Monthly Archives: August 2012

Testing testing…

Posted on August 28, 2012 by carcrashcentral

I haven’t posted in a while, because I’ve been working on things I couldn’t post! And also doing some practising, which was a lot of fun to do, but not much to look at. I made a few new photoshop … Continue reading →

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Stupor Heroes

Posted on August 17, 2012 by carcrashcentral

Bit of a contrast to yesterday’s post (which freaks me out a bit…. when I look at it from far away it almost looks like a photograph. but because it isn’t a photograph, it looks a bit wrong… But if … Continue reading →

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Man in a scarf

Posted on August 16, 2012 by carcrashcentral

My latest digital portrait… Took 4 hours. I’ve left some elements unfinished because I think it looks better like that

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The Road

Posted on August 14, 2012 by carcrashcentral

A design for one of my favourite books, The Road by Cormac McCarthy Here is the drawing I made for the characters: And here are a couple of birds which have nothing to do with Cormac Mccarthy

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Swamp Man

Posted on August 9, 2012 by carcrashcentral

I have a book of cajun folk tales, most of which seem to have been invented in order to scare kids into obedience. As you’d expect, a lot of them are swamp-based. One of my favourites is a character called … Continue reading →

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Horse

Posted on August 8, 2012 by carcrashcentral

I took this about as far as I wanted to. Always a bit difficult to know when to stop. I usually regret making something that looks too smooth; I like to see the brush marks (even if they are digital). … Continue reading →

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Work in progress

Posted on August 7, 2012 by carcrashcentral

Still working on this horse… I’ve started in with a bit of a background now. Need to integrate the horse better, and I haven’t decided wether to put him/her in the light or the shadow. Eventually might do a version … Continue reading →

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Horse Sketch

Posted on August 5, 2012 by carcrashcentral

This is actually just the beginning of something I’m working on, but I think sometimes the sketches have more life than my final pieces, so here it is by itself… before I ruin it!

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Man with red hair digital painting

Posted on August 4, 2012 by carcrashcentral

Continuing to practise digital painting… Somehow this bloke came out looking like a warrior of some sort. I guess it was inevitable- that’s what happens when you start digital painting, isn’t it? Before you know it I’ll be onto dragons, … Continue reading →

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