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This is a painting I finished a few weeks ago. Just a personal piece based on a sketch I really liked for some reason. No story really, just had fun working on it.

Done in Painter over a couple weeks, Scratchboard and Airbrush mostly. Some color tweaking in Photoshop.

C&C's welcome. Thanks]]> Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:00:10 +0000 http://esemiel.cgsociety.org/gallery/520810

This picture depicts a underground rail system from a story I'm writing with Shramir. It's a secret tunnel used to sneak a special mined ore out of an isolated city in the desert by its government.

Done in Painter in about 10 hrs, I'm starting to explore environment design and painting in general. I've got a couple Ryan Church DVD's, which have been unbelievably helpful.

C&C's welcome. ]]> Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:40:28 +0000 http://esemiel.cgsociety.org/gallery/512770

A character of mine from a story about assassins in a desert city. Despite this, she's managed to find some water to hang out in.

7-8 hours in Painter, using the scratchboard tool and airbrush mostly. Used a picture of model/actress Gemma Atkinson for reference. Trying to practice realistic lighting and human skin. ]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:12:54 +0000 http://esemiel.cgsociety.org/gallery/468024

He be from Washingteeon.

Long ago, there was a tribe of warriors who were traveling to the field of battle to join their allies, when they were ambushed and slaughtered, by a traitor of their own blood. Thier spirits wandered into the caverns underneath the mountains, where they built a vast underground city, so they could brood there for all eternity.

But soon after, they decided that was a total waste of time. Now they spend their days rockin' like it's 1999.

This is the King of the Skeleteeons; the lord of the undead dance. He only carries that sword around so that he can fight, for his right, to party.

I started this painting after going to a Don Seegmiller workshop at GDC in 2005. I've put it away and pulled it back out again a few times since then, whenever I learned something new. I had so much fun working on this picture, this character has been a favorite of mine for years. Many an hour was spent laughing to myself while I worked on it.

All c&c welcome. Enjoy ]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:28:52 +0000 http://esemiel.cgsociety.org/gallery/284787

Ahh, my first post on CGtalk...I'm getting all tingly, haha....enjoy
This is a piece that I've been chipping away at, off and on over the last two months or so. Mostly done in Painter IX, with bits and pieces in Photoshop. I have a tendency to overthink my work, (not always a bad thing), and sometimes this detracts from the enjoyment of actually working on it. So I decided that this picture would be purely for the fun of it. The girl is from a random sketch I did a few months ago, she's obviously built a dragon out of the junk in the background....that's as far as the story goes, haha. I was kind of going for a comic-book-cover sort of look.
I'm still relatively new to digital painting, so aside from having fun I wanted to spend this time learning as much as I could about it. Creating a workflow, playing with brushes, using different media in painter....this was a massive educational experience. I also wanted to focus on creating a solid composition and convey some decent lighting. Some success, some failure. that's the way it goes...
any and all critiques welcome!!
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This monk lives high in the mountains, and for countless years it has been his job to deliver the medicines and herbal remedies that are made in his hidden monastery to the rest of the world. He rides down the mountain side on this giant mountain tortoise, and each time he leaves, some of the creatures of the mountain come to bid him farewell.

I did this illustration for Creation Engine, a quarterly software catalog, for the cover of their fall issue.

Any and all comments/crits welcome. Enjoy]]> Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:25:46 +0000