Author Archives: Andy Walsh
Oculus Medium Tutorial – From Sculpt to Finished Concept Art
Tweet This is a video tutorial showing an overview of my workflow from Oculus Medium to 3d render and to finished concept art… Tweet
Making-of: Strange Anomaly Beyond Gamma Sector
Tweet This is as much of a journey through digital painting as it is a making-of. Join me in an exploration of skill-development… Tweet
Making-of: Zombie Amusement Park
Tweet There’s only one thing better than zombies or fun fairs and that’s zombies in a fun fair! A bit of 3ds max and a lot of Photoshop… Tweet
Making-of: Pirate’s Den 3d paint-over
Tweet Things get a little piratical in yet another 3ds max/Photoshop paint-over walk through Tweet
Making of: Captain’s Ship Tavern – 3ds max and some paint-over
Tweet Time for another Victorian-inspired street scene using 3d and Photoshop. This time I push the realism a little further… Tweet
Making of: Spooky Gas Station – Digital Painting Mood Studies
Tweet Old gas stations, alone on dusty highways, make for some ethereal atmospheres. Here’s how I did it… Tweet
Digital Painting Thumbnail Practise
Tweet Here is a quick post showcasing a few thumbnail sessions from late 2013… Tweet
Making of: Batman Concept
Tweet In this making-of I get to grips with Art Deco, vehicle design, Batman and finally fulfill my dream of seeing him on a cool bike! Tweet
Making of: The Pumpkin Tree
Tweet Happy Halloween everybody! Let’s walk through my spooky painting and also talk about the importance of thumbnails… Tweet
Making of: Victorian Slums
Tweet This walk-through takes a look at perspective drawing, Victorian/Tudor architecture and line work… Tweet
Tutorial: Using Zbrush, 3ds max and digital painting techniques
Tweet In this tutorial I show you how I used a combination of Zbrush, 3ds max and Photoshop to create Grayskull Islands…. Tweet
3d Rock Studies: learning zbrush, 3ds max & displacement techniques.
Tweet Here are a couple of images I’ve been working on that won’t make it into the portfolio but perhaps ought to be shared anyways…. Tweet
Making of: Mountain City – Quick Concept
Tweet Let’s talk about composition (and speed for a change) in this digital painting tutorial; Mountain City Concept… Tweet
Making of: Apocalypse House Matte-Painting
Tweet This post-apocalyptic tutorial focuses on a mixture of photo-manipulation, matte painting and 3d integration… Tweet
Making of: Victorian Street Concept 3d paint-over
Tweet In this making-of I’ll be showing you how I used 3ds max & Photoshop to create a 3d/paint-over concept piece… Tweet
Retro Sci Fi art part 6: 10 retro futurism images
Tweet In this exploration of retro futurism beauty, we look at novel covers, technology and a bit of architecture! Tweet
Digital Painting Tutorial: Skeletor Portrait
Tweet See how I made this retro Skeletor Digital Painting with this digital painting tutorial… Tweet
3D Tutorial: Architectural Visualisation in 3ds max from Autocad drawings
Tweet This is the first 3d architectural visualisation tutorial I’ve made where we’ll go from Autocad plans through to 3ds max and photoshop! Tweet
Retro Sci Fi art part 5: 10 retro futurism images
Tweet In the 5th installment of retro futurism images, I go the extra mile and provide a few sources of other cool retro sci fi art! Tweet
Planet of the Apes Cartoon Poster
Tweet Here’s an idea I had for a retro sci-fi futurism poster featuring a comic style for a made-up Planet of the Apes cartoon… Tweet
Digital Painting Tutorial: One Eyed Monster Thing
Tweet This digital painting tutorial takes us back into the realms of strange retro sci fi futurism where we’ll make a weird one eyed monster! Tweet
Digital Painting Tutorial: Garbage Pail Kids – Street Fighter Blanka
Tweet Here’s another digital painting tutorial on the creation of a Garbage Pail Kids character in Photoshop. This time: Blanka from Street Fighter 2! In a previous digital painting tutorial I showed you how to create a Garbage Pail Kid … Continue reading
3D Tutorial: Neo Roman Interior using 3ds max & Vray
Tweet Here’s how I made my ‘Neo Roman’ interior architecture rendering using 3ds max, Vray & Photoshop… Tweet
3D Tutorial: Making of Post Apocalyptic City Ruins
Tweet Want to make a cool 3d post-apocalyptic ruined city? Here are the steps I took to create this futuristic image. Tweet
3D Tutorial: Victorian Street made in 3dsmax & Vray
