Uncharted Redesign

So my past couple of images is an Uncharted Redesign that I am working on. There is no reason for it. I just love the game and wanted to try my own take on it.

Ne ways enjoy. There is more to come. I have few more concepts to do then Drake will move on to a different part of the world. I am thinking Egypt!

Will Paint Her later

working on my line quality and little bit . Inspired by Edgar and the geniuses over at BabeLab

Cyborg

trying out some different rendering methods

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Inspired by Ganky............................. lolol . Was definitely cracking up while painting it

thanks edgar : )

Building Blox

Trying out new things. Game on!

I will be at comicon next week who's going? If you are I wanna meet you! : )

Artist Study of the Day:George Guo ( Feng Guo)

Been awhile since I have done some artist studies. Any ways I really like the way he handle props and characters ( Something I suck at)

I learned a good deal from it and I am going to try to do these artists studies a couple times a week if not everyday any ways ttyl

update: thanks to edgar and aj for their fun paintovers lol

I'll be at comicon this year so if you are there shoot me an email and we can hang!!!

Lumaris Comission

Our Corgi Loves Hills

Should be handling freelance , but have been enjoying the more bright side of environments. Me Stef and our imaginary corgi chillin in the hills : )

For Stefanie

So Goro Fujita is my new favorite artist at the moment , should definitely check out his work (http://chapter-56.blogspot.com/) its friggin pimp !! ne ways his color inspired me to paint something for stef. She is the best!!!

Ninja Corgi EAGLE!!!

don't ask , its just a warm up painting lolol

armor study

doodles , thanks for lookin

Mech Studies

lots of new things happening . still studying , working on my craft. A lot of new challenges to overcome . I look forward to what the journey has in store for me

HARRRROOOOOO

trying out some new flat brushes

And Another 1

Another test I did trying to study mechanical stuff , was looking at John Park stuff . Really like the way he handles material indication. definitely picking up little bits information from lots of different artists and seeing how I can incorporate it into my own style. Thanx for looking

Mech Study 3

Here is a mech study I started this morning at work and finished tonight at concept club . Referenced Maciej Kuciara stuff . He is too epic lol check out his ish at http://maciejkuciara.blogspot.com/

thanx for looking

Mech Warm Up Practice

Here is a mech warm up I did before work started, this is my second attempt. I am starting to get more comfortable with it! Hopefully the next one will be better! Been pulling crazy hours at work , but our game is finally looking cool! So its hard work well spent. Gotta get to work , thanx for looking!

Alchemy Test Speed Paint

Trying out alchemy to see if there is anything that I can bring into my current process of painting if anything at all. Very interesting program , I will be trying more of these in the future.

Environment Tutorial

My friend Dan wanted me to do a quick tutorial about how I go about environments and this what I came up with , I will post the process with all layers in the near future , never really done any demos before so it was a fun experience. Thanx for looking

Mech Study

Trying study how to draw mechs , this one sucks lol , but I learned a good deal about edge control , hopefully my second try will be better! thanx for looking

Enviro Test

trying to explore some new ways of painting , starting with photographic plate then painting on top of that with some custom brushes here and there and exploring new approaches. Any ways on to the next one

Plein Air

Referenced from the nice mountains in Irvine behind my work . Recently took some pictures at the new great O.C Park opening up just down the street from my studio, its pretty cool to take pictures and what not. They even have chess tables set-up . This was a simple painting based off my experience there! Thanx for looking

Lunch Break

Had a huge artist block of recent , definitely stressing me out and making think about things . Thanx to all who take time out to listen and give me advice. Here is a warmup painting I start before work and finished up afterward.

not really a character guy but id like to think so in my head lol
thanx for looking

k

Path to Transformation

Been trying to approach painting and life from a new perspective. Not sure what it all means yet , but I am doing what I can. In the meantime here is a warm up painting I started yesterday . I am trying to enjoy the journey more than the end product, and practicing having more confidence in my abilities.

thanx for looking

Desert Spaceship

Still studying how to paint vehicles and what not , and taking images to a rendered finish , luckily i sketched most of this out so it made it easier while painting it , look at tatooine in terms of colors. Thanx for looking!

I will post my process one of these days for those who are curious!

Meetin Sketches

So I am not the best at paying attention during meetings so I usually draw :) . The top page on the left side are studies from Manchu's sketchbook ( which is an awesome book if you wanna get into spaceships) . Right side is me trying to deviant into my own designs. Middle page is just random spaceship sketches . I started to slowly develop my own voice while doing these . Vehicles is a weakness of mine so I am trying to study up on it. Last page is just random doodles here and there. Anyways enjoy!!

