A wizard is never late
Charcoal, graphite and white pencil on grey paper Inspired by - er, I don't really have to tell you do I? Update: 14 Sept 2005 The comments and feedback I've had on this pic since it was selected...
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The Gimp + Wacom Pen Partner This is a freehand copy of Christian Rivers' production illustration on pp.180-181 of The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring. Gandalf and the bridge works for me, t...
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The Gimp + Wacom Pen Partner Lots of things wrong with this digital pic - my first ever with a tablet - but the overall impression works...
View ArticleLegolas Final
Final version... Found it at last - I knew I had this version somewhere around. Some slight tweaks to the figure and a soft background. The first Legolas in my gallery is actually a WIP scan...
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Pencil on white paper My elder daughter aged 5. More mood than realism here and I was experimenting with using the flat of the pencil for the hair strokes (which worked quite well IMHO).
View ArticleGoran triumphs
Goran Ivanisevich takes the Wimbledon title a couple of years ago. Pastel on tobacco paper Drawn from a tiny shot on the BBC's web site.
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Charcoal and pencil on Croxley sketchpad I've got his expression I think
View ArticleAll I'm offering is the truth
nothing more... Well there will be some more of course! This is WIP - graphite and charcoal on sketchpad. I love this image from the Matrix - when the pic's done I'll explain why...
View ArticleI'm oiling up my shotgun
My eldest daughter aged 7 Pastel on white 150g Modigliani textured paper Present for my parents on the occasion of their 45th
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Plasticine Made on holiday at the coast - plenty of dolphins in the breakers were modelling for me Photo taken with my cellphone so the quality isn't that great I'm afraid...
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Pied Kingfisher at Ramsgate lagoon, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Minolta XG-300 with Fujicolor ISO 400
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The Gimp Wacom PenPartner A former work colleague with her hair dyed purple. Main tones laid down with airbrush, then smudge and blur til I was happy.
View ArticleBlack Rider - WIP
The Gimp 2.2.7 for Gentoo Linux Wacom Pen Partner I'm in a drawing mood again. This is about half done - sky and detail coming soon!
View ArticleBlack Rider - Final
The Gimp 2.2.7 Wacom Pen Partner + mouse Airbrush, smudge, blur, pen and ~8 hours or so. Nazgul shot from The Two Towers. From here it pulls back and you can see he's riding of those winged creatu...
View ArticleBlack Rider - step by Step
My recent Black Rider pic as I drew it presented as an animated GIF. It's indexed so the colours aren't as nice as the original but still not too bad. It's really big though - apologies to those of...
View ArticleThe One Ring
Blender 2.37a Yafray 0.0.7 with full GI, best quality, 16x oversampling, photon mapping and caustics 22 mins to render on an AMD64 3200+ I started this project with all sorts of complicated ideas...
View ArticlePoppy Spider
Got a 350D + kit lens and loving it so far! This little bloke was hanging on to the yellow poppy outside my bedroom window. Advanced critique on making better closeups welcome.
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...you wanna piece of me?? My youngest daughter with Hooter the Spotted Eagle Owl. Falcon Ridge, Drakensberg, South Africa.
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One for the Oz fans out there - Shane Warne at the final Ashes Test at the Oval, August 2005. ArtRage 2.1 A quick painting exercise using the oil on canvas tools.
View ArticleI'm not stressed
Another pretty work colleague. Artrage Studio 3Watercolor brush for the hairAirbrush for everything else. I suck at airbrush skin tones Third time lucky!
View ArticleSiphiwe scores
Siphiwe Tshabalala celebrates after scoring the World Cup's first goal in Johannesburg.Artrage quick concept painting.
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