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This is a frame of a comic-book project in which I'm working now.
It's first sketched with pencil over paper, only a rough sketch in an A4 format each page. Then scanned and worked in photoshop with custom pencils.
I hope you like it!]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:57:55 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/583149

This is a continuation of the "The Secret Pact" illo. Now all the characters are inside the Agripa's Panteon, looking at the ceremony.
like in the other one the point of view works as if the spectator was in the scene with the characters
I have used the same colors palette than in the Secret Pact but this time enhancing more the bright colors cause the importance of the torchs in the comp.]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:54:30 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/543687

CLIENT: Nosolorol

A terrific and possessed scarecrow in a middle of a corn plantation...
I start this one as an ink and acrylic speed painting over paper, like a sketch. Then I turn it into painter and work in it with blenders and oil pencils, then to photoshop, some photo textures (like the corn itself) and painting details. Finally I put scanned textures in some part of the images to make it more dirty.]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:18:58 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/538118

Client: Nosolorol

One of my last commissioned illustrations. I begun with a very rough pencil sketch and then I began to paint focusing on lightning and colour. Only when I had a good lightning and atmosphere I put my effort in drawing and shapes. At the end it has more details than other images that I had begun with more detailed drawing.]]> Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:21:58 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/498729

Illustration done for Anima rpg.
This time I have used more layer effects to give to the image a more interesting lightning, mainly in the background with saturate colors.]]> Tue, 22 May 2007 00:25:14 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/321746

Begun as a pencil drawing, and then painted over, first with grey tones, then overlay layer, more painting over it, etc
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Image done for suppazero blog (http://suppazero.blogspot.com)
It's first painted in oil over gessoed board, then photographied and overpainted in photoshop. There are two another versions of the image.]]> Wed, 16 May 2007 21:45:46 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/526288

Image did for anima rpg
In this one I try to mix painting and photo textures of my own over a 3D structure to did a more realistic environment. I like the result, but I think that I don't want to do more like this.]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:39:44 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/510183

Did for the Animarpg
First sketched with graphite stick over paper, then scan and painting in photoshop. I used some photo textures and ps effects, blurring some parts, etc. For this I use to drop all the layers in one and then duplicate it, add the effect and erase some parts.]]> Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:02:44 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/421387

Illustration did for Anima rpg.
This illustration depicts a big harbour-city viewed from one of its sides... I used photo reference for the ships and a pic did by myself for the clouds. I want to give to the image a sunset sensation by using warm saturated tones over a cold palette.]]> Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:58:31 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/530517

Illustration did for Anima rpg. Like in the last one I used some photo textures took by me in the water and in the cliff. For the ship I used a scale model as reference.
The image hasn't too much definition or detail as if was seen in a dark an rainy night, with some moonlight lightning the scene and the red lights of the city hide behind the coast lightninig the haze]]> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:35:14 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/444877

That's an illustration that I did to send to a magazine, but that finally was recycled into a promo image of my portfolio
The remains of the pencil sketch that could be seen in some parts are there intentionally. I'm bored of the completely digital aspect that I have to use in my commisioned illustrations, and I prefer a style a bit spontaneous for my personal works.]]> Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:50:17 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/418295

Did for Animarpg
One of my favourite illustrations. It supossed to be a city under a lake, with a glass between both. In the lake there are giant fishes, and in some parts of the glass there are holes from where the water falls over the city, forming ponds between the buildings...]]> Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:44:05 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/458731

Another illo did for Anima RPG
This time I tried to give the illustration a look that remembers a traditional xinesse landscape painted with watercolour but with a more realistic and detailed approaching to the buildings.
I used 3D to sketch the general paths of the buildings.]]> Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:37:10 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/508155

This is a digitally overpainted version of a painting did a few years ago when I was art student. It's based in warhammer40k spacewolves army. I only used photo reference for the model's head.]]> Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:04:35 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/431590

Did for Anima rpg

That illustration has a lot of work... First I did the basic structure and basic lightning of the castle and mountains ( some boxes and pyramids respectively) then I detail it with painter and added photographic textures with ps, adapting them to the perspective, using the clone tool a lot.]]> Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:59:34 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/425124

Did for Anima rpg.
First I did the basic structure of columns and platforms in 3dmax, then i paint over the basic render in grayscale with the painter and photoshop, layer in overlay tu coloring it, some brushstrokes more and finish!]]> Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:07:31 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/404251

An evil fairy of the forest did from photo (taken by myself)
I don't use to work from photography because I like more to imagine and improvise, but the result is much more realistic. I have to do another one with this process but with a more intrincated composition.]]> Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:20:21 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/350635

Illustration did for Anima rpg
The composition at first was inspired by a Paul Lasaine concept painting did for LOTR, and the sferical ships are based in Tami movie designs of Yoshitaka Amano. Both inspirations were requested by the assignment. The Dragons design were totally improvissed while I were painting, but I'm pleased with the result.]]> Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:47:27 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330487

Did for Anima RPG
What happens when you expected to be in the artic and instead of this you finally come to the savannah? The first title of this piece was incorrect location, but I likes more Lost, more conclusive.
One of the paintings which I'm more proud of. The most of it was did in photoshop, with a bit of painter.

