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Well it's more like Sea-ape... but oh well close enough hehe.
This was done for Bobby Chiu's waterworld book, I didn't really know what to do, didn't want to draw fish or dragons,etc so I remembered when I was a kid, how disappointed I was when I found out Sea Monkeys were some tiny stupid shrimp like things, and I still remember the cartoon advertisement they had back then haha.... Anyways, it was fun drawing this~!]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:11:38 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/636963

Just thought to post this here, to say thanks to everyone,I never imagined to place 16th T_T When I first joined I was only praying to make it past the first round of cut~ It was my first DW and great experience to join in this event with all the killer artist~ So thanks to everyone that supported me along the way, and looking forward to next year's challenge again!

Just bit of background info~

After the demons were defeated long ago, their restless souls were trapped into a magical sphere prisons and burrowed into the ground. As time passes and land shift and changed, the magical prison became weaker and at the same time soil above slowly washed away. It's not clear what exactly the history of the Hivier race is. It was said that some insects were attracted to the glowing aura of the sphere as it mistaken it for a glowing flower, its body were sucked towards the demon's soul and merged as one...
Thus the demon face resembling shell protects the fragile body of the hivier, evils walks the land once again sworm to destroy all in its path.]]> Fri, 30 May 2008 01:48:50 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/630404

Thought I might as well submit this as well, it's part 2 of the previous Wolverine vs Rex This one took a bit longer then part 1 cuz I wasn't really sure of how to approach it. Still very newbie at speedpainting~! C/C always Welcome]]> Sun, 11 May 2008 19:34:05 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/630212

Been busy lately, I haven't had time to post much, just thought to drop by and say hi to everyone Been trying to practice speedpainting lately, here's a pic of wolverine vs T-giant-Rex

C/C always welcome~!

Been trying to learn more on speed painting cityscapes and buildings too~ I'm still pretty newbie at speedpainting, especially buildings, the speedpaint pros out there have any advance for buildings? Do you use lasso quite often to pick out the details in buildings,etc. Any tips or links to cool angular brushset perhaps would be cool too! Thanks in advance!

I'll post part 2 of this picture soon hehe]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 22:07:33 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/507323

Here's the cover for Dragon 357, Demogorgon, prince of all demon or something hehe, someone probably knows the real story behind his dude~ this is actually the interior version, which is the original version that I like a bit more. I was ask to tweak up a different catchier color version for the cover. Like the last piece I went along with a darker mood and style compare to my previous more vibrant color works, been inspired a lot lately by great artist like Targete and Aleski ^^

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Cover for Dungeon Magazine 148~

Went for a slight more detail and moody approach this time~

"Charon, the boatsman on the river Styx. The black water moves slowly as he stands in a creepy boat, one hand holding the pole he uses to propel the boat though the river in one withered hand. A creepy lantern hangs from the top of the pole. A dead body wrapped in funeral shroud but with the face revealed. Two gold coins sit on the dead body's eyes."]]> Mon, 28 May 2007 12:38:54 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/498542

Who doesn't love Dante hehe...gotta do a fanart sometime~ I should've exaggerated the bang and angled the gun better, but... T_T forgive me hehe, CC welcome!

Andrew Hou]]> Mon, 21 May 2007 14:55:42 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/497903

Another cover for a novel I did for the Planet Stories novel series. CC Welcome

*copy and paste info*

"City of the Beast/Warriors of Mars (Trade Paperback)

Author: Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock Eternal Champion returns as Kane of Old Mars, a brilliant American physicist whose strange experiments in matter transmission catapult him across space and time to the Red Planet.

Kane is a Mars of the distant past, a place of romantic civilizations, fabulous many-spired cities, and the gorgeous princess Shizala. To win her hand and bring peace to Mars, Kane must defeat the terrible Blue Giants of the Argzoon, whose ravaging hordes threaten the whole planet!"]]> Sat, 19 May 2007 12:01:22 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/495846

A dark twisted part of my brain~ It's for a Freak drawing activity~ I might keep working on it if I have more time later.

He's a true freak of nature... a smoking freak, he lays in his mountain of cigarette and cigarette butts and ashes, he is blinded from the years of burning smoke... fingers slowly rotting away, and his leg dismembered at the knee from the constantly ashing his cigerette on to his knees...

His purpose is unknown though rumors were that long ago...he use to be an artist...

artist block?

I'm bad at writing description hehe, c&c welcome~! ]]> Sun, 13 May 2007 19:31:45 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/492248

A cover I did few months ago for a novel call Almuric (Trade Paperback), Author: Robert E. Howard. Was playing with a tad different style, a bit more frazetta influenced and trying for a darker painted look ^_^ C&C Always welcome!
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There's a recent commission work I did of Nimuro the Lion Clan Samurai. Not much info other then that and it's photoshop Any C/C are welcome ^^]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:29:00 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/473012

"Nothing should survive in such high temperature environment, however the internal structure of this mystic beast is beyond the understanding of men. While all creature must consume food to create energy to survive, the beast feeds on perhaps one of the purest form of energy, heat. Similar to plants, which require sunshine and water, in a mythical world, the closest thing that is a is a combination of the sun and water, would perhaps be lava. It's internal organs, if they can even be called organs, transform the heat into energy to "power" up this unique creature. The Lava swimmer is a slow moving beast, and swims as if it has lost its soul. Where did it come from, why did it choose to exist in such lonely world where no other lifeform exist... that's a story for another time..." ]]> Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:02:19 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/488294

A piece done months ago, for Dragon issue 355

"Here we see a trumpet archon, a kind of faintly green-skinned angel, wearing a mask and surrounded by six others. Each mask embody one of the seven virtues—chastity, abstinence, liberality, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility."

