Personal Work: Cabinet Man - Character Design Challenge

This month I decided to enter the Character Design Challenge on Facebook, for the theme "Ghosts & Poltergeists!". The character is based on the song Cabinet Man by Lemon Demon, which tells the story of a man who is "half human and half machine", living inside an arcade machine where he can "[eat] the occasional maintenance man, and [drive] a few kids to madness". It was nice to work on this as a warm-up/break, and has let me practice digital painting (and get used to using reference when I need to). 

Minor/Major Project: Black Shuck - Studies and Development

Irish Wolfhound watercolour studies

Rough Sketches

Personal Work: Lilith, and Photoshop Improvement

I'd been wanting to sit down and do a full digital painting for some time, both to practice and see if there was any noticeable improvement from previous paintings. My friends and I have been planning to play D&D together, so I decided to make my subject for this painting my tiefling druid, Lily. The painting is based off a drawing I scanned from my sketchbook, then drew over in photoshop before painting over the sketch.

Comparisons with old work:

Old work 2014/2015

Most recent work.

By far one of my biggest struggles is to continue with work when I feel it doesn't look how I imagined it would. It's important for me to look back on old pieces to see how my art has changed and improved, as it motivates me to keep going. The pieces from 2014/2015 are two of my first ever attempts at using photoshop. 

I would like to attempt both the old pieces again, drawing and painting the same characters with similar colour schemes. One day I may even return to the Lily piece or "Beyond the Sea" and create more work I'm even more proud of.

Personal Work: Beyond the Sea - Mermay Edit

Personal Work: Skeleton Pin-Up

A piece I did inspired by a skull called Hairy Mary from Curiosities from the 5th Corner on Instagram (link to post).

Personal Work: A Gift for a Friend - The Goddess of Death

My friend has been telling me about a story she's been writing in her spare time, and every now and then I'll sketch the characters she describes to me. For her birthday I wanted to do a finished piece of the first character she ever told me about: Layla, the Goddess of Death. 

Personal Work: The Jester

Original quick sketch.

Coloured design.

I originally sketched this character while on the train to uni a couple of months ago, and wanted to take him into photoshop and colour him as soon as I felt I had some time. I'm not 100% happy with his design yet, but it's something I can go back to in the future.

Personal Work: #MerMay

After seeing so much art on twitter for MerMay (a drawing challenge started by animator Tom Bancroft) I decided I wanted to participate. Though I didn't go all the way and draw a mermaid EVERY DAY, I managed to produce this piece, of a creepy deep sea mermaid.

Adaptation B: Initial Sketches - The Sunflower

Adaptation B: Initial Sketches - The Rose Tree

Adaptation B: Initial Sketches - The Lilly

Character Project: All Characters

Pan

Minerva

Hades

Anubis

Character Project: Hades - Design and Colouring Ideas

Character Project: Anubis - Design and Colouring Ideas

Character Project: Minerva - Design and Colouring Ideas

Character Project: Pan - Design and Colouring Ideas

Narrative Project: Old Seamstress Clothing - Development and Turnaround

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Narrative Project: Seamstress - Young, Old and Hand Details

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Narrative Project: The Old Woman

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Narrative Project: Character Designs - Sketches

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