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Want to get back on doing some color studies to further improve my painting skills. I'll also be posting any other work I might be working on (3d, graphic design, etc.) Critiques and comments are always welcomed.







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Woah, super nice. Love the colours on the first one especially.
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Love how youre building those eyes out, really nice!
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Really nice! =)
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damn man, those are hot. gonna have to realyl study your step by steps. thanks for those!
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Wow thanks for the kind words everybody.

I always wanted to do one of those cheap paperback covers, here's my attempt at it.
I'm also adding the progress image and the palette I used, if anyone's interested on that sort of stuff.
All done in Photoshop in about 2 hours.





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Very nice! I'm lovin the colour choice!

"well I guess he.....had his last laugh"

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Great stuff mate, been following your work with great enthusiasm, especially your steampunk stuff, which is beyond top notch..
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Thanks for the comments.

Here's a heavy repaint I kind of gave up on. Don't know if I'll ever finish him.
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Finish it please. Its like 90% there and looks awesome.
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I might finish him someday, right now i'm just in no mood to do it.

Here's another study. Wanted to do something a little bit looser but still readable. Not to happy on that front, kept going back and refining it. Need to be a bit more looser and confident with future paintings. Also played more with color. Used 5 colors plus white and black for the whole piece. Critiques and comments are always welcomed.


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I'm not going to critique you, but I'm going to say I really love your style, please do more. don't make me beg.
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fantastic work in here, really great.
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Thanks a lot guys.

Here's some 20-30 min sketch using the same color palette.

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Brilliant work!
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Really nice mate .

Those portraits from ref?
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Thanks for the comments. Yeah those portraits are from reference.
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Another quick set. Trying out some new brushes. About 30 - 40 min a piece.
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holy shit man, the newest 3, my new favorites.
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Did this for fun, was really inspired by Askhat's (Conte) sketchbook. After seeing his progression I really wanted to paint something.



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great updates man! keep rockin!
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Old (#22)
Thanks Spatz!

New one's I did this week.



This one started as a sketch with no reference, but as I painted him more he looked like Nixon. Ended up pulling a Nixon picture to finish him up. Doesn't quite look like the former president, looks kinda like Dan Aykroyd playing Nixon.





Critiques and comments are always welcomed.
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That heavy repaint is sick as all hell, finish him!! All that left is the boots! THE BOOTS!
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LOL, I will probably finish him later. I really just don't feel in the mood to get it done. It just once the feeling is gone it's like you might as well call it done.

Here's a quick one I was able to squeeze in between some work.
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Honestly I almost like your heavy more than the default.
Seriously, it's beautiful. I am super envious of your painting skill.
Someday...
You're gonna carry that weight.
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