Self Porttait Day

Here's my submission for CA.org's Self Portrait Day thread. So much fun and a welcome break from the ridiculous amount of work I've been buried under. Hope you enjoy.

3 1/2 hours painted from life in Photoshop CS4

Face Off!

I don't really know what to call this one so I went with that cheesy title. I just finished this up and am ready to have my peers tear it apart! (hopefully) This was SO much fun, especially suggesting all the buildings in the background and the clouds. I also had a lot of fun with the palette. But I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Mike

Samurai Wolvie

Not much going on lately, just work. But I had a little time the other night after finishing a page and knocked this out. It's definitely a speedpaint. I'd like to finish it but it most likely won't happen so I figured I'd post it as is.

Figure Study MMA

Took some time to do a warm up piece today. I've been wanted to paint something from my MMA Reference folder for ever. Any time I do a study, it's always of a static figure. So I wanted to do something in action. Hope ya dig.

Mike

Clownface

I painted this one during whatever breaks and free time I've had over the last couple days. This was a lot of fun and LONG over due. I've been wanting to paint Clownface for EVER! I'm sure I'll revisit him again in the future. Hope ya dig it.


Photoshop CS4 + Painter 9

Late Night Sketchin!

Here's a super quickie I did last night before going to sleep. I was laying down and this image popped in my head so I had to get it down quick before it was gone. This'll definitely be painted... as soon as I've got the time again.

Infernus!

So I actually painted it! And I'm really glad I did. This one started off very rocky, but eventually I hit a point where everything started falling into place and I was having a blast. "Infernus" came to mind when I was titling this piece, not realizing it's tie to Black Metal Gorgoroth's guitarist Infernus. But now I think the title's even more fitting. Hope ya digs!

Today's Sketch

I took some time to do something for myself today and this is the result. Just a sketch but it will almost definitely be painted.

Sorceress

Hey everybody,
So I had a couple free days over the weekend and decided to finish up a personal piece I started a little while ago. There are still a couple loose ends I wanna tighten up, but I've been lookin at this too long. I'll come back later with a fresh eye. Hope ya dig it.

Mike

Ser Barristan Selmy

Just saw this on Fantasy Flight Games' site yesterday. This card was a LOT of fun to do. Kinda quick and dirty, I had to get it done in a day. Every once in a while it actually works out. Even though there's a lot of really loose elements, I enjoy the image as a whole and I'm glad FFG did as well. Hope ya digs!

Emerging Deep One

I just got my comp copies of this card today and figured I'd post it. I actually did this one almost a year and a half ago. I had to do this one really quickly because I had procrastinated for so long due to some other work I was doing at the time but I'm still happy with the overall image. There are a couple of loose ends I like to clean up, but for a quick turn around I guess it's not too bad.

They actually used it for their packaging. That's always fun :-P
Here's the packaging

Quickie 002

I did a squiggle to test my brush and kinda ran with the squiggle. This was super quick. About 3 minutes (def less than five). I'm happy with the freshness of it as simple as it is.

Quickies

I knocked this quickie out while my daughter was napping this morning. Extremely random, and WAY outside my comfort zone but a lot of fun. Truly a Digi-Doodle. More to come.

In hindsight, this pretty much looks like a robotic Xenomorph. Oh well...

Wolvie Study

Here's a speedpaint/study I did recently. Tryin to keep the blog alive but unfortunately I don't have much new work that I can show.

About 2 hours
photoshop cs3

The Beast

Here's a new personal piece I did. This is kinda a before and after. I started this before going to bed one night and eventually took it to what I considered a finish. But after posting it a couple of other places and talking with some friends (especially Reau) I realized it needed more work. I hope you consider the new one to be an improvement. Either way I hope you enjoy the before and after.

Mike

Before



After