Bunch of studies

Hey there friends! Here's a CG quick study compilation I did some weeks ago. The idea was to keep them under an hour, and without the use of any trickery (color picking the original image, layers, color balance, filters, and so on) but mostly brush strokes or some gradients. Of course for time reasons, I didn't aim to reproduce 100% the original image by any means, just capturing the general idea, mood and colors. Hope you guys like it  

Remember to zoom in, or else they look to tiny!

These are all referenced, and none of them is my creation. List of references used, from left to right, and top to bottom:


1- Brother Bear BG by Xiangyuan Jie
2- Tree, by Zdzisław Beksiński
3- Robocop Screenshot
4- Rocky Screenshot
5- Aliens (it is Aliens, or should I edit it?) screenshot
6- Environment painting, by Junton Lee
7- The Prince of Egypt concept art, by Paul Lasaine 
8- Random hen photograph found on google images
9- League of Legends splash art, by su-ke

Tools used: Photoshop CS5. Work time, 40-60 mins each. 

May you have a happy new year and all that yadda yadda. Keep on improving