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wcases the diverse and unique work created by new zealand science fiction and fantasy artists 16 february 15 april free admission come and check it out cheers stephen posted by stephen crowe at 4 23 pm 2 comments labels limited edition prints science fiction stephen crowe white cloud worlds thursday october 27 2011 armageddon expo hey folks i m going to be hanging out at the white cloud worlds booth at armageddon expo in auckland this friday and saturday with claire hackett i ll be doing some digital painting demonstrations while i m there and we ll have art prints from the white cloud worlds artists available we ll also be selling and signing copies of the book and wcw postcard sets plus doing an art portfolio review if you re interested in getting some feedback on your work stu thomas will be joining us on saturday and ben wootten and kate jorgenson will be taking over for sunday and monday should be a blast so drop on by booth 76 if you re at the show and say hi posted by stephen crowe at 11 46 am 0 comments labels armageddon book signing digital painting stephen crowe white cloud worlds wednesday october 19 2011 farewell my king hi there this is a concept piece i did recently for my good friend christian gossett christian is making a short film titled farewell my king about the death of his father it s a great project and he s currently raising the funds necessary for production on the website indiegogo go check it out posted by stephen crowe at 5 44 pm 2 comments labels christian gossett concept art cranky machine digital painting stephen crowe the red star wednesday august 31 2011 inghram hey all here s a digital sketch of inghram he s hanging off the side of something while looking earnest always important to look earnest don t you think by the way had a totally fab time in san diego hanging out with the rest of the white cloud worlds gang and the weta crew signed lots of books met loads of wonderful folk and it was warm posted by stephen crowe at 9 52 am 9 comments labels character comic graphic novel science fiction sketch stephen crowe monday july 18 2011 heading to san diego i m flying out tomorrow to attend san diego comic con i ll be joining a bunch of my white cloud worlds team mates at the weta stand booth 2615 with dark horse and we ll be selling copies of the wcw book selling prints and doing signings everyday if you re going to be there drop on by and say hi posted by stephen crowe at 10 35 pm 0 comments labels book signing limited edition prints san diego comic con white cloud worlds friday june 3 2011 just got these back from the printers yet to be numbered and signed posted by stephen crowe at 4 10 pm 3 comments labels cranky machine digital painting limited edition print stephen crowe thursday may 12 2011 world of warcraft hey here are a couple of pieces i did earlier this year for the world of warcraft tcg the war of elements fun stuff thanks to doug gregory for his t rific art direction cheers posted by stephen crowe at 2 49 pm 6 comments labels cranky machine digital painting stephen crowe trading card game worgen world of warcraft friday march 11 2011 crop face hey just a little something different for a friday afternoon posted by stephen crowe at 4 19 pm 8 comments labels character cranky machine digital painting stephen crowe thursday february 3 2011 morning visitor the crowds thin and the open spaces of the market place divide into narrow cobbled streets that climb steeply from the docks as the chéneschal rider follows its course through unfamiliar alien territory this is a piece i completed last year for inclusion in the white cloud worlds anthology for me it s a first look at the city in which the bulk of my story will take place a port city of steep narrow streets with dwellings and commercial buildings stacked precariously on top of each other thanks for stopping by posted by stephen crowe at 3 40 pm 8 comments labels alien comic cranky machine digital painting graphic novel science fiction stephen crowe friday january 28 2011 sketch hi all just a quick sketch to show a bit of fun happy new year posted by stephen crowe at 1 49 pm 13 comments labels character comic graphic novel science fiction stephen crowe monday october 18 2010 white cloud worlds hey folks on the 1st of november white cloud worlds goes on sale this book is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy art by artists from or who are currently residing in aotearoa new zealand and is the brain child of the tenaciously talented paul tobin i received an advance copy of it recently and i have to say it s a gorgeous book i feel very privileged to be one of the contributing artists there s a whole bunch of extremely talented people featured besides me and we were incredibly fortunate to have a foreword written by guillermo del toro an introduction by richard taylor and afterwords by none other than fantasy art legends alan lee and john howe paul and kate jorgensen have done