Done in Photoshop.
Drawing done in Sketchbook Pro, using a Cintiq. Painting done in Photoshop (though not on a Cintiq.. sigh..).
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Check out http://www.NightmaresInTheDark.com/ for my latest project! Character design and animation!
Done for a class assignment. This one’s going on my reel.
Brand New Day: Kinetic Typography from Alex Krumwiede on Vimeo.
Red Blade Studios is back in full operation. This site will see a load of changes in the next few weeks, check back and see our progress!
Had a great time there. Made a lot of connections- those of you who find this site from my business cards, welcome!
I need to take care of some updating of this site, because for the last month I’ve only been able to update dynamic elements like this blog. No uploading new files, which means I can’t upload new images or alter any HTML-only pages. This means I need to switch to a new host.
To aid this effort, I’m taking commissions! Anyone interested, just contact me at alex@redbladestudios.com, describe your image, and I can give you a price.
The guidelines on the commissions page are a good reference, but my skills have expanded in some areas, such as digital coloring (cel-shading in particular), making those formats much more worth the money, while others (like hand-inking on paper), I’ve decided that while I can manage them, it takes much more effort, so I’d be charging more.
So, contact me! Let me know! I’m always available!
I’m putting together a run of t-shirts! This is officially the first merchandise available for Nightmares in the Dark, created and produced by Red Blade Studios!
Front:
Back:
Each shirt costs $20.00, plus tax, regardless of size. For this pre-order sale, I’m offering free shipping! This is 100% cotton, available in sizes from mens small to mens 3X-Large!
Orders will be collected for the next month, after which, if we have not exceeded our goal for production costs, all orders will be refunded. (I’ll be doing everything I can to see that doesn’t happen.) The faster we exceed the pre-order minimum of 25 orders, however, the sooner the shirts will be printed and shipped. (Please note that free-shipping will extend for the whole month, so even if we’ve met out goal, you get shipping free anyway!)
Please check back with us for updates on the goal. I’ll post every so often on how far we’ve come.
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I’ve got several hours of a live stream recorded where I was working on a new piece of artwork.
As you might notice, the site is currently having some problems. Most of it should be viewable, forgiving missing formatting and navigation. We’re working on having it all fixed as soon as possible, please stay with us and check back in a few days.
Thanks!
Here we go!
So, T-shirt? Any suggestions? I’m thinking of either taking the original black&white w/shadows, or doing a greyscale version of this. (Alternately, a more expensive option would be to try and do this full-color, but that carries some risks in the alignment.) One other idea I had was, if anyone liked on particular character enough, I might do just him or her in full-color. I did design these guys stand-alone, so I can pull any one of them aside onto their own image.
The other debate is whether to add the additional two planned characters I didn’t get time to design. (a gargoyle, and a gnoll. Both also jaegers in-universe.) I would also re-draw the hobgoblin (little guy on the right), as originally he was jumping/dodging the claw of the gargoyle, who was chasing him.
I did new audio and music for my old animation for a sound design class. This will replace the old (and copyright–questionable) version from before.
Finished version of my school painting assignment. (might still tweak from here, but calling it a day for now.)
Also submitted this to the Society of Illustrators, there’s a student competition everyone in my class was recommended to submit for.
Also considering releasing this as a fitted wallpaper. (the original is something like 3 or 4 times as large, 10×16 at 300dpi, so I can fit a wide variety of sizes). Check back in a few days.
Here’s the near-final version of the demon sketch from below. Each variation was loosely based on a color scheme from other art I’ve found. Once I finish the class-assignment portion of the project, I plan to take whichever version I like best, and finish it out, with more detail, better highlighting, and magical lettering or runes on the armor. (ran out of time with this one..)
(this version is reduced, hit the link below for larger version!)
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