Faelourn's Blog
While there's still many an illustration to post, I'm back in 'retouch mode' and thought I'd do a quick log of recent images...The above shows a 'before & after' close-up at 300% zoom, though for the sake of my eyesight this was retouched at 500%. Lighting for the shoot was superb and skin condition/makeup was pretty good to begin with, but with the greyscale aids and a little contrast bump,...[read more]
During the cold months it helps to have a bit of chub! Animals especially can suffer as they're constantly out on foraging duties. Watching our own puffball birds in the garden inspired a few pics last year, finally got round to finishing this one on a more relevant theme.~*~ Feeding Ideas ~*~Fat CakesPerfect Winter food containing seeds or insect matter. Be sure to remove any mesh...[read more]
Here it is, if a little delayed! I'll always aim to keep updating as I'll likely find it interesting as I improve and get inevitably wrinkly.I was assigned the short story 'I made a Friend' by (NYT Bestseller) Philip Athans which, at the moment, can be read for free HERE! Really enjoyed it, and it's likely to be the first in a line of steampunk-themed tales I'll be working on. After reading I...[read more]
Commission time!Anyhow, another good anthropomorphic character for me! A wolf fighter by the name of Raul Xi of whom I was given this reference as a starting point: Pic! A relaxed pose was suggested as his creator already has a nice collection of him in fighting motion!*click*#1 - My very first idea & the one I liked best. Wanted something that would look good with simple, soft shading/colours...[read more]
2nd product by Knightvision Games I had the pleasure of contributing to! The cover style was given a more minimalistic revamp so this time my assignment was to create a creature figure as the 'centrepiece'!Crystkin: Bi-pedal, chaotic, half-dragons with blue-white crystallised skin and stubby wings. They use a breath weapon called 'Cone of White Out' and wield crystal weapons.#1 - First idea...[read more]
Whilst this little project was completed some months ago, I felt I'd still like to write about it and give a link to Cyleak...About: A project destined to be a source of high quality audio for use in movies, games and other media.Its aim is to provide an interesting selection of personalised and customised compositions for game developers, movie producers and anyone else seeking variety of...[read more]
Here's another nice change for me! Haven't drawn a horse in many a year so this request was extra fun to do. A pet portrait for an old school friend who wanted this done as a surprise for her sister :)Maddie the pony, done on pastel paper with Prismacolor pencils for that special white glow!Started out getting the highlighted areas done, which was most of the form constructed just with white....[read more]
Finally! A process outline of the cover for an RPG adventure by Knightvision Games!Above are the drafts we went through based on a sample text. First 2 are an exterior interpretation before I realised the landscape was in fact an indoor illusion. Latter 2 is more 'adventurer' style, focus on characters and the devils. Managed to clean up the composition on the 4th ;)As I neglected to take...[read more]
A 3rd commission for Mr. P. Driessen, which must be a good sign! Once again featuring his feisty, feline sorceress, Isnari. There was already a pose in-mind, but that never usually stops me having a fiddle with some other options...And as I made such an appealing case, the next commission lined up will be of the 3rd option ;DTools of choice this time were Prismacolor (Karisma now in the UK I...[read more]
I believe this will be the 2nd post concerning a commissioned piece and I still forgot to screencap it's creation at more than 3 stages, but it's always nice to look back on! We had a quick play with the character poses at the start and went with something a little different from the original idea towards a wee bit more narrative context. Here's how I presented such an idea...Beautiful. Many...[read more]
