The art of Eddy Swan

have been meaning to post here for a while about he different things I have been up to in my art. but I have been flat out with school work and commissions, I haven't had a chance to come up for air. which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it does mean I lose base with a few people and a good chunk of the folks of this forum is part of that.

I just want to say while I haven't been posting frequently, I have been checking in here regularly, and following alot of folks silently. *shifty eyes*

anyway. this will be my new art thread, I have been working an a lot of different things, learning 3d modeling, matte painting and character design in my current course. as well as that I have been studying alot of massiveblack downloads and gnoman workshop dvd's I've also been reading figure drawing for all its worth by Andrew loomis which is opening my eyes to alot of simple things in human anatomy I have not been paying attention to. anyway, all this amounts to alot of time soaking up knowledge but not much time putting it to use so I dont have an awful lot to show for it just yet all my projects are still WIP's but I do have a few odd things folks might be interested in seeing.

Orc head 3d model (Mds Max)


I've not used any 3d software for longer then 2 minutes prior to starting my course. but since getting some instruction, I've found it fairly easy to learn and understand. Its been good at helping my understanding of form as-well. next semester I will be getting into texture.



I painted this After watching an instructional dvd on matte painting by Dylan Cole there were alot of useful tips on getting the right perspective, hoping to finish this with full photo referance but at the moment its just a sketch.



another environment sketch this is supposed to be the emerald city from wizard of oz. I am looking at doing a full CG painting of this image with the emerald city modeled in 3ds max



this is a rough idea of the sort of thing I will be using except more detailed and smoother and larger. I actually did this model before the sketch, so my vision has changed.



thumbnails for character design.


the finished character concept. note that this was the image that made me realise I have to spend more time on my anatomy


this one too...

as well as this stuff there is a heap of new colors on my DA page. I'll be posting more stuff soon hopefully

I'm stunned by your talent Awesome work!

What Eddy forgot to mention is that all future commission inquiries for him can be directed to swanzycolors@hotmail.com.

Loving it all... The character designs specially though. But I will say, you do seem to really like scythes!

Great stuff, Eddy!

Friggin' AWESWEETASTIC stuffs, Swanzy!!

Really digging the 3D modeling. Can't wait to see some more of it!!

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That's fabulous, Swanzy! (*huggles*)

You're really expanding your artistic vistas and making us all prouder of you with each triumph!

Great going, lad!

(*whispers*) Y'know, Amerikatt and Soul Kitten would make *great* 3D models ... if ya know what I mean! RAWR!

I too am following along with your few and far between posts and can't wait to see what you have in store. I love your coloring technique and am happy to see you branching out.

Now post more often demmit!

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I had him do a nice 4-D piece for me. Unfortunately he was only able to work on it next week, and I can only ever see it tomorrow.

Looking good Eddy! I'm looking forward to seeing how your matte painting develops.

I am having/will have/had him do a nice 4-D piece for me. Unfortunately he will/was/is only able to work on it this/next/last week, and I can/have/will only ever see it today/tomorrow/yesterday.


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Stop giving the artist migraines. Only I may do that! You're all just turtles, turtles I say!

*cackles, exits the topic through the front window, landing and splatting in the pavement.*

*insert brick*

Hey All, Thought I'd post a couple of picks for an update.
Mainly been working on color lately

Massive ammonts of envy... Saw one of the pieces on DA, Eddy (the last one) but the other two are fantastic.
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Looking very nice - keep up the great work, Eddy!

Very pretty!! No (bare) boobs, but that's OK!!

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I usually throw my comments on dA, but I love watching you progress in leaps and bounds, Swanzy.

We have to collab again sometime (I know we keep saying it, but for reals)!!