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As I traditionally do portraits I’ve been trying to learn landscape painting (and loving it). This is my most successful piece based off a photo of a river (mid lower section of the painting) The rest is made up.

I had a lot of fun with this piece as I created it in Photoshop when I normally use Painter.

1 day to complete from start to finish.]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:01:47 +0000 http://zilla.cgsociety.org/gallery/563019

I created this piece for the CG 'Strange Behaviour' Challenge. Most of it was done in Painter with a little bit of touch up in Photoshop at the end. I had heaps of fun with this and got a lot of helpful advice from people on the forums and friends. The story for the piece is below...

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In 1792 French Doctor Pierre Ordinaire invented the health elixir absynthe.
Unbeknownst to the good doctor the main herbal ingredient of this fine green aperitif "Artemisia Absinthium" had long held an extraordinary cat nip like attraction for the common garden fairie.

Many believe the dusty old tales of mystique surrounding absynthe arose from the "Artemisia Absinthium" or wormwood causing delirium and madness in those who drank it. In truth these Tall Tales arose from those with a touch of the site suffering visions of the little fairies when in their cups.

Although they come in many colours, shapes and sizes the absynthe loving fairies became known as la Fèe Vert (the green fairy) in honour of the green drink they so adore.

To this day la Fèe Vert's favourite preparation of the burning thrice distilled spirit is straight up with 1 sugar cube and a healthy dose of self immolation.
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I painted this as the second in a series of landscape pieces I’m working on.

Created in Painter with a little touching up in Photoshop at the end. This painting took me about a day to complete.]]> Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:09:09 +0000 http://zilla.cgsociety.org/gallery/569275

A small knight in a foreign land. This caterpillar roams the fields seeking adventure and tasty foliage!

This one took me quite a while to finish as there is so much detail in the background. But I had heaps of fun creating it!!

This took me a couple of months on and off and was painted entirely in Painter.]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:54:01 +0000 http://zilla.cgsociety.org/gallery/560817

This is the main character design for a short film by Jeremy Kenisky. The idea was for both characters to be somewhere between Oddworld and Monsters Inc.]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:38:55 +0000 http://zilla.cgsociety.org/gallery/549403

This is just a quick character design I did for a short film by Jeremy Kenisky. The idea was somewhere between Oddworld and Monsters Inc. I'm pretty happy with how he came out.]]> Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:55:46 +0000 http://zilla.cgsociety.org/gallery/493674

This was created in Painter over about 6 hours.

The painting was done from a reference photo as an exercise in skin tone and light.]]> Mon, 07 May 2007 11:58:30 +0000 http://zilla.cgsociety.org/gallery/490775

Hello,

A while back a friend asked me how long it has been since I’ve tried a self portrait. I figure it’s a good ten years so it’s about time for another try! This is about 12 hours in Painter.
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