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My entry for DW3.
Raj, the Summoning Invoker Lord, has come to annihilate the machine race, accompanied by his bird Huruk, which is an extension of his power.]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:01:25 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/621054

Concept sheet for my Dominance war 3 entry. Photoshop only used to composite separate pencil drawings.]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:04:47 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/621061

My DW3 entry modeling sheet]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:13:50 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/621086

A friend of mine commissioned me to do this character based on a friend of his, since he wanted to model it and give it to him as a birthday present. Hence the incredibly out of place face and glasses...]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:12:20 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/621064

I did this to practice painting flesh tones out of my head. The image is pretty ordinary and cheesy, but that was the least of my worries. It was just an excercise.]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:22:05 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/621070

Did this way back in 2007. Forgot to upload it... It appeared in It's art magazine, I think #11. I did it purely through a chaotic process of cropping, distorting, transforming, rearranging, inverting, etc... I didn't really know what it was going to be until the last 20 minutes, then I applied color to it.]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:31:38 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/621082

Done as a concept for an animated short my friends are working on. Depicts the part where a kid finds a candy island, as if it wasn't obvious enough.]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:00:45 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/621079

Shameless, outright rip-off of a piece done by El Coro at the Revelations workshop in Seattle. I was very inspired by his process, and did it right after after watching work his amazing magic with custom brushes and other stuff. It was really inspiring to see someone create such an atmosphere in such a short time. This one took about 1.5 -2 hours. (tip: if you're gonna paint a city at night, make a brush for the little windows and lights -- it's not like I have the patience to paint each darn little light)...]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:51:17 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/621074

Tried to make a discovery/jungle scene/matte painting/frederick church-ish/grand scale illustration.

Tried.]]> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:45:05 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/479488

Another post from a story I am developing (too long to explain here). To make a long story short, this illustration depicts a rediscovery of a civilization abandoned by people who were forced to move underground. The ones who discover this world on the surface used to live in the sky, above a huge cloud of darkness that covered the earth. These people descended onto the surface when the cloud dissipated. They used to live on giant, floating jellyfish in the sky (see my website to see how this looks like).
This images is all Ps cs2.]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:43:15 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/488616

Another scanned drawing that I textured and highlighted in PS. It is a portrait of Sagrajas, High Priest to the people of darkness. He is directly responsible for the permanent and catastrophic separation of the world of light and dark, and therefore a pinnacle of my project.]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:54:16 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/488497

This is a design/drawing for the armor used by the high generals of the Underground Forces (part of my story). They are trained since they are kids to use it-- it's too heavy to be used by a ordinary untrained man. (although this concept could change).
It is It is a sketch that I scanned, texturing it and adding the highlights in Photoshop later.]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:53:37 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/488344

This is a character in my story who plays a crucial role in the creation of one of the main characters. She basically lets him be born through her special medicinal waters, bu someone else dies as in return...
This was a pencil sketch that I scanned , textured, and added the whites to in PS.]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:25:19 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/472181

This is a depiction of General Silus Montaner, a character from a story I am creating. Here we see him as Chief Military General for the people of the realm of Light.
This, however, is before he betrays them, and by binding to darkness becomes the being you see another image I posted, where he glows in blue flames, and becomes one of the people of the realm of Darkness.]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:49:20 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/469054

After betraying the people of the "High World", General Silus has returned to the people of the Dark Lands. There he has become one with darkness and gathered his army. Taking advantage of Sagrajas' (the Dark priest's) dark cloud that blocks everything from sunlight, Silus now advances towards invasion of the High World to reclaim of the land that belonged to them in the first place.

The image was done entirely in Photoshop, and derives from a previous piece I did in which I depict the other side of Silus, which is General Montaner, a high-society Military General.]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:52:15 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/460038

Another depiction of a moment in my personal fantasy narrative.The king of worlds, dormant for ages inside the mechanical womb of his protector, has awakened from the depths of the earth, and people will learn to fear him as he rises again to redeem everything that has gone wrong ...

The image was started in Painter, then continued in Photoshop, then in Painter again, and then finally in Photoshop once more. It was my first real try in Painter. Maybe I'll use that program further on in a piece that allows for more of a painterly quality. The level of finish this required made it much easier to complete in PS. Took about 25 hours.]]> Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:38:27 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/453152

This depicts a scene from my story. At their darkest hour, half of civilization overcame the cloud of darkness that had covered them, and ascended in a massive exodus to the skies, which would become their new haven. I drew inspiration from Jodorowsky's stories of the "Metabarons".]]> Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:54:26 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/452578

This depicts the interior of a cathedral to the god of music. I wanted to emphasize the sense of scale and depth, to push the feeling of being overcome by a quiet, yet powerful divine presence. This piece was especially challenging because the whole environment and much of the figures were mostly invented, not painted from direct reference.]]> Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:35:02 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/447644

This is an environment concept intended for a personal project, but it is now being used as concept art for a music video, rendered in 3D. It was done in photoshop from scratch, like most of my illustrations. ]]> Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:18:51 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/447534

Image created for a personal project. It depicts the cathedral of the underground civilization. It is built directly below the cathedral of the civilization living above ground. The god of this underground society happens to be the god of music. Therefore the clefs and pentagram bridge.]]> Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:05:48 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/447157

It began as a personal challenge to depict lava, but I guess it ended as a comment on global warming... Or maybe as a poster idea for the sequel to Happy Feet?
It was all done in photoshop from start to finish.]]> Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:47:12 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/447563

Image created for a personal project. It is a depiction of a cathedral of the civilization that lives above ground (in my story there is also an underground civilization). This cathedral, by will of destiny, unbeknownst to society, happens to be built directly above the cathedral of the civilization that exists hundreds of feet below. The aircraft (or "pod", as I like to call it) is just arriving from another city.]]> Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:23:46 +0000 http://el-ruco.cgsociety.org/gallery/488599

After a long and perilous journey across vast expanses of underground caves and lakes full of dangerous creatures, the carrier of the ashes belonging to those sacrificed finally arrives at the beginning of the labyrinth of rest. Burdened with a heavy suit of metal, he will need to use all of his concentration to cross the maze successfully and deposit the ashes in their resting ground before he perishes...
This is an old image (oct '06), but I thought it was pertinent to my story so I am including it here. All ps cs]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:06:22 +0000