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52 Adventure House Concepts

Thu, 30 May 2013 08:33:52 PDT

More from my sketchbooks today, folks, here we have 52 ways to draw a home, hovel or abode for an ADVENTURER! Thousands more pics like this in my 600 page monster sketchbook, which you can buy HERE!

The Vegetarian

Thu, 30 May 2013 07:21:00 PDT

This was meant to be a quick entry for last weeks Jungle queen themed Trinquette Challenge, but deadlines and getting a bit carried away meant it was late. Again.
Was fun though... I have to paint more jungle stuff!

Pencil and ink, painted in photoshop. No leaves were harmed in the making of this painting.

CHAINED

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:49:30 PST

Model : Karoline Kate

Spring psycho11

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:49:22 PDT

Spring psycho
Photo by Oberon
[link]
Model(s): me [link]

Train station Witch

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:27:35 PDT

We found this broom in one of the boxcars.
Actually, we were doing this [link]
But I wanted to do that witchy look

Model: me.
Photo by [link]

fRECKLES

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:51:19 PDT

i JUST LOVE THEM.

Took a photo of my dads car he is repairing and use it as texture.

Another mountain

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:59:31 PDT

Another quick one, an hour or two maybe.. nothing exciting

Frozen - Close-up

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:34:41 PDT

... Today you can also find The Art of Raipun on YouTube: [link]

Frozen in Time

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:32:22 PDT

I was so happy with the result that I couldn't wait to submit this picture.
Maybe, in one hundred years, people will still be looking at my daughters portrait, even long after she is gone. A timeless portrait of her beauty, Frozen in Time...
Model; my eldest daughter; [link]
I hope you will enjoy!

I wanted to thank you all for the wonderfull support!!!! Thanks, from the bottem of my heart!!

Oil on canvas. Size; 100 x 160 cm

The Journal

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:54:01 PDT

** UPDATE - I won with this My Gosh, I'm so happy right now **

This was my entry for the Steampunk themed contest that *magikstock was holding.

I knew the moment i saw the steampunk fairy series she had that i wanted to do an open book laying on a desk full of nature objects around it, with a slight vintage feel. The colour scheme of green and pink/red was inspired by a photo of a summer scene in a country house that had those colours.

I'm pretty happy with the outcome, hope you like it too!

Thank you for the stock goes to:

for the fairy
for the feather bunch

All the rest is my own stock!

Twisted monkey

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:17:23 PDT

Young Hanuman
This image create for Devacurse cardgame

Monkey King

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:34:17 PDT

This Painting is about Monkey King,a character of Chinese mythology.
I did it when I was a student.
Hope you like it

star trek

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:02:56 PDT

star trek caricature

Happiness

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:34:25 PDT

I have quit my job, and even though I do not know what life will bring, I am looking forward to it, and I did this "little" sketch to celebrate my newly found freedom

cafe presse

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:29:17 PST

decided to color a small sketch from my sketchbook!

you can check out some step-by-step process shots here - [link]

_{drawn in photoshop cs5 with a cintiq 24HD. time taken - about 12 hrs. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}
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CBLDF Liberty Annual 5 Cover

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:41:24 PDT

Here's one of the two covers to the CBLDF Liberty Annual #5 shipping October 10, 2012 from Image Comics.

Had a lot of fun with this one, basically a blank slate and I really had been wanting to draw a moped!

Drawn in pencil on 11 x 17" bristol board and inked with a brush by Rachel Dodson. Colored in Photoshop CS3.

A Call to Adventure

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:10:09 PST

Drew this one a while back, since the movie is coming out, figured I should finally finish it. Can... not... wait... for that movie.

Hunting With DangleBerries

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:14:55 PDT

....some faeries have shown evidence of quite high intelligence and even primitive tool use.....

My quest to 'loosen up' my painting style continues. Here I was trying to evoke the same mood as Frank Frazetta's beautifully whimsical 'Pillow Book' paintings.

Rima and the Beast

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:22:40 PDT

Commission piece, to be featured as a double page spread in the Beauty and the Beast artbook produced exclusively for the Big Wow comic convention in San Jose. Rima was a South American jungle queen, so clearly this is the little known South American gorilla - technically a giant tail-less monkey...

