2018

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Again started using Krita and based on a reference of a little cute own ornament. I am currently liking starting with a very zoomed out view to almost thumbnail the start of the painting which seems to lay in a good foundation. I am using this to get more familiar with Krita as I am thinking about replacing GIMP with this tool as it is a little more user friendly and is being continuously updated.

The idea here was to show a mummy in a sarcophagus with a ray of light shining on their face. As the face was covered by a bandage I could get away with a lot here! As it turns out I didn’t quite brighten the painting enough at the end as I was more focussed on the dark hidden nature of the piece. A Mummy time lapse using the POWER of ArtRage :) for Halloween!

A Mummy time lapse using the POWER of ArtRage :) for Halloween! Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Reworking one of my first digital paintings :) The first painting I had completed on my ipad using an app called ipastel and using an old fashioned capacitive stylus. Knowing more about how to set up a lighting situation I had the idea of including a light sabre as a secondary light source and with a little of the warp tool giving him a little more attitude. Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

A reworking of my original Faith torso painting as I wanted to push the lighting and to solidify the edges if possible. Added a lens flare type effect for a finishing touch.

Everyone’s favourite slayer!

A fun piece for the most amazing time of the year. It was also used as a promotional piece of art for Ambient Design the makers of my main art making tool ArtRage. The original reference was a gnome Santa with the lighting massively colour dodged and the oil brush texture really pushed. Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Showing how the clone tool can be usefully used in ArtRage Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Adapting my winter puppy painting with some texture and a reflection. Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

A cute puppy reference with extra blue tone and a wintry feel, I have done a puppy a couple of years back and this time I think the balance and blending was better and I ensured a good texture with a late layer of white paint multiply. Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

A spiderman but with the essence of venom, another one of my original superhero paintings but with a hybrid tweak. Extensive use of combining some of my old paintings and the warp tool. This painting took me quite a while as I couldn’t quite get the tonal brightness quite right, I think I learnt a lot from the Mummy art I had finished before and really worked hard to bring the main character to the forefront.

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Narration of my process to create Ahsoka Tano Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

This started life as a pelican and I added some rim colour dodge to turn it into something else! If I am struggling for a background then I typically copy, duplicate the foreground scale up and move around a little to fit it in, works every time! Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

A Star Wars character that I haven’t even seen on screen, but I really liked her design so I thought I would try and put my own spin on it. I tried to use a really thick oil brush at the start but started to struggle so decided to blend a little more. To produce the design on her face I was able to use a multiply layer, very handy the blend modes are combined with layers, and for the background learning from the C3PO painting I created some simple painted lines and then just simply blurred!

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art! This time Ahsoka.

This year we had floods of snow, well not literally of course!

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art! This time a weird parrot sea monster thingy :)

Started as a painting from a parrot reference, but during the initial render I got a little bored so I started to add an edge to it and then completely change the colours. At one point it was going to be a phoenix, but I didn’t really like the colours so I changed them up to be a little cooler. Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Here is a link to the .arpack :) Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!