ArtOrder Sketch 2:Bromide

My take on this weeks Artorder challenge.

I imagine the Bromide race as humanoid tribes that use Plants and fungus as a primary material. As they began to expand the use of the plants, a symbiotic relationship began to evolve. Now the Bromides ritualistically remove a limb as sacrifice and symbol and regrow a symbiotic replacement.

The breathing "graft" is also Symbiotic as the Bromide exhales the plant instantly converts the Co2 into oxygen, giving the wearer the ability to enter low Oxygen environments.

Construct

When is an image truly finished? I couldn't help myslef. These were done for the Artorder weekly themed sketch session.

Dragon! Run!!!!

Coooobra!

Carlos Villagra finally sent out the call for the newest Sketch-o-rama theme: Redesign Cobra Commander. I opted to go straight away for a more militaristic and severe look. I can invision this version of Cobra Commander just as easily ordering a glass of wine or ordering the deaths of millions.
Clearly his new facial "augmentations" don't prevent him from indulging, like a good villain.

Troll

Getting back into the swing of things after a long vacation, a quick painting done in Photoshop.

Cat Woman, Batman, Hellboy, Oh my....

More Super-Heroic shenanigans to come...

Thor Progress

Some progress on the Thor piece I started a few months ago, i'm having alot of fun working on this piece slowly and building it up over time.



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Alchemy= Awesome

Late last night while taking a break from some freelance I came across this little Application called Alchemy, it's a pared down drawing program designed to keep things spontaneous and loose and I have to say it's pretty sweet. Here are some things I did in the span of a couple of hours.

Flying Contraption

Speed Paintings!

Studies and sketches

Here are a few sketches and studies I've been working on lately:

This was done for the Sketchaday blog. Theme: Underwater creature

Again done for the sketchaday blog. Theme: Isometric environment

This I'm doing for fun mostly, Carlos just posted his prelim over on his blog and I figured I'd follow suit. I'm doing this in Photoshop where I've been painting primarily. I usually start with a dark green layer set to multiply, on top of this I set up an overlay layer to work out my value tones.

More on this piece as i get her done.

POP-MECH / ImagineFX spread

I did this piece for the sketchday blog which you can find here, the theme was symbiotic relationship between a girl and her robot...

...and my ImagineFx spread at last in my grubby hands!!! I have to admit I got a kick out of seeing my stuff alongside so many talented people, a great mag for all you artistic types.

Shanna is a pUnk Rocker

I've been tryin' out some different drawing papers recently and this was one of the things I was playing around with. I recently discovered the work of Michael Shultz so I also had girls and Dinosaurs on the mind.

Let me know what y'all think!

JL

BATS!!! and some figure drawing...

I drew this while waiting for the Dark Knight 12:01am screening (yes I am that much of a geek...)






I've been attending a regular figure drawing class here in Quincy, MA. these are a few studies done in my sketch book, I'll make sure to post some of my larger pieces once I take pictures of em.

HULK!!! and stuff...

Sorry for the lack of postings guys, been a bit busy at work etc. Here are a few pieces done for both Sketch-o-Rama and Sketchday blogs.

Also keep an eye out for the July issue of ImagineFx Magazine, a fantasy and sci-fi digital arts magazine, where some of my artwork will be featured. I'll make sure to post an update as soon as it hits the news stands here in the states.

Steam Punk Alice and Wonderland: Queen of Hearts

Another quickie done for the sketch a day blog, this time I took some drastic liberties with the character of the Queen of Hearts, this was a fun one. Would love to hear any and all feed back!

Hatter

Some drawings for the Mad Hatter for the Sketch a Day blog. More to come.

Pickman's Model

Inspired by the short story "Pickman's Model" by H.P.Lovecraft.

Sketch a Day Theme: FolkTale

La Loba from mexican and Native American folktales.

Just uploaded this over at the group blog SketchaDay, some talented folks are starting to post so be sure to check it out!

Hellboy