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I started this one a while back..just one of those images that wasn't working right for a long time.
So I touched it up a bit, and wanted to get it the hell outta my sight!
It's like the old saying in the film business:..' a movie is never finished, it's just released'....

All done in photoshop...thanks for looking! ]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:10:25 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/773184

The basic color sketch of this image laid dormant for over two years, and so it was time to enhance it by applying some of the things I've learned since then.
Lots of photography and other images of mine went into this. It's a technique I've come to love, and in no way does it replace good drawing, but enhances it. These are techniques I go over in great detail in my classes...the next course starts July 8th in Los Angeles: http://www.laafa.org/sessions/classes_details.php?id=57&class_id=2470&cat_id=4

Thanks for lookin', and watch out for a tutorial for this soon! ]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:58:16 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/770621

This is from a concept design class I'm taking at the school I'm teaching at. Instructor Christian Gossett( Red Star creator) had everybody 'redesign' Skynet from the latest Terminator.
So here it its: a walking, destroying machine factory whose mother might have been the Queen Alien!
I used many elements from the films, as well as Transformers, to piece this thing together. About four hours work, thanks for lookin'!]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:39:32 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/768223

I love making structures that have a living aspect to them, hence the eye in the fortress, as well as the tree on top. This was done in photoshop, and the tiny ships are from sketchup, lending itself to a Star Wars pod race feel.
Done in about six hours. Thanks for looking]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 14:14:48 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/761280

As I was finishing this one up, it really reminded a little me of Big Daddy in Bioshock..btw, one of the best games in history!!
For a personal project, all done in photoshop, with use of some photography and a heck load of custom brushes and shapes..Hope y'all like! ]]> Thu, 07 May 2009 22:30:07 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/746331

This piece was done entirely in photoshop, though parts of the armor were taken from a previous zbrush sculpt. I wanted this to be a calm image, but with an intense character. We never see characters like this surrendering or calling a truce, so I thought it was an interesting element to imply that with the flag in his hand.

Thanks for looking!]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:38:50 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/689874

concept sketch of a battle scene. I stuck with one of my favorite themes: the little guy with hardly any weapons against the insanely large and terrible destroyer machine thing The large creature ended up unintentionally looking like a Chinese parade dragon, hence the title..

Done in photoshop, but started out on an interesting site called jacksonpollock.org( named after the painter of course). I'll put up a tutorial of this, I think you guys will find it quite interesting.

There you can do 'splatter' paintings that closely mimic his style, try it out! ]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:38:05 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/685879

well, I never meant this piece to get so outta hand! But it's always nice when a piece you don't care so much about turns out to be, well, something you care about
The meaning is open to interpretation, I'd love to hear what you guys think of it. Thanks for lookin'!

Done in photoshop and painter, about 8 hrs.. I used many custom shapes and brushes, but had the help of a few photographs for all the lights!]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:48:42 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/732423

yes my friends, many shantytowns were destroyed during the making of this image! I had the help of many photographs of these shanytowns(a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties) to give it an extremely chaotic and cluttered feel.
I also wanted it to appear lifeless and barren, with the exception of some birds in the air and maybe a little dude here or there(see if you can spot them!).
All done in photoshop, about a days work. Thanks for lookin'!]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:58:29 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/662998

This is matte painting sketch for Grant Morrisons MBX, a new online animating series developed by Virgin Comics and Perspective Studios. It's based on the epic Indian poem, the Mahabhatara. The poem contains stories of Krishna and an epic battle that eventually destroys the whole earth..pretty heavy for a poem written thousands of years ago!
I was asked to create a decaying city, a New York on steroids. I thought, even better...New York on crack!! Hope you enjoy it!]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:25:34 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/735085

I'd been working on this image way too long, so I had to force myself to post it. As they say in the film industry, 'movies are never finished, they're just released!'

Title inspired by a Pink Floyd song. Done entirely in photoshop using custom brushes and textures, and shapes.]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:40:33 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/709060

this image came about from a brush testing exercise gone completely mad Basically I combined many of my existing brushes, and made one huge gnarly one out of those. I'm always trying to find new and chaotic way to create art, why not?!]]> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:05:26 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/704390

Here's another image where I've taken pieces of photography and abstract custom brushes, to make a somewhat comprehensive image. You can see some elements of trains in there(hence the title). All the trees were custom shapes as well, and the rest was pure insane imagination]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:48:49 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/679665

Hellboys' evil bird thingy cousin! All done in PainterX, with a few tweaks in Photoshop, in about eight hours.

This piece started in a program called Alchemy, it's a great free program you can download to make awesome impulsive sketches, it has no undo!! Try it out!

