The Ramblings of Maximise

So today I was trying out dramatic lighting to help show the intention of the character. I was going for evil... Also learning the structure of female faces but as I went for an elf like character I at least had a little leeway on it :) Hope you like it.

I just completed Horizon Zero Dawn. Pretty sweet game so I decided to do some fan art! Never really done fan art before but gotta start sometime... This was done in photoshop with a few metal texture pictures to add detail to the Titan. :) I should add that if anyone reading this has any tips to help me improve I would greatly appreciate it :D

I am still around I just have to get used to the idea of updating a blog... I'm still on thumb nailing as of yet as we haven't decided a real look for... well, anything yet. But heres hoping heads will be removed from arses so we can get this thing going! ...no pictures this time because I'm cruel like that.

These are some thumbnails of ideas! Yeah! Gotta do more quick thumbnails so I can get rid of that terrible idea juice that sloshes around my brain

I have been told to use saturated colours and colder colours for shadow instead of just grey and black. This was the first attempt there

1) Get better at photoshop!  I'm okay when it comes to photoshop but when it comes to working at a AAA studio I have a long road ahead. My main focus right now is atmosphere and lighting as that really helps push the 'real' factor. Photo bashing is another thing I must perfect this year. The stuff below is okay but it hasn't blown people away... 2) Speed Painting!  Gotta go faster when I produce thumbnails or quick paintings to block in ideas as the work below took me about an hour. I plan on putting the flash to shame by how fast I go. They won't call me Lightning Lloyd for that other reason anymore! 3) Learn zBrush!  Holy Carp zbrush is complicated! I've had it for a few days now and it has beaten me senseless with its crazy UI. The tutorials I have seen have told me it gets easier but I think they lie. This piece below... I apologise for it but its my first zbrush... thing. 4) Improve My Mo-Capping Skills!  This will be a challenge as I need to