Self Portrait

With my newly found appreciation for painting, I thought I should make my first real self portrait.

See it in 3D

Another Art Jumble submission. This week's topic was Avatar.

Painting Practice

I have been wanting to do more and more digital painting, especially with highly visible and expressive brush strokes. There's just something about painterly styles that I like. I think I'm still too much of a perfectionist to be effective with the style, as I tend to get overly concerned with small details and blending, but I would like to attempt it sometime.

When painting this apple, I did not zoom in much at all to work on details, so that is actually an improvement over my usual way of working. It turned out more photorealistic than I had anticipated, but I quite like this technique and think it is another one that I will continue to utilize.

I also used this as my fifth post on Art Jumble. The topic was stereotypes, and I gave my submission the title of "Apples are Red". I am so clever.

All Great Men Have Mustaches

My second submission on Art Jumble. The topic was Fight Club.

Sketchbook Doodles

Cleofatra

This was my first submission on Art Jumble. The topic for the week was Cleopatra.

Team Fortress 2: Heavy

The completed (colored) version of my previously posted grayscale painting. This technique was definitely something interesting to try. I think I will probably be using it again in future projects.

This was also part of my fourth submission on Art Jumble. The topic was angry.

Team Fortress 2: Heavy (WIP)

Here's an in-progress of the Heavy Weapons Guy from Team Fortress 2. I'm experimenting with a new technique where I paint in grayscale first. I will be adding colors and a background to it next.