Monster Hunter Laele

Like most young artists, I started drawing with a heavy focus on anime. As time went on, I ditched the anime look and started dabbing heavily into realism.
Since I've been on a Monster Hunter kick lately, I decided to revisit my anime roots with a drawing of my wife's character, Laele (Gobul X/switch axe user, what what!).
Having been away from anime for a while, this took me longer than it should have. :|
Done in Painter.

Laele - minimalistic

Decided to try a minimalistic approach to a sketch of my wife's character, Laele.
I rather like how it turned out. :)

Boss Fight - Judgment

Judgment is the last of the three lesser bosses. It is depicted as a gaunt humanoid figure with pale skin and a mask made of solid gold. The mask's eyes are closed, for Judgment believes it doesn't need to see to make a call. The creature itself does not have ears, for it believes it needs to hear no counsel to judge. Judgment is garbed in fine purple velvet, and wears the powdered wig of Judges of old. It stands on stilts, as it believes itself to be above everything and everyone else. He swings his Sword of Judgment with implied impunity. Its wings are made of wax. Judgment foolishly believes itself to be above both Pride and Anger. In reality, Judgment is the weakest of the three.

Snow White - Disney Princesses gang fight

Last of the bunch.

From an early age, Snow White has lived with her stepmother, who was vain and narcissistic, and would often neglect Snow as a result. Because of this, Snow White spent much of her childhood playing alone with wild animals, and now, she's extremely comfortable when surrounded by them. She is especially fond of birds.
When she came of age, she met Ariel and Tiana, and together they formed The Wonderlanders. Despite being extremely shy, Ariel and Tiana chose her as the leader of their gang.
Snow White has a gorgeous singing voice, though she rarely uses it. She seems to attract animals wherever she goes. Ariel jokes that she can communicate with the birds, but we all know that's silly.

Right?

"I'm awfully sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you. But you don't know what I've been through."

Ariel - Disney Princesses Gang Fight

Fifth one of the bunch.
Ariel grew up in a nicer part of town than her friends. However, in typical teenager fashion, she never got along with her father. From a young age, Ariel has been fascinated with collecting random knick knacks, and never throws anything away.
As soon as she was able, she got a job down at the docks, helping to load and offload cargo. This helped her develop massive strength. Hanging out at the docks all the time, she quickly befriended the sailors that come to port, and is now considered one of them. She got her first tattoo at age 16, the second one at 17, and the latest one, a mermaid, when she turned 18.
She is quite proud of her impressive physique; so much so that she asked the tattoo artist to model the mermaid after her.

"You're not getting cold fins now, are you?"

Tiana - Disney Princesses Gang Fight

Fourth one of the bunch.
Tiana was born in poverty. From a young age, her father taught her that hard work and perseverance always pay out. After watching him work himself to death, she decided she would find an alternate method of making it big. Tiana is very persistent and sometimes reckless, but when she makes her mind about something, she doesn't give up until she achieves it. Not a particularly violent person, she uses an assortment of makeshift weapons to intimidate others. Tiana is very fond of frogs.
"You can't get what you want just by wishing for it."
Aurora
Belle
Rapunzel

Aurora - Disney Princesses Gang Fight

Third of the bunch.
Aurora was born into a wealthy, upper class family, who was fond of arranged marriages. Upon turning sixteen, and meeting the man she was to marry, she decided she did not like him and ran away to live with her grandmother and her two sisters, out in the country. A couple years later, she returned to the city, with a very cynical view of the world, and a very charming personality. It was due to her charm that she was able to convince Belle and Rapunzel to join her gang, the Forever Afters. Being that she is the oldest, Belle and Rapunzel see her as the definite leader of their group.
"Oh, dear, why do they still treat me like a child?"

Rapunzel
Belle 
Tiana

Belle - Disney Princesses Gang Fight

Second one of the bunch.
Belle grew up in a small French village, nestled in the mountains. She never really got along with any of the kids her age, but she's always had a fondness for animals, especially her German Shepherd/Chow Chow mix, Adam. Adam is very protective of his master, and doesn't let anyone come near her, and Belle uses the fear Adam strikes in people to her advantage to get what she wants.
"Adam is so sweet. He's my friend. Adam is no monster, you are!"
Bonus quote!
"If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much!"

Aurora
Rapunzel
Tiana

Rapunzel - Disney Princesses Gang Fight

First one of the bunch.
Coming from a very strict household, Rapunzel acted out as soon as she was able. She figured, since her hair was one of her more defining features, that she would shave half of her head in order to really get on her mom's nerves. She went out and got her nose pierced, too! And she's resorting to vandalism!
She enjoys Punk music, torn stockings, and Vans high tops.
"Mother knows best, my ass!"

Aurora
Belle
Tiana

The Undertaker - Backwater Gospel

The Undertaker, from The Backwater Gospel short film.
Really cool film. If you haven't seen it, go watch it. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkDrIacHJM
Done for my challenge over at Polykarbon.
Painter X3. About an hour total.

Laocoon

I wanted to give this statue a try because the pose is so interesting and dynamic, but it proved too much for me (which is why I left out his sons!)
Painter and Photoshop.
Reference http://www.digitalsculpture.org/laocoon/chronology/chronology-figure10.jpg

River of Fire

Playing around with the oil brushes in Painter, again.
Reference picture
http://s3-live.tapcdn.com/images/tap/0/5/1/7/9/fcf/03d/500/sunset-river.jpg

Sera

Fun portrait of one of my wife's characters, Sera.
...man spends two hours with the oil brushes in Painter, thinks he's the next Sargent...

Commission: Lumia

Commission of my wife's character, Lumia, from her upcoming novel, Serpent's Tears.

Laele sketch

Another sketch of my wife's Ragnarok Online character, Laele, the Alchemist.
An hour and some change in Painter.

Happy Birthday, Ryan.

Birthday gift for my buddy Ryan.