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I had seen some lovely images that had this kind of Eastern female in them. When the Daily Sketch forum came up with "Modern Day Vampire" for one of the themes, this came to mind. A gentle vampire who walks the earth willing to take only the very little she needs in order to coexist.

It was a departure for me in some ways and I was pleased with being able to maintin the simplicity of the figure.

Painted in Painter using custom brushes from acrylic, oil, pencil and chalk variants.

Thank you for viewing.]]> Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:27:33 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/425393

This was done for the Hellboy Daily Sketch forum challenge. This was great fun...a speedpaint done in about 35 min. leaving me 10 min. to spare. Normally, I get sketches done in about that time, but this is such a rock solid character, he just came together. Painted in Painter.

Thank you for looking.]]> Sun, 05 Nov 2006 04:37:13 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/423346

I found this great photo of an old woman. I used to sit and draw my grandmother. She had this buttery-leather skin in beautiful shades of brown that fascinated me. I imagine this woman being very similar. This was also my attempt at creating a good pencil in Painter. I created both the pencil brush variant (from a chalk donor) and created the paper by using the Coarse Airbrush in Define Pattern mode in Painter to create the seamless tile.]]> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:18:47 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/418220

I started a thread on The Golden Age of Illustration in the WIP forum. I absolutely love the great variety of illustrative styles that were used through the years. I am using the thread to share and introduce others to these incredible artists and their works. The thread is here. I welcome you to come and look and try your own hand at some of the styles.

This illustration is inspired and its palette is taken from a beautiful McClelland Barclay illustration from the 1930s. This was originally a study from one of Hong Ly's beautiful photographs that I restyled to fit the illustrative style. The WIP stages, including the original line drawing, can be seen in the Golden Age of Illustration Project thread.

Painted entirely in Painter using the oils and a chalk variant.]]> Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:56:30 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/414794

Fourth in a series of illustrations for children's illustration publishers]]> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:07:06 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/414792

Third in a series of illustrations for children's illustration publishers]]> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:05:41 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/414791

Second in a series of illustrations for children's illustration publishers]]> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:04:40 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/414789

One of a set of illustrations I am working up to show some publishers of children's materials. Painted in Painter using the Artist Oils.]]> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:02:03 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/418971

Created for a demonstration of Painter materials: chalk variants. The image uses square chalks, sharp chalks, blenders, and a chalk variant of a variant originally created by Don Seegmiller. The vibrancy of the macaw's colors were really a pleasure to work on. I truly love the interaction between Painter's chalks and the surface I chose for it. The really cool thing is that when you get in really close on this, it really looks like there is a dry, powdery medium on a paper with a canvas like texture. A quicktime movie of the painting saved in stages is here/ Thank you for looking.]]> Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:51:32 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/409690

Done as a demo piece for the Watercolor lessons in my CGS Painter Class, Brushwork with Painter. This painting utilized the Soft Bristle, Simple Round Wash, and some of the glazing brushes.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:22:05 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/400577

This was a demo on oil paints and canvas texture in my CGS Painter workshop. One of my students wanted to know how to simulate the painting style of the illustraion on Cher Pendarvis' Painter WOW IX book. Calla lilies becing one of my favorite flowers, I used one as a demonstration piece.]]> Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:15:33 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/395587

I had just created a new paper texture and wanted to try it out with the Artist's Pastel in Painter. The face just started popping out and I was really having fun with this little drawing.]]> Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:58:48 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/390426

This was created for an article on the use of Maxon's BodyPaint in Michael Burns' book, Digital Sci-Fi Art.

Poser, Cinema 4D, Bodypaint, Painter.]]> Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:21:25 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/387601

I wanted to work the study I'd done in Painter and take it into Photoshop. I was looking to color it with the look of an old fashioned magazine illustration.]]> Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:01:07 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/387059

I created the clouds on this by starting with a photo I'd taken of clouds and then went in an painted things the way I wanted. I then took it into Bryce and mapped it to a symmetrical lattice. Placed the nude figure and wing model into the water plane and rendered. This was used as an underpainting, Clothing, hair and postwork on figure, wings, sky, water and reflections were all done in Painter and Photoshop.]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:09:10 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/387148

Matte painted in Painter and Photoshop for one of the CG Society challenges.]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:33:50 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/387150

Working with a great group of artists from Pixelcorps, I headed up as Art Director and worked to get all the art elements we needed including this 10Kx2K panorama of Rio de Janeiro under snow. ]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2006 07:50:19 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/387600

One of the pieces done in Rebecca Kimmel's Figuratively Speaking. Done in Painter using Oil Pastels.]]> Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:59:17 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/387140

Drybrush portrait, done in Painter, of a good friend.]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:47:16 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/387128

Ever wonder why you never hear about the Prince once Snow White finds him? Lips as red as blood, skin as white as snow. My, my!]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:09:27 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/387125

Oils can be so much fun in Painter. This was using mostly glazing brushes.]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:59:08 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/387124

Chalks in Painter.]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:54:45 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/387121

Markers and digital watercolors in Painter.]]> Sat, 29 Jul 2006 05:51:04 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/386740

I was fascinated by a pair of fetish ballet boots from the turn of the century and, thus, this piece was born.]]> Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:00:30 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/386262

This was originally a caucasian model positioned in Poser and rendered in Cinema 4D. Since I use an underpainting, it doesn't have to be perfect, though the figures are rigged very nicely. The beads were really fun to do...hypnotic after a while.]]> Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:47:04 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/386254

La Sirenita means little mermaid in Spanish.]]> Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:08:11 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/386242

This was done for one of the competitionss here at CGS. I enjoyed doing it because it gave me a chance to try and paint black skin which I've always found such beautiful pigmentation.]]> Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:22:45 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/386238

This was just fun to do. I had just gotten Xfrog and wanted to make an alien flower. I had been looking through photos on the net and ran across all these beautiful nebulae and thought that would be cool to paint. ]]> Thu, 27 Jul 2006 04:14:01 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/386237

I love play-on-words...so when I was finishing this piece and deciding what to call it, the fish line came bobbing into my head.]]> Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:58:55 +0000 http://cris-palomino.cgsociety.org/gallery/386235

I like to sometimes use 3D figures and objects as underpaintings in my work. It is rare for me to leave a render alone, and usually, it's completely painted over. Poser was used to set up the pose, rendered in Cinema 4D and then painted in Painter.]]> Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:47:24 +0000