This first one is a sample poster I made for our upcoming thesis game. Since the game revolves around these mysterious gems that grant the user powers, I chose to make a green crystal the subject of this painting. The key light comes from a hole in the cave, hinted at by the light streaks coming from the upper left, while the crystal acts as a reflector/fill light to the surrounding rocks.

I played a bit with levels and depth in this painting so half of it seems very close to the light source and the other half is submerged in darkness, which also acts as a foreshadowing for our game.

This one was inspired by a stock photo of a couple on a balcony. There are two main lights in the scene, the moon, and dim balcony lights that were not included in the painting.

In this piece I tried combining hard and soft shadows on their clothing in order to separate the key light from the fill light. I also experimented using a custom brush for the grass, sand, and water in order to achieve a semi-realistic look, especially with regard to light and shadows.

Above, I tried to capture the subject's features as closely as I could because it was intended to be a gift, and placed the light towards the left of the subject. I used the mixer brush a lot for this painting in order to find a right balance between light and dark and avoid sharp-edged shadows and highlights.

Below, the same principles were applied, this time, I used soft lights and shadows in order to avoid any sharp edges so the line art would pop more. This is also one of my more politically influenced pieces, as the smoke emitted from the exhaust reads "du30" and shows how people just blab on and don't thoroughly think about their words that either defend or question the president.

Lastly, below is a portrait of my deceased father I made for Father's day. I had pictured the light source to be in front of the subject and is very dim, hence the muddy look of both shadow and highlight.

And that's all for this album :)