Character reference sheet commission.

Finished this!

Then I realised I forgot some of his quill markings. I might fix it. Eventually. :')

This was an attempt to replicate the Sonic Channel 2020 art style as closely as possible, sketch and examples of official artwork can be found in this previous post.

Most commercial work is about imitation at it's core, working to a specific style. And it's hard. The arts get very hung up over originality and having individual style, when really the bulk of professional work is about meeting expectations for certain aesthetics.

This is just for fun - but I have always found it funny how frowned upon "copying" style in the professional illustration world is, despite it making up the bulk of commercial illustrative work. Especially when there is absolutely no doubt that the skill in imitation is nothing to be scoffed at.

There's a bunch "wrong" with this piece - but in scrutinising the official works, I found so many glaring inconsistencies that I stopped worrying after a while.

 I was commissioned to illustrate the background to these Lego instruction books by Inklingbricks.com There's 9 in total, but here's a few of my favourites!

Preliminary sketch for a paleoart peice for Wild Past Studios. Stay tuned!

I don't draw my oc Arrow the Porcupine enough. :)

I'm gonna try and mimic the 2020 Sonic Channel official art with this! It's good practice to try and copy a style, figure out how to make it work with your existing knowledge. It's also useful to have something to show clients on my ability to work to a specific style.

Character art commission with two different pallets! Had fun with the candy cane pallet.

 

Decided I wanted to redraw an old sketch from 2015! But it turned into more of a concept redraw.

 

I have some awesome prints of my 2020 Spinosaurus illustration, available from Bleached Bones.

Original post with the illustration in closeup can be found here.

 

Another commission for returning client, MAACKids.