Richard Partridge Illustration

Crimson Daggers Bloodsports entry

2012-01-26T15:39:00.001-08:00

Here is my entry for the Crimson Daggers Bloodsports. The task was to create packaging for an action figure :)

Little sketchy paint

2012-01-14T17:36:00.000-08:00

Assasin and macehead.

2011-12-30T15:42:00.000-08:00

Current work in progress

2011-12-11T13:06:00.001-08:00

Nutcracker!

2011-12-02T17:46:00.000-08:00

Entry for the CGhub character forge.

Some Armour studies

2011-11-30T14:39:00.000-08:00

Fighting off the jetlag.

2011-11-28T13:56:00.000-08:00

Little GIF animation

2011-11-06T16:39:00.000-08:00

Pixel Art!

2011-10-28T03:00:00.000-07:00

Some iterations

2011-10-10T07:00:00.000-07:00

JOKER! zbrush fan art!

2011-09-30T13:02:00.001-07:00

Some more, now with added teeth!

2011-09-30T06:27:00.000-07:00

More Zbrush :)

2011-09-29T14:36:00.001-07:00

Another Zbrush experiment.

2011-09-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

Intro to Zbrush

2011-09-27T10:31:00.000-07:00

Orcy head

2011-09-23T14:21:00.001-07:00

I found him in the garden.

2011-09-22T07:10:00.000-07:00

Two-face portrait

2011-07-19T19:15:00.001-07:00

2 Face fan art :D

Araabiaaaannn niiiiaiaiaights

2011-07-18T12:17:00.000-07:00

Character update

2011-07-17T11:46:00.001-07:00

Character progress

2011-07-04T14:26:00.000-07:00

Character wip

2011-07-04T09:59:00.000-07:00

Not massively happy with this so far, but I shall persist :)

Silly quick sketch

2011-06-29T16:27:00.001-07:00

Additional bits and pieces

2011-06-28T16:43:00.000-07:00

knock knock....

2011-06-27T17:22:00.000-07:00

Lots of creepy osts for this one. Amusing that this is painted on the hottest day of the year too.

Experiment

2011-06-24T05:02:00.000-07:00

A few more tweaks.

2011-06-23T15:54:00.001-07:00

Hue test

2011-06-23T13:41:00.000-07:00

Value alterations

2011-06-23T09:51:00.000-07:00

Environ progress and thumb studies.

2011-06-22T13:04:00.000-07:00

Thumbs n things.

2011-06-21T13:37:00.000-07:00

Environ studies

2011-06-20T13:19:00.000-07:00

This is a basic exercise to help improve my understanding of composition, specifically for environments. These are all painted from reference.

Raijin: Japanese god of thunder and lightning.

2011-04-03T15:35:00.000-07:00

Raijin Cont

2011-04-03T07:48:00.001-07:00

Nearly there.

Almost there

2011-04-02T19:06:00.000-07:00

More Raijin

2011-04-02T17:11:00.000-07:00

Working up Raijin

2011-04-02T07:59:00.000-07:00

Roar!

2011-03-28T17:40:00.000-07:00

Dragon Knight update

2011-03-28T13:04:00.000-07:00

Lots to do still Waaagh.

"Stylized" character Progress

2011-03-28T10:08:00.000-07:00

Adding some variety in my portfolio so I'm aiming to produce a colourful character. Plus I like scales :D

Blob head update

2011-03-27T13:10:00.001-07:00

Shroom update

2011-03-25T08:28:00.000-07:00

Mushroom, Mushroom.

2011-03-23T18:50:00.001-07:00

More Symmetry

2011-02-21T14:54:00.001-08:00

Playing around with mirrors.

2011-02-18T14:02:00.000-08:00

Just a quick doodle, thought I ought to update this blog :D

Troll Turnaround

2011-01-30T15:36:00.001-08:00

Forgot to update this.

Update

2011-01-30T15:26:00.001-08:00

Robot before bed and some old thumbs

2011-01-29T19:39:00.001-08:00

Colour Environ

2011-01-27T16:25:00.000-08:00

Not happy with the colour, more tweaking to be done.

Self portrait?

2011-01-23T17:29:00.000-08:00

Hatman

2011-01-22T11:10:00.000-08:00

Witch update

2011-01-21T16:07:00.001-08:00

whipped wip

2011-01-20T17:48:00.001-08:00

He will have a face. I'm just trying to find out where to take it.

Witch, in progress

2011-01-19T18:25:00.000-08:00

Trollolololol.

2011-01-18T16:30:00.001-08:00

Swag

2011-01-18T11:14:00.000-08:00

Lock and Load

2011-01-05T14:51:00.000-08:00

Full of festive Pie and Petroleum.

2010-12-28T17:32:00.001-08:00

I have to admit that creating this image has been a bit of a nightmare. It's one of those that I have to keep coming back to. Working on the ellipses and rendering specific forms is a real challenge. It's interesting comparing my methodologies to when I paint organic objects. I suppose they are alot more forgiving.
I think I have been a little too precious with this image. That's the trouble with layers, they give you more opportunities to be indecisive.

Happy new year everyone!!!

Dieselpunk, Steampunk, Punkpunk?

2010-12-11T13:54:00.000-08:00

The Mortar and Pestle (work in progress)

2010-12-07T17:27:00.000-08:00

Hints & tips for entering the Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance "Art of nurture" competition.

2010-11-26T06:03:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, as the new Art of Nurture competition is coming up, I thought I might as well throw around a few tips and suggestions for artists who are thinking about entering.

