Current WIPs

I haven't had much time for personal art lately, but I did manage to get a start on a few things last month. I began working on the Cerberus image I posted earlier here, though I'm flopping between styles right now and I'm not sure which direction I want it to go in. I also briefly picked up a sketch of Merlin I did last year, but didn't get very far. And then last week my friend roped me into watching Criminal Minds so I did some doodling and came up with a Mandogisofish, where I was mulling over pill bugs, trilobites, and modern-day isopods (in particular, the ones that eat and replace the tongues of fish).

Battle above the Eye

The images on my website are pretty small, so here's a better view of Battle Above the Eye. The piece was started over half a year ago so there's a lot my old painting style going on here, but I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out (pending screen contrast, I haven't been able to match my cintiq with the PC monitor as of yet).

ShieldWraith

Looks like the Shadow Wraith and the 4rth Shield decided to merge, which ties up a loose end in the world quite nicely.



I'll probably clean this guy up when I get the chance and throw some color on him. A nice multi-tinted brown would look cool, I think.

Relk - General Anatomy

This is somewhat dated, but it gives a decent breakdown of the general Relk anatomies. I will refrain from posting the entirety of the information here, though if you are interested there's a brief rundown over here at my DeviantArt site. If you click the Download button, you'll be able to see it full view.

Creature Sculpt Test1

Just a quick test from last week. I had it in mind to do half skin and half muscle and bone, like one of the prehistoric displays in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, but I think I've gotten enough out of this guy. I've never used Super Sculpy so this was a nice test. The thing baked really well, though, and I was both surprised and delighted.

I did not snap any images of the armature or body base, for this one or the one I'm working on now. The first few images are from figuring out the body, followed by the addition of the face, feet, and details. The last image is of the critter baked.

I ended up straying from the original sketch slightly - moreso at the addition of the skin patterning, which does not match the sketch aesthetic.

As far as learning to use the materials, the test was great! As far as keeping to the original sketch, that part was 50/50 - since it was for fun I didn't feel the need to duplicate it exactly. Accuracy will be a bit more important in the next one.