a superb job of bringing this book together and their commitment to the project shows in the quality of the final product go check out the book s website www whitecloudworlds com for a list of the featured artists and some previews of the outstanding art that it showcases there are some book signings coming up to celebrate the white cloud world s release the first being at the weta stand at armageddon in auckland on saturday october 23 and sunday october 24 then in wellington at unity books at 5 pm on saturday october 30 and again in wellington at the weta cave at 1 pm sunday november 14 so if you re in the area drop on by and say hi there will also be a white cloud worlds exhibition featuring art from the book coming up in december details are on the website you should really probably buy a copy of this book if not for yourself then for someone you love or deeply admire at the very least it would make a great christmas present especially the special slipcase edition that includes a limited edition signed art print by christian pearce gino acevedo gus hunter or me cheers posted by stephen crowe at 2 20 pm 2 comments friday october 15 2010 so anyway it s been quite a year really unfortunately time for personal art and blogging has taken a distant back seat to the frantic craziness that is my family life these past few months earlier in the year my little boy turned one year old and the day before his birthday we got some pretty upsetting medical news about him news that s going to have a continuing impact on him throughout his life initially this sent us into something of a tail spin it took some time to absorb the enormity of the information and really i guess we re still in that process at about the same time a rather large freelance illustration job came my way which has kept me pretty busy for a few months while my amazing partner has taken on the lion s share of attending the many therapist s and doctor s visits related to my son s condition still there has been little time left for anything other than hunkering down and concentrating all of our energies on the small but engrossing circle that is our family while thoughts of my graphic novel surface every now and then proof that perhaps there is some spare creativity bubbling quietly away in the depths of my subconscious i have had little chance to get anything down on paper or in pixels in truth i guess the importance of the project has faded in comparison to the other aspects of my life for the time being at least hopefully i will be able to show you some work from the aforementioned freelance job in the next few months in the meantime here s a picture of one of the biggest projects of them all my beautiful son and in the background my equally beautiful daughter with their granddad barkie on a warm april evening on the shore of lake taupo posted by stephen crowe at 4 21 pm 8 comments tuesday january 19 2010 inghram s approach hey again here s one i finished recently another study for my graphic novel the driver character i ve posted sketches of previously and of course his car also from a previous post cheers posted by stephen crowe at 11 46 am 12 comments labels car character comic cranky machine digital painting graphic novel science fiction stephen crowe wednesday january 6 2010 engineer redux hey there and happy new year i couldn t help myself i ve always disliked the way i rendered the face in this painting of my engineer character and lately it just got too much to ignore to me it always made her look a bit severe or undernourished which wasn t the look i intended with the original line drawing so as if i didn t already have enough to do i went and changed it didn t i i padded out her cheekbone softened the jaw line slightly gave her a little more colour and did another pass over the whole face with a brush to smooth things off a bit i think the new version is definitely an improvement she now looks more like the character i ve had in my head for so long for interest here s a comparison of the original pencil drawing the original painting centre and the new version thanks for stopping by posted by stephen crowe at 4 31 pm 4 comments labels character comic cranky machine digital painting graphic novel photoshop robot science fiction stephen crowe thursday december 10 2009 zoo critters hey folks i was lucky enough recently to be involved in designing and illustrating the visitor experience for wellington zoo s new state of the art animal hospital the nest te kohanga which had its official opening yesterday t he nest te kohanga is quite unique in that it has a number of treatment and recovery rooms that are glass walled and so able to be viewed by the zoo going public and integrated in and around the building is an educational visitor experience conceptualised designed and built by locales a company with whom i work people can rock on up and watch procedures and treatments be performed on zoo animals and native wildlife that have been rescued within the region pretty cool