Expect the Unexpected

Hey everyone, as the title says, I was expecting to have both characters done by today, but the complexity of this design continues to astonish me. So this is as far I have got with it today, I am hoping tomorow will bring greater progress.

In this picture - This is as far as I have got with the piece as of today (13/3/2010). All the main layers for the 2 characters have been applied, the fine detail will come next

Well people, that is it for today, check back tomorow for more. Hope you are enjoying following my work, and thanks for looking.


Salaam - Mac815

Some light at the end of the tunnel

Now then all my readers, I have a cool little update here. I thought that I would have both characters complete by today but some complications arose (as always in life, haha), so I will have the complete characters for you all to see tomorrow. Anyway, here are pictures of the progress I made today, not as much as I hoped as I mentioned, but progress non the less. By the way for all you Facebook people out there, I have started a fan page there, you can follow my work there aswell, the link is   http://http://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=60b55acd6f6c1a62c6f25234d5bcfc58&#!/pages/Salaam-Mac815/329507454439?ref=ts Enjoy!!

In this picture - The first and second layer of the bottom half of the Ryu figure are applied

In this picture - The third layer of the bottom half of the Ryu figure is applied

In this picture - The fourth layer of the bottom half of the Ryu figure is applied

In this picture - The fifth layer of the bottom half of the Ryu figure is applied

In this picture - The sixth layer of the bottom half of the Ryu figure is applied

In this picture - An alternate view of today's progress

Well that's it for today everyone, hope you all enjoyed looking and reading.

Come back again tomorow for the two finished characters!!

Salaam - Mac815

The Vision starts to become true

Hey all, this time in my update I have some cool pictures to show you. You can now see that the second character (Ryu) is really starting to take shape, and the overall idea I had for the piece is starting to fall into place. I'm really happy with the way it is going, hope you all like it too.

I will have a big update for you all tomorrow so stay tuned!!

In this picture - The first few layers of the Ryu character are put down, beginning a long process

In these pictures - All but one of the layers put down on the Ryu character, with no fine detail applied yet

Thanks again for looking everyone, keep up to date, and remember to follow this blog if you like what you see!!


Salaam - Mac815

Small update on Street Fighter Canvas

Hey everyone, unfortunately I have had a persistent cold over the past week and a half so I was unable to attend to this blog, but I am glad to say I am back and have resumed work on the Street Fighter 4 custom canvas, here is an image of today's progress, keep your eyes open this week for the finished piece!!

In this picture - An almost completed Akuma next to a Ryu in very early development (with only 2 colours applied)

Remember to visit again this week, far more progress to come!!!


Salaam - Mac815

Street Fighter custom canvas (update 2)

Hey everyone, this is the second update for my Street Fighter graffiti canvas that I am currently spraying. I have to say that i never thought the piece would actually be as hard as it is, but I feel that the rewards of the effort can now begin to be seen in these pictures. The Akuma character is not complete yet, as I did not get as much done today as I hoped, but I'm confident he will be complete tomorrow, then I can move on to the Ryu Character!!!

Anyway here are the pictures, let me know what you think everyone!!!

In this picture - A close up image of Akuma's face

In this picture - A full shot of the character as he is now (//2010)

In this picture - A landscape shot of the top half of the Akuma character

In this picture - A close up shot of the symbol on Akuma's back. This image shows a symbol still in development, I hope the actual end results will look alot better

In this picture - The piece as it looks as of now (//2010)

Thanks again for looking, stay posted as I will hopefully have some of the next character (Ryu) done tomorrow, along with a finished Akuma

Peace

Salaam - Mac815

The New and Shiny unknown - my work used in a feature on DeviantArt

Hey everyone, just thought I would share this with all of you, as it was a great surprise when i first received this shout out in a feature on deviantart for unknown artists who deserve more attention.

This piece they featured is a variation I produced on an earlier piece.

In this pic - The original piece

In this pic - This is the variation I did

The link to the feature is here if you want to check it out,  http://news.deviantart.com/article/105396/

thanks again for looking!!

Salaam - Mac815

A random pencil sketch done at 2 in the morning

Well i think the title of the blog is pretty self explanatory, so here it is


A friend of mine (Jennifer Marie) told me recently that I should use my skills to capture the beauty of a woman, so I decided to give it a shot. I think that I will develop this into a proper piece on canvas soon because I'm really happy with the way the sketch came out.

Let me know what you think everyone out there

Salaam - Mac815

Street Fighter custom canvas (update 1)

Hey everyone, these are the first few images of how the Street Fighter canvas is currently developing. This piece will be for sale upon completion, the price has not been established yet as this will come about when this piece is complete. So stay updated for info on the price if you are interested, or you can mail me at salaam28@hotmail.com with an queries regarding the piece.

Anyway, that aside, here are the first few pics, enjoy!!

In this picture - The beginning of the looong process of creating the stencils that would be used to create the characters. As can be seen I began with the Akuma character, largely becausee I really wanted to try the new shades of green spray paint I had managed to get my hands on.



In these pictures - The first stencil mount card prepared and ready to be cut.



In this picture - The top half of Akuma being sprayed. 3 shades of green, 3 shades of red and 1 shade of brown have been used at this stage.



In these pictures - 2 additional shades of brown added, some black and some greater definition given to the overall character






In these pictures - These are the most recent pictures of the piece to date. I feel the character of Akuma is developing well, and I think I will have him finished tomorrow.







Well that's all for now everyone, check back tomorrow for a (hopefully) completed Akuma!!

Peace

Salaam - Mac815

Street Fighter custom canvas

I am currently working on a new design based on the popular Capcom fighting game series, Street Fighter (All rights reserved by Capcom, I own nothing in regards to the Street Fighter franchise). I'm sure that nearly all of you out there are familiar with the name, and have most likely played, or own a number of the game yourself. Well I'm a big fan of the series, and after playing the old super Nintendo Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo recently I was inspired.

And the following design is what I came up with.



The design was greatly influenced by the works of Alvin Lee, one of the most well know character artist for the Street Fighter series, so credit to him for the inspiration in terms of the characters design.

The background will be a dark moon lit sky, with a dark field in the foreground. The light coming from the two characters hands will fly into the night sky as well, creating a number of lightning effects.

I will begin spraying this piece tomorrow with some Montana Gold spray paint on a big 60 inch wide by 48 inch high cotton canvas.

Ill post pictures of the progress, so keep up to date!!

Peace

Salaam - Mac815