Sketchbook Thread of Spirit Dreamer

[Abyssis]

Oct 10, 2006

Just having fun with composition, motion, and lighting



Heya Glen: the last one...superb...YES - that's it :thumbsup:

-cheerZ- :wavey:

[Mu]

Ah, I am not fully out of retirement just yet. But when I am I will "buy this town" as Jimi Hendrix once said...:scream:

heck, I like this steel lighting!

And especially the composition. Looks like a classical religious theme now, ascending and descending souls: vary the poses, stretch the canvas, add a few demons on the bottom and a shining light on top and you got a classical, renaissance spiritual fresco. The wonderfully curved anatomy of the bodies helps to evoce a classical connotation.

Or you just keep experimenting...:scream:... every morning I take a look at your variations it sparks a new idea...f-u-n...

EDIT: Glenn, the man needs a penis...just does not look right with all the rest of the body so truthfully and vivid...:sad:

[anandpg]

Hi Glenn..
I like that last one...

About the query you posted in my thread about modeling hands with ZSpheres..
You can make the hand using zspheres with usual manner, but the mesh will be really twisted and useless when you start 5 branches from a single zsphere.
So it will be better to just model the palm and the thumb with zpheres, and make the rest of the fingers using EdgeLoop after baking it into polygon mesh.
I have recorded the method in a ZScript for you and attached with this message. Just load it in ZBrush from the "ZScript" menu and press the play button in the bottom tray.

(zipped with WinZip10.0 Evaluation Version)

[SpiritDreamer]

Oct 12, 2006

THANK YOU ....Abyssis....glad you enjoyed that one...:)

Hey....THANK YOU MR MU....Taking it even further than you thought.....:)
About the penis....EUNUCH TAKEN A STEP FURTHER ..:eek:
One should never abuse SPIRITEARTH... ANGRY LADY....PERPETUATION ENDED...JUST PUNISHMENT...:)
NOT FORGOTTEN TRUTH....IN THE BEGGINING,... HE WAS A SHE, AND NO BOOK IS EVER GOING TO CHANGE THAT FACT...:)

Anandpg....THANKS A MILLION for that hand demo....will really come in handy...:) on my next figure...:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn



PUT THE BLAME ON NO ONE ELSE

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/EARTH_SPIRIT_FLYING_FIGURES_DONE.jpg

[Mu]

great composition, Glenn-gelo...:D


it's interesting how individual the pose looks from so many angles. I especially love the angle on the top right one.

One thing that makes me wonder:

- The pose of mother earth along with the cone of light from above on the top...
- ...and the alignment of the bodies on the bottom...

actually form a wonderful iconic trapezoid which enhances the spiritual background of the whole thing.
But right now, the canvas looks a bit cropped on the left hand side. Is that on purpose to loosen that iconic composition up? I would love to see it laid out perfectly symmetrical.

You know, when I have a cupboard and the corner of a room, I always push it into the corner so that the two right angles fit into each other, while my girlfriend tries all kinds of funny combinations which I can hardly stand to watch...:scream:

I need symmetry and alignment...does that make me autistic...or just german? :scream:

[Elliepower]

Hello,

the last piece is very impressive and the different views of the men are hard to ignore, lol, I want to combine, compare... every single detail.

Perhaps I am a little autistic, too? @murat The monk-syndrom :scream:

What I specially love in this last piece is, how you handle the colors. Though the men falling down, there is a very high energy in mother earth. The men really fade out of the scene, at the same time they are totally solid standing for themselves as individuals. Enough space for personal thoughts and enough strenght, don't know how to say, that keep the relevance.

Ciao,
Ellie

[Frejasphere]

Hi Glenn :)

What a lovely surprise! the way you added your Earthspirit spiritearth to the composition :)
It REALLY works!!:thumbsup: :bounce: And your thoughts on it are great! there's so much that can be said with art and imagery that can't be said in any other way. Amazing work, you should be very happy! :) :applause:

you take care!
cheers
a. :)

[Intervain]

I need symmetry and alignment...does that make me autistic...or just german? :scream:

LOL it must be autistic then because i feel the same not being German LOL

Glenn I love the colours - that blue with the yellow looks awesome!
one thing that's disturbing me is that it's hard to tell the shapes of those figures floating about - they seem to be overlapping each other too much making it a tad too messy...

