And two more

Two more portraits. I might keep doing these as a biweekly thing. Or maybe I'll keep doing them nightly, and try to get faster at this whole thing. Maybe even find a style.

 

Do enjoy!

Just another portrait

Edit: I added a 2nd portrait I made the night after. Didn't feel like making a new post just for it.

Let me paint a quick setting for you: It's midnight, and you've done about everything you had planned for the day, and are ready to go to sleep. So naturally, you get ready for bed right? ... Well, that would just make sense, so instead I open Ps and start doodling. Sometime later, this is the result.

 

That's about it for now. Hope you like!

Mass Effect

This started as a concept in the back of my mind that just wouldn't go away until I put it on paper. And once it was on paper, I just had to see it through to completion. Just a fun little piece.

In case you're curious, my friends pictured here are:
Annie Chastain as an infiltator
Me as an adept
Bern O'keeffe as an sentinel
TJ Martin as an vanguard
You should check their websites out!

Thanks for looking!
Mass Effect and its Universe are © Bioware

Rim Lighitng

So after months of radio silence, I've come back with this little... teaser if you will, of a fun painting I've been working on. I was just playing with layers, and turned off everything except rim light and "special effects". There is a bit more to the image, but I don't want to ruin the surprise just yet, in case anyone actually follows this blog.

Thanks for checking it out; more to come soon!

Pearlescence

New doodle, new post. For this one, I used one of my friends as a reference, and you can check out her gallery right here. I had fun playing with colors, and making this feel otherworldly.

Hope you like it!

Speaking of eyes

So I've been working on a character model lately, but I wanted to take some time out and do some 2d again. This quick self portrait was the result.

As usual, I used a photo for reference, and then went crazy with the colors. I am quite content with the end result; I like how it almost feels like an oil painting. Funny how I was talking about focusing on the eyes in my last post. Doesn't get any more obvious than this.

It's all in the eyes

I've been doing a lot of these portraits lately, and I find that what I really strive to copy is the emotion in it. I want to copy the nuances and details that make a photo stand out to me, to the point of wanting to paint it. For me what makes portraits so appealing is the emotion in the eyes, and I find that I have been focusing on them more than any other part of the portrait; trying to capture the soul of the individual.
The reference for this one was taken from google but sadly they didn't link to a photographer or the model.

Hope you like it!