Sketchbook: The Lama

The Lama · May 2013

Hey guys,
Decided to start a sketchbook here so I can journal my progress and hopefully get some help with my work.

Just a bit about me if you're interested. I'm 19 and am going to be going to be starting a traditional arts course in July so I wanted to try get as much knowledge under my belt as I can before I start. I hope to be a concept artist in games one day.

I have done a one year course in 2D Animation but I found it wasn't for me. I learnt a lot of really valuable skills doing animation though.

I have some pictures to post. Just some studies for now. I'd really appreciate as much criticism as I can get so don't be afraid to rip apart my work and tell me what i'm doing wrong.

Thanks for checking out my sketchbook, I'll try and contribute to the forum as much as I can.

OXGears · May 2013

what's up, the only thing i can say is work your proportions. i hear it sometimes myself when i get lazy Lol, but your skull needs some help in some areas. the top of the nasal area lost it's curve and it seems there was a shift too. your rendition seems wider at the maxilla and the eye socket looks smaller too. the one thing i can suggest is to use the guidelines (if photoshop) or a ruler (if drawing) that should help a lot till you're able to spot the landmarks. hope that helps!

The Lama · May 2013

@OXGears, Thanks for the feedback, yeah I see what you mean about the proportions, it seems to be the biggest of the many problems my drawings have.

I've done some more studies, the face just now and the environment a couple of days ago. Seems to have the same issues as the other drawings so I figure i'll just keep plugging on with these studies until the problems lessen.

I tried using the liquify filter to adjust the portrait painting but I just posted the original instead. The liquify helped a lot but it seemed almost like cheating to adjust everything afterwards.

It'd probably do me well to learn to get the proportions right with the underdrawing instead.

Thanks for looking. Criticism appreciated

The Lama · May 2013

Did another portrait study, I think this one turned out a bit better. Proportions are a lot more accurate. The features themselves aren't very good though.

OXGears · May 2013

:thumbup: that'll come with practice!

The Lama · Aug 2013

Back again, I'm really enjoying the course i'm at now. Been quite busy though so I need to remember to upload stuff more often so I don't let this sketchbook die.

I also just got a Cintiq 13HD and I really love it, I finally feel comfortable working digitally.

Battle Chicken:

This is an environment painting i'm working on for my illustration class, it's just rendered for now but i'll add colour later.

Comments and Criticism appreaciated.
Cheers.:)

The Lama · Aug 2013

Some really quick sketches I did in class with marker.

Robot drawing:

The Lama · Feb 2014

Update of sorts, character silhouettes for class character design project. Let me know what ya'll think.

Cheerrios. And yeah, I realize some aren't silhouettes, that was my bad.

The Lama · Apr 2014

Bit of a sketch dump here of a jumble of things i've been doing recently:

Thanks for looking

The Lama · Apr 2014

Edit: Double Post

The Lama · May 2014

Hey all,
We've started learning how to use shaders and textures in school this term and this is what i've been working on. We had to compose, light and texture a scene.

I learned so much while doing this, especially in terms of keeping files, geometry, textures organised for a faster workflow. I'd love some feedback on it.
Note: Geometry not made by me.
My finished render:

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The Lama · Jun 2014

I've been doing character design for a class assignment, and this is the character i've come up with. It's still going through a few changes so i'm going to have to update the turnaround before I model it in 3D.

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The Lama · Jan 2015

Well, it's time to do my bi-yearly sketchbook update

I've been doing a mentorship with Anthony Jones the last few months and i'm loving it. I've learned a boat load, and my attitude towards practicing and art in general has changed for the better.

Here's some stuff i've done

Oh I also finished modelling my mime character:

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Cheers for taking a look at my work.

The Lama · Jan 2015

This month for class i've been working on character designs. The first few weeks will be spent exploring as many designs as possible so I have something really solid to refine later on.

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The Lama · Jan 2015

My main critique was to make them less spindly because ive seemed to have locked myself into drawing the same types of shapes over and over. This was my attempt at making my characters a bit more top heavy.

Not there yet, but progress I think.

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Phew, dont think ive drawn that much in a while. I have to pick 10 of the bigger designs and iterate of them for my next assignment. Cheers for taking a look.

The Lama · Jul 2015

Long time again, as usual :P

The last couple of days i've been working through Bad Kings zbrush tutorials and just got through the Bonesaw one. I also messed around with some polypainting and compositing BPR renders.

This was yesterday's efforts. Rendered in keyshot. Would love some critiques if anyone has any. Also I'm interested in learning how to retopologize high-poly meshes and baking normal maps. so if anyone knows any good resources for learning that, throw me a link. Cheers!

The character WIPS above were finished too and are on my portfolio website

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The Lama · Mar 2016

Just finished my first low poly prop modelling assignment for class this week and thought i'd post it up. The criteria was all of them needed to be under 500 poly's and have a maximum of 128x128 Diffuse. Sketchfab links included

Shoulder Pad Sketchfab

Shield Sketchfab

Sword Sketchfab

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ig/s4li8lbto61y.jpg

Cheers!

The Lama · Mar 2016

Working on a modular environment for class this semester so I picked the theme of forest facility. Begun concepting out some of the plant life and rocks. Working the sci fi parts of the environment next.