Five goooooold rings!

Yudaina - wip

My nomad king in all his finery. Work in progress. Merry Christmas everyone!

Shave but no haircut

Yudaina - wip

Face number 14... a wip of nomad king Yudaina, once again sans beard. Based as always on the one and only, holder of my heart, Hiroyuika Sanada.

Two for the sighs of one

Yudaina

Little Micky - wip

Face number 12 and 13. Yudaina and Little Micky. Still not feeling it, but that's not going to stop me from trying... whilst screaming internally throughout.

Let me hear you say 'Aaaaaaaaaargh!'

Little Micky

I'm currently in the throes of a raging art block. Trying to paint something every day, but it's just not working. It is spectacularly frustrating, not to mention deeply unpleasant. But tonight, at least, I managed a sketch of little Micky.

No pleasin'

David

I'll say one thing for the two train wrecks that are Prometheus and Alien Covenant... they did give us the very beautiful and deeply disturbing prototype synthetic, David.
An android so spectacularly hard to please that he eliminated the population of an entire planet simply because they disappointed him.

'I tell you that it's sad but true... there's just no pleasin' you'
(Boom! Bap! Pow! - No Pleasin')

Fractalastic

AFT

Face number 10. The man, the myth, the legend - my brother. <3 The pattern in the background is made from a fractal image he created. :-)

Strange things are afoot...

Theodore and William

... at the Circle K.
Face number 8 and 9 together, because you just can't have one without the other. :-) I'm dedicating this one to my most beloved, my darling brother, as this dynamic duo was firmly embedded in our childhood. Not quite finished yet, but time waits for no face when it's the 29 Faces challenge ;-) So I'll leave it here for now.

The name is Shah - Kamran Shah!

Kamran Shah

Our internet was on the blink last night so I couldn't post my face. But now, with a slight delay, here's face number 7. Another one of Kamran Shah, played by the very handsome Art Malik.

Yep, still handsome

Yudaina

Unfortunately I was detained elsewhere tonight, so not a lot of time for painting. So for face number 5, a rough and ready Yudaina, as always based on holder of my heart Hiroyuki Sanada. 

Hello handsome

Yudaina

Face number four. Hiroyuki Sanada. Holder of my heart and the face of my nomad king Yudaina. And yes, I really do think he's the most beautiful man in the world. 

He gets a little bit...

Genghis Khan

Face number three... the loveliest villain I ever did see, from possibly my most favourite music video ever. As someone out there remarked, it's about time Bond settled down.

See you on the dance floor!

Caleon

Face number two. This one was a 'will it/won't it work' from start to finish. I can be really stubborn, so I kept going, and although it's meant to be a character I invented aaages ago called Caleon - based on the angelic looks of Cillian Murphy - all I can see is 70ies disco. 

Hey! It's September!

Kamran Shah

Uh, uh! guess what Bond film I watched this evening! Go on... Face number one for the 29 Faces... Kamran Shah from quite possibly my favourite Bond film, The Living Daylights.

Hard at work

Micky - wip

Another wip. Little Micky again. I really want to put him in his office in the airfield hangar... but that means I'll have to paint the background. Oh, ick. Anyhoo, that's it for now.

Back to work

Precious

Little sketch of Precious the pilot on the last day of my holiday.
'They say that love is easy, but they must have forgot you.'

Lil' brothers

Llyn/Mizūmi

I've been rather undecided recently about what to paint... so while I couldn't decide I made a first attempt at my character Yudaina's youngest brother. His name is Llyn or Mizūmi depending on the language used. His face is inspired by Japanese actor Takayuki Yamada. :-)

Just let it grow

Micky

A bit busy at the moment, so another wip for now. Little Micky, once again, by popular vote, sporting a beard.

The chain

Micky

Like Fleetwood Mac, I can't seem to break it... and I do love a little bit of Fleetwood Mac. Wip of my 45th attempt at painting little Micky.

I've been featured :-)

I've been featured in the digital artist section at 

Artfixed 

Yay!

Trying to quit

Precious

... he really is, actually. Face number 16 of Precious the pilot, revisited and done. :-)

All the faces

29 Faces February 2017 - all the faces

Completely forgot to post all 29 faces together. Arranged by hue. Some of them are still wips, but hey.

You can also see them as a slideshow on my Vimeo Channel :-) A few of them have been finished since the video was made. Just fyi. :-)

Like the ripples on a windy forehead

Precious

Sorted out face number 9 tonight. Precious the pilot, all done. :-)

Whatever it is...

Micky - wip

... he's not touching it. Wip of Little Micky being slightly taken aback and somewhat sweaty.

Mr Blue Sky

Precious

Coming to you aaaaall the way back from Christmas.. because I totally forgot about it... I have now finished this one of Precious the pilot sporting his favourite cap - with eyes as blue as a cloudless sky and the attitude of an approaching thunderstorm.

Once you start with the clippers...

Micky

So, a fair few of my 29 faces were still works in progress. Now begins the slow process of pulling myself together and finishing them. Here's the face number 15, all done. I had so much fun with Micky's haircut for face number 29 that I decided to chop off the ponytail in this one as well.

