further development...not going anywhere fast!

worked on this pic for another hour or 2... im still bloody slow... need to keep practicing this stuff.. but like I said before, this is a way in which I am practicing several techniques that I have taken the time to learn recently.

Trying to paint people :S

I have no idea why.. but it seems I have completely forgotten how to draw people from life. To improve this situation (considering it's late at night, therefore no model) I have tried to draw some poses from my anatomy book on photoshop. I've done each in about 20 minutes. The male being the first I painted. I decided to use this style after watching a speed paint that an artist did for the new prince of persia: I felt quite inspired that somebody could do such a high quality picture in such a short time. I will also need to try and learn how to draw some of these pictures in traditional materials aswell. Most importantly, I want to be able to draw from life realistically. I see these paintings as a starting point, a way to start my hand working alongside my brain like it should do!

Desert Market

Working on a painting of a desert market as a way of testing the skills that I have learnt within the last month to do with environments. This is an unfinished version, I've worked on it for about 2 and a half hours so far but I expect that I will get quicker the more I do things like this.

Fusion Man

Just read an article on msn and watched a movie of a guy who likes to call himself "fusion man". Yves Rossy has developed a jet powered set of wings that allow him to fly! Not far off Iron Man I'd say! Im genuinely excited about this, it's like the dream of man since.... the dawn of time and it pops up as a little news story on the internet!



If looking at that jet powered set of wings doesn't inspire you to design new concepts, then you clearly don't have eyes!!!!! Amazing!

After a short absence!...

Thought I'd post up a painting I did over the course of about 2 hours, didn't want to get rusty as I have been trying to learn alot of other things recently which I will post up if I get the chance to scan them in. Really wanted to convey depth in this one, so I hope I've acheived that.