Spacecraft concept

So, as I said, I would be re-drawing many of my older pieces. The first of these which I did was of a spacecraft concept which I named 'vaelen fighter vessel 36-B' back in the day... I'm renaming it to 'vaelarien fighter vessel 36-B' just because it sounds better... Anyway, I will now show you the old version (which is worthy of many a cringe) and the new version, which i'm actually quite proud of... I'm sure you can guess which is which...

 Well, Thank you greatly for viewing, please, leave some feedback and check back again in the future :)

Redrawn

So, you remember the digital painting of a dragon I did last night? ... No? Well, not to worry, I'll show you again shortly.
I have been watching videos on www.ctrlpaint.com and wanted to try out some of the techniques to improve my digital painting... So I just re-painted the dragon from yesterday, here are the two for comparisson:

The one on the left is the new one and the one on the right is the old one. So, which do you think looks better? Let me know in a comment or via twitter (@TheDblTap)

Next... I have a few ideas lined up, one of them is just something I thought of recently and the others are to be reboots of designs/concepts I've created in the past, so look out for those.

Thanks for viewing/reading :)

DRAAAAGOOOON!!!!!

That's right, A DRAGON.
I spent the last 6 hours scribbling and doodling until it looked like something, then refining details adding effects and making something quite pleasing to look at. A freaking dragon.

This is a first, this right here is a style I've never attempted before and I have to say it worked out quite nicely. Although, I drew so many dots that one of the knuckles on my right hand has swollen...
Anyway, not much to say about this really, there wasnt much of an idea or a concept behind it as it began life as a doodle, but yeah, thanks for viewing :) Please, take the time to let me know what you think :)

Suggestions

So, doing the 'invincible men of iron' piece didn't have the effect I wanted it to... I don't feel more motivated at all, and at the most, I feel even less motivated to do that comic I mentioned doing... So, as of now, there are no promises that I will actually get round to doing that comic, I just can't bring myself to see it as a good idea anymore, not enough time has gone into thinking it through, it was never a genre I particularly enjoyed and I feel it would turn out to be pretty cliché in the end...

So, with that idea in the dust, I don't really have any ideas, any pieces to work on or anything, but then I thought, I'll do what you guys want to see! So, I'm looking for suggestions, drawings that you would like to see done and even a style you'd like to see them in, suggestions I enjoy will be added to a list which I will then begin to work on. 

So, to offer me suggestions, either tweet me @TheDblTap or leave a comment here. all comments and tweets will be read and none shall be ignored.

Thank you for reading and a double-thank-you to those who left a suggestion! 

 

INVINCIBLE MEN OF IRON!

IT'S DONE! It's finally done!
I finally, after god knows how long, finished my largely ambitious project. Featuring 29 of Iron Man's suits, I named this piece 'Invincible Men of Iron' and I sincerely hope you enjoy it! :)

So, for those who were wondering, here's a full list of the suits I selected for this piece:

Mark I, Mark II, Mark IV, Mark V, Mark VII, Mark VIII, Hypervelocity Armor, Exosphere Armor, Power Assault Armor, Hulkbuster Armor, Inferno Armor, Subterranean Armor, Hotzone Armor, Advanced Armor, Stealth Operations Armor, Arctic Armor, Classic Armor, Shield Breaker Armor, Ultimate Armor, Deep Dive Armor, Stark Racing Armor, Vibranium Armor, Heat Blast Mission Armor, Mark V Stealth Armor, Shockwave Mission Armor, Exosphere Mission Armor, Inferno Mission Armor and Fusion Armor.

I'm so proud of this and it took SO LONG. So if you appreciate this piece and want to help me out, Tweet this blog post or go to my twitter (@TheDblTap) and retweet me, or post this on facebook. Thank you so much for reading/viewing and especially if you shared this :) 

Blog design!

Just a short post to point out that I have finally put the effort into making my blog LOOK better, which really is a necessity for a graphic design blog...
Just for the sake of the archive, incase anybody come back here reading this post sometime in the future and I have a new blog design, here's a picture:

I'd also like to talk about a t-shirt design brand which my girlfriend's brother owns, it really is a very cool brand and he produces some brilliant designs. Recently, my face was used for one of the designs, taken from a photo of my second hallowe'en costume (excuse the hairy teeth, I wouldn't sacrifice my beard):

So, go check out his great work and buy one of his awesome t-shirts: http://lovebuzz.spreadshirt.co.uk/ 

Also, the make-up on my face in the above picture was done by my brilliant and talented girlfriend, who also has a blog which you can find here: http://emilyguysfx.blogspot.co.uk/

Follow her on twitter, also: @PyxiCakes

And, as for the 'invincible men of iron' piece I've been going on about, there are 6 more suits to draw and I've done the background, so, if I stop playing Halo 4, watching Dexter and generally procrastinating, you can expect it in the next couple of days.
Thanks for reading! :)

The Iron Spider.

So, the reason I haven't been posting anything lately (even on twitter) is because, aside from working extra hours to save money up for christmas, I have been doing exactly what I said I would, working on a large piece featuring many of iron man's different suits... I'm not sure how long I've been working on it now but out of 29 suits I've selected, I've finished 18. 11 more to go!
But, as I hate to come here empty handed, and I hate to leave it too long without posting, I quickly whipped up something for you guys. It's an idea which came to me while I was drawing the 'invincible men of iron' piece and I know the title 'iron spider' is taken for the suit which tony stark actually develops for spider-man, I think the name is fitting anyway, so here it is...

It's no HUGE change from the original Iron man suit, all I really changed are the colours, visors and the chest-piece, but I really like it, which is why it's my desktop wallpaper at this moment in time.
So that's it, check back soon for my finished 'invincible men of iron' piece! thanks for reading! :)