have was hangover from Saturday’s pub crawl with my lovely wife as well as this werewolf sketch I am still finishing (oh no, not another unfinished piece again)…
Since a lot today deals with passion I think putting up a werewolf is at least half-justified…
Seemingly nothing changed but lookie-lookie – added nice signature at the bottom. Decided not to overwork it, so just made small touches and off it goes. I am 70% happy with it, maybe I’ll like it more when I take a break from it. Anyhow, here it is. Cheers.
Mutation Nation – the afterthought sketch.
I did not go to Southwark’s Nando’s last night to attend the Sketch Jam gig. Had to go and see the flat in the evening. As I had a moment before the viewing I went to Jumbucks, the Aussie Pie place and had a sketch-jam on my own. A sketch-gravy, more like… And this fat pie eating beast is the result.
Since I have become infected with the idea of the mutation nation (don’t care if it’s over or not) my mind is now subconsciously producing mutant concepts. This is Rheetle (rhino and beetle combination) with certain amount of bipedal in the mix.
I now think the “horns” on its arms should point in the different direction but the familiarity with the rhino came to me afterward. Anyway, an interesting concept to build upon.
In the meantime – it looks like the mutation-nation challenge took an entry-overload and the images are still not there to show. I have been following the progress on the ArtOrder network while on my holiday and trust me – it will be worth the wait. Loads of fine artists took part.
P.S. The flat was taken before I managed to see it…
