Showing posts with label fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fantasy. Show all posts

Been a bit, busy again :O

Hey everybody! Trying to keep up with everything I got going on and am failing... Sometimes its best not to juggle everything at once so you don't drop all the balls :(. Best to keep a strong focus. So yea, I've been doing the Crimson Daggers now for a good 3 months or so and have seen loads of improvement in the participants. The studies have totally helped my work along in so many ways and I find that finishing art is a hell of a lot easier than it used to be. Hopefully as time goes on this will grow and grow til we get a good couple hundred regulars on there posting work daily :D. Thats what I'd like to see anyways... People just getting waaay better every day and showing everybody else how its done. In the meantime though... I can wait, too much to finish all the time!

Currently I'm working on a few magazine pieces, an album cover and some personal works for an application I got going w/Bobby Chiu. Been having fun though and trying to make time to get away from art. Trying to get some time in on Mass Effect so I can unplug from my constant work and just sorta zone out. Don't usually play games ever, in fact this is the first in a couple years, but its relaxing and I think I've needed that. Just have to watch out that I don't get totally sucked in D:. Mass Effect is awesome :O!

Well, heres some art I've been doin :O. Just messin around for now so these are all works in progress :). Then some studies.





Commission i did -



Studies-









Metal! Cannon - 'Fireblade'





All Caught up!

Lately I've been really focused on my art and how I spend my time. Also on whats important and what gives me more energy. I find that if I do the studies in the morning, work til around lunch then go out and do whatever for a little bit I can come back to my art with a much better mindset(and a more confident mindset). I know thats kinda common sense but sometimes its really hard to wrap your mind around it when you feel like  your schedule wont allow time off... Not that I'm going out for hours, but just down the road for a hike or a swim. I used to just go all in totally focused on my goal and would do nothing but. Now that I'm really paying attention to the results I can see how my mind really approaches art and how a healthy mind creates.

Also as I do this I can see how much more I get done with a fresh energized mind as opposed to sitting all day staring at a piece. But its hard to force yourself to know when its time to quit hanging out and go all into work. Going out always puts my mind into active mode haha, constantly thinking about how I should skateboard more and all this. I'm really trying to just switch that part of myself off as soon as I sit down to avoid distraction. Mainly though my focus has been on keeping my inspiration and really trying to find out how to recreate that feeling all the time. So this routine works for creating that inspiration for now... Hopefully it'll continue on!

So heres some quick concepts I've been doing for the team CHOW over on conceptart.org.

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Some Thrash classic !

Heavy metal maniac!





Recovery time!

The month is coming to an end finally! I got one looming deadline for the 1-2nd left. No problem though :D! I'm finally feeling good! Can't wait to go for a long hike,  just slow down and take in the fresh air...

I'm pumped too, now I know I can handle the worst case freelancer scenario haha.

Anyways, heres some sketch I did tonight just to relax and do whatever.



And this is how I feel:

You thought we'd lost it all,

You thought we'd given up the fight!

Well now we're back to prove you wrong,

It's time to open up your eyes, Hell Yeah!

Venom is awesome :D





Steampunk Jewelry and the Fantastic Story about Rainforest Jasper

The fictitious story : The Rainforest Jasper .

On the 21st day of my expedition into the no man's land* aboard the roving mechanical scarab tank**, we found what was once the deepest point of the Rainforest and discovered the gate . It was covered by roots of trees that had grown over it for centuries , worn by time but still protected by menacing thorns . As we approached a rattling noise grew from the deep . I had brought with me a few of the Mysterious stones i had found in ancient sacred location around the globe, If my calculation were correct one of them was connected to the gate . But time was running out . Swarms of insects gathered to defend it and This is where i first saw the Great Mantis queen and her children's . They were half-devilish and insectoid creatures , dark and terrifying . We quickly were outnumbered and thousands surrounded us . I had a few stones that could be connected to force of nature , plants and wild life : Seraphinite , Green Agate and Jasper but not enough time to guess which was the right one . The insects started to attack and we had to step back , we lost a few brave crew members but also captured and killed some of the creatures . We collected a dozen specimen , once dead the creature slowly vanished leaving behind only their eyes . The eyes were solid like stones .

Back into the laboratory of the Academy of mechanical wonders , i made a few test on the eyes , after discovering their properties i set them into finger ware ,amulets and necklaces . Once on your finger the eyes allowed you to perceive the world with the senses of an insectoid . It also allowed me to uncover the stone that was tied to their dimension . I called the Stone Rainforest Jasper . The stone was a fossilized fragment of that dimension filled with powerful energy. The rings i made with the stone were glowing with a green-orange light , they would protect us for our next encounter and perhaps helps us open the gate .


Devilish-Insectoid Steampunk Rings

*The no man's land : This used to be a flourish forest but it has been exploited until nothing was left , it is now used for Military testing and as a dumpster .

**Roving Mechanical scarab tank : Powered by a steam internal coal combustion engine; This transport was designed to travel into the no mans land it can carry a crew of 15 men . It can resist extreme pollution and radiation level but it travels slowly on Caterpillar tracks . It has a few turrets armed with Ray Assault Guns .

