One of my paintings is featured in the latest issue of BLP magazine :)

2012-02-13T02:29:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone!

One of my works is published in the latest issue of Black Lantern Publishing's magazine. A Macabre Journal of Literature and Art. Check it out here! :D

You can purchase this issue in print or digital form as well as other back issues here

New speed painting! :D

2012-01-04T16:56:00.000-08:00

This is a quick portrait speed painting I did inspired from a Model/Artist named Allison Harvard who has a beautiful and unique look - her eyes are especially amazing. She was on the TV show "America's Next Top Model" and is also known on the internet as CreepyChan. More information about her can be found here: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/creepy-chan-allison-harvard

She has a fascination with Hemophilia so I thought the blood was a nice touch.

I would also like to note that this portrait is merely inspired by Allison and was not meant to portray a perfect likeness of her. Her beautiful and unique features/personality only inspired me to create this portrait. I looked at a few images of her for reference to study her features but this image was not copied from any content.

Painted mostly in Corel Painter with some additional work done in Adobe Photoshop. Around 4 hours of work. Used Corel Painters symmetry tool for the first time to create this work. It's pretty useful for painting full frontal portraits and symmetrical designs. Stopped using it near the end though since I didn't want the image to be too symmetrical.

I apologize for all of the zooming in and out throughout the video. I zoom in and out a lot during my workflow and since I increased the speed of the video the zooming is a lot faster and more frequent. Editing this all out would be a nightmare for me so I hope you all don't mind. I may edit it out later as I find time.

Thanks for watching and enjoy! :)

New CG wallpaper and another work-in-progress! :D

2011-12-06T23:24:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!

Here is a preview section of yet another work-in-progress I've been working on (one of many). It's just about done now, I just need to refine a few areas and add a bit more detail. This work is titled "In Full Bloom" :) Painted mostly in painter.

In other news, one of my recent paintings titled "Allure" is now available as a wallpaper on CGwallpapers.com. More will be added soon! :)

Check it out here

New painting for this years holiday cards

2011-11-08T01:15:00.000-08:00

Here is a new painting that I just finished for some of this years holiday cards - a landscape for a change :)

Painted in Photoshop and Painter.

Cards, prints/gifts etc are available here for those interested.

Hope you all like it! :)

New work-in-progress titled "Misaki"

2011-10-26T00:50:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, :)

Due to the sudden amount of extra free time I have this month I have now been working on two different personal illustrations one of which I just started (which is another inspired by Halloween) and a Japanese themed one which I had started about a year ago and had almost forgotten about it.

The image to the left is a close-up preview, small section of the very large (Japanese themed) painting that I have been working on titled "Misaki". So far I have put a ton of hours into it including the work I had started a year ago. I am really pushing myself farther with the detail and realism of this piece especially since It will be going into my portfolio. I even hand painted and designed the pattern for her Kimono as well which took a lot of time on it's own. As tempting as it can be to paste a pre-existing pattern onto your artwork I felt it was important to dedicate the time to create/paint this personalized pattern for the character as it tells a story about her as well. Each of the flowers on her Kimono represent different traits of her personality and character :) This wiki guide was helpful link. I don't like to use pre-existing patterns anyway since it's far more fulfilling/rewarding to take the time to create your own.

Apart from some other recent paintings I have finished and others still in the works for my Art-book this one will be posted to my website :).

The full version of this image is 10,000 pixels tall and includes a detailed background of a Japanese garden (which I'm still refining) a few plants and flowers in the foreground and another figure standing beside her. The full figures are shown in the image as well. I'm finally just about done with this image and will be posting it soon. Keep checking back! :)

Painted using Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter.

I hope you all like the preview and thanks for your visit! :D

Flip-through preview of Spectrum 18! :D

2011-10-18T16:10:00.000-07:00

Flip-through preview of Spectrum 18! My work is near the end at around 5:15 of the video. :D

So far I think the book looks great and I can't wait to receive my copy! I'm honored to have my work featured among all of these other amazing artists work.

