Sketchbook: Eoq

Eoq

my online dump yaay. Critique is more than welcome : ) Thanks in advance.

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trancerobot

Not much of a dump with just one. Show us more!

I can't say much about the Demon centaur lady, except that maybe her arms are too long, but then that could just be an illusion created by the short torso.

Eoq

Hahaha sorry, would have posted more if a moderator wasn't supposed to activate the first thread More coming up shortly.

lampekap

wow i really love what you did to her front legs. it looks just like shes walking on her toes.
her head might be too large.
I would shift her torso a bit backwards, so the transition between the human torso and the human like fore legs have a more natural transition, but idk if thats was your intend.

Eoq

thanks alot for the critique, i'll make changes on her asap.

@trancerobot: sorry, but i'll post more now then

here are some 2D doodles







and some 3D doodling on a face

Eoq

just some randomness

Eoq

Making a character, and here's a wip on the arm armor.

System

Fuck yea, more 2d people. Nothing profound to say aside - post more!

Eoq

Some armor / character designs-dumps coming up ;D

Eoq

Inspiration taken from a samurai, hope it shows xD



The katana's (3 swords = badass) ;D



the iterations on the concept, from thumbnail to 3/4 model concept.

Eoq

Face/shadow study.

Eoq

More doodles on the way.

Eoq

I soooo hate drawing hands, because they look like crap when I make them. hmmm, hand studies are on the way I guess ;> (about time)

Eoq

moore dump.

Eoq

I'm boooooored -.-

Eoq

doooodlee

Eoq

An almost finished belt, detail pass with leather textures still needs to be made.

Eoq

some clothesConcept, minor variations.



and a rhino (duno if it's spelled like that)

fearian

Lovely stuff!
You should keep her moustache

Eoq

Cheers thanks for the motivation ;D And yeah I agree, I should really leave that mustash as it is heehheheh.

Anyway, here's another doodle.

Eoq

character design (clothes design...xD)

Eoq

Soooo I was sculpting on livestream and ehem...things got out of hand. I named them: Ivy

Eoq

mmhmhm food~

Eoq

doodling as usual, pushing myself to become good.

trancerobot

Her face is alright but that ear needs some work. Nice works otherwise.

Eoq

Aight trance, actually took the the time to sculpt her ear now afterwards. Now moving on to...*drumroll* my new doodle.......throatless!



As you may have noticed...he has *almost* no throat hehehehe. Well ahem....not going to sculpt without references for a while now atleast

Eoq

Any critique is welcomed critique, so dont hesitate people! I wont get any better unless you bash me, hit me, swallow and then spit me out. Bring it on!

Two Listen

Quick question - why do you work in such dark black like the one above? It's confusing and hard to read.

If you take the above image in photoshop, and do say...brightess +100, contrast +40-45, I find it looks a lot better and easier to read. At least on my end. And while this is a crappy, old, fullscreen, early model LCD that gives me daily headaches - it's somewhat decently calibrated.

Example:



...that was just one thing that jumped out at me.

Other than that, I can only recommend doing some more studies. Study some solid poses. Your linework in some of these is pretty good, but it seems inconsistent. Once you've got that down, I think you can safely dive more into some heavier rendering.

Oh and just for the record I'm only really making note of the 2D. I'm not a 3D artist and so don't feel I can say too much there.

Eoq

Aight! I'll think about it next time : ) Thing is, I work on a laptop with a shitty built-in monitor that makes the black colors -> grey:isch. Now watching on my other screen on my other pc I see exacly what you mean. I'll double check before posting those kind of images in the future.

I'll be training on poses, linework and rendering then Thanks alot for the critique, much appreciated.


Testing the settings (+levels)

Der Hollander

Eoq, I find it interesting to see the discrepancy between your line sketches and your grayscale drawings. Your line sketches you do are way cool, and you've got some interesting things going on with your grayscale, but as far as conceptual designs, I like your line drawings much more. One thing you might try in order to make your grayscale more readable would be to dispense with lighting except for the basic forms, and then use light to bring something forward and dark to push something back. Kind of like an Ambient Occlusion pass, but on a canvas/paper. You can use it to really bring out some of the detailing you put into your designs.

