HAMMER TIME!

Update! I got approved to do freelance work for Games Workshop!!!! Since I do not believe I can share my approved art test, I will share my failed art test :D As well as my process and what I learned from it. Hope it helps!


I started off with a bunch of thumbnails to find the right composition in the required format:

I wanted to achieve a painterly illustrative look, similarly to a bunch of Warhammer art I found around the Internets. So from that enlarged sketched above I just started painting. Something I had not done in  while. Just working on the image and 'discovering' the shapes and colours. You can see my step-by-step below:

 Overall it was quite enjoyable working like this, though looking back at fact it wasn't approved means for me spontaneously painting is not the most reliable choice.But I advice anyone to just free- style-paint once in a while. Really fun. Though perhaps don't freestyle it when it matters so much! Composition. Anatomy. Really important.