Digital Sketchbook

**thegrayslayer** · December 6th, 2010, 04:51 AM

Cheers for stopping by, lennon - appreciate your comments.

~Slayer

**Liz Edwards** · March 4th, 2011, 01:52 PM

Hey! Got anything new for us?

**thegrayslayer** · March 7th, 2011, 02:30 AM

Hey Liz.

Yeah, I must've appeared a bit lazy of late! In truth, I've just been spending the free-time with traditional painting and organising another entry for an April exhibition. Oh, but I did complete a wedding present for some close friends and can post it now (as they opened it this weekend). They were quite chuffed I think, and I was mighty relieved that the response was good!

So... not exactly new - as this piece's been keeping me busy on-and-off since November (what with organising the drying time of oil paint). Is still my favourite medium and I'm midway through another painting which I shall photograph tonight and post up progress.

**Liz Edwards** · March 7th, 2011, 11:16 AM

Ah, it's so good to hear they liked it!!

**thegrayslayer** · March 7th, 2011, 02:23 PM

Too right - bit of a load off, plus delivering it freed up some much-needed studio space. Started blocking in another piece which I'll chip away at whilst another portrait is drying. I was too eager to get stuck in so I rushed the underpainting stage. There's no deadline for this one, so I'll just keep building on it methinks and keep the brushwork quite 'choppy'. (sorry for the crap photo).

**isissousa** · May 17th, 2011, 12:12 PM

Your sketches are really beautiful and nice!

Keep it coming!

**thegrayslayer** · May 18th, 2011, 01:59 AM

Thanks, isissousa. Am kicking off some life drawing classes again next week so I'll post progress here. Assuming I can remember how to hold a pencil properly.. been a while!

**thegrayslayer** · May 20th, 2011, 10:07 AM

3ds Max / Photoshop

**thegrayslayer** · May 25th, 2011, 08:04 AM

Playing around with Mental Ray some more...

**thegrayslayer** · June 14th, 2011, 03:25 PM

Finally, courses have begun again! Pickings from this evening's session.

**Ogihara** · June 14th, 2011, 03:29 PM

loving your life drawings! keep on going, your style on the digis/paintings is very unique!

**mitchoo** · June 14th, 2011, 03:58 PM

Wow those live drawings are awesome. I really like the head. Really nice 3D models as well!

**thegrayslayer** · June 15th, 2011, 02:45 AM

Ogihara, mitchoo - thanks fellas. About time I dusted this sketchbook off properly, more to follow.

~Slayer

**Liz Edwards** · June 23rd, 2011, 03:24 PM

Ooh, love that mech and those life drawings are great! Great job on the lying down one, looks spot on.

**thegrayslayer** · June 24th, 2011, 02:58 AM

Thanks Liz. Where you been???

**Liz Edwards** · June 30th, 2011, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by thegrayslayer

Thanks Liz. Where you been???

Busy with super lame things

Got any new stuff?

**thegrayslayer** · July 1st, 2011, 02:47 AM

Been a bit lazy on the painting front - I blame the nice weather! This week's life drawing, was a lot of quick sketches to make me realise I need to build my speed up again.

**thegrayslayer** · July 26th, 2011, 04:01 PM

Just the one from this week. Same pose next time, but I think I'll start afresh.

**thegrayslayer** · July 27th, 2011, 02:33 AM

Moodboard and final submission for a competition to redesign a Vampirella cover. Not entirely successful, but I just ran out of time to fine-tune. Good fun in the making though! Thanks to Carola Cudemo for the reference!

~Slayer

**thegrayslayer** · September 9th, 2011, 03:21 PM

Some sketches towards my next painting. I'm pleased to say I'm working closely with Carola Cudemo again. She is a great model and very helpful when it comes to bouncing ideas back and forward. This piece is a cold - ice 'Beast Mistress'. Playing on the Beauty and the Beast theme, I'm looking forward to painting fur, metal, skin, hair, etc. so these sketches are to help my understanding ahead of the 'final' piece. Is great to sketch Carola anyway!

The beasts are going to be blinded, led by the Mistress. Am part-way though sketching these out in ZBrush and I imagine them to have warhorse-like armour over the face... work in progress still.

I'll post progress shots when I begin the paint-job, and some more working sketches to keep this sb alive!

Cheers,

~Slayer

**thegrayslayer** · September 15th, 2011, 08:19 AM

Lunchtime sketch, 30 mins or so. Am trying to get confidence up to start the final painting...

**thegrayslayer** · September 15th, 2011, 02:36 PM

Another quick study of Carola. Not pleased with the likeness, I don't think it does the model justice! Learned a bit more though so I guess it did it's job.

**thegrayslayer** · September 21st, 2011, 08:22 AM

More sketches towards an upcoming painting, a snow scene with barbarian woman with 'pets'.

**Liz Edwards** · September 21st, 2011, 10:18 AM

Ha, I love the beast! Lovely studies, too. This will rock.

**thegrayslayer** · September 21st, 2011, 10:23 AM

Cheers Liz.

**thegrayslayer** · September 22nd, 2011, 09:46 AM

30 mins

**thegrayslayer** · September 22nd, 2011, 11:51 AM

latest page.. trying to turn out a sketch or two daily.

**Baudolino** · September 23rd, 2011, 08:52 AM

Hey, thanks for stopping by my sketchbook! Love your works... great studies and paintings!

**lohes** · September 23rd, 2011, 02:26 PM

Your life drawings are gorgeous!

**thegrayslayer** · September 25th, 2011, 08:10 AM

Thanks for the encouragement, Baudolino / lohes - much appreciated.

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