some rough stuff

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Some rough value studies of exising painting and a loose sketch of the beginnings of a character design. I've been working away and cleaning up and updating work on my website. It's been quite a lot of work. I will post some work from that soon most likely, though I'm not I'll posting as regularly as I was before. There seems to be the inherit dilema with concept designers and production artists with blogs in that so much of we do stays secretive and behind the scenes making it so much more difficult to have anything to post or promote. Ah, a problem to ponder for another time....

black and white value study of film shot

some simple value studies

a value study of a painting

Experimental

Some out there experiments with form and composition

3 speed paintings

Some simple value sketches.
The top I was experimenting with trying to do a bit of an aerial composition, and added the foreground element with the character standing on top to make it more interesting, although given more time I thought I could have made a more stronger composition.

The middle was a study from an existing film frame.

On the bottom I was working a little bit with overcast light and using local value to define the major compositional shapes, as oppose to having a strong directional light or artificial light to define form. I was also experimenting a bit with trying to elicit a more calmer or serene composition. I'm not exactly sure how successful that was, but it was adequate for a exploratory study.

some quick environments

Here are some more speed paints. Working in black and white and sticking helps a lot with thinking in simple term of strong values and is fun to experiment with on a simpler stage. I am thinking about aiming for doing at least one a week to post on the blog.

hot air balloon

Fast and fun speed painting. Nice to bust out something quick and loose. I will do more of these, they're great practice.