cgaddict's Portfolio

Asher

cgaddict — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:03:25 GMT

Asher

I promised a friend I'd paint something for her quite some time ago, but I never had the chance to until recently. The concept of this piece is her idea, so it looks quite different than my other works, but I was determined to paint it as close to her vision as possible, and I think I succeeded in that regard. The hardest part about this image was the hair - I generally dislike painting hair and view it as a challenge itself, but overall, I'm quite satisfied with how that aspect turned out.

Apollo and Daphne

cgaddict — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:02:43 GMT

Apollo and Daphne

The Greek Mythological tale of Apollo and Daphne was something I tried many times before to paint without much success... until recently. I felt like this story could make for some very interesting imagery, so I was very determined to get it finished. I put a lot of thought and work into the background in this one. In general I feel like I spend too much time concentrating on the figures during the painting process, so I tried to break that flow with this image, spending lots and lots of hours on the background alone. I created quite a few custom brushes for this one, specifically for the leaves on the background and grass in the foreground to help speed up the process, as well as obtain some very realistic textural effects as well. The tree's textures were a lot of fun to work on as well... and very, very time consuming, but I feel like I have a much more stronger and believable image because of it. Overall I'm quite satisfied with how this image turned out, and I hope you enjoy it as well.

Zombies Leave the Kids Alone

cgaddict — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:12:56 GMT

Zombies Leave the Kids Alone

This is my first comic book cover illustration, the first of many I'm doing for Malaka Studios, and I have to admit I'm very proud of this one. The lightning was a bit tricky, but I think I managed to pull through. I wanted to keep the figures as the focus, so I purposely kept the background loose. Thanks for looking :)

Phoenix

cgaddict — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:12:23 GMT

Phoenix

I've been studying the works of Boris Vallejo for quite some time, and I wanted to paint something in that style for a while now. I learned much about how to go about color and skin tones studying his work, and I think this image greatly benefited from that. For once I'm actually quite satisfied with how this image turned out; Easily my best work in terms of colors and composition IMO. The figure was referenced from Mjranum-Stock, and was very much inspired by the character from the 'X-Men' comic books/movies as well.

Lost

cgaddict — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:42:30 GMT

Lost

I had this theme in my head for quite some time, and finally found some time to paint it. I wanted to paint something that was surreal in style, while leaving it open for interpretation. I learned a lot about conveying mood in this one as well.

The Resurrectionist

cgaddict — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:18:42 GMT

The Resurrectionist

A collaboration between myself and Abbas Saleem Khan (bakatron.com). The underwater theme tend to be a bit challenging for me, but I'm very happy with how this one turned out. Thanks for looking :)

Wrath of Medusa

cgaddict — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:28:18 GMT

Wrath of Medusa

I wanted to paint Medusa for quite some time, but haven't had a chance to until recently. This image was a lot of fun to paint, but also extremely challenging; The statue's 'folds' and texture in particular were very time consuming, as was the strands of grass on the foreground. For those interested, a tutorial on how I painted this image will be available soon on Photoshop Digital Painting Magazine as well.

Stoned

cgaddict — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:13:26 GMT

Stoned

This image was created for Digital Arts Magazine, as a tutorial on how to create a portrait of a statue. I had a lot of fun creating this one, especially in regards to the lightning as well as the texture work. The tutorial deals with applying both photo textures as well as hand painted textures to create a believable result. Be sure to check out the complete tutorial next month on Digital Arts Magazine!

Self Portrait

cgaddict — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:20:00 GMT

Self Portrait

I wanted to do a fantasy-themed self portrait for quite some time, but haven’t had the chance to until recently. I opted for a fantasy theme with this one mainly because I felt it would make for some interesting imagery. I wanted to emulate the look of those early classical paintings, so I applied what I have learned from doing the Master Copy studies a while back into this painting. I feel like a have a stronger piece of work as a result of those studies.

