Batman Vs Joker commission. 97% complete.

Daredevil mini poster. To add a row of many 3 piece suited Kingpin henchmen with automatic rifles. & colored digitally.

Batman VS Joker. 100% complete.

Medium: 200gsm acid free artblock paper,
Pencil, pigment pens, ink, water color, acrylic color.
Size: 11" x 16"
Based on The Killing Joke graphic novel.

Blanka sketch card Commission. Steps.


Blanka studies.


Blanka portrait select.......pencils.





Blanka sketchcard.....color phase...95% complete.

Next, I have to do a Dhalsim sketchcard for the same client. Yoga fire!!!!!




This post has been edited by demonhunter360: Oct 13 2011, 03:14 PM

Listened to Dhalsim's theme music from SFIV and watched some youtube videos of Dhalsom gameplay to get inspiration.

Dhalsim sketchcard.

Paint has not dried yet, so I just took a quick photo.

Acrylic and ink.

Painting on 2.5" X 3.5" is not easy. At this size, I needed very fine and small brush tips.
You have to steady your hand so that the lines are smooth and do not wobble or break off.

This post has been edited by demonhunter360: Oct 13 2011, 05:29 PM

Thanks, hannah joo.

More sweet? Mmm......ok, let me try a new recipe next time.

2 tablespoon of Sugar....one teaspoon of spice....and a dash of all things nice.....and a little bit of Justin Bieber...... ^^

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Street Fighter sketchcard commissions 100% complete.

Now, onto the next one on the commission list. ^^



This post has been edited by demonhunter360: Oct 23 2011, 12:50 AM

New project:

Superman Fortress of Solitude

Layout Draft Stage
Based on Ed McGuinness Superman and Hot Toys Christopher Reeves collectible figure set.


Superman head practices. Based on Superman by Ed McGuinness.


Superman Lois Rough Draft


Superman VS Luthor Rough Draft



This post has been edited by demonhunter360: Oct 28 2011, 10:09 AM

Chun Li sketchcard commission.



Medium:
Korean made acrylic paint + pigment inks
2.5"x 3.5" 200gsm quality acid-free artblock paper

I haven't found the time to finish my half-painted BlackCat on Page 1.

But I did make a black and white BlackCat some time ago.



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I'm trying out new colouring techniques. Cuts and gradients. A lot of tutorials to read.
Some artists are great artists but not so good teachers. They teach you Step 1, 2,3, then 6,7 and jump to 10. You get missing steps. Or sometimes, the instructions says do this and that. But what's the purpose? And what's the next step to do with it? Lol. I have to figure it out myself by cross-referencing. Dang it, so many magazines and How-To-Books to read, plus video tutorials. Phwooaaarrr......! ^^

I never really drew a Mortal Kombat character before. But I watched the movies and played the games and I like SubZero, Scorpion, Sonya and Kitana. :-P

I'll get around doing a Kitana later.

But first, I need to finish customers' artwork.

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Hulk commission draft.



Customer wanted Hulk in American Football jersey and with a tiger.

This post has been edited by demonhunter360: Nov 9 2011, 12:57 AM

Hi Inashi, I have a new Thor that I pencilled a while ago, but never uploaded yet because I was going to paint it.

I'll get to that once I clear my customers' orders of illustrations.

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Here are new commission pieces I'm doing for an overseas client.

Guile and Zangief sketch cards.
2.5 x 3.5" with acrylic colours and ink.







This post has been edited by demonhunter360: Nov 20 2011, 08:16 PM

Superman Fortress of Solitude redrawn on actual artblock paper. 11" X 16". No lightboxing. Paper too thick anyways.

More details to follow. Possibly inked. In progress.

I'm taking a digital drawing course right now and learning from professionals at De'Claz'Room.

It's really an eye opener as I am taught how to paint digitally. I used to find it hard to believe that anyone could finish a life like digital portrait of Johnny Depp in under 4 hours. I thought they had super fast computers with 8 GBs of Ram or something. But now I've seen how it is done and how it should be done, I believe it.

Having a tutor at De'Claz'Room show me the ropes is by far faster and easier than trolling through tutorial magazines and books as I find the instructions clearer and easier to follow. It's a lot of fun, and it opens the door to so much more possibilities. Finally, I will have a chance to paint like my online idols!

The above painting of a cherry was from a class exercise.
Note: My tutor helped me out with the painting.

This post has been edited by demonhunter360: Nov 26 2011, 02:32 PM

Guess who?
Exercise from digital painting class.
It's a lot of work and I still want to work on it, like on the ears, and also getting the texture right for the jacket. Gonna look for textures online.

Made with Wacom Bamboo Small and Photoshop CS5.

Note: My tutor helped me with this painting.

Thanks. ^^

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Been very busy lately. Acquiring new skills to be better at being an illustrator and designer.

Meanwhile, also had to deal with assignments and an exam this weekend.

Here's 2 commission pieces I'm working on.

Street Fighter Zangief and Guile sketchcards with acrylic and ink.
Shin Akuma in watercolor is in the works. No time to scan that bad @$$ yet.

Street Fighter sketchcards completed.







Medium: Acrylic and ink. Shin Akuma = watercolor.

Gmruleme, thank you.

I'm still undergoing training, not officially working yet. But I have been lucky to get some freelance design jobs like business name card designs, book cover, product packaging illustration (local), and comic artwork commissions from overseas.

There is still so much more for me to learn. ^^

Chinese romance novel cover illustration painting technique class exercise.

Utilizing masking technique and applying watercolour texture.

Yes, Photoshop. I'm taking classes by professionals now. Previously, I was kind of like groping in the dark by myself. ^^

In statue painting and I suppose also in traditional airbrushing, masking literally putting strips of tape on your artwork to cover it, so that you only paint the parts you want.

But here, masking in Photoshop means that you create a layer, and click on create mask, and putting your foreground and background colours to black and white respectively. Click on the mask icon in the layer, and paint over the parts you don't want. For example, if I have a photo of ZhangZhiYi, I will mask and paint out her background. If I make a mistake, I switch foreground to white, and paint again, and the background will come back. Masking is a safe-method, because anytime you make mistakes, you can recover instead of using eraser tool.

This post has been edited by demonhunter360: Dec 18 2011, 10:51 PM

I'm learning at ClazRoom, Damansara Perdana. They offer various courses to suit your needs and timetable. From short holiday courses, to short monthly courses and full time courses. Apart from teaching digital illustration and painting, you can also learn other things like character and concept design, 3D design and animation, and even traditional art like oil painting.

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Added on December 18, 2011, 11:02 pmYes, I'm learning at ClazRoom and I'm so glad I found them. ^^
We are learning famous Taiwanese artist Der Jen's techniques at painting fair Asian maidens. My next class will be painting a classic Chinese maiden in olden traditional costume, a qipao, the kind worn by people of the royal court or even an empress.

This post has been edited by demonhunter360: Dec 18 2011, 11:07 PM