CgTalk Daily Sketch 218 "under the bridge"

[RoGreg]

quick 'n dirty, pencil + PS

http://www.rogreg.com/dailysketch/underbridge.jpg

[Cut-Me-Own-Throat-Dibbler]

Thought id try the less cartoony approach today

http://www.evil-noodle.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CGT/bridge.jpg
1.5hrs/Painter8/Wacom

[Eyern]

no time for details on this one, around 20-30 mins PS7, wacom
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/IronPriest/UndertheBridgecopy.jpg

[jwilson02]

25 mins photoshop
http://img12.exs.cx/img12/5849/bridge2copy6as.jpg

[eug3n]

About 45 minutes / photoshop 7 / tablet

http://img81.exs.cx/img81/5840/underthebridge7bq.jpg

[Schattenman]

done in PS, used a aquarell filter afterwards (hope this is allowed in forum). about 30min.
http://www.heuschele.com/jan/zeug/utb2.jpg

[eug3n]

To Schattenman: Lol, very cool idea. Made me laugh.. suicide is funny to me, am I a perv?

[faynn]

5 min Open canvas 11b72
http://kwaggle.free.fr/underthebridge.jpg

[doomdragon]

Oh no World of Warcraft final beta started in europe. That little time sucker. :D
Well I forced myself to do a sketch anyways, so here it is:
http://www.doomdragon.de/dailysketch/underthebridge.jpg
1 hour ps

[robinayles]

Under the bridge....

http://www.k-squared.com/underbridge.jpg

PS/Wacom - 2 hrs. Used this ref. pic I took of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. (http://www.k-squared.com/sydney01.jpg)

[woox]

The giant octupus is a great idea and well executed.

inspired by the jungle Speedpaint tutorial of Goro, this came to my mind.
maybe the guy "under the bridge" is a bit small but he will be dead soon so...


1h 45min in Photoshop CS
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/mmayrhoferr/underthebridge.jpg

[Helgi]

I've been creeping the DSG for some quite time now and finally decided to participate though I'm not much of a painter:)
robinayles you're getting better and better each day, that one is just great :)

Photoshop CS, wacom, 1:30 hour

http://merkiprent.is/helgi/under_the_bridge.jpg

[Gentrifier]

Under an overpass during a tornado. Around 1.5-2 hours in Photoshop CS

http://www.community3d.com/stuff/under_the_bridge.jpg

[JakobWelner]

Photoshop 40 min with wacom.

Tried to paint as seen from someone standing at the end of a bridge looking down

http://www.hankoe.biz/jakob/tmp/underTheBridge-0.40.jpg

[Cyanid]

http://bushido.boonzaayer.nl/bridge.jpg

[SteveV]

Excellent Robin, I was there a few nights ago, that's a pretty good likeness!

[Octothreat]

After seeing what everyone else had done, I thought I'd do this:

22 min artrage
http://img129.exs.cx/img129/7958/sketchunderbridgebmp3br.jpg

[drewblit]

Love your sketch Robin
I decided not post anything today but then did this, totally unplanned
and totally overworked rough 50 min Photoshop wacom.
http://www.geocities.com/thebigpixel/218underbridge.jpg

[Octothreat]

Awesome colors drewblit!

[thebigxer]

swims the...... something

http://www.tbxr.com/images/fishy.jpg

[Kelli]

I googled it and this is what it came up with for guitar bridge. Any musicians out there that see I totally got it wrong, SORRY IN ADAVANCE!!! :-)

PS7.0 (Just got CS and haven't loaded it yet... too busy on school work!) Mouse. about an hour. Used referrance below.
http://www.k-squared.com//kelli/sketches/guitar.jpg

http://www.k-squared.com/kelli/Sketches/guitref.jpg

[drewblit]

Thanks Octothreat. I'm trying a slightly different method each post.
Kelli - It looks great, especially done with a mouse.
thebixer - cool character

[Sir-Patroclo]

http://www.sirpatroclo.virtuabyte.cl/bridge.jpg

i lost it i guess...

[FridayEve]

http://www.fridayeve.com/gallery/cgtalk/cg218_fridayeve.jpg
2 hours/painter-

[DoInferno]

Hey thebigxer, yours is just great. This time no one beats you in my opinion!

Robinayle, great paint!

Fridayeve, great as usual!

[thebigxer]

Thanks for the kind words.

I just noticed a mistake in it, on the tail I need to erase some color. :(

[DoInferno]

Anyway, here is mine!

