Dragons, anyone? (Updated with new work)

[andyc]

Hello, and Happy New Year.

It's been a VERY long time since I last posted here, but good to see some familiar names still producing amazing work.

The main reason for my absence is that SketchUp is no longer a major part of my work, although I do still dabble from time to time.

Anyway, I thought I'd share some stuff from my latest personal illustration project: The Dragons of Wales. Lots more info and explanation on my website: http://www.dragonsofwales.com and also on Twitter and Facebook, if any of you ever venture over there

A mixture of traditional media, SketchBook Pro and Photoshop.

Hope some of you will enjoy this, and thanks for looking.

A

[Rich O Brien]

Stellar and great inspiration to try make a SketchUp version.

[andyc]

Thanks guys.
Rich: if you decide to tackle a sketchup version, I'd love to see the results!
A

[kaas]

nice style and great characters!

[pbacot]

Beautiful work! I admire your ability to help bring the image to life with background and light. Great color too!

[solo]

Love 'em!!

I have a wall that fb4 would look awesome on.

As always, your stuff is jaw dropping.

What are you using in place of SU these days for blocking out?

[andyc]

Thanks Solo.

If I have to do any complex 3D blocking, I still use SketchUp - nothing else comes close for that job. But for simple perspective layouts, SketchBook Pro has some really neat little perspective sketching tools. There's a video here if you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngLhGySVYLQ It means I spend less time switching between packages, which is always a good thing. It took me a while to overcome my natural aversion to anything 'AutoDesk'(!) but I have to say, SketchBook Pro is a great tool for my purposes.

A

[pilou]

Very cool!

Seems a new familly of program is born against toshop!
Affinity

[Mike Amos]

Amazing dragons, fantastic.

[Stinkie]

Good stuff.

[marleus]

Really great stuff Andyc

and beatiful "birdies"

Wish I could make images like these. I allways had a soft spot for fantacy illustrations

Markus the geezer

[andyc]

Thanks for such a kind and generous response guys.

Here are four new images from the same project...