Audit's Sketches

[teal-k]

very nice ,i think the clouds need more work try using a referece picture
other then that its quite lovely

[audit]

Had a rethink of the composition and the colouring, as well as the type of cloud (thanks to reference!):

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Move.jpg

It's massively unfinished, planning to add more hi tech stuff, somewhere. Any further thoughts welcome.

-thanks

[JMcWilliams]

I think that colour wise, the original is superior. Nice work so far, good luck. :bounce:

[audit]

teal-k - thank you for the advice

jmcwilliams - i think i'll keep the latter composition and maybe reintroduce some of the original colours; thanks! :)

[audit]

OK, another post, another version: I'm happier with this one, redid the colour to include more
purples and pinks, and added some more clouds...I love clouds :bounce:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Skies3_small.jpg

Any thoughts about colour, composition etc. welcome, as always...

thanks,

-audit

[teal-k]

yeayyy looks fantastic i would make the clouds a ittle more puffy though :)

[JMcWilliams]

Just my opinion of course, but I still much prefer the original :twisted: I even like how it is bursting out the clouds, maybe just make it a little further out to clear up the composition. haha, sorry if that's not what you want to hear.

[jabuhrer]

Just found this thread, and I gotta say the the original just destroys the newer ones. Composition-wise, colour-wise, texture-wise. The only thing the original needs in my opinion is some shadows/darks on the bottom parts of some of the cloud forms, especially the ones towards the top left quadrant.

Awesome.

[audit]

lol i'm a bit confused now, but cheers everyone for comments.

teal-k: thanks, i've got rid of those clouds now heheh
jmcwilliams: yar, i think you're right - the first one was just beginner's luck i suppose...
jabuhrer: thank you for the advice, i'll take it.

But anyhow, I worked this morning on a bit of 'hardware' to go in the painting:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Skies4.jpg

any opinions, advice welcome. this is still a wip after all!

thanks,

-audit

[audit]

hi anyone who sees this, however briefly...I did this speed painting recently, might start to use this thread to collect my speedies together.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled10a.jpg

...although...it might be cool to try and get this to a higher level. Any thoughts or ideas for the composition/colour scheme etc.? I'd love to hear!

-audit

[Rebeccak]

audit,

Hmm, I like the color scheme so far, though I think what I would love to see digital artists investigate more is the color schemes of traditional artists.

Here is a webpage of a former teacher of mine, whose landscapes I just loved:

http://www.jcacciolagallery.com/Pages/Artists/Turner.html

I think what is lacking in your piece is a range of muted grayed town hues, which can often be quite beautiful when contrasted with more saturated colors.

Apart from the color scheme, I think that the structures just need to be firmed up, so that they look less organic. But you clearly have a great start! :)

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

[General Midi]

Just my opinion of course, but I still much prefer the original :twisted: I even like how it is bursting out the clouds, maybe just make it a little further out to clear up the composition. haha, sorry if that's not what you want to hear.


I think I know why everyone (incl. myself) prefers the original.
The original has these very dark clouds at the bottom, suggesting pending doom or such ;-), which is nice.
Also there's a haze around the edges of the clouds (mostly on the upper part) that looks way more cooler then those on the other versions.

nice disturbing 'mothership' btw.

[audit]

thanks guys:

rebeccak - wow - those are beautiful paintings, quite luminous. I will try and get something of that into this work - i agree that the colour scheme is a bit harsh and over-saturated. Thanks!

general midi - thanks :) the psychology aspect never occured to me before..!

[Gord-MacDonald]

interesting variations on the cloud theme. The second and third are my favorites. IMO the clouds just need to be sofened a bit.

I think collecting your images into one thread is a good idea!

Gord

[audit]

gord -
thanks for your input! I think I've abandoned this painting, however :/ i've ben so intent on speedpaints recently that I really forgot about it, and I'd rather start afresh. Basically I'm not ready to work to a 'completed' image yet, I have a lot more practice to do. Anyhow I intend to start collecting images here...so watch out!! :D
-audit

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some old sketches, speedpaints: all PSCS:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled1.jpg

reference:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled3.jpg

ref:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled6.jpg

[audit]

more old stuff, speedies (around 1-2hrs):

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled4.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled8.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled5.jpg

[Trunks]

Nice images! You have a cool style :)

[audit]

trunks - thanks :D

more speeds (1-2hrs):

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled9.jpg

These were first posted on the DSF:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled11.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled12.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled14.jpg

[audit]

Couple more recent ones:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled15.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled16.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Wow, audit! Some amazing work here! :cool:

*subscribes*

Cheers, :)

~Rebeccak

[audit]

Rebecca: thankyou! my first subscriber...:arteest:

so...two more paintings from recent months and weeks:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled19.jpg

personally i like this one:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled20.jpg

ciao for now

-audit

[Rebeccak]

Really beautiful work! You should post some tuts as well...I'm really in admiration of you Speed Painters, impressive work and done so quickly! By comparison, I'm a snail! :D

Cheers, :)

~Rebeccak

[Pixelcritter]

awesome sketches audit. the only crit i have about the jet/cloud sketch you tried a couple times is that your clouds always seem to be a bit too grainy, almost like a sand cloud. perhaps try making your clouds look creamier. just my 2 cents.

keep it goin

[audit]

rebecca: thanks for the encouragement :D ...tutorials, are you sure?? :surprised

pixelcritter: thanks for your two cents, it all helps - i think you're quite right about the sand cloud effect. That was a brush which i was obsessed with at the time, came from a download :D I really don't think I would go about that piece that way now, i know better. (forum lurking has its benefits)

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Two from the south of France, photoreferenced, 2 hours:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled23a.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled25.jpg

[audit]

hullo. more stuffs:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled21b.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled28.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled29a.jpg

cheers,

-a

[BrutalMonk]

I really like your colors, great ideas and prespectives too! Keep it up ;)

[audit]

Brutal monk - thanks!

here are my most recent:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled30.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled32.jpg

face (not mine :D):

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled31.jpg

[General Midi]

This stuff is inspiring.
Couldn't you make a short movie in this style? :thumbsup:

[Gord-MacDonald]

Audit - The energy you are putting into your work is paying off :thumbsup:


Gord

[MVDB]

Those are some impressive sketches, love the way you set things up.
Use of color I think is good. Keep 'm coming! Good job.. ;)

[audit]

...neglected this little place. Still painting though.


