SketchBook: Stinger88
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In this sketchbook I plan to concentrate mainly on 2D and concept artwork.
First up.
I've been trying to find a way to emulate Markers digitally.
This is a sketch I created with some simple brushes I made in photoshop.
Time: 1hr
First up.
I've been trying to find a way to emulate Markers digitally.
This is a sketch I created with some simple brushes I made in photoshop.
Time: 1hr
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The biggest thing I noticed is that it's much too light. You don't have any blacks in there at all. Even if you just slid the levels down a bit, you would see greater depth, but ideally you would use the additional darks to give you depth just where you want it.
Keep up the good work! :thumbup:
Yeah. Agreed that its not exactly like markers. I'm finding it tough to get something that reacts exactly like markers. I've tried artrage and had a quick go in painter. Which got pretty good results. But i'd really like to get something that i can use quickly in photoshop. Its the blending and bleeding that photoshop misses.
If anyone knows a good technique for digital markering. I'd love to give it a go.
Anyway. Here's another quick interior sketch while im on
40 mins
I'd be interested to see what happens if you added a stage after this where you solidified some of the overlapping strokes into chunks of colour (like, go in there to bits with a lot of overlapping strokes, pick the average tone, and just block in a whole bunch with a 100% brush. Reckon itll add some punch! look forward to the next bunch
Ok. Here's a quick sketch using a technique (devised by Scott Robertson http://www.drawthrough.com/ ) of overlaying marker sketches and playing around with the blend/opacity/etc properties of each layer. Then zooming into the image and trying to pick out shape and making sense of them.
I love working like this as its impossible to know what your going to end up with.
This one has turned out a bit abstract and still needs work to make it read better. But it'll do as a learning curve.
time: about 2 hrs
and heres the marker layered sketch that i zoomed into and pulled out the image.
time: 2 hrs
Quick Crustacean thing
Time: 20 mins
I dont usually leave it white. I normally start on a gradient background. I was just mucking about on the last one so it was an oversight. Anyhoo..if your eye's are bleeding i'd probably just turn the brightness down on your monitor first. Its not normal unless your a Bond Villian.
Jet Ship design
Time: 20 mins
http://akas.imdb.es/news/ni0799037/
Heres a Sketch I did a few weeks ago. Nowt special but I thought i'd put it up. I really like this silhouetting technique lately.
Time 1hr...ish
The thing that jumps out to me about this one is that the lower half is basically covered by 3 mostly parallel lines. I like the top half much better because the silhouettes intersect. Each one has a little hill that hides the line behind it.
Cheers Roo. again, I agree. Adding more light and dark detail to each layer is something I will be doing with pieces like this. In fact I intend to learn to make whole scene blend seemlessly so the layers wont be so noticable.
Here's one I started a few weeks back as a silhouette picture and finished off with added lighting and atmosphere today.
I call it "Hello Crab
Time: 3hrs
And as an added bonus
Here's a piece I did for the EOW over at CA.org about a month ago.
Gas Planet City: Project Olympus
Time: 5+ hours
I think it was the previous rim light on the edges of the silhouette that made them look like cutouts, the light gradient in the underwater one and the extra lighting on the ground around the crab show the space nicely
Ok. Here's what i've been doing the past few days. I wanted to explore some other ways to highlight and shade the silhouetted scene. So I spent a lot longer than I intended to on this pic. In fact I started to think about abandoning it as I was having difficulty with getting the levels half decent. I'm still not happy with it tbh...nevermind though. There's parts of this pic I like and parts that don't. Lessons learned and now I can move on and get back to doing some quick sketches...YAY!
EDIT: realised the levels/values are still off in places...Bugger it!
The Spire
Time: 9hrs!
Pearson: Thanks man. I think your spot on about the brush size. Its too uniform and a bit scratchy through out. I tried to add focus on the central spire by increasing the contrast there...but I dont think its worked and it's unbalanced the Atmospheric perspective. Anyway...Lesson learned. I plan to try and use larger brushes in earlier stages of concepts in future.
