Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to give you guys a heads up that Chris Hatfield and I have recently completed our very first podcast for ArtisticAnatomyBlog.com! Our first guest is none other than the incredibly talented artist and sculptor, Adam Reeder. A huge thanks goes out to Adam for taking the time to participate in this podcast with us and we look forward to hopefully doing it again very soon. You can click on the image to take you to the podcast located on the blog. Enjoy! - Joel

Another recent magazine contribution. This one was for the “Using Traditional Media as a Starting Point” article in 2DArtist Magazine. Click on the image for higher res version. You can also download the article here.

Hi everybody, long time no post! Just checked out the phenomenal work I’ve missed the last several weeks… man this board stays busy!

Just finished this one for a speedpainting tutorial on 2DArtist Magazine.  Click on the image for a higher res version. You can also download the tutorial here.

Good to be back! - J

This was an image I started last year which I never got around to finishing until this week. Mostly just having fun with compositing techniques,  created using a Zbrush to Photoshop workflow. About 6 hours total.

This is another figure study done in pastels which was later brought into Photoshop for a little abuse and experimentation. Not sure where I was going with this.

I’ve been experimenting with a ZBrush, After Effects, and Photoshop work flow for a while now and this is a direct result of that. The image reminds a little of those old psychedelic posters and album covers from the 70’s, hence the goofy image title. All in all, the image took about 9 hours to complete.

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This is a small project I recently worked on as I played with a ZBrush/After Effects/Photoshop work flow. The model is actually a base human Poser model brought into Zbrush where I went ape shit with the alpha brushes. A depth map was exported to After Effects for lighting and rendering. Additional post comp work done in Photoshop. About 4.5 hours total.

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This is a set of 15 female portrait studies I recently completed. They were done fairly quick, usually no more than 5 minutes a piece, and were referenced from a collection of John Singer Sargent portraits:

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