Ominous Exterior Painting

Recently was on a viking kick, read a few books, did some research, thus inspired this painting ... even though theres no viking in it, haha.

I was going for an ominous feeling in this scene, so i thought by making the layout gloomy and the trees look dead that the viewer would come up with their own story as to what happened to the viking.

Interior Study with Characters

 The drawing, after many thumbnails I decided to go with the upshot because it gives the clearest visual to the little story going on.

 My intention going in to this painting was to do something graphic, the top tonal is an attempt to create dramatic lighting while keeping it simple. The bottom tonal is more of a realistic attempt at rendering

Had a lot of fun doing these colour study's on the massive cintiq's at school. As much as i liked the top colour study I ended up sticking with my initial idea of a graphic style.

Painted with all the technical skill I could muster, still fell short of my projected expectation from the previous study's. Gouache with ink line art on top.

Character in environment

Traditional painting done in gouache. Character is painted on a separate layer of acetate. One of the few traditional paintings I actually enjoyed doing.