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This actually started out as a face study, with the character being a monk.
During the painting process I began making changes such as removing his monk hood, replacing it with long stringy hair, added a scar, tossed in some armor, added the metal band on his head, etc.
This was the final result.

Hope you guys like.

PR]]> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:16:16 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/557469

THis piece was apart of a series of monster paintings I did during Halloween. I was intending to post this prior to Halloween but , unfortunately I never got around to it.
Basically, this is my version (slightly cartoony) of what Frankensteins monster might have looked like.
]]> Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:53:28 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/542333

Keeping with my recent Steampunk theme, I decided to go for the underwater thing. A bit of the old 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.

Our explorer investigates the depths of the ocean for the remains of a vessel rumored to hold a fortune in treasure. Legend has it that the treasure is guarded by a sea beast.


But, who believes in legends anyways, right?]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:23:55 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/539687

Keeping with my recent "Steampunk" / "Retro-futuristic" theme
I decided to work a vintage comic book vibe around this piece.

Sent on a secret mission, our hero narrowly escapes a crash landing on the hostile planet of Venutian. Now not only must he complete his mission, but he must avoid the perils which inhabit the world, and also find a way back to his home planet...
Was the mission really worth it?
Will he survive the challenges ahead?
And most importantly....Why is he carrying so much crap?

Find out in the latest issue of "Tales From Another World"!!


PR]]> Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:24:10 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/538195

I've always been interested in retro-futuristic stuff so I decided to create a piece depicting a top secret victorian era battle robot in the process of being built. Only a few top scientists, some government people and a couple of high society rich folk get a access to the project.

]]> Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:44:39 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/500607

Last two reamining species in the aftermath of a war?
Friends come in many guises in the eyes of a child?
Dinner for an alien?
A peace offering?

These are some of the ideas I had for this image, but I'll leave it for viewer interpretation.

(And no, I don't know where the girl got a balloon in such a creepy place...Maybe there was a carnival or circus nearby?)

PR


]]> Sun, 27 May 2007 06:03:11 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/498558

This subject matter has probably been covered countless times, but I still enjoy the "marooned on a deserted planet " concept.
Started off as a speed painting, which I put away a few weeks ago, and just recently dug up the image and decided to polish it off a bit.

PR ]]> Mon, 21 May 2007 15:39:53 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/497708

This is a cover for an upcoming comic titled "Ravenous" by Creature graphic novels.
The basic storyline involves an American indian werewolf hunter.
This particual scene involves an encounter between the protagonist and a pack of werewolves at a truck stop diner.


PR]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 17:13:09 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/485629

I decided to revisit the "sword and sorcerer"/ "Conan" style art of the 60's and 70's pulp books.
The tyrant king ,on his day off from slaughtering, hangs out with his elf princess slavegirl and his pet vulture.


PR


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I've always been interested in folklore, mythical creatures and WWII, so I decided to combine these elements in a high adventure fantasy piece depicting a gremlin attack on a B17 bomber.

"A gremlin is a folkloric creature, commonly depicted as mischievous and mechanically oriented with a specific interest in aircraft.
Their origin is found in myths among WWII airmen, claiming that the gremlins were responsible for sabotaging aircraft. "

PR]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:58:01 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/459940

This was a character design for an RPG book (don't know the final title yet). I was given a description of the character and then created my vision of what he might look like. ]]> Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:24:52 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/454451

A while back I visited a small local pub (more like a dive) with some friends. The inside of this place looked very much like the interior of a 17th century ship. The walls had thickly laquered, dark brown wood panels, studded with black iron bolts. There were rusty antiques and dusty nautical devices hanging from every inch of the place (Probably should have had a tetanus shot before entering). Old diving suits, vintage sea piantings with overly ornate frames, wooden mermaid statues hanging from the walls, and brass lined portholes with lime green windows. The dimly lit, lime green lighting in the place also gave it an old world feel.
As I was sipping my beer I was expecting a giant tentacle to come crashing through one of the por tholes and snatch away one of regulars that was sitting at the bar.

Anyhow, the look and lighting of this pub was the main inspiration for this piece. I wanted the style to look like some painting you might see hanging inside one of these old ships.

The illustration was started many months back, but I put it on hold for a while. Just recently I decided to finish it up.


