Serbian Fairytales - The Golden Fleece Ram

Another illustration i did for the "Serbian Fairytales" book.
The story is about a young man who's father was killed by a legendary Golden Fleece Ram.
The moment he was old enough young man took his father's riffle and went out to seek revenge for
his father's death.
When he killed the ram, the golden fleece, that he took as a trophy, turned out to be more trouble than the young man could ever expect.

Hope you guys like it.

The Golden Fleece Ram

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Winter GO AWAY!!!

I did this illustration for someone who loves owls and hates winter :)
hope you like it.

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Serbian Fairytales - Peppercorn

Hey Guys very long time without a post, but i'm super busy working on an awesome project which i'll be able to share with you in the near future, so stay tuned there will be tons of cool artwork to show! :)

Until then here are the illustrations i did for the "Serbian Fairytales" book. The name of this fairy tale is "Peppercorn".
The story is about a boy that was born as small as the grain of pepper, but that didn't stop him to embark on an adventure that changed his life, and the lives of the people and creatures he met along the way. 

Hope you guys like it :)

 

 

Peppercorn and the Dragon 

 

Peppercorn rides his pet mouse (vignette)

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Muddy Colors - Guest Blogger

With much pleasure, i can announce that today i was greatly honored by being a guest spokesman on "Muddy Colors" blog!
Thank you so much Petar Meseldzija for making this happen!

If you are Interested you can read my post here Link

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Serbian Fairytales - The Groom Snake

Hey there,

Long long time without a post, but i've been quite busy so i have an excuse, sort of :)
Anyway, i would like to show you the first illustrations that i did for a very interesting project i currently working on.
These illustrations are done for the book that is called "Serbian Fairytales", and the name of this fairytale is "The Groom Snake".
I'm trully blessed because working on this project gave me another chance to work with some of my dearest friends and colleagues, Dusko Bjeljac, Dragan Bibin, and the Master, Petar Meseldzija.

Stay tuned, more is yet to come :)    

(i will update this post as soon as i translate the shorter version of the fairytale, so, if you are interested you can read what it's all about).

Snake and the Girl

Sun's Mother (vignette)

 Moon's Mother (vignette)

  Wind's Mother (vignette)

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THANK YOU Mr MAILMAN #3 !!!

I finally received my copy of Spectrum 18, and i couldn't be more happier ... oh wait, i actually can, because my illustration "Talason - Shadow Keeper" that i did for the "Serbian Mythology" project is included in it!!! :)
I would also like to congratulate my friends Dragan Bibin and Petar Meseldzija, because their beautiful illustrations are also included in this year Spectrum edition.

Such and honor, thank you SPECTRUM!

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Serbian Mythology - Rebels

These are some of the illustrations i did for the third and final tome of the Serbian Mythology trilogy, called "Rebels - Witches and Vampires".
Once again it was a pleasure to work with a team of super talented artists Ivica Stevanovic, Dragan Bibin, Milos Vujanovic and my very dear friend Dusko Bjeljac.
Milenko Bodirogic is once again responsible for the the beautiful stories and descriptions of the creatures that are included in the book.
It has really been a awesome experience working on the two books of Serbian Mythology, and i really hope you guys like it.

Arch Vampire

Trivun Kalaba riding his Black Steed

"When dark night covered the earth, the village and its inhabitants retired to their houses, Trivun saddled up his stallion. Christmas was coming, and under that little piece of moonlight was a bluish crisp snow shinning. Kalaba was riding slowly, he bridled up the stallion as if afraid of hurting the silence and serenity of the night.
He visited the crossroads, cemeteries, entered the forest, but soon forgetting why he was doing it. He followed the flight of the owls, listened to howling of wolves, and foxes barking in love …"

 

Lela in the River


Lela and the Fox

''Lela was seven years old, certainly not more, when that fox appeared. Beautiful, fawn and gold, and proud as it wasn't out of this world, it was like it came from a quiet, autumn like, fox kingdom.
It rolled up around Lela, almost hiding her with the raised tail and it barked briefly, pointedly, as if laughing. Lela hugged the fox and crawled her fingers under the red fur and she barked also ... ''

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Witch Flying on Walnut

Long time without a post, but that's because i was very busy working on the AWESOME project regarding Serbian Mythology book series.
Here is one of the illustrations i did for the final chapter of this trilogy called "Rebels - Witches and Vampires".

Stay tuned for more ...

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CGsociety XXVI "DREAMSCAPE" Challenge, Best Character Award!!! AGAIN!!!

