Friday, November 13, 2009

Delacor Draco - Advanced Photoshop Issue 063

Posted by Mike Corriero

A conceptual illustration created for Advanced Photoshop magazine Issue 063. The editor Julie asked for a simple creative creature workshop involving a dragon flying toward the viewer. The only two restrictions were the POV and they didn't want a red dragon. Senior staff writer Adam art directed the remaining work. It was suggested that I just keep the background simple because of the tight deadline.
Preliminary rough thumbnails and sketches for proportion adjustments, composition and conceptual references used to create the above Illustration.


I didn't want to go with the typical dragon, so I had suggested the idea of a butterfly and parrot colored dragon with similar elements tied into the design and patterns. This is a 4 page workshop that covered some simple custom brush creation and creature design ideation on pages 56-59 , the issue is out now.

Desrukter Ancient Demon

Posted by Mike Corriero

It's about time I went back to and finally finished this conceptual Illustration. Just an idea based on a rough thumbnail for a big brute demon, but along the way his forearms developed into a sort of crab/hand with a few additional pinchers for his fingers. I just thought it made him look a little more brute-ish.

Monday, November 02, 2009

Thinodor Creature Concept

Posted by Mike Corriero

Based on a thumbnail included in the sketchbook page of the previous post. This was produced in the same style and technique as the Rakio Croc and Hogort. Using photo textures that were painted over to provide a quick background for the concept, as well as photo texture use for the creatures skin and surface texture base.

Hogort + Thumbnail sketches

Posted by Mike Corriero




It has been a while. I need to remember to update this blog as I finish personal work. This was a fictional warthog type creature created in PS CS3 and produced during a livestream session. A page of thumbnails is included below at their actual scale, of which the Hogort creature was based on.


Sunday, August 23, 2009

Rakio Croc + Livestream

Posted by Mike Corriero



I have been drawing/painting using livestream lately for those who want to drop in and check out how I work. This is a creature I produced during a few sessions:
Rakio Croc - A large thick skinned slow moving scavenger with poor eye site. The original concept was based on a very small thumbnail produced with Staedtler pigment liner pens in my little doodle book. I'll include the page of sketches as well.


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Necrosis Calamus * For Sale

Posted by Mike Corriero



A Deity of Life and Death, harbinger of birds, container of plagues. The Necrosis Calamus is comprised of elemental and organic features. Contained within are my love for the design of birds and nature while presenting an eerie nature to the Deity. This was done on 9x12 Strathmore Bristol (Vellum) paper in Pigment Liner Pens. It's signed and dated. The original doesn't contain any of the text or aged paper texture/color you see here. The original is signed, dated and sprayed with a workable fixitif.