Some stuff, experimenting with light -

blahblah:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled34.jpg

natural scenes, unreferenced:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled36a.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled35a.jpg

[audit]

posted in speedies first...1hr project ---

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled37.jpg

[adrianospm]

I actualy liked the later cloud images better color wise and the later ones have more volume to them plus the sky feels more real. The first ones colors are to faint.
Keep it up and good luck!

[adrianospm]

I love the shark i think its your best sketch, its alive!!!

[remcv8]

Brilliant artist!!! Love your sense of environment and light concept. I'm learning with each image.

Thanks for that.

[audit]

adrianosppm - thanks
remcv - i appreciate your words. there is far to go... :D

today. i crapped out. both of these took a half-hour each.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Aorta.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled38a.jpg

...i see this kind of painting all the time in the local showroom -_-


-a

[audit]

i don't know why i drew this...keep going...

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled39.jpg


sketch after Rembrandt (from OFDW):

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Figures/Rem.jpg


Hm, that's all for now. Bye!

[audit]

Today's work: Rembrandt again...hope you enjoy :)

You can find the OFDW thread I originally posted it on ---> here (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=349580&page=1&pp=30)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Figures/Rem2.jpg

[beaux]

beautiful beautiful sketches. Your color is fantabulous, and the mood and design too. I wanna see some finished work now:) Gotta website?

[CyborgJA]

beautiful beautiful sketches. Your color is fantabulous, and the mood and design too. I wanna see some finished work now:) Gotta website?


I quote.

Website?

[audit]

beaux, cyborg JA - I'm sorry guys, I don't have a website. All I have on the web to call my own is a tiny bit of photobucket :sad: Maybe I'll look into getting a site, at some point. I'm flattered you want to see more stuff, though. I'll try and oblige :D

The only 'finished piece', which is to say, something I've posted in the finished work section at CGtalk can be found here (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=313417)

Below is another study I did for an OFDW at the anatomy forum a few months ago. Hope you like.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Figures/Figure11d.jpg

Keep posting guys! I'd love to hear more of your thoughts.

-a

[audit]

heya

today's speedie (1.5hrs=speed?! haha) meant to be a samurai or something. trying to keep up - anyhoo.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled40.jpg

-audit

[General Midi]

very nice.
real atmosphere there

[audit]

From this afternoon: 'Meeting at Xiaotian' ...or something...


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled41a.jpg


see ya.

-a

[bin]

audit: :applause: i like your piece ,keep it up. :)

[audit]

Bin! - so glad you liked it. love the stuff you contribute to the speedpaints thread, and your portfolio :thumbsup: I hope the Chinese in the title of the peice made sense!?


1hr, after Rembrandt:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Figures/Rem31a.jpg


I'm working on it...expect updates soon.

-audit

[Rebeccak]

Originally posted by beaux: beautiful beautiful sketches. Your color is fantabulous, and the mood and design too. I wanna see some finished work now:) Gotta website?
I agree! Audit, it's great to see all your work here! :)

The easiest way to showcase your work would be to create a CGPortfolio, which any CGTalk member can do for free:

http://portfolio.cgsociety.org/

As a CGTalk member you can post up to 5 images and have a very professional looking web presence.

Sorry for the shameless plug, but if you sign up as a CGSociety member ($29.95 / year) you can post an unlimited number of images and have access to the full gamut of CGPortfolio's features.

I really think you ought to do the free one at least. :)

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

[bin]

Bin! - so glad you liked it. love the stuff you contribute to the speedpaints thread, and your portfolio :thumbsup: I hope the Chinese in the title of the peice made sense!?
-audit

u were talking about the red stamp? thats my family name :) sorry my enlgish is poor..

[audit]

no, i just meant that title above my speedpaint ... 'xiao tian' is understandable as 'little heaven'...? just a silly thing, really :D

[audit]

yowza

more doubleposting./

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Figures/Rem32.jpg

Rebecca - thanks for your comments. I will consider setting up one of those portfolio thangs. I don't know what I'd put in it apart from OFDW and sketches though!

job prospects in art = :rolleyes: until I get much better :D

[slickgreekgeo]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Figures/Rem32.jpg

This piece is coming out amazing, Great details and mood. You have a great painting style and sense of colors. Keep em coming, great work.

[audit]

slickgreekgeo - thanks! glad you like how the Rembrandt is going. The anatomy forum has loads more...

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Wierd and strange sketches from recent days.

1)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled42.jpg

2)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled43.jpg


:D

[Sylanya]

Your work is so great, I really enjoy looking at your thread. I shall be watching...:twisted:

;)

[Runecaster]

I really love your ability to roughly sketch up an idea -- but I'd /really/ love to see something complete. You have the talent, why not take it to the next level? Concept art is wonderful, but bring it on! I almost felt frustrated looking at all this potential and feeling like none of it was finished, but casted aside for the 'next idea'. Anyway, I'll be watching!!

[audit]

Sylanya - thanks for your comment. keep your eyes peeled!!

LabyrinthineMind - interesting comment. I think there is a point at which a work can be both complete and incomplete, and it's this point I'm aiming for...I know it's a long way away. This is why I don't spend too long on one piece; I think that speed keeps freshness and immediacy, and it's good training for the creative process. Of course, I understand what you mean...sorry you felt frustrated...that wasn't the point of the thread! I will be updating my Rembrandt master copy periodically as I add more depth and detail. For the moment this exercise is quite enough to satisfy my detailing instincts I can tell you..!! :wip: Hope you keep watching.

[Runecaster]

^^^ Yeah I totally will! I understand you are really fleshing out the rembrandt's, and they look great -- but I really meant the sci-fi pieces (which I really dig). =D

[audit]

Yeah. I still have ..trouble.. with those. I find them...well, put it this way - having seen some of the Amazing Work which the top sci-fi concepters keep churning out all over the web, it's awkward to post them. Stupid, I know but...I'm sure everyone has that feeling sometimes.

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tonight. i saw cows in a field, but this came out instead.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled44.jpg


....

[audit]

lighting study. 1hr


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled45.jpg


-a

[audit]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled46.jpg

red evening, 30 mins

[audit]

...stuff i did recently :)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Shuriken.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/thur.jpg



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/morted.jpg

after Mullins.

I'm trying to get away from painting in the same way all the time, hence the copy. Plus, it's a beautiful one to look at..

comments and/or spam welcomed. anything to help improve my work

[audit]

just one more tonight. also from DSF - 'Lancelot and Guinevere'. I thought up a new technique of adding soft light texture layers, and deleting bits with a full opac/hard brush. Worked quite well in this case, really roughs it up. that's a good thing for me!


