Last Full Measure of Devotion

Here is a new book cover that I've finished this week titled "Last Full Measure of Devotion". I'm finding that I can now crank out a digital painting in about a day which will come in handy if I can ever get any freelance work of this type. Enjoy! Click image to enlarge

The Dahlia Coven

This was a book cover that I had done last fall for an AH book titled The Dahlia Coven. It was for one of Authorhouse's British authors and even though I was satisfied with it, it was quite an education in frustration. I did learn a lot from this particular assignment though, and the next digital painting I attempted was much easier and more enjoyable because of the trial and error of this one. I started with my photo reference of Petra Nemcova and Maria Sharipova and sketched out my composition. From that, I began painting over the sketch in Photoshop. The original cover has the same fiery background but in red instead of green. The Author chose red for the book cover but I display it here as it was meant to be shown,,, in all its ethereal greenness! Click Images To Enlarge

Breeze

This was a digital painting for a book cover I had completed a few weeks ago. Its for a nifty little vampire yarn entitled "Breeze" by Authorhouse author, Scott C. Johnson. I really enjoyed working on it and any practice I can get doing a digital painting is a plus in my book. Much thanks to Deante Tolliver and Christian Kelly for posing for photo reference. I use Photoshop because its what I have at work and at home but I'm very interested in using Painter just to see its effects. I was told PS is just as good as Painter but I think that it may just be a matter of taste. I'll find out eventually.


In an earlier post I said that I liked to use mutiple layers. It was told to me that using too many layers makes one's work look stiffer and by using fewer layers forces the artist to work "without a net" as it were, ending in a piece with a more traditional, painterly, feel. this is something that I experimented with here. Click on images to enlarge.

Some Watercolor Fun

This is a recent watercolor piece for a book cover. The book is titled; The 31st Man and was a lot of fun to do. I don't get to paint much at work, let alone do many landscapes, so this one was enjoyable. I got to use my new hand made watercolor book for this piece so now it sits on page one of many more to come. Click the Image to enlarge.