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I've been having a look at the American pin up and Gil Elvgren recently for inspiration, I went back to this and made some minor tweeks and I dropped the random detailed background etc.

I'm a lot happier with this layout.
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I did this image almost a year ago and I really wasn't happy with it at the time.

I revisited it today with a fresh approach, deleted all the previous rendering down to basic colour blocking and went at it, probably for a couple of hours max. I didn't want to get bogged down with the image and tried to work fast but considered with my final vision in mind.

It's a fun loving, gun toting red head who's into the punisher.
(The original might still be on my portfolio if you want to see a before.)]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:46:49 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/817449

Started doodling in photoshop experimenting with the wacom and ended up sketching out some ideas for a Marine- in a heavy combat armour for off world action.

Took that and decided to render the concept up and show some of the sketches.

About 4 hours work in photoshop.]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:50:32 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/816831

Sketchbook development inspired by having seen Transformers 2 and seeing the new toys on shelves.

Scanned and then cleaned up up in Ps.

The main 3/4 length sketch is the set up for a full work up.]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:58:02 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/816588

I'm working on a series of images based on the dragon slayer premise. this is the second development drawing for the series.

Pin -ups of the Miss Dragon Slayer for each nation.

This is the prelim for the USA pin up.]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:08:24 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/816585

Jason and the Argonauts was the fable/ myth I chose for the steam-punk challenge. I got really busy and never got further than setting up the preliminary sketch.

This is Jason, with the golden fleece, in the land of the hydra, when I finally get round to finishing this, the hydra will be behind Jason.

Sketched in ink then tweeked in photoshop and waiting to be taken that bit further.]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:54:46 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/816060

I was doodling some architectural and city scape concepts and started to think about what a mid ocean interchange would look like where ships and airships would dock and exchange cargo , refuel and rest.

I took my inspiration from 19th century gothic architecture with a nod to a cathedral or temple like feel, a tower to see the horizons from on this hot planet.

It's a little steam punk, worked up in photoshop in a bit of a speed paint/ render session.]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:28:31 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/726242

Concepts for characters for illustrated book. ]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:53:11 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/691663

A pencil sketch I've worked on before. I re-worked it in Photoshop, approaching it in a different style and keeping the original pencil line art.

The concept is for a heroic figure, a last man standing type of warrior.

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I did a portrait, finished it then realised it needed more. So I worked it up and this is what happened.

Basically it's the theme of a female space officer, in this case she's a space marshal. I tried to keep the design in the style of a 50's sci-fi film or comic.

She's just returned to ship after taking a criminal prisoner with her robot sidekick.

All on a wacom3 in photoshop from start to finish and finish.]]> Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:06:03 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/660160

Started sketching straight on to Wacom Intuos. Ended up with a b/w line drawing of another version of cosmic girl. So I worked it up.

Here she is.]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:12:59 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/650611

Sketch I did about 6 months ago. I worked it up then and frankly hated the outcome so I gave it a break and came back to it about a week ago with a fresh approach.

Pencil sketch (original in folio) worked up in Photoshop with a Wacom 3.

I wanted the feeling of a large battleship silently drifting through the darkness of space, slowly stalking its prey silently. Coming across it you might think it was a long deserted relic of some long forgotten war but you'd be wrong.

Crits welcome. Thanks.]]> Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:24:55 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/638551

I had the phrase "I am Legion' buzzing round my head which then sent me down the thought trail of a mass legion of soldiers all in identikit encounter uniforms swarming over alien landscapes.

I sketched the design in photoshop and then sketched it again traditionally, scanned it in and worked it up. 2hrs abouts including breaks for coffee ]]> Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:05:33 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/635660

Quick digital painting in photoshop, sketched and developed from scratch on Wacom 3.

Concept image for an armored being, one of the first of a heavenly army possibly, worked up over about 2 hrs with coffee breaks etc. in total.

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Sketch of a pilot that had a decidedly steam punk feel to it. All worked in photoshop with a wacom 3. The sketch was worked up and further developed once it was in photoshop.



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This was a sketch was doing just to practice comic book style anatomy. I scanned it and worked it up in Photoshop (using a wacom3 A4).

It basically evolved from a simple sketch.

Crits welcome.

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Sketch ]]> Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:19:15 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/618984

Blue pencil sketch from my daily sketch book that I scanned and worked up in photoshop with a wacom 3.

Gun toting future babe pin-up.

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Started out as a sketch which I scanned then worked up in photoshop. I didn't like the original so I Scrapped it and stated out from scratch again.

I wanted an innocent looking girl with a bit of a wicked side.]]> Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:16:14 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/592199

This was initially a sketch from one of many sketch books I keep around. I had a concept for a body armoured special operations soldier, offworld capabilities with light combat and atmosphere ready suit. Not like the usual tank type outfits.

I like to work with a fluid sketch drawing because I feel there can be more life and energy in them simply from the frenzy that goes into putting your ideas on paper, this energy can come through in some drawings. It can make them more dynamic and sometimes a drawing can benefit from not being too worked over.

This was scanned then rendered in photoshop , keeping the whole thing fliud and fast against a colour and textured background.

The whole thing took about 45 mins to an hour. Constructive comments always welcome ]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:56:04 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/506612

Imagine a whole elite class of space police and it could be that in this imaginary place there seems to be a lot of women on the force, whatever.

I've been playing with ideas for a 50's style woman space hero, who just like Deering (was That her name) have to wear very fitted outfits because it's the future. This is one of the many sketches I've done of an astrogirl.

Original was straight to ink on paper (no pencil) scanned then coloured in photoshop.]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:01:04 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/503856

Was sketching and worked up a dragon, majestic, wise, thoughtful is what I was aiming at.

Scanned the original in and worked it up in photoshop.]]> Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:30:57 +0000 http://leon71.cgsociety.org/gallery/498932

Originally a pencil sketch scanned and tidied up in photoshop.

Special operative checking a target impact zone and doing clean up work signaling for evac.

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Pencil sketch for a 'Hero 4 Hire'. What if we lived in a society where you could hire a hero like a plumber?

Dial 0800 HERO, there'd be posters and yellow pages ads for all the various powers etc. Good idea for a game3 where you get to choose assemble a cast of hero's with bespoke powers and then play out scenarios and combats with your cast.

Anyway this was a sketch for one of the hero's that would go on a poster with a cheesy strap line.... but I can't think of one right now.]]> Tue, 22 May 2007 11:30:16 +0000