C/C welcome~!]]> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:15:04 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/472640

This is a cover I did for 114 of Dungeon Magazine. A group of adventurer wanders forward not realizing one of their member is missing... I should've drawn the torch longer :(
C&C welcome!]]> Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:19:25 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/470250

A Sage taking an nap during a nice warm afternoon while his curious little mice look at one of the open spell book~ Done this last year for Dragon magazine~ C&C Welcome]]> Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:43:35 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/469717

No one knows where they came from, no one have seen their nesting ground. The Hell Harvesters travels at night and can hear the heart beats of living creatures from far away, as they track down their prey, they dive from the air and accurately chisel the front of their head into the prey's chest and launches their spike-like feet and tail to penetrate into the chest around the area of the heart. Just as quickly, the harvester push its body back with its powerful tail and wing, with the help of the saw-like hooks at the back of the feet and tail, it breaks the ribcage and rips the heart out. The inner-lining of the tail and feet contain soft short tentacles to hold the heart firmly in place while not destroying it, the harvested then fly back to the nesting ground with the harvested heart.

For some strange reason, the Harvester actaully does not eat the heart, but instead later returns to feed on the prey's corpse. No one really knows why, perhaps it is to mark their territory to fear off any intruders. Some rumors that they're creatures from hell, minions of death and bringing and end to the world...]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:45:02 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/469716

Another entry I did for Creature of the Week activity - the topic is Dungeon Cleaner~

Ya might need to read the background story to understand it hehee~

Background story

Long ago, fierce and brave dragon hunters and adventurers explored into the depth of dungeons, seeking for treasures and slaying anything in its path. Even the strongest of monsters were eventually slain.. Demons and Dragons... The most famous of all dragons were of course the fire dragon, not many lived to tell the tale. Even less knew how the dragon created flame, it was not just magical, it was not from their stomach, fire dragons has a special heat gland at their throat which allows them to melt down and digest anything that is consumed.

As monsters faces the risk of extinction, the fought for survival naturally strengthened. With food being scarce, creature such as this one found its new home. Attaching and slowly merging itself to the slain young fire dragon's head, it uses it's acidic tentacles to sweep and gather anything consumable, transforming the heat glands into its digestive system, it is capable of digesting almost anything.. The creature itelf is not aggressive, for its sole purpose is to survive, most of the time it hides in the shadows, coming out only when it knows everything is safe. Because of its manipulative body of the dragon's head, no creatures dare wander near its path. No one has seen this creature, but mysteries spread of why dungeons are kept so clean, not many signs of the remains of the hundreds and thousands of slain monsters and adventurers. As the mystery spreads, people then joked about it and the name "Dungeon Cleaner" was created of this legendary creature that kept the dungeon clean...

Although....after digesting a meal, it does release acidic gas into the air...but then again, it's only a Dungeon Cleaner, not an air purifier... ]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:43:04 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/469724

more creature design for fun activity, this one's topic is 75 Tons~

The core of the beast is a jelly like material that sucks the life out of any living things. and as his excretion comes from thousands of tiny pores that hardens like rock shape substances, that protects him from any of nature's threat. However the creature has a strange characteristic of reproduction. As it's size and the weight of his outer shell increases, it's body can longer sustain the maximum heavy weight, which so happens to be approximately 75 tonnes. At that time, chunks of the outer shell will then crack and drop from its body, tearing along tiny pieces of flesh with it. The new born flesh then continue the growth process all over again until it has reach the maximum weight and size. As the beast grows older, more of its shell will shed and less will be produced, exposing its vulnerable body and which will eventually die. ]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:00:20 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/469723

More creature design fun~

Once an elegant bird, the ICFA was earthbound by increasing pollution and poisonous gases in the atmosphere. However it's heightened life sustaining abilities allowed it to survive through eating insects. With the toxic chemicals still in its body, the ICFA started to mutate with the insects, becoming the creature it is now through survival needs and horrid transformation.

While it still walks like a bird, it's heavy body stops it from flying anymore. It's body is composed of dead flesh, and mutating with the fungii around it, it was able to create a food trap, using its own body to lure small mammals. The worm like head crawl its way to a high location and stealthly wait for its prey, while the wings cannot fly, it allows the creature to strike down with lightning speed and precision, killing the prey it catches in it's trap. This quick and deadly trapping method earns it the title of “It Came From Above”]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:57:27 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/469722

Creature design fun~

Wearing an ice cap, Iceberg Devourer moves around in stealth preying on innocent icebergs and devours them with no mercy, inorder to keep his icecap from melting, after digestion he then poops out more icebergs... endless food supply...]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:55:34 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/469721

Ben-Hadar, a creature made of pure, blue-green water fighting against an angry kraken~]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:52:23 +0000 http://njoo.cgsociety.org/gallery/320457

*edited: removed texture*
This was a piece done for Dragon Magazine, the description was 3 wizard bringing a tin/iron golem to life, and they're suppose to wear some high-tech black lens thingys. Anyways, it's my first post at CGtalk, want to get back into the online art community! ^^ This piece's lineart and color was done all in photoshop, looking back there're many things I wish I could've changed, too late now :P c&c welcome!
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