Clip Studio

I found another program called Clip Studio Paint Pro (also known as Manga Studio) that's similar to Photoshop for digital art. This is the result of maybe 2 hours worth of drawing and trying out the new program.

Forest Hut

This is a concept for another story idea I had. I could have spent more time and added color, but I think it turned out alright.

Doodle

I discovered a new set of Photoshop brushes that I think will be really useful. This is the result of trying them out. Also, I wouldn't try to make any sense out of this image. It started as a bunch of random strokes that eventually took shape and turned into this weird picture.

Witch King of Angmar

Anyone that calls themselves a nerd probably knows this image. It's not an original, but I used this as practice for metal and fabric.

Self-portrait

This has nothing to do with the game, but I wanted to post this. I actually embellished a pencil and paper drawing I did last night of my silhouette that I saw in my phone's reflection. I wanted to put something cool in the background, so I added something like the cosmos in Photoshop since I've been reading a bit on astronomy and the likes recently. Anyway, it's not a real self-portrait, but it is my face that is silhouetted. Also, I updated the color and made the stars smaller to make this seem a little more like something you might actually see.

Icon

This is both a departure from the game I've been working on with my recent pieces and also from the styles that I've been using. As you can see, this is a cell-shaded piece for an idea I had today. My thought was that this could potentially be an icon for a mobile game if I end up making anything out of it. Although, when compared to most icons on the app store, it's not the best. Anyway, there's some Wind Waker and Calvin & Hobbes influence here if you couldn't tell.

Finally

This one is a very rough drawing that started out as black and white that I tried adding color to. I think I finally figured out how to shade the face so that it looks believable.

3D

I decided to try some 3D modeling with an open-source tool called Blender. After a few hours, I got used to how most of it works. I'm still no expert, but I think I understand the basics. This doesn't look like something Pixar would produce, but I think for one of my first attempts it turned out all right.

I didn't think to take a screenshot till I was pretty far along, but I thought it might be interesting to put the different stages up here. You can see in the second picture that I used 2D pictures as reference to make the 3D model. It helped keep the proportions correct.

Anyway, this is a little different than the usual pieces I work on, but it was kind of cool to do something like this. I think I prefer Photoshop and the Wacom tablet, but this helped me learn a lot about the anatomy of the face. I can even use this as a reference in the future for lighting and general perspective when I work on 2D pictures.

Valley of the Shadow of Death

I'm not sure if I'm completely satisfied with how this turned out, but I thought it was a cool idea.

Original

Here's an original drawing.  This was kind of a step-by-step drawing that I'm showing some people at work.  I experimented a little bit with color, as well.  I tried to come up with a good palette, but it ended up being a little too strong, so I softened it a lot with white.

Jedi

I got carried away with this today, but here's another quick one I did.  This one's not an original, but I thought it was cool, so I drew it anyway.  It comes from here.

A few more

Here's a couple more pictures.  The first was just a quick black and white drawing to help me get accustomed to drawing on the tablet.  The second is much more polished.

Long time no draw

This is one of the first drawings I'd done in awhile.  This is actually just pen and Photoshop--no Wacom tablet.  5 points to anyone who knows what this is from.