Arty Antics and Similar Stuff

[Mantis]

So the first single for my band is coming out tomorrow and the guys asked me to do the artwork for it based off an Instagram post I made with a collage of my recent Inktober efforts. It was pretty nice to have a reason to push a project to a higher rendered, finished state compared to my usual sketch and forget style. That said, having completed the process there are definitely things I will do differently next time and have also identified what areas I could do with more practice in.

This is the final version I did that I was happy with before I put it to the band and we had a discussion on what changes people wanted. Collectively we decided to go for a slightly stripped back version without the broken mask for the final artwork that's being released tomorrow, but I liked this one too so I thought it'd be a shame to not share it somewhere.

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[Lenny Solidus]

This thread deserves a revival as I always looked forward to seeing everyone's work so if anyone else has anything to share please do. I thought I would share one of the best Father's Day presents I ever did receive in the form of a portrait of one character that I've been somewhat obsessed with since 1999 after having the same exact Phantom Menace poster adorning one of my walls for decades - one that my daughter always loved due to a particular standout design, she secretly worked on this during college breaks.

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She really captured his raw animalistic intensity and vengeful bitterness.