This is the character somewhat finalized. I'm pretty sure I won't deviate from this armor design. I Don't know, I think i might have went a little nuts on the 'simple' color style... There were a couple people who told me the colors on the last two samples were too flat, so I added some gradients and some light shading. I think I like this more, but I dunno if it will be too much work in the long run.

Might shrink the 'horn' thing on her head a little bit after looking at it for a while... And I made the hair color a little brighter. Anyhow, there it is. Most likely be moving onto the next characters tonight. Might post those sketches up for people to see in a few hours.

Mark

(Mark Sinclair retains all copyrights to artwork on this journal.)

Just trying to get use to her features and testing out her color palette. The color style is going to be very simple. Just regular flats with possibly some simple shadows and a highlights layer. The key to making this look right will be picking good base colors and line colors.

I'm glad I got the time today to work on this. I also spoke with my brother about some of the ideas I had and he seems very enthusiastic about it. I will be asking him to help me with some of the more complex writings in it. Especially 'The Moat Scene.' Haha. You'll have to wait and see what exactly 'the moat' is. Regardless, Kingsway is going to be a really fun project. I am trying to keep the ideas free flowing and without boarders.

Again, if you visit my site, please let me know you stopped in by commenting on something. I'd appreciate it very much. Goodnite.

Mark

My favorite hero from WC3, the Warden.

Not too much to say about these. They're just character sketches. I might finish them and enter them, but I still have yet to conceive the design I have most faith in : / That one I probly won't share:) But, In the coming weeks, I think I'll have a lot of updates in my journal for you guys to see. Oh, and if you stop by, please leave a comment/crit or two. I'd appreciate it:) See ya.

Sleep on horseback,

The far moon in a continuing dream,

Steam of roasting tea.

~Basho Matsuo

This is my most recent painting in the works. It's inspired partly by Frazetta's work So, it isn't near complete yet, but I thought I would explain a little bit about how I might start one of my illustrations.

Initially, I always start in my sketch book. Haha. If you've ever seen my sketch books, you might think that it's full of a lot of strange scratchings, illegible text, and maniacal india ink or sharpie etchings. It's sort of my way to make sense of concepts in my head. Anyway, after a page or two of sketches, I came up with an image that I liked.

This is one of the characters, a sorceress or wizard dressed in clothes tattered by the weather. It's mostly a gesture at this stage but it has all the information I need to continue on with the roughing out of the painting.

This is the rough more fleshed out, and I'll most likely start painting my colors onto this. The detail I put in is mainly just to make sure I remember certain things about the image while I'm painting.

So that's it. All that's left to do is start the painting, which ill get to later tonight. Check back later, I'll probly update tonight or tomorrow.

So, this was the first image i was working on. After looking at it, though, I'm not sure that this is an illustration I want to put in my portfolio. I think I could have done better on a lot of things in this, so I may either do it over or just start with a fresh concept. No harm in posting it here, though.

The idea behind this was a dark, ruined building submerged in sand, with this huge worm towering over a soldier. I wanted hlf of his body in the shadows the other side of his body reflecting a merciless desert sun. I'm not sure what doesn't work about this for me. I think it may be in the composition. Also, I don't think the colors did what I wanted them to do. anyway...

I do kinda like how the worm's face turned out though. The red eyes got the effect I wanted on top of the otherwise muted colors. And the slippery tenticles coming out of its mouth look like they're trying to scoop up the insects that are pouring from its mouth.(eep)

I won't say that I hate this image... It is just missing something. Or maybe I should have pushed a little harder in certain areas. I guess that just happens sometimes.

Larger images in comments

If I have time tomorrow I'll post the second image that I'm nearly finished. Goodnight for now.