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This image was painted as a tutorial for Forbidden Whispers magazine. Done in Painter X over the course of a couple of weeks it was designed to show that an image can be created easily and with the mininum amount of brushes (3).]]> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:27:07 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/571435

This is a new take on a range of oil paintings I used to do, Charge of the Light Brigade. Just wanted to see what it would look like in digital, and then I decided to make a completed image of it by adding the figure and frame. Done in Painter X and took way longer than it should have.]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:01:09 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/558343

This was done for a challenge (halloween of course), the brief was to make it scary, I think it is but the challenge admin didn't agree, oh well :(. I tried to do it all in Photoshop just for a change but ended up returning to Painter X. Completed over the course of a couple of days.]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:39:07 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/564506

I'm not usually the fastest painter, I can easily take a few days to complete an image. So I thought I'd see what happened if I tried to do an image in a day, here's the rersult. Painted in Painter X as always. Googled reference for the buildings and my own photos for the jacket.]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:47:17 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/511257

Tjis is an image I did for issue 21 of ImagineFX, done in Painter with some bits and pieces in Photoshop and Vue. Took about 20 hours.]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:55:48 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/546206

My latest personal piece. I've been wanting to experiment with using some 3d elements in my 2d paintings for a while, so with this I used Vue for a basic land mass and to give me a lighting model for the rest of the image. Whether I'll use this method again I'm not sure. I'll see what kind of comments I get first
Took a few days to complete and except for the Vue bit I mentioned, was done in Painter X.]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:03:56 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/533025

This is another dvd cover commission. There was quite a detailed brief with this one but with enough room to apply my own ideas which I think is the best kind of brief. As usual it was painted in Painter X and took a few days from concept to finished image to complete. Feel free with comments.]]> Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:12:56 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/500955

Hi, this is my latest image, all done using Painter X and a few touches in Photoshop. I wanted to experiment with textures in this one, not too sure about the furry cushion on the right
Took way too many hours on this but it's a personal piece so no time constraints. As always, all comments and crits are welcome, thanks.]]> Mon, 28 May 2007 12:00:53 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/411954

In this painting I used a Poser model as reference which is something I won't be doing again, it leaves the figure with a sort of unnatural feel. The software used was Painter, again with very few tools. This image was actually painted before my other one 'The Mirror' I just posted in the wrong order,oops.Any comments and crits are more than welcome.I'd rather have someone say 'That's crap' and explain why than have have someone just say"Nice", not that I have any problems with compliments ]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:19:21 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/471452

Hi, I haven't posted for a while as I've been way too busy, but here's a painting I recently finished for a client. It was for a dvd cover hence the empty space at the top for text placement.
Done in Painter with some final touches in Photoshop. As always comments and crits are welcome.]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:40:18 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/494894

An experiment with different dimensions with this one. I'm more or less happy with it, but of course there's always something that could be changed or improved (sometimes it comes down to knowing when to stop!)
As always, done in Painter, but this time using Vue and Poser as very basic reference sources.
Feel free with the crits ]]> Thu, 10 May 2007 14:32:26 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/411843

This was painted over a few days using Painter. It started with a quick sketch of the face from a reference photo and evolved from there, no planning which in hindsight I think it could have benefited from.Any comments or crits would be greatly appreciated and don't be shy with the crits, I'm not the sensitive type.]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:45:16 +0000 http://chrisparsons.cgsociety.org/gallery/485735

A quick painting (relatively) done in Painter X. Took about three days, which is quick for me! No background story for this I'm afraid, I just made it up as I went along which is how I prefer to paint unless I'm working to a brief. I used a basic Poser figure as reference for the character (just a naked James).]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:41:35 +0000