Avengers Assemble!!!

I've been working on this painting for a while now in between jobs. Glad to finally finish it. Hope you guys like 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.

Robert & Patt...:D!

This is an exercise I did last weekend, the idea was just play along with the brushes. Hope you like it.

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.

Nyub Nyub

More digital paint adventures. Did this for the folks at Planet Pulp.



It was a good way to practice a bit of fur and burlap...

Adventures in Digital Painting...

More about this at my blog..."CLICKY CLICKY"

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

The Pit

A little step by step of my piece for the Autumn Society/PCS Hallowed Halloween Show...


Final Thumbnail


Pencil


Ink


Color

Show Info:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
This October 1st - 31st the Autumn Society of Illustration, the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society and Proximity Gallery present:
HALLOWED
HALLOWEEN
Opening Reception - October 1st, 2010
October 1st - October 31st
PROXIMITY Gallery
2434 East Dauphin Street
Philadelphia, PA 19125
267.825.2949

Participating Artists:

Melissa Lomax
James Heimer
Paul Palcko
Tim Durning
Timmy Smith
Christine Larsen
Alex Eckman-Lawn
Concetta Barbera
Jen Gin
Eric Braddock
Yis Goodwin
Ray Chase
Anthony Pedro
Sam Heimer
Ryan Studley
Peter Wonsowski
Jeffro Kilpatrick
Amy Houser
Marc Damicis
Andrew Hart
Matt Cavanaugh
Joseph Game
Kyle Margiotta
Matt Stewart
Gina Stewart
Justin Gray
Andrew Hoffman
Christian Patchell
Jay Bevenour
Eamon Dougherty
Jane Hay
Tim Grimmer
Ralph Giguere
Stephanie Struse
April McPhatter

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.

Mathematical!

Totally Rhombus.
Here's my piece!
You can check out more info about the picture at my blog, Purple Peep Bits!

~Tara

Queen of Hearts

Continuing my 1 new piece/week. Ink on watercolor paper with washes...

Valentine

Ink and finish for the Comixology project I'm working on...

Digitally Coloring Colored Line work

Heres a demo on how I separate colored ink lines in photoshop and color it.

Big Mario Kart Collab-Start Your Engines

Almost a year ago I was invited to take part in this collaboration project that my good friend Dirk was throwing.

Its a collaboration done with over 40 of the finest artists you can find on DeviantART. Independent and people who already work in the industry came forth for the project from all over the world.

Based on Mario Kart, a series of go-kart-style racing video games developed by Nintendo as a series of spin-offs from its trademark Mario series of platformer adventure-style video games. Each chosen artist had the privilege to choose a driver and do their own rendition of the character.


Birdo is one of my favorite Nintendo characters, when I can't play as Bowser, Im Birdo. I finished this a couple days after he started the project back last October, so its really refreshing to be able to upload it.

After months of preparation it is finally viewable for the public!



Its an absolute MUST to full view the original picture and check out everyone's interpretations of each driver. Their all fantastic!

Driver artists:
Toad-Mike Jungbluth
Baby Mario-Patricio Betteo
Dry Bowser-Robb Mommaerts
Luigi-Dirk Erik Schulz
Funky Kong-Hugh Freeman
Yoshi-Henry R. Frew
King Boo-Grim-Amentia
Princess Peach-Makani
Baby Luigi-Adrián Pérez
Mario-Andrew Kauervane
Donkey Kong-Fubumeru
Baby Peach-Basakward
Waluigi-Dapper Dan
Bowser jr.-Erin Hunting
Bowser-Richard J. Smith
Dry Bones-Neilando
Birdo-Myself
Daisy-Vernavulpes
Diddy Kong-Becky Dreistadt
Wario-Zach Bellissimo
Toadette-Kyle A. Carrozza
Petey Piranha-Sam Mckenzie
Koopa Troopa -Mario González
Shy-Guy-Benjamin Anders
Para Troopa-Emma Särkelä
Rosalina -Der-shing Helmer
Baby Daisy -Chris E.
Lakitu-Sabrina Alberghetti

Background Characters:
Luismario
Michael Perez
Explosiv22
Emily Jayne Weber
Frobman
Yves Bourgelas
Cotton-Gravy
Lindsay Smith
E. D. Thweatt
Adrian vom Baur
Psycho Time
Cheezadiddle
Evanatt

I really hope that "I am 8bit" checks this out.

~Tara at Purple Peep Bits

-La Visita-

I thought about uploading this Nov. 2nd but I'd probably forget about it. My piece for the "Day of the Dead" Gallery Show.

I had this idea since last year and I really wanted to follow up to it for this gallery show. Coming up with a good layout was by far the hardest for this piece but I'm pleased with it.

Papi is coming to visit his nina and join the celebration of the holiday. I really wanted to show off the true meaning of the holiday with this.

Check out my blog for progress shots of the piece!
PurplePeepBits

Enjoy!

I'm looking forward to see the upcoming pieces for the show, all of them are fantastic so far.

~Tara