James Zapata's Sketchbook of Magic Candy Dreams

[Pixelhead]

Thanks, NIZZY G!

here's another piece

"The Moon Asked the Crow"

inspired by a song of the same name by CocoRosie

About 5-6 hours.

[Pixelhead]

Oh, here's the song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rceKTFAbso

[Metal Fingers]

Keep it up man! this stuff gets better and better!

[chevy28360]

Fantastic stuff in here. Very inspirational. Keep it coming!

[Pixelhead]

Thanks so much!

Something from livestream. First painting since the hurricane!

[Pixelhead]

chicks and knights hoping to spend some more time on this in between work

[JFierce]

Another amazing Sketchbook I missed. Gorgeous stuff.

[Natzetta]

Niiiice perspectives and use of light!

[Greenhouse]

Wow! this sketchbook is fantastic! Your images tell a story, that's great! The light settings are brilliant!

[dharry]

yeah, man, fantastic work, pretty interesting compositions and depth u got in yur works!
give us more, please



Sketchbook or so

[Pixelhead]

Thanks everyone!

Here is some more stuff from livestream. Unfortunately, all the stuff I can post is sketches I've done on livestream since all my freelance work is still under NDA. Hopefully, some of that will change soon!

[Kungfoowiz]

Very cool work man, I like the green lady =)

[j.zhang]

nice update, looking at that snow one makes me want game of thrones + christmas so bad.

[midknight523]

good job

[Pixelhead]

Thanks so much! Gonna be streaming tonight. Come hang out!

www.livestream.com/jamesart

[Pixelhead]

Here are a few more things I did in the last few days on livestream.

I also uploaded a sped up video of the process for the harpy queen. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUFr...s&feature=plcp

[ChaosTheory]

You know it man, you're sexy.

keep it up :3

[dimi]

omg man love your ladies!!!

[MacTire]

Wonderful work as always James! Great lighting and textural work in particular on the snowy scene and harpy queen.

Looking forward to future updates.

[Charles Ratteray]

stellar work man ...love those last concepts......

[Christoffer]

Oh, yeah! That Harpy queen is off the charts. Thanks for making a process video.
Did happen to use the smudge tool to smooth out the face?

[Pixelhead]

Thanks so much, guys!

Did happen to use the smudge tool to smooth out the face?

I actually didn't. Lots of soft round brush work there. I used smudge sparingly on this one, mainly for a few feathers and some of the grass. I should have used it a bit more, looking back

Anyway, I can finally show some work I did for the game Legend of the Cryptids. Here is Bloody Evil Santa Clause

[midknight523]

Seems like everyone is getting to work on Cryptids.

[Pixelhead]

Here is the advanced version of Evil Santa.

[wutangclam]

awesome work i love the way you paint! especially the feather rendering in your harpy!

[MrFrenik]

Beautiful stuff. I'm subbed to this.

[Pixelhead]

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

Here's some more recent stuff for Applibot.

[Pixelhead]

Some holiday livestream painting

Deep Sleep

[evoart]

lovely art

[Pixelhead]

Thank you!

Here is some stuff.

Dark Souls fan art and a WIP from today's stream. You can follow my livestream at www.livestream.com/jamesart