Friday, July 31, 2015

Tablet drawing fun

Well I just bought a cheap android tablet off the internet . Ill test it out as a drawing device by drawing a rat squirrel monster.

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Summer time Pin Up

Time for a seasonal pinup !


 perfect for your phone's homescreen wallpaper.

Just an idea...

Friday, June 12, 2015

Current works

                I have been spending the last month or so trying to expand my portfolio site. Its really starting to fill up with new artwork that I have been able to make thanks me getting this old used Cintiq. It has changed the way I create these pieces start to finish. Back in the old day I used to use mostly Photoshop to color in a sketch that I drew with pencil and paper. If the drawing had dark lines on it I would have to ink most of it. I used to use a mouse to do my illustrations and it was nearly impossible to have any finesse at all. Eventually I picked up a Wacom Intuos. It worked far better than a mouse for inking and coloring. The Intuos was never really any good to sketch on because of the manner of how you interface with it.

But now things have changed...

...Now I have this Cintiq. I am saving up for a newer more portable one but for now this will work. My whole drawing start to finish can be done on the same screen. I use Sketchbook Pro 7 on the Cintiq. Its like nirvana, at least to me.






I have been working on a ton of band graphics and I am hopeful that I will find more clients

I have updated the Current works section of my website to show off what I've been up to.

Check that out here ! http://www.theartblade.com/#!landscapes/ck0q

Saturday, May 30, 2015

side effect

Luckily when working with digital media like the kind I use when creating my artwork, I can output many different versions of the same image. In this case I was able to make a few mash ups from the pieces I was working on for my client.

Why?

So I can have more portfolio pieces.


Here I have two different drawings Ive been working on.














And below you can see how I combined them. This is also gives the client more options when deciding what images they want to use.









Tuesday, May 12, 2015

The new website

Say goodbye to the old thelios.com. It's been a good run and for the price it was a great site to have for years and years.

Say hello to the new site www.theartblade.com. It houses my newly updated portfolio pieces. The galleries are always growing and evolving. Please come back to see what new pieces that I have been working on.

www.theartblade.com 

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Character design

Well, my buddies and I are working on developing a video game.

I've just started working on the character designs. Here's the first one, "The Forest Mage"