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Lilith - video process

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Here's the process I recorded for Lilith, it's sped up a bit and there's a couple short parts I didn't record but it's pretty much the entirety of the process. Hope you enjoy! Here's the...

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Lilith - Diablo IV - steps & layered PSD

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Here's something I did for fun, playing with a more moody feeling, lots of textures, trying to really get across that classic Diablo feel I love. Really enjoyed painting this, I recorded...

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Robot head! - layered PSD, steps

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Hope you're well! Dropping this here, another test on the more painterly style I'm aiming at, similar process to the Barbarian from the other day but with more of a watercolor underdrawi...

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Art Dump! - Diablo IV Barb, Ginyu, Venom, steps, PSD!

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Been a minute since I posted up - wanted to share what I've been up to - lots of style exploration, getting deep in the weeds on textures and trying to stay loose with my brush strokes. ...

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Chun Li - high res file + sketch

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Happy Valentines day! Here's a little somethin I did yesterday, drawing a lot with Krita and the Pencil brush I use in CSP - finished in Photoshop. Hope you like her!

Thanks as alw...

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Ginyu Force + Diablo IV demon + Skull breakdown

Livestream is tonight at 8pm MST - check the link here! 

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Hope you'v...

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Necromancer - Inks, PSD, steps + livestream tonight!

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Real quick! Live stream is tonight at 8pm MST, check the link here! 

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Shadow over Mystara - Elf - steps!

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Hope you're well! Been working on this here and there, really enjoyed playing with another style for this one - this one isn't entirely finished at this stage, but I wanted to share wher...

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - high res

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Hope you're well! I think this one is done - or it's as done as it's gonna be without me going in and completely redoing the entire composition! I hope you like how it came out!

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Sonic 2 - some bird renderin' and questions!

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Quick post to accompany the Sonic high res - in this stream I painted up the little bird animals and took a bunch of questions from chat!

Thanks!

Dave

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Sonic - progress

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Just a quick update here - been working on this guy, feeling pretty good about where it's at - I need to add a few things to it, maybe some birds, definitely Tails, and then I'll give it...

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Sonic the Hedgehog - timelapse video!

This one is just the character! I had planned on recording more but I honestly thought the background would be more of an afterthought after I got the initial character done - this image was more o...

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Zombie process!

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Here's a realtime process from the other day where I painted up a zombie portrait using Krita and Photoshop - there's a chance this video is blocked in a couple regions(my apologies ther...

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Sonic the Hedgehog - high res + process

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Hope you're well! Here's a Sonic painting I just wrapped up this afternoon - I was trying to see if I could take the Zombie process(another post that should be up alongside this one) and...

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Discord Comic Challenge!

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This month we'll be tackling comics for our Discord challenge - this means hopefully breaking out of your comfort zone to try something new! At least, it'll be new for our month...

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Morrigan & Garfield - Steps!

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Some more process and approaches to working! The Garfield one is the process done in Photoshop while just rendering over my sketch followed by a color pass render - the Morrigan process ...

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Experiments and Studies!

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Here's a couple things I've been working on - lots of studies and trying processes with Photoshop. Playing with textures and working on my general process between Krita and Photoshop - t...

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Random Test Arts

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Hope you're well! Here's some work I've been playing with the last couple days - mostly trying out different approaches to Krita -> Photoshop. It's been a lot of fun trying to find a ...

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Ghost Rider - PDF Breakdown!

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Hope you had a happy holiday season so far! Here's a write up for the latest Ghost Rider cover I created using Krita and Photoshop as well as the brushes used below. I attached the PDF t...

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Diablo IV - DemonGuy steps & PSD

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So, I've been playing a lot with this approach, feeling really positive about the speed I'm getting to with these - this one above took around 1-2 hours - the main speed boost is coming ...

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Melinoƫ - steps, PSD, print

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Hope you're having a good day! Last night I wrapped this portrait up of Melinoƫ from the upcoming Hades II - I've been really enjoying my time with Hades, only about 5-6 hours in so far...

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Gollum - steps & layered PSD

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Here's something slightly more realistic as well as "Goblin" themed. My idea was to do a type of study from the Lord of the Rings movie Goblins - halfway through I realized it'd be a goo...

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BatGoblin - steps & layered PSD

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Hope you're well! Here's my BatGoblin from last night's stream, I included steps above but the PSD b...

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Goblin Discord Challenge!

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Welcome to the next Discord challenge - Goblins - we're going to keep things loose this time around and design our very own special Goblin concept or illustration - I am...

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Skully - steps & PSD

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Hope you're well! Here's something I've been playing with as far as a technique goes - I more or less just wanted to get across a "painterly" look using the same general process I've bee...

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Current Process - Krita to CSP to PS - video tutorial!

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Hope you're well! This tutorial is meant to accompany the latest Darkstalkers process post to further explain the steps taken to accomplish the final render. Please check out those steps...

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Darkstalkers - Anakaris process!

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Been working on this piece here and there as much as I can between work/comic work - wanted to share a bit of the process for Anakaris - please check out the accompanying post where I wa...

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Blackbirds Livestream - Painting Rose Witch & Background

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Wanted to quickly share a bit of the process for the Blackbirds painting in case you missed the livestream - worked on this for a few streams, hope it's helpful to watch! My video says i...

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Blackbirds - Sketch vs Final

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Finally finished this one, took forever but we're here and it's over! These giant paintings take me way too long, but I really enjoy the final result so it's worth it. Learned more than ...

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Comic Livestream

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Wanted to quickly share a bit of the process for the comic I posted yesterday in case you missed the livestream - worked on this for a few streams, hope it's helpful to watch! My video s...

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