Here’s a little illustration I did in Photoshop recently. I’m kind of inspired by the art of Samurai Jack, and I’m trying to incorporate some of the illustration techniques I see in the SJ artwork and put it in my own work. I still have a long way to go in terms of scale, composition, and color, though.
I realize that I have a bit of an obsession with forests. Looking at these images, I see that I’m sort of painting the same image again and again. It’s time to move on from this basic forest composition. I’m not saying I’ll never paint another tree/forest image, but I recognize that I need to explore new compositions and subject matter.