PR
]]> Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:39:18 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/452237

This image was originally intended as a speed concept for a game. One thing led to another and I decided to tighten up a bit. Unfortunately other aspects of the game need to be worked on, so ithis image has been abandoned for now.
PR

]]> Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:23:21 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/450718

I slowly put this guy together today , bit by bit between other projects.
I Wanted to create a something with a gritty, oily, dirty victorian look (brass, copper etc.). This is what came out.

PR


]]> Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:33:15 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/416795

Since I'm a big zombie fan I decided to do a zombie character design. Rather than go with a freshly dead zombie I opted for one that has been dead for a while and was nice and gooey.
The original version of this image I actually created a little over a year ago, shortly after I got my first Wacomn tablet. I recently dug up the image and nearly puked all over my shoes when I saw how awful the brushstrokes and other elements looked. So I went ahead and completely revamped the painting.
I'll probably dig this version up a year from now and repaint it again.

The image was done in Painter IX


PR]]> Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:42:04 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/430863

This came along as an accident while playing around with some color schemes in Photoshop. One thing lead to another and before I knew it I was hours into this painting.

I wanted to go with a sci-fi look reminiscent of late 50's - 60's,


PR

]]> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:50:21 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/445281

This was mainly an experimental digital painting. I was testing out some of the crazy brush techniques used by artists such as Sparth, Vyle, etc.
Very odd technique and definitely cuts down on time.

Still need to get used to the brushes though.

PR

]]> Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:17:53 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/429340

This piece I actually started some months back. I worked on it for a few hours then forgot about it. This weekened I was going through my art files and came across the unfinished work so I decided to finish it up.

I wanted a very oily panterly look so, even though it was created digitally, I decided to stick to mainly using very traditional methods, such as one layer only (If I messed up I would have to paint completely over the unwanted detail.).

The piece was inspired by a certain part in the Lord of the Rings books.

]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:56:19 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/414847

This was mainly just a practice character design. I decided to borrow some elements from the insect world to create this character. I find the insects evoke a certain creepiness so what better subject of reference.
I gave the character a body shape similar to that of a flea and the spikes were inspired by the Rhino Beetle.

Done on one layer in PainterIX using round oils, feathery oils, detail oil, spatter airbrush and digital airbrush.
]]> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 23:34:20 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/408225

I found myself playing a few horror genre video games this week and was inspired to create something a bit fleshy and gooey with a Resident Evil-ish feel.]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:12:32 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/400259

This past weekend I took some time to relax and watch the remake of the classic horror film "Dawn of the Dead" (Pretty damn good for a remake, and I haven't been too impressed with many remakes). I've always loved the zombie genre and after watching DOTD I decided to pay a little tibuter with a zombie portrait.

I've got a couple of other zombie ideas (more interesting than just a portrait) that I've been kicking around for a while. Hopefully soon I'll get around to sketching those up too.


PR]]> Sat, 02 Sep 2006 08:29:05 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/400252

I squeezed this character design in yesterday during some free drawing time.
He's a space traveller who's been marooned on an alien planet for many years. His clothes are tattered and his equipment is a bit beat up, but his oqygen tank and mask are still functional and help him explore the areas of the planet which contain toxic gases.

I was originally intending to add some color in the background but it wan't until I was almost done with the image that I realized I had painted him on the background layer. After I was finished I kind of liked the stark white background so I just decided to leave it as is.
What do you guys think? Add some color in the bakv or leave as is?

Software - PainterIX

PR
]]> Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:11:48 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/355844

I had several inspirations for this illustration.
I wanted to make a piece partly inspired by the old 1950s pin up art and the WWII warplane nose art of the 1940's. Im also a big fan of retro futuristic genre (Blade Runner,Dark City, Brazil) and anything that has an old Flash Gordon style.

As for the girl in the image, she was partly inspired by the old 1960's -70's sci-fi/horror film actress Caroline Munro.

PR ]]> Wed, 10 May 2006 08:12:48 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/354607

This started out as a doodle at work (basically just the guy's face.)
A few days later I decided to add the rest of the body, the girl and the action elements.

The sketching was done in Painter IX, underpainting and blocking in PSCS2, oil painting in Painter and cleanup in PSCS2.


]]> Sat, 06 May 2006 21:43:07 +0000 http://preilly.cgsociety.org/gallery/304399

Decided to do an illustration inspired by Jules Vern's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I took some creative liberties with the squid and made it look a bit more of a mutant sea monster.
I tried the give it a bit of a cluastrophic and dreadful feel by keeping the action partially confined in a cavern.
Hope you enjoy, and all crits welcome.
PR
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