Find out more about the book here

It's now available to pre-order!

Quick painting for Halloween titled "Ghost"

2011-10-12T02:28:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, :)

Here is a quick little painting I did for Halloween (which is now a little over two weeks away) on the side of some commissions I've been working on. I wanted to paint a dark ghostly apparition that was beautiful and horrifying - much like the zombie piece I painted last year link. I Went with a very limited palette this time around - It was different for me since I usually work with very saturated color schemes ( I love color) but this was a nice change and it was interesting working with a limited/ less saturated palette for a change. I had a song from Rob Zombie (called "Living Dead Girl") stuck in my head almost the whole time while painting this.

Prints and cards are available here for those interested.

Painted in Photoshop - around 5 hours of work mostly experimenting with the design.

Thanks for taking a look and have a wonderful Halloween everyone! :)

Exotique 7 now available to pre-order! :D

2011-09-27T22:32:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

Exotique 7 is now available to pre-order and 3 of my paintings are included in this edition! :D

There is also a cool page flip preview on the Ballistic Publishing website as well.

Link Below :)

http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/exotique_7/

New finished Fan-Art! :D

2011-09-13T02:04:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone! :D

Well, I finally took some time to work on this one on the side of my art-book project and I think I will now consider it finished. I could have worked into it a lot more but I'm now pretty happy with this result. My goal for this work was to create a sexy and realistic depiction of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask in a steamy embrace. I wanted to maintain as much likeness as I could while making them look more realistic. This work is titled "After the Battle" ;)

Here is a link to my previous post with the work-in-progress!

During the process of creating this work, I made a rose petal effect brush which I decided to make available to download as a thank you to all of you other artists who check out my blog. When using this brush it's helpful to blur the petals a bit to create a sense of movement. Enjoy!

You can download the brush here

And here is a close-up as well. :)

Hope you all like it and thanks for your visit! :D

New 2012 Calendar

2011-09-06T21:26:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! :)

I now have a new 2012 calendar available in my Zazzle shop! It features close-ups of some of my best digital artwork including two new paintings from my art-book (which I'm still currently working on) - link below.

Thanks for your visit :)

New 2012 Calendar

Another work-in-progress for my artbook :)

2011-08-05T23:50:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone :)

Thought I'd post a small preview here of another painting I'm currently working on for my art book project. This is just a small section of a much larger painting which includes almost the full figure of the character.

This painting process has been pretty epic so far, I've been working on lots and lots of detail throughout the whole painting and it has taken a great deal of time so far, but I always try and push myself farther with each new painting.

I hope to finish my art book soon but there is still quite a bit more content that I have yet to finish for it.

I hope you all like it and thanks for your visit! :)

Quick alien painting

2011-07-03T15:19:00.000-07:00

Quick painting I did last night!

I wanted this creature to look like a humanoid type of alien.

A few hours of painting done in Photoshop.

Thanks for taking a look! :)

Expose 9 now available to pre-order! :)

2011-06-01T00:39:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone,

Expose 9 is now available to pre-order and I'm happy to announce that my work has been included in this edition. :)

Find out more and pre-order the book here: http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/expose/expose_9/

New Painting titled "Pink Super Earth (Xianthen-18)"

2011-05-31T22:14:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I was motivated today to paint something different from my usual work.

I love astronomy and I think that the universe is the ultimate artist - it is an incredible source of inspiration to me. I am so fascinated with the cosmos and all the possibilities of finding other earth-like worlds - even in our own Milkyway galaxy.

I decided to create my own planet, which I've made to look somewhat similar to our world but incapable of supporting life from earth. This planet would be 3-times the mass of Earth and is surrounded by rings of diamond-rich asteroids. The 4 moons create enormous tides in its seas of liquid argon. The argon atmosphere ignites with light caused by surges of radiation of a nearby pulsar. If this planet could support any form of life, they'd likely be very flat and luminescent from the electrified atmosphere.

