“High Flying Getaway.” Concept Art. (c) 2015 Michael J. Barnes.
“Last Stand at Captu.” Concept Art. (c) 2015 Michael J. Barnes. (click to view enlarged image)
Last Stand at Captu is my latest offering into the conceptual art world. Created in a 16:9 format, this illustration depicts an squad of alien soldiers amid the bombed-out ruins of a city battling an unseen foe.
“Evening Stroll.” Digital Illustration. (c) 2014 Michael J. Barnes.
This is the second illustration for my series of “Candid Shots from around the Galaxy” (still just a working title). Here we see Eleanor and Edgar taking a casual stroll through the streets of their home town.
Both of the characters and their clothing were sculpted in ZBrush. The background image was created in SketchUp, then imported into Bryce for rendering. The final composite was produced in Photoshop.
his image Evening Stroll is the second illustration of the series and was inspired from a photo by photographer Daniel Arnold.
Wally and Beth. Digital Illustration (c) 2014 Michael J. Barnes. Click on picture to view larger image.
I was recently sent a link on Twitter for a photographer that specialized in taking candid photos on his smart phone. Apparently this link let to the photographers Instagram page where he had a vast collection of his work. I browsed through his work — which is, for the most part, very good — and became inspired. This inspiration had led me to create a set of illustration of Candid Shots from Around the Galaxy (this is just a working title, suggestion for a better title would be appreciated).
With this in mind, I have searched through many “candid” shots I’ve found and I will work up illustrations of humans and aliens doing “everyday” things.
This image Wally and Beth is the first illustration of the series and was inspired from a photo by photographer Daniel Arnold. The characters were created in ZBrush (as I have demonstrated in previous posts – Meet Wally and Sculpting Session: Female Alien Head) with the composite produced in Photoshop.
I hope you like it.