Tag: Airbrushing & Paintings

Following my Black Widow painting for my wife’s friend, I had a couple of request to paint them as superheroes as well. Since the subject matter was what I wanted to paint, I ended up doing a couple of commissions on it. I painted them on the Wacom Cintiq 22HD.

Wonder Woman and Witchblade Paintings

For this Wonder Woman and Witchblade paintings, the process was similar. I started with their portrait and then I would find a suitable pose for them my reference library. Rarely does the reference matches exactly what I want it to be. But that’s okay because what I’m after are lighting references. I’ll try to figure out the lighting based on any pose changes from the reference. I use to be horrible at this but with practice, I can see that I’m getting better at making things up. Still feels awkward but it’s getting there.

With the Witchblade painting, the portrait was from a flash photo, resulting in flat lighting. I had to change it to what you see here, with the lighting from the side. That was the trickiest part. I’m calling this Witchblade because it was referenced from that character. I played around with it and did my own costume. It’s closer to the Japanese version of Witchblade, Takeru.

If you’re interested in such a painting for yourself, I am open to commissions. It’s not something I’ve done a lot in the past, but now that I’m getting back to painting, I’m more open to the idea. Sexy ladies only. Just contact me.

I wanted to play with colors on the Cintiq and what better than to copy one of Basil Gogos’ monster paintings. The painting is referenced from the book, Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos. I still carry some of them in my store. His monster art is colorful and haunting–just an awesome use of colors. I was only able to capture a fraction of the expression and mood in the original painting.

You learn a lot by copying other people’s art. Try it sometimes if you haven’t–it’s worth your time. With close observation, you will start to decipher their art process. In this case, it is a little different as I’m working with a digital medium. But nonetheless, my intense observations of Basil’s painting offers clues to his process. These kinds of exercise is priceless.

Avengers Black Widow and Batman Painting

Ever since I got my Wacom Cintiq 22HD, I haven’t used anything else to draw or paint. There are so many things I want to paint and experiment with as the painting process is smooth and natural with the Cintiq–as natural as it can be on a computer. I no longer have to struggle with not having hand-eye coordination. If you want to know more about the new Cintiq 22HD. Check out my previous post:
Review of the Cintiq 22HD.

Here’s what I been doing on the Cintiq. This Black Widow painting is based on Brooke Mason, an aspiring model. I don’t know her but her mom, Tamsin, is a friend of my wife. Tamsin has been supportive in my wife’s Pouchy Pals (customized animal plush) hobby. To return the favor, I decided to do a painting of her daughter who is an Avengers fan. I like the way this painting turned out. A beautiful face will always draw the viewer in. The simple red background helps to accentuate her face even more I think.

Another quick painting is my black and white Batman. I really don’t like the newer Batman designs in the movies. With each Dark Knight movie, the Batman uniform has been more and more heavily armoured. Maybe I’m just old school, but superheroes don’t need armour in my opinion. This is a doodle on the Cintiq on my version of the Batman uniform. Looking at this Batman now, it’s starting to look like a football player=).

I’ve also started on another painting, which is a Frankenstein painting based on Basil Gogos’ art. His use of colors are incredible. I’ll try to replicate some of those vibrant colors in my painting. You can see my initial rough sketch on my Facebook page.