Emmanuel's personal art blog

matte concept painting tip :using your video card to help paint dark scenes.

2011-10-12T11:48:00.001-07:00

Ever try to paint a dark scene and have trouble seeing into the dark areas? Here's something that might help. I've been using this technique for many years. It's helped me alot! Enjoy!

Sci_fi shuttle station

2011-09-30T15:40:00.000-07:00

Painted this concept for a friend. She needed a concept of Blade runner like buildings and atmosphere , so here it is. Really glad I got a chance to do some architecture. I think this wil be the first of many to come!

Quick sketch

2011-07-21T10:16:00.000-07:00

Just something quick. Threw on some music and just painted....It was fun to finally do something without thinking so much!

Robotech paintings

2010-03-01T15:48:00.000-08:00

This is the latest robotech painting that I did. Had a lot of fun. Let me know what you guys think. Hopefully I can get this in the right hands.

Here's also the other robothech painting I did a while back.

New Monster

2010-02-09T14:35:00.000-08:00

I did this piece originally because I was inspired by the Totoro porject. Then after doing th epiece I realized that I wanted to add my own creature in the scene. I really love this painting as it tells alot about my childhood. So instead of sticking a familiar creature (totoro) I thought I would design my own. In the end I think this is the version I prefer anyways....what do you guys think?

Battletrain

2010-01-23T12:33:00.000-08:00

This one I struggled with. I struggled with trying to show more of the ship and hiding it in fog. In the end , I decided that I just wanted to tell the story of these people coming upon this huge ship. I wanted the story to come first. That said I will still paint a frame of when the Battle train was operational. That way , my design won't go to waste!

A story frame for "Sea of Tranquility"

2009-01-12T10:15:00.000-08:00

One is more "realistic" while the other is more pushed in terms of color. Which one do you guys like?

My totoro piece

2008-11-30T10:37:00.001-08:00

I really liked the Totoro project that Dice did, so it inspired me to make my own piece.

Trash city

2008-11-03T01:06:00.000-08:00

Concept for trash city

Early concept for trash city

Ok so I did these quite a long time ago. Maybe 3-4 years ago for a friend. But imagine my surprise when Walle came out. I was like "crap, it looks very simular" but oh well.

Argonauts

2008-11-02T10:37:00.000-08:00

Mount Olympus concepts

Mount Olympus concept paintings

More environment explorations

Snow canon

2008-11-02T10:31:00.000-08:00

Palace

2008-11-02T10:29:00.000-08:00

alien city

2008-11-02T10:27:00.002-08:00

Bar

2008-11-02T10:27:00.001-08:00

shipyard

2008-11-02T10:26:00.002-08:00

Futuristic city

2008-11-02T10:26:00.001-08:00

Futuristic cemetary

2008-11-02T10:25:00.001-08:00

futuristic base

2008-11-02T10:22:00.002-08:00

Alien World

2008-11-02T10:22:00.001-08:00

Rider

2008-11-02T10:21:00.001-08:00

RobotechBase

2008-11-02T10:20:00.000-08:00