Art by Chad Reaser

It's 5° in Long Island tonight. Can't wait to get back home in Florida. (at Americana Manhasset) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtSawq_Agqt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pvpusony68u6

More progress on the Samus Aran sculpture from Metroid I've been doing in ZBrush. It's been painted and I added a little texture to the clothing. Next up I'll be putting on the symbols that go on her suit and adding more detail where it's needed. I'll also have a base for her to be placed on with a Metroid creature next to her. I haven't given the base much thought but I know I would like to stay true to the franchise and possibly pick a level from one of the games and use it for reference. #zbrush #sculpting #cgart #digitalart #pixologic #metroid #samusaran #zerosuitsamus (at Florida)

Sculpting creatures in ZBrush using Zspheres. This cat-like creature was formed with Zspheres and now has 11 million polygons. There were a couple of awkward spots where I had to go in with the Zmodeller tool to adjust some polygons. I finished rendering in KeyShot and now I'm working in Photoshop. I'll post the results. #sculpting #sculpture #digitalsculpting #zbrush #digitalart #digitalpainting #feline #cat #creature #creaturedesign #design #artbychadreaser #art #painting #sketching #drawing #cgart #wip

An eye study that was done a while back. #artstudy #art #artbychadreaser #anatomy #eyes #eye #faces #painting #digitalpainting #digitalart #drawing #sketching #conceptart #concept #digital

Space painting concept from last night. I'll be adding more elements to these images as things move forward. Such as characters, vehicles and more environments, etc. Also, there will be multiple iterations of each of these paintings as the project proceeds and gets pieced together to go along with the narrative/story. #art #artbychadreaser #conceptart #space #planets #drawing #sketching #painting #design #digitalart #digitalpainting #element115 #wip

Concept work for a page in a book. #artbychadreaser #art #spaceage #futuristic #space #interplanetary #advancedcivilizations #concept #wip #design #painting #digitalart #digitalpainting #drawing #sketching

Tonight's sketches. There are a few ways I like to sketch and start a subject before it gets fully rendered. This method utilizes the lasso tool and filling in values. I don't use this method a whole lot but I think I might use it more often due to how fast these came out. I do a lot of sketching and most sketches never get passed this stage so they remain that way. Because of this, I think I'll post more of these and not think of them as failed attempts. #artbychadreaser #digitalpainting #digitalart #drawing #painting #sketching #sketches #sketchesoninstagram #artstudy #valuestudy #sketchbook #art #digital (at Florida)

Revisited and quickly redone an old sketch I did for someone years ago. I don't even remember who I did this for it's been so long. #nativeamerican #digitalart #digitalpainting #artbychadreaser #art #sketching #drawing #painting #design

Value sketching landscapes in photoshop. I've been following along and revisiting old tutorials, freshening up on a few things. #sketching #drawing #digitalart #digitalpainting #artbychadreaser #art #landscape #valuesketching #mountains #plateau

Artwork from last night. I had 4 subjects but ended up scrapping one of them. The last one that was worked on was the coffee cup and didn't get rendered much. #artbychadreaser #art #food #mushroom #orangeslice #orange #coffee #foodstudy #digitalart #digitalpainting #drawing #sketching #painting #wip #foodanddrinks #fruit #fungi #bean

Lingerie digital painting. #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #drawing #sketching #lingerie #art #artwork #artstudy #clothing #clothes #clothestudy #wip

Snowy mountain terrain (WIP). #drawing #sketching #painting #digitalart #digitalpainting #snowy #mountain #terrain #artbychadreaser #art #rocks #winter #highaltitude #photoshop #concept #conceptart

Trying out this dope Evenant tutorial on how to paint snow. I'm really impressed with this method. #painting #digitalart #digitalpainting #drawing #art #conceptart #sketching #artwork #snow #rock #weather #winter

Digital portrait of the very popular clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson. #art #artbychadreaser #drawing #sketching #painting #digitalart #digitalpainting #psychology #jordanpeterson #portrait

I started this as a fun little sketch with my son. While I was working on another piece of artwork my son approached me and noticed the reference photos I was using and insisted I draw Tinkerbell or Pikachu. Then, later on, I decided to have a little more fun with the sketch to make it complete by thickening the lines, adding color, lighting and shadow, a border, etc. This is the result. #tinkerbell #disney #fanart #drawing #sketching #painting #digitalart #digitalpainting #photoshop