So it's been quite a while since I made a post on here, mainly because I have so busy over the past couple of months working on Lego Lord of the Rings at Tt Games. Sadly my time there has come to an end, but I have some great memories to take with me as well as some really exciting sequences from the game. I can't wait to put them up here but unfortunately I have to wait until the game is released before I do. In the meantime I have been relaxing and doing things other than animation, as that is all I seem to have been doing for the past year.
Which leads me nicely to the image above, which is a digital painting I've made over the last day or two. I've been wanting to get back into drawing and painting as it's something I enjoy but usually don't get round to doing much of. I've been using the excellent Ctrl Paint site as a guide, and anyone starting out in either digital or traditional painting should definitely check it out. Here's the url
http://www.ctrlpaint.com/
Another site I used as reference for the painting above (which, incidentally, I found from Ctrl Paint) was
http://lovecastle.org/draw/
This is a really good site that provides quick reference for artists to use for their own work. Because I just wanted to get familiar with painting in Photoshop, I used the image below and tried to recreate it without straight out tracing the image.
Which leads me nicely to the image above, which is a digital painting I've made over the last day or two. I've been wanting to get back into drawing and painting as it's something I enjoy but usually don't get round to doing much of. I've been using the excellent Ctrl Paint site as a guide, and anyone starting out in either digital or traditional painting should definitely check it out. Here's the url
http://www.ctrlpaint.com/
Another site I used as reference for the painting above (which, incidentally, I found from Ctrl Paint) was
http://lovecastle.org/draw/
This is a really good site that provides quick reference for artists to use for their own work. Because I just wanted to get familiar with painting in Photoshop, I used the image below and tried to recreate it without straight out tracing the image.
There are a few changes I'd like to have made but overall I'm pretty happy with how it's looking. It was only meant to be a quick paint job but, like always, I ended up getting sucked in to the details. I wasn't keeping track of time when making it but I'd say it took roughly 8-10 hours to do. Like I say this is the first time really that I've properly delved into digital painting using the techniques from Ctrl Paint so I'm hoping it'll be quicker the more I do.
Any feedback would be most welcome!
Phil
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