Illustrations and Concept Art

I painted this first piece for my capstone project (BFA Illustration) and for Atomhawk's Forgotten Creation contest.

I used a more painterly method to finalize the composition. This allowed me to paint more naturally and expressively, but it also meant that I had to be extra careful not to paint aimlessly. 

When blending colors, I have one finger on the color-picker hotkey so I can control the colors more (also with a low-opacity brush).

After receiving feedback from several artists, I decided to simplify the background and replaced it with a calm sky to emphasize the character and mood (the last 2 images above show this change).

This piece is inspired by the Steel Valkyries skin line from League of Legends. 

This time, I spent more time creating thumbnails to iterate on the different emotions to evoke. 

The Harbinger of Winter is a piece I did for Envar Studio's Autumn challenge.

When I have a short time to finish an illustration, I usually just close my eyes and paint a vision of a narrative scene in my mind.

I'm including this hideous first sketch to show the journey :D. I had about 10 seconds to sketch out my idea before I had to do something else.

I took a picture of a tree outside and then found a blue morpho image online for reference.

'Nocturne: Monster Under the Bed' is a card game concept I made for one of my classes.

Early character concept for BYU's 'Solar Showdown' game project:

Towers concept for 'Solar Showdown':

A fan illustration of Lee Sin from League of Legends.