Cream of the crop

Micky - wip

Aaaand... here it is! Face number 29 for the 29 Faces. Woot woot. Still a few things to sort out on it, but other than that. Another one of little Micky, from that one time when he decided to cut his hair short. :-)

Do NOT spill his coffee!

Gibbs

Face number 28... rough sketch of the long suffering leader of the NCIS pack Leroy Jethro Gibbs, who spends ninety percent of all his time looking one hundred percent done with everything and everyone. :-)

He sees dead people...

Ducky

... on a daily basis :-D Face number 27... So they're showing NCIS on three different channels on any given evening at the moment - a series that has been running for more than ten years, but I watched it for the first time ever a  few weeks ago... and I can now conclude that there has been something missing from my life... the kindly, cute as a button, pathologist Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard played by David McCallum. Why has no one pointed me in the direction of this adorable Scotsman before? A most grievous oversight.

Somewhat lagging

Micky - wip

Still at my parents' house gently trying to convince the ancient computer here that running Photoshop is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. We're not entirely in agreement on this matter... and so this is where I leave face number 26 for now - a wip of little Micky. :-)

possibly pastel

Micky - wip

Face number 25 brought to you by the old and struggling computer at my parents' house where I'm currently having a little Easter break. Little Micky sporting pastels. This is about as much as the poor machine here can handle, so I'll have to leave it as a wip until my return. Also, not sure what the colours are like exactly, this monitor is a law onto its own. :-)

EXPOSÉ Awards coming up

Me and my EXPOSÉ nominated painting. Taken today down by our local Danish sea front and it was blowing a gale.The award ceremony is this Saturday! There is still time to get your hand on a copy of the book right here.

I can smell the lavender from here

Face number 24 in progress. My nomad king, Yudaina, based on that fella with the face I so adore, Hiroyuki Sanada :-)

These days...

Micky

At long last... face number 23. Little Micky looking a bit like a Smartie... Just too tired at the moment.

Watch out, it's always gonna get me
I know it's never gonna let me
That's just the way it tends to be these days
I try, but it's never gonna let me
I wish that it wouldn't come and get me
That's just the way it tends to be these days

(These Days - Luxury)

Shave and a haircut

Al

I've given my marshal a shave and a fresh shirt in this little sketch for face number 22. As always based on the wonderful Anthony Zerbe :-)

Nomination for the Nomad King

One of my paintings of Yudaina will be featured in EXPOSÉ volume 12 by Ballistic Publishing and it has also been nominated for an award in the Portrait Painted category  :-) I'm so happy  :-D
Their books are awesome and I have several of them myself, didn't think I'd ever make it into one :-D
If you love digital art books, go get one!

There are 367 nominated images in 34 categories by 270 artists from 57 countries and the awards ceremony will be live-streamed over the web on Saturday 8th April at 2 pm GMT.

Handsome devil

The Earl - wip

Face number 20 for the 29 Faces. Another one of the Earl from the western I'm writing, this time being the actual age he is in the story. Quite a rough wip tonight, but I gotta get up early, so that's all for now.

Earl-y days

Young Earl - wip

Face number 19. Another wip, this time of the Earl... a lovely fella from the Western I'm writing... who is absolutely, one hundred percent based on Tom Petty :-)

You can leave your hat on

Micky - wip

Face number 18. Wip of little Micky in another one of his amazing shirts, with hat this time :-D

Denim, denim, denim

Precious

Slowly, but steadily... Face number 17. Precious the pilot again :-)

Onwards...

Precious - wip

Wip of Precious the pilot for face number 16 :-)

Let's face it

29 Faces - Feb 2017

In the words of Bon Jovi 'Wo-ooow, I'm half way the-ere!' So here's the fifteen faces I managed during Feb. I'm gonna keep going until I have all 29, because I'm stubborn and I hate leaving things unfinished... Onward!

Do I love you?

Micky - wip

From early morning until late at night
You fill my heart with pure delight
Do I love you?
Indeed I do :-)

Another wip for face number 15. Little Micky with his hair tied back this time.

Presentation!

Tom

So... I have yet to read any of the Harry Potter books, and I've only watched the first four films... Because of this I was until yesterday completely unaware that at one point Voldemort turns up in a kick-ass black suit... and he looks smokin' hot in it. Also, he's got really beautiful eyes. He is the villain, yes? 'Cause I would so date him ;-) Wip of face number fourteen for the 29 faces.

Real savage like

Tusks - wip

Two things happened... someone put on Tusk with Fleetwood Mac, also the tendons in my neck are so tense it feels like they're about to burst out. So here's face number thirteen, still have a bit of tweaking to do, but that'll have to wait.

Shush

Tirion - wip

Micky - wip

Sticking with the rough sketches still... my tinnitus is still driving me crazy. Face number eleven in hues of yellow, elf lord Tirion - as always based on magical Mansai Nomura and - not quite as rough as the previous three, but still a wip - face number twelve, Micky in hues of blue and teal.

Etcha sketch

Micky - wip

Precious - wip

Two rather rough wips for face number nine and ten. Precious in hues of blue, and a rosy little Micky.
My tinnitus is screaming like a banshee at the moment and I'm just exhausted, so as it stands I'll consider even a rough sketch a result. At least it's something :-)