Warm Up pt 3

Another painting I started before I began my day at work. I kind of liked where it was going so I took it home to and painted it up a little bit more . I'd 2 hours plus of time was spent on it , not that it matters , any ways thanx for looking!

Warm Up_Painting pt2

This was another warm up painting I started before I start working. I started it for like 20 mins , then painted on it during lunch break for like 45 mins , then I liked where it was so I took it to school and put another hour and half into it.

I was fun messing with new styles , very relaxing for me at this point

ne ways comments critiques all that good stuff , thanx to everyone who comes to look!

First Contact

Been trying to paint images at a higher res. It is actually rather nice since I can kind of splurge on detail. For now i like the process of painting at a low res , then upres-ing it. Anyways I have like a 6000 pixel version of it. If you want it just ask me . Anyways enjoy!

Warm Up

Starting doing some random sketches before work. I worked on these in the morning before for a little bit at a time. While I doing them I usually do some artist studies. I was looking at Joao Ruas at the time. Crazy Artist. Anyways Lots of interesting things have been happening. I'll be sure to keep yall updated!

A little bit

So I was recently inspired by a dance video I saw. It is called "Visions of a Love Unknown" by shaun (http://www.youtube.com/user/shaunevaristo?blend=1&ob=4&rclk=cti#p/a/u/1/JQZQYD06J-M) I really like the artistry of the film. I always find it interesting when dancers can tell a story out of their dancing. ( Not to mention the lighting and production quality is amazing for a dance vid) . I hope more dancers will do these kinds of vids.

So I took a screenshot from the vid and decided to paint it. It was easy the lighting was so good it wasn't that hard to paint from scratch. I took a more painterly approach, I wanted it to be something that you could hang on your wall ; ) . Ne ways I will probably post a high res version on my deviant art.

Its Morphin Time

So I suck at characters so this was some more practice. I just used 1 brush for this piece and focused on rendering techniques.

People have been giving me positive responses on my idea of a Dark Themed Power Rangers. So I will be doing more design drawings instead of illustrations soon!

Stay Tuned!

Uncharted Waters

I had a lot of fun working on this , work has been super hectic , so it was nice to sit down and paint again. I have been playing wayy too much call of duty. So its good to get back to perfecting my craft

So this year I hope to really grow and push myself!

Lava Pond

This was a piece I did for Chaotic awhile back. I never knew how popular the TV show was , so it was cool to be a part of it . Unfortunately all the art was put on hold because I think the show will be done soon. But anyways here it is. I actually collabed with :icondarkartist3: for beginning parts and then I took it most of the way with his feedback along the way.

It is always fun to work with your homies on stuff like this . I hope it is not the last!

CDA Environemnts

This was some more high concept ish from my class. I will upload more of it later!

Dark Siders Contest

So this is my entry for the contest . I was hoping to win this one since I never won a contest before but too many badass artist are entering. Hopefully I can place!!

Something Happy

So I know I haven't been posting as much as I'd like to. Been super busy at work. However, it is cool to see our game coming along. I have to learn to do sprite animations. Though it is challenging I am starting to kind of enjoy it.

Anyways this painting was started on live stream then I finished it up on my off time. This is as far as I want to take it for now. I think it might make a good present for some family members possibly :)

Also I am thankful my girlfriend Stefanie is ok. She was in a car accident yesterday. Though the car is totaled she is fine so I am definitely thankful for the simply things we can take for granted sometimes.

Too much rambling! enjoy

-k-

It has been awhile

So been super busy at work. Kind of stressful at times. I went to CTN Animation Expo last week. It was super fun and met a lot of cool people.

This painting was an idea I had for inside of my castle thingy for Caladan. I would consider it a failed painting for the idea I had in my head was a lot better. So there a lot of execution problems. Going straight to color has always been a problem of mine. So it was good to practice it. Though i do not like it. I evaluated a lot of my mistakes and will bring what I learned into the next painting. No fear!

Quick Speed Paint

Been so busy with work and other things , I just needed to sit down and paint something random for myself

Caladan Close Up

So here is my close up shot of Caladan. One thing I learn from Jackson was keeping things in mind in terms of shooting a film. Though the big shape reads nicely as a first read , I would have to think of putting things that would be visually interesting so when I shoot from ground level I don't just see a big white wall.

So I am learning a good deal from cda class , friggin badass people in there! Peter Lee is in there!!!! dude is sooo good. Ne ways its halloween I should be doing something lol

Caladan Est. Shot

Here is my iteration on the establishing shot. I did a bunch of crappy sketches and paintings and this was the one I came to . Again sorry for the crappy post last week :) . I will try to redesign my far out shot along with my up-close shot