Phidelphius Is Here

Phidelphius is here.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1534760601

Cover process:
http://wojtala.blogspot.com/2016/06/phidelphius.html

Phidelphius unboxing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzctlhh2FnY

Phidelphius

Cover for "Phidelphius" - a sci-fi novel by Kenneth Buff.  www.kennethbuff.com/

Small work in progress steps tutorial:

1) Final sketch in sync with the script. I tend to be fast and bold here with opaque brushes. At this point I work with a few layers and in black and white. I add colors on adjustment layers few add/darken/lighten layer options and this time it is the best way to be able to easily change form and colors fast. Composition, size of elements and mood is most important here.

2) I separate the layers, create precise silhouettes and forms. I have the coloring layers available at any time. I decided to work on this in black and white for a longer time then usual.

3) Rendering, effects and post process. Some smaller changes, few iterations and you can see final artwork above.

FIM Speedway Grand Prix 15 cover art

I was one of the artist creating FIM Speedway Grand Prix 15 cover art.

http://sgp15.com/   (game site)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9DxMlU1zrk   (trailer)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/348820/   (game on Steam Store)

FIM Speedway Grand Prix 15
Tremendous power and no brakes! Experience the thrill of speedway! FIM Speedway Grand Prix 15 is the ultimate speedway simulator of all time. Produced under license by BSI Speedway Limited it brings real sport into video game. Show your skill and tactics in the fight for the title of World Champion in all events and stadiums of the Grand Prix 2015 season!

Tai Woffinden, Nicki Pedersen, Jaroslaw Hampel, Chris Holder… In FIM Speedway Grand Prix 15 you will find all the speedway stars from the current season and real Grand Prix stadiums with different surface types. Powerful, loud engines, high speed, tight shoulder-to-shoulder racing, cheering crowds, clouds of shale and dirt will accompany your road to victory in Grand Prix events - from Melbourne, through Cardiff, to Målilla in Sweden.

Buy and repair motorcycle parts, change settings, on the track search for paths with better grip to gain an advantage over your opponents. Dynamic real time commentary by Nigel Pearson and online multiplayer for up to 4 players!

Art for The John Doe's Burial

Do you like Death Metal? My collegues from The John Doe's Burial used one of my artworks as a music video art. It is one of my older artworks after few modifications.

Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9nbwkIN2Ss

The John Doe's Burial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tjdburial

Check the interesting way it was used. Artwork was cut into 3 layers (the foreground warrior, crowd and background) and animated by Andrzej Uszakow.  (https://www.facebook.com/andrzej.uszakow)

Masked Ball - Giuseppe Verdi

I am glad I had a chance to paint a poster for Giuseppe Verdi's Masked Ball for Opera na Zamku w Szczecinie.  http://www.opera.szczecin.pl/pl/component/repertuar/spektakl/286

Few of the projects concept sketches.

Final art, clean version.

Niezmiernie mi miło, że miałem szansę stworzyć plakat dla Balu Maskowego Giuseppe Verdiego dla Opery na Zamku w Szczecinie.

Więcej informacji na: http://www.opera.szczecin.pl/pl/component/repertuar/spektakl/286

Bal maskowy Giuseppe Verdiego to prawdziwe dzieło sztuki operowej. Niemal kwintesencja tego gatunku muzycznego. Jest pełen pięknej muzyki, a w warstwie libretta opowiada dramatyczną historię miłości, zazdrości, spisku i zbrodni, rozgrywających się na tle dworskich komnat, z kulminacją, do której dochodzi podczas tytułowego balu. Ale jest coś jeszcze – rzecz szczególna, wiążąca ten utwór ze Szczecinem. Jedna z wcześniejszych wersji fabuły opowiadała historię rozgrywającą się na… zamku szczecińskim! Nie sposób sobie wyobrazić lepszego miejsca dla jej wystawienia w Polsce niż siedziba Opery na Zamku – dlatego zapraszamy do obejrzenia tego spektaklu w odnowionej przestrzeni opery.

Witcher 3: Wild Hunt DLC - Hearts of Stone

Here is the cover of the new and awesome The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone DLC. Cover created by the amazing CD Project RED team (http://en.cdprojektred.com/), Digic (http://www.digicpictures.com) and Bartłomiej Gaweł (https://www.behance.net/BartekGawel) . Still I am very appreciative I could also put a few small brush strokes on it. Play this stunning game!

 

Find out what there is to see and do in the first paid DLC for The Witcher 3.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone Expansion Teaser

Sunborn

Cover for the latest science fiction novel by Kenneth Buff. www.kennethbuff.com/

Dick and Henry

Retro sci-fi cover for a science fiction short story collection by Kenneth Buff. www.kennethbuff.com/

Buy it on Amazon.

Reminiscencia

Cover for Mexican prog-rock band called “Reminiscencia”. http://reminiscencia.com/

Hell's Crows album art

Finished cover for metal band The Hell's Crows

Hells Crows on Facebook

Hell's Crows album art sketches

I am creating an album cover for heavy metal band called Hell's Crows!  I wanted to share few steps that helped us to get to the final cover, it is almost finished!

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

If you like short fiction, you should definitely check the Beneath Ceaseless Skies magazine. Also, I am very happy to add, that the march issue has my "Marching off" illustration on the cover! :)

  Beneath Ceaseless Skies - issue-116 - March 2013

From editors of Beneath Ceaseless Skies:
"(...)We love traditional adventure fantasy, including classics from the pulp era and the new wave of post-Tolkien fantasy. But we also love how the recent influence of literary writing on fantasy short fiction has expanded the genre, allowing writers the freedom to use literary devices such as tight points-of-view, round characters, unreliable narrators, discontinuous narratives, and others. This sophisticated level of craft has made fantasy short fiction more powerful than ever before.(...)