I'm planning on painting a landscape based off of this planet soon!

About a few hours of work done in Photoshop.

Thanks for looking and for your visit! :)

Tanya

New artbook cover art work-in-progress

2011-05-23T19:25:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

Here is a small work-in-progress preview section of the new cover art for my upcoming art book which I hope to finish soon. As I've mentioned before (in my previous posts) the art book will include many new paintings (which will not be featured on my website, blog or other online galleries) as well as short stories and painting walk-throughs explaining a bit about my work-flow and painting process. This painting should be finished soon (as well as the art book) but there is still quit a lot of work I want to do on it and a lot more detail that I want to add. I love painting small details! :D

Hope you all like it so far and thanks for your visit!

Sailor Moon Fan-art work-in-progress titled "After the Battle"

2011-05-19T21:15:00.000-07:00

Update: This painting is now finished! you can see it here

Hey everyone! :)

Just thought I'd post a work-in-progress that I recently started.

When I was a young teen, I used to watch Sailor Moon with my little cousin after school. I recently happened upon an old episode on YouTube and decided to watch a bit of the series again. It brought back a ton of memories and inspiration to create this painting.

The show is geared toward young girls so it doesn't contain much more than Serena and Darien (aka Usagi and Mamoru) kissing and I guess since I'm now older and I've watched so many R-rated shows such as The Tudors and Spartacus - I wanted to paint a slightly more erotic/sensual and realistic depiction of them together.

This image is for all you older Sailor Moon fans who always hoped to see a bit more from Serena and Daren. ;)

Overall I think the image is coming along nicely and it's been a lot of fun to work on. There is still so much work I want to do on it. His face especially needs a lot of work most of it is still in shadow now. I want to maintain as much likeness as I can to the original anime characters whilst making them look more realistic.

I should be able to finish it soon.

Thanks for your visit :)

Tanya

Share One Planet competition entry (Green Peafowl)

2011-04-30T17:52:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone!

Thought I'd post my "Share One planet" competition entry up here especially since I unfortunately haven't posted any updates to this blog for a while - been pretty occupied lately with projects, commissions, and life etc.

I didn't really decide to participate in the contest until about the last month since I had been so preoccupied and wasn't sure if I could dedicate the time to it so as a result I only had a few days to work on and off on it and unfortunately couldn't focus on it as much as I would have liked. I'm happy with the way it turned out though and it was a lot of fun. I may work into it again in the future when I find time but it's hard to decide which personal projects to work on next when I have so many works-in-progress waiting to be finished.

The Green Peafowl is quite a beautiful and amazing bird it's such a shame that they are endangered. Here is an interesting wiki article for those interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Peafowl

There were so many fantastic entries to the competition, you can check them out here: http://www.shareoneplanet.org/en/artlist.aspx

Thanks for your visit! :)

Tanya

Lady Gaga inspired portrait

2011-03-04T02:10:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, :)

Up really late again and just finished this quick portrait.

I don't generally like pop music let alone pop stars that much but I like Lady Gaga because she is quite artistic and unique herself. She is known for her crazy and rather strange looks and you never know what to expect from her next. Her strangeness is what I like most about her.

I got inspired today to paint a quick portrait based on Lady Gaga while listening to some of her music - I wanted to give her a unique look of my own, don't know if she has ever worn a wig shaped like a pyramid before but I know she has worn something similar.

Here is a link to her latest video if interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV1FrqwZyKw

Overall this was a lot of fun to paint. Spent about 4 hours on it so far.

Painted using Photoshop and Painter.