it s a great worthwhile project to have been involved in and i got to do a bunch of fun animal illustrations posted by stephen crowe at 5 15 pm 6 comments labels cranky machine giraffe locales stephen crowe the nest tuatara wellington zoo friday november 20 2009 victori and ash hey all i know it s been ages since i ve had anything to post i ve been up to my ears in sick kids and contract work and well life really you know how it goes this piece is of a couple of the major players from my story one s a dude and one s a robot just in case there s any confusion the robot is the taller shinier one at the back you may recognise the foreground guy from this painting i posted back in june he now has a purpose in life and while that purpose might put him in the line of fire more often than not i m sure he s much happier to have goals and i m happier too because now i have closure with a painting that always seemed a bit lost thanks for coming over posted by stephen crowe at 2 19 pm 4 comments labels character cranky machine digital painting graphic novel robot science fiction stephen crowe tuesday september 22 2009 spectrum exhibition hey there i was a bit chuffed to be told on the weekend that one of the pieces above i painted up for christian gossett s the red star sword of lies has been included in the spectrum exhibition currently on at the museum of american illustration in new york city pencils by the inimitable chris gossett digital paintin by me image copyright christian gossett posted by stephen crowe at 12 26 pm 2 comments labels christian gossett comic graphic novel photoshop science fiction spectrum stephen crowe the red star friday august 21 2009 character sketches trying to find my main character i ve been avoiding this for quite some time now having done some initial sketches and paintings a while ago i guess because it feels like the stakes are higher like doodling just won t do but jeez got to start again somewhere right thanks for coming along and having a little looksie posted by stephen crowe at 9 36 am 7 comments labels character cranky machine graphic novel pencil sketch stephen crowe friday august 7 2009 it s friday it s fat and it s a dog hey there following a brief work enforced hiatus fat dog friday returns to thrill you with canine obesity posted by stephen crowe at 2 52 pm 3 comments labels cartoon cranky machine fat dog stephen crowe tuesday july 14 2009 special haul hi there this drawing is of the car driven by the character i posted sketches of a couple of weeks ago the rugged dude with the goggles this is why he looks so beaten up he has to try to keep this thing going in a straight line while picking bugs out of his teeth built for long haul travel customised for the special delivery service posted by stephen crowe at 2 59 pm 10 comments labels comic cranky machine digital painting graphic novel science fiction stephen crowe friday july 10 2009 fat dog friday hey all i ve had a pretty full on couple of weeks with freelance work so in the absence of any decent self driven project work to show you here s another fat dog awww go on give im a scratch posted by stephen crowe at 12 51 pm 2 comments labels cartoon cranky machine fat dog stephen crowe friday july 3 2009 fat dog friday so it turns out i like fat dogs posted by stephen crowe at 9 07 am 1 comments labels cartoon cranky machine fat dog stephen crowe wednesday july 1 2009 random scribblings hi there nothing to see here move along unless you like fat surprised dogs that is posted by stephen crowe at 12 32 pm 4 comments labels character cranky machine fat surprised dog pencil sketch stephen crowe tuesday june 23 2009 some dude hi there this is a piece that i ve never really finished and at this point i m not really sure that i ever will it started life as a pretty awful pencil drawing progressed into quite an average digital painting and then enjoyed a new lease of life when some time later i worked back into it adjusting proportions repainting surfaces etc i now quite like it as an image but i m still not really sure what it is i guess just one of those paintings i did along the way posted by stephen crowe at 3 39 pm 2 comments labels cranky machine digital painting graphic novel photoshop science fiction stephen crowe friday june 19 2009 character sketches hey all here are some sketches of a secondary character from the graphic novel but hopefully someone who will be appearing a bit more here on the blog in his own strip hopefully that s the plan anyway and we all know what they say about plans posted by stephen crowe at 11 44 am 6 comments labels character cranky machine graphic novel pencil sketch stephen crowe tuesday june 16 2009 i used a pencil for various reasons i have pretty much stopped doing pencil drawings over the last few years and have almost exclusively worked straight into photoshop using my wacom tablet and i ve been relatively happy with this situation however in an effort grab some more time for the development of my graphic n...