Tweet Welcome to my first 3d tutorial. Here I’ll show you how I made a victorian street scene in 3dsmax… Tweet
Retro sci fi art part4: 10 retro futurism images
Tweet Here we are in the fourth installment of the retro futurism art collection. This time we’re looking at space colonies! ‘Groovy’. Tweet
Digital painting tutorial: sci fi landscape based on Vue render
Tweet This is the second digital painting tutorial where we use Eon Vue as a reference to paint a sci fi landscape with a retro feel. So in a previous digital painting tutorial I showed you how to use Eon … Continue reading
Digital Painting Tutorial: Gandalf speed-painting plus hair brushes
Tweet I’ve been focusing on head studies lately and what better way to take a break from the anatomy books than to study Gandalf’s Noggin. Tweet
Digital Painting Tutorial: Zombie Portrait
Tweet October’s final digital painting tutorial takes us into the realms of the walking dead. Happy Halloween… Tweet
Digital Painting Study: Old Man
Tweet Time to bite the bullet and paint some skin and hair with this digital painting study of an old dude. Tweet
Digital Painting Tutorial: Photo-real stone ruins
Tweet Achieve a photo-real effect in your digital paintings with this stone ruins digital painting tutorial… Tweet
Digital painting study: Roman Ruins
Tweet This week’s painting study is of a roman temple featuring some awesome lighting. Tweet
Digital painting study: Ocean Rocks
Tweet Here’s a digital painting study I worked on today of a rocky beach (a few WIPs included). Tweet
Free rock brushes for Photoshop
Tweet Free rock & dust brushes for Photoshop to help with your digital paintings! Here are 10 free rock and dust brushes for photoshop (made in CS3). You can create all kinds of rocky, dusty landscapes for sci-fi and fantasy … Continue reading
Ninja Turtle digital painting
Tweet Check out this Ninja Turtle I made in Photoshop. Tweet
Speed Painting: Rock of Gibraltar
Tweet First speed painting in a while – The Rock of Gibraltar Tweet
Retro sci fi art part3: 10 retro futurism images
Tweet This is part three of the retro futurism art series. Indulge in more glorious 70s/80s airbrushed weirdness. Tweet
Digital Painting Study: Hogwarts Great Hall part 1
Tweet Okay, it’s study time and for the first digital painting study here on SIW I bring you some Harry Potter magic… Tweet
Digital Painting Tutorial: make your own Garbage Pail Kid
Tweet Today I bring you my own tutorial for making a Garbage Pail Kid sticker/card. I even provide the logo and font! Tweet
Digital painting tutorial: Combine photoshop with Vue 7
Tweet This digital painting tutorial is a little different from the others in that we’re using scenery generated by Vue as reference to paint a sci-fi UFO crash landscape. Tweet
Retro sci fi art part2: 10 retro futurism images
Tweet Here is the second instalment of retro futurism art work. Sci-fi paintings, airbrushings or photos from the pre digital-art era. Tweet
Digital painting tutorial: Creature Design
Tweet This digital painting tutorial is the first creature design tutorial here at SIW. With a good amount of prep and research you can exceed your own expectations! Tweet
Free cloud brushes for Photoshop
Tweet Free cloud brushes for Photoshop CS3 (and maybe other versions) for near photo-real clouds! So I decided to make and give away some free cloud brushes I made in Photoshop CS3. I reckon they might be forward compatible so … Continue reading
Retro sci fi art part1: 10 retro futurism images
Tweet Retro Futurism is the ‘buzz word’ for classic sci fi as seen in 60s, 70s and possibly 80s. Here’s the first of many image collections here on SIW. Tweet
Digital painting tutorial: Rock Formations
Tweet Digital sci fi art tutorial in Photoshop: Rock Formations. This digital painting took around 4 hours in photoshop using some pretty standard brushes on the whole. Read on to see how I made it. Tweet
Digital painting tutorial: Desert Superstructure
Tweet Photoshop digital painting tutorial: Desert Superstructure. Tweet
Graphic Design North Wales
Tweet Is your company situated in or around the North Wales area and in need of modern, slick graphic design at a highly competitive rate? Tweet
Stay in Wonderland V9 under construction
Tweet Hi folks, This is Stay in Wonderland Graphic Design in its 9th incarnation! For the first time, SIW will be fully html/css and not a Flash site. As such it will attract many more web surfers and will slowly … Continue reading