W.I.P. - Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Contest Entry

It's been a while since I have posted anything here. I have had a few art projects here-and-there, but not really any time to post. I recently had been working on an entry for a contest over at deviantart.com. The contest was calling for fan art for the new Diablo III expansion pack, "Reaper of Souls". I have since missed the deadline but I am going to finish my painting just to practice discipline and complete projects that I start (which I usually don't do when there is no reason pushing me to finish).

Multiple references were used in the initial design. The problem that I ran into was that any reference image for the user's equipment in Diablo III was that the images were so small in dimensions, it was difficult to use them as an accurate representation of the items.

Steps

References

Photoplasty 2 for 6.14.11: Rejected Ideas for Theme Parks / Rides

Entries and contest rules can be seen here.


Piss Mountain


Knievel Parks Grand Canyon Launch!

Cracked.com weekly contest 2.15.11: "Movie Plot Venn Diagrams" Entries

Kind of bummed out none of mine got picked, but there were some really good ones out there.

Cracked.com weekly contest 2.8.11: "How One Typo Could Have Changed Everything" Entries

I got ninth place with this:


Other entries:

Cracked.com weekly contest 2.22.11: "Things You Didn't Know About Being President" Entries

Contest here. My entries so far:

Cracked.com weekly contest "Tourism Ads for Undesirable Destinations" 2nd place

Weekly contest on cracked.com. Got second place in this one and I'm pretty happy. Hopefully I will nail a first place win in the future.

Contest results here.

EXPOSÉ 8 - Call for Entries

Call For Entries - Ballistic Publishing is now calling on artists to submit digital images for consideration in EXPOSÉ 8. Images can be created in any 3D or digital illustration application. Photoshop and digitally manipulated photography is also welcome. We are interested in digitally-created fine art, whether it be 2D or 3D, for commercial use, or personal satisfaction.

There is no cost or limit to enter work for inclusion in EXPOSÉ 8. As with all Ballistic Publishing showcase publications, artists with work published in EXPOSÉ 8 will receive a complementary copy of the book and will enjoy worldwide exposure in the premier collection of digitally-created artwork to ever be published.

B-Movie Contest Entry Progress

Ok... I have been mulling over this idea of a movie title for a while and I finally have an outlet to creatively express it: The B-Movie Poster Challenge over at CGSociety. I am moving much slower than I would like to be, but that is my own fault. I seem to hide behind the "creative rut" wall, but in reality my lack of inspiration or motivation is due to the little voice in my head telling me that I don't have the ability to make my vision come to fruition. I realize that typing of thinking is crippling to my creativity, but it happens every time I sit down to draw. Anyway, hopefully I will finish it in time for the deadline.



close up



started detail painting



Initial shading



Initial idea mockup