Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

A straight forward painting from reference with fun with the scaly details and pushing the colour with the blend mode overlay. Unusually I started with a pencil sketch which was how I used to start my pastel paintings but using charcoal.

A falling creature which I call a Squirm, I felt that I am starting to get to grips with the lighting and applied a little more blending to this one.

Extensive use of the fur and hair brushes for this one and even though the sticker spray brush in ArtRage does save quite a lot of time thought still needs to go into the layering.

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

I had tried a Willow portrait before but couldn't quite get the likeness, so I thought I would have another go, this time the dark version. Simply mainly using an oil brush.

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

I wanted this creature to look sinister in a very creepy way and to almost have a spiders eyes, the fur brushes were extensively used here to achieve an animal effect. I couldn't quite work out what to do with the body so I just cut it off, which I'm not quite sure worked too well. You will also notice a common background that I often apply from the default ArtRage texture section.

I really struggled with this painting as I found the likeness really hard to come by and the facial colours quickly started to get quite muddy, I felt like I was caught between using the oil brush and the pastels.

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

I hybrid of robocop and the terminator I always enjoy a mash up and also a disfigured face. The detail on this was fun to improvise.

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

I thought I would have a bit of fun with this one, combining a Game Of Thrones type dragon. To get the Santa facial expression I actually took a picture of myself and worked off that reference.

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

This came from a suggestion by a work colleague, of course I started with a horse reference, and then just added on the horn, I was going for a more pastel ethereal look.

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

Just the oil brush on an almost full body portrait which is unusual for me and therefore I had to have the challenge of rendering clothes! Of course I am currently watching Gotham at the moment!

What would happen if an octopus played tennis? well this is the answer, as you can see I pulled quite a few references for this one.

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

I was inspired to start this in the style of some manga focussing on some big eyes and a flat colour to the face and then go from there. In effect I was trying out a different style. Again this turned out to be a more of an illustrative look, in hindsight I might have liked to have blurred more the background or at least done something a little more interesting with it.

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

A very straightforward portrait, although the pose with a hand fully visible was quite challenging. I focussed on quite a watered down oil brush for an oil glazing effect to build up the colour.

Using ArtRage on a Surface Pro to create some digital art!

I was playing around with this painting at the start, I knew I wanted to start off with something cute, so I focussed on the eyes and then played around until I felt an idea coming through, a cool dude of an alien idea then started to form and I just went with it, very much focussing on an illustrative look again.