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/holdhands.jpg

[audit]

OK guys this is probably the longest sketch EVAH. Now 2am I'm defeated. For DSF again.


2.5 hrs . . . 'Merlin'


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/merlin-small.jpg


kthxbye

[danielh68]

Excellent work, Audit. Keep pounding these sketches out ! :thumbsup:

[audit]

danielh - thanks for your encouragement, so much appreciated! i'm curious, are you a professional artist? i would have thought so judging by your work...

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sketch, 45 mins. perspective...no...quite fond of the lighting though..!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/castellio.jpg

[audit]

had some time for a longer sketch today.


tropical victoriana :D


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/victorianaa.jpg

[audit]

uh yea another greenish one.




http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/exc.jpg

[eishiya]

I really love the contrast of the bright green to the brown background. However, I think there is a bit too much empty space on the bottom. :D

[audit]

made some new brushes today, i quite like them. tiny sketches trying them out
3 mins each.


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Texturess_ex1.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Tex2.jpg

[Iridyse]

Ah, I love the colours you use!

I really like the last one you have posted, it looks like a lady frozen in ice.
Wonderful stuff!

[jmBoekestein]

Really neat sketches man! Good bunch of brushes you got, because I'm really liking the textures.

[Runecaster]

Wow yeah Audit you wouldn't consider showing exactly what those brushes look like would ya? I have the damndest time making brushes for what I want hehe... but that last one in particular looks amazing for textures.

[audit]

no problem guys, glad you like. made 5 brushes, they are attached to the post.


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Tex3.jpg



another one! referenced from mullins. have i told you how much of a mullins fanboy i am?? :D

[audit]

something from my brain.

it's a lady.


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/ladya.jpg


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[Runecaster]

omgs! Thanks for the brushes :) *runs off to try them*


^^^ she looks wicked cool btw :)

[audit]

LM - no problem...use them wisely :wise:

yup, you guessed it.


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Andsketchhh.jpg

[audit]

Today.

Church with autumn foliage


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Churchh.jpg

[audit]

20-30 mins each, ja.

Trees. They are everywhere.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/sommersprossen.jpg




http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/sommerknecht.jpg



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Baum.jpg


They are all scenes from my university town. It's so nice, I'm sick of having to paint indoors from imagination. But I don't really have the right equipment for 'plein air'.

More later.

[SamsonsReaper]

Nice strong hues on those trees nick

[audit]

Levi - kösz :D I need to paint more from life!! and more often... Do you do much open air drawing/life drawing at all?



swiftly before bed.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Windowdressing.jpg


[note to self: less saturation]

[SamsonsReaper]

hehe magyar?.. ,um no not really, i did that often yrs ago , sat at a coffeeshop and drew a mug while waiting for the buss :)

[audit]

magyar?? mi? :D um, yeah, i work mostly from references. don't have the guts to go out and sketch, probably should. What with uni i don't seem to have the space to work up to it. -_-




Anyway, here's today's work. A face. Enjoy it...



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Fading.jpg

[audit]

hi



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Phraser.jpg


tried the whole figure but couldn't hack it. crap. need to start working on figures properly.

[Maladie]

Hi audit, just wanted to say I'm a big fan of your work! Your style is very loose and strong which I love (even though, as you know, I'm not really able to follow up on my own preferences in my work:)). Also, thanks for dropping by in my thread and explaining colour theory - I'm going to read up on it. My next project will be a landscape, I think for that I'm going to try something similarly loose and 'blotted' as these - and as the pic you sent me for that matter.

Hope to see more great work from you!

[Runecaster]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/sommerknecht.jpg



This is amazing - finish it!!! =D

[audit]

maladie - :) glad you're enjoying these doodles. i should read that colour theory stuff again sometime after my upcoming exams are over - my brain has no space for colour theory at the moment.

labyrinthinemind - heheh...it is finished! ;) i'll probably do some more pesky trees in future


---------- first light


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/First_light.jpg

[Defcombeta]

really nice sense of colour and contrast from what i have seen on this page, one question waht is the one on the top of the page i just cna seem to translate the visual, still the sense of motion and life in each is rather refreshing at time. good stuff

j mac

[Iridyse]

Audit, the last pic is gorgeous! I can't even begin to tell you how jealous I am.

You've reached a whole new level.The figures add so much more to the image. Mullins would be proud of you :D

[Sylanya]

Wow, I really like your work! You have a great sense of color, light, and composition. Excellent stuff. :thumbsup:

[audit]

Sylanya - my thanks :bowdown:
defcombeta - cheers. the top image? do you mean post #61? that's meant to be a duel. the foreground character is holding a pike/spear whatnot which is cutting across the PoV. Background character has a flag/banner and is silhouetted against the light. it's not well drawn (DSG time limit was 20 minutes), i can imagine it's hard to make out :D
hiiri - thank you....one of these days i will make a pilgrimage to Hawaii to become Mullin's apprentice hahaha :twisted:



---------- i was trying out a new brush i made this afternoon and suddenly started to build up an image:



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Dojo_welcome.jpg

[Iridyse]

You're awesome, D'yu know that? Every sketch you turn out makes my jaw drop!

I hope you get to go! :D His studio is so pretty!

[audit]

hiiri, i may have to lie down in a darkened room after all this praise...!! ;) where are the pictures of his studio, if you don't mind me asking? Or...have you actually been there?!?!


---another messy sketch. bit over half-an-hour, which was the time limit (DSG 'Sinbad')


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Sinbad.jpg

[enthombed]

Damnit dude, you have a great job here, i like this enviroments and concepts, really like, this inspire me to try to draw something like this or painting something like this.

Congratularions.

Cheers

[Iridyse]

hiiri, i may have to lie down in a darkened room after all this praise...!! ;) where are the pictures of his studio, if you don't mind me asking? Or...have you actually been there?!?!


Na, just bask in it and draw some more ;)
Been there? I WISH! hahaha. The very thought makes me laugh :P

The Studio (http://goodbrush.com/misc/personal/sd_hideout.jpg)

[Salubri3i]

these are great audit. i like craig's works too.

keep it up!:bounce:

[audit]

thanks for your comments, everyone. hiiri - cheers, awesome workspace! I want those windows :D as for your going there, well you can never be too sure what with the cheap flights these days... ;)

---

still sketching...


