Been awhile ~

OCTOBER ~
Busy with work. Didn't get the chance to paint...
Heres something i would like to share.

My first Play Arts Kai figure -

Lupo from Resident Evil Racoon City

I'll be getting Joker at the end of the month

~ Soon i shall start sketching again ~

OH AJUMMA!!!!!

I normally do this after my stomach full. Scribble here scribble there....oh wait is that Taeyeon???

I love lucky mistakes. After i got the shape of her cheeks and jaw line, straight to research. Her eyes doesn't really look like her but i'll try to correct them later.

Fill in base colors. I wanna try a different method instead of overlaying the colors from grayscale.

Highlights and Shadows.

~AFTER LUNCH LATER~

MEH...

Submission

Finally completed my digital painting of Tomb Raider contest. I submitted two entries.

Here's my 1st piece -

                                              ENTRY NUMBER 1

I also made different variations of color scheme and mood.

ENTRY NUMBER 2

Here's a quick recap of the WIP

And also other variations of color scheme and mood.

THE DESIGN

There's always a purpose in every design and my purpose of the design is to be like this.

This is my personal favorite. 

OVERALL

I can always come back to refine and work on this project. Overall this contest is a fun experience. I have spend quite sometime working on this. I'm really looking forward for the Art Director to check out my work.

Once again Thanks for viewing and Thanks Deviantart for the Event.

Cheers ~

And then there's Lara with her VER 3

Out of nowhere i'll be doing the third attempt for the contest. This time i get to add another dose of improvement, i will put extra effort in dynamics.

My second version is more a less complete. I didn't manage to save the work half way for WIP purpose cause i work straight to finish.

Here's a grayscale version of the work. I transfer the image to a lower resolution .

This is during halfway of the process. Final version is larger and fill with colors. And again I've mention on my 

previous post, the size is 3000 x 6000 and i'm making it's purpose as a banner display. Full version will be up pretty soon along with the first version.

And now..........*Drum Rolls*

VERSION 3  

As you can see i made the dynamics on this sketch stronger than the previous versions. I'm trying to draw a solid movement instead of making Lara  looking stiff. During the process i drew her right hand holding the hatchet, and some how it reminds me of Imagine FX Assassin Creed Issue and the direction of the pose look very similar. 

JUST TO MAKE SURE I DON'T CREATE SOMETHING SIMILLAR

i wanted this to be my original pose and i'll try my best not to screw this up.       

Next fill in the gap. Block out the foreground, mid and background, including the character. I use texture brush to scribble the back.

Highlights and Shadows.......

*Continue Tomorrow*

Overlay and add stronger highlights and shadows.

Overlay again with base colors.

Same goes with the background.

 Paint every section for color control. Overlay 1 or 2 layers can sometimes mess up the colors

Paint details on the face by using custom brushes

Skin dirt, scars etc..... So tempting to work on the hair, i'll do that later.

Slowly fill in more and more details.

Refine her hair, belt, strap, paint arrows, and more shadow/highlights on certain area.

I also play around the color balance and vibrance.

Tried out different color scheme. Reason that i put the logo in front is to know whether it fits well with the design.

Next with be more towards refining the trees and background.

                                   

Tomb Raider Reborn VER.2

                                                             JUST IN-CASE
As the rule stated -
must be at least 3000 pixels in the shortest length;
should be suitable to be adapted for use in a print;

I get the feeling my first version didn't fulfill the requirements.
So i decided to go for my second attempt. Good thing is still early for me to work on it.

Version 2 will be 3000 x 6000.
The size should be very good  for a banner promotion. I imagine shop owners display them outside their shops on the first day of release.  lolololol
                                                                THE DESIGN

Stage one initiated. I painted  Lara directly on the 3000 x 6000 canvas and then move the image to a smaller size just to post it on my blog. Once i shrink the size down, it looks more pix-elated. 

I start of on a simple pose, her leg looks rather weird when she spreads out. Took me sometime to readjust, including both of her arms. 

Facial 

 - First design, she looks straight at the camera..... Somehow i decided to change the position. 

 - Look up the sky and tears coming down, expressing her fear, sadness, tired, and endurance.

Background

 - Still working on it. 

As for the Version 1 of Tomb Raider is more a less complete. I still need a bit of time to add a few of final touch up.