Sketchbook: EricElwell

EricElwell · Oct 2020

Personal work dump (some from Chiustream prompts):

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EricElwell · Nov 2020

Make make make. All from the Wednesday Night Live painting sessions.

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EricElwell · Nov 2020

EricElwell · Nov 2020

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little Chiu Stream prompt.

SopheeJay · Nov 2020

These are gorgeous!

Love your painterly style and especially like the brighter pieces! Lovely work

EricElwell · Dec 2020

@SopheeJay Aww thank you so much!

More from Wed Night Livestream painting. Videos City Streets & Sea Tank

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EricElwell · Dec 2020

EricElwell · Dec 2020

WNL: Camel again.

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Art Station link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Xnzz9n

EricElwell · Dec 2020

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Well, Vimeo is not exactly ideal for this, but here are some of the 3d printed tanks I have been working on lately:

EricElwell · Dec 2020

Wednesday Night Live painting - Artstation link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QrJBwZ

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https://youtu.be/WRYUdNliDVA

EricElwell · Jan 2021

Sci Fi landing scene from the weekly painting livestream. Check it out on ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/B1zAKA

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Process video after photoshop crash:

https://youtu.be/UqXse5rTUxk?t=3479 (watch the first hour for the walkthrough on brush creation)

EricElwell · Jan 2021

Last night's painting stream subject: Cargo Ships

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Artstation link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/B1JG89
Youtube: Process Video Link (3 hours)

EricElwell · Jan 2021

Eric Chadwick · Jan 2021

Whoa. Cargo ship go bye-bye!

Especially intrigued by the swirly style in the mountains piece at the top of this page. Can you talk about the process a bit? Love the mix of style vs. subject.

rollin · Jan 2021

EricElwell said:

This is rad!

EricElwell · Feb 2021

@Eric Chadwick That's not much more than an irreverent use of the Liquify Tool. I believe it started with a block-in of "wedge" shapes for the snow and rocks, then I used the liquify tool to drag out those interesting lines. I think what makes it work is varying thickness, and having the lines obscure and re-enter view. I want to experiment more with that approach.

@rollin Thanks! Fantastic Tanks is growing! I just put together a community page featuring the amazing paint jobs and photos taken by community members. Check them out: https://www.fantastictanks.com/community

From tonight's painting livestream:

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EricElwell · Feb 2021

This week's livestream video. Getting back to basics. ArtStation link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/B1Dy2r

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EricElwell · Feb 2021

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ArtStation Link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/B1DrvA

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EricElwell · Mar 2021

A week or two ago for the livestream I sketched the Tiger's Nest Monastery. I dig this location. I'll definitely be revisiting this subject.

Livestream Replay Link
ArtStation Link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/XnVd1a

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EricElwell · Mar 2021

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ArtStation link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/bKWZdr

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ArtStation link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/J9V4EA

EricElwell · Mar 2021

EricElwell · Apr 2021

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ArtStation link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Po1YWr
Full Process Video YouTube Link

EricElwell · Apr 2021

EricElwell · Apr 2021

EricElwell · Apr 2021

ArtStation Link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VgV1O5

EricElwell · May 2021

I've started playing with Gravity Sketch on Oculus. It's a pretty neat app. I'm doing more tests with importing the files for PC.

Screenshots from Gravity Sketch:

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little photoshop treatment:

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EricElwell · May 2021

Catching up on images from the last few live streams

EricElwell · May 2021

Last week's livestream painting: https://youtu.be/8q0C-D-O2KE

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EricElwell · May 2021

Another livestream painting. Link to the Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/bf2-k3dZKTg

EricElwell · Jun 2021

EricElwell · Jun 2021

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ArtStation post: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/28vkwA

ChrisFraser · Jun 2021

Man, I love revisiting your sketchbook from time to time. So much imagination in your work. Also, really liked watching that dark city stream of yours. Very interesting use of masking to get the shapes you want. Makes me think about trying to approach some new scenes in a similar way. Great work

EricElwell · Jul 2021

@ChrisFraser thanks! I'd love to see what you come up with using that approach

Here's one of the past livestream images that got a little update and added to ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/48n3w4

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EricElwell · Jul 2021

Huh, I guess I haven't updated this in awhile. Here's an art dump from the weekly painting stream.

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EricElwell · Aug 2021

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Process Video

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Process Video

EricElwell · Sep 2021

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Livestream playback video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYhoC836HVs&t=41s

Torch · Sep 2021

These are stunning, have a follow sir.

EricElwell · Sep 2021

@Torch

thanks for the kind word!

From this week's livestream:

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EricElwell · Sep 2021

Been working on a new tank.

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EricElwell · Sep 2021

The illustration to accompany the model:

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kanga · Sep 2021

I love the lightfall Eric

EricElwell · Oct 2021

@kanga Thanks! It was a fun process to get that tank together and released.

Here's a finished version of Dracula's Castle up on ArtStation now: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8exe8R