Guinevere...

Thu, 20 May 2010 09:13:52 PDT

Gwen (Guinevere) et Arthur.

"Merlin" TV show: [link]
Gwen: [link]

Silent music box

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:18:37 PST

+LOCURA+ The Flame

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:17:18 PDT

First personal illustration since... since... OH MY GOD ... Since a loooooong time ! The sketch and the lineart was done 1 year ago... and I decide to finish it yesterday ! è0é//

Here, a pict of my lovely and spicy baroness : Lomah de Fenice ! You can find details and a her character sheet on my tumblr : CLICK PLEASE >>>>>[link]

Fiou... ^3^

Lomah is MY OC from the project LOCURA.
Don't use her !

Characters by LORENZO

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:02:23 PDT

Here we go, just for you Deviant Art guys, lots and lots of character designs in one easy place! Cheers for all the support each week guys!

Lorenzo!

Storm

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:38:49 PDT

Susan Storm here.
Were you expecting someone else?

Twitter: [link]
Webcomic: [link]
Facebook: [link]

The archer

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:48:17 PDT

Finally callibrated my tablet, there are two versions entirely different of this commission, if you want to see my problem and proces go here.

[link]

Commission for , sorry for the delay hope you like her.

2013 01 Water And Woods

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:26:16 PST

Water and woods

small gardener - reader - river

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:28:19 PDT

The colors were so hard to get right in this set! The dark green is really a bit yellower. The rest are pretty accurate. I really do need to study my camera manual.

12" x 10". Lokta, Amate bark, and Stardream metallic.

halo-halo

Tue, 01 May 2007 21:51:17 PDT

Halo-halo (from Tagalog halo, "mix") is a popular Filipino dessert that is a mixture of shaved ice, milk, and sugar, to which is added various sweet beans and fruits, and generally served cold in a tall glass.

There is no specific recipe for this dessert, and a wide variety of ingredients are used. The order in which the ingredients are added varies widely, but generally it is mixed together prior to serving. Primary ingredients include red mungo beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, sugar palm fruit (kaong), coconut sport (macapuno), and plantains. Other components may include jackfruit (langka), star apple, tapioca or sago, nata de coco, purple yam (ube) or sweet potato (kamote), sweetened corn kernels or pounded crushed rice (pinipig), flan or custard, and gelatin. Other fruits, such as papayas, avocados, kiwifruit, or cherries, may also be added. Some preparations also include ice cream on top of the halo-halo.

Generally, condensed milk or evaporated milk is used instead of fresh milk, due to the tropical climate of the Philippines.

--taken from wikipedia.org

dig in!

pscs2 with a wacom intuos 3, 8 hours.

Kwentillion

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:04:58 PDT

Cover illustration for Kwentillion magazine, an anthology released locally (Philippines), in mid-2012. Kwentillion contains comics stories, prose, previews, reviews, interviews, and feature articles.

Hedge Knight

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:23:27 PST

Cover Illustration for Fantasy Artist Magazine Issue No. 37, September 2012.

Originally a two-page spread, this is the alternate version where all the important elements of the image fit inside a single page.

Fairy guarding the edge of the honeysuckle hedgerow, the border that separates the kingdoms of The Vale and The Dew. A high-risk job for a little fairy.

ethnotech

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:44:09 PDT

trying something outside of my usual commercial style...

drew this a few months ago; only got around to uploading it now because i, uh, forgot about it hahahaha

mixture of a little tech stuff and some southern filipino ethnic motifs.

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don't let life get you down. now back to work.

She and the Dragon 6

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:26:07 PDT

Inks and digital colors

Imagine FX 67 How To

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:45:31 PST

Year: 2011
Client: Imagine FX magazine
Media: Media: Pencil, PITT Pen, COPIC marker, Dr. PH Martin's Hi-Carb India Ink, and Winsor-Newton's process white on Strathmore Drawing paper, then colored with Adobe Photoshop CS2.

On sale in the United Kingdom on February 8th! It will be available in North America a few weeks afterwards...

