Speed Paint Challenge #7

*"It's Twilight In The Tower Of The Hummingbird Queen..." *40min

Photoshop gesture drawing

okay so i watched a YouTube do this and fought id give it ago i think its great and with a bit more practice it should be easier for a first run i don't think it went to bad i may start doing a mix of traditional and then do a day where i do Photoshop versions again but its god dam hard to do the 30 seconds ones with clean lines at first so hopefully it should clean up my line work

this is the site i used it pretty much is a life drawing lesson i struggled to do the 30 second ones but after that i could get a basic form down.

Speed Paint Challenge #6

30 min timed speed painting "It's Dusk In The Pleasure Gardens of the Samphire King..."

Speed Paint Challenge / The Paperback Challenge #5

so the reason why i went for a image of a cocoon is because i fought it was a bit more subtle then just going for a straight drawing of a beetle and a man and as i did a quick browse of google to look at the old covers a saw that this was a common look if this was going to print i would also fade the image so it was less vivid seeing as this is a speed painting i think its fine to leave it how it is. 

Franz Kafka / The Metamorphosis (1915)

"The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Gregor's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka himself never gave an explanation. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repulsed by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become."

Speed Paint Challenge / The Paperback Challenge #4

Bram Stoker / The Lair Of The White Worm (1911) "The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It is partly based on the legend of the Lambton Worm..."

Speed Painting Challenge #3 The Masque of the Red Death

 The Masque of the Red Death

Speed Paint Challenge / The Paperback Challenge #2 H.G. Wells / The Island Of Dr Moreau (1896) "The Island of Doctor Moreau

i went for a minimalist cover  

 "The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, who called it "an exercise in youthful blasphemy". The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat who is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, who creates human-like beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of philosophical themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, and human interference with nature."

Speed Painting exercise #1The Day Of The Triffids 20 min

outline Base 

final piece 

John Wyndham / *The Day Of The Triffids *(1951) Synopsis: *The Day of the Triffids* is a 1951 post-apocalyptic novel about a plague of blindness that befalls the entire world, allowing the rise of an aggressive species of plant...