Lately, I have been playing more League of Legends and have been neglecting my PlayStation. But it's not just the game that consumes me, it's the art. Every time the game loads after picking out champions, I would see the beautifully painted characters for the game. It makes me think, that's where I wanna be: I wanna be the artist whose work is a visual representation of the animated characters that can be controlled by the masses. I want to see my art come to life. I dream to design a character that people will see spring into action. Whether it's for video games, movies, shows, I aspire to have them live and breath before my eyes.
I've been inspired by Katie De Sousa's paintings for Riot (her blog: http://katiedesousa.blogspot.com/). Her style is a mix of gorgeous and bad-ass. She's obviously very experienced and has developed her painting techniques. The beauty of her painterly style can be seen on both oil paint and digital paint. Her oil painting style translates well towards her digital paintings, which I'm trying to develop myself using the techniques I've picked up from school and on my own. My heart beats fast when I watch those LoL art spotlights. I've got a long way to go to develop a proper digital painting technique.
