WIP: Safari Tri Portrait

Got another board for my set. Sketched up a lion and starting in on the details and colors today.

Rough sketch:

Rough sketch/ painting on board:

Beginning: Safari Tri Portrait

I have been in talks of doing a trade with a friend. I'm working on doing a set of three decks, safari themed. I have never painted a giraffe or a cheetah, but it should be fun. 

Original sketch:

Sketch on the board:

Close ups after painting:

Whole board (not finished yet):

First off, painting a giraffe is hard. Fun, but it was definitely harder than I expected. However, I am very happy with how this has turned out.

Second, this is not finished yet. It will not be completed until all three boards are done. Plus, I want to add a few silhouetted trees in the background. I can't put those in until I have all three boards though, since the background is going to overlap from board to board.

I plan to try and sit down tonight and prep the other two boards and then work on the background for all three boards.

Final: Winged Elephant Deck

Finished this guy today. Thought about adding some kind of shading in the background but ended up deciding to leave it simple and highlighted the wings with the yellow. Overall happy with it and you will definitely see more boards coming with winged creatures like this one.

Close ups:

FYVE X BOARDWORLD Design Submission

So this is my snowboard design submission for FYVE and BOARDWORLD Design comp. Took what seemed like forever to get this guy going, but I am super happy with it. Not expecting to win, but the experience of doing the work was a big help for me. 

I just submitted this today and I am happy with the turn out of it. May not be the best, but for someone with no graphic background I am definitely happy with it. 

Final: Seymour

Finished this guy up last night and photographed it this morning. Hope you like it!

Close ups:

WIP: Untitled

Did the sketch for this the other night and started the wings today. Sorry the images are vertical instead of horizontal. This thing won't let me rotate them and I don't have time to fix it. Anyway, super excited about where this is going!

WIP: Seymour

Started this guy last night and somehow managed to finish it. Wasn't planning on getting that far, but I ended up just being sucked in. I'll post final photos soon! Sorry these photos are so rough, I was in my room last night with just bedroom lights. 

This board, Seymour, is for a friend. We've been talking about doing some kind of trade for awhile now, and he actually asked me about the board Ripper I finished a last week. That board is for another friend, so I told him I'd make him his own. He gave me the elements and this is what came out.

Elements:

Owl, Wolf, Snake, Eye Balls, Brain, and Rafflesia

Rough sketch of painting before I began painting. 

Getting to the color.

He had told me he wanted something that resembled an owl, that helped in deciding the background and form of the creature. The atmospheric space around is a little different than what I am use to doing, however, I am very happy with out it has turned out. The tree definitely looks better than I have anticipated.