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Ideosphere – Black hole transmissions album cover

Charlene — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:46:21 +0000

Did this for the band Ideosphere for their album Black Hole Transmissions. The image is based on the idea of the ideosphere (look it up on Wikipedia). The album, which has some fantastic sounding nu-metal progressive rock licks, is currently available for download on Bandcamp.

Death of the Endless

Charlene — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:22:43 +0000

Finally had a little time to do something of my own. So naturally, I render a character that belongs to someone else…

Ah, but Death is timeless, and appropriate for what I intended to do anyway. Pity there is no new Death Gallery book being published.

Best Health – New Year Resolutions

Charlene — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:36:42 +0000

These were done for Best Health magazine for their New Year Resolutions article. From the top: taking up a dance class, getting a bra fitting (yes there is such a thing), and putting on sunscreen.

Orange

Charlene — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:55:33 +0000

Had some free time to paint today so painted this. Sumi ink, drawing ink and white gouache.

Inaugural Livestream

Charlene — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:42:24 +0000

Watch live streaming video from charlenechua at livestream.com

SMT Nocturne / Lucifer’s Call

Charlene — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:42:30 +0000

This was done for an art book collecting various artists’ impressions of their favorite video game. My piece is derived from Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne (or Lucifer’s Call as it was known in the UK). The premise of the game is that the world has ended and the sole survivors, a group of teens, are left to deal with the demons that now walk the Earth. Your main character, one of the teens who himself has inherited some esoteric power, wades through the confusion of the game, battling and collecting monsters as he goes. It’s a bit like Pokemon as interpreted by Lars von Trier…

Fox & Rabbit

Charlene — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:36:25 +0000

Happy New Year! I found some time to play with some really old gouache paint over the new year. It was a lot of fun, though I’m not very familiar with the medium. Hoping to get more colors and make more paintings!

Happy Holidays 2009

Charlene — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:50:14 +0000

Happy holidays!

Sea creatures

Charlene — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:17:43 +0000

This started off as a sketch I did some time back when watching an episode of Blue Planet (I love that series, and Planet Earth). I was just doodling the various animals that were featured on the episode – gotta love those marine iguanas. Finally had the time to finish coloring it. Thought the cross in the background added a little more meaning to the piece.

Penthouse, erotic fiction illustration

Charlene — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:38:03 +0000

This is probably my favorite piece of work this year. A fullpage and spot for Penthouse, for their erotic fiction section. The piece was about a lady who enjoys diddling herself on planes. She gets found out by her hunky seat-neighbor, who proceeds to literally give her a helping hand. Perhaps not the most intelligent of stories, but certainly one of the more entertaining things for an illustrator to work on!