Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone, hope you don't eat too much chocolate!

Sonic the Hedgehog

At last, someone wants a picture of Sonic!!!! I remember trying to play Sonic on Lewie's Master System many, many years ago, and somewhere we have a photo of him standing proudly next to the Tv when he'd completed it!


I'm looking forward to this one, here's the source image:

My only concern is that this image is very low res, but I've been sent a link to the Youtube clip that this image is from, and that's helped greatly! I'll start drawing it in the morning.

Assassin's Creed is finished!

Well, this one must go down as the longest time taken for me to paint something - being ill really gets in the way sometimes. Anyway, I've finished it, and it will soon be heading off to its new owner.




Here's the whole thing:

And close-up left:

And close-up right:

As soon as I have the new owner's address, I'll be sending it off - well, actually driving it over, as they only live about 8 miles from me!

Colour washing done

As promised, I've done the colour washing. I only used white, and put three layers on slowly - working each layer in and letting it dry before carrying on with the next. I wanted to soften all the detail, and give it a sense of haziness from the sun.


It took a while, as I had to make sure it was fairly evenly done, and then let each layer dry.


Altair next!






The whole thing:

Close-up left:

Close-up right:

Detailed stuff finished

I've finished the detailed work on Assassin's Creed now.


Its far too sharp, so my next step will be to wash the whole painting in white to soften it, then I'll start Altair.




The whole thing:

Close-up left:

Close-up right:

I'll probably do the colour wash in the morning.

Assassin's Creed detail started

You know that feeling you get when you just know a day is going to be good? Well, that's today!


I woke up pain free for the first time in over 2 weeks - I've had a nasty throat infection which laid me quite low, which triggered some nasty myalgia as well - its been a bit grim.


But this morning, I felt good! Even better, when I opened the post I had a card from my favourite helicopter pilot, who is currently at Camp Bastion, working hard. Rachel is safe and well, and flying high.


I've been painting as well, hence this update. Its been over 2 weeks since I last painted, its been good to spend the morning painting, and here's where I'm up to:




Here's the whole thing:

Close-up left:

Close-up right:

The image is too crisp right now, because I've not done the misty haze - I'll be doing that as soon as I have the detail finished, and then I'll make a start on Altair.

More Assassin's Creed background done!

Oh, its been a while since I've updated, I'm sorry - its been a mixture of infections, CFS-ness going crazy because of the infections plus the fall-out from dealing with being made redundant. Anyway, I'm painting again, and have spent a chunk of time today catching up with the background of Assassin's Creed. I've got all the colour blocking done, and am starting on the details.


But enough talking, show me the pictures!




The whole thing:

On the left:

On the right:

And then I started on some details:

The whole thing:

On the right:

On the left:

I'll try to do some more over the weekend.