This here is my latest Giant cover for Paizos Pathfinder series. It is a pencil drawing with digital colors on top.
Color roughs are something I put a lot of value in. Colors set the mood. They tell a story as much as the drawing does. To me, the color choice has never been easy or something I have taken lightly, but over the years I have developed different palettes that I like...
I use photo reference all the time. I try to put them away and work from imagination but then I get insecure and I start searching in books or on the internet for things looking like the stuff I am painting. Most time it creates a fake security and I continue painting...
I paint with acrylics. And like to paint on paper, because I enjoy the feeling of the thinned paint soaking into the surface. I have never been a fan of prepping the surface with either gesso or mat medium, because both ways creates a barrier between the paper and my...
I've only seen your work on Muddy Colors, Jesper, but this looks like a real breakthrough to me in terms of composition, mood, dynamism, etc.
Thanks Douglas
I am glad you like it. i think I always try to push for more dynamic and action. sometimes the constant pushing pulls you out of the first straight forward thought. thi scomposition surely was one where I pushed through