Hey guys!

I'm giving away a free 1 year subscription to World of Warcraft to whoever writes something in this journal.

Winner will be announced end of day Friday

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Merry Christmas!

-marc

Hello, I just wanted to take the time to say a huge thank you to for getting me a membership extention!! I've never met her, but go check her out she HAS to be an awesome person

Thank you!

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On another note, a new video tutorial is on the way! Should be on here in a week or so when I find the time to do the voice over. Blame Diablo 3 if there is any delay hehehe

WHO'S GONNA BE PLAYING??


My blog: [link]

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Let me know what you think

Hey guys, did a workshop for ImagineFX in this month's issue, be sure to check it out! It's cheap

There is a video tutorial of it on the included DVD and also a bunch of my custom brushes!

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That is all.

Hey guys, you can find the video for my last speedpaint here:

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Hope you like! Let me know what you think!



-marc


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Hey Guys!! I know it's been forever but I've been hard at work on an art book! It's a pretty big project and it's taking a lot of my free time.

I'm still working on other stuff here and there and I've started a blog where I'll post WIPs regularly so you can see the process. I also have a bunch of old works with their progress shots in case you're curious

I have a new WIP on there if you're curious, here is the link to it!

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Don't forget to follow me to get the updates and let me know what you think!

Peace out!

-marc

Hey guys, just wanted to drop a quick THANK YOU for all the birthday wishes, you're all awesome

Hey guys, started working on a piece and I figured I'd upload the progress steps in here so you can catch a glimpse of how I work. Not sure, but some might find this helpful? Let me know. I'll try to explain as much as I can. If you have questions, feel free to ask! If it's not retarded I MIGHT answer it (:

I don't have a LOT of time to work on this, so it'll probably be done over something like 2 weeks.

Basics:

-I do 99% of the work with 2 brushes, a soft one and a square one, I keep it simple.
-I work on a single layer, I like the traditional look and feel it gives to the image when I paint over stuff and not perfectly erase it.

For this one, started normally with a sketch in photoshop, then refined my idea, then splashed some colors on it to try and lock in my composition ASAP. Lighting and such are a huge part in it, so I can't really be coming up with this at the end, has to be pretty early on. I guess at this point I'm going for a chick in her mech. She's testing it out in her backyard.

Anyways, enough of this! Here's the progress so far:





I added this step since a lot seem to think the jump was too big from the previous one to the next. What I do here is pretty quick, which is why I didn't bother to put it up. Basically, I grab the soft brush, and spray in the color palette I want to work with. When I like the overall colors, I start defining the shapes more and adding in some more colors to complement the base ones. It's just freestyle at this point, less saturated colors overall and more saturation when the light hits directly. Good to note, I don't simply add saturation and brightness to the dark color to make the lighter ones, there's also a slight shift in the hue.

Check out the picture below where I try to explain it. In this case the saturation of the shadows is the same as the lighter color, so I'll probably fix that, it's a little bit much. Normally you want the shadows to be less saturated... at least a little bit.

I rotate a little bit in the chromatic circle and THEN saturate that color. This gives the shadows a different color and it gives a more vibrant result. At least that's what I like better





Trying to come up with some sort of visual explanation on how I chose my main color and the shadow color. Hope this makes some sense! ahahahah -_-;





Hey guys, here's another update. Still working on defining the shapes and adding to the mech details. More to come soon, still far from done!

Congrats !

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OMG A NEW JOURNAL?!?!


As some of you might wonder, I am not dead.

My last update.....hell I don't even remember when it was that's how long it's been.. I've just been slacking the past few months. I think that now that I have a really fulfilling job I don't find the need to do personal work as much as I used to. You know, I come back home and there's nothing I REALLY want to work on, nothing more fun than what I did during my day at work...so it's hard to force myself to do it. I just go out and have fun instead (:

Weird.

Anyways, that's over. I need to keep exploring new things and I can only fully do that when I work on my own things, with no constraints. I should be posting a new painting I'm finishing up real soon. And will keep updating more regularly from now on (:

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Aside from that, I just realized I've been working at Blizzard for almost a year already...time flies way too fast when you have fun. It also means I've been away from home all that time since I haven't gone back once yet. While California is awesome, Montreal is just waaaay better (:

If you take away the cold/snow at least.. :/  I don't even remember what snow looks like, or how it feels when you're cold.

