Reindeer!

Been busy with holiday stuff, so I've fallen behind on my illustrations. But I doodled a freaky yule-deer! that's gotta count for something...Merry Christmas!!

Windshear Steppe

Today's painting!  Kind of a quickie, going for something more melancholy and airy.

The undercity at Deep Core Alpha

Rough idea was a city on a cliff.  I love factory-things!

More Environments!

During my temporary unemployment here at the end of the year, I'm going to try to get in one painting a day. Its going to be a bit of a challenge!  These two are from Monday and Tuesday,  an alien beastly fountain and a fiery razor-edged cavern I pet named the Fire Maw.

Murkwatch Tower

Looking through my recent posts, I realized I really do stick mainly to character driven concepts.  Time to tackle that elephant in my portfolio and work on some objects and places!  For some reason, its much more challenging for me to conceptualize a space than a character, so hopefully some fun new environment illustrations will force me out of my comfort zone a bit.

The idea here is a crumbling submerged tower, looking a bit like an old seashell stuck in goo.  Something rare and ephemeral (maybe a mermaid?) has made its home in the  base of the old ruin.

Soundgarden - King Animal

Design for commemorative tour poster for Soundgarden.  Theme was the title of their newest album, King Animal.  Wanted to create something that felt occult and weird, like a dried up idol to a forgotten autumnal deity.  If you flip it, it has another face:

This is what happens when I work on a design solely in the hours of 1-4am...it has a feverish creepiness that just seems to whisper "Michelle, go to bed".

    

Warped Tour Poster

Saw this opportunity and couldn't help myself...another contest, this time to design the poster theme for Warped Tour 2013.  Always my favorite festival of the summer, Warped Tour holds a special place in my heart.  It's another long shot submission, but it would pretty much be the "best day ever" if I win...I've always kind of had this stupid dream of getting my art on a backdrop or stage scrim someday...and I couldn't think of a better venue.