end of 2008

So, Christmas has passed. It's been really nice. Except for the funeral of my aunt just two days before it. I hope, wherever she is, she'll find peace. Honestly I've never been to a wedding (really, never in my life), but attended too many funerals of people I cared for. Sometimes I wonder if this is a reason I prefer darker themes when painting. Somehow light, heartful ones just don't speak to me and, actually, they never did.

Anyway. I started a series on scents of flowers. Maybe because I needed to draw something simple and pretty. Or maybe because I fell in love with few smells and got inspired by it? I've also been doing lots of painterly sketches last days, so it felt good to do something more stylised. Here's first one:

Close up:

Also I promised some close ups for my recent piece, Misery. So here it is for those interested:

Close up:

Only few days till 2009 begins. I look forward to it, it's been a bad year and it's good it's going to end. Well, maybe not that bad, but last half of it turned my life upside down. Health related problems and such. It's still not great, but I really hope it'll get better and I'll be back in full shape, feeling strong and all that. The worst thing is uncertainty, even when I feel good I'm just afraid if it won't get worse. I'm just scared to be scared. And, believe me, it sucks. God, how I wish I was 21-23 again, these were years I was perfectly fine.

I'm also starting a new job (as a proper concept artist this time, before I worked as a general gaming graphic artist, doing lots of pixel art too) and as much as I'm excited about it I'm also afraid how I'll manage with getting up really early (long commute), writing my master's degree essay (history of art), finishing second master's course in another town (graphics) and finding time to work on my personal projects. It's going to be hard, but maybe all these chores will help me get better and forget about, well, other things. I hope so.

Anyway, wishing you all a happy new year :)

carnival.

A preview of the pic painted for .PSD magazine (polish edition). Will be printed with a tutorial, tips etc. around February, I think.

As for some other stuff - my birthday has recently passed. Meaning I'm 25. So it's safe to say I left my teen days for good and can't pretend I'm not a proper adult anymore. Lesson learnt hard way. I even have some grey hair already, heh.. So, here's to growing up, not doing (too) dangerous things and hoping last year's events won't happen again. Cheers! :)

quick landscape sketches

Photoshop CS2 + Painter X.

recent artbooks featuring my work

There's been three artbooks published last month featuring my artwork (no cover art of mine though):

To get them visit:
Ballistic Publishing for Exotique 4,
Ilex Press for Gothic Art Now,
and Drakaina.

second part of 2008

Just a few selected pieces done in the second part of 2008:

First two (Her Own Funeral and Duke of Shadows) are a part of my personal project. The last one (Topielica) is (hopefully) a start of series about slavic myths.

an octopus dream.

some stuff from few months back.

a pencil sketch for one of my projects (some textures added in PS7):

unfinished picture from last summer, I think I'll try to redraw it soon.

for those curious how my regular workshop looks like when I paint bigger, traditional stuff ;)

mini GW commission samples.

some of the mini GW commissions I did a while ago, pencils on A4 paper.

Hb.

having fun with a new hat I got. Honestly, my grandparents sometimes have really funny ideas for gifts ;) Hb is a model.

Anna & Adam

P.'s new camera / buffeta cafe

photos by me (except first two and last one for obvious reasons ;))