New speedpainting for the unearthly challenge. Took me about 2 hours of pure fun! :)

A quick study of my grand uncle. Playing with new brushes and experimenting.

I would like to join the "Unearthly" contest at gameartisans.org, but so far I have no ideas. So I just painted little thumbnails of different scenarios, to have something to chose from. Still not happy, but at least closer to. All around 20 minutes.

Two new just-for-fun pieces. :)

So here it is - the finished painting! Mostly done yesterday, just added some details this morning. Always good to check again the next day for a fresh view. All done in Painter X, als always. I really enjoyed this piece. It was fast, uncomplicated and turned out the way I intended it to be. I miss some more elements, like flying bones and stuff like that, thought about adding a corpse which is rising in front of him. But I wanted to finish this fast, keeping in mind the deadlines I normally have for trading card illustrations. Even so it took me too long, but it's all about the practice, aye? I think in overall it cost me about 10 hours - not that bad and for now I prefer quality over quantity. I added two detail shots in 100 % zoom, so you can see some of the brushwork.

More hopefully coming soon!

A sketch for a trading card type illustration. Want to build up my illustration portfolio and work on my imaginative painting skills. After years of mostly doing studies and learning I have a big difference in quality compared to my illustrations, so this is something I definitely have to catch up. And I would love to finally stop doing commercial storyboards, so maybe entering the fantasy illustration field is the right thing. Though it doesn't pay the same... ;)

The view from my working place - constantly watching the neighbors. I'm sure they love it! :)
I like the colors, kept staring at them several times, so I decided to paint a little study this morning.

A little gouache study, made from a movie still. "A Fistful of Dollars" !