Lost From Sea

cgaddict — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:25:18 GMT

Lost From Sea

This image started off very... unplanned. At first, I initially wanted to paint an underwater scene, but I got bored halfway through and decided to do something a bit different. I'm glad I did at the end of the day, as an underwater scene would have probably been too cliche.

Pose referenced from: [link]

Dancing With The Devil

cgaddict — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:45:56 GMT

Dancing With The Devil

This piece was commissioned over a year ago, and I had much fun, and frustration, in creating it. I don't usually experiment much with a dark theme, so this was a fun change from the norm. I was asked to do something very Tim Burton-ish, whom I'm a huge fan of, and what you see here is the result.

I wanted the composition to be simple, concentrating on atmosphere above all else, so I decided to keep everything pretty much empty. The more elements I tried to add, the more the atmosphere suffered. I learned with this piece, specifically how to create rainy effects and enhancing atmosphere. I kept the color theme simple and generally cool to add to the atmosphere as well.

Wonder Woman

cgaddict — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:58:07 GMT

Wonder Woman

Portrait of Woman Woman. I approached this image in a similar way Alex Ross approaches his paintings; Using a photo reference to obtain dynamic lightning information, but not being a complete slave to it. I really wanted to push colors with this one, so I spent a lot of time working on the colors as well as studying color theory in general. A tutorial on how I created this image will be featured in GoMotion magazine soon, so keep an eye out for that :)

*Special thanks to Henning, Baka, and CGDude for their input :)

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'Wonder Woman' is property of DC Comics.

Blade of Fire

cgaddict — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:03:47 GMT

Blade of Fire

This piece was a commission at first, but due to problems with the client, it fell through so I decided to make it my own. I put a lot of thought into this one, from the color scheme to the composition, and I think it really paid off. I consider this my best work to date, by far. Thanks for looking, and here's to a great 2009!

Master Copy - Biondina

cgaddict — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:02:13 GMT

Master Copy - Biondina

A Master Copy of Lord Frederick Leighton's "Biondina", done for practice. I always seem to learn a tremendous amount when doing these practice paintings, and this time was no different. I tried to capture the likeness of the original, especially in terms of colors w/o taking any 'shortcuts' (no box gridding, color picking, etc). Original image can be found here: [link]

Batman Caricature

cgaddict — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:58:39 GMT

Batman Caricature

Painted just for fun :)

Save Us

cgaddict — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:00:23 GMT

Save Us

Created for 2D Artist Magazine. I decided to update this piece a bit, as I consider it to be my strongest in terms of theme. Among the changes were better color harmony, much more texture (I tried to emulate the look of those old Master paintings), and more definition, particularly in the clothing and face. Enjoy

Out of this World (Speedpaint)

cgaddict — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:56:30 GMT

Out of this World (Speedpaint)

Yet another speedpainting (I'm on a roll! :). This one was done without any references, which I'm very proud of (my previous portraits were fairly highly referenced). I had a lot of fun with this piece, and I might repaint this as a 'full' painting in the future. 1 hour, Photoshop. EDIT: Worked on it for 1 more hour, looks much, much better me thinks :)

Lady Gaia

cgaddict — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:30:27 GMT

Lady Gaia

This piece took me quite a while to complete; I started this off in early February, with a much more different concept; Eventually I altered the theme for something more darker. All in all, this took around 100 hours of work; The background was especially difficult for me to do.

Special thanks to Melanie Delon (Eskarina), who helped me out a tremendous amount with this piece (especially in terms of the colors).

Reference used for the figure.

Edit: Updated this piece a bit - altered the color scheme a bit, and enhanced the lightning a bit.

Catwoman

cgaddict — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:56:04 GMT

Catwoman

Portrait of Catwoman. This started off as practice, but got a bit out of hand. Angelina Jolie was naturally used as reference :)

Going Under

cgaddict — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:07:48 GMT

Going Under

Portrait done for a fellow artist. Originally, this was gonna be your standard portrait, but I decided to be more brave and adapt a more Fantasy style theme. Overall I'm quite satisfied with the results.