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Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:11:50 +0000

This is a personal study.
I wanted to give a sense of adventure in this work, a character back from a journey, but at the same sharing the peaceful feeling of the character, like when you're back home after a long trip.
This has been done in Photoshop using some 'dirty' custom brushes to give a more natural look to some area.

Night Life

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:55:23 +0000

Personal study, done with Photoshop.
The intention was to give an impression of crowd we can witness in big modern city. This sketch was also a good way to study picture depth in general, and play more with silhouettes, shapes and contrast.

Space Cargo

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:51:33 +0000

Personal Study, done with Photoshop.

This is a rather classic spaceship view. Anyway, I wanted to give it a bit of atmosphere.
I've used a bright background to ease the way the scene is lit.

The Path Through the Forest

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:48:42 +0000

This is a sketch done as a personal Work. Painted with Photoshop using custom brushes.
This peace was an opportunity to play with contrasted areas against soft, quieter background parts.

The Dump

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:54:47 +0000

"It is said you can get whatever you want in this place"

The Dump is a personal study. I wanted to build a kind of futuristic interior, rather heavy in impression,
and abandoned. As you can see the idea evolved, but the result is still almost indoor .

As often for the sketch stage, I started the draft in B&W to find shapes that fit my needs or tastes.
No special technique used here as the approach was rather traditional, except for the sketch stage where I used
matter brushes for the hull and some repetive pattern brushes to define roughly the pipes.

Thanks in advance for your comments !

Max

UnderWorld

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:06:08 +0000

The Marketplace

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:11:09 +0000

"Group of Strangers entering the Marketplace".

I started this picture with the idea of doing a tall but non-natural structure, a kind of large arena which could give impression of greatness. The Marketplace idea came a bit later.

For the work process, I began to sketch the general arena shape in black & white . Because of the surrounding walls (they limit the way to light the scene), I decided to define very early the main light direction and basic shadow areas.

I then applied 'color balance' layers (mainly one for shadow areas, one for sun exposed areas) to give the scene the basic mood it needed. It was a good starting point to continue the work directly in color.

Comments are welcome !

Thanks, Max

Green Haven

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:10:36 +0000

A sketch of the Green Haven done as a color training.

Megalopolis

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:12:48 +0000

I wanted to try with this pic something different that what I usually do. So the futuristic city idea.

Ice Land

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:50:03 +0000

Sketch based on the theme of Ice.

"Rider going back home after a long trip through the wild land..."

Near the Trap

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:33:27 +0000

I started this pic as a training to test some new brushes.

"Something strange leaves there... It is not nasty, but it settled traps around the place to prevent animals get too close.
It is said that graves are for unaware peoples caught in the traps ..."

La Grande Tour

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:50:58 +0000

Adventurer approaching the High Tower.
The pic has been first painted B&W and colored afterwards. I kept layers separated for the Sky, the Tower and Trees to allow easier and quicker color work and atmosphere.

Forgotten Town

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:08:59 +0000

The lost city of Calabi-Yau.
I wanted to do something similar for a while : the entrance of an old town, letting us imagine the vanished civilisation beeing there previously.
As i did for the previous image "La Grande Tour", some layer has been painted separed to allow easier 'background' painting, and the color
was applied afterward, by using different layers of 'color balance' and 'overlay'.
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