Capt. CrawDad

Capt. CrawDad has a secret, no, its not that he has a crustacean claw in place of the standard pirate captain hook.  And, no, its not hidden buried treasure.  Whatever it is (and I know of course, but...), it must remain a secret until his story is published someday.

Capn' C, created sometime in 2010(?) in my life in Korea, was another of several character created in my dreamscapes that managed to be documented on paper before fading into the nothingness mere moments after waking.  The funny thing is not that I remembered so much as that I was able to get a decent memory sketch down with a simple contour line with my eye lids still glued somewhat shut in my groggy state.


That morning sketch is not present at time of post, only these ink lines done in Paint Tool SAI.

Concept Illustration

An accomplished author contacted me a short while ago seeking to enhance the visual aspect of his stories. This is a concept piece for a book cover illustration of a protagonist in one of the author's many writings. Without disclosing the story or other sensitive information I wanted to display the progress of the painting.

In this work, I had the opportunity to experiment more with pre-customized brushes and created some custom brushes for myself.  I needed a special brush to simulate the African hair, and even though it has not gone through the final pass, I am very pleased with the result.  There is yet much to do but this was completed in a couple sittings as sample work and I am enjoying the progress thus far.

 

Disclaimer: Background image is credited to Toni Bratincevic.