Avalanche topics

Gangster progress

I'm working on this for the Avalanche blog. I've been really busy at work and haven't had much time to do things for this blog, so I'm going to post progress shots of this piece, and hopefully someone will find it useful.

This is inspired by a tutorial/training Ryan Wood has been doing at work, so I'm trying something a little different. I did this drawing while standing on the aisle of the bus in heavy traffic last night, but that's not why it's messy. That's just how I draw.

Character design workshop

We've been doing a character design workshop at Avalanche, and it's been fun. Unfortunately, I've been in charge of organizing the workshop presentations and critiques, so I haven't had as much time to work on my own drawings for it. We've got one more assignment to finish up, but here's what I've got so far: (My first design in the upper left)


Elf+Magic+Fairy+Girl=Normal

Another one for the "Bad Fantasy Art" challenge on the Avalanche Blog. I wanted to make a design that poked fun at the stupidity (both in concept and intelligence) of the standard female fantasy character. However, I didn't get the chance to take it as far as I would have liked. That big round loopy shape in the background was originally a dragon looking up at her, but I ran out of time and patience. Someone suggested I should have also made her a "furry," half-cat-half-human, decked in revealing armor, but I wasn't sure I could paint that and still retain my sense of dignity.