Figure Study from 2008 - Luba Shumeyko

I used to do these studies a lot more when I first started drawing and actively attempting to improve as an artist. This drawing was entirely done in Photoshop. The original reference photo was NSFW, recently (2025) retouched to make it more internet and general public friendly. The model is Luba Shumeyko and you can search for her on the interwebs and find lots of cool shots. Besides the fact she is beautiful, there's something charming in the way she poses for a lot of her shoots, and the lighting used often appears to be very friendly for artists like me who are struggling to better understand the shape of the body and the anatomy.

I ended up referencing her figure and posing in other artowrks such as THIS one.

Other Figure Studies:

Hand - Fantasy Illustration

This is a mutated subhuman character from the Eternal Seven story.

Original drawing was made in 2007 and was one of the first illustrations I actually created entirely in Photoshop. It was always something I meant to go back to and to update and it received a new coat of paint in October 2025!

Never give up, skeleton!

Dragoon

This is concept art for a Dragoon warrior.

Final Fantasy 4, released as 2 in the US, is one of my favorite games of all time, and Kain Highwind was my favorite character in the game. His story arc was unexpected, and I loved how powerful he could become by the end of the story.

Oh how simple life was back in those Final Fantasy II days...

While this drawing is not meant to represent Kain, this is a similar type of spear-wielding, high-flying warrior. It may not be obvious but it's actually a woman in the drawing. Maybe a descendant of Kain, or just a fellow Deist Dragoon...

The original ink sketch was made sometime in 2021, and largely remained forgotten. In September 2025 I came back to it and spent quite a bit of time polishing the design and sketch. It was fun putting this together and I do like the end results.

House on the Hill - Painting Demonstration 2020

This is a drawing and digital painting demonstration I did with the kids back in 2020. It started as a very quick and loose pencil sketch which we scanned then painted over. The idea was to show them how to quickly do things digitally and to make images more uniform. This was done in less than 1 hour, not really sure how much we spent actually drawing vs. just talking and showing different blending modes/overlays options.

The year of 2020 was a very strange one, I think I was busy with work and didn't actually draw all that much despite the COVID madness that had engulfed the world. This wasn't really intended to be anything special, just playing around with the kids and showing them how to do stuff.

End of a Journey

This is an illustration I made in 2021 during what I would consider my most massive art dump ever. The colors don't work very well, esp the light and the sky mix, but I was trying new things and learning in the process.

Art Practice - Demons and Dragons - from February 2021

This was done in the height of the COVID pandemic and lockdowns. It was such a good time for me, nothing much changed in my life, but the rest of the world went away. It was nice! If this is what the apocalypse and the end of the human species will look like, I for one welcome it!

This was entirely done in Photoshop, testing a buch of new brushes, then making something out of the patterns. Subseqwuently I ended up making a number of much more detailed paintings from this practice dump.

It makes a buzzing sound!

This fairy was painted as a demo on stream for about an hour in 2021. While not being an actual speed painting, this is about as speedpainty as I go... No refs were used, matter of fact I didn't even know what I was going to paint when we started, but it was February... so it descended into a Faebruary sketch. The entire thing was done in Photoshop.

Sword Hand

This is a drawing from 2009. At the time I made this drawing I was a member of a team on conceptart.org which was called Doomsday Dream Clan, and we were in the midst of trying to participate in a team challenge. One of our team members was a young kid whose online handle was "Sword Hand" and I made this drawing in his honor. A reference of Adriana Lima was used for the face, but outside of that it was made up. Now about 15 years later I stumbled upon the original drawing while browsing my old archive and had to touch it up. If any of my old teammates stumble upon this, hit me up, miss you guys!

The Nightmare Chalice

Don't drink! Just sip...

Vampire

This was a digital painting done in 2008 for a Character of the Week challenge at conceptart.org

The Spear of Destiny

This is a digital artwork from 2016. This was generally a bad year for me in terms of art, but this piece is one of my more complete ones I made at the time. It was originally NSFW but I've cleaned that up a little with the handy use of a boob strap!

Little bit of trivia, this weapon design and drawing was originally posted online in 2016. Dark Souls III expansion called The Ringed City came out in 2017. That game featured a weapon called The Splitleaf, which Miyazaki ripped off from my art and never gave me credit for. Thanks!

Alpha

This is a drawing made in 2006 or 2007 that was painted over digitally, and updated yet again in 2024. It's actually a drawing I had lost over the years, I could not locate the PSD file for this work, but found a low res image online on one of my other sites. The character is from the Eternal Seven story.

Mixed Media Girl Painting

2007 was the year I really started experimenting with digitally painting over my traditional drawings. This is an approach I still use more than a decade later and here is one of my earliest attempts at it. This was a pencil drawing that was painted over in Photoshop.

Figure Study 2 - 2008

This is another figure study drawing done for practice in 2008, used photograph as a reference.

Drake Rider

This is an old pencil drawing from 2009, which was painted over digitally.

I touched up this artwork in 2024, mostly bringing it into focus, making some slight color adjustments. I still love the way this drawing turned out, so many years later.

Dragon Attack

Pencil sketch from 2008 which was painted over in Photoshop. It was one of my first "epic" dragon paintings. Doesn't look so hot now, but I loved it at the time.

Hellguard

This is a pencil sketch that got painted over in Photoshop, made sometime in 2008. At the time I made this it was among my better illustrations and showcased my level as an artist. When I look back at it now there are many things I would change. Maybe this just needs to be redone!

However, this drawing was a huge step up for me in may regards. First off it was inspired by the work of an artist who went on to work for Blizzard. While making this illustration I feel like I actually learned a lot, even though it didn't necessarily translate to a better artwork.

This is also one of my first images I started doing WIPs for.

Forkrul Assail - Sister Calm

This is a digital painting concept art of a member of the Forkrul Assail race of humanoid creatures described in the Malazan Empire series by Steven Erikson.

At the time I made this drawing I would consider it one of my more polished up character designs. Really enjoyed working on her.

Malazan Empire Related Art:

Jamie Eason Figure Study

This was a digital painting made in 2007 for practice, using a photograph as a reference. Jamie Eason is a fitness model who became rather famous in the 2000s for her amazing looks and aesthetics. She's still around and looks great. I've always admired women with muscle, and this woman is aboslute perfection when it comes to appearance. Cheers!

Portrait of Jennifer Lopez

Entirely done in Photoshop in 2007 using a photo as a reference (possibly album cover?)