Sketchbook: linkov

linkov · Nov 2011

here I am. hand-painted death knight level 1

this sketchbook is gonna be mostly about hand-painted stuff.

Jessica Dinh · Nov 2011

Yay, you made a sketchbook!!! xD Definitely following!

linkov · Nov 2011

Jessica Dinh wrote: »

Yay, you made a sketchbook!!! xD Definitely following!

Yay, lets follow each other!! xD Seriously, I'm keeping an eye on your threads, awesome stuff you making. :poly131:

Jeff Parrott · Nov 2011

Hah! Awesome job. Really like the sword. Can't wait to see some more art from you.

linkov · Nov 2011

jeffro wrote: »

Hah! Awesome job. Really like the sword. Can't wait to see some more art from you.

thanks! I guess levitating shield doesn't make much sense, does it?

Kot_Leopold · Nov 2011

Wow, that's one spectacular piece you got there! Love the Warcrafty style, can't wait to see more from you!

p.s. As for the levitating shield itself, here's an idea:

linkov · Nov 2011

Kot_Leopold thanks! Yeah, Pooh ftw!11

I guess it won't hurt explaining floating shield idea. It was actually my (probably lame) attempt to balance the composition, that was leaning to the left because of the rised sword (or so was my impression). At the same time I wanted him to have a shield, but I didn't wanted to put it in his other hand, because it would cover too much of him. Being chibi or whatever, he is supposed to be cute and funny, so it came rather naturally - baloon shield! :poly136:

Jessica Dinh · Nov 2011

There's nothing wrong with having a pet shield! I mean, it even has a face xD

linkov · Nov 2011

Was experimenting with turning photos into hand-painted textures. or should I say stylised? Anyway, turns out this is very time consuming, so I abandoned that idea. These are unfinished and probably will stay that way.

Daven · Nov 2011

holy crap those are some sweet texture studies. I'd love to see a breakdown of how you did these.

linkov · Nov 2011

suburbbum thanks. But I'm afraid there is no definitive workflow I can share. Like I've said it was an experiment, and I didn't care about saving stages.

I took some photos from cgtextures, cropped, mixed and then, basically, all I did was a lot of color-picking and then painting over with simple brush. The idea is to remove things that makes photo look like a photo. Noise, high frequency details, all that stuff is removed. Edges are beveled to make it look more stylised.

To finish these, I would need to add some finer details, but it was taking too long, because there is just to much things that needed to be removed and thats just time wasted. So I abandoned it. Its easier to paint this stuff from scratch.

One thing I do like though, is the color. Somehow it stands out from the usual hand-painted stuff I do everyday for work. Hopefully, one day, I'll get it

Jessica Dinh · Nov 2011

omg rooftiles :0 :0 :0 now THOSE are nice rooftiles!! The other textures look fantastic too - I like that idea of practicing converting photos!

Jeff Parrott · Nov 2011

Very cool stuff linkov. Definitely seems like that's a time consuming workflow though.

Zeldrak · Nov 2011

those rooftiles look awesome, I should give this a try, even though time consuming it is a good study

allmighty_thunder · Nov 2011

i would love to see some textures on 3d models at this point looking really nice, i especially like the sewer gate with bricks

linkov · Nov 2011

allmighty_thunder wrote: »

i would love to see some textures on 3d models at this point looking really nice, i especially like the sewer gate with bricks

you can see some in my older art dump thread:

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87783

linkov · Dec 2011

My entry for The MUTANT LEAGUE Challenge

linkov · Apr 2012

linkov · Jul 2012

got this no so very clear idea, inspired by Alice in Wonderland. not sure if I'm gonna pursue it..:shifty:

Jessica Dinh · Jul 2012

Pretty, soft colors and details! I love it

linkov · Sep 2012

Jessica Dinh wrote: »

Pretty, soft colors and details! I love it

thanks Jessika!