Now I certainly don't claim that I'm an expert in this area as my submission wasn't successful last year and I'm also not one of the judges. However, I believe I have a relatively well informed view as to what entries seem to be successful. In addition to this I have picked up and learned a few interesting things that may prove useful to others

This first statement may seem a little strange, but I would suggest that you do not try to conform to what you think the judges want to see. Of course you want to create something that will appeal to the judges and follow the brief however, what you shouldn't do is force yourself into a "style" or methodology that is not true to yourself.

I believe this was the mistake I made when submitting last year. I produced a very formal image that was completely different to what I would normally create. The main issue was that it lacked the obliqueness and quirky sense of humour that my successful 2009 piece had. Humour is often at the heart of my images and by molding my work into something completely different was to a degree, not being true to myself.

So the message is; “Don’t force it” instead let this competition tailor around your natural qualities. At the end of the day we are all here to represent ourselves and our abilities and of course we want to surprise the judges. We are entertainers!

Another interesting point to flag is that your images shouldn't be too small.
During the competition, when it comes to viewing your work at the exhibition the smaller images tend to get lost alongside the larger ones. This is just my opinion and it should not change whether your piece is successful or not, but this is just an observation worth noting having attended some of the exhibitions.

Choosing a well proportioned format is also worth bearing in mind. One of my submissions was an incredibly long panel, while the judges liked the image they did not know how they could use it in their marketing campaigns and it was a difficult shape to work with.

I hope someone finds these little bits of information useful, not just when applied to this competition but with other day to day situations. To me the most valuable thing about entering these competitions is that you learn from them. You can gain experiences from the most unexpected of places.

Good luck everyone!

Rich

International Self portrait day!

2010-11-01T16:07:00.000-07:00

Here is my entry :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

2010-10-31T13:04:00.000-07:00

Me as a Zombie :D

Damn, overcooked!

2010-10-28T14:21:00.000-07:00

To B or not to B

2010-10-27T14:10:00.001-07:00

Well as Halloween is in the air I couldn't resit creating something to get into the festive spirit!
Be sure to click on the image to view it's texturey goodness :)

Another Mr Creep

2010-10-20T16:16:00.000-07:00

This is a sketch thats been laying around for a while, getting bashed about under my books. It's the original version of Mr Creep. Nothing like the painted version. Probably going to paint him again, staying more true to the sketch. The painted version was more of random creation that happened to turn out relatively interesting.

Mr Creep

2010-10-15T15:13:00.001-07:00

Couple of Studies and some undead fun!

2010-10-15T09:41:00.001-07:00

First bust attempt.

2010-09-09T17:12:00.001-07:00

Darth Troll?

2010-09-09T04:05:00.001-07:00

This is too fun! Sculpting is definitely something I want do more often!

They call him Grobble.

2010-08-27T08:32:00.000-07:00

Doodles and Trolls

2010-08-26T15:39:00.001-07:00

Small Update.

2010-08-21T04:09:00.001-07:00

"Rise from your grave"

2010-08-02T01:21:00.000-07:00

More steam lady!

2010-02-10T18:16:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the delay

2010-02-09T15:15:00.000-08:00

I spend most of my time at university, which doesnt allow for uploading imagery. Fortunately its all sorted now though I think!

This image is not finished yet, I still need to figure out my colour scheme and what textures/patterns I shall use for the clothing.

Reworked body...unsure about the head...

2009-12-14T19:06:00.000-08:00

From underwater to underwear.

2009-12-07T19:07:00.000-08:00

Study and a doodle

2009-12-07T03:33:00.000-08:00

Guess who.

2009-12-06T06:45:00.000-08:00

Feels like a while since I have drawn monsters.

2009-12-05T07:22:00.001-08:00

Secrets of the deep.

2009-11-28T08:24:00.000-08:00

Fin Illustration :)

2009-11-25T14:08:00.000-08:00

Prelim Sketch for painting.

2009-11-17T14:31:00.001-08:00

Almost there!

2009-10-24T08:31:00.001-07:00

Sub museum

2009-10-23T07:39:00.000-07:00

This is another work in process, hoping to have a collection of 4 produced by monday :) phew!

Jpeg not working... : (

2009-10-18T15:13:00.000-07:00

Wip

2009-10-17T12:40:00.001-07:00

Doot doot...BKDZZZT!!!

2009-09-17T11:45:00.000-07:00

2009-09-17T08:17:00.001-07:00

More Digital.

2009-09-16T14:13:00.000-07:00

This digital painting lark if quite addictive. Such an excellent tool for learning!

Photoshop fun!

2009-09-16T07:03:00.000-07:00

Crappy crappy weapon!

Vroom!

2009-09-15T04:34:00.001-07:00

Frankenstein's Monster

2009-09-14T12:37:00.000-07:00

Frankenstein test 2

2009-09-14T12:20:00.000-07:00

Blah

Work in progress

2009-09-14T09:32:00.000-07:00

"For the last time my name Is not Frankenstein!"

Frankenstein designs (test)

2009-09-10T04:40:00.001-07:00

Testing

2009-08-03T11:57:00.000-07:00

This is just a test. When I upload images they become slightly lighter which is very annoying...

Dumples : )

2009-08-03T10:26:00.000-07:00

Chow is a weekly competition at conceptart.org. It stands for character of the week. This weeks challenge was to design a new character that could exist in the world of "where the wild things are" Twas fun indeedeth!

Feet! and Observational tests!

2009-07-29T13:24:00.000-07:00