Jorah Mormont Portrait Practise - Game of Thrones

So, im just over halfway through my course and haven't really done any painting recently.  So last week I felt like picking it up again, and since im so obsessed with the second season of Game of thrones I decided to get some portrait practise in.
Im mostly happy with it I might redo the (screen) right eye because it's looking a bit funky at the mo.
More on the way....maybe.

Life Update

So I haven't been painting very much the last couple of months and I have a reason, sort of. In a couple of weeks i'm going to be starting a compositing course at Escape Studios (for 3 months so don't expect many updates!), I've been reading up and playing about with nuke for the last wee while to get the feel of it, so photoshops taken a back seat. However i'm fed up of books right now so it's back to painting for a bit before I start the course. Here's a work in progress, lot's more to do yet, for your viewing pleasure.

Sherlock

So I'm going to jump on the sherlock wagon, I've only seen the last two episodes of season 2 but suffice to say I was very impressed and felt compelled to sketch this then tweak it digitally. I decided to keep it quite loose as I didn't think it would suit being too detailed. Hope you enjoy.

Moonscape

An evening piece, I felt like experimenting with a limited palette as a practise for an upcoming piece. For speed the water was generated in vue then painted over in photoshop.

Light Sentinels

An old mountain test from when I was playing around with vue, I decided to update it and add the northern lights and some other small details.

Temple

A painting inspired by my recent trip to Sicilly and the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento.

Sweet Reminisce

Portrait of my gorgeous friend Sandra.

This is the first portrait i've done since going digital, I used to sketch and paint people all the time and I don't really know why I stopped! I'm relatively happy with the result.

PSCS4 with wacom, an evening piece.

Procrastination

So I could have been painting tonight.......but instead i found some old wool stuffed in a corner and decided to make a soot ball from spirited away :D i don't feel at all guilty about this, now all i need is pipe cleaners for the legs...........

Stormy Times

So i felt that my previous post of oceans rage was lacking something so I decided to revisit it and add a frigate. Im pretty pleased with the outcome but might go back and add extra details but for now im content with how it's come together.

Highland calf

Another highlander painting but this time I mainly used a chalk brush for a softer younger look.