Graznaphor

"In the depths of the Nap'tor the Graznaphor roam. With gangling arms, and prying hands, they claw and scratch through the barren 'Tor realm. Fear the Graznaphor, for once their suckling of the rotting py'rus flesh is complete, they will come for you, for Fear they will eat."

Final image.

Close up crop.

Process

Soldier of the woods.

Final Painting

Process breakdown

Close-up crop

Close-up crop

Close-up crop

Warhammer 40k Space Marine

Process breakdown

Cape Town International Animation Festival 2017

This past weekend in Cape Town was the Cape Town International Animation Festival at the River Club in Observatory. I was fortunate enough to be asked to speak on a panel about digital colouring with fellow artists Remi Abrahams and Caroline Vos on the Friday afternoon. The conversation was mediated by Neal Strydom from Pixelsmith Studios and centered around digital colouring and its place in the animation pipeline. 

On the Saturday I was a bit more relaxed after being a bit tense on the Friday before doing the talk, and was allowed the opportunity to demo the latest Wacom Cintiq 27qhd that Jim from DDS had on display. Man, that piece of equipment was so rad. It really puts my 24 inch ;) to shame!

It was really awesome to see such a super lineup of people attending and speaking at the festival, and I really believe Di Makings, and her team, did a superb job of putting it all together! Really amped for next year, but this one really set the bar quite high!

Photo by Carmen Ziervogel.

Hamming it up with Marc Moynihan at Content Bar's selfie booth ⊙﹏⊙

"All Hallows Eve" for Tulips and Chimneys

Much like the illustration I did earlier this year for Tulips and Chimneys on Valentine's Day, this one I did as a piece for social media to promote the studio over Halloween.

Like the previous illustration I did, this one was also made up of a number of separate pieces which were then put together in Photoshop. The image below left was the thumbnail sketch I did, and you can see the various stages of the process that followed.

 

And the colouring process below that was done in Photoshop on my cintiq.

Mad Max: Fury Road Fan Art

I watched Mad Max: Fury road earlier this month. I enjoyed it so much I watched it twice and drew these illustrations :)