Round 2

So furthering my exploration of Robh's approach to painting , I have found some interesting things about it that I think are quite efficient. I am not sure how to put it all in words. But it is definitely putting me outside of my comfort zone.

So I included the intial block out. This is actually kind of where I spend the most time thinking. It kind of hurts my head to think about all the shapes and how lighting affects it. Its kind of like being a mathematician . However, When I did get past that particular part . Everything felt rather easy and relaxing to do. I will have to do more studies of this. Any way's enjoy

NEW WORLDS CG HUB CONTEST

done for the CG hub new worlds contest. Theme was north pole. Here are the thumbs and the final , I hope you like. If you happen to come across it on the polls feel free to vote it!!

Jang Khang Study

study of Jhang Jaeok and Khang Le , some of my favorite artists. I love their loose style!!

For the Dreamers and Believers

merry x mas

Ruppel Studies

Because I am such a fan of Uncharted 3 and Robh Ruppel. I can help but try to do some studies of his style of paintings. I seriously have no clue of how he does it haha. But these artist studies are great for me to explore things out of comfort zone. Here are couple of the results.

Station

Live Stream Painting

Warm Up

Exploring different ways of painting . Now back to work

Practice

took too long but ah well , just grinding trying to get better

Segovia

Inspired by Segovia

Do it for my City

Morning Sketches

Lunch Sketch

House Lunch Sketch

cartoony fun , quick sketch before starting work

Sky Rim Inspired

everyone has been talking about skyrim lately , never actually heard of the game before nor played it , but after looking it up , the environments were pretty inspiring so i thought I paint something in that world for fun , enjoy

Studies

"so here we are , it's funny how so close can seem so far"

cloud and john singer studies

Themed Paintings - ( Under the Sea )

So on James Paick's blog he speaks about the different themes one can paint for environmental concept art. So I have decided that each day I will try to bust out 3 - 5 paintings for that particular theme ( I know he can do 5 in a day , I am not that fast .... at least not yet)

Something that I started is that I work on each painting in 20 minute intervals , and I put an online timer on my other screen. When I see that time winding down I force myself to be bolder with my decision. As soon as it hits 20 minutes I start a new painting and I keep rotating. So I kept each one of these to 2 hours a piece. However, before all this I gather some reference and spend about 20 minutes doing rough sketches on pen and paper before jumping to digital. I will be doing more tests on this and themes. Next theme is cliffs.

kalen

Happy Halloween

They don't really celebrate Halloween here that much so I need to represent. This was done for some one asked me to more of a cartoon/animation type style , it was fun to do . I hope you like.

Trying to get up off the sidelines

Inspired by Aj's recent art posts and Gino Whitehall's brush work. 1.5 hours CS-5

Color Test

an experimentation with how i approach color , I will try it a couple more times , anyways enjoy 2-3 hours CS5

EnviroTest

experimenting with the way I used to paint a couple of years ago , and seeing what I like and what I do not like. Done during a couple of lunch breaks

cheers,

kalen

Character Lunch Sketch

Quick character sketch done during lunch . 1 hour ps cs3 . Keep Grinding yall!

Quick Test

quick paint test before I start some work. Different color scheme than what I am used to

Also here is a Video of our trip too!!

Pyroow aka Hacham made a sweet video of our travels , check it out!!

Morocco and Friends

This last week, Paul Richards came to visit us in Madrid. Such an honor to have such a skilled artist.

During that week we took a trip to Tangier, Morocco. We were extremely blessed to have met some fellow artists through the Deviant Art community that drove 6 hours out of their way just to come meet up with us and show us their country. It was gr

eat to experience their culture and also life as they know as concept artists. I was able to visit the beautiful country side city ofChefchaouen (Known for its beautiful blue buildings, if you have never seen you must google it).

There is no doubt I would have not been able to experience such a beautiful city had it not been for them. So this painting is dedicated to them , Thanks for the experience guys

Beaches in Portugal

Recently had the chance to check out the beautiful city of Porto in Portugal. Great food and wine , and the beaches were very beautiful

Quick Test

Paul was asleep , still a little jet-lagged. So I decided to paint while he sleepin

Study

study. 2 hours photoshop. goodnight

Touch The Sky

3 years ago

September 24, 2011

It's only been 3 Years look at how I've grown
I'm just in my zone, I call this shit the calm
Yea, but I'm the furthest thing from calm
Dedicated to my mom, and I swear my word is bond
Everything will be ok and it won't even take that long
You can see it in my face or even read it on my palm
Leader of the new school it's proven and it's known
I'm sittin' in a chair but in the future it's a throne

-drake-

Only 3 years to this day yet so far to go. That was the first painting I ever posted. So I decided to repaint it. To all the people that have let me into their lives , and to the people who have inspired me and helped me along the way, to all my supporters and doubters. I thank you . Let us see how far we can take this!!!

Kalen

Lasso Test

Experimenting with lasso tool/shape tools . Seeing what I can come up with. Sorry for lack of posts , I have so many unfinished paintings that I need to just finish up and post . I have been live-streaming more and more but most of them suck haha. But I did like this one from my stream , anyways more to come enjoy

cheers,

kalen

Splurge Break Session

Done between lunch breaks on and off for about a week or so . I kind of hate taking so long on a piece ( its probably the concept artist in me telling me to get it done and crank it out) . But on this one I took my time and really tried to enjoy myself and life how it came out. No expectations kind of thing.

A little inspired off of Guild Wars 2 stuff , would be such a cool game to work . One can dream I suppose.

Pictures from Portugal Coming Soon!!

cheers,

Kalen