Chris Christie Caricature. (c) 2014 Michael J. Barnes.
A new caricature that can be found in my new and growing Illustration Library, I present to you my take on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. A potential 2016 Presidential Candidate, this caricature is available for use for blogs, bloggers, newsletters, etc.
This image is free for your use. To download, right click on the image and select “Save Image” from the pop up menu. I just ask that if you do use this illustration please add a credit line: (c) 2014 www.lookingtodraw.com. If I can help you with a custom illustration, please contact me.
One last thing: If you use this image, please let me know, and tell me where you used it (i.e. website address)
“Koolaid Party.” Digital Illustration. (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes.
“Latest Work” is a bit of a misnomer, this is a commissioned work I actually created for a conservative blog post back in July 2013. However, under a mutual agreement, I was not permitted to reveal it until now. The assignment was to illustrate how Democrats are all “Drinking the Koolaid” when it comes to Obamacare.
At the time of this posting, I am unsure if the blog posted the article.
Dawn Render Test (c) 2014 Michael J. Barnes.
I am continuing my work on a human female character. This is a test render from a sculpt I created in ZBrush. For fellow ZBrushers, hair was created with fibermesh, the touched up in Photoshop. I am not “happy” with the hair over her right shoulder. I thought I could fix it in post. However, I realized I hadn’t posted a WIP (work in progress) in a couple of weeks, and I decided to that she was good enough to post. I’ll rework that part of her hair by the next version. Let me know what you think.
“Starman.” (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes. Click to view enlarged image.
Here is my last illustration for 2013. Starman is the character I’ve been working on for the past few weeks. Created and rendered in ZBrush with post production completed in Photoshop. Let me know what you think.
Portrait. (c) Michael J. Barnes.
I finally got it. For some reason, the effect I was searching for, to make this character bust look like a photograph of an “actual-looking,” “realistic” male heroic character, eluded me for way too long. But I think I finally got it. This character, which I have created for a sci-fi fantasy I am working up, was created in ZBrush, with final production completed in Photoshop.
I hope you like it. Let me know what you think.
Very Final Head Render Test. (c) 2013 Michael J. Barnes.
It has been a long row to hoe in my quest to create a realistic looking character. However, because I have been striving to achieve this goal I centered much of my attention to learning what I needed. The previous test was good, but I still wasn’t quite right (the fact is I could go back and tweak this more and more, but this is just a test). This really is my final render test on this character’s head… I really want to finish this model. As before, this was created and rendered in ZBrush, with very little post production (and I mean very little) completed in Photoshop. Just a quick levels adjustment, a rim light layer and a cavity layer. Most adjustments were done in ZBrush to the materials and lighting prior to rendering, and addition of some BPR Filters (ZBrush users will know what I’m talking about). For the rest, I hope you like this. As always, any feedback would be appreciated.