January 2013 Final Speeds

More January Speeds

Coming a bit late, but here are some speed studies I created in January. The top focuses on FZD practice, the second a 15 minute slice and dice composition.

Scholes/Bumskee Smudge Style Study

There is something just super exciting and original about the smudgy oil effect in the digital medium. This is one of my most recent attempt to understand how it can be done.

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Speed Doodles

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Working on Speed. Recognizing shapes, pulling it all together into a cohesive design and layout using methods I've learned through FZD school on YouTube. Check out Feng Zhu's awesome videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/FZDSCHOOL?feature=

CHoW Artemis Hunter

Feng Zhu Design pratice

Desert Landscape doodle

Using the large round brush I tried to focus more heavily on values shapes and composition. I ignored blending/rendering for the sake of time.

This is the first drawing pulled from January's painting-a-day, a selected few will follow