Hello fellow Bloggers! Just an update to hold you over until I'm ready to release new work.
Late last year I was approached by the AD of Lightspeed Magazine about doing an interview for their Artist Showcase. Great online magazine and fantastic talent found all through their back issues. The article was officially posted in April and I can't thank J.T. and Karen Jones enough for setting this up: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/artist-showcase-dylan-pierpont/
Recently I started noticing my Rain Dance piece popping up around the interwebs. One of those sites was www.godsofart.com. So I reached out and thanked Eusebiu Oprinoiu for his kind words and free publicity. And the next morning he shot me the nicest reply and asked if I'd be interested in doing an interview for GoA. Check it out, and make sure to browse the rest of the site while you're at it. Some really inspirational works from artists all over the world: http://godsofart.com/dylan-pierpont-interview
And lastly! I'm busy working on my personal project (see character concepts below), a group project that will hopefully be announced soon enough, and a new contest; this time something a little different for me. And I'm gonna be doing all this in the next few weeks.....WITH THESE HANDS!!!
Been helping out my girlfriends family by digging up their front lawn. Hopefully I wont drip nasty fluids all over my tablet :P
I'll keep you posted! As always, thanks for stoppin' by!
Playing around with a few different color pallets. Haven't decided which one of these to settle on yet, but I wanted to post an update just to stay fresh. More to come.
Hey everyone! Just wanted to post up a new update to keep things somewhat current. Decided to jump back into a project I started earlier this year, (with some help with the writing from the very talented Beki) and finally got down to doing some concepts. My portfolio has been filling up with illustration work, but my passion rests with design and function. So this is why I've set aside the month of May to start knocking out some concept work to help balance out the the portfolio, creating new images for The Precipice from scratch as well as re-visiting old ideas from various Mod groups that never made it to completion.
First up is the female lead for my story. I'm not going to explain the premise just yet, but know that it touches on all the dark elements I'm naturally drawn to ;) I spent some time fleshing out the line drawings in a clear and concise manor before picking out 3 designs that I felt meshed with her personality and profession. The black and white sketches were meant as a way to see how certain costumes and value patterns would work on top of the figure. Which is why the pose is very open, to show off as much as possible in the 3/4 view while her face is somewhat concealed. I'll worry about her head styles next.
From here I'll begin doing callouts of her bag and accessories as well as nailing down the face and hair before doing a final sketch. Then I'll play with a few color options before ripping out the final render. Stay tuned!
Also. this video will pretty much blow your damn mind. Be amazed.
Also just a final note, I was approached on DeviantArt the other day about the possibility of having my Rain Dance Tutorial translated into Ukrainian and eventually Russian for another artists blog. So I'll keep you posted if/when that happens. Thanks much!
Happy May to all of you! So Blizzard was doing an art contest for the infamous "Diablo 3" title that's going to be released in about 2 weeks, and I thought I'd take a crack at it. Some really fantastic and impressive entries up there so far. Had no idea how vast the Diablo fanbase was.
Was a nice and complex adventure for me that I thought merited a little explanation (and by little I mean not at all.)
So if you're interested here's the tutorial I wrote up that walks you through my process.
Thanks much!
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P.S. I did finish the Zbrush experiment that I posted earlier and threw it up on my website. But I think there's some changes I'd like to make before I start promoting that piece. I need to get the whole process into a character concept sheet rather than just two separate illustrations. Will have more concept work to show by the end of the month!
So a few buddies and I have been interested in sliding Zbrush into our concept workflow. I definitely pushed it to the back of my mind for a while but there's a show coming up and I had an idea to try and illustrate this workflow in one single piece. Not entirely sure how the final chart will look but I'm excited to give it a try.
I will say though, this has been an entirely frustrating day. BUT! Once I figured out the Zspheres and which brushes do what it's actually a very relaxing way to work.
This is a crop of a much larger sculpt for the show so you can probably pick out some of the topology in this shot; because it's never meant to be seen this close and any higher subdivisions would slow up my system :/
Thanks for checking. Between the few freelance jobs I'm currently working on, the contest I mentioned in my previous post, the show coming up in two weeks and the portfolio building to be ready by the end of May I'm happy to say I'm feeling busy, tired, excited and a whole buncha other things right now!
Alright back to work. There's been rumors flying around a certain contest. So here's a little crop/preview of my entry for now. Did up the color study last night and I'm really happy with where's it's going. This piece will be a nice stretch for me in terms of composition and active effects. More to come.
AND! I picked up a cheap(er) Molskine 3-pack to start scratching away in. Trying to loosen up and avoid getting so renderific. Also had a nice conversation with Grant Griffin and Matt Maloney about hands and hand gestures while going through Michael Hampton's figure drawing book. Mmmhhhhh....hhhaaannnddssss.
