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A portrait done to play with proportions and colors. I went wide with the eyes. It's nice to do something like this once in a while.

Check blog for a close-up
http://bao22.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-girl.html]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:27:35 +0000 http://bao.cgsociety.org/gallery/771864

This was done for the cover of ImagineFX issue 45. This is the cropped version to make the composition work. You can check out the full version as well as a close-up here

Thanks for looking!]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:46:15 +0000 http://bao.cgsociety.org/gallery/751637

Here's the result from a workshop I did in issue 42 of ImagineFX . It also includes videos of my process. I had an awesome time on it. Get it while you can, it's an awesome mag, lots of great people working there.

Close-ups http://bao22.blogspot.com/2009/04/w...tle-things.html]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:45:28 +0000 http://bao.cgsociety.org/gallery/742175

A piece done for personal practice. I didn't really stretch the idea, but it was good fun to paint.

Photoshop+Painter]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:08:10 +0000 http://bao.cgsociety.org/gallery/721673

Inspired by Jenny Saville and a bit of Michael Hussar too. Had some real fun with this one.

Photoshop+Painter ]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:08:34 +0000 http://bao.cgsociety.org/gallery/709059

This is the result of late night wandering with the wacom pen. Done in a couple of nights with Photoshop and Painter.

Happy Holidays!

Close-up http://bao22.blogspot.com/2008/12/dark-blood.html]]> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:04:38 +0000 http://bao.cgsociety.org/gallery/651464

This is another commission I did a while back. It came together with great ease, so it was a blast to work on. I thought I'd share it here too.
I'll post some steps later.
Thanks for lookin'!
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A much older portrait with a different approach. Inspired by some duo-tone photographs I was seeing at the time. It was nice to paint with a limited palette, definitely different for me. I eventually added some hints of color here and there. I was able to find some time to finish it off.

Photoshop+painter+tablet

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I'm drawing a lot of doll like characters lately. It's fun to be free to twist certain features. This one came pretty naturally. I wanted to painting something yellow, and it turned out to be a fun challenge with gold.

Photoshop+tablet.



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Just got back from Vietnam and couldn't do anything for a week.
Started watching movie trailers and finally saw one for "The Spiderwick Chronicles". The flower creature sequence sparked my interest, and this is what came out of it. I tried to be much looser, more of a conceptual piece than anything.

Enjoy.


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