880 tris

texture wip

toxic_h2o · Sep 2012

awesome mailbox. the metal bevels on the bottom corners read really well.

linkov · Sep 2012

thanks toxic_h2o

one more wip

linkov · Jun 2013

forgot to post sw mailbox final here

and one more, this is mostly 2d, but on top of 3d blockout

Andy H · Jun 2013

Really love your work, very readable. Please keep posting more!

linkov · Jun 2013

Andy thanks! I would love to post more, but most of my work is under NDA. Hopefully I will do more personal stuff during this summer

riotorange · Jun 2013

I like that last piece, the legs & feet on the metal part make me laugh.
You said its mostly 2D on top of 3Dblockout? I might try that, maybe it'll help me get better angles and view ideas before starting 2D work

I'm with Andy -I really like what you've shown and wish you could post more!

linkov · Jun 2013

thanks Charli, yeah, its started with this sketch:

then I made 3d blockout and painted on top of it. nothing new really. I think there is much better examples can be found on the net. it mostly helps with perspective. I really don't have patience to do all that stuff with vanishing points, so its kinda 'cheating'

riotorange · Jun 2013

I don't have that much patience (or experience,really)either with drawing perspective.I'm up for "cheating while learning" haha
Thanks for posting the sketches!

Valtyr · Jun 2013

Really nice work, You hit that mailbox style smack dab on center! Like the tone sketches. Would like to see that Death knight lowpoly. =D

linkov · Sep 2013

Valtyr, thanks!

trying my luck @ envato marketplaces. >my profile<

did three handpainted textures so far, planning for more.

Fenyce · Sep 2013

These textures are awesome! Like all your stuff in here... very inspiring!

YBourykina · Sep 2013

loving your latest props, awesome job

linkov · Sep 2013

Fenyce: thanks!
YBourykina: Kate thanks! You're quite an inspiration yourself! I'm a huge fan))

anyway, made another one. kinda bored with just textures, gonna switch to full cycle - concepts - modeling - texturing.

linkov · Sep 2013

oh well, maybe not so fast haha

KyleJensen · Sep 2013

Sweet textures, man.

linkov · Sep 2013

thanks Kyle! btw, everyone, don't be shy, crits & suggestions really appreciated here

Devart · Sep 2013

How many light sources are you working with in your floor textures. They intrigue me a lot cause of thier quality. Are you looking for work and do you have a portfolio online? I have an upcoming project for an MMO though the art style hasn't been decided yet. Let me look through your sketchbook a little more and edit this post.

linkov · Sep 2013

Devart: there is no light sources at all. These are promotional images for 3DOcean, created in photoshop. Though there is nothing that cannot be achieved in modern game engines.

My current temporary portfolio can be found here: http://www.oleglinkov.carbonmade.com

Devart · Sep 2013

Are you much of a game designer? You got the artwork to make a certain style of graphics that I like and I feel I have a few thoughts on games that might be fun if you'd like to private message back and forth a little.

linkov · Sep 2013

Like many people in this industry, I do have some ideas from time to time, but no, I'm not a game designer, nor do I plan to become one any time soon.

Devart · Sep 2013

Alright, excuse the offtopic discussion. I was going to comment on your artwork and so I will >
Your perspective on buildings follows a very good workflow for the stylized appearance. Do you have environments modeled to go with the buildings so they populate a region?

blue_skies · Sep 2013

Yes! Hand painted thread! I love stumbling upon these kinds of sketchbooks. Very nice stuff.

linkov · Sep 2013

Devart: no, I was responsible only for the buildings. modeled and textured them. You can find actual ingame screenshots here: http://www.snowbirdgames.com/eador/screenshots/?lang=en

blue_skies: thanks!

linkov · Oct 2013

and another one. someone already suggested that I stole it from WOW haha. I guess its time to send my portfolio to Blizzard :poly142:

Fenyce · Oct 2013

That last one really is fantastic! I'm loving it!

I always wanted to do a floor tile like that too! Hahaha. This goes into my inspiration folder!

TerryMosier · Oct 2013

Yay! Found another person who does hand painted stuff. Your work is phenomenal and I wish I could give some pointers but in my opinion you really don't need any. These look like they could easily be used in World of Warcraft or Torchlight.

I'll be following your work and studying it. Hopefully my textures will begin to look beautiful like these. Please keep posting and inspiring.

obriien · Oct 2013

These hand painted textures look really great. I have a really strong interest in your workflow for making these. Does it take a very long time? Have you tried any metallic textures yet?

Great work overall keep it up!

linkov · Oct 2013

Fenyce, TerryMosier: thanks!
obriien: thank you

about my workflow - there is no definitive workflow, like 1. 2. 3. ... Sometimes I start from scratch and sometimes I can use a photo with the surface I like or want to paint. Overall its just a lot of hand painting. It takes few hours at least to paint one of these.

linkov · Oct 2013

there will be like four more shields from this set

Sketchbook: linkov

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