MAGNETO SOLO COVER

saw the news about the upcoming magneto solo comic series,

so decided to make a mock up cover! magneto #01 will release on 2014

also added some process below

kings claw

another illustrataion for kalangos card game "ultima fortaleza"

tried a different style and learn lot of new stuff

daily sketches 01

here are some warm ups / sketch breaks i started... 

first batch for this week...

lets see how many sketches i can make

sketches

some sketches for the card games im currently working on, 

animus: battle of the 4 season is currently postponed.

so now im working on ultima fortaleza of kalango

https://www.facebook.com/Animus.Protetores.Das.4.Estacoes

https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFortaleza

for kalangos ultima fortaleza "king's claw"

summer champion for animus battle of four season

BANSHEE

animus battle of the 4 season got postponed, 

so now im working on other card game

ultima fortaleza,

name of this card : banshee

https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFortaleza

2nd batch CHAMPION

second batch of champion for kalingos ruincards project animus

this is a fun set, just like my old works i learned a lot while working on this one,

did a lot of trial and error but "you never really finish a painting, you just stop working on it"

next batch is coming... this time ill try to do a more detailed work.

but i guess ill raise my rates... its bad for the industry... 

and introducing new drafts for next batch.. will try to use more reference

if possible this time

bobby dungeons and dragons

here's bobby from dungeons and dragons cartoon... decided to do a decent fanart for practice .

its a good exercise im learning a lot of stuff... still not good enough and not yet the style that i wanted , but i like it. and im so excited to learn more...

 this is the image i used for reference

elspeth

a warm up painting i did before working, trying to capture elspeths face. and practicing a new process.. trying to practice coloring without using BW , im starting to understand colors well need more practice! will start to work on my entry for artorder! 

need to practice working on the planeswalkers first

the DRUID

another card i did for runicards animus project. had fun working on this one,  i tried working

on straight to colors instead of working on BWs values first, i learned a lot specially on

working on my values with colors and thanks to jason chans tutorials and brad rigney. 

i like it , teaches me a lot of stuff while im working on it. but still not good enough, still not the style

that im aiming for. i feel like my understanding is not yet enough to give more attention to details.

but im learning a lot of new stuff , every time i finished a painting. 

excited to improve more and more and more and more.... really want to create an IP good enough

for magic the gathering. and BTW excited to do an illustration for

FFG's netrunner...

reworked this barbarian from last post, had a lot of feed back and crits from my fellow crimson daggers family so decided to fix the issues and add some more stuff requested by clients 

barbarian champion

another card for runicards game animus protector of the 4 seasons. 

i tried a different approach with this one. trying to get out of  my usual

animeish work, really wanted to reach MTGs quality of work.

learned few stuff, tried to use reference this time. really need to move on

so calling this one done. will do better with the next card. 

btw please like the page for animus:

https://www.facebook.com/Animus.Protetores.Das.4.Estacoes

had the chance to overpaint this one, fix some stuff i really wanted to fix but still not enough.... this is frustrating i really wanted to do better 

NEW QUEST ACQUIRED

CURRENT WIPS

so started working on a lot of fantasy card illustration and wanted to push my level even more further.

so decided to practice and do new IP.

wanted to push and do more realistic style.

this one is for our ARTJAM "planeswalker" from MTG still a WIP, wanted to take my time
and apply new stuff i learn from the last illustrations i made. really wanted to make him
look like an official art from wotc

early sketch for sorin markov

another set of champions for runicards "animus" . I'm really excited to work on this set.
wanted to try new stuff and style , try to make it look like a traditional painting. add more details and more.
will update again soon once i finished something.

final sketch for batch 2 animus runicards ready to paint this one.. 

btw if youre not busy please like the page for animus, to secure its place and release this december 

https://www.facebook.com/Animus.Protetores.Das.4.Estacoes

RUNICARDS animus protector of 4 seasons championTHIS ONE

my current work for runicards "animus protector of 4 seasons" 

https://www.facebook.com/Runicards

https://www.facebook.com/Animus.Protetores.Das.4.Estacoes

my first 4 illustration for runicards new project animus, this one is a great learning

experience for me, really love working on this project. gave me a lot of opportunity

to test my skill and learn new stuff.

with this project i learned how to customize my default brush to get the stroke, blending...

 that i wanted. it also teaches me on how to work on my backgrounds.

also learned a process that helps me work faster . 

this took a lot of my time, but it's worth it

also got a lot of help from my friends CRITS

you can check his illustrations here : 

http://wickedalucard.deviantart.com/

never expected this one to be my favorite. this one took least of my time , i really wish
i had more time to put more details with this painting. but i still love it 

this one is also my favorite gave me the chance to work on my BG study clouds and painting
sea. also accidentally learn few stuff to improve my effects.

first illustration i did for runicards, trying out some stuff here obviously the background
doesn't have enough details.

THIS ONE! gave me a headache , i really don't like the output and this one took a lot of my time. fixing
the light source , her face , BG everything about this painting. honestly dont have the general idea on
how will this look when it's done unlike the other 3. but needed to submit this on time so called it done.

WIPS

early sketches i did for the champions, the anime style/look was requested by the client

final sketches for the champion, did a lot of changes so they wont look the same and to show
more personality.

first draft sketches for the champion

first Photoshop Illustration

here are the first 2 illustration i did using photoshop i learn a lot from this

project. learned how paint and blend without relying on the brush that im using

james gurneys book about color and light helps me a lot to understand

some fundamentals of painting.

you can check his books at amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0740797719/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d9_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1CXV9J14ES28NTVW6KTN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0740785508/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d9_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1CXV9J14ES28NTVW6KTN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846

wish i had his imaginative realism but the color and light is already a big help, 

re reading this book every time i got the time.

this is the very first illustration i did with PS its a very cool experience learned a lot
did a lot of trials and errors this one also thought  me to paint on 1 layer fixing my errors
with paint overs instead of using an eraser. 

this is the advanced version of the card above, wish i had more time to do this one. i really used lot
of my energy fixing problems with the first one but still learned new stuff from this one, like painting without
any lineart to use as a guide for BG 

WIPS

my first WIP, i always starts my painting black and white it helps me focus more with values

comparison from PS to SAI, the right illustration was made from our collab with my fellow artist
ginrenz did the colors and draft.
the left illustration was made from PS based on our collab. 

digital painting SAI

these are the first few attempts of me on digital painting, also my last illustrations

using paint tool SAI , i really like the cleanliness of paint tool sai's brushes

it is user friendly and i like the way it blends. but i really wanted to get out

of my comfort zone

illustration i did for a card game. it's a test unfortunately the game was cancelled.

another art test for a card game from VNG this project teaches me a lot specially on how
to deal with mistakes on digital painting .

                                 

decided to fix my art blog, so for starters here are some of the commissions 

i did from deviantart

karnxjiro.deviantart.com

DA: http://karnxjiro.deviantart.com/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/karnxjiropage