Dead Soul Rats: Part 2 ( Shapes,Colour and Tone )

*cough sniff cough cough * ... blasted cold... *sniff* Can't believe I survived work with this.

*cough* In ArtRage I loosely laid down some colour and shapes that may work abstractly. That lower right corner is not looking right so I'll have to change that, I'll also have to think how Stonefleck is going to 'join' with the painting. The colour of the background might also change, though I'm not too concerned with that yet.
Once tone is laid down in ArtRage I'll export the file into Photoshop and lay down some abstract brush strokes (as the ArtRage version I have doesn't have Custom Brush settings- I don't know if the newest version does) while fixing anything to delicate for ArtRage's bulky painterly style.

Hell Worm (Iscibble)

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Dead Soul Rats: Part 1 ( Thumbnails and Sketch)

For a change I decided to let a random DeviantArt watcher request the next picture from me. She wanted a Redwall series based picture with Shadow (from the book Redwall) and Stonefleck (from the sequel Mattimeo). This was quite interesting as the two rats are quite similar in personality (in that they have none, haha!).
I want this painting to be slightly abstract and have the look of traditional media, so I'll probably be using ArtRage for this.

< These are a few of the thumbnails.

A Hunter in Ruins

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Phew, finally done. That blue light gave me some grief but I hope it looks alright.
Grrrghhh, should not try to write descriptions while tipsy on cider.

Ruined Hunter: Part 4 ( Start Again and More Background)

I finally figured out what was wrong with the previous layout. One was the way I was colouring the main figures, second was I needed a better lineart and thirdly Adric's pose was awful, just standing there like a tree. So I've completely re-drawn the squirrel into something a bit more lively, flicking through comic books for inspiration and reference. I also decided to make him a bit more muscled, so he looks like he has more of a chance to combat a predator with nothing but a dinky knife.
I'm also looking at that empty space to the right and wonder if I should put anything in there, like a small pile of rubble, just so it doesn't look so dead.

After laying in the flat colour I decided to do a little more on the background and added some more brighter moonlight, trees will later be put behind the wall giving the chance for dapple light later on (if I remember to do so). I have also added some black clouds to fill an otherwise flat sky. Only after I finished did I notice the metaphorical symbolism there, haha!
Shall I add mist? Rubble on the grass or perhaps an extra tomb stone? Moss and/or ivy on the walls and pillars?

Sketch Dump # 2

Video of the Bird Hydra.


Some more sketches. Some more humans this time. The "Alice in Fucked-up Land" is a self portrait in response to me hearing about the death of my favourite author, Brian Jacques and I was just letting my emotions flow (though it doesn't explain the viking ship, greyhound, cockroach floating on a balloon and a rocket-needle...)

Fakemon Fire Starters

Here are my chill-out projects...yeah, their technically rubbish but they were just a bit of fun and not to be taken seriously. They only took me about an hour each. The Pokeballs shown in the last two panels are also my own design, the Toxiball (adds a chance for Poison stats with any Pokemon's physical attacks) and Heal Ball (heals a Pokemon status when recalled to the Pokeball)

Screentones are from here

Videos for, Clutus ... Cluogant and Clucourge