Indiana Jones and Marion

I have always enjoyed the Indiana Jones movies, the adventures, the action, the romance, the mysticism. I did my first fanart when I was 8 years old, and I had not even seen a whole movie yet. A few weeks ago I picked up my Indiana DVD-box and felt it was time to watch it again, and after that came the idea to make this:

Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood escaping the explosions at the digsite of Tanis. The idea was to frame them with the black smoke in the background. I came up with this angle as thumb no 3. After that I started to roughly sketch it up... A selection of the progress below:

 

 From left to right: 1.Rough sketch (PS), 2. Pencils with first color wash, 3. Watercolor Progress, 4. Finished Piece (PS). 

Éowyn and the Nazgûl

I joined The Art Order recently and was really motivated to join in on the "Eowyn and the Nazgul challenge". After about 7 drafts I started to get that feeling of "satisfaction" with the work done so far. I decided to ink it, but there is still a long way to go. Here's a shot of the progress for you :)

I will post more of the progress when it's done.

The Fighter Sketches

The Fighter, work in progress. Thought I'd show you some sketches this time, not just finished stuff. To me, looking in other artists sketchbooks can many times be more inspirational than to look at the finished work. Getting to know the work behind the work sort of speak.

The Trees of My Days

I have always been fascinated by trees. Each one is just perfect in its own way, and if I wander the fields somewhere and see a lonely old Oak, I can't but stop and feel like home... 

The background I made for this blog was put together by three paintings I had made where I was trying to reflect this, as shown below:

 

This was "The First Tree". Believe it or not, but I was sketching on this over a period of about six years+. It was the first page in my artbook of thick A3 watercolor pages, and I refused to start on the next page until it was finished. I wanted every detail to be there, every leaf (the very reason it took such time!). But in the end I felt it was not necessary to do so, and when I started to feel finished with the pencil work I was afraid to ruin it by coloring, because I had not been working that much with watercolor during that time. However, I took the courage to color it in 2010, and there it goes, "The First Tree" on the hill...

 

"The Field" was painted as an addition to "The First Tree" especially for the blog, and as soon it was done I continued with the third image in the series:

 

"The Second Tree" (original name, I know!). It took about half a day to get the second and third image done for the photoshop work to create the background. Now I'm not sure if I even want it as a background on the blog, but i will leave it be, for now :-)

White Lady

 

I really like this concept, all white. The White Lady was initially inspired from the character Gem in Tron: Legacy. I was working on this piece just a small bit at the time every now and then. It went through several stages from initial rough to finished piece. I had no intention on any background when I started.

Evil M

Second of 5 Illustrations I've been working on from "Arthur and the Invisibles". The throne of rubies felt like a nightmare at times, took forever to nail the right color. Happy with the result tho :-) Progress below:

Arthur And Princess Selenia

The "Arthur and the Invisibles" movies is to me a wonderful story well worth to be illustrated. This is the first in a series of 5 images inspired from the movies. Progress below.

I usually draw a quick rough sketch digitally first, and then go to pencil on paper. Thereafter I start to do layers by layers of watercolor washes until I have the desired result. I then go back and touch up the colors and make it cleaner in Photoshop.

Millie

 

With Millie I wanted to show someone with multiple characteristic features,

She can be kind and understanding, but also sometimes hot tempered, cold and unforgiving.

She is of Officer Rank, and must be able to make fast and tough decisions.

i think she went through about 8 different haircuts before the final.

The Commander

I wanted him to be the overseer of everything from secret documents to the personal lives of his staff. A mentor as well as a hardened soldier. This was the final concept.

Bad Guys

As I was working on the concept of Bad Guys, I came up with the Top Player. Bad guy as he is, his custom made yo-yo is the only thing that can keep him calm :-)

This is his partner in crime, Savant De Mal.

Anna

 

As a part of a Sci-Fi story I'm writing on, this was of my first concept drawings of "Anna". She lives her life to the extent she can due to a heart condition. She has alot of compassion and always want to do something good, helping people with the little things.

But for the goodhearted there are times of loneliness too. This was my second drawing of Anna. I was still unsure about what her apartment should look like, so I decided to make it night time.