MTG Land Cards

5 land cards I did for Magic The Gathering.
Art Direction: Jeremy Jarvis

Dark Studies

Environment Sketching Assignment 02

Online class assignment (Environment Sketching with Phililp Dimitriadis at CGMA). If some of you might wonder, this is NOT how I do my paintings. I never start with a line drawing (not saying this is good or bad).

Environment Sketching Assignment 01

Online class assignment (Environment Sketching with Phililp Dimitriadis at CGMA). If some of you might wonder, this is NOT how I do my paintings. I never start with a line drawing (not saying this is good or bad).

Grid 2 Teaser Trailer Concepts

Here are 4 concepts I did last year for Axis Animation's Grid 2 Teaser Trailer.

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Forgotten Places

Blood River

Crossing Of The Damned

Another attempt to pick up a bad painting from the past and do something useful out of it...some of you might recognize which painting was recycled.

Ar-Nat Village II

Again, trying to learn from my mistakes...

At The Gates

Trying to learn from my mistakes.

Roaring Pillars II

Another old painting reworked...

The Keep II

Revisited an older paintings...

Ar-Nat Village

Forgotten Crypts

I really like portraying rocky environments covered with snow...there is just something really captivating in the contrast between light and dark, soft and hard, smooth and detailed...

2 paintings

The Life Source

Nothing much to say. Trying to enrich my color palette.

Misty Path

I hope I can make you hear the deep sound of the waterfall...

Mountain Citadel

Untitled

Nothing much to say for this one except that it's practice...

The Keep

Based on a sketch I did last year inspired by the monasteries of Meteora.

 

 

Path Of The Dead

Another piece which had been laying around unfinished for a while. All those precious minutes between my new chores as a father of twins were put into this and my previous painting "Alm-Atias Refuge"...let's see how long it will take me to do a new painting from scratch. Too long, that's almost certain...

 

Alm-Atias Refuge

Time to paint has been so scarce for the last month that getting this painting completed was a real victory for me. *Sigh of relief*

The Roaring Pillars

I hope you can hear them...
(inspired by the great Paul Lasaine)

Forest Kingdom II

Here is a cover I did for Eduardo Tarilonte's upcoming sampling library Forest Kingdom II. I had a lot of fun doing it and, once more, I took inspiration from another great 80s flick "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Last Ark".

Landscape

Based on a thumbnail sketch I did last year.

Hidden Temple

Trying out new techniques.

Evil Returns

Evil Returns - Being a child of the 80s I grew up watching the Evil Dead movies, John Carpenter's great horror masterpieces, Poltergeist, etc...I had to come up with something with living dead...I hope the 30somethings out there relate to this as I do!

The Crossing

practice sketch

Ruins

Speedpainting practice.

4 Thumbnails

4 thumbnails...good for keeping in a sketch folder and turning into a final piece later on...

The Beheader

Trying to make pink and swans look cool and evil. This one started out from the same sketch as "Everyone Wants To Be A Hero" posted some months ago.

Trenches

Same as previous exercise...1 hour limit speedpainting in one continuous session.

Bloodsucker's Humble Abode

Set myself a time limit of 1 hour to do this speedpainting trying to focus on the essential elements and using as much time-saving techniques as possible. I also did this in one pass to see if I could get away without relying on those invaluable pauses that make you see all the dumb mistakes you did.

 

The Hidden Path

Something more China inspired.

Swamp Traveller

Finally got some time to post a personal piece.

Romantic Shadows - Inspired by Lisbon's beautiful small parks...

Into the Dark - Another dark forest environment...

Conspiracy

Inspired by a visit to the beautiful church of "São Domingos" in Lisbon.
The church suffered a big fire in 1959 which completely destroyed the inner decoration. It was decided not to hide the marks of the fire and to my eyes it only makes the church more beautiful. I was told the orange painted ceiling is a reminiscence to the fire. Here is a photo:
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Dedicated to Paula Bottas for showing me this beautiful church.

Spikes of Despair - Going for a really cold environment...

Medieval Town - An old concept I never posted.

The Hidden Library 05

Another update.

The Hidden Library 04

The Hidden Library 03

The Hidden Library 02

The Hidden Library 01

The Hidden Library 01 - I'm doing an experiment over at Deviantart where I'm doing a painting from start to finish with the aid of the online community's suggestions/critiques. I thought I would post the process over here, too.

The Hunt

Nothing much to say, other than this started as a thumbnail a sketch I did last year for James Paick's online masterclass.

Everyone Wants To Be A Hero

I leave a suggestive title so you can decide if this guy makes it or if he is just a bit too ambitious...

Peaceful Kingdom

Some months ago I created a new folder with unfinished paintings/sketches and also intermediate steps of finished paintings. Basically it's a collection of a lot of crappy images I did over the last years that I think had some potential if taken further or reworked. This is one of my attempts to try and make something interesting out of something not worth looking at. Let me know your thoughts.