A R T O F T Y

The Mauve Maiden

2012-01-25T01:03:00.000-08:00

Heart of the Swarm

2012-01-21T14:05:00.000-08:00

I can't wait for the new Starcraft expansion Heart of the Swarm.

Tarot Update! The Hierophant.

2012-01-08T23:01:00.000-08:00

Blue Bounce Bust GIF

2012-01-04T20:26:00.000-08:00

Another 1 hour bust study. Click to watch the progress.

Pink Hair Quickie

2012-01-04T02:29:00.000-08:00

Diablo 2012

2012-01-01T04:19:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone. I wanted to start the new year off right with a tribute to Diablo. He's finally coming this year. It's been too long a wait. :)

Bust Study 02 GIF

2011-12-30T01:06:00.000-08:00

Click to see the stages! =D

Homer Bust GIF

2011-12-29T01:34:00.000-08:00

Click to watch my steps! =D

Zombie Queen

2011-12-21T23:06:00.000-08:00

Dragonian

2011-12-21T01:49:00.000-08:00

Tarot Update!

2011-12-19T02:14:00.000-08:00

The eighth in a series of the 22 tarot major arcana.

Also for those interested in the my latest brushes (the ones featured in my recent livestream please visit here:

http://www.artofty.com/TylerJames_BrushEssentials.zip

Happy Holidays everyone!

Doom 4 Busts

2011-12-16T00:40:00.000-08:00

Having fun with some cyber demons. The middle one is from my recent live stream. Each head took from 2 to 3 hours.

Livestream Event

2011-12-07T20:50:00.000-08:00

Mecha Suits

2011-12-03T17:38:00.001-08:00

Lady Oni

2011-11-23T02:37:00.001-08:00

Major Arcana X

2011-11-06T23:38:00.001-08:00

The seventh in a series of the tarot major arcana.

Hot Pink Doodles

2011-11-05T18:22:00.001-07:00

Space Port

2011-10-26T01:33:00.001-07:00

Purple Rubber

2011-10-24T23:11:00.000-07:00

The Deathstone

2011-10-15T14:44:00.000-07:00

I was cleaning out my hard drive and stumbled on these forgotten sketches from Hunted The Demon's Forge. These were done very late in production as an effort to improve the design of the artifact the heros use to communicate with the dead. They were scrapped because we had already created too many cut scenes with the original design.

Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living

2011-10-14T02:32:00.000-07:00

Tiny Bots!

2011-10-13T08:18:00.001-07:00

Jody & Scruffy

2011-10-10T18:29:00.001-07:00

Nosferatu

2011-09-26T03:41:00.001-07:00

Treasure the apotropaics.

Loremaster Scrag

2011-09-17T23:41:00.000-07:00

Then I add my background and any finishing touches. =)
Once all the colors are glazed in I begin bouncing them around so that the yellow skin bounces into the blue leather and vise versa.
I then glaze my colors in using blend modes. Experiment with Color,Overlay,Vivid Light and Soft Light.
This is one of the more time consuming steps. Blend your values and squint your eyes to check that things are reading well.
Next I block in the main lighting direction and spot the darkest and lightest parts of my image.
The next step is to sketch over the woodcut and get most of the shapes defined.
In this step I stay really rough and just explore silhouette and basic shapes.

Mew

2011-08-22T04:13:00.001-07:00

Gathering Droids

2011-08-11T21:18:00.001-07:00

Dragonspawn

2011-08-06T15:58:00.001-07:00

My original take on Blizzard's Dragonspawn creatures.

Major Arcana II

2011-07-18T01:35:00.001-07:00

Hunted The Demon's Forge

2011-06-17T13:16:00.001-07:00

Here are some things from the game that came out recently.

Rift

2011-05-19T11:18:00.000-07:00

I start next month as a concept artist on Rift over at Trion Redwood Shores! It was really awesome meeting the team and I really look forward to this new adventure! Thank you guys for being such an awesome host. /hugs

Azure Emissary

2011-05-11T12:46:00.000-07:00

Well I was super stoked today to find a fedex envelope at my front door with the white backs for this card!! ^__^

Shiny!

2011-05-09T19:48:00.000-07:00

More Doodles!

2011-05-03T07:31:00.000-07:00

Chaos Marauder

2011-05-01T04:33:00.001-07:00

Something from awhile ago for Fantasy Flight Games. It's supposedly in the Warhammer RPG - Omens of War supplement. ^_^

Mystery Machines

2011-04-28T04:08:00.000-07:00

Playing in my sketchbook with some shape design using some tips from my friends Paul Richards and Travis Castillo!

