Sketchbook: Askhat

conte

hello, i will try to keep that thread in hot condition.
in university i am doing drawings and paintings, and don't really have much time to make cg.
but here we go...

conte

Snowfly

smokin hot, what a fantastic design :-) glad to see you start one of these things!

EricElwell

cool! maybe a little more attention to the joints? Keep em come'n dude!

pangarang

Wow, the rendering on this piece is awesome! Got a very nice hand painted feel to it. Have you tried adding some subtle texture to the metal through special brushes? Cause I really think just a little bit of texture to the armor would really make the image pop. And some discordance in the shadows too.

Joao Sapiro

damn awesome man, love the lightning values and shape, would be awesome to see you tackle this in 3d hows school coming man ? long time no see

conte

Thx for c&c guys.
Johny, all is going fine, thanks bro.
"We'll be together forever, sunny!"

Jaco

Cool! How the hell did they get up there though?
Only minor crit is that it looks like the statue in the foreground is falling over.

conte

quick one

xysdf

cool stuff conte! keep it comminnn

EricElwell

nice man! this is my favorite from you yet!

conte

some shitty things.

Slingshot

Man I love Black & White art! Post more! Stuff looks good.

conte

Tower keeper.
quick doodle

kite

cool work conte, dig that helmet design!

gauss

as requested, a crit:

a lot of your shapes seem to be related to LoTR inspired designs in one way or another. good sketches, but for a crit i guess i'd like to see more shapes outside what appear to be your comfort zone. not so many jagged shapes (very uruk hai) try some different methods. color can wait, i would still continue mostly monochromatic studies since you're doing well with them.

conte

thanks, gauss, and to everyone!

Ged

I really like your brush strokes, really hard but also soft and smudgy, is it mostly one brush? could you describe how to go about getting that setting in your software... Im guessing its painter?

conte

Ged, thanks for reply.
I am using photoshop, and only two brushes
simple round, and custom brush

JR

It's a really great style, man. I like the first sketch very much.

Pedro Amorim

hey conte! awesome stuff you have been working on.
rock on kazakhstan son!

EricElwell

I am curious how you use that custom brush? Do you dab for texture or is it more smeary? Or neither?

conte

quick doodle

Ged

very nice doodle, seems youve blocked out all the colours and anatomy really well, are you gonna finish it? thanks for the tips on the PS brushes, I use similar brushes, I guess I just need to get more confident in how I use them .

Slingshot

I like the rider, ya finish that thing it looks cool.

kary

Surprising how well that figure works on such a bright and intense colour, well described idea there. Captures the mood of a western with an orcish fellow riding a... intimidating looking mount .

Good work throughout, this will be a fun thread to follow.

conte

Jaco

Nice!
When are we going to see some of that 3d goodness? I'm sure all this drawing hasn't been bad for it.

conte

Jaco, be patient

conte

illybang

awesome paintings man. that last grin is freaky.

conte

some new mess))

RazorBladder

I thawt u wuz Ded!

vahl

that's looking awesome my friend

and show up more often on MSN too!

conte

Razor, sorry?
vahl, thx man=)
moar
unfortunally, pictures are lost

conte

...
unfortunally, pictures are lost

vahl

awesome stuff again,
you got a PM man

conte

another Hatman

Joao Sapiro

you have awesome imagination and painting skills ! congrats man, your work has really improved immensely, keep posting !!!

Wells

you are good artist!

/hugz

conte

lil shit more
unfortunally, pictures are lost

conte

hello guys, new shit:
First image was done november06, paintover1 in september08, paintover2 yesterday


Some orcs

Selfportrait

Rens

uhmm... damn! now thats art.

Marnik

that's amazing! All of it!

My only regret is that I have not the knowledge to crit you more =[

conte

hey guys, new shit up

conte

Uly

i can't believe I hadn't seen your sketchbook thread yet
this shit is incredible conte. incredible studies and concepts. your surfaces are defined so well, niiiice

EarthQuake

bearsk from russia

Jesse Moody

Wow this stuffs super hot.

Added to inspiration folder for sure.

_Shimmer

awesome stuff man. really like the later stuff, the animals are really nice !

Keep it up ! Saved them to my folder

Ged

excellent use of colour - especially noticable on things like those polar bears, amazing