• A B O U T M E
  • ILLUSTRATION

    Nomadic O’Connor

    Quick update on this one, a work in progress for a friend of mine.  Steo is one of those people who clearly should have been born in a different era,  he’s a Celtic Nomad trapped in a modern world, we’ll thats how I see him anyway!.. roaming the landscape in search of the morning game.
    I’ll post the final version as soon as I get a minute to finish it.


    BODE

    Commissioned for a writer friend of mine Brad Bode. He a sci-fi/fantasy nut like myself who likes his content a little on the darker side, so it was a pleasure to knock something up for him.
    Go check out his site here! www.bradbode.com

    Quick process breakdown here. Kept this one quick, loose and flat and just had some fun with the mark making.


    SHO

    My latest commissioned portrait for a good friend of mine Sho!
    The summer is fast approaching and as he usually wears nothing but mad bright clothes and manages to pull it off like no one else I know, we decided to keep this one Fresh and vibrant! Bring on the Beach hangouts!

    Here is rough to refined ink.ShoINK

    Break down of how I tackled the color on this one..
    Sho Color Process
    Final, hope you all like!
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    Hit me up if you want a fresh take on yourself!
    Always available for wicked portraits!

    – Éoin


    Some sketching..

    I just picked up a new mechanical pencil, finer than I’m used too and its giving me a different feel to mark making, the following concept is the result.  I’m doing a bunch of sketching for a world of mine, mainly headgear and some very durable everyday “UV suits”,  it’s a very different type of Earth.  Pencil’s scanned and colored in Photoshop.

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    Shadow Savvy

    Work in progress promo piece for a very smart and interesting entrepreneur doing some super tech work in L.A.
    He shall rename nameless until I’m done! This is the early sketch stage, more soon..


    Life drawing W4

    We had a great model this week, he was a total character and brought a good buzz to the room. Heres some sketches from class..

    -E


    Some sketches from class.

    A few recent drawings from life drawing sessions, great to be back in a class environment surrounded by creative people and a teacher who inspires you to explore your craft.
    Here’s some blind contour and some gestures.. I’ll keep posting stuff as I go.

    - Eoin


    Jetpacks – 1980′s Retrospective (w.i.p.)

    A sneak peak (work in progress) of one in a series of images focusing on jetpack technologies, looking back at the 80′s various models (in a reality where jetpacks are as old as the automobile). I’m exploring the fashion and clothing styling that would be worn with this technology if jetpacks were a standard issue everyday item in my world.
    More soon, I’m having fun with these!

    -Eoin

    Oh, cool link I stumbled on today..
    http://news.discovery.com/space/diamond-oceans-jupiter-uranus.html
    Thanks for the link Ben!RiRi_RetroJetpacks_01


    The Pale Lady

    I painted this for a very good friend of mine Madelene, she’s a fashion connoisseur to say the least so a vintage style worked best for this. I painted flat with no layers for this one and just enjoyed sculpting with some basic brushes.Happy holidays Mad, business card sorted!Mad_BlackRose

    -Eoin

    I’ll post some process stuff this weekend when I get a minute.


    Self Portrait – Carnivalé

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    Follow it here:  Carnivalé

    Here’s the rules:

    “The rules this week are simple. This is a self-portrait round, where you will be portraying yourself in costume for the event. Masks are a requirement, but that does not mean you have to wear them – you can be holding them, have them off to the side if you want to show the face as well, etc.
    Your costume must somehow reflect you, but how it does this is entirely your choice! Maybe it’s your favourite colour, or incorporates design elements from your favourite season, or animal, or maybe you’re dressing to match your favourite historical period.”

    Here’s what I have so far…

    I went in and started to refine line work and figure out body detail/design some more, knees still there just cropped for now, more soon..

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    Stared on color but am jumping back to line work now…

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    I’m DONE!

