Orc

Painted this guy in Painter with mostly oils and some airbrushing. I’m having a lot of fun with this program.

A Lot Can Happen

When I first got this blog, I was very excited about it. I tried to post something every few days to really get my creative side going. But then life strikes and I start feeling the major levels of distraction seep in. Well, I’m back and I have new stuff to put up here.

First of all, here’s a shot of a bunch of little miniatures I recently painted. I’ll take some closer shots soon, when I get around to setting up a nice display.

These are from a GREAT little game called Nexus Ops which I might say is one of my favorites. It feels, in theme, very similar to StarCraft. But its a board game in which players represent corporations strip mining an alien world of its valuable resource (rubium) with the help of “enlisted” indigenous species. I love the game but the unpainted pieces are difficult to look at, due to their slightly transparent nature, which makes them look more like gummy snacks then usable playing pieces. I intend to paint all the rest of the pieces, right now I only have the blue guys done.

At work I often have little flashes of inspiration. I don’t know exactly how this character came to me, but I’ve had an idea for a while to make a board game that feels either like some sort of futuristic sport or like an old SNES game. So this guy might be the main character in a game of this nature. Just a concept sketch really, touched up in photoshop.

This is a storyboard sketched by Jon Schaferkotter for his next film. I might be helping my taking his sketches and sprucing them up with my tablet, doing some inking and color in Photoshop, Flash, and Corel Painter. Heres my first attempt:

Not too shabby. I’d like to experiment more to get a better look with my drawing / coloring. I cruise around on Deviant Art and stuff and see such amazing work. If I could be half as good as some of the artists out there, I’d be happy. Still lots to learn.