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled-1.jpg

[audit]

Hello :)

Another sketch from me; another single-brush one - they're great practice.


"summer waiting"


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Summer_waiting.jpg

[Runecaster]

:thumbsup: wow, that one with the hallway is..... WOW.


If you fully rendered something, something like THAT. I'd wet myself. ;)

[aldog]

I love your lighting and the floating drape in your 2nd to last one

[SamsonsReaper]

nice work man, i see somebody has been at goodbrush :P

[audit]

cheers all for comments.

aldog - thank you :)
lm - hahahaha, well i'd better not in that case!!

i see somebody has been at goodbrush :P

reaper - heheh every day man, every day. i'm really into his stuff right now. even went so far as to search sijun to see what i could learn from there. a lot, apparently :wise:


---
paint to post :D

. for DSG 'DUNE'. Needed shades to paint it.


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Dunes.jpg

[audit]

red dress


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Down_red.jpg



----

[audit]

ref; hard-round-brush-madness:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Yeahbody2.jpg



sketching:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Yellowmass.jpg


abuhbye

[audit]

just a frill update on the rembrandt :)


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Figures/Rem33.jpg


feel like i've been stuck in a loop a bit lately. would appreciate any comments as to how i could raise my game. specific, general...i'm open.

[SamsonsReaper]

:bounce:great colorwork on that rembrandt

hmm how about trying do design technical objects, ships, gears, characterconcepts

[audit]

cheers, levi, glad you posted :) you're right, i need to push myself in that direction. i've never actually tried proper concept design before...besically because i was under the impression that you have to be, like, good to do that stuff (as in years of life/product/industrial/transport practice...)

anyway i have exams right now so maybe in a few weeks ;)

-saw your new stuff in the speed thread. nice!

--

meanwhile, a new master copy i've been working on (Zorn - 'Mona'):

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Figures/Zornclose2.jpg


ciao

[audit]

heads:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Factor.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/self1.jpg

yep, that's me. :eek:

[Iridyse]

Yay, you're back!

The OFDW painting is turning out so beautiful! I meant to tell you there but that thread has been growing at a crazy rate and I'm very lost there :(. I really like how you have captured the softness in the face and the bulk of her clothes there!

...And yay for head sketches of course :D Wonderful use of textures! I think you can work a wee bit more on the nose and mouth/chin . Do you lose patience? That's one of my biggest problems, just wondering if it's the same with you....

[audit]

hiiri, heheh :D i still have exams so i'm not 'officially' back to painting regularly. However, i am still painting, so...that just about sums up my attitude to exams, i guess.

Thanks about the Zorn copy. I know what you mean about that thread, but it's always insane in the first week of OFDW, then people drift off a bit, so it should quieten down.

Patience...hm, yes i suppose i do run out of patience, but not particularly with any one bit, just, you know, overall. With these I'm really aiming for quick, accurate value shapes above all, so forgive if it's messy, i don't tend to rework these sketch-types :) it's strange...i'm so neat in life...lol


tonight's project-----head mark-3


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Star_face.jpg

[Runecaster]

Heyas Audit :) I saw your post on Sijun.com - I'm a lurker there, just found them from a Deviant Art contact. Lovely work on that girl with the flowing hair, she is so pretty :)

Good luck with exams, I'm so glad I never had to do that stuff haha! I just had kids o.O

[audit]

thanks, LM...Sijun eh?? I'm a lurker there as well. I just set up an account for the hell of it :D

hrm, exams...boo. well, nearly over for this week (have two next week as well :scream: )



doodle: 'Jane' (photo by Trevor Jackson)


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Jane.jpg

[audit]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Itsnowed.jpg

felt like adding a gratuitous snowman :)

[Runecaster]

Audit, that one is awesome :) LOVE the snowman :D

[audit]

cheers lm! btw are you on conceptart too?! how do you have the time? :D


sunny meeting...

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitledagain.jpg

[audit]

nakedness in this one...look out!!


--from reference, which i messed up in my own special way :) an hour or so.



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/nude.jpg


feel free to put down any helpful comments about methods, effects, rendering, getalifeandstopmakingmyeyesbleedwithyourdrawings...that kind of thing.

[Maladie]

Wow, audit, great outbursts of creativity here!! I love how you experiment with brushes, textures etc. You're things have so much flow and life! I wish I could say I want my practice to be in that direction too, I know it'd be superuseful, but for the moment I'm hooked on these character 'sketches' that are actually turning out to be minipaintings more and more...

Well, there's never one way of learing, I suppose. Maybe a challenge for you would be to pick one particular design you like and try for a 'finished' picture? (the opposite of me) Take it to the next level, so to speak. I feel you've got the speedy loose stuff down.

[Runecaster]

Yeah, I'm on CA too -- different feel there - totally different crit style (and you tend to get more of them there, too)

I have all the time in the world, just a stay at home mom and the kids are all 7 and up! hehe

[Gord-MacDonald]

You are really improving! Keep it up!

Gord

[audit]

maladie - dank je vel. yes, there's no absolute method of learning, besides just doing lots of study, parctice. drilling it into our stupid brains until they do what we want :D
renee (you changed your nick!) - heh, i admire your commitment to the cause. i do occasionally surf around CA, and I've notice the mood. Much more...businesslike, I think: probably all those pros who hang out there. I thought it was quite preachy, actually, which is unfortunate.
gord - ..thank you for sticking with me through this :) i'm feeling improvement too, gradually.



--tonight's study; again, a nude.


I took up maladie's advice/challenge and spent 2 hours on this, that's about...twice as long as usual :D




http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Study1_small.jpg


cheers guys/

[Runecaster]

^^ That one is beautiful Audit - was that a photo reference? She's gorgeous :)

I changed my nick because (1) This is my most common nick and (2) everyone was calling me Laby o.O and (3) LabyrinthineMind was too damn long, even though it describes me perfectly :D :D :D


I love your attention to light - every piece you so has a gravity to it.

[SamsonsReaper]

just dropping by here ,and i see things are developing well!

[danielh68]

I really like the recent figure work. Very cool stuff.

Also, the snowman is an excellent high-keyed painting. Keep up the good work :thumbsup:

[audit]

guys, thanks for your comments/

samsonsreaper, dan - :cool: thanks for your encouragement, glad you can see some progress.

runecaster - thanks! yes, it was from a lovely arty ref. all my studies are from photos, lacking as i do both lithe naked models and the skill to paint them. haha. there's not even a good life class where i am...

good luck with your new nick, hope it brings you more joy than the old :D




------> i felt like doing something from imgination. BLAH!


