Today's Progress

You Don't Have To Finish

Doing a Master Copy of an Avengers piece done by Ryan Meinerding (Google him, his stuff is good) in order to learn some digital painting techniques. The other day I was talking to a teacher about the challenges of growing in art and working full time, then he said these words, "You don't have to finish." Upon hearing that it felt like a hundred pound weight was removed from my shoulders. He was referring to practicing and doing copies and not works that would be sold or done for a client. At times I'll put pressure on myself to finish a practice piece instead of just learning from the process. So instead of taking a huge chuck of this great piece Ryan did and feel overwhelmed, I'll focus on one piece of it.

Here is to "not finishing". My goal will be to complete the helmet, chest armor, and hands doing an energy blast, to learn how he gets that look. It's quite surprising how it's coming together and the detail work has not even been started. So far all my teachers and the pros are right. It's all about value and nothing else. Imagine that... teachers being right (I'm being sarcastic). Looking to get this done in the next 2-3 days in the middle of my other work that needs to be done. This has been sitting in the to do pile for too long. Enjoy.

Head Study

Working on a head study. 40 minutes. Good proportions, working on keeping eye shape and eye brow placement.

Storyboard Work

Working on some storyboards for my website. This one is for an outdoor ad I worked on for a project.

Ryan Meinerding Avengers Study WIP

Whenever I view Ryan Meinerding's illustrations I am mesmerized. It start with the first Avengers Concept art he did that was released in stages and revealed a larger illustration of the original Avengers team. Recently, for Avengers 2, he just released a much larger illustration that needs to be "assembled". I really enjoy his work and am always to learn more techniques for digital illustration so I decided to do a Master Copy. The whole illustration is quite large so I decided to focus on Iron Man and Cap. Below is the first stage that took a couple of hours to sketch out and measure our proportions, also is the original for reference. I still need to measure but that's why they call it a WIP. I'll post my progress as I keep going. The next stage will be to add a grey tone to the background, add the shadow shapes, and more measuring of proportions.