Mead McLean

Trying to channel Craig Mullins here. Loose, patchy, textured. #digitalpainting #portrait #art #figurepainting

This is based on a bridge somewhere in Yemen. Had fun trying to realize this idea. #art #digitalpainting #conceptart #landscape #bridge

This is a pen sketch/digital hybrid piece of this strange little storefront near where I used to work. #art #inksketch #drawing #digitalpainting #digitalart

This little seascape is based on some photos I took on the way to the castle of my ancestral homelands. #digitalpainting #landscape #seascape #art

I had this idea for a valley of rock-cut caverns with a squared-off peak somewhere in the composition. It'd be cool to follow up with a detail of one of the caverns. Maybe that's next. #digitalpainting #conceptart #landscape #art

Wanted a dark/moody tone for this one. The sketch was much lower contrast. #digitalpainting #art #conceptart #landscape

I worked this up from a thumbnail sketch done around 2020. Decided to keep to the low-contrast, low-saturation idea. I added a crashed plane to add some spice. #digitalpainting #art #conceptart #landscape

This one started as a super loose sketch a long time ago. Finished it up with a mixture of a sketch, some photobashing, and more painting. #digitalpainting #illustration #fantasyart #knight #art

Sometimes I like the look of a roughed-out sketch in color, and I don't want to take it further because the idea is done. #digitalpainting #landscape #conceptart

This panel started as a figure sketch, and I decided it needed an environment. #art #drawing #digitalart #storyboard

Here's a relatively loose drawing of Alex Johnson climbing, probably in Bishop. One of the greatest folks out there. #climbing #art #figuredrawing #sketch #drawing #digitalart

I wanted to do a quick sketch of some armor, but I wound up taking it way too far. #knight #armor #art #digitalpainting #digitalart

This is a weird little back alley space near where I used to work. I like the sketch layer on top with value and color underlays. I first saw this technique work out well by looking at @ianmcque.bsky.social

#drawing #art #sketch #digitalart

This is based on a still from Black Sails, which is a favorite show. In fact, Treasure Island was my favorite book as a kid. I must have re-read it at least 10 times in elementary school. #art #drawing #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #pirate #blacksails #sketch

I started a few years ago with the horizontal sketch and worked it up last month into a simpler vertical sketch. I like the new one much more. #digitalart #digitalpainting #landscape #art

I like how extreme the blue-violet looks here against the dark FG

Someone watered the christmas tree with eggnog...

#pencil #drawing "#tree #traditional #eggnog

Worked up an old #gesturedrawing into something I quite like. #figuredrawing #art #drawing #sketch

A little demo I worked up last night while my painting students worked. #digitalpainting #landscape #art #digitalart #landscapesketch #sketch

Continued...

Short sequence based on a single reference. #digitalart #art #storyboard #storyboardartist

A shot/reverse-shot from last night. Starting to pull together all my boarding notes from @philm-art.bsky.social #storyboard #storyboarding #storyboards #illustration #art #drawing #conceptart

#portrait sketch with big hair. I always like the hard-edge look of the lasso tool when combined with line work. #sketch #art #digitalart #digitalsketch #drawing

Digital painting, a slightly sci fi urban transit environment

A sketch from a while back. Exploring some anatomical construction and flattening some shapes while adding dimension to others. #art #drawing #figuredrawing #sketch #artist

with some weird digital artifacts in the blue, I guess?

An inked-out comic-style digital sketch. #art #sketch #drawing #digitalart

Demo frame from the digital illustration class I'm teaching this semester. #art #drawing #sketching #storyboard #illustration

Storyboard panel I sketched out based on the stair scene from the Tomorrow War. #storyboard #storyboarding #storyboardartist