Jasper for the Metaphysically inclined :
This stone helps connect with nature , it is a gate to the realms of natural powers and wisdom. It Brings hope , awareness of nature and detoxify the body .

Japer for the Curious : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper
The name means "spotted or speckled stone", and is derived via Greek iaspis, (feminine noun) from a Semitic language (cf. Hebrew yashepheh, Akkadian yashupu).

Green jasper was used to make bow drills in Mehrgarh between 4th-5th millennium BCE. Jasper is known to have been a favourite gem in the ancient world; its name can be traced back in Hebrew, Assyrian, Persian, Greek and Latin. On Minoan Crete within present day Greece jasper was carved to produce seals circa 1800 BC based upon archaeological recoveries at the palace of Knossos.
The word yashepheh in the Masoretic text of Exodus 28:20, referring to a stone in the Hoshen, is thus reflected in the Septuagint by the word Iaspis, and usually translated into English as Jasper. Despite the most common form of Jasper being red, scholars think that the yashepheh here actually refers to a green form of Jasper - which was very rare, and so highly prized; the Greeks used Iaspis to refer to the green form, while the red form simply fell under the term Sard - which just means red.

The RainForest Jasper (Rhyolite) Steampunk Jewelry
Rings :











The RainForest Jasper (Rhyolite) Steampunk Jewelry
Bracelet and Necklace :






Steampunk Survival to an Apocalyptic Anachronism

Pollution is part of both reality and the steampunk culture .The use of recycled materials in the fabrication of Steampunk Artisan items helps our environment . Steampunk is about Converting otherwise unattractive and useless material to create timeless piece of art.Combined with an imaginative story or purpose these steampunk items are given a second life.

Why Apocalypse is associated with the steampunk culture ? Simply , if you combine an Era powered by coal with a rapid evolution of technology , you can only imagine the negative impact it would have on the environment and society .

Unfortunately , I cant imagine an apocalyptic world without war , how much pollution would create legions of coal powered war machines and how much polution would be generated by the factories that makes them .

Ironically The war could be to have control over coal in order to fuel the factories that makes those war machines. By the way what's the price of coal today ?

To survive in that world you need a few extra gears .
Before going out into the wild and heavily industrialized quarter you will need to wear a good gas mask .

''Gasp! Who knew steam engines were capable of producing such foul and wretched air? Give me a horse any day.'' say's Tom Banwell. This for sure will make you look cool .

Steampunk gas mask in natural brown



With all this coal burning the threat of a fire is inevitable. No airship should leave without a highly qualified team of firefighters , especially when leaving on a long journey to a foreign planet .


Leather Steampunk Firemaster's helmet


Then comes the question on how to defend yourself against the villains and machines that lurks in every dark alley. Fortunately Rayguns are also associated with steampunk. The primitive clockwork technology mixed with advanced science found in rayguns contribute in creating an anachronism inherent in the steampunk culture.

Rayguns offer protection with powerful limiteless effects . They can heat , disentegrate , paralize or can even be used as blowtorch .

Rayguns by Tom Banwell


Steampunk Spiderbot ( Lamp Original Art )
by RiverOtterWidget.etsy.com


With all this polution you also need to wear a good pair of Google especially if your going to venture at high altitude or on a coal powered airship . The ultimate protection against the eye iritation by toxic fume & the wind .

Leather Steampunk Helmet


My own twist to the steampunk Era

In my Previous Entry : The composition of the default dimension , i described the basic of my Steampunk rings and the theory on the perception of reality influenced by Quantum Science and my love for fantasy worlds .

In order the correct the apocalyptic crisis of the Steampunk Era a mad scientist on his path to building a time travel machines accidentally discovers dimensional travel . A long forgotten science that may be the cause of anomalies in the world he lives in. Ultimately leading him to create the Unusual , Esoterically engineered and wearable form of apparatus that enhance the Metaphysical control over matter . These rings granted what we describe as magical effects .
Giving control over the elements and helping to communicate with creatures from other dimensions .



He had good intentions but his plans were stolen and the scientist mysteriously disappeared. However before he was gone , hundreds of his rings where hidden at different locations .
Because he could travel thought time he had carefully place them so that they could be found
by those he had chosen . But we will see that nothing ever happens has planned .... to be continued .

Green Fire Agate : This ring opened a portal to an alien dimension full of horrible creatures .
The stone was extracted from the remains of a mysterious Meteorite .
After the Meteorite fell several reported sight of strange alien creatures .



Alien Demon eye ring : The eyes of a demon were hard like stones and easy to set into the ring . It's amazing what you can see through the eye of a demon .



Moonstone Ring : This mysterious stone has a glowing aura that will light your path in the darkest place . It will also grant you vision of the future .



Steampunk Artisan Team :
Etsy Steamteam

Steampunk Definition :
Wikipedia

Steampunk Forums :
Brass Google


Quote from an other Era .

If human were perfect we would not need to travel to the past to fix the mistakes we have made and if human was not so curious he would not need to travel to the future to see what mistake he will make .

Wisdom is to live in the present , do your best to prevent the inevitable mistakes and accept them .

'' From an anonymous time traveler stuck in time , maker of magical rings ''