DAILY WARM-UP 12/17/10: Giant

Today's daily warm-up is a man-eating giant with beady little eyes... spent about 2 hours on him.... Here he is in grayscale ...

...the painting process ...

... and here is a detail ...

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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

DAILY WARM-UP 12/14/10: Wild Thing

Today's daily warm-up is a wild-thing ape creature. Spent about 3 hours on him; I got really carried away by his facial details and texture. He went through some changes while designing him, but I am happy with how he turned out. Here he is in greyscale...

Here is the process... you can see the changes he went through...

...And here is a detail...

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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

DAILY WARM-UP 12/9/10: Edward Who?

Today's daily warm-up is the worlds most eligible bachelor, an old vampire reflecting on the good ol' days when he was the only "Edward" around.... Spent about 2.5 hours on this guy. Click images to view larger. Here is is in the classic greyscale look...

Here is the process...

... and here is a detail ...

Ladies, can you believe this guy is still single??
Edward who?!

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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

DAILY WARM-UP 12/8/10: North Pole Night Shift

This poor little elf has been working the night shift at Santa's shop for over 1000 years, and is still waiting for his promotion! Today's daily warm, my sleep deprived elf, took about 2.5 hours. I had fun on this one. There is still more I'd like to clean up, but as always, I have to move on to my real projects. Here he is in greyscale...

Here is the process...

... and here is a detail ...

So, to all those artists who pull regular all nighters (myself included)... be careful, you may end up looking like this!

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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

DAILY WARM-UP 12/6/10: Alien Abduction

I guess humans aren't the only victim of alien abductions, aliens abduct aliens too! Here is my daily warm up for today, just having fun. Spent about 1 hour and 15 minutes total. Here is the process...

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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

DAILY WARM-UP 12/3/10: Alien - Part2

Well, I started this guy as my daily warm-up on 12/1/10, didn't get a chance to continue him yesterday, so I finished him as my daily warm-up today. Spent an additional 2.5 hours on him. If I were to make him a finished piece, I'd go even tighter on his details, and give his hands more expressive character, but I came to a point where I just had to move on to my actual projects and start a new character for the next daily warm-up. Above, he is in a violet misty setting. Below he is in "classic" green in a bluer setting. I thought he worked both ways, but I favor the violet one. What do you think??

And here is the final greyscale version...

Here is the process...

And here is a detail, a portrait which kind of is like the way my other warm-ups have been, so perhaps, I got two in one...

I really got carried away by his ribcage and abdomen, and if I were to continue him, I'd really go to town on those details...

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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

DAILY WARM-UP 12/1/10: Alien (W.I.P)

Though my favorite thing to draw and paint are faces, for today's daily warm-up, I decided to zoom out a bit. So I did an alien monster. I painted for about an hour and 45 minutes, but still have a ways to go. I have to get going on my real projects, therefore, I will continue painting this one as tomorrow's daily warm-up and will hopefully have a finished piece then. As I mentioned before, I LOVE to paint faces, so that is where most of my attention was at today. Tomorrow I will focus on the body and arms and hands. Anyway, I wanted to share this work in progress. Here is a detail:

CHECK BACK TOMORROW FOR A COMPLETED PAINTING (hopefully)!!

Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

DAILY WARM-UP 11/27/10: Furry Beast

Today's daily warm-up is a continuation of my warm-up from 11/24/10 of a demon. I wanted to see what it would have looked like with hair, and well, here he is. I spent about an additional hour and forty-five minutes on him, building off the hour and a half demon face I did on 11/24. Above, the beast has stripes, but below is without stripes... Which do you prefer?

Here is the greyscale...

Here is the process beginning with the demon into the furry beast...

Here is a detail of the striped version...

Here is the original demon I did as a warm-up on 11/24/10 in case you forgot...

See 11/24 Demon post with process HERE

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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

Happy FANGSgiving!! - Daily Warm-up 11/25/10

Here's to wishing everybody a Happy FANGSgiving!!! I thought, for today's daily warm-up painting, what better to do than an evil monster turkey! Be careful because this turkey bites back!! This one took about 1 hour and 30 minutes from beginning to finish. Here is the grayscale version...

... And here is the process...

Here is a detail...

Now go eat some turkey .... before it eats you!!


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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

Quick Edit on DAILY WARM-UP 11/24/10: Demon

His eye was bulging out a bit too much, thanks Mark Molnar for the helpful comment! So, I thought I'd quickly slightly adjust it and repost....

See original post with process HERE

Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

DAILY WARM-UP 11/24/10: Demon

Today's daily warm-up is a Demon that took about 1 hour and a half. Here he is in grayscale...

And here is the painting process...

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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

DAILY WARM-UP 11/23/10: Ogre

Today's daily warm up is an Ogre creature that took about 2 hours, painted in photoshop. Here is the greyscale version...

Here is the painting process from beginning to finish...

And here is a detail....

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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

DAILY WARM-UP 11/22/10: Goblin

Here is today's daily warm-up, a goblin creature. Spent about 1 hour and 45 minutes on this guy. Check out below to see the grayscale image. I always enjoy having one in grayscale as it gives an old black-and-white horror film feel.

And here is the process from beginning sketch to final color....

Here is a detail....

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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.

DAILY WARM-UP 11/18/10: Hunchback

Today's Daily warm-up is a hunchback that I spent about an hour and 45 minutes on. Here again is the painting process to from start to finish... I think I may revisit this one sometime as I feel I lost some of the abnormality and character in the quick rendering process, such as the brow and cheek...

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Artwork © 2010 J. Anthony Kosar.