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Temple.jpg

[audit]

some mess. 15 mins and 30 mins. don't have much time :(


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/red.jpg




http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Flyover.jpg

[audit]

gave up...i despise the antomy.


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Recline.jpg

[danielh68]

------> i felt like doing something from imgination. BLAH!

I actually like the imaginative stuff more. Particularly that piece that is attached to the above quote. They display more of your compositional skills, which I think is one of your strong points.

[Salubri3i]

I like the piece you did from imagination. Great works as always man. :thumbsup:

[audit]

salubri3i - thank you kindly. hope you keep enjoying the randomness.
Dan - thanks, I was pissed off with that one (well, more pissed off than i usually am at my paintings) since it doesn't really capture anything in terms of a sense of place...and it's emotionally static, with a ridiculous imbalance of detail. and the trees. :argh:
at present i'm trying to get my figure drawing somewhere, hence all the refs/copies. eventually i'll be able to compose figure sketches :)


from DSF :/

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Strollin_g.jpg

[Maladie]

Hey audit, thanks for stopping by in my thread! (and for the encouragement:))

Can you tell me what brushes you use? I think it's a good idea for me to work on those loose sketchy experiments with color and shape rather than whole paintings I'm obviously not ready for. Apart from thinking they're useful I just love your sketches and would love to create something similar. I have Goro's brushes for PS btw.

[audit]

hi maladie - no problem, glad to help..

hm, i've been considering your question about brushes. I have to say, I have amassed quite a large library of brushes over the past few months (about 300); i've picked up a load from the internet as well as making my own from time to time (from textures, paintings etc.). I can't say which ones I regularly use as I'm still exploring them myself and try to use different types for each speedpaint. However there are a few that I usually resort to. Would you like me to post a tut or some steps next time I do a speedpaint? that seems the easiest way to me...i can't think how to show you otherwise...

[Maladie]

yes...YES!!

yes please, I mean:)

[Runecaster]

Oooh, I'd be in for that too Audit. Big time! :)

[Salubri3i]

funny... i was just about to ask if you would be amenable to doing that. :D

[audit]

so be it..first actual tutorial of mine:

First of all I'll cover my back by saying I'm still really only starting out, and that my current methods and workflow are likely to change enormously as I become more experienced.


I work in photoshop CS with a reference for the figure - about 1500x1100 on one layer until the final stage.


1. When starting, I usually fill the canvas somehow, to give me a base to work from. Lay down a gradient, fill with colour, and/or attack with texture brushes, it varies depending on whether I know what I'm going to paint. For this sketch I laid down an orange-brown gradient, quite muted, and not too extreme in value range. I have in mind a mood I'd like - a sort of luminous afternoon vibe; the figure has a cool light source, primarily cyan, with reddish-warm shadows. This gives the impression she is illuminated by daylight, from a window or such, but remains in an interior environment.

Here I've laid down the first tonal and chromatic areas of the figure. I used the chalk brush (think that's a photoshop default). I removed much of the initial gradient, deciding the it would compete with the figure. You can still see it a bit.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Tut/R2.jpg


2. Continued blocking in of the shapes and colours. Generally, I like to invent my own colour scheme rather than following the reference, and pick my colours from the palette. I use very strong hues during these initial stages. I've begun to put in areas of reflected light, and different warm and cool areas in the skin. Skin is all kinds of colours really. I keep the right arm warm (in shade), and the left cool. This really gives the figure some impact and is a pretty evocative technique, I've found.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Tut/R3.jpg


3. Hm, some more work, and a little refinement, all in the body and dress. The head cam last when I did this - it worked out well since I had my colours more or less sussed by then.

Still using the chalk brush (it's a fantastic brush for creating textural interest with relatively few strokes), though I changed to the hard-round size-jitter for that bit of ribbing on the dress - nothing major. Changed the arm position, too (this was part of the ref which I changed).

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Tut/R4.jpg


4. Moved on to the head. Same brush. Working out the colours gradually. I use the eyedropper about every 4-5 seconds; this helps to mix the colours around. If and when I find them becoming diluted, just pick afresh from the palette, or from another area of the skin which still has bolder hues.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Tut/R5.jpg


5. Happy with the body now (it's just a sketch!!). starting to deal properly with the face and hair. Same brush.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Tut/R6.jpg


6. Almost finished. I used a nice traditional-ish rough dry brush for some highlighting strokes on the hair, and the earring :D otherwise still chalk.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Tut/R7.jpg


7. The FUN stage. Here I experiment with all kinds of brushes and layer modes. In this case I started out with several layers set to 'soft light' and broke out some nice brushes, ones I have custom-made, and others. I have a fantastic set of huge (2000 pixel) paint-splatter brushes which I used here. To create the red glow, I simply used lots of interesting brushes, with varying saturations of red, set to soft light, tinting but not destroying the groundwork. I also used a doubled layer set to multiply, which considerably darkened the whole thing.

An interesting technique is to lay down layer of solid or gradient colour, then set about deleting bits of it with texture brushes. I also have a habit of painting on bits of texture, then I sharpen-filter the layer, lower opacity and experiment with hue/saturation. All in all there were about..er, 20-30 layers of various kinds. I don't actually know since I merge each time I'm finished with a particular pattern or effect. There are so many variations I can't possibly list them all here. All I can say is just try stuff out!

Finishing that stage I readjusted the nose and eye, cropped the image, played with levels. Don't forget to add your monogram (the sign of a true arteeste)!

Some at 100%, to show you the full horror:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Tut/_Regard_full.jpg




The final:


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/_Regard_.jpg


all told about 2hrs.

cheers.

[Maladie]

wow...immensely helpful. I really love your bold colouring!! It's nice to see that's the last thing you define instead of the first. That's a really interesting new insight for me. Can you tell me in which palette of CS the chalk brush can be found (Dry Media Brushes?)?

Thank you very much for this!

[Runecaster]

You know, I made forum sigs for years. I'm quite well versed in using brushes and layer blending modes to get effects... but for some reason, I never /EVER/ thought about bringing that to painting... I thought that I could get the same effects by just painting... but apparently its OK to use these 'fx' techniques too.

