justin owens » creatures

Daily… What is that thing?

jay — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:06:26 +0000

I was doing my usual thing, starting to paint without a clear goal in mind, aside from doing a lighting study. I quickly blocked in the silhouette, but had no idea what it was yet. I knew I wanted to go with some sort of creature, so I placed the eyes in quickly and then started to build up light and shadow in a sculptural way. Towards “the end” I felt it, as a subject, was too undefined (I really didn’t know what it was and it just didn’t speak to me). I started adding in more details, like the hands, suggestion of tail and legs as well as the eyes and fur for the second character.

It’s still pretty up in the air as to what’s going on, what they or it is, but now I feel it has character to it and perhaps some suggestion of story!

Photoshop, around 30mins.

Daily… A creature

jay — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:02:56 +0000

Daily… Another sketchpage

jay — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:56:33 +0000

Daily… A sketchpage

jay — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:55:48 +0000

Daily… A sketchpage

jay — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:52:11 +0000

A quick sketch

jay — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:21:16 +0000

Enjoying some music and sketching in Painter, because I can! Take that school projects!

I started playing with the oil brushes in Painter, fun fun. Some random doodling started to look like a critter. A little refining and here he his, floating around. It’s interesting how he’s just abstract (or undefined) enough that his form can be read in different ways.

Daily… A shark-like creature sketch

jay — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:06:17 +0000

Daily… A creature

jay — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:40:43 +0000

Part deer, part bunny part something else?

Daily… An unexpected arrival

jay — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:02:12 +0000

Daily… An afternoon nap

jay — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:57:57 +0000