Thanks for lookin' everybody!]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:44:05 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/667537

In the end, this reminded me of a Jim Henson creature as interpreted by Tim Burton
You might fight this piece somewhat similar to another of mine : [link] as they were both started at the same time in Zbrush, then Painter, and finally Photoshop.
Would love to hear what you guys think..Thanks for lookin'!]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:24:47 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/676064

This was a lot of fun to make..I made brushes out of train photos and scattered them around and out came 'Trainwreck Falls'!]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:42:04 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/677742

I love mixing mechanical and organic things, hence this mech-beetle-thingy Done in Painter, about three hours to complete. I really try to take advantage of Painters pattern brush by finding interesting images/patterns, and having te brush spit them out in interesting ways!]]> Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:20:41 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/495671

Here I continue with a popular theme,, 'invasion'. This started out as just a characer design, the guy on the left, but I wanted to tell a story with it by expanding it and adding motion. I used custom shapes and brushes, as well as photo scrap, and of course, lot's of dodging! Thanks for looking.]]> Sun, 13 May 2007 00:49:35 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/638543

This piece was very much inspired by Sparth, concept artist extraordinaire. No real meaning to it, just a horrific mech-elephant destroying a city with his buddies Done entirely in ps in about 6 hours..of course the pre-made custom brushes help with the overall speed.. Thanks for looking friends! ]]> Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:58:38 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/670731

I started this piece in January..and then finished it last month!
But it didn't take me eight months to complete, but then again, in a way it did. I've learned so much since then.
It started at Revelations, the Conceptart.org workshop...it was an amazing scene....all the big guns of the concept art world, among them Andrew Jones and Jason Chan challenging each other in what they called Thunderdome..massive screens with real time digital painting happening, in a massive room filled with 500 artistic freaks, and 50 artistic freak instructors!!
So I humbly painted along on my laptop what I thought the Dream Devourer was, the description that the room voted on... and this is the image I started, and am happy to finally show it to you guys]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:20:32 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/641087

This is another piece in which custom brushes really dictate and lead an image through to the end. I love being able to blend the abstract with realism, as I tried to do here
If any of you want to learn to make brushes in this manner, I highly recommend David Levy's 'From Speedpainting to Concept Art' dvd produced by the Gnomon School of visual Effects.]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:07:52 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/594966

The title means persistence in Latin, which is what it took to complete this....and a whole lot of it! My main inspiration for this is Andrew Jones and his mastery over creating something beautiful out of something completely chaotic.
So this image is just that; a persistent desire to create, even if the mind is at the same time very unwilling to do it... Talk about a conflict of interest!
Done in painter and photoshop in about a weeks time.
Thanks for looking my friends, and keep creating!!]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:34:18 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/682484

I did this today as a brush creation exercise, but decided to finish it enough to post it. I used the plastic wrap filter on it, you can really achieve depth very quickly with that!

And if you look closely at the bottom left, there's a dude freaking out! ..hence, "Bad Day"

Done entirely in photoshop, about 2 hrs.

Thanks for lookin'!]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:50:16 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/659245

The title means separation or tearing apart in Latin. This was a pretty complete sketch before scanned in and colored in photoshop.
The meanings of most of my personal work come to me AFTER I finish them....the whole process before that is exploring, and trying to 'find' something within the chaos.
So in this piece, the female character appears to be separating from the dominant male figure..he seems too uptight, so good for her!]]> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:10:53 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/659248

These are creature/robots that are being assembled in a more organic way, as there are probably many other ways of assembling them as well But I always loved the idea of seeing an organic life form coming together in real time. I'd pay good money for that! Done in Painter and Photoshop.]]> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:16:52 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/536538

This is concept art I recently did for a new game in development(can't give away the name yet, I'd get busted! But it certainly was fun and challenging....many many layers and much texturing involved, but definitely was well worth it. I referenced concept artist Stephan Martiniere much on this one, if you don't know his work, definitely check it out!]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:45:23 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/498738

I've made this image for the first page of my website I've been working on for a while, but I wanted to show you guys here first! The whole idea behind this piece is about how thoughts overtake, they pull at you, or push you. And new thoughts are constantly being created, which explains the zygote like creature in the middle, that's a baby thought And so I think it's up to us how our thoughts 'grow up', will they become good or bad ones? Thanks for looking guys!]]> Tue, 22 May 2007 00:55:31 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/574939

This is very much inspired by artist Sparth, one of my concept heros. Here I'm mixing past an maybe future elements....these ships no doubt have engines, but I'm sure the captains don't mind saving energy by having sails on the ship About a full days work here in photshop.]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:13:46 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/623583

On this latest piece, I tried incorporating some new matte painting techniques, but also wanted this image to still retain a 'sketch' feel. I also really wanted contrasting architecture, hence the gothic and futuristic structures, and of course, you can't go wrong with gargoyles! thanks for looking!]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:19:09 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/602944