Thanks for visiting :)

New finished painting titled "The Curse"

2011-02-26T00:09:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, :)

Aside of working on a few commissions I finally managed to finish this painting. As I do with each new image I really pushed myself and I'm quite happy with the result. The leaves and other foliage was time consuming but fun to paint. The most enjoyable part about creating this work was that it gave me a chance to step a bit out of my box. I wanted to design a creature for a change that is a bit scary as opposed to another type of romantic human female character though they are still enjoyable for me to paint. :)

The story I have in mind for this character is that she was once a beautiful young woman who (due to a curse from a jealous rival) is now doomed to live out her days as a cave/swamp dwelling creature. She longs for the day that her nightmare with end.

Painted using Photoshop and Painter.

As I mentioned before in the work-in-progress post, I'm currently working on a full story for this image, which will be available in an art book that I'm currently working on. Find out more HERE.

Thanks for your visit. :)

New Website launched!

2010-12-21T02:31:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, :)

My new website is finally launched!! I worked like crazy these past few days to finish it. It is still not completely finished though. I need to fix a few typo's and do some minor copy editing. I also still have to build the News page.

I added a lot more content to this new site including a few new paintings and resources. I hope you all like it!

Please take a look and sign my guest book if you like :)

New work-in-progress titled "The Curse"

2010-12-13T22:09:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone, :)

Here is one of my latest works–in–progress titled, “The Curse.” This painting may appear finished to some, but there is still quite a bit of work that I want to put into this piece.

The story that I have in mind for her is that she was once a beautiful young woman who had everything but lost it all when a curse was placed upon her from a jealous rival. She is now doomed to live out her days as a cave/swamp dwelling creature. She sits alone waiting in hope for the day that her nightmare will end.

I’m currently working on a full story for this image that will be available in an art book I’m currently working on. Along with featuring full pages of my best artwork and many new paintings, the book will also include a few painting walk-throughs. I plan on adding a few other stories with images as well.

For those interesting in my art book project, I would like to hear your feedback. Feel free to Contact Me and share with me your ideas/requests regarding what you would like to see or read in the book.

Aside from my art book project, I am still trying to finish up my new website. It has been a slow process due to all of the things I have going on right now, like my other projects/paintings, commissions, life, etc. I wanted to launch the new site this month, but it may not be ready until January.

Will provide more updates soon.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Tanya

New holiday card design

2010-11-17T13:58:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! :)

Here is a painting that I recently finished for this years holiday card design. The cards are available in my Redbubble and Zazzle shops for whoever is interested.

Hope you like it and thanks for your visit :)

"Black Swan" movie Fan-Art

2010-11-14T16:42:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! :)

Here is a simple, quick fan-art painting I did today that I thought I'd post here. I worked about 4 hours on it so far and am pretty happy with it. I got really inspired to paint it after watching a movie trailer for an upcoming movie (which I'm highly anticipating) titled "Black Swan" directed by one of my favorite directors Darren Aronofsky. The movie also stars Natalie Portman who also happens to be one of my favorite actors as well.

Here is a link to the movie trailer for anyone who is interested: "Black Swan" movie Trailer

Updated 7/17/11: I worked on the tutu just a bit.

Thanks for visiting! :)

EXOTIQUE 6 is available to pre-order!

2010-11-09T12:56:00.000-08:00

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This book features a gorgeous collection of the worlds most beautiful CG character art.
Link

New zombie painting titled "To Die For"

2010-10-29T02:34:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, :)

Up really late tonight and Just finished this painting which I started about a day ago. I really got inspired to paint it after doing some zombie makeup which I had a lot of fun with. I love Halloween!! :)

It was nice painting something dark for a change since this other painting I have been working on lately (and pretty much most of my work) is very light. I wanted to paint an image that was both sexy and horrifying, (hope I pulled it off).

Overall I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out - I need to paint more dark images, I really enjoyed painting this one!

I hope to have my new website up soon as well. Took a bit longer than expected since I'm now converting it to Wordpress. I've also been working on another new painting which I want to add to the gallery. I hope to have it up in a week or two.

Prints are available HERE

Have a wonderful Halloween everyone and thanks for your visit!! :)