Brutal Sun Studio
Art

~Welcome to the Art Page~

Hopefully, in time, as Brutal Sun Studio produces more art, this page will multiply into several pages.

The main focus here will be digital art. It is surprising how many people are critical of digital art. They will say things like, "It's not really art, because it's done with the computer." To that, could be answered, "Then the cave men might not have considered the Mona Lisa art, because she was painted with brushes, instead of fingers." The computer, like a paintbrush, is just another tool artists can use. If someone doesn't have the eye for color, form, tone, lighting, and composition, they will never be able to produce a great digital image (although there are certainly a lot of computer whizzes out there who believe they can). Further more, digital art usually begins with a good, proportionate hand drawing, which is then scanned or digitally photographed, before hours of perfecting with an art program.

That is how the image of the horse and girl at the top of this page began. However, its base-drawing was hardly a good one; it was full of structural flaws, which now plague the image, mostly dealing with the anatomy of the girl (her right arm doesn't connect properly to her shoulder, among other things). In places, the image is a little grainy, like a pencil drawing, and in other places, it has more of a 3-dimensional quality. That's because the image is a work in progress, in a state between drawing and digital art. It will need many, many, hours of "desk time" before it will become a finished digital work.

'Sun Storm' The composition of the image used on this site's home page, left, was based upon the background of the image of the girl and horse. The layout of the clouds and sea is the same. This image, compared to the previous one, is a good example of digital art taken to a deeper level. It has that pristine 3-dimensional attribute, for which digital art is renown. Also the color is very pure; non-digital paintings are always affected by the strong tones of the lighting around them, whereas digital paintings reveal the true color the artist had intended.

In the future, Brutal Sun Studio has plans of producing top-quality art prints, or posters, based on high-resolution digital images.

Until there are more digital works to show on this page, here are a few pencil sketches:

El Furioso

This sketch pays homage to the beauty and the fury of the Andalusian horse. Bred for hundreds of years to fight deadly spanish bulls, the Andalusian was prized as a war horse during the medieval times for its beauty, courage, and agility.

The Wild One

Not to be confused with the jet-black Emperor of the Seven Provinces, the concept of this creature was invented by the sister of the artist, Leslie J. Wagner.

Close-up of the unusual creature's head He was big, taller than some mountains. He was also fast and powerful. Unfortunately, he was prone to losing control of his emotions. His temper tantrums were legendary in his world. It was for good reason his species was called "the wild one". He was so dangerous to be around, that he was made an outcast from every society. This, of course, made him lonely and bitter. It did not help that he was supposedly the last of his kind. As one beholding such power might be tempted to do in such circumstances, he turned to a vengeful quest for world domination. Little did he know, there was another of his kind out there... looking for him.

Dragon Bit

Can you imagine this bit on Maleficent's horse (the witch from Disney's Sleeping Beauty)? In the ancient times, people often used gear with mythical beasts incorporated into its design.

Desert Beauty

This Bedouin steed was drawn onto a custom-made card, for a dear friend who likes Arabians. The actual drawing was about 2/3 the size of this enlarged image. Notice the cowry shells on the halter's cheek piece; the Bedouins often embellished their tack with seashells like this, along with plenty of tassels. This horse's halter is simple, compared to other extremely ornate ones.

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