I'm thrilled to announce that I've once again, been chosen as a semi-finalist for the quarterly Illustrators Of The Future competition! Even though I'm only a semi-finalist, it still feels great every time. It's an incredible privilege to be among so many talented artists. Here are the pieces that the judges selected. I will speak to them. After all, they are winners.
DREAM SENTRY - Fantasy illustration of a “sentry”, maintaining the boundaries of the dream world and not allowing any entities to escape. Dynamic, clean yet dramatic.
GODDESS REBORN: Based on a watercolor sketch of a self-created character X-Mas Carol. This was a merge of that image in a digital format with a painted gothic background. Gothic, powerful, and somber.
ARCHER HUNTING DEMONS - exactly how it sounds. A digital paint study that turned out quite well and surprisingly tight. I was ok about submitting this.
The next entries to the competition are A.I. assisted. Let us see how they do.