closeup working progress 20

 A small snippet of a princess illustration...

 closeup working progress 19

 A small snippet of a sci-fi image with a skull...

 closeup working progress 15

 A small snippet of a prehistoric like creature illustration...

 closeup working progress 13

 A small snippet of a scifi illustration...

Happy Steam Punk Witch - WIP stages

Happy Steam Punk Witch - WIP stages

WIP stages of  'Happy Steam Punk Witch' illustration

Completed during October 2018, this illustration features a witch happily working in her coven. She is dressed in 'Steampunk' attire and also has technology installed which is in keeping with the theme. A black cat is perched on the stool looking on.
The artwork was created digitally using 'Auto Sketchbook pro' software. It is begun on an android tablet where the drawing and layout are decided, followed by 'roughing' in the basic colour information for the artwork. The first two panels show this and it can be seen that a little ghost was going to feature popping out of the cauldron. The final panel shows the finished work, where the ghost has been dropped. This stage is performed on a powerful Windows computer, running the same software. The image is greatly enlarged from the original file and the subject is refined when repainted at this size.
The finished artwork can be seen here in greater detail.

Death Queen On Throne With Skulls - wip stages

Death Queen On Throne With Skulls - wip stages

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.

closeup working progress 02

closeup working progress 02

A small snippet from an underworld darkly themed illustration...

 

closeup working progress 01

closeup working progress 01

A small snippet from an aviation themed illustration...

Monday in Hell with Devil - WIP stages

Monday in Hell with Devil - WIP stages

Monday in Hell with Devil - WIP stages

This composite image shows three stages of the creation of the 'Monday in Hell with Devil' image. It is painted digitally in 'Auto sketchbook Pro', initially on an android tablet to rough out the drawing as it panel one, and then apply some basic colour as in the second panel. After this stage the file is then exported on to a windows 10 computer, where the canvas is much enlarged and painting is continued, again using the same software. The final stage to completion is to then finish the artwork in photoshop for final details to be added and final colour grading. 
The final image can be seen on this link.

Steampunk Girl With Spaceship - digital painting

Steampunk Girl With Spaceship - digital painting

Steampunk Girl With Spaceship - digital painting

This digital illustration was done over a period of February/ March 2018. It features a 'steam punk' inspired scene of a small, shuttle space craft that has made a forced landing on an alien planet. Its female pilot is out looking for help and deciding on her location while the sun sets. In the shadows some creatures are lurking in the shadows.

'Auto Sketchbook Pro' was used to create the artwork, initially running on an android tablet to rough out the basic idea and colours envisaged. As it is done on 'layers', the work is then exported to a Windows 10 computer running the same software but with more power, so that one of the first things to do is to scale up the document for better quality and continue painting. At a certain stage the artwork is then finished off in Photoshop, where final details and colour grading is carried out.

A larger view of the illustration can be seen on this link.

Manga Vampire and Woman - digital painting

Manga Vampire and Woman - digital painting

Manga Vampire and Woman - digital painting

During March 2018 this manga styled, gothic digital illustration was created featuring a vampire about to make advances on a young woman. The scene is lit by the candelabra the busty woman is holding.

The image is based on very typical horror based situations and conventions.

It was dawn and painted on a Galaxy android tablet as a sketch, then later exported to a windows computer running the same software but with more power. The final details and colour grading was then done in Photoshop.

The illustration can be seen in greater detail on this link.

Spring Girl - digital painting

Spring Girl - digital painting

Spring Girl - digital painting

This humorous subject was painted during Febuary 2017, and features a 'Spring Girl' character in a field, during the season of Spring, and surrounded by flowers and insects of the period. It is painted digitally using 'Auto sketchbook pro' on a windows drawing device.

The final illustration can be seen here.https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/spring-girl-martin-davey.html

Spring Girl WIP

Spring Girl WIP digital painting

Spring Girl WIP digital painting

This picture shows 3 stages in the production of the digital painting called 'Spring Girl', a humorous take on a young woman picking flowers in the countryside. The image was done using 'Auto Sketchbook Pro' running under W10, and I used a UGEE tablet (with built in screen) to draw on. The first panel shows the drawn layer using the 'pencil' tool. Once this level is OK, I then paint base colours underneath on separate layers under the drawing layer using the 'acrylic brush'. I then continue to work the painting up until such time that the drawing level can be turned off, as becomes a hindrance to seeing the painting itself and working on the fine details.
The finished picture can be seen here.

