Speedpaint 29 - Angry Gorilla

Today's speedpaint is a stern looking gorilla from Disney's Animal Kingdom. I find the human similarities in apes and monkeys fascinating. Their facial expressions especially. Perhaps because of how expressive they can be, I couldn't help but feel bad for this guy. He was looking out at the people passing by with such a fierce and unhappy expression, like he couldn't put his guard down with everyone around. Or maybe gorillas are like this in the wild too? In any case, it makes me think about the implications of keeping animals in captivity. Not that I'm anti-zoo or anything. They allow people to view and appreciate animals that they wouldn't otherwise have an opportunity to see and I enjoy sketching zoo animals.

My clock crashed when I was working on this one, so I don't have an exact time but I think it took me about an hour and 20 minutes. Photoshop CS3.


Here's a bonus speedpaint. A sheet draped on the floor, 16 minutes.

Speedpaint 21 - Ducklets

I encountered this Muscovy duck and her newly hatched ducklings yesterday and thought they'd make for great subject matter for a new, long overdue, speed painting. :)

Photoshop CS3, 1 hour
Soundtrack: Grandia OST

Speedpaint 9 and 10 - Stairway and Dog

Speedpaint 10 - Dog
Photoshop CS3, 53 minutes.
Soundtrack: Square Enix Battle Tracks Vol.1

A friend's dog. I believe he's a Shiba inu, very handsome dog. Painting the short hair texture was a new challenge.





Speedpaint 9 - Stairway
Photoshop CS3, 34 minutes.
Soundtrack: drammatica -The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura-

A stairway at the UCF arena.

Boy and His Gator 3 - Complete

It's done! Here is the final Boy And His Gator picture for my portfolio. It's a sad parting, but a bathtub (even a clawfoot bathtub) is just not a proper place for a growing alligator. However, as you may recall in the bonus image, the boy can still always visit his little friend. :)

This picture took me forever to do. Many, many little details in the trees and undergrowth. I've been working on the coloring portion of it since the 29th of June. (The drawing part of it was about a half day on top of that.)

Incidentally, I've been playing around with Livestream, and recorded some of the coloring process for this picture with it. You can check out those videos here. (click the on-demand tab to access them).

Speedpaint 7 and 8 - Heron and Swan

Speedpaint 7 - Great Blue Heron
Photoshop CS3, 36 minutes.
Soundtrack: Seiken Densetsu 2 - Secret Of Mana +






Speedpaint 8 - Black Swan
Photoshop CS3, 40 minutes.
Soundtrack: CREID Xenogears Arranged

Speedpaint 6 - Ducks on the Water

Photoshop CS3, 44 minutes.
Soundtrack: Genso Suikoden Vocal Collection ~Faraway Star Echoes Of Love~

More Nature Speedpaints

Speedpaint 4
Photoshop CS3, 1 hour.
Soundtrack: None





Speedpaint 5
Photoshop CS3, 35 minutes.
Soundtrack: Assorted Michael Jackson

Boy and His Gator - Bonus

This image is *not* final part of the three-part series "Boy and His Gator". I'm still working on that image (stay tuned!). :)

Rather, I created this one for use on the back side of a new promotional postcard I'll be putting together soon.

Boy and His Gator WIP 3

Final picture in the series!


Tearfully, the boy returns the baby gator where he found it. Wild things belong in the wild. Aww.

The background lineart is rough because I intend to express the background details during the coloring phase. It's been my experience that lines tend to get in the way when it comes to organic scenery.

The Florida Everglades will be my point of reference for this background. As unlikable as this place can be in the summer (soooo hot outside right now), I'm excited for an opportunity to feature my home state in an illustration. :)