A real quick one to get the creative juices flowing! This started out as a really abstract painting and somehow transformed into this alien world with flying things! I think I might explore this more in a few other speed paintings…
-Brun
www.bruncroes.blogspot.com
Hi Folks,
The kind people over at Gallery Nucleus asked me to make them a small (traditional media) 5″ x 7″ illustration for their Power In Numbers project. This is the result, a combination of mixed media (mainly pencil with watercolor and a few digital adjustments). I had an enormous amount of fun working on this one and tried to incorporate a few hidden messages into the design.
The Whippersnapper:
Lately, I’ve been noticing strange things happening in my street. All kinds of small incidents, most of them innocent like children who fall of their bikes because one of the wheels came lose. I’v notice tentacles creeping away underneath the cars and in small alleyways whenever such an incident took place… A few days ago I managed to follow one of these tentacles and to my surprise they vanished in a cloud. If that wasn’t strange enough, I was completely and utterly bedazzled when I saw a strange figure emerge from the cloud… I ran home and tried to capture him in this illustration the best I could, but… Has anyone else seen this figure in their neighborhood too? If so, watch yourself and be cautious when you go outside…
(click for bigger resolution)
There should be a few interesting posts in the near future, I’m working on a few things that I think most of you will enjoy!
I’m not sure when the next update will be, probably after the holidays… So until then I wish all of you a happy christmas (way to early I know, deal with it)
Cheers,
-Brun
I proudly made this illustration for the Super Villain exhibition / group show given by RotopolPress in Kassel (Germany). The Theme is self-explanatory. I had lots of fun and tried to combine things I know with new ideas / tricks.
Here’s a small backstory (if you’re into that sort of thing):
THE BENDIGEITVRAN (a.k.a The Big Bad Ass Living Bird Armor)
Bran, a young and ambitious archeologist discovers a strange armor during one of his expeditions. While studying the origin of the armor in the comfort of his home, he quickly becomes obsessed by it. After a few days the armor seems to be calling out to him, asking him to put it on, after a while Bran gives in to the request. The armor comes alive and grips firmly around his body, his skin rapidly changes turning him into some kind of purple monster. Bran has lost control over his body as the armor has taken over his ability to speak and move. Suddenly he starts to grow and grow breaking trough the rooftops of his house. The armor seems to be set out on destroying the entire city. Trapped inside the armor, Bran is forced to witness the destruction before him…
Hope you guys like it!
-Brun
A few weeks ago I graduated from my Master with great honours. It feels strange to finally be done with school. I took some time off to catch up on some much needed sleep. However, I decided it was about time to show you guys what I’ve done for my final school project. Without going into much detail, I developed a story and told it trough my illustrations. My overall goal was not to make illustrations that were technically impressive but it was more about achieving a certain atmosphere and focussing on the feeling of a piece so that it would best fit with the story.
Not focussing too much on the technical aspect also helped me to quickly achieve a good result, I spent quite some time on making thumbnails and small sketches before I started working on the final illustrations. This approach helped me to do one or two illustrations a day. This resulted in challenging myself to do 15 illustrations in 15 days, a really great exercise from which I learned tons of stuff. In the end I decided to present the illustrations not as a complete storybook, but as individual pieces built around the same story. Our very own Michael Meier helped me by printing these illustrations (as you can see in the pictures I took below) on high quality paper (Giclee on Hahnemühle Cotton Paper).
Shameless self promotion:
For those interested, I started an ETSY store where I’m selling the illustrations as Numbered Limited Edition Prints. To visit my ETSY store follow the link –> Etsy Store
Looking back at my last year at school I feel a big relieve that its all over, I’m excited for whats to come and I’m looking forward to start a professional career as an illustrator & concept artist (preferably freelance). So my next goal is to get some work ASAP!
Without further ado,
-Brun
This illustration is part of a series I’m doing for my (graduation) Illustration Thesis. More specific, this is part of the village/town where the biggest part of the story will take place.
I haven’t touched this illustration in weeks so for now its still in a ruff state (hence the Work In Progress mention in the title), but I like how it looks unfinished and what that does to the image… I hope you like where this is going and I’ll be sure to update when I have more to show.
PS: I’m amazed at the quality of what has been posted in here lately o_0 ! ! !
(click the image for a slightly larger resolution)
-Brun
http://www.bruncroes.blogspot.com
As some of you might know, I’m working on (illustration) thesis at my final year at school for which I wrote a story. The character design here portraits the mother of the main character. I hope you like her design… (@Clo: Thx for your suggestions btw!)
I made this illustration for my business card a while ago but I don’t think I ever got around to posting it. I might turn this into a full illustration someday…
Another One:
This is the poltergeist roaming around my house at night. He freaks me out from time to time, a few days ago I finally caught a glimpse of him so I decided to draw him. I love messing around with this technique (Pencil / watercolor / digital Finish)
-Brun
Here’s a small commissioned piece I did, not really dirty, but since there’s some nudity I thought I’d post it today. Pencil + Watercolor + Digital Color
Another one for the project I’m working on (yep that rimed). Trying to maintain the looseness/quickness of the brushstrokes. I tried to use a minimal color palette. As always, your opinion is appreciated!
-Brun
http://www.bruncroes.blogspot.com
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