Gallery1988: "Is this thing on? 2: The Weird Year"

"Awesome Possum"

11x14" Pencil, white charcoal and pastel on paper

Hey guys, just wanted to show you my submission to Gallery 1988's upcoming show that opens this Friday, "Is this thing on? 2: The Weird Year" The show is being hosted by Weird Al! Pretty crazy, I'm honored to be a part of this show and from what I've been hearing, the pieces at this one are pretty damn fantastic. Hope you guys dig my Louis CK piece, he's a brilliant comedian and his jokes are just so damn good. I had so much material to choose from, but of course, I had to go with one of my favorites.

ImagineFX Magazine spot: Issue #079

Hey guys, some cool news came my way recently, I've got a spot in next month's ImagineFX Magazine's FXPose section, a friend of mine was awesome enough to get a scan for me since she's across the pond and got her copy today in the mail (Special thanks to Eva Widermann!)

G1988 presents Adult Swim

Jedi Master Yoda

12x24"

Pencil, white charcoal and pastel on paper

Hey guys, it's been a long time since I've posted on here... thought I'd share my submission to Gallery1998's next show, Adult swim, that opens January 13th. Hope you guys dig it :)

Gallery 1988 Melrose: "Please Post Bills" Show

"Captain Steve Zissou"

13x19" Pencil, white charcoal and pastel on paper / www.ericbraddock.com

Here's my submission for the "Please Post Bills" Show at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles.

Gallery 1988 Upcoming Shows

I originally was going to go with the Ghostbusters theme since my piece sold pretty fast at the show last time but I decided to try something different and get out of my comfort zone. The reason this is outside of my comfort zone is because I never saw The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou but know that the film has a huge cult following and people seem to really enjoy it. It was also a lot of fun drawing Bill Murray at an older age versus how young he was in Ghostbusters. I'm pretty happy with the result, I wanted to do a larger piece full of Bill Murray portraits arranged in a typical movie poster montage, but time ran short because of current projects.

Lord of the Rings portrait: The Witch King of Angmar

The Witch King of Angmar

19x25" Pencil, white charcoal and pastel on paper

I finished another batch of Lord of the Rings portraits recently and finally got a chance to get them scanned in so I can post them up. Usually I do one large post of them, but I'm going to get more in the habit of posting a new image every day :)

Hope you guys dig it!

DreamWorks Animation Fine Art

www.ericbraddock.com

Earlier in 2011, I was approached by the Autumn Society about an opportunity with Dreamworks. The project involved selling original artwork and giclee prints in tribute to the Dreamworks films: Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon. I was lucky enough to be asked to do one for all 3 films.

I'm a huge fan of all three so it was something that was incredibly fun to work on. They're finally posted up on their website and are for sale through the site, DreamWorks Animation Fine Art . A special thanks to Chogrin and to KC Sanders for the opportunity on this awesome project! Hope you guys dig the finals.

Gallery 1988 presents: "Crazy 4 Cult 5, I'm getting too old for this shit"

"The First Goonie"

18x24" Pencil, white charcoal and pastel on paper

Hey guys, I wanted to share one of my recent gallery pieces which will be shown inGallery1988's Melrose location in LA. I was lucky enough to be asked to submit a piece for this iconic show, Crazy 4 Cult. A special thanks to Jensen for the invite! This will be their 5th C4C annual show so I feel honored to be a part of it! The show's theme is exactly what it sounds like, cult movies. And what better cult movie from the 80's is there other than The Goonies. Here's my submission for the show, hope you guys dig it!

TMNT: 4 & 5

Here's my 4th piece for my TMNT series, Donatello. I went with the blue for an electrical effect to subtly imply his affiliation with inventing stuff. I actually had this see-through computer panel in front of him with some tech programming type going on, but I was too torn with it and it didn't really look right so I scrapped it. If it wasn't so up close, I'd probably have kept it. Oh well ;)

I decided to go a bit different with Michelangelo, I based his design off of a painted turtle species. I liked the idea of him being somewhat different than his three brothers because his personality is a bit more outgoing and energetic. I think it fits him best. In a side story in Volume 2, it's revealed at an early age that Michelangelo was a talented artist. Without getting too literal with the painted turtle concept, I still enjoyed giving him a bit of a louder design than the other 3. Michelangelo was my first favorite when I was a kid.

Magnar the Lavalchemist

New sample for the portfolio. I wanted to paint a World of Warcraft goblin so I came up with a character in mind.. the idea was a goblin who harvests lava for his alchemy.

TMNT: 3 of 5

Here are my first three pieces of my series. Hope you guys dig em so far.