I guess that is kind of naive of me to think I could get it all through just painting with a hard-round set to opacity heh. Just kidding - I do use custom brushes but not a lot - since you always ALWAYS see the 'artists' saying they ONLY use the hard-round set to opacity.


Bleh. I'm gonna do a few sketches with the way I used to 'paint' sig backgrounds and see what happens. :D :D :D

[Maladie]

hey, I made an 'auditesk' sketch, it's in my practice thread!:)

[Runecaster]

Cool I'll check it out next Maladie -- I did too - I don't have a practice thread anymore though - but you can see it here. (http://www.aequinox.com/paintings/jailhouse.jpg)

I just went completely wonky - I didn't obey any brush rules or filter rules - I just did what was fun. It WAS fun too, really felt relaxing :) I kinda like the outcome, too, for a sketch :D

[Maladie]

You should sell it, looks very arty:)...how the HELL did you do that?

[Runecaster]

lol! You never fail to make me smile Maladie :) Umm - I just drew it all with blue at first, since that was what the ref image had -- did I mention I used a ref image? I did. I'm sorry I mentioned that on DA when I posted it but forgot to here - my bad. I can't do anything like that without a ref!!

Anyways, then I just went crazy with the brushes and after I was done with the blue, I made another layer and chose orange since it's a complement, then red - then green and la la la just had fun.

On accident I used the 'spiderweb' brush and just LOVED it, so went with it.

[Salubri3i]

wonderful tutorial audit. you know... you also inadvertently taught us how to use chalk pastels. lolz. i still have mine from about 10 years back... i think it's time to bring them back out agan. ;)

[audit]

wow, you guys really had a field day with that tutorial! I'm glad you found it helpful, and that it inspired you to try out some new things - nice job there Maladie + Runecaster...but please, don't take anything in it as absolute, it's just one speedpainting.

Salubri3i - cheers man. glad I managed to teach something at least!!

Maladie - Sorry, I don't know where that brush is. My brush libraries are completely screwed since I've appended so many into one mega-palette...I -think- it's a default brush.

Runecaster - well, you've raised a controversial point there. I think it depends on the final look and style the piece requires - it's a very complex process since there are so many possibilities. However I can't think of anyone who is so exclusive, as to use only the hard-round. I think it's advisable to use that brush to lay out shapes and maybe values etc. but to be frank to use it all the time would be so damn boring. I want to treat Photoshop as a complete tool, and I won't ignore things if they're there to be used and can help the creation process! as Barontieri (http://www.barontieri.com/homepage.htm) said - 'they might as well hate the electricity' :D






'Milano'

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Milano.jpg

[Maladie]

that's okay, I found it. As you can see in my practice thread:) (maybe not so great on peoples eyes that I did)

[Iridyse]

Wonderful tutorial audit, loads to learn there. Thanks!
I like the saturated reds you use in your figures (I have a feeling I've mentioned this already?) It makes the skin look like it's lit up from inside. Looking forward to more sketches.:)

I'm now inspired to try out some new brushes :D Have you tried the Nagel brushes? Some of them are quite nice!

[Runecaster]

regarding the brush comment I made - about people claiming they only use the hard-round exclusively, I think you're right - I think they don't... but like to be elitist and say they do, so their skills seem higher - and that just bugs me. Even traditional artists use different tools to achieve texture. Michael Whelan has said he uses sponges, rolled rags, knives, bark and even a toothbrush to get the texture he wants with his oils and acrylics! And that man has won 13 Hugo art awards (not to mention dozens of others) and is considered one of the best (if not the best) Fantasy Artists out there today.

Nothing wrong with using a tool to its full potential, I say. But I still find it amusing that I didn't think I could use any other sort of brush. I didn't at first, either. hehe

I just get irritated in places like DA where people 90% of a photo manip in a painting, paint a little over it, and try to pass it off like they did it themselves. Gah!

But that's a WHOLE other ball of wax :D

[audit]

hiiri - (congrats on your first!! :D) glad you liked the tutorial. i felt the red was a little too strong, unless it came from some kind of secondary source. i just love saturated skin tones, and warm colour in general. I'll get over it I'm sure...

runecaster - it's not just brushes, multiple layers and different layer modes too can be extremely useful. as i say, i'm still discovering things and refining how i use all these tools.




2hr speedie:

'young general'


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/YoungGeneral.jpg

[audit]

midnight, very tired. what's the logical thing to do?



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Blade_face.jpg



Yes.

[Maladie]

Really good audit. I can't get over your skill sometimes. It looks like you just dabbed away at it and still all the shapes and values are in the right place:). I like that style much more than the rendered smoothness a lot of people tend to go for!

I read in your portfolio this is just a hobby for you. That's not fair.

[Runecaster]

Audit!! I have a request :) Can you do the city scape from Blade Runner?

I'd love to see what you did with it... that movie... man, my husband and I watch it regularly - it's been a staple in our house for 'mood' when we're reading at night for /years/.

I LOVE that movie.

Excellent rendering of a very handsome, rugged and un-insane Harrison Ford.

Have you read the book?

[audit]

maladie - too kind :blush:. sort of hobby, more a passion. I have trained all my life to be a musician, but recently discovering painting and concept art i'm changing my mind. really don't know yet where this digital art can take me.

runecaster - thx. THAT city?! woa, maybe if you could get a screencap of the aspect you mean - flyover, street etc. I don't own the film myself y'see. getting the refs from t internet. ...and I haven't read the book, or seen the film...intend to :D



--anyway, another Bladey. about 1hr20.


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Blade_face2.jpg

[audit]

um.


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Samurai_s.jpg

[enthombed]

great colors in this one dude, really good job, i like the final result of this one.

Cheers

Icaro

[Defcombeta]

nice stuff, i like the feel ot the last one, very nice human touch to it,

j mac

[audit]

enthombed, defcombeta - thanks guys. i kind of hate that one, but thanks...


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Blade_runner3.jpg


they released exam results today, managed to get a first with distinction...what better way to celebrate than a crazy bladerunner speedpainting, eh?!

[Vahn]

great expression .. i really like your sketches audit

I like the outcome when you mix the chalkylook with the hard roundbrush look ... like the naked woman or the H.Ford Bladerunner pic :)

the last one is cool... would be better tough if you darkened the upper left side of the bg like on the right. You probably did it to hint at the light source but I think its enough to have those strong saturated texture areas on the figure. This way it just pulls the viewer to the corner :shrug:

keep on painting :thumbsup:

[audit]

vahn, thanks for your words and for your crit (first one here in a loong time!). You're right about the flow, i think i was just a bit over-zealous with the colours there. Could have worked out a bit less garishly. Plenty more painting from me, don't worry.


today, a funny one and a ref (more face practice..guess the superstar?!)



