Stave Concepts

Sphinx 2015

Akran "Tenteeth" - Matxamar's Target

More 3D for my portfolio. Made with Zbrush.

 

Matxamar the Vigilant - Bounty Hunter / Wizard

Working a little bit for the 3D part of my portfolio.

30 - A Congrats Banner for Finishing the Challenge

I got to the end of this and learned quite a few things, as intended. Just need to clear up some stuff since I was asked. I worked for each challenge no more than one day, between my other daily work activities and even if I was unhappy with the results or thought they weren't polished enough I didn't revisit it (since it was about ability as much as it was about time management).  I used no photo textures, just brushes and usually regular round and chalk brush. For the photo studies I did no tracing of course and no color picking. For the real life studies I used no photos, just what I saw on my desk. How to learn otherwise?

29 - How I Am Feeling Today

28 - A Song I Am Listening to

RJD2 - Ghostwriter

27 - An Animal That Has My Favorite Color on It

A green-headed mallard. That's not the name of the species heh. (photo study)

Photo reference source

26 - The Weather Outside

25 - A Piece of Jewelry

Not too pleased with this one, but this is all I could do in a day. (real life study)

24 - Something Orange

First thing that came to mind.

23 - A Dinosaur

22 - Redesign a Book Cover

The Jungle Book. Feral Mowgli ftw.

21 - An Insect

Dynastes Hercules (photo study)

  Hercules Beetle reference photo © František Bačovský

20 - Something from My Room

Even long sunny days have insufficient light at some point, sadly. (real life study)

19 - A Couple

Ellie and Joel from The Last of Us. 

The Last Of Us © Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

18 - A Place I Want To Visit

Wreck of the SS America - Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. (photo study)

Wreck of SS America reference photo © Pedro López Batista

17 - An Actor

Steve Carell. (photo study)

Photo reference source

16 - A Character from a Game

Raiden. Bzzt. Raiden.

Raiden © Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / NetherRealm Studios

15 - Some Sea Creatures

Deathstreamers. Here you go.

14 - My Favorite Cartoon Characters

Well I divided them into two teams, each featuring a brainy and a brawny character. Here you go: Majin Vegeta & Dr. John A. Zoidberg Vs. Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture & Captain Leslie Hero. (photo study)

Reference Vegeta photo © Toei Animation/FUNimation
Reference Zoidberg photo © 20th Century Fox Television
Reference Dr. Venture photo © Williams Street
Reference Captain Hero photo © Double Hemm

13 - A Fairy Tale

"Huge Red Riding Hurt" - a fairy tale for wolves.

12 - My Favorite Flower

This is Caleana Major, also known as the Flying Duck Orchid. Don't ask. Just be glad it wasn't Puya Chilensis, the Sheep-Eating plant. (photo study)

 Caleana Major reference photo © Michael Prideaux

11 - A Musical Instrument

Done this trumpet (photo study).

Trumpet reference source

10 - A Character from a Book

It's Sandor Clegane (the Hound) from A Song of Ice and Fire.

9 - My Favorite Candy

Fruits mostly. Sneak a Reese's bar in there once in a while. (real life study)

8 - A Pet I Wish I Had

Helios has no food in his bowl.

7 - My Zodiac Sign

A wizard has
turned you into 
a whale.

Is this awesome
(Y/N)? 

6 - A Scenery

A mishap at the wizard tower.

5 - A Scene from My Favorite Movie

I will still do this challenge, however, due to the limited time I have, it won't be in consecutive days.
District 9 is among my favorite movies, but since the "prawns" have been drawn a lot, I done Wikus in the incipient stage of his transformation. (photo study)

Reference photo © TriStar/Sony Pictures

4 - My Favorite Food

Lebanese cuisine, definitely. Houmus with snoubar (pine nuts) and skewered marinated goat meat especially.

3 - My Favorite TV Show

Was really hard to pick a favorite. Went with 30 Rock. (photo study)

Reference photo © NBCUniversal Television Distribution

2 - Something Mythological

Not happy about today's result, feeling a bit rushed. Anyway, here's: centaurs.

1 - An Animal I Never Drawn Before

Picked up a random 30 day drawing challenge.
I chose a macaque for the first day. (photo study)

Mangrove Macaque reference photo © Kim Seng