Friday 28 September 2018

Steam Punk Cherubs stages WIP

Steam Punk Cherubs stages WIP

Martin Davey illustration of steam punk cherubs in stages
Stages of steam punk Cherub artwork
This illustration was completed in July 2018, and features two steam punk inspired Cherubs, based on classical renaissance design. It is digitally painted using 'Auto Sketchbook pro' software through out, with some Photoshop work at the end for colour grading purposes. The first panel shows the rough drawn as done on a 'galaxy' android tablet. depicted in the second panel is the same document with painted elements added to try out colours and forms. These are still roughly done at this stage. Lastly the third panel show by comparison the final artwork. It should be noted that the original document as seen in panel 2 is enlarged by a factor of 6 and then repainted with refined details etc, so as to produce a good quality print.
The final image can be seen here in greater detail.

Wednesday 26 September 2018

Working on closeup 50

Working on closeup 50

artist Martin Davey painting Devon river oil painting
A small snippet of a Devon landscape oil painting...

Tuesday 25 September 2018

Southampton Northam summer evening across the Itchen - oil painting

Southampton Northam summer evening across the Itchen - oil painting

Northam southampton marine artist Martin Davey
oil painting 'Southampton Northam summer evening across the Itchen'
East Southampton (UK) is the subject of this oil painting. It shows a scene at Northam, an area dominated by the marine industry, and with the river Itchen shown running through the industrial landscape. The tidal river is quite wide here, so on low tide the mudflats are exposed hosting many old wrecks of boats. On the far side of the river can be seen some smaller ships and in the extreme distance is the suburb of Bitterne, shown as houses on the hilly landscape.
This oil landscape painting was produced during June 2018. It is 20” x 28” in size and uses primed mounting board as its support. Using this link takes you to a higher resolution image of the finished painting.

Friday 21 September 2018

Steam Punk Cherubs - digital illustration

Steam Punk Cherubs - digital illustration

angle robots mechanical artwork by Martin Davey

digital illustration 'Steam Punk Cherubs'

Mechanical little cherubs feature in this steam punk interpretation of a classical renaissance icon. Both are playing musical instruments in a cloudy, almost heaven like location with mechanical landmarks dotted around, one being a 'sun' like object.
This fantasy digital illustration was done in 'Auto Sketchbook Pro' during July 2018.
The illustration can be viewed in greater detail here.

Wednesday 19 September 2018

Steam Punk Girl with space ship - WIP stages

Steam Punk Girl with space ship - WIP stages

scifi ship with pilot art work in progress Martin Davey

A female steampunk pilot has found that her small space shuttle has broken down on this possibly hostile planet...
This illustration was done during the winter of 2018, and was created in 'Auto Sketchbook pro'. It was roughed out on an android tablet (galaxy) using an 'S pen', and that is the stage shown in the first panel with the line drawing, followed by the second panel which indicated the rough colouring of the scene. The third panel shows the finished artwork which has by this stage been exported to a W10 computer, running the same software, but using the benefit of the more powerful computer to enlarge and refine the painting.
The finished sci sf illustration can be viewed here.

Sunday 16 September 2018

closeup working progress 05

 closeup working progress 05

love romantic vampires artwork Martin Davey
A small snippet of a cute, vampire based illustration for Halloween...

Wednesday 12 September 2018

New Forest Path In Summer Evening - oil painting

New Forest Path In Summer Evening - oil painting

oil painting countryside Hampshire Martin Davey artist
oil painted artwork - New Forest Path In Summer Evening
Created in June 2018 this landscape oil painting shows a path in woodland leading in to open countryside. The location is the 'New Forest', situated in Hampshire, on the south coast of the UK. It is based on a photograph taken during a late afternoon one summers day, so the long shadows play a role in the look of the picture. The painting is sized at 28” x 20” and is painted on primed mounting board. It can be seen in greater detail here.

Saturday 8 September 2018

Death Queen On Throne With Skulls - wip stages

Death Queen On Throne With Skulls - wip stages

digital art stages of fantasy death queen with skulls
working stages of 'Death Queen On Throne With Skulls' illustration
Finished in July 2018 digital illustration features a queen of some mysterious fantasy underworld. She sits on a stone throne with two unknown creatures as guards. She holds a spear with a skull dangling on the spike.
The initial sketch was done on an electronic tablet, often just by scribbling, when an idea may pop out. The sketch is developed as in the first panel, followed by the second stage which is to find a way to paint the scene, and look at colours and tonal values within. The second panel shows colour notes applied to the drawing, so that I now have a good model from which to do the proper painting. The next stage is to export the file out of the tablet in to a windows desktop machine, where the file is enlarged (from 768px x 1024px to 3000px x 4000px) and the fantasy illustration is repainted and refined to greater detail, still using auto Sketchbook pro as before but in a w10 environment. One good thing about the software is that I am able to work on different layers, and these layers are retained. The final stage is some tweaking within Photoshop to get to the final image, which can be seen here.

Thursday 6 September 2018

Working on closeup 48

Working on closeup 48

painting boat oil landscape painting WIP martin davey
A small snippet of a marine based oil landscape...

Sunday 2 September 2018

Boy With Airplane On Hilltop - digital illustration

Boy With Airplane On Hilltop - digital illustration

Martin Davey boy pilot with wings illustration
illustration art of  'Boy With Airplane On Hilltop'
Created during July 2018, this illustration features a boy standing on a hill top imagining himself as a pilot flying through the air and zooming upwards at fantastic speeds. He has a helmet and wings made out of cardboard. Behind him a large, powerful (but impossible) airplane suddenly roars past him, pulling up grass and flowers from the hill.
This illustration was painted digitally in 'Auto sketchbook pro' with final details added in photoshop. It can be seen as a larger, more detailed image on this link.