As far as poses go, a friend of mine sent me this a long time ago, it's a really good reference for making good dynamic poses: IFX- Strike A Pose

Keep at it!

Eoq

cheers man, thansk for replying - I'll train more on the things you pointed out! Much appreciated \o/

doodle - testing to pose a char again (anatomy bugs indeed, but what to expect from a fast doodle)

Eoq

a quick doodle, life drawing

Eoq

mindless drawing is mindless, this went from being a prop...to a creature then trashed and at last something humanoid:isch thingy xD

Eoq

damnit, can't delete this doublepost~~

Medestruit

You have some interesting concepts and some fairly decent composition for your sketches, but can't help but notice the hands in you sketches are....sketchy, no pun intended. They all seem to stick to a scheme of clawed gloves covering fat, stubby fingers. Otherwise, some cool stuff going on.

Eoq

Thanks alot for the critique Medestruit!

Damnit! My weakness has been exposed -> Hands. I'll stop slacking with the hand studies and start making some progress on that part, I promise...really! I'm currently doing a 3D study on hands and yeah, it's really hard even in 3 dimensions.

Here's an update on the pose I previously posted (this is not the hand study, i'll get there tho!) : )

lampekap

awesome pose and anatomy, but dont be afraid to define some parts "sharper", too avoid looking like candle wax statue.

Eoq

@ Lampekap: Thanks for the critz, i'll think about it as I continue working with it

As for the studies on the hands...yeah - it's showdown bit***s! I did a few lineart hands, and learned ALOT just by doing those (and a few more that...weren't that incredible lol).

Eoq

More studies on the way!

Eoq

;O

Eoq

Finally got some time to do something else than uv-map lol.

Eoq

Just trying something out, since this is a scetchbook - i post things that arent't finished (bugged and shit) ofcourse! There's no hiding from ecapes and failures! Spent absolutely no time on the texture, it's just an overlay from cgtextures. The cracks and normal maps are the things I've focused on. And yeah, the cracks are beyond improvised xD

note: they're 96-120 tris each.

Eoq

it's aa sword \o/ it was alot of fun making the texture, since it's x4 tileable, meaning that I only had to texture 1/4 of the model it feels good to be lazy sometimes.

Eoq

On the first page i posted a creature design that I decided to sculpt inside ZBrush - and so I did. Here's a little peak on the geometry, i'll post more as it gets more finished (about 80% done on the sculpt now),

Eoq

it's not a bug - it's a feature..! Anyways, here's an update on the insect that I've sculpted. Tiny more tweaks and it will be ready for to be lowpolified. Hopefully i'll manage to texture it just as it is in my head (creepy and yeah...creepy). Until further updates, chao!

Eoq

More stuff on the way. Feel free to comment of whatever I've posted and will be posting, thanks!

This, as you can see is 1 wooden plank sculpted and textured - tho still not 100% finished. The image is a printscreen from the Maya viewport using 1 spotlight. I'll finish it in the morning, promise!

Eoq

Yeah curse lineart *bbbburrrn* - naaaaaa i like linework ;D Sooo my buddy came up with this brilliant idea - to sketch something as fucked up as a zombie (even tho mine isn't that fucked up YET). So I was thinking ....something that would make me shit my pants if it would exist in real life.....so it came out to be a firefighting zombie with huge fucking hands which ofcourse are hanging on elastic skin that enables him to hit fast and super hard! Not only that, this sucker can fly.. swinging his arm up the air and then hitting the ground sends him off at a high speed and eventually crashlanding on his enemy.

Nothing is too hard for this guy.......zombie hordes? pff, he can solo anything!

this is a skeeetchh

Eoq

a quick update

Der Hollander

Eoq, that first render of the bug looks a lot like an electron microscope image, way cool. However, in the brownish render it looks a little too exaggerated, almost like it's a bug covered in elephant skin. It might be a little off-putting because it's just not textured, but maybe toning it down might work? Also, that zombie-firefighter guy is way creepy. looking forward to seeing it more finished.

Muzzoid

Cool stuff man!

Though whats with all the headless dudes?

trancerobot

Excellent hand studies!