Castle

Sargent Study

I forgot to post this Sargent study I did a few months ago. Was focusing on his usage of color on the face.

Digital Plen Air

Some super quick paintings.

Random Stuff I Did During Break

Brush Economy

Trying to unveil the secrets of a more painterly approach to digital painting... Failed miserably. I need to learn more from the old masters and be more reserved with my brush strokes. Make sure every stroke counts. Brush economy, it's hard.

And something quick for Puck I did with a mouse because I was too lazy to take my tablet out.

Study

This is a study from a photo:

And here I was trying to apply the colors that I learned from the study.

The Dotes

I'm sure you have seen these two in my blog a couple of weeks ago, but here it is again!

Now, this was the first item set that I have published in the Dota 2 workshop. I collaborated with Alexander Frey (aka Spudnik). Although the end result is not exactly like the original concept, I am very very happy with how it turned out. He worked on modeling, bakes, and mask textures. I worked on the concept, diffuse texture, and promo art.

The promo art I painted over the textured base model.

This is the final in-game model.

Golem for Warlock. 

A mount for Abaddon. This concept was requested by Manuel Virks.

A Chinese soldier set for Juggernaut. This was for Steffen Unger.

A Bali inspired concept for Juggernaut. It was very hard to balance the intricate details of Balinese accessories with broad details and distinct silhouettes Dota 2 really emphasizes.

 

Concepts for the upcoming Spring 2014 event!

Bruno Monti (aka Belkun) did all the modeling and bakes. I did the textures and promo image for the first Enchantress spear. You can vote for it here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=215657752

This is the latest concept that I did. I will be collaborating with Andrea Orioli (aka motenai) for this set. Hopefully I get a chance to do the promo art as well.

Some paintings before the new year

Trying to be more painterly:

Female portrait from imagination:

Photo study

Left is the original. Right is my study.

Tried Tom Scholes' technique I learned from the MB workshop. Very interesting workflow.

Gluttony

Practice

Quickie.

Trying to paint slow and steady.

Abaddon Mount

This MIGHT be the latest version before we start modeling. Still waiting for feedback.