what would a villain be without his portrait framed on the wall?

keeping productive

forest path

It's a very rough thumbnail, but I think you can make out the rock path and the bits of orange/red along the path are leaves on the ground. I am loving COREL PAINTER!

Painter experiment

I'm experimenting with painter. This is a path through a wooded area of the Wellesley College campus. It's just a little painted thumbnail, no details or refined areas, just playing with color and composition.

FINISHED GARBAGE MONSTER PAINTING!

This was my first time doing a digital painting like this, I've used painter a few times before, but that was more coloring, not painting. I could spend more time on this and touch up areas and make adjustments forever. The toughest part of any painting, digital or not, is putting it down and saying "That's enough." I could easily have done more to the goldfish, but I justify it by telling myslef he's in glass, so it doesn't matter if he looks a bit flat.

STEP 4

Not done yet, but I did add a cast shadow of sorts on the ground. But the main thing is that it's a lot darker now. And he looks more slimey. The bones sticking out of him are too bright right now, I need to tone them down. Still working on the tail. And I need to fix where the bones are poking through his flesh. Up next, step 5! Just about finished!

Monster - Step 3

In this step I basically added some basic shading to the jar on top of his head, the bones, the drool, and the goldfish. The goldfish still has some work to be done on it. So does the monster. But it is mostly there, all that is next is to go in with the details and make sure that the shading defines the forms. I have been neglecting his tail, it needs to be better defined with light and shadows. The next step might be the last. Stay tuned for Step 4, it's all about the details!

Step 2

In this step I added some tones to the BG, Darkened up some of the shaded areas of the monster, started with the flat colors of the goldfish on his head and the water and the drool from his mouth. I also worked on his eyes a bit more. There's still lots more to go. Step 3 coming up next!

Step 1 of a monster painting

I'm working on this monster in painter. I will post various stages of progress on this. So here's stage 1. Pretty much a flat wash BG at the moment. Got my overall shading scheme for the monster. A few highlights on the mouth and brow, just to get an idea how he will start to look fleshed out in that area. Did a fair bit of work onhis eyes. Stay tuned for step 2!!

PAINTER experiment #2

Still playing with PAINTER. I love this program. This is only my second pic using painter. I am discovering new techniques already. And I accidently found the rotate canvas function, very handy function indeed.

FRANKENSTEIN'S GIRLFRIEND

Trying something different with colors and my first time using Painter.