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A psychopomp guides newly deceased souls to the afterlife, and is the subject of my first (and largest) contribution to the Mythology exhibition.

I’ve decided to give oil painting a crack, and just spent the night painting with Richard Healy, who’s provided some useful input on the process of oil painting. He’s pretty great with the oils.

Anyway, here’s what I’ve been working on today. It’s something big like 48″x48″, and still a work-in-progress, but thus far I’m quite proud of my second ever oil painting! My first was a 6″x8″ picture of an apple. I think I was 9 years old at the time.

Reshaped the deity, added a few plants and cattle for a bit of scale. Will push the depth so the deity looks like it’s just coming in from the distance, exaggerating the scale.

I’ve been floating around word of my upcoming Mythology group exhibition. It’s scheduled to open on 17th April but I haven’t made any promo material yet. I want to produce a series of reinterpretations. As such, I’ll be depicting mythological deities common across many cultures in a more contemporary context.

Here’s something I’m working on:

This is just a thumbnail.

Also I may revert the earth deity to look more like I’d originally intended:

A bit less humanoid and more disjointed and cumbersome.

The other night I got my portfolio submission into The Art Department, a new practical course offering the top tier of arts education in the digital realm.

There’s a new page up if you’d like to see what I submitted. It’s mostly things on my portfolio website, plus a bunch of drawings.

Anyway… If accepted I’ll be out of here come June. I’m a little daunted by living costs in San Fran though. My budget thus far contains scary numbers. ha :S

Lots of em!

Was painting up this environment concept with the intention of making it folio-worthy, but no. I just couldn’t get past how cliché it is, so it shall remain as yet another speedpaint. I feel the composition, lighting and narrative is pretty good though. I wanted to indicate something had escaped, but not what.

Another creature concept for the folio.

Did this family portrait commission for my uncle’s 50th. They requested a portrait (30″x40″) of them all walking, holding hands and provided a handful of references to work from.

Getting a likeness in faces is no light task! Especially in full colour, over-shading/lighting can warp the face and make it look off even if all the features are correctly positioned.

Here’s a closer look at some faces.

Another ‘creature’. I ripped it from an old Creature of the Week entry I made cos I thought the actual creature design was unique. I’ve repainted a few parts and put it in a test tube. I’ll probably repaint the body section, too, as I feel it’s the weakest part.

Yep… Definitely need to repaint the body.

It’s been a few days since I’ve posted art and I’m here to remedy it.

I’ve been trying to sort all my old work and sketchbooks in order to compile a portfolio showcasing my ‘entertainment’ artstuffs. Basically a range of concept art related work – creatures, enviros, vehicles, characters.

I’ll be painting up a few sketches so stay tuned.

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I always tell myself the Big Day Out will be good and am disappointed by an abundance of festival jerks, but Laneway actually was good! Great, even. Read the rest of this entry →