Panel four

Pixel Panels - Two

Pixel Panels - One

Tetris panels - draft two

Tetris panels - draft one

First in a series of panels looking at perspective.

Tetris - color concepting

Carrying on with this weeks trials, tried using a few different brushstrokes alongside the colour variants. Overall it's become clear that in order for everything to fit together, composition is critical.

30cm x 45cm / wood / acrylics

Some interesting tones in there to think on.

Tetris - background expansion finish

Pretty happy with the outcome. Although a lot has to do with block composition, the mixture of tones and directions with the back strokes really does bring a new dynamic to the piece.

25.5cm x 36.4cm (B4) wood / acrylics

Tetris - background expansion

Working backwards from background up is a simple but new move here. Starting with the back gave a lot more freedom in colours and movement.

Although not exactly what I was after, it does look significantly different to other more static pieces I'd been working on.

Expansion one

Working on a larger scale is opening up space for more messing with tones and shapes. Moving away from A4 is definitely a step in the right direction.

Experimenting one

Trying out splatter effects to emphasise movement but not really feeling it. 

Sure there's room for improvement but I'm just not feeling it.

Tertis Blast

Baby steps at the moment but looking to get a bit messier with the backdrops. 

Working on the backdrops first is new to me so looking forward to the finished results.

Blocks two

More roughs coming up soon.

Block one

Happy to get back into these. time to get back into a bit of colour experimentation.

Also finally managed to settle on a signature..

Blocks are back in

It's been a while since having time to go back to basics (albeit not so far back), but working on backdrops is where I'll be focusing my attention this month.

Getting loose and simply working with geometric shapes is quite simple but comes off as a type of meditation. Looking down at the board after 30 mins and having something like this happens a lot.

Backdrops

Time to kick it up another notch.

Artist Damon Soule has aways been an inspiration to me, making pieces look simple, but phenomenally intricate with beautiful backdrops. Stay tunes.

Tetris drafts

This week is kinda heavy work wise - takin a few tubes of paint and piece of board with me is all I got.

Thinking that having a few blocks on the ground would be the best way to merge the real with the unreal.

Sekaido - day 2

Not a huge leap but getting that initial perspective is always rough.

 

 

Using a guideline would be much simpler but I'm not looking for geometrically accurate drawings (cos where's the fun in that?).

 

Working outwards should be plain sailing from here but I really gotto get those paints down.

Sekaido Sketching - Ideas

3d pixel deterioration. Just some preliminary ideas.

Deteriorating visuals like this should be easy, but I've been struggling a bit.

Undercomplication is where I'm at currently, knowing that complex isn't really my forte - looking to experiment a little more before going to board.

Pixel Perspective

This kind of free hand perspective is closer to what I'm going for.

Now the proportions are a little more on point I can begin work on shading.

Already ideas are buzzing for application with 8bit pixelated characters.