News update: ImagineFX Featured Image

Hey guys, just wanted to share a bit of cool news I found out today, my Bilbo painting is currently featured over at http://www.imaginefx.com/ as Image of the Day! Was a cool surprise to come across when I signed onto my profile there. :)

ZBrush

Hey guys, just wanted to share a little bit of what I've been working on in between projects.

Here are some zbrush sculpts I've done recently, I'm also working on a full figure sculpt, that'll get posted in the next day or so once I get some other things wrapped up first.

Lord of the Rings Portraits: 2

The next batch of Lord of the Rings portraits. I forgot to post my last batch here so this is a big update. These will get posted every week or so as I get them done with my other work. Hope you guys dig em!

Lord of the Rings Portraits

Hey all,

I know it's been quite a while since my last post, but I wanted to share some of what I've been doing with myself lately. I recently was asked to do a large commission of portraits. When discussing what the he wanted, he stated "I'd like you to do a charcoal portrait of every character from The Lord of the Rings and also the Hobbit." Needless to say, I jumped on the chance. I had started doing a few portraits in my spare time in between jobs and other portfolio pieces, now I can finally get back to them! Granted he does want me to do many from the films, he also wants me to mix in characters that were never included into the movies. I think it's a nice combination, I always like to strive for likenesses and it also gives me a chance to do my own take on some of the great characters that were missed out.

Two I had already done (Sam and Denethor) and he asked I started with Treebeard because he's his favorite. Frodo was the start of what I'll be tackling next, the remaining members of the Fellowship. Next up are Gandalf, Boromir, Gimli, Legolas and Merry.

Here is the first batch: Frodo, Samwise, Treebeard and Denethor.

All drawings are 19x25" white charcoal and pencils on paper

New work

New piece for the portfolio. Just thought I'd share it with you guys.

New work

Scourge Gate

New piece I finished to add to the portfolio, a very Warcraft inspired one. I came across a photo of a friend who was traveling and he was standing on a wall next to this giant arc gateway and it inspired me to do this piece. I thought how cool it would be that instead of a road passing through the arc, it were a green liquid plague running through in a river of sorts. This is the result that I came up with.

Arthas

This past summer, I painted Frostmourne, the weapon of Arthas, the Lich King. This Fall, I'll be painting a 6' tall figure piece of him. To get myself prepared and ready for such a thing, I'll be doing a handful of studies like this one to become better familiar with his armor and helm pieces. This is a study I did from the cinematic for Wrath of the Lich King. Roughly 3-4 hours in photoshop. I did a drawing on paper first, photographed my quick sketch and then painted overtop of my drawing. I'm not sure if this is a way I'll continue to work or not, but I had a lot of fun with this and am excited for the next bunch before I start on the actual painting, with a sketch I'll draw up completely unique from the studies.

Battleguard Orc / Guardian of Souls

Hey guys, I've been working on my digital skills lately and I'm starting to build a portfolio of concept art work, this is the first that's in the new batch of portfolio pieces. Just thought I'd share it with all of you. I did this one in between other projects that I'll post once NDAs are lifted, but until then, I'm sure there will be more pieces like this one posted soon.

Also, this is my submission to the "Hallowed Halloween Art Exhibition" Hope to see you all at the opening!

"Guardian of Souls"

12x18" pencil and white charcoal on paper

3G Show Pieces

Hey, guys! Here are my 3G Show pieces. It's been awesome seeing all the incredible work being posted, I can't wait to hear the feedback from the show and from G1988. Wish I could make it out to the opening in LA, I know it's going to be a killer show.

"It's right here, Ray. It's looking at me"

13" x 19" Pencil and white charcoal on paper

"C'mon, guys, this is our time"

13" x 19" Pencil and white charcoal on paper

"With Mogwai comes much responsibility"

13" x 19" Pencil and white charcoal on paper

Digital exercises/studies

Hey guys, just wanted to share this environment digital study I did last night along with a few weapon studies that i've been doing to get some practice with working in photoshop. For the environment study, I grabbed a random piece from Blizzard's concept art gallery and did my best to copy it without grabbing colors or just tracing from the original. It's a great learning tool doing things freehand like that and I feel I really got a lot out of it. Expect to see more of these in the future as well as original ones from me. I'm new to digital painting so these being my first attempts have been a lot of fun.

My copy is the top image, the original is on the bottom, I believe it's done by Peter Lee, but I might be mistaken since there's no signature.

All Hands on Deck

"Frostmourne"

18x24" oil on board

This is my piece for the All Hands on Deck show at Chapterhouse Gallery this month. I took this opportunity to do the first piece in my Arthas series, and with a theme like All Hands on Deck, I figured there should be a bit of the arctic sea and the frigid aspects of it would be a nice addition to the show. I've been really excited to see the work for the show and can't wait for the opening to see all of the work together!