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Blank.jpg



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Andovar2.jpg

[Runecaster]

Natalie Portman?? :)

Nice ones!

[audit]

correct!!! *hands out the prize* (a box of comfits...)

[Runecaster]

Yummeh!!!

I say you do another tut. I still can't figure out how to get that strong contrast-y concept-ish look when I speed paint and MAN I wanna!

I don't have a single clue what to do, either, everything I try goes meh:

http://www.aequinox.com/paintings/sketchbook/highway.jpg

You can see what I'm talking about there.

[remcv8]

Audit, love your work once again. Surprised to see you drawing Blade Runner stuff. Love it!!!

[audit]

runec- another tut?! well i'll see what i can do, they're quite time consuming, maybe i could just paintover?
remcv8 - thanks much :)



----chopstick man:


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Sunset_warrior.jpg

[audit]

hi, been away for a pretty long time! got back from iceland last week, i was on a language course, for a month+. so i've been really out of practice :D


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/sail.jpg

[Runecaster]

Audit! Nice to see you back - this is lovely, I love the tranquility of it :)

[Iridyse]

Hey Audit!So nice to have you back :D The last one is beautiful!Such lovely colours. I really like the chopstick guy too. His torso is fab, the face needs some darks though. The textures in the bush are really nice too!

Iceland? I'm so jealous :(

[audit]

hello runecaster, hiiri, thank you for welcoming me back! nice to see you have remembered me :) hiiri - yes, iceland was ridiculously fun, i love the language and the landscapes (check out this icelander's (http://nagli.cgsociety.org/gallery/) great work on that front). we were in Reykjavík most of the time; weird city, but cool...

nightly paint. i call it 'shrimp' :wise:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/shrimp.jpg

[jmBoekestein]

Pretty neat to see what Iceland brings out in your images, that's very interesting. I like how calm and passive they seem while still having good contrast. :thumbsup: Very nice works in here btw, if I haven't said so before! :thumbsup:

[CyborgJA]

My god, your palette is so...powerfull !

I love it !

[audit]

jmboekestein - thanks for stopping by, and thanks for your comments - great to hear!
cyborgja - thank you.. such a nice compliment :)



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/search_greenpyramid.jpg


sci-fi-space-ship-night-vision.

[danielh68]

Very cool piece...like the compliment red accents. :)

[Runecaster]

Audit I am so glad you are back - your stuff is such an inspiration! Such elegance in such economy, there are many things I could learn from you.


All I know is that if I tried that, it wouldn't look 10% as good. It's a mystery to me what you do! :D

[Vahn]

cool youre back :)

the last sketches are good... love the red :D

[audit]

vahn - hey :wise: thought you were away this month! would be great to team up again sometime if you feel like it.
runecaster - thanks..very kind words i'm not worthy of. hope it's going well for you round here..?
dan - many thanks :)


- hope you can tell what it is. the time of day might be dawn, i think..

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/woodman_small.jpg

[Vahn]

wow nice sketch there!

yeah man im still on hdays ... i dont even have a mouse here so ill team up with you when im back m8 :D

[audit]

thx man. well if you don't have a tablet i hope you have a sketchbook..!!! :D i didn't do any drawing while i was away. tooo lazy.. :/

ok tonight's. old ref photo i love, so i just keep redrawing it. can't capture the amazing expression in that photo still.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/regina.jpg

[bin]

hey audit:
I just browered your piece again,how improve u got！the forest work is amazing...the color is so beautiful...keep it going...dude~

[audit]

been away..again.. in case you hadn't gathered :D

bin - thanks! ..i still have such a lot to improve...not happy with my work, especially looking at it again after a few days. i'll keep going.



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/loop_klein.jpg

a link to the big full res, so you can see the ships (http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/?action=view&current=loop.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1)

[danielh68]

Audit, beautiful use of color on the last one. :thumbsup:

[audit]

dan, thanks mate :) i really enjoyed painting that one.

here's another image (trying to get back into the swing.)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/fish-ships_klein.jpg

[audit]

strange one today :/

i dunno.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/launch.jpg

[audit]

another one.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/goth_.jpg

[audit]

further.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Villain.jpg

[Salubri3i]

my fave is the one with the ships. i like the color. :thumbsup:

[audit]

salubri3i- tx man, i like that one too :D

::

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/heath_.jpg

[Vahn]

great last sketches audit :D
I like the last one ... the colors are pleasing and the brushwork simple and sharp :thumbsup:

[SamsonsReaper]

i agree with Vahn, keep up the good stuff :thumbsup:

[audit]

vahn, samsons- cheers guys, i'll try.

trying out lighting, forgot to add any interest. whoops.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/room.jpg

[Iridyse]

Beautiful work! I love the colours in them all.

[Runecaster]

Love the last sketch, the light is beautiful!

[audit]

iridyse, runecaster - thanks very much :)

fast sketch.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/fightscene_.jpg

[audit]

collab between vahn and me. cheers vahn! :beer:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/AV2-7-final.jpg

[Vahn]

hehe that was great fun :D thx m8 :bowdown:

[audit]

vahn - :D

ditty from tonight

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/cloud_.jpg

[aldog]

god you're clouds are beautiful

[audit]

aldog - ta :)

another Vahn+audit collab, huzzah!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/SN3-auditfinal.jpg

[CyborgJA]

Ohhhh beautiful colors this one !

[Runecaster]

Audit I don't know how you do it. this thread makes me ache with inspiration and a need to improve. Your stuff is so beautiful and the colors are just amazing. I love coming to look at it all.

Thank you for sharing :)

[danielh68]

Jaw-dropping cloud work :eek:

[audit]

cyborg- thanks
runecaster- really glad you enjoy your visits to this thread :)
dan- thanks, i have a strange attraction to clouds which causes me to want to paint them a lot :D


spent a bit longer than normal on it tonight. (3hrs)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Woodelf.jpg

[audit]

just a crappy one :/

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Sam1.jpg

[CyborgJA]

I love the forest expecially for the emerald green that you have used.

See you soon,
Serena.

[audit]

Serena - my thanks :) glad you like it!



