A few old concept drawings from my dim and distant past .

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Hi here are a few drawings I just thought I’d share with you . Most of them were concepts for finished artwork and a few just for my own amusement.

Aquarius_sketch clown_sketch Olivier3_sketch Pict0091_sketch

Metropolis Poster (Russian Constructivist Style)

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Hi

Currently just undertaking a College project in which I am producing film posters in the style of the Russian Constructivists.

Here,s the  first one iv,e produced for the Fritz Lang  film Metropolis .

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The Aviator

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The archetypal Steam punk girl.

The Aviator

This shows my great love of Steampunk . I initially got inspiration for this after watching the movie Sky Captain and the world of Tomorrow and i proceeded to add as many Steam punk clichés as i could think of.

I also experimented with multiple layers in Photoshop to get a wide variety of textures such as in the leather coat and the silk scarf.

Space gal

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Just thought i’d upload an acrylic picture i did a while ago .

It’s quite cliched but i think it turned out ok , an experiment of light and dark contrasts if nothing else.

 

 

 

 

Hibernation

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Created in Photoshop from an initial charcoal sketch of the underside of a sheeps skull it eventually morphed into a Giger like image of a hibernating rodent creature .One of those pictures that appears from the subconcious, i guess.

Dr Phibes (Steampunk)

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Heres my latest work inspired by the old Vincent Price movie “The Abominable DR Phibes”. Ive added elements of steam punk and elaborated on some of the set design found in  the film such as the motifs down the side of the picture.  I worked this picture up from my original pencil sketch which i scanned into Photoshop and added detail and colour .

Retro Blue

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Happy Saturday

Just this moment completed my latest oil painting thingy .

Haven’t got a proper name for it (suggestions welcome) so it’s just got a working title of Retro Blue cos it’d set in the 50′s and she’s blue …and god i REALLY need a title .

Anyway here it is ….

 

 

 

Pictures i’d forgotten about

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Just been rummaging through the old carboard boxes in the corner of the shed and i came across some old photos of paintings i’d done when i was in my late teens ….so long ago .

Totally forgotten i d done these , it feels like a different person did these, i think i must have been in a very romantic frame of mind at the time , that or i was smoking to much wacky baccy .

I have no idea what happened to the actual paintings , maybe they will turn up in that carboard box in the other corner of the shed .

Further Adventures in OIl Painting

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Here’s my latest creation in oils.

Really getting into this now and finding it a lot more enjoyable than the digital stuff .

Strangely i did discover red takes longer to dry than other colors ….”BEWARE THE RED”

Oil meet again.

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Thought i’d get back into oil painting after being digital for so long .

This is a practice painting ive just completed of the little known silent movie star called Alice White . .. Bless her , hope she’s looking down from heaven and nodding her approval.

Found the whole process really challenging , and felt i was losing control at times but i persevered and assumed control in the end .

Warning ..potentially boring game art blog

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Hi

Been a bit lax with my blogging lately so i thought i’d shove  on  some 3d art  which i,ve just completed for my portfolio .

I was at a loss on what to build so i just went for my local library .

For all you tech people out there ill thrill you with some statistics

I used 2,083,473 polys , 13 diffuse texture pages including normal and specular maps , 21 lights  and used an occlusion map on all my renders.

I also consumed approx 34 cups of coffee and 12 packets of mini chedders whilst buiding this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colt Steampunk gun (finished …hurahhh)

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Finally finished the steampunk gun . A long and arduous task with lots of importing textures to and fro from Photoshop to Studio Max and back again ( computer only crashed twice with no loss of life) . Still i’m happy its done , another one for my portfolio .

Next project please.

Colt Steampunk gun (Work in progress) Part 2

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Still in the first stages of texturing  the Steampunk gun .

I’ve added diffuse , specular and normal maps to the main body but still a long way to go and multiple cups of coffee yet to consume .  .

Colt Steampunk gun (Work in progress)

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Currently constructing a steampunk colt gun in 3d Studio Max.

Finally completed the geometry from my initial sketch just loads and loads of texturing to do now ..sigh.

 

 

Zodiac signs (Scorpio)

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Hi Happy Friday

Here’s Scorpio from my horoscope series.

I thought id already blogged this but i hadn’t so here it is .

Hope you like it especially if you’re a Scorpio .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rose Series (Yellow Rose)

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Here’s something i made a few years ago for no reason other to than to paint a female character (the rose motif was just an excuse ) . I did a series of four and they were  actually published in a certain magazine at the time .

 

 

Here’s the Yellow Rose , I will be putting the other three pics up on later blogs so watch this space .

Concept art

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Happy Friday

Just like to share with you some more of my game concept art from back in the 90,s. Heavily influenced by Alien and all that Giger stuff that i was really into at the time .

I named him Slygo , don’t know why now but i must have had a good reason at the time . Think it was the designers idea.

 

Masque of the Red Death

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Hello

Here’s my title page for my graphic novel adaptation of Poe’s Masque of the Red death . Unfortunatly this project was abandened due to work constraints , maybe i’ll pick up on it again someday .

 

The Bride of Frankenstein (Steampunk )

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Finally finished my Bride of Frankenstein picture ,(time for a glass of wine)

It hasn’t been an easy picture to create , lots of scratching of the head and mind changing , still got there in the end and i’m quite pleased with

it . Before anyone asks the latin inscription on the wall translates as “To a new world of gods and monsters”which is a line from the original Bride of Frankenstein film .

