Marvel's Squirrel Girl

More Marvel-related fanart, this time of Doreen Green, aka Squirrel Girl:

If I were a superhero, I'd probably be along the lines of Squirrel Girl  - because of my ability to communicate with small rodents and break the fourth wall, naturally.

More Movie Concept art

Here is some more concept artwork for my upcoming film, some visual tests:

This is a test render of a background I've been working on - a forest. It's a very a different setting to the Art Deco city, but I'm trying to keep some visual cohesiveness by taking inspiration from Art Nouveau, Deco's more flowery cousin. The trees were designed to be stylised, using real trees as a basis then simplifying their shapes.

These are some quick character sketches of another character (and small fairy).  She is based on Cate Blanchette (as Galadriel, naturally), and a little of Julia Roberts too. Her colour scheme was inspired by artwork of Elric of Melniboné, the main character in a series of novels by Michael Moorcock.

Early background test

Here is a render of a test background, that I've been working on for a while for my film:

I like using Maya to plot out a background, as it feels like I'm building something in three dimensions. It helps me to get a better feel of the world I'm building.
This is just a rough version blocking in the main architecture - for the city scenes, I decided to go for a Art Deco design, as it works really well in CG.

I overlayed a few textures over it, to get the feel I want for the finished film ~ a sepia-toned city.

Fanart of Bygone Eras

Just some fanart I've done recently to stretch my digital painting muscles.
They feature two musical, animated girls from very different eras:

Outrageous 80's icon Jem. Her signature colour was pink, if you hadn't guessed.

Disney's Snow White, with elements of Vincent Valentine's costume {of Final Fantasy VII fame} - because as characters, they're quite alike... if you squint a little.

Portrait for Rachael

This is a portrait I did for my friend Rachael's 21st birthday:
_{Which is actually today, July 4th!}

I sketched it roughly in pencil using photographs as reference, then scanned it, and painted digitally on Photoshop.

_{In the picture, Rachael's wearing her faux fur coat; it became a favourite of hers during the the harsh winter of 2010!}