Cover to the first issue of the new series from BOOM! Studios.
www.brokenfrontier.com/
The skull was rendered with a combination of traditional brushes and a small wedge shaped painting knife. A painting (palette) knife applies paint in a very spontaneous manner without over blending or rendering. With a little practice amazingly natural results can be achieved. Wildlife artist Bob Kuhn www.kuhnsnhuk.com/ used knives almost exclusively to great effect.
Wow...This is awesome, there is so much energy in this painting, I love the abstract effect of the palette knife combined with the more tightly rendered figures.
i'm to glad to see people making this traditional fantasy stuff these days... that's so inspiring!
love your work, mate!