http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/profile Copyright 2000-2009 GFXartist network / Brothersinart http://www.gfxartist.com http://images.gfxartist.com/gfx/GFXartist_64.png support@gfxartist.com en-us GFXartist Engine 1.0 0 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:00:49 EST sporeboy Design / Poster/ad It's been a long time since I've posted--but then it's been a long time since I've finished a project that wasn't work related... Well, I couldn't let another Halloween go by without contributing something, so here is Ms. Fireball--the same candy-coated demoness... http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/135193 sporeboy Design / Uncategorized Inspired by those funny little classroom Valentines from elementary school...only this one features screaming color and a candied demoness... She's ready to clip and send! Maybe this could be the 'teacher card.' I know I already submitted one V-day pic, but I just... http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/76550 sporeboy Drawing / Uncategorized Just a little bit to say Happy Valentine's Day! I know Cupid is supposed to be a guy, but maybe this is his understudy or something. If you need something to keep you from doing real work, try counting all the hearts. Extra credit for including the implied shapes Vector illo made... http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/76144 sporeboy Painting / Uncategorized If you've seen my gallery, you know it's stocked with a ton of game portraits. Well, this one was the first. I hadn't used Photoshop for illustration before--heck, I hadn't used anything for illustration for quite some time. There's a little bit more backstory, but... http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/70750 sporeboy Drawing / Uncategorized Just wishing everyone a Happy Holiday season and a prosperous, peacful New Year! Thanks to all for the constructive feedback and generous support. This pic was made using Macromedia FreeHand. http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/69913 sporeboy Design / Uncategorized Just a little Halloween greeting-- and a warning about the perils of indulging in too much candy corn. Mmmm... candy corn... Drawn using Macromedia FreeHand. Everyone have a Happy (and safe) Halloween! http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/66268 sporeboy Drawing / Figure Something a little more graphical... This was used for a poster/invite for a Halloween party. The little house she's holding is my home--a 100-year old Key West style. Pencil to Freehand to Photoshop for a few layer effects. http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/63958 sporeboy Drawing / Figure How do I start? Well first, this is a kind of tongue-in-cheek homage to the pin-up artsits of the 30s, 40s and 50s. I also ran across Tony DiTerlizzi's fantasy pin-ups on his site. Then the thing that put this idea over the top was the media coverge for this year's brood of cicadas.... http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/58665 sporeboy Design / Interactive Finally! After seven months and several false starts, I've revamped my Web site. This little guy was originally part of the interface--a kind of robo-sporeboy. But the site, after re-start number three, took a different graphic turn. I'm afraid he'll have to settle for second gen... http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/57881 sporeboy Painting / Uncategorized Rather ugly critters, these Illithids, but a ton of fun to draw. NPC portrait for Planescape RPG. Pencil original, painted using Photoshop. http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/49942 sporeboy Painting / Uncategorized I was asked to do a game portrait of a little Drow girl who likes hurting small animals... A strange request, but O.K. I imagined her all dressed-up and posing with her favorite ceremonial dagger--which, by the way, would really mess a gerbil up. Pencil original, painted using Photoshop. http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/48756 sporeboy Painting / Uncategorized Another of the Planescape portraits--a good guy this time... er, good 'gal.' She's supposed to be a kind of celestial butt-kicker, so I figured she needed to be a little bit scary. I tried for a bird-of-prey look. Like others in the series, the scratchy pencil lines faded at game... http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/46479 sporeboy Drawing / Uncategorized Meant for Valentine's Day but it didn't make the deadline. I'm not well-versed in Tarot, but I understand this card is usually about choice.--the choice you know is right and the choice you want to be right. There is some symbolism worked in; some subtle, some not. Vector art drawn... http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/45542 sporeboy Painting / Uncategorized Another Planescape in-game portrait! This guy is bad. Real bad. But at least he's not another staring female, right? Pencil original, painted using Photoshop. http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/44882 sporeboy Painting / Figure Persephone's myth explained for the ancient Greeks why the seasons change. I see her as a kind of resurrection figure--there's a little bit of symbolism here. I tried for a natural media look--and to make the image 'glow.' I've looked at this too long--feedback is... http://sporeboy.gfxartist.com/artworks/44220