Bully!!

I just finished this caricature of TR last night. I'm very happy with how it turned out. Not as pushed as I'd like for a caricature but the rendering came out better than I thought it would.

All Photoshop from start to finish. Several reference pics used.

Chief Long in the Face

I'm pretty please with how this one turned out. I was going for a weathered daguerrotype kind of feel. I referenced a few old portraits for this but didn't really try to make it look like anyone in particular.

All Photoshop.

Viking!

I'm calling him "Sven the Sublingual".

He only loses the ability to talk after the second barrel of beer!
All Photoshop from sketch to finish.

Finished him a week or so ago and forgot to post!

Angel

Here is a portrait that I painted of my wife for her birthday. She's the most beautiful woman and I love her more than anything. I thank God that she married me, I'm a very lucky man.

Happy Birthday Sweetie.

Love,
Ian

I am the worst blogger ever. . .

I haven't posted anything in well over a month!
well I've been trying more caricatures. Everytime I feel like I'm exaggerating the crap out of the subject but by the time I'm mostly done it doesn't look very caricaturey at all. So, who can guess who this is supposed to be?
Can't tell? I'm not surprised. . . He was recently awarded an Academy award and also starred opposite Tom Hanks in last year's best movie (in my opinion).

Monks

a bunch of old bald guys that I decided must be monks. . .

Favorite one is by far the bottom one. Neck inspired by my own.

Woo hoo, two posts this month!

a sketch of men of the sea

Just a sketch that I spent a minute quickly coloring in Photoshop. Might be my only post this month! Dang vacations taking up all my time, its a sad life. . .

Trufflesaurus

Long before truffle hounds or truffle hogs, this fellow sniffed out those most valuable and sought after of tubers. . .

quick meeting sketch

Yay, another post!

just a doodle from a conference call that I had no need to be on. . . love those.

Orc Archer. Orc because they can look like anything, and archer because archery is so cool.

What?? An actual new post??

Yep, I know that I haven't posted in a while. .. I've been kind of busy on other things and couldn't do fun stuff. That and I'm ridiculously slow at painting. . .

I've been noodling with this for a while now. I'm pretty pleased with how its turned out but of course still see things that could be taken further. Am I alone in that I don't really finish pieces but abandon them??

Comments and critiques greatly appreciated! I'm trying to build my portfolio with some things that might be attractive to the Gaming Industry as a concept artist. . . Plus, I love doing fantasy stuff. Expect to see more, probably not soon. . .

Edit: made some revisions from suggestions. ..