Hey everyone, it's time for another update!

Now that I've got all the big forms blocked in I'll actually be able to start rendering! Here's how it's looking.

I'm really happy with the way the clouds around the "sun" are shaping up. I've got to round out their contours a bit more so that they look more three dimensional, but I'll get there. I also added in more detail to the rocks in the background on the left, and shaved down that spike that was jutting up into the sky in the foreground. It just looked a bit odd to me, so it had to go. One thing I definitely want to make note of, so that I can remember to actually do this, is to add more contrast to the image. The darkest part is the "sun" in the background, so I need to add some darker shades of grey to the image to give it a bit more punch.

Well, that's all for this post! Check back tomorrow for something new!

Hey everyone, it's time for a new post!

Here's some more progress on that fantasy landscape, take a look!

Today I started laying in some basic lighting on the rocks and the clouds around the "sun" in the background. I also added a bit of detail to the foreground too. I've still got a little more rough work to do but once that's done I'll just be rendering this for a long time, haha!

That's all for this update, check back for something new tomorrow!

Hey everyone, it's time for a new post!

Did a little more work on that fantasy landscape, here's how it's looking!

I fleshed out the cloud detail a bit more, and I also refined the edges of the mountains in the background. I'm trying to make a conscious effort to not bog myself down with too many extraneous layers in Photoshop because it can really slow down the process. That's why I flattened most of them so that I'm drawing on one layer and adding detail where needed. It's basically all going to be painted over anyway, so there's no sense in trying to preserve what will need to change. I'm really happy with the progress on this piece so far, I can't wait to see the finished product!

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Hey everyone, it's time for a new post!

Here's how that fantasy landscape I was working on is taking shape, check it out!

Today I filled in all of the gaps where the original sketch was showing through, and since that's done I can finally start adding in more detail! I'm saving that for another day though, I think I've still got some kind of turkey related laziness going on, haha!

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Hey everyone, it's time for a new post!

It's Thanksgiving today so between travelling, seeing family, and eating, I didn't get a whole lot of time to paint. I do have a little sketch to share with you though, take a look!

This was just a little something I scribbled in Photoshop while trying to make some progress on other projects. It's nice to have a distraction when you're working on just one thing for a long time! I think this is a pretty neat concept, I really like the character's face. He looks a bit like a rabbit, but instead of long ears I was thinking the protrusions coming from his head would be more like horns. It'd be kinda cool to flip the whole predator/prey dynamic on it's head and turn a bunny into a hunter! I guess that's something for another day though.

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Hey everyone, it's time for a new post!

 I got a little more work done on the piece I started detailing in Photoshop yesterday, here's how it's coming along!

The only thing that took a lot of time tonight was drawing in the line detail on the rocks in the background. After that was finished I just painted under them with a lighter shade of grey. The big black "sun" in the background was just a simple selection marquee tool, so that took about a second, haha!

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Hey everyone, it's time for a new post!

Last night I mentioned I wanted to develop the sketch I posted a bit further and that's exactly what I did, take a look!

I first took the sketch I posted and converted it to black and white, after that I just added in different shades of grey. I'm trying to get all of the big forms in there first, then I'll refine the detail more once all of that stuff's done. I'm not sure if I want to actually color this piece, but I think I'm going to stick with black and white for now.

That's all for this post, check back tomorrow for something new!