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Did for Anima RPG
Apocaliptic landscape with a fallen flying fortress, dead dragons, warriors, death all around... only two characters looking at all these destruction. War isn't good...
Only use reference for part of the sky, taken from a photo taken by myself. Painting clouds with the oil brushes of the painter is simply Great!]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:52:08 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330988

This image begun as a speedpainting for the conceptart.org forums i think, but then I continue working on it, giving to the smoke and sparks a more painting and realistic treatment (the original was more comicstyle) and working more the robot]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:18:42 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330993

A selfportrait done from mirror. At the moment I painted this I was very influenced by Rembrandt in the colour, and I tried to do the brushstrokes work as freshness and direct as possible, like if it was all painted wet over wet very quickly.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:27:32 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330998

I did this for the Space Opera challenge, if you want to know more about the process go to http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?threadid=179524]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:44:29 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/331001

My Master and Servant CGChallenge painting.
To know more about it look at http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=230415]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:01:07 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330986

A bit mangastyle illustration done with photoshop and some touches of painter in the water.
It has two years at least, but I still like it cause its lightning and mood.
...And yes, the bear don't have eyes]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:10:54 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330982

This one have a lot of time but still likes me. Only did in photoshop over a pencil drawing. It's a scene of a dream, one of my usuall dreams of apocaliptic futures and destruction... Too much movies when i was a child!]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:58:55 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330975

What to say about that...?
Who don't knows this character?
Well, it's a quickpaint did from photo with custom brushes of photoshop.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:41:24 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330955

Did for Anima RPG
I have an earlier version of this one with a old man instead of the girl... a yellow old man... better to post the girl version.
moth it's a kind of transilvania village (the transilvania of the dracula movies, not the real, of course) To give a dark mood it has a lot of fog, a little colour and not too much defined shapes except for the castle (boss's request!)]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:45:12 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330950

Did for Anima RPG
No reference at all for this one, only memory and imagination. Maybe I had in mind the storm over Mordor when I was painting the clouds, illuminated with magic lightnings from inside... And a lot of improvisation with the sea surface. The more difficult maybe was the ship itself. But I pleased with this one cause its palette, that goes away of the colours that I use to use]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:35:20 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330944

Did for Anima RPG
A ship-inspired zeppelin traveling between the slopes of a canyon landscape. I love doing this kind of landscapes, with all those abstract forms that comes up improvising with the brushes...]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:27:40 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330941

Did for Anima RPG
One of my favourites. I love the ruins, the desserts, the sand invading all... For the horse I use an old miniature as a model. The diagonal composition of the figures is broken and equilibred with the rock below and the vertical columns up]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:18:03 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330931

Did for Anima RPG
I usually never use photo reference, except in this case, for the two characters. But I tried to avoid that kind of photographic aspect that have a lot of the paintings of that days]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:59:09 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330925

Did for Anima RPG
The Black Sun are a tomb raiders association in the Anima rpg world.
For doing this one I was looking precolombine architecture, but only to get the essence and mood. Maybe too much light...]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:44:12 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330881

Did for Anima RPG
If you want to know who or what are the Samael get the game
I almost always try to play with abstract forms in the composition, in this case the white table and the undefined background. I don't like the images too overelaborate without sense, and this one was for a small print size]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:28:33 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330879

Did for Anima RPG
Trying to depict the decay and rotten flesh of ancient pharaons now turned into powerfull zombies surrounded by clouds of insects... For that I used that kind of silly green contrasting with a dark red, and a bit texturing of all the scene]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:00:32 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330469

Did for Anima RPG
This painting is mostly done in Painter. I focus in the illumination and atmosphere of the scene, trying to use fluid brushstrokes that gives the image a feeling a bit abstract]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:31:26 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330937

Did for Anima RPG
The Swortek it's a kind of magic super attack. Maybe the house and family of this warrior will be bombed...!
I have to do a more realistic version of this one, cause this one is too much comicstyle]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:06:17 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330460

Did for Anima RPG.
I usually try to maintain the palette of a single image in a limited number of colours, in this case warm tones opposed to the cold magic lightning. The monster is happily sleep and seems totally harmless instead its powerful arms]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:40:00 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330456

Did for Anima RPG.
A kind of samurai warrior concentrate in feeling the energy of the people around to find a menace.
When I did this one I was very pleased with it, but now I think that the character seems to float and maybe the environment needs more people...]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:28:51 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330452

Did for the Anima RPG.
I always try to not overload of information a image. That means not to depict excesive details when it isn't neccesary to understand the concept of the image. I like to maintain such spontaneity as possible, like in an oil painting, trying to do more expressive than affected paintings]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:19:27 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/321740

I begun this illustration in gray tones, and then colour it with overlay layer. After that I finish it painting over at traditional way.
In this one was more important to me the atmosphere of the place, the ambient... but I'm pleased with the knight improvised design]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:06:02 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330439

A monster concept/illustration did for the AnimaRPG. First did in greyscale and then coloured, painted over, etc. I use this procedure a lot for this kind of work, cause gives to the finel image a darker feeling. This kind of method gives more importance to the tonal valoration than to the colour itself.]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:55:37 +0000 http://luisnct.cgsociety.org/gallery/330961

Penbrush drawing, scanned and painted in photoshop with custom brushes. It has a kind of comic style. I'm very inspired by artists like Ashley Wood, Kent Williams and a lot more that don't looks at all like this]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:02:14 +0000