Instead of making a brush I made some patterns

I love making patterns. The one on the bottom right is completely parallel to the border

Bump!

If you haven't already, check out 911 Operator, a project I've had a chance to work on

https://www.facebook.com/911OperatorGame

It's a real deal.

Thumbnails

I've come across a great artist Marco Bucci who is an illustrator working on the biggest projects out there. He created a couple of video tutorials (link) and they are full of information and useful tips. A couple of things Marco said hit the spot perfectly and it was what I needed - it sorted out my thoughts about the painting process. I've been struggling with getting the steps leading to creating an immersive illustration right, for a while now.


One of the things he reminded me of was to start with a very small sized thumbnail (what I would do until now was to create a large b&w comp). He said that it's not the composition itself, but more of a feeling /idea that you want to get right at the very beggining. You create a small finished painting first.


Why do I think it's so effective? Because when you paint on such a small scale, you cannot focus on the details, which are only a distraction. What is truly important, is to show emotion and idea conveyed by composition and color.



So here is a couple of thumbnails.

Free photos

 

I took these photos on my trip to Greece, maybe you can find them useful too. Click on the Gumroad link and have fun creating something amazing with these.

Heroes of Steradore

A couple of months ago I worked with Revolt&Rebel on a platform game called From Shadows. It is not published yet, but I can finally show the assets I created. You can take a look at it on my Behance profile.

It's a story of a man that turns into a werewolf, and tries to save people from the bad guys. The action takes place in an old village, on a moonlit night. The villagers do not appreciate the help of a hero though.

I did some illustration and animation work on that one. I hope you'll like it.

skeches

So I've been doing a lot of sketches lately - thumbnails to be exact. Some of them I've colored and since they are not in the final quality I thought I will post some of them in here.

Wacom Grip Pen clicks without pressing the button?

Lately I've had a problem with my Intuos Pro - whenever I hoovered my pen on the surface of the tablet, it reacted as if I was right-clicking. I had the right click assigned to the upper button of my Grip Pen.
Because nothing on the Internet solved the problem I decided to try fixing it my way. And it worked!

I just tightened the screws (after disassembling the pen) which seemed to be somehow connected to the buttons (I did it to both of the screws, but I think the upper one was the responsible one).

I did it when I had no more ideas of how to fix my problem. I recommend being careful if you decide to use this method.

I hope it helps somebody who, just as I did, thought the only option was to get a new pen.