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Saw some concepts from Tham Hoi Mun’s (aka numioh) deviantART gallery (featured here not too long ago) which were conceptualized in Alchemy (free!) before being painted over in Photoshop. (sorry, this one’s not free )

For those who prefer a more hands-on approach, there’s also a video demo of Alchemy by Andrew “Android” Jones (more here) recorded at the Digital Conference of Creative Elite (DCCE) in Shanghai.

While I’m no artist, Alchemy feels very different from any drawing or painting application I’ve played around before as it doesn’t try to fully emulate the traditional drawing and painting tools and process (try and find the Undo button ). You can simply use Alchemy to sketch and draw but its beauty lies in its ability to quickly inject randomness into your ideas through a variety of create modules which are essentially shape and line generators. Applying one or more alter modules which further process and add effects to your input allows you to realize your imagination on digital canvas in a lot of different and interesting ways.

The above was done in 2 minutes by someone with zero artistic skills (namely me) and Alchemy with the Pull Shapes and Mirror modules Amazing, isn’t it?

My first attempt with Alchemy to draw an Ork Warboss from Warhammer 40,000

While Alchemy is still in alpha, you can try it out by visiting and registering at www.al.chemy.org. Alchemy is currently available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

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Found Phil Wohr’s blog by chance from the blogroll of one of his fellow concept artists (only problem is I can’t remember whose blog that was ). A concept artist for Ensemble Studios until it disbanded early this year, Phil did some of the concepts for the Xbox 360 RTS Halo Wars, some of them which can found in the Concept Art gallery in the official Halo Wars website.

© Ensemble Studios / Microsoft

For me, I enjoy his personal portfolio a lot more than his Halo Wars stuff (I’m not a very big fan of Master Chief or the Halo universe), of Kaylyn the Patron Saint with that dangerous-looking hammer and Cujo with a helmet painted to resemble a snarling wolf. View these two paintings at their original size here.

© Phil Wohr

A varied selection of fantasy, sci-fi character designs and environmental design works from his portfolio below.

© Phil Wohr

And saving the best for last, this couple of recently posted artworks Pilgrimage Through the Portals of the Lost and Apocalypse Rider were for CGHUB’s Natives of the Lifeless Forest and Drawing Jam #9 Mount em’ Up! challenges respectively. And yeah, the ominous Apocalypse Rider won Drawing Jam #9

© Phil Wohr

Phil mentions on his CGHUB profile that one of his previous projects is Gearbox Software’s upcoming Borderlands. Hopefully we’ll see some stuff for that game at his blog or CGHUB gallery soon enough

Check out his blog Art of Phil Wohr or his CGHUB gallery for more of his stunning art.

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Drawspace.com was founded by Brenda Hoddinott, author of Drawing for Dummies and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Drawing People Illustrated and hosts free drawing lessons covering basic to advanced topics, jointly developed by Brenda herself and a team of Drawspace.com instructors.

© Drawspace.com

Lesson F10 – Serene Scene under Hatching category

By registering for a free account, visitors get to view all available lessons online and learn how to draw by following the clearly illustrated (pun intended) instructions. Just don’t expect these lessons to be a miracle for obtaining impressive drawing skills Drawing, like any other skill, requires lots of constant practice to develop and perfect, but these online lessons from Drawspace.com (and plenty of time for practice) should significantly ease the journey

© Drawspace.com

Lesson I8 – Tuttle Turtle under the Cartoons and Critters category

If you crave the convenience of viewing these lessons offline or printing them out for handy reference, you can opt for quarterly or lifetime subscriptions for Drawspace.com at 25 or 125 USD which allows you to download high resolution PDF versions of each lesson as well as any future additions to the regularly updated collection of lessons during your subscription period.

Start drawing at Drawspace.com today

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© Tham Hoi Mun

First encountered Malaysian artist Tham Hoi Mun’s (aka NuMioH at deviantART) artworks though his Dominance War III entry Garabath – a alien mechanical hybrid bristling with spikes from head to toe and looking awesomely badass. If Garabath’s isn’t awe-inspiring enough for you, the wispy, smoky Cursed Soul of Garabath should do the trick:)

© Tham Hoi Mun

More ominous half-alien, half-machine entities await at his deviantART gallery including a lethal chainsaw chopper (above) and a couple of Japanese-inspired mecha designs (no, not Gundam ) – Ameterasu and the lion masked, ebony-armoured Bishamon.

© Tham Hoi Mun

A couple of my favourite mecha designs by Hoi Mun. Menacing, aggressive and bloody red stuff

© Tham Hoi Mun

Not every mecha in his gallery is mean and spiky though, there’s Zierneth (below), one fine example of his sleeker and more streamlined designs.

© Tham Hoi Mun

© Tham Hoi Mun

Besides the mechanical designs and illustrations, there’s the more organic, fantasy stuff like this an fearsome undead king wielding a murderously huge mace, a mantis warrior as well as a well-fed zombie (finally a zombie who doesn’t look like a walking sack of bones )

© Tham Hoi Mun

Check out other artworks in Tham Hoi Mun’s portfolio at their original high-res glory at numioh.deviantart.com. Alternatively, visit his blog More Ink Please where he posts doodles and sketches on top of his usual works at deviantART.

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A couple of beautifully painted wallpapers for Top Cow Comic’s First Born, a self-contained three issue series which debuted at Top Cow 2007 summer event. Sure, it’s old stuff but these two lavishly detailed wallpapers which happen to be the covers for First Born Issue #0 and Issue #1 respectively, still look fantastic.

© Top Cow Comics

Since Top Cow Comics stated this series involves the entirety of the Top Cow Universe, it meant that familiar characters like Jackie Estacado (The Darkness) (below), …

© Top Cow Comics

Sara Pezzini (below) from Witchblade …

© Top Cow Comics

and Angelus featured prominently in First Born.

© Top Cow Comics

Excerpts above are from the first issue of First Born which can be read for free at the official site.

Both the covers above and the comics were painted by Croatian artist Stjepan Sejic and you can see more of his work at nebezial.deviantart.com (definitely a must-visit for fans of Top Cow’s particular brand of art)

Download these wallpapers at www.firstborncomic.com.

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