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All out

henning — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:17:35 GMT

All out

I’d like to dedicate this piece to our recently ended Call of Cthulhu pen & paper roleplaying campaign. We kinda scewed it all up getting all tricked by Nyarlathotep! That *** old God fooled the party through a portal and they got all thrown back to ancient Egypt, except me who barely manage to jump back out before it closed behind me. Actually the others got off better than me as the world kinda ended shortly after this and I was still stuck in 1929. Oh well, it was fun for as long as it lasted…

This scene is not really from that session at all, but It’s inspired by the setting and the monsters you can find in this setting. The dude on the picture is referenced from a photo I shot of a childhood friend of mine. I think he looks cool on the picture, giving it all even though he doesn’t really stand a chance against mr. tentacle

Painted during quite a few evenings using Photoshop with a Wacom tablet. Reference used for the character.

Progress steps, closeups, prints here!

The last incarnation cover

henning — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:53:28 GMT

The last incarnation cover

This is the cover illustration and internal chapter sketches for the book “The Last Incarnation” by fantasy and science fiction author Joseph Giunta.

Done from scratch using Photoshop CS2 and a Wacom Intuos 2 tablet.
Painted august 2006.

I also made 28 black/white interior illustrations for the book, so please take a look at them on my site, along with close-ups and progress-steps: HERE!

Darkfall conceptual painting, close ups

henning — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:49:27 GMT

Darkfall conceptual painting, close ups

Close ups of the characters of the main painting posted here as well :-)

Darkfall conceptual painting

henning — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:45:52 GMT

Darkfall conceptual painting

I started this piece quite a while ago at work. It’s simply a conceptual 2D painting that was made for no other purpose to experiment and for use in misc. relation from PR to decoration etc. The picture shows 3 of the totally 6 races of Darkfall, the MMORPG-game I am working on fulltime. The girl is an elf, the guy in the middle is a human, and the short dude is obviously a dwarf. Some of the elements are based on 3D objects made by other members of Aventurine S.A.

All elements are copyrighted Aventurine S.A. and can not be used in any other purpose.

Painted using Photoshop CS2 with a Wacom Intuos tablet, and some elements based on 3D renders of actual in game objects/environments.

Raised by bats

henning — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:49:59 GMT

Raised by bats

In addition to a big interview for the Future Publishing magazine, Imagine FX, I made this painting for a workshop for the same issue. The reference model is Kjetil, a colleague and friend of mine. The workshop is explaining down to detail on how to make digital fantasy-themed portrait.

Painted during a few evenings in Photoshop 7 with a Wacom tablet.

Call of cthulhu, dunwich horror game cover

henning — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:44:54 GMT

Call of cthulhu, dunwich horror game cover

This is the cover box illustration for Fantasy Flight Games' expansion of their table top / board game named Call of Cthulhu, Arkham Horror, which is based on the worlds of renowned horror master H.P. Lovecraft.

My girlfriend, Natascha Roeoesli, made the conceptual sketch, so this is the first painting we’ve worked together on.

Painted during quite a few evenings using Photoshop with a Wacom tablet. Reference used for the characters.

tym the merger

henning — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:16:01 GMT

tym the merger

This is a “portrait” of a friend of mine I made just for fun. Painted during a few evenings using Photoshop with a tablet.

Rickster

henning — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:12:40 GMT

Rickster

This is a portrait of a friend and colleague of mine. This is a quick painting, painted during one evening using Photoshop with a tablet.