The second of a non-eve series

At long last, I've finished the second request from Cue1* - this one is a signature following the same paintball theme of the first.  I've been playing around with different brushes for the background, and settled on a more cross-hatched style for the sky rather than the feather-blended that I normally favor.  I also had a lot of fun with his name, which I tried to make look a bit like splattered paint (since the theme is 'paintball' lol).  The bright red is to balance the heavy imagery on the right, and then I also pulled out some more greens in this image (underbrush and jackets) to complement the red.  Like the first image, I tried to keep the color palette very dark with high contrast.  Since the image is supposed to be on a grey background, I threw it up in grey here, although (like all of my images) the background is actually transparent and hence will merely pick up the grey of whatever forums it ends up on.

Onwards to the next!  I've actually got lots of pieces partially completed, but nothing to the point where I'm ready to put up links for everyone.  I know it's very slow-going here, but I am steadily working through it all while trying not to rush any one piece.

Tootles! o/ 'till next time.

Also - if anyone has feedback or suggestions as to how to re-edit these images to improve them, I'm all ears.  Fonts are something I struggle a lot with as well - I have the style I normally write in, and it's hard to remember to break out from what comes naturally.  Anyways, comments/suggestions/criticisms are all welcome =)

Dwergi and Darkopteron

 The latest two renderings have been near completion for quite some time.  Dwergi wanted an astarte burning away in flames with a nebula background.  We went through multiple color revisions, and I had a bit of trouble making the fire distinguishable from the nebula without it being too in-your-face.  However, I think we've finally gotten there, although I'm actually still waiting for the final confirmation from him.

Darkopteron wanted a thrasher running out of a battle with a wrecked or exploding dramiel in an asteroid belt (or on a planet - I voted for the asteroid belt).  The dramiel has his buddies warping in just off the edge of the planet, but alas... they are too late... =P  He wanted the background to be sinister, so I voted for a blood-like red.  For text, he wanted "Pod Liberation Authority" - which made me laugh. I liked it.  The tricky part with this one was balancing the colors.  The explosion of the dramiel is very powerful both in color and in shape. It could easily overwhelm the image.  To balance it, I tried to pull the reds across the background, and then mimicked the yellow of the explosion in the text on the lower right, connecting the two with the thrasher's engine flames.

Both of these images can be found in the grey gallery.

New Beginnings: New Eden Ink

With a splash of color and a dash of ink, I've decided to repaint this blog into one with a more artistic outlet.  Art has long been a favorite hobby of mine, which I pursued all the way through college (I even contemplated an art major at one point in time).  Although my preferred medium is usually oils and pastels, I started dabbling in computer art when Kishin Hattori first asked me to design him a new banner for his blog.  Since then, I've started doodling more and more, and recently I've purchased a Wacom Tablet to aid in the design (drawing with a mouse on Paint is frustrating enough to make me want to pull my hair out sometimes, lol). <3 my Tablet!  The look is still hand-drawn and rough - nothing too fancy here - but that's a feel I personally really like in art. 

This blog is now being separated into sections.  This home page will contain my latests pieces, but to see a complete portfolio of my works, you can link to the "gallery page."

I'm happy to take commissions (signatures, banners, etc), but I'm also happy to just hear an idea you might have for me.  Pulling original ideas are always the most difficult part of the design, I think, and I have found that I prefer designing pictures others would like to see rather than constructs just for myself.  Feedback is always great, and criticism is appreciated as well (it's how we improve after all). =)

The first two pieces I've designed with my Tablet are this blog banner and the image below, which is just a rendering of Bonni3 and Kishin Hattori post-incursion.  I hope to get another piece done by next week, although I'm still racking my brain for ideas at the moment.  Again, any thoughts and ideas are most welcome!