Polycount's Sketch Thread!

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We'll start by just drawing a piece everyday, and it can be digital or traditional. Then we'll start to work in some sweet themes to challenge ourselfs! ex. robots, chicks etc.

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ErikNilsson

Environment study. added a dino for fun:



@EricElwell
 nice sketchbooK!

knacki

Well guys - we have no words, we can just observe and be amazed.

ErikNilsson

Amazement ^^

Lyno

Thanks for the tip ErikNilsson, I was in the search for some master to study from.
Today I tried to find out what've learned from my previous studies:



PS: It's nice to have everyone posting on a regular basis and sharing their studies, it sure keeps me motivated

ErikNilsson

Good colors Lyno! Yeah really check out payne, hes environments are amazing

knacki

Lyno said:

PS: It's nice to have everyone posting on a regular basis and sharing their studies, it sure keeps me motivated

But it is very exhausting - all this painting.......:D


Btw. How would you environment heroes paint macro environment for those mushroom boys?

ErikNilsson

Hmm, I mean I would start with a concept, just sketch up some ideas, sketch some mood colors as well and then just start paintin, the rendering is just rendering, I feel like you have to do some concept art and figure out what you want to do with the mushrooms, like what kind of world do they live in? 

Study:

Lyno

Maybe find some photo with colors that you like to reference from?
Here is something I did. I started with acrylics and then reworked it in Photoshop:

EricElwell

finally back to working on my brushes, played around a bit..

EricElwell

@knacki - Not sure if it helps, but two things I would consider (besides composition) are scale and storytelling. When working with fantastical creatures and themes, setting the scale is important since we don't have a fixed point of reference for the imaginary. You've done that with the acorn in the second image. You can follow through with elements supporting that scale as you develop the environment around the character. As far as story, consider why you are defining environment. Hopefully to sell the idea further. So go for it. What about the environment gives the viewer more information about the story, the world that this character inhabits and how the character relates to its world? If you answer those questions it will help launch ideas and it will give you a criteria with which to measure the success of the piece as you progress. Hope that helps!

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knacki

You guys are awesome. Thank you so much for your time and very useful thoughts. I'll consider everything for the best output. Thanks a ton. Are there some brushes which you can recommand for macro environment? There are plenty of leaves brushes etc. But now I am in  different perspective.
Unfortunately, there were deadlines instead of practise sketches, so this one is some weeks old already and got a bit more time as a sketch normally do. Done in procreate, mostly with fantastic Nikko's Rull brush.

ErikNilsson

Sketch 



@knacki maybe get some Noisy brushes for vegetation etc, and some texture brushes for rocks and ground. But in general its more about how you use your brushes, If you dont know how to use them they wont help you. Obviously you probably want some textury brushes etc but John Park did some great environments with a roundbrush that he tweeked for different uses (Scattering + Color Dynamics etc for leaves) so you can do a lot with one brush as long as you know how to use it. 


Im pretty sure its this one, you can tell a lot of the flowers and foliage uses a round brush with scattering, Im sure he wrote some stuff about it but, its a long time ago now so i might be completly wrong. Point is, Try to figure out what level of detail you are after, get some brushes for that and learn to use them, Master studies are a great way to build up skills.


(Pic by John J. Park - not me!)

(Pic by John J. Park - not me!)

premium

Slooowly getting back to painting.
Quick sketch

ErikNilsson

Sketch:

ErikNilsson

EricElwell

LuSunnyboy

I just started trying to draw landscapes and stuff 

Lyno

LuSunnyBoy: A pitty the perspective of the roof falls together with another line in perspective. It looks a bit odd right now. Other than that, keep at it ! I did some master studies today of Renato Muccillo and tried to see what sticked with me in the end:

Lyno

Today's work:

Lyno

From today:

knacki

@ErikNilsson
Thank you so much for your time! Unfortunately, I didn't find much time for drawing.
But I'll follow your suggestions
@EricElwell
These guys are super funny and very well presented - love them
@Lyno
You landscapes are awesome! The last one is most interesting to watch for me, very cool.

I just had time for a technique study. I really do love Asian ink paintings, and verve painter love it as well.

braingraft

danipanteez

@braingraft
!! I love those pixel sketches~

Won't be able to participate much in mermay this year but have a little something!

Makkon

Dani that's wonderful!

I've been trying to do sharkmerms too

danipanteez

@Makkon i love them so much i want moreeee!!!

EricElwell

nice @danipanteez !

finally got a moment to do some fun doodles

danipanteez

A really quick mermay from last night~

Lyno

These mermaids are cool, nice shapes and flow
Here is something I did: my first livestream:

ErikNilsson

@Lyno and @danipanteez Damn guys! Awesome work!  

Study:

ErikNilsson

Lyno

Nice loose strokes in that last one!
I'm studying some Medieval soldiers this week:

EricElwell

Nice @Lyno ! I like the reflected colors in the metal. 
Love the color on that last one, @ErikNilsson

I recorded a little sketch using that random eyeball brush:

Lyno

Wow, those turned out nice ! Is it a brush you've made yourself? The light and shadow pass does a lot.
Here is another medieval character study

Lyno

Here is another one

Lyno

Yesterday's sketch:

danipanteez

@Lyno i loooove the texture at that tree!

One more mermaid to close out the month~

ErikNilsson

Really Nice Tree sketch @Lyno

And Awesome mermaid and lineart as always @danipanteez

Character exploration, I wanted to go for a mix between Darksiders and Dark Souls.

ocarian

Some Sketches
Jak from Jak and Daxter  for Fun

EricElwell

Cool stuff folks

I've been setting limits/objectives per mini sketchbook, this one being black ink only. 

ErikNilsson

Sci-fy people:

ocarian

Some character sketches

Daven

Pbbtthh

BrunoParrela

concept art inspired in world of warcraft 

Lyno

Hello BrunoParrela, the perspective of the floor seems off. A solution would be to foreshorten the texture of the stones ;-)

I did this today:

Lyno

faces:

Lyno

My first oil painting :

knacki

So many wonderful work since my last visit.

Haha, well a bit wrong placed as I am not really game industry orientated.

But Polycount is probably the nicest community about 2D and 3D art I've ever found.

I guess I am fine here in sketch thread then, am I?

So here's a simple  2D caricature of Anthony Hopkins getting a little bit of life with some app magic:

danipanteez

Painted me my boo while playing civ tonight~

Lyno

Knacki, what app are you using?

This is from today:

ErikNilsson