From the archives, The Tower

Here's a bit of the progression of an oil on masonite painting from last year.  Being an Air Traffic controller is said to be among the worlds most stressful professions. I wonder why that might be.

More digital doodles

Just a few digital doodles this week.

The march

When the decision to go to war was made the horde assembled and moved quickly over the mountains and through the gnarled woodlands. They could smell the enemy and dawn would bring the first strikes that would mark the beginning of the conflict.

Creature double feature

For this months creature feature it seemed important to include a bit of environment for these. The aquatic one was inspired by seeing a video of a fisherman catching a 12 ft white sturgeon in a river in canada. It made me wonder what else might be gliding along in the dark river waters of the world.

Into the green

There were tales of the great serpents that lived deep in the forest. The hunters knew that snakes and lizards like to warm their cold blooded bodies in the dappled patches of the woods where the warm glow of the sun pierced the forest canopy. When the great, green creature showed itself the hunters knew they should have brought more men to deal with the coiled and scaley thing that rose before them..
 Oil on canvas, 18" x 24" w. digital

The Battle of the Ice

The Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein is best known to most people for his film 'The Battleship Potemkin' and its widely copied scene known as 'The Odessa Steps sequence' during which a baby in a carriage rolls down a set of stairs as troops march to crush a rebellion. My personal favorite Eisenstein film is 'Alexander Nevsky'  in which Russian forces must repel the invasion of Novgorod by Tuetonic Knights.
 This sketch in progress is influenced by the scene entitled 'The Battle of the Ice'. Here is a clip with very dramatic music by Prokofiev. It is an epic film and I highly recommend it for its visual grandeur and powerful musical score.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2YYfjpphMU
 ps I realize it's not practical having large horns or antlers on a helmet but sometimes it's more about what looks good. Here is the original thumbnail from a previous sketchbook saturday.

Sketchbook Sunday

Just a few quick doodles from the sketchbook this week.
New finished pieces coming soon!