This sketch I started with an Alchemy silhouette.
"Send in the probe"
Time: 3hrs
Ok. Here's another pic. Wow...2 in one day!
Thought I'd do an anatomical piece. And what better way than to do a Zombie surfer bum...
I haven't deformed him too much, maybe he's in the early stages of zombifacation. I might go back to this and take an arm off or something, but for now here he is.
Time: 3 hrs
-Also another idea for your consideration could be, just after he was first bitten and he's floating in the water ready to turn into a zombie- A good ol' shark came up to have a bit of a nibble. Random flesh wounds from the sea life would look great, especially if they're still clinging on !
StephenVyas: Like your idea of having him a bit shark nibbled. Might do something along those lines in future. A zombie shark would be cool acttually....hmmm..
I plan to do a series of zombies and I also have been sitting on an idea for a zombie comic which I hope one day I will be able to share with the world. It has a nice twist to the usual zombie infection that I think will be a nice change...but i aint telling.... :P
Do it
In the meantime. Here's a mock up Woodland sketch. I plan to use this as the backdrop for a piece I've been thinking about for a while now. I'll not say too much yet but it involves a meeting between two of the Seasonal Spirits. They are lovers, but can only meet once every "blue moon" or "when the planets are in alignment"...I'll decide more of the back story as the piece takes shape anyway.
Time: 2hrs
maybe on the foliage try mixing up the hue of your green a bit, think that would bring out some more depth- just splash some colours on a subtle overlay or hue layer mebes?
anyway, lookin good
Here's a WIP image i'm doing for this week's CHOW over at CA.org
Brief title: The Dragon's Egg
LINK: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2547320&posted=1#post2547320
Gone for a graphic novel approach. Thought i'd post it here and get some feedback before i finish it off.
I needed to make her younger. Anyway. here tis
K...finished it. Had to rush it a bit for the deadline. So the presentation and backdrop isn't very good.
See all the other entries here:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=176441
I agree and absorbed it heartily.
I started the piece with something in mind and it changed into something totally different. Kinda lost my way with it and thats clear to see. And because I want to finish quickly I tried to cut corners...Laziness. In being lazy I gave my self more work tbh. I intend to keep things looser in future until I get the basis right.
Which brings me to...
DAN DA DA DAN DAN DA DAN! (fanfare)
ARTRAGE 3!!!!! (demo, get it now!)
played around with the watercolour and markers a bit as these are the tools I was most looking forward to trying out.
Bare in mind that my watercolour techniques are very amatuer in real media..so I didn't really know the theory for the blending and such...but I intend to learn.
All I can say is...Wow...I'll be buying this!
Markers
Time: 20 mins
Watercolour
Time: 40 mins
Warzone
Quick sketch WIP for CA.org's EOW
Title: The Dawn of a New Decade on a New World
ZBrush 3.5r3 is my new weapon of choice. And its bloody good.
I must admit i hadnt heard of HatchFX. Brilliant stuff!. One studio that has been my main inspiration is Steambot Studios. Check them out if you havent heard of them. They recently published a book called Exodyssey. Which is just massive ammounts of awesomeness.
Anyway. Sorry for the lack of updates recently. Havent really been feeling very creative. Hopefully I can get back on with it now. I did this quick sketch which is for CA's C.O.W. # 171-Giant Amphibious War Beast. I havent really stuck to the brief on this one..but i thought it would be fun.
Hope you like it anyway
Anyhoo...Onward
Did another "Giant Amphibious War Beast" (Unfinished as well)
CgTalk Daily Sketch 2103 35 mn "◦death rides a horse"
35mins
1.5hrs
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=6434503#post6434503
Heres a sketch I've done today for CA's CHAR#194: Robin Hood
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2689675#post2689675
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2697400#post2697400
Futuristic Bike concept
Zombie Punk version wearing ankle warmers....
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really like the robin hood one
Heres another Dorothy concept. Trying to do something like Warren Louw's pin up style. Still in the WIP stage though.