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. It's my take on it at least. Originally this image was NSFW but it has been "cleaned up."

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

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?)

Dryad Queen

This was a digital painting done for one of my favorite art streamers Stumpyfongo. He used to stream a lot in the midst of COVID, and I hung out there quite a bit while trying to do other stuff in the background. This specific drawing was done as part of a Lost Woods challenge, where participants had to draw characters they would find in a deep fantasy forest. I loved it!

The original concept sketch, I settled on the left one.

And here's the WIP GIF.

Terra Branford and Magitek Armored Vehicle - Final Fantasy 6 Fanart

The design of this character, the art, and the story, is simply incredible and one of the most iconic video games ever. Simple perfection! It seems so crazy to me that years later nobody has really reproduced something similar in the video game world.

I made this drawing in 2021 entirely in Clip Studio Paint. Final Fantasy 6 is one of my favorite games of all time. Such a classic...

Friends

This is a digital painitng done entirely in Photoshop sometime in 2021 as part of a Mermay challenge.

The actual drawing was done in black and white only, the colors were strictly done in overlays. This was an entirely new approach for me and the result worked very well. I actually didn't spend very long on this painting considering the level of detail that got painted in.