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Rajang WIP

Rajang WIP

On a whim, decided I wanted to paint the Rajang from Monster Hunter before the poll wraps up! I've always thought of it as a colossal Gelada Baboon and it's very fun to reify that interpretation!

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April/May Fanart Poll - Nightmare Gundam Edition

Hi everyone! Back with a new character poll, with a slight twist to throw some pep into our step after a delay getting the new one going.

This month, instead of straight "fanart" pieces of our three contestants, you'll be voting to decide which of the followng mobile suits from the immortal Mobile Suit Gundam franchise gets turned into a b...

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Meruem

Meruem

The "Light of the World" himself

A quick bust between pieces since I had been thinking about Meruem for whatever reason - i've always wanted to render his "helmet" as a more visibly ant-like extension of the "Human" face he sports.

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Hakaider

Hakaider

"If you are Justice - Then I am Evil"

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Hakaider WIP update

Hakaider WIP update

Hey everyone! Just checking in to share some  of the progress on Hakaider, who should be finished relatively soon, after which I have a commission on deck and may be taking on more after that - i'll keep you all posted! Thanks as always for your support.

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"Heartless Organism St George" WIP

"Heartless Organism St George" WIP

I know I said the next thing I would have for you was Hakaider, and I will, but I needed to recalibrate a little and also get a rough version of an original piece i've wanted to paint for a while down on "paper" so I can hold onto the image.

 I've always been unsettled by the way the imagery of St George "slaying the dragon" has been ...

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Gun Devil (Chainsaw Man)

Gun Devil (Chainsaw Man)

Hi everyone! Sorry for the short absence - anxiety and some pending work stuff rose up and forced me to get heads down on a piece I was suddenly obsessed with painting based on the Gun Devil from Chainsawman - I hope now that the devil is exorcised from me, so to speak, I can focus again. I'll be finishing up Hakaider and bringing the next poll ...

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Artificial Demigod "Surgery Paladin"

Artificial Demigod "Surgery Paladin"

Personal piece based on a rough silhouette from a brainstorm session!

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FEVER KNIGHT

FEVER KNIGHT

It feels good to work on stuff for no other reason than pure whim!

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Hakaider WIP 2

Hakaider WIP 2

Locked into this now! Very excited

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Hakaider WIP

Hakaider WIP

Unsure if this specific paint sketch will become the basis for the full Hakaider piece but I AM certain that I wanna run with a mock "Perseus and Medusa" composition/pose and have Hakaider brandishing the severed head of Michael

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Helm of Calamity Timelapse

Helm of Calamity Timelapse

Music is "Shore Cosmos Pacifica" by Dive Jpn

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HELM OF CALAMITY

HELM OF CALAMITY

Having cleared all my major slots i'm now back on personal work, beginning with a piece designed to explore the morphology I want to bring to my Eco work and to act as a platform for continuing to create "Palette Swap" pieces which allow me to work outside my usual comfort zone on colour and graphic design elements. Here's the Helm of Calamity, ...

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Client work

Client work

One of the two remaining non-sketch slots i'm clearing at present - this month has been a little hectic but i've been enjoying the work regardless. Keep running out of background listening material though!

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"Legendary Autotyrant" Variants

"Legendary Autotyrant" Variants

In order -

Ver. Meat [Patreon Exclusive]

Ver. Acid

Ver. Raw [Patreon Exclusive]

Ver. Hazard 

Ver. Goetia

Ver. Regal

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"Legendary Autotyrant" Ver. Eco / Variants

"Legendary Autotyrant" Ver. Eco / Variants

I've been working on the above piece for a while now in between client stuff (Really been feeling the absence of time/energy lately for personal work) and i'm super excited to have fully realized the original vision.

It's a combination of several factors: My fascination with biomech visual language, my love of the proportions/silhouettes f...

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Work in Progress + Poll results!

Work in Progress + Poll results!

Hi everyone! In between slots and in the evenings i'm slowly working through this piece, which is extremely exciting to me since it represents the first of a whole raft of paintings in this vein i've had bouncing around in my head for months. I'm thinking about setting aside some time over March to focus primarily on personal work, Patreon and f...

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Mockup/Rough concept

Mockup/Rough concept

Hey everyone! In between slots for clients I decided to get a mockup down for a larger piece i've been wanting to work on, although this could also be considered more of a mental placeholder for a whole series I want to do connected to the "Eco" body of work... I'm endlessly fascinated by mecha design and lately i've been thinking about a series...

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Client Work

Client Work

Another slot cleared! Working my way through these at a better pace now. Here's a bust of a client's character with a variant version to boot!

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Client Work + Poll reminder

Client Work + Poll reminder

Sharing some client work I just finished, a painting of a client's OC offering some shady wares in a back alley. Happy to be working through slots!


As a heads up - the poll will be running until the 1st as usual and is pretty close right now - Both Jinpachi and Kun Lan are tied, and both are only ONE VOTE behind the current lead...

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February/March Fanart Poll

Hey everyone! Priscilla was finished ahead of schedule as it turned out and i've been thinking for a little while about who to bring on as the next third contestant.

I decided to keep Jinpachi and Kun Lan in the rotation since I would love to work on either one of them, so they'll be rolling over to do battle against the newest entrant - H...

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Priscilla

Priscilla

"Quietly, violently, the thing was awakened"

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Priscilla WIP + Commissions

Priscilla WIP + Commissions

Priscilla is nearly done! After my concerns about being unable to match or surpass what I still felt proud of in my former Priscilla piece i'm pleased to report that I feel like this new work, once completed, will represent a new personal high watermark.. i'm extremely excited to show everyone the finished article!

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Priscilla WIP

Priscilla WIP

Improving on my previous Priscilla painting is proving to be a little tricky - while i'm already extremely pleased with how her face has turned out (especially the hair) i'm having trouble devising a pose/composition, to say nothing of how to style her body itself....

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ECO-CARCO + Poll results!

ECO-CARCO + Poll results!

Hey everyone! Sorry i've been thin on the ground  - i'm still chewing through work I can't share for the most part and it's been frustrating not being able to find the time for personal pieces or fanart or etc. Glad to have gotten a moment to produce this crab fellow, who becomes part of an ongoing "library" of simple design elements I can ...

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Experimental Organism "Rylastar"

Experimental Organism "Rylastar"

A piece done between client slots to satisfy my endless desire to paint bulky biomechanoid warriors with eyeless visor helmet skulls.

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Lady Dimitrescu Timelapse

Lady Dimitrescu Timelapse

As promised, a timelapse recording of the Lady Dimitrescu piece! The file is still uploading so if it doesn't pop up immediately come back in a little bit.

Music is the Save Room theme from Resident Evil 1 HD

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Lady Dimitrescu (Mild nsfw warning)

Lady Dimitrescu (Mild nsfw warning)

Continuing the theme of lightly scandalous imagery - a piece done between client commission slots yesterday of the infamous Lady Dimitrescu from the upcoming Resident Evil VIII title, who has recently taken the internet by storm. I wanted to push the more lurid aspects of her design to something just beyond normal and have her loop back around t...

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Client Work (Warning for Nudity)

Client Work (Warning for Nudity)

A piece done for a private client with a symbolist basis - an inversion of the "Hanged Man" tarot card incorporating imagery of self-transformation and multiplicity of self. I worked with similar "tasteful" or "classical" nudity in my New Idol piece back in 2019.


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Client Work

Client Work

Working thru the January commission slots! This is a £150 bust commission for a client of their OC, an unscrupulous zookeeper who imprisons alien life for his own gratification.

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