N D Hill's Portfolio

underneath

N D Hill — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:12:18 GMT

underneath

This was done for the Conceptart.org annual Last Man Standing 3 challenge. I had originally submitted it a few weeks ago before the competition deadline got bumped back so it was displayed prematurely (whoops). So when that happened, I decided to take the opportunity to work back into it and I'm really glad that I did.

The competition theme was simply "Underneath it All." I've been into all the great pulp comics (like Doc Savage, Hellboy, the old Capain America, ect.) and the old Lovecraft horror anthologies lately so I decided to mix the two. So... Clandestine Nazi seamonsters seemed like a fun no brainer. As WWII raged on the surface of the Atlantic, a secret battle was being waged 'underneath it all...'

Fidelis

N D Hill — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:30:15 GMT

Fidelis

This is sort of a one-off continuation of my BFA theses series on Mythology and Spirituality.

Grendel's Mother

N D Hill — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:28:42 GMT

Grendel's Mother

This is a follow up to a recreational piece I did last summer of Beowulf and Grendel which I ended up using in my BFA show. I decided to go on with the next dramatic scene; Beowulf fighting Grendel's mother. My idea behind Grendel and his mother is that they represented the last in a lineage of an old, isolated shamanistic clan that still worshipped the Northern European pagan deities. Their continued survival and propagation (and monstrous appearance) has since depended on a combination of inbreeding and black magic. It makes for good motivation for me as the interpreter of these characters but I don't think I could instill all that in one painting. So I've dropped hints such as the burning alter which depicts the Venus of Willendorf and Grendel's body lying on a mound of the skeletal remains of his stillborn siblings.

Return of Oblivion

N D Hill — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:46:13 GMT

Return of Oblivion

The final piece for my BFA series.

Children of Dog

N D Hill — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:44:30 GMT

Children of Dog

Fall in the Garden

N D Hill — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:43:05 GMT

Fall in the Garden

Trinity

N D Hill — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:20:28 GMT

Trinity

The first completed digital painting for my BFA show.

Twilight of the Dead

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:05:19 GMT

Twilight of the Dead

A recent project. I illustrated the cover to 'Twilight of the Dead' by Travis Adkins.

Survival at the K-T boundary

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:59:26 GMT

Survival at the K-T boundary

At the end of the cretacious period, after the comet sent plumes of dust into the sky to obscure the sky, what few animals survived did so in harsh and unrelenting conditions. Most of those with especially high dietary requirements would eventually succumb.

Biting the Hand that Feeds

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:59:06 GMT

Biting the Hand that Feeds

Done for my BFA show as part of a series of images deal with violence.

Dunes

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:57:31 GMT

Dunes

The title pretty much says it all.

Demigod Striding

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:56:21 GMT

Demigod Striding

Another creature design...

Spinosaurus Aegypticus

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:55:10 GMT

Spinosaurus Aegypticus

The title is pretty self-explanitory.

Floating Demigod

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:53:03 GMT

Floating Demigod

Another creature design for the same personal project.

Moth

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:50:57 GMT

Moth

An old character of mine that occurs in a lot of my sketchbook doodles.

Marathon Redesign: Pfhor

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:48:27 GMT

Marathon Redesign: Pfhor

Another redesign based on Bungie's classic game, Marathon.

Marathon redesign: Compiler

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:42:36 GMT

Marathon redesign: Compiler

An enemy redesign based on Bungie's classic 3D Shooter for the Mac, Marathon.

Hell Hound

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:40:44 GMT

Hell Hound

Done for a Thunderdome Challenge at Conceptart.org

Griffin

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:39:39 GMT

Griffin

A quick creature redesign based on Greek mythology.

demigod

N D Hill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:38:14 GMT

demigod

A creature design for a personal project. A biomechanical demigod.