Bella & Warslave

2011-04-24T23:24:00.001-07:00

Warhammer Invasion - The Chaos Moon

2011-04-04T01:34:00.000-07:00

^_^

Moleskin Girls

2011-03-27T03:07:00.001-07:00

Zanku Hadouken!

2011-02-28T19:17:00.000-08:00

Mech Sketches

2011-02-27T11:37:00.001-08:00

The Dark Wall

2011-02-19T12:54:00.001-08:00

Neverwinter Nights 2 Nostalgia

2011-01-30T00:51:00.000-08:00

This was my favorite character to design for Neverwinter Nights 2 so I took some time to render it more than I had time for during the project... meet Morkai the Red.

Beauty and the Beast

2010-12-31T02:59:00.000-08:00

This is something I did for the Gnomon Workshop 2d Image challenge. The theme was appropriately: Beauty and the Beast. Inspiration for beauty came from the lovely Miss Mosh and the works of Gainsborough.

In the Haunted Garden

2010-12-21T00:06:00.001-08:00

Inspired by the movie 'The Curse of the Cat People"

Bestia Oceanus

2010-12-17T15:01:00.000-08:00

Mr. Sting Ray

2010-12-14T12:09:00.001-08:00

Exotique 6

2010-12-12T09:47:00.000-08:00

Exotique finally arrived at my doorstep this weekend! Flipping through I was glad to see some really cool stuff including works by Kekai Kotaki, Daniel Dociu, Steve Argyle, Nei Ruffino and Svetlin Velinov!

Ul'Vahna the Enchantress

2010-12-09T22:52:00.001-08:00

Sketch Jam

2010-12-08T01:14:00.000-08:00

Some of my local artist friends will be having a little sketch jam in Hollywood this Sunday from 3:00pm on. If your in the area feel free to swing by!

What: Sketch Jam
When: December 12th Sunday
Where: [link]
Why: Because I need to draw!!

Hope to see you there!

Mana Demon

2010-12-06T01:13:00.001-08:00

Having fun with color blending in Painter.

Armor Rakugaki

2010-12-04T15:04:00.000-08:00

Goliath

2010-12-01T01:22:00.001-08:00

This is a piece I did for Dragon magazine December 2010 issue. Goliaths are a race exclusive to the DnD universe and this guy is a bravespear. © Wizards of the Coast 2010

Trio

2010-11-30T13:32:00.001-08:00

Alien

2010-10-31T01:13:00.000-07:00

Lunchtime Portrait

2010-10-12T14:26:00.001-07:00

Haven't updated in awhile, thought I would toss a lunchtime doodle online. (about 15min)

Iris, Fallen Necromancer

2010-08-24T22:02:00.001-07:00

I had a lot of fun creating this for the diablofans.com Create a Monster contest!!

Captain Alphonse

2010-08-08T18:28:00.000-07:00

Fan art of a character from the Lost Kids universe. Done for a contest on DeviantArt.com

Red

2010-07-13T14:57:00.000-07:00

A quick one hour sci fi girl. Always a fun time! =D

Sable

2010-07-03T23:43:00.001-07:00

Major Arcana III

2010-07-01T23:18:00.000-07:00

The fifth in a series of the 22 tarot major arcana.

The Hive Gallery Show

2010-05-30T18:36:00.000-07:00

Hello friends!! I want to invite everyone over to The Hive Gallery in L.A. on June 5th, 8pm-12:30-am. I'll be showing a few pieces there alongside some stunning artists. I hope to see you there!

Gaping Maws.

2010-05-23T00:57:00.000-07:00

Here is a really cool site my friend showed me for animal reference!
http://www.gapingmaws.com
Enjoy!

Major Arcana XVI

2010-05-21T01:47:00.001-07:00

Santiago Art Walk!

2010-05-14T10:19:00.000-07:00

Hello friends! I will be showing tomorrow night at the Santiago Art Walk. Swing by and check out all the cool artists showing. I will be hanging out most of the night.

The Tower Etude

2010-05-08T00:52:00.001-07:00

Something from my moleskin. Working out ideas and shape language for the next tarot card. =P

CS5 Test Run

2010-05-04T07:14:00.001-07:00

So I managed to try out CS5 this morning. Although I only had about 30 minutes before work my initial thoughts are positive. Many of the lag and display issues I had with CS4 are gone! Yay! Give it a try if you haven't. I think you'll like the improvements. Happy arting friends. =D

Major Arcana XIII

2010-05-02T19:19:00.000-07:00

Baugh and His Queen

2010-04-14T08:58:00.001-07:00

Major Arcana XX

2010-03-21T17:40:00.000-07:00

The second in a series of illustrations of the tarot major arcana.

