Contest Entry and Poses

I thought I'd participate in the Bayonetta art contest just for kicks. I thought it'd be good practice and it was. The idea behind this contest is to create an original look for the main character of the game, Bayonetta. Basically, she's a witch who fights angels and since her hair is the source of her abilities, I wanted to focus on that for my image.
You can read more on the competition here and view the gallery of submitted work here.


Some practice poses I thought I'd include. First in pen, second in pencil.

Old Works

Some old work from a few months ago that I thought I'd post.

Character Concept (finished)

Made some corrections to the character in my last post. Thanks to all the artists over on the Concept Art forums who took the time to critique my work!

Character Concept

Small update...hope I'm getting better.

First Art Dump

So I'll start this off with some recent work of mine...female, drapery, and color studies as well as some characters and WIPs. Hope this is a good post to kick things off.

My First Blog

What better time to start an art blog than now? To start things off I'll just properly introduce myself. My name's André and I've been living in New York City up till now. I just graduated from high school in May and I'm excited to say that soon I'll be headed to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco which is the reason I'm making this blog. This will be the page where I track my progress through college and hopefully connect to artists that will inspire me and help me to grow as an artist as well. My current goal is to become a concept artist in the entertainment industry (mainly for video games and movies). I know I have a long way to go but I'm confident that I'll get there if I push myself hard enough...so here it goes :)