Curious Fox and the Forest Door

Been meaning to post this days ago but time has been escaping me lately. I found out how much I love gessoed surfaces for watercolor and gouache washes, all those years of acrylic didn't shake off it seems.

My one regret isn't trying a more daring form of lighting, but I'm happy with the amount of polish and color I used in the end.

The title and illustration reminds me of an aesop fable.

Small Foxes Painting Progress

A small update on what I'm working on with a series of images: a concept sketch, a color study, and the final under-drawing on the actual final painting. Experimenting with canine forms, watercolor, and multi media, and the finished will be watercolor/ acrylic mixed media. The end product will hopefully be a starting point for a style guide for my own personal childrens book still being roughed out. (It involves ferrets, not foxes, but more on that later.)

Leaf Imp redesign Spring 2012 through Summer 2013

Quick redesign of an imp race I'm planning to use for an online graphic novel, it sure has changed alot since her conception last spring on the forested island of Lokrum, Croatia.

Both interchange anatomy and details from multiple redesigns below.

Its amazing how much this one character has changed in just over a year. Just as I had learned years ago, strong world building overall helps characters develop especially well, but not the other way around. Her design as a result was slow and steady as I tried hammering out the basic idea of what story I want to illustrate.

spring 2012

                                                                          summer

                                                                               fall

                                                                             Winter

                                                                     spring 2013

Castle concepts

Some recent concepts for a castle based area

Second Redcap Painted Concept

Finished second concept painting of my Red Cap golem characters. Turned out a tad friendlier looking in this one.