Featured in Jan 2014 issue of 2DArtist Magazine

Forest

I was wanting to do something quite moody with a slight cinematic feel to it.  And this was the end result.  I might post up the original sketch too as it was quite different when I first started!

Character Challenge, Development Stuff:

Some people have been messaging me asking how I begin painting a character. So, here's a few examples of some black and white sketches I do at the beginning of my painting process. Once I've worked out a pose I like, I go from there. It doesn't mean the character is 'set in stone' and I stick to the sketch religiously. Things change as the painting evolves, sometimes in little ways, sometimes quite drastically. It's just a case of seeing what works.

Hopefully, those of you who have been asking, you'll find this useful

The Scavenger: Katie

And finally, Character Design Challenge, number 3. The Scavenger: Katie.

One of the things I really liked about Far Cry 3 was the fact the main character wasn't a super soldier or a mercenary or anything like that. He was just a normal guy thrown into an extreme situation and did what he had to survive. I like stories and characters like that more. So this is what I wanted to show with Katie. A character who has been through hell but is still standing strong.

Enjoy!

The Soldier: Dusk

Character Design Challenge, number 2. The Soldier: Dusk.

So with this design I wanted to do a sci-fi-esque soldier that look cold and lonely. Bless.

Enjoy!

The Knight: Elizabeth

OK, so lately I've been wanting to overhaul the character section of my portfolio. From looking at my previous work, I realized I had a lack of female character designs in there. SO! I devised a little challenge for myself:

Design 3 full female designs within 10 days. Simple.

I know 10 days sounds like a generous a mount of time, but factor in my job and, you know, general life stuff, it's not as straight forward. It's harder to find a block of X-amount of hours in-a-row to paint these days.

I also added in some rules. 1: The characters must visibly be from different genre and 2: The designs could not based around sex, sexiness, a staggering lack of clothing, boobs or any of the above. Other than that, it was fair game.

It's been a fun few days, but now I'm done Over the next couple of days, I'll be uploading these designs (in creation order) as well as some of the development stuff later on.

So here's the first design. The Knight: Elizabeth.

Feature in 2DArtist Magazine!

Woo!

Leroy's

Check out my Facebook Art Page to see the early sketch design:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/David-Paget-Art/143957165698315

Keneil

Bear

River Speed Paint

This is an image I've been working on and off at work when I get a spare half hour. I might develop it out to something more polished if I get the time.

Verababy

I haven't painted a portrait in a long time, so I did this quick portrait of the very beautiful VeraBaby 
(http://vera-baby.deviantart.com/#/art/Repress-338737059?hf=1)


I was basically testing out some new Photoshop brushes and I was trying to experiment with my painting style.  I really like paintings by Jenny Saville, so I tried to bring in some of her style into my own work.

Enjoy!

Flooded

Flooded Concept. Strange how mine and my girlfriends new house inspired this piece...

Street

Space Deck

Jack Ruby

Museum

Here's a new piece added to my Art Page. Inspired by some museums I visited recently in Manchester that were a blend of old buildings and modern architecture. Enjoy :)

Lost Temple

Jonah

Imagine FX issue 94!

Hello!  For any readers of ImagineFX magazine, be sure to check out the FX Pose section to see yours truly :)

Jungle Concept

Hello!  I haven't posted anything on here for quite some time now.  I started a new job as a Concept Artist for Double Eleven back in October and it's been keeping me pretty busy!  So apologies for the lack of recent updates!  Anyway, here's a new jungle camp concept I came up with.  Enjoy!

Hell and Earth

Hell

New Website

Tell your friends and bring the family.  Crack out the champagne and start setting off the fireworks!  The grand unveiling of my swanky new website is here!  *dramatic music please*

http://davidpaget.co.uk/

Ta daaaa

So, I;m going to be converting this blog in to a much more personalized version of my site, discussing design ideas and showing variations of designs.  Should be fun!!

Bad Dream

I had a dream last night that this goddamn thing was chasing me.  90 minute speed painting.

City

Jungle River

Bad Mood

Operative

Green Lantern

I'm personally not a fan of the Green Lantern film. One of the biggest flaws I found was the miss-cast of Ryan Reynolds has Hal Jordan. If DC ever get round to making a JLA movie, I really hope they ditch the Hal character and go with the John Stewart version. I think Common would be a pretty good cast choice for that role!

Wonder Woman

I saw 'Haywire' a few days ago and thought that Gina Carano would make an awesome Wonder Woman!

Dog Fighting Area

Beach

Desert Matte Painting

Assassin's Creed Movie Poster

So today, I wanted to get some work done, but I wasn't feeling particularly inspired, so I thought I'd have a stab at creating a movie poster with matte painting. With news that Michael Fassbender has been attached to the upcoming Assassin's Creed movie, I thought I'd approach that! I just like to make it clear that I'm (unfortunately) in no way attached to the official movie and all this work is fan based. Also, I took various stills from Assassin's Creed Lineage shorts as well as incorporating my own designs.

Design Ideas

Green Screen Photo found on Google

My Apartment...

..well, I wish it was my apartment! In New York no less! I thought I'd try a piece that could be used in set design, creating a 'modern' style of interior design. The Apartment comes complete with a Jenny Saville original painting too!

Hampshire Bridge

Having a stab at a different mood of painting. Also looking at interfaces within games

Landscape

I came across an old speed painting I did quite a while ago, so I thought I'd put some new life into it.

Train Wreck

Bank Robber Design Variations

Final Designs

Early Designs: Here, I was trying to work out what 'style' of bank robbers I wanted. This varied from suits, urban terrorists and clowns.

Some recent sketch work

Here's some sketch designs from bits and pieces of work that I've been working on lately. There's also a piece of concept art available from an unannounced film that I did some pre-visuals for. Enjoy! :)

Shaman Designs