Fire God Rough

Fire Elemental, originally he was supposed to be Stone, but had too much fun adding the blazing fire.

Visit the Neil Blevins Art Gallery on my site for more artwork.

Soulburn 3D Education Page Updated Feb 26th 2012

The Soulburn CG Education Page has been updated:

http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm

* Added a new tutorial called Painting Starship Panels In Photoshop.

Toy Photo Page Updated Feb 26th 2012

World War Robot Group Shoot 47
14 Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soulburn3d/sets/72157629455873983/

Here's a sample...



And here's an Adventure Kartel Ankou figure that I customized by painting his head and clamps orange (didn't dig the original yellow color).

Adventure Kartel Custom Ankou Orange-Or-Death Shoot 1
26 Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soulburn3d/sets/72157629091144678/

Here's a couple of samples...

Soulkiller Webzine Metal News for the Week Of Feb 19th - Feb 26th 2012

Visit http://www.soulkillerwebzine.com for all the latest metal news, release dates and reviews...

• (02.25) Nile have finished recording their new album and are scheduled to begin mixing it this weekend.
• (02.25) "Utilitarian", the new album from Napalm Death, is available for streaming in its entirety at CMDistro.de.
• (02.24) Go here to listen to the track 'Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave It Motion' off the new Meshuggah album (must have a Facebook account).
  
• (02.23) Added a review to the Goatwhore's "Blood For The Master" album. The album sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at No. 4 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart. The band's previous album, 2009's "Carving Out The Eyes Of God", opened with around 2,700 units to land at No. 16 on the Heatseekers chart.
• (02.23) Patrick Mameli of Pestilence has released the following statement to Blabbermouth.net: "Recently, bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling and drummer Yuma van Eekelen have decided to work more intensively on their main projects.Therefore, bassist Stephan Fimmers (Necrophagist) and drummer Tim Yeung (Morbid Angel, Devine Heresy, Hate Eternal) will join Pestilence for the upcoming new album, 'Obsideo', and live performances. [I] would like to thank Jeroen Paul Thesseling and Yuma van Eekelen for their hard work and great musicianship on the 'Doctrine' album and live shows and we wish them both good luck in the future with their projects."
• (02.23) Suffocation have reportedly parted ways with drummer Mike Smith. Although his exit from the group has not yet been officially confirmed, the band played a couple of East Coast shows this past weekend with former member Dave Culross once again sitting behind the kit. Also Mike wrote a rather cryptic message on his Facebook page on the subject.
  
• (02.22) Added a review to the Psycroptic's "The Inherited Repression" album.
• (02.22) Added a review to the Beneath The Massacre's "Incongruous" album.
• (02.21) Release of Coldworker's new album "The Doomsayer's Call" has been pushed back to March 13th 2012.
• (02.21) Man Must Die has announced the addition of drummer Todd Hansen (The Berzerker) to the group's ranks. The band is currently seeking a new label home following its split with Relapse Records, which released the group last album "No Tolerance For Imperfection".

Two Quick Sketch Tributes To Ashley Wood

WWR Photo Page Updated Feb 18th 2012

World War Robot Group Shoot 44
12 Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soulburn3d/sets/72157629377859489/

Here's a sample...



World War Robot Group Shoot 45
12 Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soulburn3d/sets/72157629377962255/

Here's a sample...



World War Robot Group Shoot 46
12 Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soulburn3d/sets/72157629378125803/

Here's a sample...

Soulkiller Webzine Metal News for the Week Of Feb 12th - Feb 18th 2012

Visit http://www.soulkillerwebzine.com for all the latest metal news, release dates and reviews...

• (02.18) The new Devin Townsend DVD Live set called "By A Thread" will apparently have 10 discs. In Devin's words: "We're going to do the four DVDs, four audio discs, one of bonus footage, and because the shows are too long to fit the encores on the audio discs, we have a disc of just the encores. . . There's bonus material from 'Ghosts' and 'Deconstruction'. We did a bunch of Punky Bruster stuff and for "Addicted" we did a bunch of old catalog stuff, just to flesh it out." Devin is already working on his next album "Epicloud", which "goes between melodic hard rock to schizophrenic heavy metal to country to really ambient stuff".
• (02.18) 'Do Not Look Down', a brand new song from Meshuggah, can be streamed here.
• (02.18) Shadows Fall's new album will be called "Fire From The Sky", and will be released on May 8 via Razor & Tie.
• (02.17) Nasum, as part of their farewell tour (reported on a few month ago), will be in Oakland California at the Oakland Metro May 28th (with Exhumed).
  
• (02.16) Go here for a Polish news report (with video) on Adrian "Covan" Kowanek, former vocalist for the band Decapitated, who has been left terribly injured after a bus crash 4 years ago. Click on the CC button to get english subtitles. Seeing him in this state is just so sad, my heart really goes out for the guy. If you have any extra cash around, I highly recommend supporting the band or the family directly, for info and links, see the description of the youtube clip, or visit www.wakeupcovan.com.
• (02.16) The new Devin Townsend 4 DVD Live set will be called "By A Thread", and should be out this summer.
  
• (02.14) Fear Factory have announced that Matt DeVries (Chimaira, Six Feet Under) has joined the group as their new bass player.
• (02.14) Go here to listen to the new track 'Bodiless Sleeper' by Spawn Of Possession from their new album.
  
• (02.13) Cryptopsy continues to work on their new album.
  
• (02.12) Gortuary have a new song 'Dieties Of Disease' on their myspace. No idea if this is from a new album or just a demo.
  
• (02.12) Vile is seeking a bassist and lead guitarist for future shows in California and eventually a European tour.

Weekly Updates Starting February 18th

Hey everyone!

After a long absence due to the birth of my daughter (she is doing awesome, BTW), I'm back, and ready to start posting again. Obviously my life is quite a bit different now, and I've had to re-balance my personal work, professional work, and family life. But my personal artwork and other areas of interest are a major part of who I am, and so it's time to get back into them, at least at a reduced pace.

So in that spirit, I'm going to start making weekly updates to this blog. Expect several posts each and every weekend, as I post new speed paintingss, new cg tutorials, or a new toy photo shoot, etc.

So hope to see you here every weekend. This blog is going to be a larger part of my web presence moving forward, so thank you for reading so far, and hope you enjoy the new work I'll be posting!

WWR Photo Page Updated Feb 12th 2012

I saw someone take a few photos with the Bertie MK3 holding the Heavy Bramble RPG, thought it was cool and so decided to do a quick photoshoot of my own.

WWR Bertie MK3 Mode A Marine JEA Shoot 2
26 Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soulburn3d/sets/72157629286373289/

Here's a few samples...