Princess of Mars Art Order (Part 2)

I have decided to do another wave of thumbnails because none of the others were really jumping out at me as what I should go with.  I am much more satisfied with this group, there are at least 3 or 4 that I am seriously considering. After hitting something along the lines of 'thumbnail block' I was lucky enough to get some great advice from my buddy Tom, who suggested that I was trying to force it too much and not let my own sense of composition come through.  I tried to really loosen up and find shapes and rhythms that I connect with.   Thanks Tom!

I would love to hear what you think!

John Harris style sketch

I recently returned from Illuxcon 4 where I picked up a few paintings and sketches.  While none of them were from John Harris, I already have a couple of his paintings and a couple of sketches as well here in the collection. I am a huge fan of John's, and I want to talk about him a lot more in the future.  I think he is one of the best painters around today, not just because of how he applies paint but because of his decision making process.

During Illuxcon he did a 2 hour painting demonstration which I attended with my buddy Arthur, and it was fantastic.  He ended it with a short speech of sorts which I really connected with. I know they were filming it and hopefully it will be made available at some point for those who were unable to attend. I would love to hear it again as well of course! Already being a huge John Harris fan I did a few sketches awhile back trying to emulate the approach and impact he gets in his paintings.  I took the best of these and worked it up a bit further and actually emailed it off to him to get some feedback.

He seemed to like the sketch and I am definitely going to be painting it after the Princess of Mars piece is complete.  I would love to hear what you think!

Princess of Mars Art Order (Part 1)

I have started doing thumbnails for the Princess of Mars Art Order challenge.  So far, none of them stand out to me definitively as the one I want to move forward with but because there is so little time to complete the challenge I will likely just pick one I feel best about in the next day or two and get started on a more elaborate sketch.

I have numbered them, and would love to hear which you guys think are the most successful.