Bald, Bearded Man

Sketched out on August 12, 2012, at church.  Graphite on paper.  Its primary reason for upload?  I was playing with my new phone's camera.  Still, I like the picture...

Update: Pounded out a rough colorized version.  I didn't have access to my sketch tablet, so this was all mouse-work.

Armored Cleric

I was looking back through some pictures on my computer and found this.  It's something I doodled out in my free time; not really sure what it is though.  Still, I rather like it, so...  Yeah.  Painted with Photoshop.

Arcadia

Not an image this time, but a link to a series of images...  As the final project for a college course, we had to create an 'interactive'... project.  The majority of the class said "screw that" and made a film.  However, we also created an interactive website/ demi-game to appease the teacher.  That was my part.  Following this link will bring you to that site.  All of the collage images were created by yours truly using photoshop, Daz Studio, etc., etc.  Many hours went into making these beat-up, washed-out photos.  THe navigation scheme (such as it is) was also my work.  Hope you enjoy!

http://www.wix.com/aiclass/arcadia

In the Studio

I like movies. Most people do. I also like making movies. Again, many people can agree with that. But I look at movie making not as a hobby, but as a career. I've got two credits on IMDB already, and hope to add more. Ever since I was 5, I've wanted to be a film maker, and it looks like I might actually be able to some day.

A couple weeks ago, my mom showed me a scholarship opportunity entitled 'Frame Your Future." Basically, you make a piece of artwork showing what you hope to see in your future. So... I did that. I made a little film set, complete with crew. I used action figures from 6 different toylines*, four of which were heavily reworked/painted by yours truly (see Custom Figures by Hrothmeir to the left), photographed them separately on blue screens, and composited them in Photoshop. This was my first success with HDR photography (my older attempts were down without the aid of a tripod), and I really like the results. The background was made in blender, exported as multiple images, and then HDR'd in Photoshop. I then added shadows, lights, etc., etc. in, you guessed it, Photoshop.

Oh, and the camera was made with LEGO; I'm rather proud of it, actually.

*Star Wars (30th Anniversary), G.I. Joe (Rise of Cobra, 30th Anniversary), Indiana Jones, Avatar, Iron Man 2, Prince of Persia

'Pockett' Captain

If you peruse the links along the side of this page, you'll notice a webcomic entitled 'Pockett.' And.. that's my webcomic. Originally done in a traditional/ digital 2D style, I've been trying to transition to 3D, and actually have two different storylines going, distinguished by 2D/ 3D styles. The eventual plan is to turn it into a more realistic style, as seen by the Captain above. The captain is, well... the Captain of the Pockett, the greatest starship in the night sky! He's not yet rigged, or fully finished, but I think he's done enough to show off. Made in Blender.

Minotaur

Wow, digging way back into my sketchbooks here... A minotaur. Can't remember much about this, but based on the date, I'd say it was drawn shortly after seeing the first theatrical Narnia film... Definitely one of my 'early' works, shortly after I got into art. Pencil, with ball-point overlay.

Agabis--Initial Sketch

The Agabis... Undoubtedly the best work I've ever done. Also one of my first forays into digital painting. Just what is the Agabis? Look up. You see that bizarre winged creature at the top of the page? That is the Agabis. It is a creature, mechanical in nature, that I sadly have no backstory for. It is an image, wholly unconnected to any fictional world I have created. As I said, it is one of my earliest digital creations, and one that I am still working on. I occasionally doodle out other pictures, different versions, etc. I'm also still at work on a city-scape for it to dwell in that I am wholly satisfied with. Ah, well.
The Agabis started innocently enough. Following the release of the second Transformers film in 2007, I found myself drawing a lot of rather strange mechanical creatures very much in the style of Mr. Bay's behemoths. Sometime late in the year I was in church, drawing one such creature (Sadly, I can't remember which), when the man sitting behind me noticed my work and asked if I could design a tattoo for him: a bio-mechanical angel. I quickly roughed out the image above, with the intent of scanning it in, detailing it, and mirroring it for a final image. To simplify the story I did so, then proceeded to paint that sucker.
I intend to show many more derivations and permutations of the Agabis, including the computer line work and rough paints, but those will all have to wait for another time...