Uncle and Baby Lyla

I got to draw this one while proctoring an AP exam, which I've been doing all week. It is intended to be Uncle holding baby Lyla, but it looks a bit like some other Sorcerer... or wizard, I should say. Yes I used him as reference, and it was quite fun to draw someone I've admired for so long.

Young Uncle & Vines

This is the most complex illustration I've done yet. I took many elements from numerous places and drew from those. I tried painting it in Photoshop but I preferred the non-painted, but adjusted version I did in iPhoto. This scene is looked upon in a book by the tyrants of Lyla's homeland, showing a sorcerer's potentially dangerous powers, one of their reasons for sending Lyla away.

Baby Lyla in a Basket

This is a drawing of baby Lyla on her homeland just before the cloaked tyrants send her off to Gorlen. This is definitely my most realistic drawing. I used many references for this one, which often causes issues when you combine them, problems with perspective, lighting, sizing, but I'm quite pleased with how this one came out. I adjusted the colors and things in iphoto to give it the usual Shipwreck darkness. Now I'm working on my Shipwreck Music & Co. logo, at the request of Aaron Folb. I'll post it when I finish it. I may color this one in photoshop so if I do I'll post that too.

The Ancient Witch of Gorlen

After reading a comment on Paul Lasaine's blog about a matte painting he did that he uses references when he paints, I decided to try the same thing. This is my first drawing that I used references for; The Witch is a combination of many images I found, some on Deviantart.com, some just floating around on the Google. The face is Eva Green. Her last name uses the Swedish pronunciation, Grain, which in Swedish means tree branch. I didn't find that out until after I finished the drawring.


This is an early sketch.

This is an almost finished version enhanced in iPhoto.

This is the final product painted and head scooted to the left in photoshop with an added background of a forest pic, and then painted again. She is supposed to be hidden in a very dark forest... hence the darkness.