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Russell M. Hossain

Member since: 21st Mar 2010
Location: London, U.K.
Occupation: Artist
Interests: Drawing, Comics, Art, Esoterica, Movies
Website: http://www.sabertoothape.artworkfolio.com ; www.sabertoothape.designbinder.com ; www.cellophane-s.designbinder.com ; www.cellophane-s.deviantart.com
Bio: Jettisoned at birth from from his doomed home-planet, and raised on Earth by (marginally) human parents, Russell M. Hossain is a Storyboard Artist/Conceptual Visualiser - nay, cartoonist - based in London, England, prone to drawing for 'advertising/marketing/media types'- or indeed anyone else in need of some drawing 'affection'. Likes: Apes. Dislikes: The flagrant abuse and misuse of the 'APOSTROPHE'( and its tragic, slow demise ); unnecessary question inflections in speech; The cold. Motto: "Always Bet On Black"

Image Gallery

Robin Hood re-imagined. Inspired by a dream, the character is a masked mediaeval vigilante...a ghost of the night, a figure intended to strike fear into the hearts of Prince John, The Sheriff, and their evil allies! Underwater scene painted in Corel Painter 12... Female Cop, Patrolling a near-future city street. I wanted to try my hand at a fairly detailed image this time, with a significant background, and also dip into using a couple of ( subtle ) textures. Hope it's worked...! Ever-so-slightly twaeked version of original image...goes to show, you can ALWAYS chisel away continuously at a piece of art, trying to better it. Will stop here, and use what I learn to make the next one better... Digital Concept piece done in Photoshop and Painter. Painted in Corel Painter 12, this image was something that started out with me taking a chalk brush and trying to create a 'speeding' effect. As I developed the vehicle, I realised the colour patterning may have been influenced by modern trainers/sports footwear. It also gave the vehicle a quite 'retro' feel which I tried to embelish with retro multicoloured car interior panel lights. The electricity pylon on the ground was added late in the day as I wanted to lock down for the viewer, some notion of the position and relationship of the vehicle to the ground plain - it helped emphasis the point that the vehicle's tip, whilst traveling forward, is somewhat tilted up slightly. I wanted to try and learn using textures with this new piece to see how well I can make it work. This image was done in photoshop, and again I had no idea where this picture was headed ( subject-wise )before I started. Character concept, done in Photoshop. This was done using Photoshop and Painter. This piece was done in Photoshop, using the rubber duck brush, which lends itself to creating some nice rich strokes. Honestly, I tried to hint at some degree of background initially, some vague shapes/ soft colours, etc. but I found it a distraction from the main piece. The painted-strokes feel which I was hoping to achieve, I'm quite pleased with here. The figure himself originally could have been either of African, or South American heritage. I pushed him more towards South American eventually, but he still retains a degree of cultural ambiguity I believe. For this female superhero costume concept, I really wanted to lay things down quickly ( which I did mostly ). But I let the detailing process drag on too long until I was sick of looking at the image. Consequently, some of the lower portions of the figure ( namely the boots ), remains somewhat less 'finished' than I would have liked. Would really like to discipline myself in completing an image within a good timeframe before my enthusiasm runs out...! Been away for a long while with not much chance to work up anything new, but knocked this out over two evenings. My first fully Corel Painter produced image. Mostly Photoshop with a bit of Painter, I really wanted to imbue some level of texture to the brushwork. Having tried to get the lighting as accurate as I could, I was free to rough up the brush strokes just a little bit. I've always admired Drew Struzan and Alex Ross, so I've tried to invoke by experimentation a little of their influence. Hopefully I can continue to refine my painting, and I hope there's at least some degree of visible progression from earlier efforts. Concept painting, trying to focus on several key elements for this piece as opposed to just one or two. Doodled the initial thumbnail idea for this whilst at work. Mixture of Photoshop and Painter - All the straight lines/shapes done in 'Shop; all the 'organic' stuff done in Painter. The mountain range was an 11th hour addition, but quite like the effect I got creating it. This was basically a speedpainting, done in a couple of hours. But when I got to the colouring stage, I probably spent longer than I wanted to, so basically the image was completed in two sittings. Done in Corel Painter and coloured on Photoshop. This image was laid down relativiely quickly, and I like the looser but sharper brushwork, so was heading in the right direction for where I wanted it to go. Vampire Party Girls...Painted in Photoshop, I had the look of these vampires come to me in a dream a few years ago. The composition is based on a photo of some girls at at a friend's Halloween Celebration ( though they had their skin on at the time! ) This tutorial-inspired concept art piece was done using Painter 11. Never really used Painter properly before as I couldn't really figure my way around it. Following Ryan Church's Painter Tutorial, I sat down really to get to grips with this program finally, and managed to lay down this concept piece fairly quickly ( about 85/90% in one sitting, and keeping in mind to keep the overall image crisp but relatively loose ). The guys at the Gnomon School/Workshop are the industry best, and truly are an invaluable source of learning and improvement. Inspired by Superman Returns, I produced this image in PAINTER. Honestly, if I'd known I'd carry this image through to completion, I would've given more thought to the shapes of some of the distant asteroids before I flattened the layers! Well, you live and learn...pretty pleased with it generally...

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