The Oracle

I keep starting new paintings before I finish the previous one, but here is a quick one that managed to get by.

Figure 002

Another imagined figure. Trying to stay loose.

Spring Flower

A quick still life study.

Figure 001

Imaginary models have a tendency to vanish when you lose focus, but overall they're easy to work with and have good rates.

Natalia

I've been super busy lately with my new job as art director at Goldfire Studios.  There's a lot of work in progress which I hope to show soon.

Fate of Falling Stars

I recently illustrated some characters for Paizo's web fiction series. >Link<

The Fate of Falling Stars

written by Andrew Penn Romine

Quite a lot of fun.

Sketches with RGB color picker

I have always set my color picker to HSB in Photoshop. It seems very intuitive when thinking of color in terms of traditional painting.

Here I am playing around with the picker set to RGB. I am surprised with how significantly it effects my color choices.

It seems to lend itself to a broader spectrum of color, whereas with HSB I tend to adopt a much more limited palette. I think HSB requires more intentional color selection, where the RGB slider naturally introduces a greater range of hues. I probably just lack restraint though, and need to practice with it more.

I remember reading Lin Ran's great tutorial on RGB color picker a few years ago: Link 

At the time I didn't understand the complexity of the RGB slider. It was just too overwhelming to bother with. Now it feels very natural to use. I think I'll keep playing with it.