NON-BORING LANDSCAPES

Today I am VERY inspired, mostly because I purchased some incredible photoshop brushes that look like gouache and watercolour and oil paint and charcoal and pretty much everything you can imagine.

The brushes are from KYLE WEBSTER and can be found here. They were only $10 which is a steal.

I spent about an hour this morning gathering reference photos and sketching to create my best octopus piece yet. I wanted to do an underwater cliff scene with one big octopus and a bunch of spooky ghosty little octopus in the back.

It currently looks like this:

3.5 hours later...

I can't believe 3.5 hours have passed... I thought I had been working on it for maybe an hour?

FANCY EARL ILLUSTRATION

This is one of those pieces that I could work on forever until it is completely overworked and horrible, so I think I need to stop (it's killing me though). This is the final piece, I am going to print it today and hopefully it looks beautiful!

MAGIC BOX HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #1

I have finally gotten around to starting my first assignment for Chris Oatley's MAGIC BOX course. The assignment is about atmospheric lighting and colour comps, and for some reason the assignment is to combine a funny animal with the outfit and lighting from an old painted portrait.

I don't know any animals that are funnier than my dad's dog EARL.

I can't stop laughing as I work on this ridiculous portrait of Earl in a dress with a dainty hand on his cheek. Just ridiculous.

WORKING FROM HOME: WEEK 2

The above is my current work in process focusing on atmospheric lighting - it is probably the most complete illustration I have done in a long time. I have the walls/ledge and her pants to complete, and I might add something near the top of the window, but I am not sure what (open to suggestions!).

I found this really beautiful book called "I didn't do it" illustrated by Katy Schneider.

It's only Tuesday so there will be another update later in the week!

UPDATE: illustration complete! finally! moving on.