Wyverns and a Kid

Hello everyone. Below is a bit of painting practice that got a bit out of hand. Only wanted to paint over a sketch of a dragon but ended up painting two, plus a horse and an environment, oh well.

Thought it would be interesting to share a wip from very early on. Ended up cutting a lot of the environment out, it would have been useful if I wanted to put another character in the foreground but without anyone or anything else there it was extraneous. A good reminder to always plan composition in the early stages to avoid wasting time. I'll probably attempt another painting at some point with a color scheme closer to this earlier stage.

Also, as promised in the title, a kid.

Saurian

Raptors spying on a passing herd of anatosaurus. Painted for the art book of Saurian, an upcoming dinosaur lifestyle simulation game.

Ice Tomb of the Giant Queen and a Caecuraptor

Older work.

Redesign of an older character, think I might sculpt him in Zbrush when I have the time. Kinda a desert pack hunter/scavenger, with a social structure similar to hyena bands but with hunting mannerisms akin to jumpy velociraptors. They tend to start eating something the moment they latch on. Fans are used for communication and temperature regulation. About knee high.

Some Paizo work, creature Illustrations for the Giant Slayer campaign, specifically "Ice Tomb of the Giant Queen".

Moonlight Meeting / Waterfall Dragon

Some process stuff for a recent illustration. Thumbnails and character exploration for the human figures.

Scalloped Ox / Rivet Heads

Mini creature project. I've had the idea for these guys knocking around in my head for a while so I decided to sculpt them. Eventually I'll turn this into a game ready model, but for now I've posed them for a fun paint-over to test out lighting and coloration.

Reference! I didn't have this while sketching but it's useful for sculpting details. These creatures pull mostly from tortoises but there's some crab and squid in there too. The Scalloped Oxen as they are currently called are large reptilian omnivores distantly related to tortoises. They thrive in a variety of warm climates, surviving in lean times via fatty stores beneath their flexible external carapaces. They travel in herds with a social structure similar to that of wild horse bands, the lead males of these herds attempt to add females to their ranks through showy displays and by battering rivals with their armored necks.

Zbrush sculpts posed with Transpose Master and bpr rendered.