Working Process

There's often a greater sense of energy and gesture in exploratory sketches that can be really hard to carry through to a finished image. It's something I struggle with, not tightening my images up so much that I strangle them.

A few friends have asked me in the past if I would be willing to put up more process shots or sketches, so here are some thumbnails and colour roughs for an environment piece I've been wanting to do. Hopefully the finished piece will follow soon after :)

Let me know in the comments if you have a favourite composition too. I already have two favourites that I just can't choose between...

HP Lovecraft FTW

Happy New Year!
I've been lurking, slinking around the place pretending Wellington has a summer and that I'm still on holiday to enjoy it. But alas, neither of those things are true. Had a great break up north though, and did a couple of wee watercolours while I was away, which I will post soon.
For now, here's a wee update on the Lovecraft piece from a while ago. It managed to take top honours in the prestigious Gnomon Workshop Forums monthly image challenge. I was super stoked as those guys put out some amazing product. I didn't quite get the piece as finished as I wanted to for the contest, but here it is with very little updated. Is it done? You be the judge. If you look back to the previous version I posted, you can see the changes I was contemplating back then :)