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Runway.jpg

[audit]

wotcha folks.
doodle for today, with added canvas effect (put this on a card for my mum's birthday..aww)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Seafront1.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Really great work, Audit...too many to single any out, but love the last one.

Cris

[Vahn]

hehe cool! the cloud looks like a giant flying dog :D

[audit]

cris- many thanks
vahn- you'll have to point that one out to me...but, er, thanks!

this one is a little bit mad. It's supposed to be Frankenstein's castle. Yup.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Franken.jpg

[Iridyse]

It's such a treat to look at your work Nick. The last one is FANTASTIC! I love the sickly greens, the poky spires and the concentric clouds, they add so MUCH to the effect you have there. I really like the clouds, and the hill sketch with the dirigible(oh my I love the greens there!) and the forest and..well..everything really :D

[CyborgJA]

It's such a treat to look at your work Nick. The last one is FANTASTIC! I love the sickly greens, the poky spires and the concentric clouds, they add so MUCH to the effect you have there. I really like the clouds, and the hill sketch with the dirigible(oh my I love the greens there!) and the forest and..well..everything really :D



Quoted quoted and requoted.
Plus the great use of perspective.:eek:

[audit]

serena- thank you :):)
shreya- thanks. it's great that you like how the thread is going....gives me hope! :D

elaborate speed (nigh on 2.5hrs)--
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Racer.jpg

[danielh68]

That one is sweet! Probably one of my favorites out of your work. :)

[Shadowbrooke]

Nice work on the last one! I usually paint figures but the landscape you painted was so poetic and tranquil. The only other person whose landscape moves me is Waheednasir...but I found your landscape sketch gave a peaceful feeling. Thanks for that :)

Brooke.

Edited to say..um...that Japanese samurai looks scary...eek!

[audit]

dan- thanks man
kelandra- thanks for the kind words..i try my best..:)

yeblaargh--

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Tunnelship.jpg

[Vahn]

serena- thank you :):)
shreya- thanks. it's great that you like how the thread is going....gives me hope! :D

elaborate speed (nigh on 2.5hrs)--
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Racer.jpg

great sketch there :thumbsup:

altough the ship is a bit flat & boring ... still very good. Cool colors and Texture :applause:

[audit]

vahn- cheers! sorry about the ship - you must realise i suck at mechanical design :D

2hr monochrome-ish speed. 'babel city'

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Babel_city_finalsm.jpg

[audit]

jksdlgy :)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Priestler.jpg

[danielh68]

I really dig the cityscape and its multiple atmospheric layers. :) Great work.

[Shadowbrooke]

Hi,

The "babel city" sketch looks great. The new sketch looks ominous...scary in mood (eep), but I really like the warm vs. cool tones in lighting. Great work!

[audit]

dan, kelandra- thanks guys, i really appreciate your comments :)

debt to mv-

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Planetake.jpg

[audit]

righto. collab time. it's great to collaborate, i would recommend it :D much nicer than working on your own.

--->process (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=3901243&postcount=229)

vahn+audit.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Col4-6finished.jpg

[Runecaster]

Babel City is simply awesome. Saved in Inspiration folder. Beautiful!!

[audit]

my thread has stars now...?
runecaster- cheers glad you like

one for tonight. another landscape with cloudies

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untegang_sm.jpg

[audit]

don't laugh

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/junkus.jpg

now laugh

[CyborgJA]

;laugh; :bounce:


I really love the seascape even if I think you could play more with city's lights on water.

[audit]

serena - grazie :) yes you're right i could have done more with that..

once more, vahn+audit:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/forestsong.jpg

[Defcombeta]

very nice stuff , take ages to load up but the solid value of the work makes it worth it. nice to see some one enjoying what they create

j mac

[audit]

jmac- thanks. sorry it took a long time to load..:/ i guess my filesizes aren't optimised

eh, more woods.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Woods.jpg

[audit]

an island.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Portal-island.jpg

[Iridyse]

I'm really enjoying the rich saturated colours! And the water in the last one is great!

[CyborgJA]

These colors kick ! But why have you used pure white to describe this strange structure?

[zng-Y]

wow i realy like those colours

[audit]

shreya - thank you :) yep that water was yet another happy accident..
zng-y - thanks
serena - well i don't know actually. the structure is just white, that's how i imagined it. sorta futuristic.

three rough sketches-

40mins, glowy crap
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/sketcha.jpg

1hr
value, same face as always :)
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/viss.jpg

1hr
colour, sunlight
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled.jpg

[Vahn]

the mountain & the face : killer! :bowdown:

[audit]

vahn!

finally, some time to sketch face.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Oldface.jpg

[Vahn]

geiil!

good work m8 .. almost tought you were retired from sketching :thumbsup:

[audit]

haha i wish :p thanks

got round to sorting this one out, started a few weeks ago, now finished (1hr45 total)

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Karjunk.jpg

[jmBoekestein]

Good lighting on last one :). especially the back signalling lamps. :thumbsup:

[slickgreekgeo]

Impressive work, keep it up.

[howlinghorse]

whoa, beautiful. I've always loved your style.

[CyborgJA]

I expecially love you for your light management. Beautiful beautiful beautiful.

[audit]

hello again :)
time for one more junk-

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Untitled-1-1.jpg

[audit]

a little silhouetto of a man.
hope contrast is ok...

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Blahman1.jpg

[cok3]

The colors on ur environments are beautiful ! Hope to see some more from you buddy :D

[Vahn]

heeey! youre still alive! :)

[audit]

cok3- hey man, glad you like. hope to see more from you too..! (watchin your thread)

vahn- reports of my demise greatly exaggerated :D maybe catch you on messenger sometime?

speed:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Clearing.jpg

[Runecaster]

Audit, that last one - sublime :)

[cok3]

awesome speedy!! Care to see the brushes u usin on that one?

[audit]

rune, cok3- thanks for stopping by guys, and for your comments.

cok3 the brushes are a combo i picked from m@, barontieri and defaults. m@ linked his brushset somewhere (it's on conceptart), as did tieri. hopefully shouldn't be too hard to find...

study thing:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Floreat.jpg

[pap87]

Really nice work. Love the black and white face on the previous page! :thumbsup:

[CyborgJA]

I love the last portrait. I think I appreciate it cause it describes an "old" subject but with a totally stylish and modern palette.
Bravo !

[Vahn]

last 2 are great :D :thumbsup:

[audit]

thanks all you! very glad you like..

keep going-

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/86audit19/cgforums/Sea.jpg