Moleskine Project #3

been a while since ive posted here, since theres so much happening on my other sites.... and i promise to update soon, but heres a part of what ive been up to.

Had the privelege of showing some pieces in Rodrigo Luff's Moleskine art show. Two sold on the first day and i definitely wasnt expecting that! Theres still one left, which you can find here :)

http://spoke-art.myshopify.com/collections/the-moleskine-project/products/marco-nelor-cleopatra

help me get'er out the door? 

Imagine Fx Magazine, issue August 2013

whew! its been a LONG couple of months. So long, in fact, that i ALMOST forgot that a large portion of last month was spent attempting this piece, which was featured in the August issue of Imagine FX.  It was wildly fun, and a ton of hard work! Thanks to the good guys over at IFX for letting me scribble on their magazine pages though, and im forever grateful for those of you who pick up the issue! Hope my tutorial helps!
purchase here:
http://beta.imaginefx.com/shop/magazine/august-2013

Saturday morning sketching

Sorry for the lack of posts. It's tough to keep up with all of the different social medias! For those who don't know, here are other places to find my art.

Marconelorsketches.tumblr.com

Marconelor.tumblr.com

And livestream.com/marconelor

A couple pieces for Danny Luvisi's last man standing

These were fun to knock out. Can't wait till his book comes out, I have a couple pages in the fan set section. See them first here :)

working on the pencils

finally posting this after about 5 hr of work on it. i think i should dedicate an entire sketchbook to these.

Nubian Skin

Been a while since I've updated. Here's sumthin I was toying around with!

How does one study? (figure drawing)

So I've heard it time and time again. "you need to go back to the foundation and learn your basics."

Drawing an accurate figure is something I've struggled with for years. I can render it well, but do I really understand the structure?

So I've gone and amassed an enormous amount of figure drawing reference and books. The question is, however.... Just HOW DOES one study a giant book of Bridgman? So many pages and pictures and diagrams and words and words and words! How doe one soak up all of the knowledge and actually retain it??? Is there a method?

Please... Share it with me?

Advanced Photoshop issue 99

hey guess what guys? i did a tank tutorial for advanced photoshop issue 99. and i had a great time! you should go purchase that issue, because theres a lot of good stuff in there!

some fun stuff i did the other day

oh yea, almost forgot this one!

a few sketches i had layin around

just a few sketches i had layin around, figured id post em before catchin some zeez

an old concept i found

Always fun to go through an old hard drive and find some oldies but goodies, no?
this one is five years old!

studying some environments

in my spare time, ive been studying enviros, only allowing myself five minutes per environment, and some of them, if i like, i spend ten minutes.

the first page are three five minute repaints of Macie J Kuciara, and the rest are my own

Some stuff from my sketch tumblr

Long time no
Update but I promise to soon... These are a few random sketchbook images I placed over at marconelorsketches.tumblr.com

A sketch Blog...

Marconelorsketches.tumblr.com is a place i go to upload sketch after menial sketch...never finished work, but always fun. check it out! heres some work from there!

Advanced Photoshop issue 85!

This month i was gifted with the chance to display my artwork in the form of a tutorial for my dear friend Adam Smith and the good fellas over at Advanced Photoshop magazine, just a hop skip and a jump away, over in the UK. The spread is a whopping six pages, and i really put my heart into the painting! go out and grab the issue, in stores as of today, and have a great time reading it! Ive been thumbing through my copy and there are lots of other great articles in the mag! so excited!

Selling Portraits

Earlier this summer, my house was broken into, and stolen was my 2500$ Nikon Camera, which i loved dearly. To try and raise some of my hard earned money back to buy another, i will be selling portraits for the next two months to anyone who inquires. Turnaround time is about half a week each, and your price, framed, boxed, and shipped, is 200$.

Size is about 12x12 inches (including frame), framed on black semi glossy frame.
If interested, i would need a straight on face shot, not too small, not too blurry, hopefully with top down lighting (just stander under a nice single light), so that i can get some good shadows and frame up your face nicely.

Hope to hear from you guys!

Mortal Kombat Skarlett

lol, had to take it down because i posted it up a day too early, but im reposting it now :)

My favorite mortal Kombat Character, Skarlett!

new blog

follow me now on tumblr at http://marconelor.tumblr.com

some fun personal stuff

These were for Dominance war 2011...buuuuut unfortunately, i couldnt continue my work on it, cuz i took on some freelance. still, was fun!