Bizzaro revisited

It's been a while but I'm still here trying. I posted a painting of Bizzaro Superman some time back but felt my skillset wasn't sufficient for the image I had in mind. So it just sat there on my Lacie for like 2 years. Well 2 years of practice made the difference between hating it and like it a little bit. I just may finish this one yet.

The Hulkster!

Detail work...
Here's a caricature I did for a facebook caricature challenge page. Very talented artists there and it's fun to see artists from all over the world contribute. This was done all in Photoshop.

International Self Portrait Day

Caricatured Self Portrait along with my process. I lost 2 steps tho...I'll do better next time with saving my steps.

Dwarf sketch Painting

Sketch of a dwarf in my sketchbook that I added some color to in Photoshop.

I'll go on 3

I realized that I don't have a good set of brushes for environments and that I kinda suck at backgrounds. Work on weaknesses is key to improving. So here's a sketch painting that started out as just an environment from my imagination.

Ratzinger

Caricature of Ratzinger. His days post Hitler youth have been kind to him.

Grand Moff Tarkin

Caricature of Grand Moff Tarkin from Star Wars. Fun painting and 100% photoshop. Once I really got to understanding faking oils in photoshop...well faking the artist oils brushes in Painter with Photoshop I didn't find that much use for Painter except for special effects that are uniquely Painter. Painter is still my program of choice for inking comic pages though.

Dwarf Madness!

Here's some Photoshop/Painter work. Photoshop is really becoming my main program more than ever. The very opaque hard brushes in Photoshop are really working out for me. This was a pencil drawing that I scanned from my sketchbook. I lost some of the emotion in the painting though. No refs were used this time around except for looking in a small mirror to see the forms around my snarled nose.

Zombie Vampie

Getting close to Halloween...drawing bad guys can be very fun. Mostly photoshop with a dash of Painter.

Bizzaro WIP

Here's a work in progress (WIP) of Bizzaro Superman. No idea why I wanted to paint him. I received some critiques and made some changes. I've added some low chroma color and a background. I will now always start with the background before going into the characters. Corel Painter X and Photochop CS3.

Alien revisited

Here's a revisit of an alien that I sketched some time ago. Still trying to work only in photoshop...I still love painter but I'm drawn to the stability of Photoshop. I'm never afraid to have10+ layers if I choose to...tho I rarely have more than 3.

Warrior

This is a painting I did in about 3 hours or so. Some experimentation especially on the palette. Started out multiplying a redish brown color over some quick values then I went down to "difference" and got that hot red under glow...so I kept it. I like how this sketch to painting came out. Started out in Photoshop but I did most of the work in Painter.

Brad Pitt study.

I found this photo shoot of Brad Pitt in high res with some nice shadows, wrinkles, and poses. In my continuing fight to become more adept with Photoshop here is a value study...there's a tad of Painter in here too. A few new brushes came out of it including a stubble hair brush, and a couple of "Dual Brushes" which I never even bothered with before.

Using Photoshop more than Painter...

Here's a dump of a few images that I painted with Photoshop. I am still working on the ins and outs of the program in order to render well with it. These are a few attempts. I am not saying that Painter is not as good as Photoshop, but I will say that there are things that I like to use in each program.

Lancelot

This is currently unfinished but close enough to post. No real references were used so I struggled a good bit on making the armor believable. Corel PainterX.

Armor study

Armor study from a photograph. Corel PainterX with a little bit of Photoshop.

Warcraft Logo

Another World of Warcraft logo for a friend's video. PainterX and Photoshop for the figure and Photoshop and Illustrator for the text.

Another Self Caricature

These are always fun. Corel PainterX and Photoshop CS2. My wife was freaked out a little when she saw me like this..."scary" was all she said before telling me to take out the garbage.

Environment study

Painting what I have trouble with...Environments! Though I should use reference I decided to struggle through this speed painting. I worked on this for about 20-30 minutes.

Elfien...

Sketch of an Elf turned into an alien along the way. Grayscale study in Corel Painter X.