Kells - Aoibheann and Daithí

Digital art - 10'' x 13''

I did this as a Christmas present for my older brother Gordon and his wife Denise. A manipulated photo of Aoibheann (niece) and Daithí (nephew) in the the Celtic/Insular Illuminated style of the Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels.

It took me longer than I first anticipated, in reality it ended up taking me the guts of a year to complete. The above image is from the photoshop file while the gift itself was printed and transferred onto good quality art paper before it was float mounted and framed. The dimensions of the print match that of the pages from the book of Kells.

Tonal exercise

I decide to revamp one of my old layouts with some dramatic lighting to give it that eerie look that was initially intended for it. It was more of a tonal exercise in visual storytelling.

Hunter S. Thompson - tonal sketch

Acrylic on canvas
20" x 24"

Alien vs Predator 3 concepts

 

  

 

These are concepts that I did for AVP3 in the two short months that I worked in Rebellion studios.

New Jungle Layout

I've just finished this layout. It was inspired by the layouts of Armand Serrano. Worth checking out his blog. I've added it to my links menu.
Thinking about painting this up, hopefully if I get the time and a wacom tablet. A cintiq would be nice too.

Layout Studies

Some of the studies I made before drawing any of the jungle layouts. I looked at Disney's Tarzan, the Jungle book, photo reference and other images I came across on the internet.

Sketches from a Notebook

Some scans from a old sketchbook(about one year) that I never got round to filling. The top two images are concepts for a larger layout. Dont think i`ll get around to doing it anytime soon. The lower two were just for fun.

Jungle Temple 01

Jungle Temple 02

Village

World War 1_ghostly soldiers