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Beast IX 4k Wallpaper

Another beast done!

I've included an off grey version alongside the full color wallpaper, I like how they both look and it should give you some options if you don't want your desktop to be too saturated with color.

Also included are some phone wallpapers. Enjoy!

DOOM + Beast Wallpaper Updates

Progress on both of these wallpapers is moving along nicely!

The beast is coming together, just need to add the finer detail to the lest section the it's down to the last to bits.

And the Doom piece is mostly sort out for color - things will change and be added/taken away but the bones of the piece are there.

Stay tuned for mor...

Half-Life 2 meets Evil Dead 2

Started this as a fun little side sketch and ended up taking it all the way to a finished piece. I've included a high res version with and without the text as well as a pdf breaking down the process in a bit more detail.

Let me know if you like having a more thorough breakdown, I find it kind of interesting to actually slow down myself dur...

DOOM Dark Ages Wallpaper WIP #1

I wanted to do another piece centered around one character with a bunch of stuff around him and figured it would be fun to draw another scene with the Doom Guy.

Sometimes I'll use reference, especially if it's a recognizable character. I find it helps pulling all the references into the piece you're working on instead of switching to...

Beast Wallpaper Progress V2

More work on the beast wallpaper! It's been great having the design separated into multiple parts, gives a sense of progression seeing the finished thing slowly filling out over the rough design underneath.

There's probably two sections left, where the line currently is up to the hand-mouths and then a forth section for the back upper righ...

Plant Life WIP #3

More pages done! Last two panels finally have a human character which is not something I normally draw some it's been interesting incorporating him into the panels. The next few panels haven't been roughed in yet as the idea for what happens next is still up in the air, but as the drawings progress each one is kind of dictating what could happen...

Beast Wallpaper Progress + New Thing

A bit of progress made on the new wallpaper. With a big mess of a piece like this I've found that instead of doing all the linework first then color, it's easier to break the design into sections and just work on each one separately. It helps to focus on smaller parts and finishing those almost completely, that way there's a sense of progression...

Plant Life Comic WIP #2

Another update to my little comic. I updated the page sizes to accommodate for the larger plant and added in some smaller details along the way as well. So far it's been fun and a challenge trying to figure out how to keep all the action in one single frame but i think it's working so far.

I've included a rough sketch of the next panel t...

Playing Around with Logos

Something I find fun and palette cleansing in between bigger projects is taking an existing company logo and creating a design around it. These aren't necessary meant to be anything more than an exercise, but sometimes they can be a good way to show your interest in working with a certain company or getting their attention. Doesn't always do the...

Colorful Beast Wallpaper WIP

Putting together another wallpaper. Got the colors mostly figured out so the next step will be to start on the finished linework.

Rough Design and Color Choices

Here's a breakdown of how I usually add in color to my designs. The process isn't always like this, but generally I'll follow these steps for the color stage - sometimes the linework is complete before there's color and other times I'll have the colors planned out at the sketch stage like this example.

In terms of deciding on colors and ho...

POP Wallpapers

All done with this one. Had some wrestling to do with the design as a few stages but ultimately sticking with a design closer to the original sketch was the way to go. The color choice sort of bounced around a bit too and I'm happy with where it ended up.

These past two wallpaper pieces have been fun trying to incorporate the roughness of...

Looking Forward

Hey everybody!

Thanks so much for being a part of this thing, it's been fun to share my behind the scenes work so far and I wanted to reach out and see if there was anything else you guys would like to see from me.

Right now the focus is on larger pieces/wallpapers which take a bit more time but are always fun and you get to see m...

POP Wallpaper WIP #4

Getting closer with this one, lots let to do with the details but the bones of the piece are there. Stay tuned for more updates!

POP Wallpaper WIP #3

More progress on this one - I went back to the original layout, the addition of the big snake body was just too busy and wasn't really well thought out in relation to the rest of the piece. Tried for a while to force it to work but in the end it made more sense to revert back to a previous stage and continue down that path.

It doesn't hur...

Plant Life - Comic WIP

Sketched out a rough comic idea and started the first few panels. Starting things out simple and growing from there, I'll be sure to update with more panels as things progress.

Dino Wars 4k Wallpaper + Poster

All done with this one - a lot of changes from start to finish but overall I think it turned out pretty good. The colors are more cohesive and even using green and red as the primary colors it doesn't come off as too Christmas-y.

Attached is the 3840x2160 wallpaper and a 24x36 poster file if you want to print it out and hang on your walls...

Liquid Death Poster

Had an idea for a design based on the Liquid Death brand, turned it into a small black and red poster. I'm still playing around with the rougher linework as well, trying to find a balance to make it viable with more colors as well as grayscale or two color pieces like this.

Enjoy!

New Wallpaper WIP 2

Moving some bits around, the smaller dino heads didn't really work well after looking at it further. Before there wasn't really a point to focus on first, now hopefully the attention should be drawn to the middle of the image with the two heads facing each other.

New Wallpaper WIP

Worked out colors and linework for the main dude, went through a few variations but I liked how the green and orange looked. Might try a few more options along the way. I'm still playing with combining the scratchy linework with my usual coloring scheme, so far it's not too bad.

More to come!

Works in Progress - POP Wallpaper + New Design

Some progress on the POP wallpaper design plus the starting sketch of a another potential piece. I wanted to have something more character oriented to work on alongside the claustrophobic mess of my usual stuff, it helps to be able to jump between a couple different pieces, that way you're not banging your head against the wall if one piece is c...

Necronom IV Wallpaper + Poster

Here's the final alien design! I finished up the colors and reworked the design a bit - The top left felt a bit barren and adding the character to the tail helped make things pop a bit more as well as adding a bit more color into the fairly muted tones of the piece.

I included an even more muted version verging on black & white but kee...

Necronom IV WIP

New piece in progress based on HR Giger's original painting that was the basis for the Xenomorph design in Alien.

I'm trying to find a nice balance between my usual linework and coloring process and this rougher scratchy linework that I've bee playing around with.

POP Wallpaper WIP

New Wallpaper design in the works. Still flushing things out but I wanted to show a bit more of the rough process once I hit on an idea I like. Most of the design will stay pretty similar but changes to the big face and small additional details will probably happen as I get further along with it.

Power Button Part II - Linework to Final

Once the rough is close enough to done, I'll jump into the linework. there's always room for changes at this stage still, so I never feel like I'm stuck with the linework. In this case there were a few minor alterations but other times whole sections might need to be changed. That's one thing to remember when working digitally, don't settle if y...

Power Button Part I - Thumbnail to Final Rough

Process from initial thumbnail sketch to the final rough pass before the linework begins.

For me his is always the most relaxed stage of the drawing, but generally I try to stay close the the thumbnail as I've always liked the chaotic energy of the tiny scribbles from the first ideas. The goal is to refine the design just enough so that it...

Alphabites - Letter Z

Finally made it to the end!

I had a lot of fun working on these, I really like the way the whole thing turned out. I find working on smaller individual characters designs like this is a great way to warm up for larger pieces and to help explore color combos.

While I tend to lean towards certain colors it never hurts to throw in som...

Alphabites - Letter Y

Just about done - we'll be rounding off the week with the last one on Friday, so here's the letter Y in the meantime.

Alphabites - Letter X

Only two left and then we're done the whole thing!

Alphabites - Letter W

Tried to cram pterodactyl into this one, I think it turned out pretty good.