I am working on a Sci-Fi story which I am also creating the artwork for. I’m not going to go into too much detail at this stage. This is an empty interior of a large room within a space station orbiting a planet. This standard area is a template so I can experiment with different types of room within this space so I’ll post some more variations as I do them.
Space station interior template
Before creating a painting where I have to get the features correct so the face is recognisable, I like to do a few sketches first. By doing this I can learn the facial features of that person from different angles which helps to improve the final piece.
I plan on doing a painting featuring Felica Day, (with a Sci-Fi twist), so here’s a pencil sketch of her as I start to learn her features.
Felicia Day Sketch by Paul Burrow
I met the inspirational Felicia Day again, the first time was at the Starfury event in London earlier this year. It was at that event I was introduced to her work and discovered what a hard working, funny and down to earth person she is!
Don’t throw away that scifiartist.com card I gave you! lol 😀 I’ll be doing a Felica painting in some shape or form very soon so watch this space!
Paul Burrow and Felicia Day
Earlier in the day I’d been to the Geek & Sundry panel. There was a big queue to get in and even then I missed the start and was stuck at the back, However it was a very funny panel and worth the wait!
Geek & Sundry queue behind me SDCC 2012
Geek & Sundry queue in front of me SDCC 2012
Geek & Sundry Indigo Ballroom SDCC 2012
My Faith/Eliza Dushku painting was still not finished as I travelled down to Inva2ion this weekend in London. I needed to finish it to enter it into the Art competition and to have it on show for people to see during the convention. I took my easel and paints with me and I finished it off during the Friday night and Saturday morning from my hotel room in the Renaissance at Heathrow. I had to use the hairdryer on it to get the paint to dry quicker 😀
Here is the painting. To give it a more personal touch I set the scene in Boston at Fenway Park the home of the Boston Red Sox. The bad guys (zombies/Demons) in the corner are supporters of rival team the New York Yankees. The dog is supposed to be Max Factor (Elizas dog making a guest appearance :D) jumping into the face of unknown danger to protect his owner, while Faith prepares to swipe at her unseen enemy with a baseball bat!
Faith oil painting
I did finally get to meet Eliza several times over the weekend and got a photo taken 😀
Paul Burrow with Eliza Dushku
UPDATE!!!
Just noticed Eliza saw my painting & took a picture of it!!! CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PHOTO
I am working on a new Faith/Eliza Dushku painting which I am trying to get finished in the next few days. I’m going to post the progress of this one as I do it every few hours if possible. This is an oil painting on canvas 70cm x 50cm. Here’s the progress so far.
UPDATED 10/05/12 @ 16.55
I’ve done some more work on the face now which is an improvement I think.
Faith work in progress close up
UPDATED 09/05/12 @ 01.30
The background is starting to take shape now.
Faith full image 6
UPDATED 07/05/12 @ 21.50
When I look at old paintings I have done it can bring back memories of what was happening at the time I was doing them. This Faith painting will always remind me of Ronnie O’Sullivan winning his 4th World Snooker championship. Well done Ronnie!!!
Well done Ronnie O'Sullivan
Faith full image 5
UPDATED 07/05/12 @ 05:40
Oh yes… and there’s a dog in the painting 😀
Faith full image 4
UPDATED 07/05/12 @ 01:30
I’ve started to add some of the background in.
Faith full image 3
UPDATED 06/05/12 @ 18:45
Faith full image 2
Faith full image 1
Faith painting close up of face
The SCIENCE FICTION FREEDOM E’ZINE again includes one of my illustrations for this month. This time to accompany the story “Deathless” written by Carole Gill.
Click HERE to access the FREE E’ZINE. You can also download the back catalogue from this link for you viewing pleasure! Thanks again to Peter Saga for including my work.
Deathless illustration for the Sci-Fi ezine
Updated 20/02/12
A few more facial refinements. Not far to go now.
Deckard update
Updated 19/02/12
The face has been worked on and it’s looking back like Mr Ford after going a bit off track.
Deckard work in progress
Still not happy with it though. More work to do tomorrow!
Deckard work in progress
Here are 3 pieces I created for the short Sci-Fi film called Mouse. The film is about a man waking up in a building with no idea where he is or what he is doing there. After crawling through a man sized mouse hole in the wall of the room he wakes up in he discovers he is not alone, and the occupants look very familiar.
Mouse is created by Justin Tagg and you can find more information about the film by clicking HERE
An interview with the film maker Justin Tagg can be viewed by clicking HERE
Mouse concept art 1
Mouse concept art 2
Mouse concept art 3