    Here’s some process stuff and here’s the final image!
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    CHOW176_Eoin


    Mr.Meyer (WIP)

    I’m working on an image for a good friend of mine Evan Meyer.  Check out the company hes running.. www.rideamigos.com

    Next time you see this piece it will be finished!.. next is background and lighting/shadows.

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    Initial sketch here..

    Evan_MainStreetReflection_WIP_01


    Speed Paintings – (From my Window)

    I moved recently and have a great new spot with a window seat! I’m going to try squeeze in a speed painting when I see a nice sky..

    22-OCT-09 | 6:15pm

    2 mins in…
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    Lets get some Robots up in here! 
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    A Personal Journey (WIP)

    Type II Civilization (WIP)
    I’m working on a few science images in relation to humanity’s progression to a multi-planet species.  This is pretty rough right now, adding some additional characters, ships and more of a deep space vibe to the BG, update soon!

    ExoE_TypeTwoCivilization

    -Eoin


    UltraMRE Final

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    Final image. I really enjoyed rendering this one up and making some lighting choices as well as restricting my color palette to make certain aspects pop. This is a painting for a fellow Artist (www.ritalux.com) that’s been overdue for a while now.. Hope you like! I’ll add some wip’s and some process stuff this weekend. (always good to see other peoples processes:)

    Happy weekend All,

    -Eoin

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    “THE LEAGUE” Movie Poster!

    *UPDATE! CBR Article here*
    A Superhero movie set in the mid 1960′s Chicago? A menacing story with intriguing characters that actually have some dimension?! Sign me up! As its set in the 60′s I referenced posters from that decade and went for more of a raw, restrictive color look. This is the poster design I came up with for client:
    Latest additions/composition here
    Teaser here Close ups here WIP Process here Stills here
    Check out official movie site here TheLeagueFilm

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    DAEDELUS – Update

    (This is a work in progress for now, about 50% complete)

    I’m working on an image for the multi-talented DAEDELUS (Alfred Darlington). He’s an experimental music producer from Los Angeles. He covers a very broad spectrum of music styles and they way he puts it all together is really quite remarkable.

    I have many a fond memory over the past year listening to his albums and before you know it you have a soundtrack to your summer, I thought it was fitting to return the favor in some way.

    Great interview here

    This image is about to get flattened and painted over! Just a quick one before I take it to completion, it should look a lot different next time you see it!

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    RazorLux (WIP)

    (W.I.P 60% complete)
    I’m working on a painting for the super talented Ritalux. Her new blog is HERE. She is a total talent and inspires me daily.
    I’m designing the body suit right now, It’s going to be a lot darker than this with a few little additions… oh, some rework on body pose & Background too :]

    -eOin
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    Aungst Reflex

    Close up:

    Created for the wickedly talented Kessler Aungst… a nomad from the desert on a journey to inspire the world with her art and well conceived photography. Experimenting with high gloss rendering for the skin on this one, shiny stuff!
    -eOin

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    SELF-PORTRAIT – EXOE

    80sEoin

    Punk 80′s Eoin. Ahhh The decade of full spectrum colour clothing! Inspired by watching too many youtube old school videos!

    -eOin


    Creature Design

    Here is some preliminary work for a creature I’m designing for a Sci-Fi project (time to feed the inner space geek!). It will be a high res 3D piece when I’m done. I’ve been wanting to create a offbeat, technology reliant alien creature for a while now and finally have the time to do so.
    Their conscious thinking will depend heavily on integrated technology, almost to the point of their own lose of sanity. They are a highly paranoid species and their mental state and overall visual treatment will be…insane! I’m working on the back story to support it. Just some w.i.p. for now..
    Concept Sketch
    3D Headmesh WIP

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    HYPATIA – Revisited!

    I’m working on a story for a short CG anim that with play Homage to Hypatia of Alexandria. After listening to an old SGU (Podcast #40) I was very inspired by the passion Brian Trent had for his subject matter. I’ve already started on some of the 3D elements for this but here’s some early sketches of two of the characters for now…
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    ODOXIS

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