Oops

Alright i need to pick up the pace, I'm starting to slow down. I wanted to be posting something once a week but I got distracted by all this job stuff. Here's a sketch dump. The dreadlock girl in the top image was doodled while I was playing D&D for the first time, she was my half-elf druid. The lizard guy on the bottom is when i was playing Skyrim with my Argonian ranger. *pushes up glasses*

Got a new job at Turbine, which is now owned by Warner Brothers. Part of it is very familiar, part of it is really different. I've been put on their new project which is completely different from anything the studio has done before, it's really nuts.

Due to recent events, I have a lot more spare time on my hands so I can get back to working on stuff I haven't touched in a while. Apparently I haven't updated this chestnut since February, so I got on the case. I couldn't find a hand pose that was perfect so I had to combine a few and then look up what hands covered in blood looked like separately. I think in general I need to add more atmosphere, especially to the face, now that the rest has become so loose.

Guild Navigator

More Dune!

I've been trying to come up with a Steersman design for a while, this is the closest so far.

Here's the original description, summed up nicely by Wikipedia:

 ...a "humanoid fish," and described in his tank of spice gas as "an elongated figure, vaguely humanoid with finned feet and hugely fanned membranous hands — a fish in a strange sea."


 ...they possess a "tiny v of a mouth" and "ugly flap of nose" and that "Mouth and nose appeared small on a Navigator's gigantic face with its pulsing temples."


I wanted to make this creature interesting with contrasts; a round belly with an angular, lanky figure, appearing old and yet still undeveloped, frail but threatening for some reason. Although they are incredibly powerful they are also driven by their addiction to spice, so it was important to illustrate that they are driven by greed as much as they are by intellectual pursuits.

Technically they are even supposed to wear a leotard and a utility belt, but I might take some artistic liberties and do away with that... I dunno we'll see.

Another dump of sketches. Again, these are from over a few sketch books, most of the ones on the top are from my head and the obviously posey ones on the bottom are from life. I thought I'd keep up with the themes, so this time it's all girls! Yeeey!

Callie Started

Workin' on Callie Maggotbone from Ugly Americans. I love this show, and I wanna finish this before the season is over. Bonus, there's tentacles in it!

Lunch time sketch. Bicycle sphinx...?

So. I got a scanner.

After 6 years as a professional artist, I finally have my own scanner. How sad is that? Pretty sad. Contrary to popular belief I DO actually use physical (analog? so pretentious) media often, but mostly it's all in my sketchbooks and nothing ever finished. To start, here is a collection of stuff from Dune.

From top left - Laza tigers; Fremen costume; Shai Hulud; princess headdresses; krysknives; chairdog; old steersman concept (outdated, I've since redesigned them based on the book descriptions more closely); Alia, from a scene in Children of Dune.

I'll post more later once I get them arranged.

Ritual Update

More progress on this thing. Man, once I start doing freelance my schedule for updating goes right down the toilet.

I bumped the contrast and colors like crazy, figured I could do something interesting with the incense smoke. Still afraid to touch those handles right now.

Foul (or should i say eligible?) Bachelor Frog. To decorate our house with. I got a frame and everything.

Jogger sketch

I wanted to play with the contrast of matte clothing vs shiny skin. Joggers are sexy, but it seems boring to me. I'd rather dance instead, it's like jogging in place.

Random dump of a couple of things I've been working on. Top is my friend Noah making chicken and waffles, the second is me being bored of conversations leading nowhere. I need to update more.

Now with underboob.

More blood on pagan cave girls, it's like a thing I do now. I am honored to know the empowered women I've met, but you should know that you're all very intimidating and fascinating to me. I think that's where these come from. We'll see where this one goes!

Rosy Hills

Been working on this, trying to be more fast and painterly. This was inspired by an old drawing I had done many years ago but never quite painted. I was motivated to render it after some recent events.

Alia Takes a Bath, part II

This is a continuation of the livestream painting. I really enjoy this one, although the perspective on the bathtub is killing me. Every time I make a composition change with the bathtub I have to adjust the perspective. This is why you figure this crap out in the beginning instead of later :( The black nebulus in the background will probably fade off into a galaxy-looking kind of abstractness.

Chun Colors

Added color. Haven't worked like this in a while, far more anal than how I'm used to working. I should probably  find a looser balance with my work so I can leave my sketchier lines, inking is such a PAIN. Honestly I think I like the lines by themselves more than with the color... oh well.

Chun Li Lines

More line art. Chun Li is one of my all time favorite game characters, I draw her often. I really do like to draw in comic-book styles and use dynamic poses, i just rarely find an excuse to do it even in my personal work. Getting back into lines is refreshing! Still needs some tweaks, and one day I will also color this.

Livestream

I lied. Sorry, I like painting girls. BWAHAHAHAHA.

This was the result of a livestream test I did on 7/7. This is a scene from Dune Messiah, of Alia being really pissed in a bathtub. I'll probably take it further later. Apparently, krys knives float. I saved the recording, which you can check out on my new livestream channel at:

www.livestream.com/gorrem

Some Changes 'Round Here

Soooo I figured I'd just redirect my website straight to this blog, since it was very outdated (3 years... -_-). In Lieu of this I've included separate pages at the top of my blog, a page with my bio and a small gallery page. Now it functions pretty much like a regular website except hella easy to manage! Also, I've been trying to return to my roots as a line artist recently, in light of recent projects. I used to be really into comic-book/animation style work, but sort of lost my way as I was trying to become better at painting. Now I feel i can return to it with fresh eyes, see what new artists I like and steal their techniques! This particular design is a character I've had for a LONG time (since I was 16!) named Agrat, who is essentially a succubus queen. I was inspired by people like Wendling and Bartucci, some of my line art heroes... I am a big fan of European artists, Heavy Metal, etc when it comes to the styles/subject matter I lean to. I promise I'll post something other than girls next time!

Winter's Melting

Preview of another pin-up I've been toilin' on, only half the image. I've been getting in the habit of painting girls in hot situations around this time of year, sort of to celebrate summer coming. I can try all I like to be a srs bsns artist, I can't stop drawing girls all the time... Oh well!

EDIT 6/2/11: Meh, i just uploaded the finished version since i did it the next day, lul. Heels on the beach?! PREPOSTEROUS.