Here's the link for the digital version! [link]

Here's the final art:

[link]

In the issue, I only had about 1100 words to cover how I did the piece. I elected to focus on the digital coloring aspect, since IMAGINEFX is about digital graphic arts.

But! Here you can see what I didn't have room for in the actual issue: the step-by-step of the actual physical art. In case you don't now, I drew this piece with paper and pencil, and then scanned it & colorized it in Photoshop. If you read above, you can see the tools I used.

Let's begin!

1. Hand in a sketch for the editor/art director/head monkey. If you're lucky, you won't have to deal with an editor. The sketch you like the least will invariably get picked, so - have fun! That's life in the Bigs, punk.

I doodled several, and this was what was picked. You won't see the others here. I don't like running unused sketches, because, well, you might get to use them for something different someday. If you run them publicly, some bottom-feeder will steal your ideas.

2. Gather reference! At this stage in my career, I love working from life as much as I can. I'm a big fan of classic American illustration, and if using reference was good enough for Norman Rockwell, J.C. Leyendecker, and Dean Cornwell, it's good enough for the likes of us.

While I've used Audrey Hepburn as inspiration for my Catwoman in the past, it's dangerous to rely only on the reference you can find in books or online. Your resources are limited. Find your own, if can. The lovely lady in this pic is the fabulous Ashley Taffar (you can see her on page 205 of my book COVER RUN). She shares a few facial features with my take on Catwoman, so I like to use her as a face model! While not matching the final drawing exactly, this angle was close enough! I eyeballed the mouth and eyes. If you're inclined to ask "How do you eyeball something, Adam?" the answer is "Learn how to draw!" Reference is an aid, not a substitute.

3. Some nice body reference will help as well. Seen here providing more than just nice body reference is the wonderful Riki LeCotey (she's so pretty, she's on page 204, twice!). I'm not running all the pics I took, because that's too much space-wasting here. Suffice to say, I never use ONE IMAGE as a source for reference. I use an arm here, a leg from another, a face from somewhere else. It's all about the final art! In this shot, I like the basic pose, but ended up using arms from a different shot.

4. This is my tight sketch, made using my reference, and a lot of pencil lead and erasers. You'll notice I didn't show my latex reference. Well, there's a couple reasons. One is space; as I said before, I use bits & pieces and showing all the reference would take up tons of space. Too many to show. The other reason is because I find a lot of reference online. When you use an elbow for reference from a picture you find online, you don't the elbow owner running around going "I posed for ADAM HUGHES!" Trust me - people do this. Can you imagine someone running around boasting "NORMAN ROCKWELL used a tree from my back yard in a Saturday Evening Post cover!!" It's that level of insanity. That being said - thank you, Bianca Beauchamp, for not modeling parkas.

In my sketch, I try to work out proportions, expressions, anatomy, and all the crap that you'll end up drawing and erasing 20 times. In this version, you'll see I contemplated giving Selina high-heels, even though she doesn't wear them in this current era.

5. Once I'm happy (enough), I transfer the art to a fresh, virgin piece of Strathmore Drawing paper, using a light-box. That's not how I do EVERY piece, but it IS how I work much of the time. By transferring it, I now have the pencils on a fresh piece of paper with no canal-lines gouged in with my pencil & then erased. I decide it's best to go with Selina's regular shoes, even though the high-heels provide a sexier silhouette. Continuity is best.

6. I start by lightly inking the piece with a Faber-Castell PITT pen, size XS. I do this so that I can erase the pencils, yet I still have some guide to where the shapes and forms are, when I head in with the COPIC markers.

I do the face first. Why? Because every piece is a roll of the dice. The face could end up not sexy AT ALL. I hate finishing a piece and realizing the face is ugly, so.... I do the face first. If it sucks, you can just transfer your sketch to a new piece of paper and start over with a minimum of lost work.

7. I work light-to-dark with the COPICs, and usually water-color style (wet-on-wet). That helps with the blending. Sometimes you can get some nice effects if you allow the area to dry and then go back with the same value. Play around & experiment!