SteamPunk Mechanical Robin Factory - WIP digital painting

SteamPunk Mechanical Robin Factory - WIP digital painting

SteamPunk Mechanical Robin Factory - WIP digital painting

This composite picture shows a number of stages in the creation of this digital painting, featuring a giant robotic Steampunk Robin, under-going maintenance in a factory.
The first panel shows the initial drawing using the 'Auto Sketchbook pro' app. Each object is  drawn on separate levels, often roughly at first, and then cleaned up on another separate level. After a suitable drawing had been created and the layout worked 'as a whole', it was then exported from the tablet (as a layered PSD) and opened in photoshop on a PC to enlarge it to the correct proportions for the final illustration, and then saved. After this stage the drawing is now ready for painting, and is opened up in the desktop version of 'Auto Sketchbook pro' on a W10 machine. From now on the artwork is painted using a number of brushes, using the drawing overlayed, as a reference. Again each element is painted on layers. Once the painting was complete some final regrading was done using Photoshop.
The finished painting can be seen here.

Cute Gothic Horror Vampire Woman - WIP

Cute Gothic Horror Vampire Woman - WIP

Cute Gothic Horror Vampire Woman - WIP stages

This composite picture shows a number of stages in the creation of this digital painting, featuring a Gothic woman vampire with bat friend in the typical scene of a ruined church at night.
The first panel shows the initial drawing, each object within drawn on separate levels, often roughly at first, and then cleaned up on another separate level. In this case this drawing was created on a Samsung tablet running the 'Auto Sketchbook pro' app. After a suitable drawing had been created it was then exported from the tablet (as a layered PSD) and opened in photoshop on a PC to enlarge it to the correct proportions for the final illustration and saved. After this stage the drawing is now ready for painting, and is opened up in the desktop version of 'Auto Sketchbook pro'. From now on the artwork is painted using a number of brushes using the drawing as a reference. Again each element is painted on layers. Once the painting was complete some final regrading was done using Photoshop.
The final painting can be seen here.

Exploring New Landscape Spaceship - digital painting

Exploring New Landscape Spaceship - digital painting

Exploring New Landscape Spaceship - digital painting

A large spaceship is hovering in the air over an idyllic countryside on an Earth like planet. A small scout ship has already landed and one of the exploring occupants is outside the ship and admiring the view.

This digital painting was created during Christmas 2016 using the 'Auto Sketchbook pro' application, with some additional work and colour grading done within Photoshop.

http://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/exploring-new-landscape-spaceship-martin-davey.html

Horses in Countryside Snow - digital painting

Horses in Countryside Snow - digital painting

Horses in Countryside Snow - digital painting

This countryside themed painting was created during early January 2017. Depicted in the painting is a countryside scene in the midst of winter on a crisp snowy day with bright sunshine and blue skies.Two horses are about taking in the changes to their normally grassy landscape. 

This is a subject I would normally painting in oils or acrylic paint but here it is painted digitally on a computer, the scene itself is just made up. The software used is ' Auto Sketchbook pro', with a small amount of texture details added in photoshop, plus some regrading colour wise to finish off the painting.

http://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/horses-in-countryside-snow-martin-davey.html

Artwork for end of year 2016

Artwork for end of year 2016

Winter scene with castle - digital painting

 This small (960 x 1280px) picture was digitally painted as a small project on my Samsung Galaxy tablet using the  'Auto Desktop Pro' art app. The programe responds to pen pressure input through the tablets built in 'Wacom' pressure sensitive screen, enabling painting on the device. The only part done outside of the app was when the image was exported and placed in Photoshop where the type was added on a PC. I have used the app for some sketching from life outdoors during the summer and sometimes for roughing out ideas, where the image would be exported to Photoshop to be refined in to a finished painting. This example is the first time that a painting has been finished (as much is practical) on the tablet. 
The scene was not expected to be a Christmas card for followers on social media, but as it was finished a few days before and had a suitable subject, it was made so.

Planet Castle On Arch - digital painting

Planet Castle On Arch - digital painting

 

 This digital Sci-Fi illustration was painted in Photoshop from a basic sketch done in 'Auto Sketchbook' running on an android device. The scene features an alien planet landscape with strange rock like formations that rise-out of the ground like half of an arch formation. Some of them are very large. On one of them a castle has been built on one of them which has now fallen in to disrepair. In the foreground is a local resident on a cart which is being pulled along by some strong, horned beast. On the back of the cart is a cargo of red, egg like objects. The sun is setting on this peaceful landscape and the driver takes no notice of the castle that's been there seemingly for ever and quietly rots. The image was created in July 2016.

#scifi #painting #illustration #alien #planet

http://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/planet-castle-on-arch-martin-davey.html

Monster Attacking Cavemen - digital painting

 Monster Attacking Cavemen - digital painting

Monster Attacking Cavemen - digital painting

Cavemen out in a clearing stumble in to the path of a large, angry monster. The prettily coloured creature is not amused by the little cavemen.
This digital illustration was painted during August 2016. Initially it was sketched out in 'Auto Sketchbook Pro' on a tablet with base colours applied. After a certain amount of work it was exported to Photoshop, to develop it further and make the document larger to A4 size.

#scifi #monster #painting #prehistoric #cavemen
http://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/monster-attacking-cavemen-martin-davey.html