The Adventures of Sapphire

2010-03-14T00:00:00.001-08:00

Meet Sapphire, the elven warrior and her travelling companions.

Black and White Fun

2010-03-12T10:38:00.001-08:00

Crazy Eye and Scrambles.

2010-02-27T01:20:00.001-08:00

Here is a creepy pirate with his little helper. I wonder what that key is to?

Earth Golem

2010-02-21T19:25:00.000-08:00

Here is another illustration I did for Moonga the trading card game. :)

Demon Ward.

2010-02-14T23:54:00.000-08:00

This was for a workshop I did at the Art Institute yesterday. Below are some of the progress shots. I took another hour or so at home to polish it up and post it for you guys. If you want my photoshop brushes just go to this link:

http://www.artofty.com/ArtofTy_Brushes01.zip

Thanks again to all the people who made the workshop possible and attended!

Intuos 4 Review.

2010-02-14T16:39:00.000-08:00

Hey all!

I had a friend ask me to review the Intuos 4. Straight away I would say I highly recommend any digital painters pick one up. Even if you have an Intuos 3. Here are the main reasons it is better than the previous gen:

- Double the sensitivity levels (yes it's quite noticeable)

- The pen is shorter and has better balance

- The pen holder actually serves a purpose now (holds your nibs)

- The new drawing surface coupled with the right nib can provide some good tactile feedback

- Last but not least, it just looks better. (because us artists are shallow like that)

Do yourself a favor and try one out. I'm sure you'll agree. (Hope that is enough info Esther )

Quick Demo.

2010-02-09T16:46:00.000-08:00

Showing my friend at work how to establish a good read in less than 5 minutes. Figured I'd post something haha!

Ocean Dragon

2010-02-07T21:49:00.001-08:00

Here is an illustration I did for Moonga the trading card game. :)

Dark Ritual

2010-01-30T21:17:00.000-08:00

In the Park...

2010-01-28T14:30:00.001-08:00

Another lunch doodle..

Lunchtime Doodle

2010-01-27T13:56:00.001-08:00

My buddy at work challenged me to make a quick prey animal. :)

Snowscape

2010-01-25T23:52:00.001-08:00

Another quick enviro.

Sunlit Passage

2010-01-24T15:23:00.001-08:00

45mins

Santiago Art Walk- Kavika Works Gallery Showing

2010-01-20T15:09:00.000-08:00

I want to invite everyone over to the Santiago Art Walk, Saturday February 20th. The show is from 6:30pm to 10:00pm. I will be showing select pieces there in the Kavika Works gallery. Visit www.KavikaWorks.com or SantiagoArtDistrict.com for more info. Hope to see you all there! :)

Major Arcana XV

2010-01-18T23:36:00.000-08:00

This is the first in a series of 22 illustrations I'm doing of the tarot major arcana. =)

Portrait

2010-01-09T08:01:00.001-08:00

More painting in straight color and also mirrored horizontally from the ref to help my brain explode. Haha!

Mech

2010-01-06T09:09:00.001-08:00

Figure Caricature.

2010-01-05T06:55:00.000-08:00

Art Institute Demo.

2010-01-03T15:21:00.000-08:00

This is a quick demo I did at the Art Institute of California Orange County awhile back. I'm showing a method I call woodcut. It's a two tone approach to quickly design form and lighting at once. :)

Color Lionzzz

2010-01-03T13:02:00.001-08:00

Figure Painting.

2010-01-01T21:13:00.001-08:00

Master Study

2009-12-30T08:56:00.001-08:00

Did a quick master study of Sargent's 'Fumee d'Ambre Gris'. The goal was to mix the colors myself without sampling, paint the image using few brush strokes and without using undo.

Pink Forest

2009-12-28T05:11:00.000-08:00

Mrs. Hyde

2009-12-22T05:12:00.001-08:00

Witch Doctor.

2009-12-15T15:46:00.001-08:00

Quick lunch doodle. Can't wait for D3!

From Below....

2009-12-13T00:57:00.001-08:00

Happy Holidays my friends! =)

Arise.

2009-10-12T13:17:00.001-07:00

Lunchtime doodle.

The Fortune Teller

2009-10-12T08:16:00.001-07:00

Rabid.

2009-10-11T17:54:00.001-07:00

Sundown.

2009-10-11T17:07:00.001-07:00

Brush demos.