8. Once the face is done and doesn't suck, I feel confident in attacking the rest of the piece. The latex is fun to do because you can really sell shiny latex with a minimum of values. It's all about where you put the highlights and reflections. On this piece, I learned at this stage that the client wanted a red background, like the cover to CATWOMAN 70 [link] so I drew in the reflection of a lighter background behind Selina, all around the edges of her body.

9. Once finished, I beefed up the shadows and highlights. Why? Because the contrast wasn't strong enough for me, and I didn't want to do it in Photoshop. I added India ink to the blackest blacks, and white ink to the highlights. At this stage, I go over the piece with bold ink lines, beefing up the thin XS ink lines I did earlier. I do it this way to minimalize smudging. Basically, I'm inking it AFTER the markers are all done.

That's pretty much it! I then scan it into Photoshop, and.... of you want to know the rest, please pick up IMAGINEFX #67, available on UK newsstands February 8th, and in North America a few weeks later! It's also available as a digital download (you'll have to Google it; I don't have the link handy).

~AH!~

youbaba

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:44:09 PST

a portrait/drawing inspired by youbaba creation (check out the facebook page and website). i really liked the things she made so we decided to make a trade, she got this and i got an awesome looking bag.

skirt, bag and legwarmers reffed from the youbaba clothing line, character directly inspired by their maker, marion!

_{drawn in photoshop cs3 with a wacom tablet, in about 12 hours. for more info on my artwork please visit [link]}

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Not a Clown

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:18:45 PDT

*thiswenthorriblywrongbuutt*

No, Corbin is not a clown; he is in fact the engineer who works for Franklin at his night club for demons.

He's a grumpy fool who often locks himself up - mostly to avoid being dressed up and forced to perform; again.

Art, character

wonder woman

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:28:14 PDT

wonder woman ^^

tentacle-girls

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:44:13 PST

je met a disposition un line pour ceux qui seraient tenté par une mise en couleur, n'hésite pas c'est cadeaux^^

I provides a line for those who are tempted by a color scheme, it does not hesitate gifts ^ ^

Sketch 0005

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:24:39 PST

sketch

Abrahel's helluva ride - teaser

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:30:52 PDT

Commish for a buddy.
I decide to call that cute slut Abrahel. You can call her Abrie or *f-ck hell yeah,babe,yes!* if you become one of her closest friends maybe.
yes, she's this succubus [link]

Abrie (c)

Hellaine - 1,2

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:07:09 PDT

Salve gente, non è che questa sera sia stata drogata da qualcuno...posto parecchio soltanto perchè era da tanto che non riuscivo a biazzicare su DA (casini, lavoro, lavoro, e poi lavoro e un trasferimento aa breve), quindi recupero il tempo perduto !!!!!!

Vi presento un mio progetto cretinoide (con dialoghi cretinoidi, che solitamente toglierei, ma non sarebbe stata la stessa cosa...anche se rileggerli ha un non so che di imbarazzante) di qualche tempo fa che, tanto per cambiare (sono ironica, ovviamente) non ho portato avanti...buh!

Per la cronaca, io adoro i manga e se potessi rinascere in Giappone sarei eternamente felice. Comunque...la tizia che vedete dovrebbe essere la classica cattivona (stile Malefica, insomma), che è un tipo di figura che mi ha sempre affascinato molto (credo di essere stata una delle poche bambine che spesso e volentieri tifava per i cattivi, nei cartoni animati, o nei tamarroni stile Biker Mice, in particolare il personaggio di Pistone. Ma questa è un'altra storia...)

Chi è Hellaine? E' una strega? E' una vampira? Una semplice follettina tettona? E cos'è quella specie di serpente, e cosa va storto alla fine? Probabilmente, non lo saprete mai.

Little red - mistress

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:44:07 PDT

Sketch di qualche mese fa, saltato fuori dai meandri del mio pc...
:thumb131945552:

Sweetheart

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:36:57 PST

Heyhey, it's good for Valentine's Day! YAY!

Cemetery

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:31:54 PDT

Playing with character

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:26:20 PST

When working w/a new character or idea I always like to explore a little before locking down a specific design....I play w/poses and @ a very tiny ratio...these individual sketches are only a few inches big... It all helps in my discovery of the character...something is always learned and gained and I always find things I dont want.
This is a demo I did for the character design class I taught @Cartoon Network last spring. Will probably be in my new sketchbook

first ever desktop

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:26:24 PDT

the top of my desk.

