by Marlin Peterson | Apr 17, 2013 | Science Illustrations
Misbehaving Photoshop filters couldn’t stop me finishing! I finally finished it, and I am happy how it came out. It is large, made to be printed out at least 48 inches across, but the detail could hold up a lot larger…I have to print one myself to see how...
by Marlin Peterson | Feb 14, 2013 | Science Illustrations
Shapes are bulging and sinking as I downplay areas not reached by that imaginary sun, and uplift hairs that glisten (oh so) tenderly in the Eocenic tropix. I still have many details to add, but this step is a big one when muscles and posture really develop. I...
by Marlin Peterson | Feb 5, 2013 | Science Illustrations
Against my conventional wisdom, I have proceeded to paint mouths and eyes before the base detail! What is the world coming to? I always paint the eyes last when I work, (completing an eye early on in a composition is a crutch, right?) so we will see how it goes. I am...
by Marlin Peterson | Jan 21, 2013 | Science Illustrations
Here is a timelapse video of me prepping my sketches and (highlight/shadow) sculpture models to become references for my digital painting. Swamps, birds, and humidity to ensue...
by Marlin Peterson | Dec 28, 2012 | Science Illustrations
I thought that to get the light and anatomy best on a new paleo-reconstruction of the Eocene, I should start something I have been meaning to do since forever and ever…sculpting! Yes, I could get by without it, but why? Sculpting is so much fun! I will use...
