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Deku - high res, PSD w/layers + Personal piece WIP

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Hope you're well! Here's a portrait from today - Deku of My Hero Academia - I've had a little time while trying to put my kid to sleep where I've been able to watch a few episodes, I thi...

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The Basics - Grayscale to Color + Brushes

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Here's the latest video tutorial, in this ...

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Black Lady - Sailor Moon - high res + PSD

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Hope you're good! Here's the latest thing I've done playing with the grayscale to color approach, similar to the Super Metroid, I just put less time into this one. I'm currently pr...

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Super Metroid - high res download

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Hope you've been well! Here's the final image for the Super Metroid piece. I spent a good chunk of time fleshing this out and can confidently walk through the process now - it took me so...

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Super Metroid Update - Samus & company

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Hope you're well! I wanted to share the latest progress on the Super Metroid piece. At this stage I've done all the drawings/values for the creatures and Samus. From this point on I'll b...

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Super Metroid update - Ridley & Draygon + Suikoden II Jowy high res

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Hope you had a good new years! Today I wanted to share the progress of the Super Metroid piece - I'm feeling very confident that this one will come together smoothly, it's been very easy...

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Riou of Suikoden II - high res & layered PSD + Super Metroid Update

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Hope you're well! I wanted to share an update on the Super Metroid piece as well as a revised composition to the original I posted(I think this one will be much stronger). For this new u...

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Super Metroid - sketch

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Hope you're good! Here's the next project - Super Metroid - one of my favorite games ever. I've been trying to find an approach that uses a bit more realistic lighting for this one, here...

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Bulma - High Res

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Been a couple days! Thanks for sticking with me on this, I've been trying to develop out an oil style for my paintings, I'm pretty happy with this one - came together super fast! The ent...

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How I Painted - Morrigan - Full PDF Breakdown

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Hope you're having a good month so far! I wanted to share the current approach I'm using for the Morrigan & Goku paintings - both follow this breakdown. I'm trying to keep my process...

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Morrigan - high res

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Here's the latest character portrait I've been working on - this isn't really meant to be an amazing composition or anything, the sketch was started just to mess around and I decided I'd...

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Son Goku - high res + layered PSD

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Here's something quicker from today - I wanted to try out some new brushes I bought from Justin Gerard View Post

Symphony of the Night - high res printable file!

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Hope you're well! Thank you all so much for supporting me throughout this process, things have been moving along on this piece and I've hopefully found something new for my approach - I ...

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He-Man & Skeletor - concept art

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Here's somethin a little different than the normal - I wanted to give a go at doing my own take on He-Man & Skeletor - nothin too crazy, but I wanted to see if I could bring some dif...

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Making Comics pt.1 - Steve Lichman

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This is a long time coming - I've been getting qu...

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Symphony of the Night - work in progress!

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Hope you're well! Here's the latest progress on the Symphony of the Night piece. It's definitely moving along but I am taking my time playing with brushes to hopefully get the oil look g...

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November Q&A + 1hr PokéQuest timelapse video

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Study & Vampire Hunter D notes, Morrigan Sketch, Vampire Hunter D Timelapse + PSDs

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Hope you're well! I wanted to share with you ...

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Symphony of the Night - Work in Progress Update - Alucard

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Hope you're well! Here's the latest progress I've made on the Symphony of the Night piece. I'm doing my best to work out Alucard's likeness at the moment - I felt like my initial drawing...

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How I Painted - Castlevania - Full PDF Breakdown

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Hope you've been well! Here's the full breakdown of the Castl...

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Iron Man - Knullified - video process w/commentary

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I hope you're all doing well! Today I wanted to share with you the process of my Iron Man...

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Symphony of the Night - Work in Progress Update!

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Hope you're well! Here's the latest update to the Symphony of the Night piece. Been working at it a bit - I'm feeling pretty good about the approach on Richter so far, it's a mix of what...

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Symphony of the Night - Work in Progress!

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So, this time around I wanted to use a slightly different approach to the final product - I'm going to be aiming for something more along a oil painting type look. Of course, this is jus...

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Princess Zelda - high res file + timelapse video

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This one came together much faster than normal! I'v...

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November Q&A - leave your questions here!

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Well, I know that this is late, but I wasn't entirely sure when my wife and I were going to have our baby and I think that time is upon us. But! That doesn't mean I won't be able to get ...

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Princess Zelda - Work in Progress!

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Hope you're well! Here's the latest in the inked Zelda series, if you missed the previous you can check out 2020-11-23 00:36:32 +0000 UTC View Post

PokéQuest - it's done! - high res file

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Well, this one came along pretty quick! If you watched the previous videos where I walk through my process then you probably heard me hating on the fact that these previous illustrations...

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PokéQuest - Almost done!

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Hope you're doing good! Here's the current progress on the PokéQuest piece - things are coming along nicely, I feel pretty good about the overall look and the texture quality/traditiona...

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Painting Process - PokeQuest & Fatal Fury - video + brush

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Fatal Fury - high res file

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Hope you're well! Here's the full high res of the Fatal Fury piece I've been working on. I'm going to be posting up another timelapse of the process as well(as soon as the video is done ...

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