Broken Crown

 

I feel this one came out looking worse than the thumbnails. Oh well, can't win 'em all.

Spring Birds

Last of the old art, and my favorite piece from 2022. I love American robins and bluejays and I had this in my head for a while. I also have an alternate version, since this piece was inspired by vintage bird paintings after all.

Orion Wells and James Audubon

WIPs:

First I had to figure out how the bird griffins were going to work anatomically. It doesn't look important in the final, but figuring out how they were constructed really helped in the sketching phase.

Thumbnails. It was very hard to choose between the first and second one. The second one seemed more open and friendly between the birds, but there wasn't a great silhouette with the robin. The first had the opposite problem: a much more striking silhouette but the robin looked angry as hell. In the end I adjusted the first to make the robin happier. 

Finally some sketch/line work.

Swamp Sickness

I think this was the third or forth time I ever attempted a detailed digital painting like this, sometime back in 2017 or 2018 (?). The rendering itself has clearly aged but honestly I think the composition is still pretty solid. Another one I want to redo just to see how far I've come.

By some miracle I managed to find some WIPs.

Lava Hound

 Secret Santa gift. This was super fun.

Bear Pred Alien Thing

I started to doodle and just did not stop lol. I really tried to push myself with the detail and textures, but ultimately I think I focused too much on those and it backfired a bit. Still, good learning experience.