Now, this is in no way putting down LAPD...it's just I'm from LA, and we happen to have some badass cops here
The drawing for this one I did about four years ago, and always attempted to paint it, but was never happy with it...until now!
Oh, one last thing....you'll probably never see me use a lens flare again, it's a big no-no in the illustration field! But I really wanted this to have a film still look, so there.]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:27:04 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/510193

Here's something I've been working on for a while, incorporating lot's of custom brushes and shapes, as well as elements from my other images. For this image, I really wanted to convey a cinematic sense of scale, hence the super wide angle. This image started off unplanned, and that's what I love about the journey that art takes you on, sometimes it becomes something you've never imagined before! ]]> Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:57:42 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/544835

I had fun working on this one, though it was still somewhat painstaking! Here we have the rebel forces taking off to a fight, with their distant gun machines firing away..to the right, is a homemade structure of theirs, made from an old ship, which works like an old mill to give them energy..why not!!
Vehicles drawn on paper and scanned in, the rest was custom brushes and shapes in photoshop.]]> Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:24:06 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/562172

Another installation in the 'God of' series. Now these are called 'gods' not because they are deities or supernatural, but because they fully live out what they are and do...plus it sounds cool
So even though this guy has a gnarly gun, he is upholding peace and law. If you look at his face, it resembles an elephant, which is a calm and peaceful animal....unless you piss it off!!]]> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:39:49 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/478993

This one is another one of those images that wasn't planned, so i just let it become what it is..some kind of gathering is happening at the warped structure, some pre- battle prayer if you will, before the soldiers go and fight, for..who knows??

Started in Painter, then finished in Photoshop...about 3-4 hours..]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:29:15 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/494602

'I love the smell of napalm in the morning!' This is a character sketch I did in Photoshop, using many textures to 'find' the details and render them out.]]> Wed, 09 May 2007 19:46:25 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/494594

I had a lot of fun doing this, being the huge LOTR geek that I am! So I wanted to do my own species of Orc, a more sophisticated one if you will, but still a wicked bastard!]]> Wed, 09 May 2007 19:28:06 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/449475

This piece here is half of a current painting I was attempting to do. I got so frustrated, I just chopped it down the middle. Now I think it looks alright! It ties in with my 'Fearheads' piece, using a similar color palette. And I must say, Photoshops duplication capabilities are a beautiful thing, there's no way I would've drawn all them bugs by hand!]]> Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:35:30 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/451035

This one is a complement to my 'God of War' image in my gallery. I wanted it to have an old photograph feel to it, moody and somewhat monochromatic, with subtle hints of color. ]]> Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:01:28 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/445654

Here's a concept that I've been doing for a few days now, mainly because I couldn't get the darn thing right! But after much flipping and free transforming, I got something I liked]]> Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:38:29 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/446033

I'm loving this winter break, I got to do another piece today. I wanted to do a monochromatic piece, one color( minus the hint of red), and NO spaceships! This could be in the future though, I designed the creatures more alien-like, but with an overall prehistoric feel. Thanks for looking!]]> Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:20:49 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/467667

the is a wip concept sketch of something I myself find quite disturbing!...so I needed st step away from it, just for a little while]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:32:10 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/443243

I have to admit, I've been obsessed with my xbox lately, primarily with Gears of War and Fear, two amazing, crazy ass games!! So this piece basically combines what I love about those two games; the slickness and the grittiness!. Enjoy!]]> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:31:03 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/439561

a quick concept painting, about three hours.. I basically wanted something with just two colors, strongly complementing each other. ]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:26:12 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/438109

All done in Photoshop, with a combination of scrap photography, complex brushes, textures etc. Kind of Matrix-y]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:33:33 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/436441

I've always wanted to do some kinda Star Wars character.. I realized you can pretty much draw any kind of character, add a light saber, then PRESTO!.. you have a jedi of some sort!]]> Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:32:32 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/430453

This is another concept that was the result of many 'happy accidents' But I really like how the main 'Inspection' ship turned out very Chinese dragon-like...and of course the light enhances the fire breathing aspect. Love to hear what you guys think!]]> Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:20:05 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/388509

This piece I did in about 6 hours, blocking it it with basic photoshop brushes, then overlaying photos and textures, then paiting back into it.
It's always amazing to me when massive structures, be they 'art' or dinosaur bones, are hung by just wires..the bigger they are, the more tense the environment. So here I imagined a civilization hanging a massive robot, kinda robotech looking, with the only thing working is the light in the eyes. Why they wouldn't stand it upright, I have no idea!]]> Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:31:58 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/431936

..just a fun sketch I did in my spare time..]]> Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:03:28 +0000 http://tarrzan.cgsociety.org/gallery/429675

I love in films when you can't tell which side the character is on. That is what I tried to convey here; is this guy good or bad...who knows??! The title is a kinda 'calm before the storm' thing, in which there might seem like peace before an enraging battle. In which case, you'd really want this guy on your side!]]> Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:19:17 +0000