 

 

Zodiac Signs (Sagittarius)

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Good morning and happy Tuesday .

Been a while since i put up a new blog as ive been exceptionally busy on my Bride of Frankenstein picture .

Heres a piece i did earlier for the Zodiac series , it’s quite apt as it s the sign for December and my birthday month (every year  is getting shorter , never seem to find the time etc ) At least i,m younger than George Clooney and better looking  .

Zodiac sign series Sagittarius

 

Bride of Frankenstein (Steampunk )Work in Progress

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Hi Folks

New project in the offing . It all started with my Steampunk Metropolis robot , now it seems i’m obsessed with converting old movie imagery to Steampunk , they just cry out for it .  My latest is to be a Steampunk version of the Bride of Frankenstein . One thing i’m not doing is just copying the imagery of the original film no matter how fantastic it or amazing  it  was , i’m just using the imagery it conjurs up for me personally . Anyway here’s my  working sketch of the Bride  and the work in progress so far which ive worked up in Photoshop , the background i still have to figure out .

Zodiac Signs (Gemini)

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Happy Monday folks

Just thought i’d add another of my Zodiac signs to my blog before i get on with my day .

Here’s Gemini in all it’s glory . Ive also included my working sketch

 

Zodiac signs (Aquarius)

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Hi Folks

Following on in my Zodiac series ,here’s the second picture ive done in the series Aquarius . I’ve used the same background throughout the series to maintain a sense of continuity .

Prints can be obtained on my website www.kadonaldart.com

Zodiac signs (Aries)

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This is the first of my Zodiac signs series which iv,e completed in Photoshop from my initial sketch. I altered the clothes slightly as you can see .
I’ve finished seven zodiac signs so far and I’ll put them out on future blogs .
I’m not actually a believer in horoscopes but any excuse to paint the female form and I’m there.

Prints are available from my website . www.kadonaldart.com

 

Initail sketch for the finished painting

The finished painting

Mechagarden (parts 1&2)

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Hi Folks

Here are two oil paintings i did a few years back .(i don’t produce many oil paintings as they take ages to paint). They are titled Mechagarden 1 and Mechagarden 2 and symbolise the encroachment of technology on the environment . The machines have no real functanality but they dominate the garden like gigantic iron trees and threaten to dominate and swallow the landscape.

 

Metropolis poster

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Hi folks

I just love the old 1927 scifi  film Metropolis and just was so inspired to make my own poster.

I was also influenced by the Russian Constructivist posters of the period  thus the muted colour scheme of red and blue .

 

 

Metropolis Robot (Steampunk)

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Hello and happy thursday

Just thought i’d share my pic of the robot from Frtitz Langs Metropolis  rendered in a Steampunk fashion. I tried to make it as close to the original in design so as not to upset the Lang purists amongst you . If you haven’t seen the movie then check it out , it was years ahead of it’s time in special effects .

Psychedelic ad is complete .. turn on , tune in and watch X Factor …or not

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Morning folks

Just completed my shop ad . I just had an overwhelming urge to do it in a 60′s Swinging London psychedelic style . It was a joy to use such a wild colour pallete, but i think it’s worked pretty groovy man .

Airships rule ..yea

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Hi Folks

Busy doing a bit of retail advertising in a retro psychedelic fashion  , think swinging London 1967.

Too early to put the work on here just yet so i’m putting this one on instead  , which i made earlier . It was originally the title page for my old website and it’s Steampunk based .yet again

How i love painting  airships .

 

Steampunk picture is FINISHED “hurrah”

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Hi Folks

My picture is finally complete ..yippee, it’s turned out slightly different from my original concept , but that what seems to happen when i work , the ideas seem to flow in stages , still i think it’s turned out pretty much as how i wanted it and i’m quite pleased with it .

Now i wonder what my next blog will be about? ..argg

Thanks

 

New Steampunk picture (work in progress) Part 6

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Hi Folks

Still plugging away at the old airship . I’ve made good progress on detailing the gondola and propellers  but still loads to do yet . Looking forward to transferring the whole thing to the main picture .

New Steampunk picture (work in progress) Part 4

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At last my central figure is complete , finished the skin colours today .

Next thing is to sort out the background

Heres a a really rough mock  up of what i’m proposing . Lots of airships and a nice steampunk type frame ( yes i know they look like fish but that will be rectified later)

New Steampunk picture (work in progress) Part 3

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More progress made on my picture today . Large amount of texture and colour work completed on the clothes ,just the skin to sort out now and then its onto the background.

This is thankfully proceeding without any major problems which makes a nice change

Thanks

Keith

New Steampunk picture (work in progress)

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Currently detailing my latest picture in Photoshop.(no title as yet , suggestions welcome) Not sure about the background content but probably going to feature some conceptual airships from the late 19th Century .

Here’s the initial sketch for the main character , the hat and the binoculars are the elements  i’ve detailed  so far.

Thanks , Have a good weekend

Keith

Adventures in Adobe Illustrator

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Merry Xmas everyone.

Just completed  this print as a Xmas present for a friend.

Haven’t used adobe Illustrator for ages and it’s really nice to get back into it after using Photoshop all the time. So strange to use block colours and I so miss using black.

Adobe Illustrator

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