Cover Art for HarperCollins: "Always October"

Finally, I'm allowed to share some artwork for a book cover that I made last year. It's for the novel "Always October", written by Bruce Coville and published by HarperCollins.

It's the first cover I've made for them so far, it's been a true pleasure and I had a lot of fun working on this piece.
As far as I know, the novel will be available in August, and I'm really looking forward to see it printed.
I'll definitely keep you updated about this later this summer/fall! :)

 

Here are some closeups. Hope you like it!

- Andrea

New fox sketch & Time Lapse Video

Hey guys!
I just uploaded a new HD video of a quick sketch that I made.

Nothing fancy, just a 12 minute time-lapse of this little fox-sketch :) Painted in Photoshop CS5 using a cintiq 12WX. Overall, this sketch took me about 20 minutes.

Feel free to check it out! :)

- Andrea

Time lapse of "Playful Dreaming"

Just managed to publish my first time lapse of one of my painting "Playful Dreaming".

Only the painting progress, no sound this time. I managed to save about 90% of the coloring process, my recording software crashed for some reason at the very end. It looks pretty much as the finished version though, only a bit tighter and crispier :)

Hope you like, and please feel free to leave feedback regarding this video. Or if you have other requests just let me know.


//Andrea

wips, wips, wips

Photoshop CS5 + cintiq 12WX

Always a bit scary to post WIPS but oh well. Here's another one again. So many ideas, so little time and skill... I'll just soldier on I guess, at least I'm having tons of fun at the moment!
I also just reminded myself of one of my weaknesses. Drawing guys and picking a suiting clothing style for them. I'm gonna start sketching more people while travelling again. Especially guys. And their styles.

Oh, and here are some lines as well!

Laters!

//Andrea

Sketches: Foxes & wolves

Just a few fox & wolf designs. Just playing around a bit.
Made in Photoshop CS5 using a cintiq 12WX.

Had a lot of fun sketching these :)

//Andrea

Blue dwagon

Photoshop CS5 + cintiq 12WX

Speedpainting. Trying to keep things loose and subtile.
Learned a ton, got some feedback on it so I'll just move on and try to apply what I've learned on a new one :) Moving forward.

//Andrea

Dunno dragons

Photoshop CS5 & Cintiq 12WX

Just some study/doodling. Don't think I'm gonna fully finih it, just wanted to practice a bit.
Photoshop as usual, plus my trusty little cintiq :)
No references.




//Andrea

New wip again

Photoshop CS5 & Cintiq 12WX

Just another WIP.
Made the sketch in photoshop with my beloved cintiq 12WX.
There's a colorscheme test attached as well, think that's the mood and lighting I'll aim for in this one. We'll see how it goes :)

I'm gonna let this one rest for now though, and carry on with the appletree piece instead. I wanna finish iiiit!




//Andrea

Playful Dreaming

Photoshop CS5, Cintiq 12WX & Wacom Intuos4

Finally.
It's been so long since last time I completed something in color. Feels so good...

And what better way could there be than starting this year off with some horses? I secretly wish that the girl on the black one was me. You guys have no idea how much I miss horsebackriding nowadays. Been so long since last time I had the chance to ride. Being in a stable is like meditation for me.

So yeah. From me to you.
With 100% love, heart and effort.
I can't get any more personal than this.


Done in Photoshop CS5 with a cintiq12WX.

Prints may be available in a near future. Please let me know if interested :)
//Andrea


Some closeups:

New attempt

Didn't really like where the previous version was going so i started all over.. Hopefully it'll work better now with the colours. I also tweaked the sketch a bit.

Oh by the way.
Thank you so much for your kind comments lately! :)




//Andrea