This morning i thought my heart was going to pop out from happiness when i saw the winners of the latest CGsociety "Dreamscape" challenge, my entry "The Little Match Girl" won the BEST CHARACTER award!!! :)
This was totally unexpected, because i didn't receive any pre-notification like last time, so it came as a huge and wonderful suprise!
This is such a big thing for me for so many reasons, and i would like to congratulate all the people who participated in the challenge, to congratulate the award winners, and to thank the CGsociety for this BEAUTIFUL recognition!

if you want, and you can check out the winners page here: Link

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Eowyn and the Nazgul

I'm taking a little brake in between jobs to refresh my mind a bit.
The good people of ArtOrder and MuddyColors decided to join together in a challenge "Eowyn and the Nazgul".
The great thing about this challenge is that all the artist from muddy colors offered their critics and even paint overs of the participants entry's.
Artist like: Petar Meseldzija, Matt Stewart, and the MC crew: Dan Dos Santos, Jesper Ejsing, Eric Fortune, Justin Gerard, Donato Giancola, Arnie Fenner, Greg Manchess, and John Jude Palencar.

nuf said :)

For the first time on my blog i will be posting step by step of my entry, so if you are interested feel free to tune in.

UPDATE 29/04/2011, decided to go for the vertical composition instead of the horizontal. sketch is nearly done, and i'm waiting for the critics from the masters before i go to much into details :)

UPDATE 17/04/2011, small progress on the line work ...

Here is my humble pencil sketch start ...

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The Little Match Girl

Hey there guys and gals, long time no see :)
This is the illustration i did for the CGsociety ''DreamScape'' challenge.

I'm sure most of you know the fairy tale ''The Little Match Girl'' by Hans Christian Andersen.
Well, my story begins when this one ends.
When the last match is out, and there is nothing else to keep her warm in this cold winter night.
When she finally closes her eyes and drifts away in her last ice cold dream ...
Here, in this dream, she will take her last stand fighting off cold, but unfortunately we all know how this dream is going end ...

Link to image

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Dunce Chair

Hey there, this is a concept art piece i did for the project i'm not gonna name for the time being.
It is a dunce chair, reserved for children that misbehave in classrooms during school hours.

Hope you guys like it.

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Serbian Mythology - Banished Demons

These are the illustrations i did for the second tome of Serbian Mythology, ”Banished Demons”.
It has been a great experience and even greater privilege to work on a such a cool project with so many talented people.
The super talented artist that also did the illustrations for the book are Milos Vujanovic, Ivica Stevanovic, Dragan Bibin, and one of my biggest role models while growing up, Master Petar Meseldzija.
Milenko Bodirogic is the brilliant writer and the editor of the book, but mostly the person that made sure this project saw the light of day.

Mora (Nightmare)

Babice (Midwives)

Talason

These are the rest of the illustrations. They only look complete when they are presented with text, so if you think they look empty or unfinished that's the reason :)

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Digital Painters 2

I'm very proud to say that 2 of my illustrations were published in the new "Digital Painters 2" Art Book by Rage Publishing!

And that's not all, when i saw the trailer they made for the book, it was a huge and wonderful surprise to see my illustration Little Red Riding Hood appear in it! :)
Check it out, and most definitely check out the "Digital Painters 2" Art Book by Rage Publishing!!!

You can order your copy of the book here Link

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Sketches

Here are some sketches I'm doing for a very interesting and special project.
i will post more information about it in near future :):):)

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2D Artist Magazine

I just finished doing an interview for the 2D Artist Magazine, and you can find it in the latest April 2010 issue.
It was so much fun, and i would like to thank Simon for being such a great host, and Chris for having patience for my nitpicking while arranging the interview :)

If you are interested you can see the rest of the magazine here Link

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Masters Of The Universe - Trap JAW

It has been a long time since i posted something new, so here is something i managed to cook up in my spare time.
I thought a lot about how i was going to present him, and what's better than the good old fashion huge fat gladiator lookin' guy with a hook instead of a hand, to have as your personal bodyguard :)

Link to image
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THANK YOU Mr MAILMAN #2 !!!

EXPOSE 8 is here and i couldn't be more ecstatic!!!
This time my illustration "Goldie Locks And The Three Bears" was spread across whole page and received excellence award!

thank you so much CGsociety, EXPOSE and Ballistic Publishing!!!

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CGhub Creature Planets #4 : Snarf Re-Design

I did this one for CGhub Creature Planet drawing jam, led by Mike Corriero.
It was a re-design assignment, and the theme was 80's cartoon character SNARF from the cartoon "Thunder Cats".
It took me about two hours to finish it, pen sketch and paint over in Photoshop.
If you want, you can see other works on the same subject here Link

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Reflections Of Internal Rain

Taking a little brake from everything ...
Reference for this work was a drawing of my close friend Dusko Bjeljac, and it is a T-shirt design he did for their band "Reflections Of Internal Rain", or as they prefer it ROIR :)
If you want you can check out ROIR at their MYSPACE homepage.

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CGsociety XXIV "SECRET AGENT" Challenge, Best Character Award!!!

The challenge results are out and i could not be more happy!!!
My entry "Goldie Locks And The Three Bears" won the best character category!!!
I'm so honored because there were tons of awesome works out there,
and this being my first CG challenge i never thought i could find my self among the winner circle.

If you are interested you can see complete winners page here Link

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Masters Of The Universe - El Skeletore

I've finally grabbed some spare time and did something just for me.
This was one of my favorite cartoon characters while growing up, and one of the first things i drew EVER with the help of my grandmother.
Here is the version that my grandma definitely would not prefer :)

Link to image
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