25 min, photoshop.

http://www.carlosranna.com.br/cgtalk/218-under-the-bridge.jpg

[drawMonger]

http://digitalcraft.com.au/misc/sg218-underthebridge.gif

painter / 20mins

[Gord-MacDonald]

photoshop 3 hrs

this one wouldn't stop evolving - darn it!



http://cg2020.com/dailysketch/underthebridge2.jpg

[Gord-MacDonald]

good work everyone!

drewblit - nice work

Sir Patroclo - quite poignant

Fridayeve - I really like this one - like a cover for a Louis L'Amour

[Sir Lumps]

painter, 45 minutes.

http://home.planet.nl/~schmi448/images/bridge.jpg

[robinayles]

WOW! This is a really excellent thread! Lots of humor and lots of more serious takes. I think every single post deserves a "WELL DONE"! :thumbsup:

Kelli - good to see you post again, that is really excellent. And I actually had the idea of the guitar bridge, but couldn't think of anything that would be under it. Me likey! :)

GOSH - thanks for all the compliments everyone. I'm trying to force myself to be less rigid and cartoonish and get more free with my style. This is an effort toward that. I guess by the comments, its paying off. Thanks again, everyone!

FridayEve - I agree, it should be a book cover. I love the colors too!
gordonm - I like how it evolved. Nice sketch!
drewblit - me likey A LOT! Especially love the colors, that the more free type of a style I'm trying to get to.
bigXer - LOVE IT! I think you get to name any species as yet undiscoverd..so what is he going to be called? Holey X Fish?

Is anyone besides me having tendon problems with their hands from griping the mouse or pen too tightly? If so, what are you doing for it? I think I'm going to try to learn to mouse with my left hand so I can save my right hand for the pen and artwork. <sigh>

[El-Rodente]

gah, not one chili's reference that i can see :(

[Kelli]

Robin... are you trying to chisel your drawings onto the monitor or something?! LOL Try changing your pressure sensitivity. Maybe you're pressing too hard?

You have the rounder pen than I do. Mine is much thinner at the gripe... I get cramps in my hand if I'm working too long on something and I realize I'm pressing too hard.

[Fantastic Plastic Machine]

Another incredible sketch! I think its safe to say at this point that you are the greatest person in the universe. I just really like that kind of old-timey style.

[Sir-Patroclo]

Robin, I had the same problem when first got my tablet, and although I'm not over it yet, it has to do with letting yourself make loose strokes, and try to grab the pen so your thumb actually fits the button (at first I was holding it near the tip). Je, it's frustrating when you hear everyone else say "hey, i've got this wacom thing and i'll never return to a mouse" just to find out that it's painful and hard to handle (at first). I think Wacom's website has some diagrams of suggested handling positions.

Hope it helps

Salut!

Sir Patroclo

[robinayles]

Thanks Sir P, I'll check that out.

Kelli - you think you are soooo funny! :) I'm not pushing down with pressure, I think I'm strangling the pen...trying to choke the image in my brain out through that pen tip! HA! :banghead:

[FridayEve]

holy cow-! thanks for all of your kind comments. I feel like goro and still feel like i am just learning new things everyday. I go to sleep each night wondering how to improve the next day. I am trying to put a little more thought into the design. it's a great chance to practice without feeling you have to spend forever on a single painting.
It really is good to see so many new people join up- and eveyone else is improving. Stick with it- practice, practice, practice.

[Art2]

That's the way Friday. A young Jedi Master like yourself just keeps on learning, a path that never ends. And we all are walking that road. Carry on my friend :)

Robin, I just hold my wacompen just like I hold a pencil. And you don't have to push that hard (well, only if you have one of those ancient wacoms :) ) And try to move your lowerarm, not just your wrist when drawing.
You're supposed to counter RSI not gain it with a pen :p, haha!

[Tonik]

Hi there people. Yay, I have electricity again. I blocked this out on Sunday but we had a powercut that evening so I didn't get a chance to finish it. It's just come back on and even though it's not finished you can catch the general idea I was going for.

I'll have a go at the new topic now.

About 20 mins Photoshop.
http://www.tomclive.co.uk/Troll.jpg

BTW you lot are an inspiration - some great works again from everyone especially FridayEve and Sir Patroclo.

[haunting_shadow]

man you people bug me, you are all too stinkin good. i can't do anything worth crap.

[andrewley]

Painter - 150min

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/8763/bridge9fm.jpg

[robinayles]

Thanks for the tips folks! I guess the problem is that I choke my pencil too - After a bit of working, my hand and especially my thumb hurts...I have some wrist issues too, but I'm doing better with that...its just this stupid tendonitis in my thumb. I've starting "mousing" with my left hand at work, need a simple mouse so I can do that at home. Then all I'll be doing right-handed is typing, writing and drawing. If I can learn to lessen my grip (I have to remind myself constantly) I should be ok. This having to learn new tricks is messing with my "old dog" brain! :)

[Jeffsimpson]

30 mins photoshop. Cheers.

http://fs5.deviantart.com/i/2005/011/f/1/Concept___background1_by_jeffsimpsonkh.jpg

[Reinier]

Hey all! did not plan to make a sketch of this topic but i just downloaded opencanvas and wanted to give it a go... So here is a little doodle of about an hour and half i think.

(Maybe i have a host soon for the .wpe files cause i want to show them here)

http://img94.exs.cx/img94/681/bridge9ui.jpg

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