henning's Gallery

Goh'Cephal

henning — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:24:00 GMT

Goh'Cephal

Not that this really has anything to do with Call of Cthulhu, but I guess that I have been influenced from the monsters of that setting. There is just something with tentacle monsters that appeals to me and not in an Asian manga kind of way (please make a note of that )

I was not sure if I was to dress the girl or not, but after a few tests, it simply looks a lot cleaner and better this way.

Painted using Photoshop with a Wacom tablet over a long period of time (painted one or two hour every now and then. Reference from different places within my own collection.

Close-ups and progress steps on my site.

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.

Dragon_caller.jpg

henning — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:47:34 GMT

Dragon_caller.jpg

After playing a Dungeons & Dragons role playing campaign for quite a while now (…and it looks as if we’re upcoming dragon-riders, yay!), I got all into “dragon-mode”, and wanted to make a pretty standard high fantasy painting. Again, I show that I have a passion for the old fantasy masters, and I simply love painting things like this.

Painted during one and a half evening in Photoshop CS2 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.

Equilibrium

henning — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:41:43 GMT

Equilibrium

I’ve always been really fond of narrow standing formats, and this painting will hopefully be the first in a series of 2 or 3 with the same appearance and dimensions. I want to make a series that looks nice together, perhaps hanging on a wall.

This painting took me quite some time because of the resolution and the amount of details.
Painted from scratch in 4-6 evenings using Photoshop with a Wacom tablet. Reference used for the girl and the folds.