King & Queen

This is the latest project I've been working on for funsies. 3 Progress shots and the final :)

Rey Luciano and his Queen, Nadya. The rulers of the Southern Kingdom of Ruhkshan before the rise of Rey Kir.  They are NiKita's parents.

I've never drawn a snow leopard before...or someone wearing a headdress...so this was exciting! haha

Note: No, their proportions are not actual. They are exaggerated (along with anatomy). This piece was actually inspired by a Yoshitaka Amano piece (only mine is nowhere near as pretty haha). I'd put a link to it, but I can't find it on Google right now  Whoops!

This is done in watercolor & colored pencils with a few dashes of salt and minimal photoshop to boost the contrast. Characters & the story of Aviris (c) JMiera

Descartes - Konig der Jagdhunde (Klimt Dogs)

Well...Konig got the better of me haha.

I went ahead and starting painting him (you can see the line work and color studies in my two previous posts) and just didn't stop :) I didn't really have a plan all the way thought out when I started painting...so it's no surprise that by the end I ran into quite a bit of trouble...

But we made it through and this is the finished result - with no digital touch up other than an exposure tweak to bold the colors back up after scanning. The other "Klimt Dog" is my character Aristotle....he's in the early stages of painting, and I hope to have him uploaded as well soon :)

So yeah, here is Descartes, my Konig der Jagdhunde (King of the Hellhounds):

watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil

on MATTE board! *shot*

Inspired by Klimt

Coyote, Fire, and Eternal Death

These are the other 2 coyote paintings I have. They are the story of how Coyote Stole Fire and about Coyote and Eternal Death. They're done in watercolor (with some salt) and are about 10x10in ENJOY! :)

Coyote Series

Wow it's been a while since I'm uploaded here....oops. I've been really bad at uploading everywhere though...been up and down with life but I suppose I could let you guys see what I've been working on:

Been doing a series in my intermiediate watercolor class based on native american legends about The Trickster, Coyote.  These are the first two in the series (there will be at least 6 pieces). One of these is about how coyote threw the stars into the sky and the other is how he dressed as a woman and married a chief's son so that he and his friends could survive a winter.

Enjoy!

These are 10x10'' done on Arches 140lb watercolor paper. Done in watercolor and gouache.