Sketchbook: Sam Santala

samsantala · Aug 2015

Hi everyone, I'm a recent computer animation graduate who's walking away from the 3D modelling to focus more on my concept art career. Here's some recent roughs and WIP's

20 Masters Value studies.

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Metroid Designs:

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Sketchbook Work:

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Miscellaneous:

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All of this is a couple months old by this point but I'll be uploading a steady stream of what I've been working on recently alongside it soon.

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samsantala · Nov 2015

Well, it's been a while since I posted here. Lots of updates to come!

For now here are some snippets from my Sketchbook:

samsantala · Nov 2015

Well, it's been a while since I posted here. Lots of updates to come!

For now here are some snippets from my Sketchbook:

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samsantala · Nov 2015

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I did end up making a free pdf of this sketchbook too in case anyone wants to take a more in-depth look.

It can be found here: https://goo.gl/s8Qumg

samsantala · Nov 2015

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I also have a blog that details the processes of my work, including this piece. If you're interested, it can be found here: http://tchukart.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/monster-hunter-design-oryctomus-creature.html

samsantala · Dec 2015

Recently redesign Bahamut for Conceptart.org's 'Creature of the Week' Contest.

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Arkadius · Dec 2015

I dig your creatures designs, I really like the monster hunter one the most. Keep em coming.

samsantala · Dec 2015

Thanks a lot Arkadius! I love designing creatures so I'm glad you like the results!

Next one isn't a creature though. This was a character designed for an in development indie game called 'Circuits and Shields'.

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samsantala · May 2016

Sorry for not updating in a while everyone. I've recently finished an internship at SIXMOREVODKA, and have thus been pretty pre-occupied for the last few months. I'll be posting some updates with my personal work from now on. And I really think I've grasped painting a lot better after the internship.

These are a few 1 hour character designs I was tasked with whilst I was there. It was pretty challenging to try getting characterization, anatomy and clothes all done within an hour I have to say!

samsantala · May 2016

Sorry for not updating in a while everyone. I've recently finished an internship at SIXMOREVODKA, and have thus been pretty pre-occupied for the last few months. I'll be posting some updates with my personal work from now on. And I really think I've grasped painting a lot better after the internship.

These are a few 1 hour character designs I was tasked with whilst I was there. It was pretty challenging to try getting characterization, anatomy and clothes all done within an hour I have to say!

samsantala · May 2016

This was just a personal character design for a character I made for a tabletop RPG called Numenera

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samsantala · May 2016

samsantala · May 2016

Okay, so a little background on these bears. My partner is Finnish, and she was explaining how in Finnish mythology each animal has a sort of male and female god representing them. So I thought about illustrating cubs, bears, and then the mother as if she's some sort of spiritual entity.

I will likely get back to these when I feel more comfortable in my fur rendering skills.

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jellophish · May 2016

Really well done work, keep it up

samsantala · May 2016

Thanks a lot @jellophish

More cute sketches incoming

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samsantala · Oct 2016

Just completed a sketchbook. So for the next few weeks I'll be uploading selected pages out of that, which is why the ones right now are dated so long ago.

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ypar · Oct 2016

Great stuff here, I like the figure sketches! I noticed you position the joints in some of them. do you draw the joints/skeleton first?

samsantala · Oct 2016

Thanks Ypar!

Sort of yes, and sort of no with the joints. Essentially there's a few shapes that help me remember exactly where anatomical parts are, shoulders, knees etc. The shoulders are typically the area I need help with most though, as their shape and shading can very wildly depending on their positioning. But the greater tubercle at the top of the Humerus tends to stay the same so if I map that out I can figure the rest of it from there

More sketches too:

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I wanted to spend a little time doing something fun. So I made a new version of my favourite Pokémon.

Time well spent

DragonGuard · Oct 2016

Really cool work. Very inspiring to get back to painting more studies again myself.

samsantala · Oct 2016

Glad to hear it @DragonGuard I hope you managed to get yourself back into the swing of things

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Lunch break studies

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samsantala · Feb 2017

I recently completed a course with Terryl Whitlatch studying Creature Design. IT was a pretty intense 9 weeks, but I have the following to show for it. I hope you like them

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samsantala · Feb 2017

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samsantala · Feb 2017

Armour Studies.

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samsantala · Mar 2017

samsantala · Mar 2017

Finally finished these studies. I also decided to try making a load of material spheres and a short tutorial on rendering armour and understanding light/shadows over on my blog.

If you're interested you can find it here: http://samsantala.blogspot.fi/2017/03/armour-studies-material-spheres.html

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EricElwell · Mar 2017

Nice studies, Tchuck!

samsantala · Apr 2017

EricElwell said:

Nice studies, Tchuck!

Thanks, man!

Anyway, just updating here with a clean up of some work from last year. Wanted to make more actual 'design' in my concept designs and add some notes on here.