Humanoid Alien ruler/leader/deity work in progress!

2013-03-29T15:49:00.000-07:00

Here is yet another (of many works-in-progress) that I have been working on a lot lately and trying to finish. Still quite a lot of work I want to put into it - haven't completely decided what to do with the background yet or the cat-like creature. So far I am pretty happy with the way it is coming along, though there are a few things that I may change.

She is a humanoid alien ruler/leader/deity from another world which is very similar to Earth.

I know that in reality other alien life in the universe would probable be a lot more organic and different and perhaps mostly microbial on other terrestrial worlds but I find humanoid alien creatures beautiful and fascinating and this is fantasy so I had fun. Who knows perhaps there are humanoid creatures like this out there somewhere. Anything is possible! :)

ImagineFX magazine feature in issue # 95!

2013-03-27T15:50:00.000-07:00

Some of my artwork is featured in the new issue of ImagineFX Magazine #95! I've also been chosen as Artist of the month! This magazine is loaded with lots of great artwork from very talented artists from around the world. It also has lots of helpful tips, resources and tutorials for digital artists including videos brushes and more.

This issue is now available in the UK and should be available in US bookstores in May. The magazine can also be purchased online along with subscriptions. Check it out! :)

http://beta.imaginefx.com/shop/magazine/may-2013

Another Sailor Moon fan-art work in progress (Chibiusa aka Rini)

2013-02-23T01:37:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone, I feel badly that I haven't added any updates here for a while so I thought I'd post a preview of this little painting I just started tonight. A few people have been requesting more Sailor Moon fan-art for a while now so I thought I'd finally start a new one. I thought for this next fan-art piece that I'd paint Chibiusa, aka Rini. Pretty happy with the way it's coming along - really looking forward to detailing her hair and eyes next! Another idea I have for a future fan-art piece is possibly the wedding scene, Wicked Lady, the other scouts or Sailor Cosmos, what do you guys think? I'm painting these fan-art pieces mostly for all of you other fans out there and would like to hear your input as to what you'd like to see. :)

Currently I have so many works in progress waiting to be finished. It's not always easy choosing which ones to finish, especially when I am always getting new ideas and inspiration for other new paintings. Life and other work also gets in the way of painting but I do actually have two or so paintings that are almost finished which I hope to upload soon.

I'd also like to let you guys know that some of my artwork is going to be featured in an upcoming issue of ImagineFX! I will post another update about it soon around the time the issue comes out.

Hope you all like this little work in progress and thanks for your visit! :D

New Painting for Halloween!

2012-10-26T00:18:00.001-07:00

Just finished this little painting for Halloween which is just a few days away! :D Wanted to take a break from the light paintings and paint something really dark for a change which was fun.

This year I thought I'd paint a vampire inspired a little from Countess Báthory with her lust for blood. I am fascinated with the concept and wanted to create a character that was very different but similar in that aspect and a lot darker. Though this character is not supposed to be Countess Báthory, I may consider painting her in the future since I do find her fascinating.

Painted using Photoshop and Painter.

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

New 2013 Calendar!

2012-10-16T22:38:00.001-07:00

A new 2013 calendar is now available in my Zazzle Shop which features some of my best artwork.

I'd also like to mention that this may be one of my last posts here since I plan on moving my blog to my WordPress website soon. It just makes more sense to have it there, especially since I have little time to manage both my website and this blogger blog. I will still be posting all of my updates and work in progresses etc. they will just be posted on my websites news page in the future instead.

Take care and thanks for your visit!

New work in progress for Halloween!

2012-10-11T22:38:00.000-07:00

Currently I'm working on a new painting for Halloween and thought I'd post this little preview here. It's just about finished now and I'm pretty happy with the way it's coming along - it's really nice to paint something dark for a change!

Painted using Photoshop and Painter, around 8 hours of work so far.

Thanks for taking a look!

New work-in-progress for my art book project!

2012-08-18T23:59:00.001-07:00

I've been working on some artwork for my art book project and thought I'd post this work-in-progress. I'm currently working on a story for this image as well which is also for the book.

For this work I wanted to create my own unique and beautiful humanoid sea creature. Ballet dancers are a huge inspiration for this work as well as the story as I absolutely love Ballet and am also quite fascinated by deep sea creatures, especially jellyfish. They are so mystical, dangerous, scary and yet so beautiful and delicate the way they move through the water with there flowing silk-like forms. They almost seem to dance through the water and thus I wanted to combine the two to create this painting.

So far I'm quite happy with the way it's coming along and it's been really enjoyable for me. Still quite a lot of details to add though.

This work is titled, "Sea Dancer"

Thanks for your visit, :)

Tanya

Display in KALEID gallery, San Jose, CA

2012-08-10T21:07:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

For those of you who live in the Bay Area, California near San Jose, you can now come check out my artwork wall in KALEID Gallery. It's been a real pleasure to be part of this gallery and I've received quite positive feedback from the public as well.

Please stop by and if interested, prints are available to purchase in a few different sizes - prices are currently very reasonable! :) Also this gallery is very fun and unique with a diverse array of artwork, artistic styles, expression and mediums, etc.

In other news I'm also working on a new website design as well and finishing up some new artwork.

Thanks for your visit :D

New finished painting titled "In Full Bloom"

2012-07-09T22:57:00.001-07:00

Hey Everyone!

Just finished this new painting and thought I'd post it here. I will be uploading it to my website soon as well. Took my time with this one - I actually started it a while back and couldn't finish it sooner due to life and other projects/distractions etc. I currently have quite a few works-in-progress that are almost finished though and hope to upload more paintings soon!

Painted using Photoshop and Corel Painter.

Thanks for your visit! :)

New finished painting titled "The Sakura Garden"!

2012-06-28T03:21:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

Just finished this new painting and uploaded it to my website gallery as well. I've been working on this one on and off for quite a while (along with a few other paintings too) - it was quite an epic piece. I could have worked into the details forever but at this point I decided to stop since I am now pretty satisfied with the result.

I definitely learned a lot with this one and had a lot of fun painting it. I especially enjoyed designing her Kimono! The flowers in the design represent different traits of her personality and character.

Here are some close-ups

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

Snow White (work-in-progress)

2012-05-25T21:56:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone :)

Here is another small painting that I started recently of Snow White (my own version). It's still a work-in-progress and needs quite a bit more work but overall I'm pleased with the way it's coming along.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie "Snow White and the Huntsman." Charlize Theron is absolutely gorgeous in this film and I'm really looking forward to seeing her performance as the queen.

I hope to finish this image soon but I have so many works-in-progress waiting to be finished. I plan on uploading some new work to my website soon and I'm also still working on content for my art book project.

Thanks for your visit! :)

New Game of Thrones: Daenerys Targaryen Inspired speed-painting!

2012-04-29T17:24:00.002-07:00

Hey everyone, :)

I'm a huge fan of the HBO series "Game of Thrones" and one of my favorite characters on the show is Daenerys so I got inspired to create a quick portrait based on her and thought I'd record my progress. I looked at a few different images of her for reference but did not directly copy any content. I would also like to note that I was not aiming to achieve a perfect likeness with this work, it is merely and inspired portrait.

Painted mostly in Adobe Photoshop with some additional work done in Corel Painter.

Thanks for watching and enjoy! :)

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

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/