HA.

Oriental enchantment

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:52:05 PST

More Oriental sketches

sister

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:20:24 PST

This picture was published at the magazine"touch vol.6" [link]

Sailor Avengers Wallpaper Pack

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:38:42 PDT

Wallpapers of my Sailor Avengers. [link]

More wallpaper requests so I made a HUGE pack. The pack contains wallpapers of each individual character (including the shield lights from my tumblr [link] ), plus the traditional assemble piece and one of all them boxed together.

Each wallpaper (except one) comes in three sizes, 1366X768, 1600X1200 and 1920X1200.

Sorry to say but after this I won't be taking any more wallpaper requests, if there is a specific size you need or I didn't cover something you want, please use your own awesome photoshop skills (or ask a friend) to make the wallpaper. Sorry guys, I love you and all but I am tired and sick today and there are 34 total images in that zip pack, so hopefully something in there will be right for you <3

Remember merchandise of my Sailor Avengers can be bought at my Society 6 shop! [link]

Scooter

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:36:37 PDT

New drawing. Not finished with it yet - still need to add the ground plane, but this is as far as I get this morning.

Fire Tiger Acid Panther Background

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:10:26 PDT

Background is one I will use in the actual production.

Character is just hastily painted over the top to get the final colours right.

Oh god I think I broke my motor skills doing this.

Now onto the other 49 backgrounds... No sleep this week.

BG without the character can be found int he production blog:

[link]

Edit: Edit'd!

Edit again: This picture now makes me sad, as the final animation has a much nicer character painted over the top: [link]

Edit again again: I couldn't take it. I changed it to the better one. I hope no one liked the old version better. XD

Animated scene: [link]

Purple

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 06:57:25 PST

Grayscaled PURPLE.

Purple is a very inspirational color, containing both
the raging, passionate red and the serene blue.

Like my FB page if you like.

[link]

Comment please, comments are my fuel.

~ Grayscaled out.

Batman Beyond cover

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:32:24 PDT

This cover is obviously a nod to the original animated series in the 90s. I tried to mix my style with Bruce Timm's a bit. Colors by Jordie Bellaire--these are only quick flats and she wants me to be clear that she's not finished yet!

Big Baby Ear

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:18:45 PST

For my friends over at the "The Character Shop" I sculpted this oversized baby ear...The cool thing was seeing rick and his team do such a great job on the paint and hair work.

Look close and you can see fine hairs punched on the outside edge of the ear.....Great!!

Hera

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:09:03 PDT

This is one of the cards for Jak and Poi.
Theme is about Greek Gods.

Cheers.

Cleopatra

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:52:28 PDT

Inspiration of The Week

Let us know what you think.

Inspiration of the week - PROSTITUTES

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:21:01 PDT

Inspiration of the week: PROSTITUTES
We will be having different themes each week.

Monday

one day

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:19:06 PDT

i made this poster for a local initiative called "Poster Punch" my friend Rene create this to offer a high quality prints from excellent artists and their amazing art.
in this poster i tried to share one idea:

"we live in a very complex world, and we get lost in it, sometimes we just have to open our eyes to realize every day is a gift"

this is a 20"x30" print, framed and print in high quality materials, you can see all little details in the actual print, and peoplecan spent some time finding thing and finding hidden messages on it.
looks awesome as wallpaper in the iphone! you can find more details about the process (in spanish) in my blog. [link]

X Men 188 pg 15 and 16

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:30:34 PDT

Another random X-Men interior by Chris Bachalo and myself.

New Avengers 52 cover

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:01:31 PST

The cover to New Avengers #52 by Chris Bachalo and myself.

Brush Off

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:13:57 PDT

These are my inks over Greg Capullo. It was published in Wizard Magazine #48 (1995) and was done for an article entitled "Brush Off". This terrible reproduction of Greg's pencils was given to me and a few other inkers in order to compare our various interpretations.
Hmm... I wonder where they got that idea?