I'm going back for three full weeks in two weeks and I can't wait, it's gonna be legendary. Clubs, pubs, friends, familly, girls... YYYEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!


It's also about time I update Impossible Love, starting to look a bit dated, heh! ;D

Laterz!

-marc

Hey guys, wow I fail at updating my page recently :/

It's been a very busy summer for me so far, having ppl visit and party all the time, kinda hard to find time for personal stuff! I'm working on a video tutorial though, finally! About halfway done, soon, soon!

Also, the most important part, is concerning the Gnomon Gallery Show "Cognosco" opening August 8th in L.A. Me and a bunch of guys from work are exposing our personal work there, its gonna be fun, it's a first for me (gonna have to find some clean clothes to wear...OH NOES!) This is kind of a big deal, being Gnomon and all, and it would be awesome if you guys swung by!

Time to see/buy personal work from all the big names over at Blizzard! How can this NOT be awesome??

Here's the info:  [link]

Hope to see you there! Pzzz out

marc

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Wow, a couple years ago this seemed impossible, but here I am, at 1 000 000+ page views... fuck! That's crazy!

Thank you so much guys, every one of you watching me, commenting/giving feedback on my stuff!! While I draw for myself in the first place, I'm an entertainer as well (I don't work in the game industry for nothing!) so it makes me super happy to see so many ppl enjoy my art, it's really motivating.

So there I said it, thanks again suckers!



10 000 000 HERE I COME.... ):

On a side note, any of you got a chance to grab a Blizzcon 09 ticket yet?

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In case you guys haven't been following E3 this year... my dream came true.

NEW MONKEY ISLAND GAME OMGOMG

here's the trailer

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AND, just as if this wasnt awesome enough, they're completely remaking the first one, with new art/voices and music.

I think I jizzed in my pants.

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New Intuos, finally!

Those are amazing, go and get one!

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Well, it's happening and I can finally say whats going on!

I'z back from LA anddd...

I got my work visa. (much stress involved, sweet jesus)

I'm moving to Irvine in 3 weeks. (beach>snow)

I'm now (on paper) working for Blizzard Entertainment. I'm starting in a month ö¿ö

It sure is the start of a big adventure, and I'm really looking forward to my new job, can't wait to work with the kickass artists on the team. This is gonna be legen...WAIT FOR IT.....daaaaryy! Also, the weather in Montreal is just a big pile of crap, where are all the palm trees and the beaches? I can't wait to go back! >_<

The only problem I have...how the hell am I gonna bring my hookah...no way this passes the customs. Goddamnit

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YAYYYYYY bitches 1 month paid vacation FTW!! And i'm going to Cuba on the last one!

SHI

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Also, Imma go and try get a TN Visa early January, I'm moving to California soon! Beaches, what up.

Well...if all goes well! (: I have all my paperwork ready, I just have to NOT fuck up the interview and I'll be good. I have pros backing me up. Wish me luck.

I'm not talking about the reason just yet...soon...sooOOoooOOn!

What are you all doing for the holidays?

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Ok does that look badass or what?

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Those are the new FinalFantasyXIII, Versus and Agito trailers and I have only one thing to say...MY GOD. Gorgeous.

Also, this new  layout thing on DA is pretty sweet, about time they let us move shit around as we please. Next step is allow us to customize the colors and add CSS everywhere!

Big announcement coming up in the next journal!

pzz

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Hey so it's almost December (holy shit already?) and with that comes the deadline for Digital Art Masters 4 call for entries! You can submit as many paintings/3d renders and such and its free :0 There's only 4 days left! It's an amazing chance to get in this prestigious tome and instantly become ballers.

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snap!

here's the link ---> [link]


Also, here's some progress on my Death knight for the challenge over at gameartisans.org ([link])

Very fun subject and dangerous prize for me, considering I think I'm finally cured from my wow addiction. I better not win.

2 years away from it! :0

Anyways, here are some progress shots, FAR from done and thats all you'll get untill you see the final (:

Comments & Crits welcome!!!







And now some words of wisdom:




pzz suckas