The Art of Denis Loubet

By Type:

• Cover Art
• Concept Art
• Interior Illustrations
• Animations
• Promotional
• 3D Graphics

By Company:

• Art I've done for myself
• DrawMyCharacter
• Origin Systems Inc.
• Steve Jackson Games
• Portalarium
• Daylight Productions
• Illusion Machines
• PixelMine Games
• Midnight Studios
• Genesis LPMud

• Wacom Graphics Tablets
  I got a Cintiq last year, and I haven't looked back since!
• Corel Painter 2015
  I use this program to create the raw art. Its imitation of traditional media is uncanny. I do my sketches and painting directly on the Cintiq.
• Adobe Photoshop CC
  I use this to finish my art. It's the best for color balancing, titling, and layering effects. The monthly fee helps you avoid the initial investment required by an outright purchase.
• AzPainter2 and AzDrawing
  Barely translated from the Japanese, these two small art programs pack a major punch, especially when you consider they're free! I've used AzPainter2 for inking because it has a line smoothing tool that helps prevent line wobble. That's something neither Painter nor Photoshop have.
• Sculptris
  Speaking of free, Sculptris is an awesome 3D modeling package that handles very much like clay.
• ZBrush 4R6
  What can I say, the ZRemesher feature alone is worth the price of admission in this amazing 3D software.
• 3D Studio Max
  My go-to software for 3D modeling, texturing, rigging, animating, and rendering.

A few of these are done with traditional media. Usually acrylic paint, Dr. Martin's dyes, colored pencil, or a combination of those media on illustration board or Herculene drafting film. Why drafting film? Because I could tape the sketch for the painting on the back of the drafting film, and see it through the front, which was translucent. This allowed me to paint over the sketch without losing it! Plus, Herculene drafting film was tough stuff, and took acrylics well.

The other pieces are all digital. I decided to go digital at the earliest opportunity since I knew it wasn't healthy to mess with things called Cadmium Red Light and Pthalocyanine Blue! Especially since I often had to run them through an airbrush, and fill the air with aerosolized paint. I figured a graphics tablet, monitor, and the miracle of UNDO was going to be my future!

And yes, the demon rising from the lava is on the cover of two different products by two different companies, and to this day the ownership is contested. That's always fun!