some paintings and flashiness

I've been inspired these last couple days to get some characters up on mojizu.com so here are a couple I've worked on last night and today...I worked through both of them in painter first then took them into flash. I found this helped heaps cause in painter I take a lot longer and need to learn a lot more about the character so when I get into flash I'm more patient and know the character quite well, so I get something that isn't rushed and sub-standard.

Pastel painting

I'm trying to post something everyday i have away from work...so here's a portrait of a character i created ages ago. I wanted to try the pastel brush this time...it's was a lot more time consuming than I first thought...

i didn't get chilli, i did this

here's something completely different...a dog in flash. now i'm really hungry...i should eat

Pierre the pirate/dressmaker

Just been playing around with painter some more...this turned out to be more concept art than anything finished for the moment as I'm still grappling with this new style of working. This is Pierre, he's a character from a film I've written and will hopefully make it to the silver screen at some stage. For the moment, he's just an idea in my head. I want to turn this into one of those typical portraits you see people have had commissioned to make them look royal. Pierre is all about looks. He's the only character in the film I've realy settled on in terms of design...still getting the others worked out. Might try and get some more concepts like this one done, get my mind thinking about it. But right now I'm too hungry to work, so I'm off to get some chilli...mmmmmm

This Devils Workday: Illo Friday 2

Do you remember bullies? I do...and I went to an all-girls school, they were nasty! He's probably just jealous the snail carries his home on his back. Well thats the excuse my mum would have given me if I were that snail and just got home after this happened.

Yes, it's another monster. I was listening to Modest Mouse whilst trying to get a different illo started and "This Devil's Workday" came on. The bit where the guy laughs made me think of an image similar to this one...I wanted to get a feel for painter with my own sketches, rather than using a photo as a reference. It was a lot harder than I imagined, which is why I think my other illo isn't pleasing me. But I kept at it and I quite like this one...Definately one of my better drawings of late, the pose and character design fit a certain style which I've been trying to emulate...isn't it just grand when things work out!

Another acting portrait

Well this time I tried to make it a little more difficult for myself and do a painting with a bit more expression. It was taken from a photo of Kevin Spacey (love his work, seen a lot of it lately for some reason) however I didn't really manage to get the likeness...but I am happy with the way it turned out as a separate piece. I still need to work on my proportions when it comes to this sort of work. In the very least, it's practice and practice makes perfect!