[Frejasphere]

so sorry Glenn, it's late and I thought I was in my thread and posted a picture here! :D have removed it, but did get quite a shock when I realised I was posting in yours!

:)

off to bed I think!!!

take care
a. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

THANKS...MR MU....Symmetry tends to kill motion, and contain the space....wanted the space uncontained, so the viewers mind would travel beyound what is depicted, into the realm of thier own imagination,...if that makes sense...plus just experimenting with composition...one of the biggest criticisms of Michelangelo's Last Judgement fesco, was it's centralised symmetry ...at the time when he painted it ....go figure..:scream:
....I think meaning trumps all else in this type of concept.:)

THANKS ...Ellie....Glad you enjoyed the symbolism, and the symbolic color also...:)

THANK YOU ...Frejasphere...a picture is worth a thousand words sometimes for sure.
Really glad you find meaning in this one....makes it worth the effort... :)

THANKS.....Intervain....Glad you enjoyed the colors....the symmetry...like I told MR MU..:)
The overlapping figures....guess that is just a matter of personal opinion....they do look a lot better and clearer when viewed bigger, as they are posted futher above on this page..
What is your opinion of the the masses of figures in michelanglo's last judgement fresco,..
just curious...:eek:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


A couple of flash backs from the past....still relevent today...unfortunitly...top one was one of the very fist digital paintings I did....used a mouse...:eek:


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Polaris_CG.jpg


The story behind this painting is personal.
When I was in the Navy, the Vietnam War was raging on and on, Nixon was bombing the hell out of Vietnam, and the cold war with the Soviet Union was getting hot. And in the middle of this ordeal I was on the Thomas Jefferson, a Polaris nuclear submarine, carrying 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles. Each equipped with 2 nuclear warheads, each being 50x more destructive than those dropped on Japan in WWII. On my last patrol we went up by the Soviet Union and patrolled 2 miles off thier coast line. Were chased numerous times by their attack submarines and destroyers. But luckily were never caught and destroyed. I opened the missle hatches about 20 times during a 90 day period and went through the sequence or count down to fire the missles on each occasion, not knowing if it was the real deal or not, only the captain knew, Each time I shut the missle hatches back up I counted my lucky stars, cried a little inside and wondered why and how the world ever got so screwed up. My job on the sub was launcher technician which is to fire the missles, destroy continents and essentially all life on the planet. Had my finger on the button to end all of life far too many times. Been a nightmare in my life for 35 years now. This painting is a self portrait of that experience I had many years ago. An experience that haunts me to this day and probably til the day I die.
Used a mirror to paint my own image. Not bad for being 52. Lol.
So, Have a great day. Because you never know if it's going to be your last.
Take care
Glenn

PEACE OR PERISH ..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Peace_or_Perish3.JPG

[Mu]

he story behind this painting is personal.
When I was in the Navy, the Vietnam War was raging on and on, Nixon was bombing the hell out of Vietnam, and the cold war with the Soviet Union was getting hot. And in the middle of this ordeal I was on the Thomas Jefferson, a Polaris nuclear submarine, carrying 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles. Each equipped with 2 nuclear warheads, each being 50x more destructive than those dropped on Japan in WWII. On my last patrol we went up by the Soviet Union and patrolled 2 miles off thier coast line. Were chased numerous times by their attack submarines and destroyers. But luckily were never caught and destroyed. I opened the missle hatches about 20 times during a 90 day period and went through the sequence or count down to fire the missles on each occasion, not knowing if it was the real deal or not, only the captain knew, Each time I shut the missle hatches back up I counted my lucky stars, cried a little inside and wondered why and how the world ever got so screwed up. My job on the sub was launcher technician which is to fire the missles, destroy continents and essentially all life on the planet. Had my finger on the button to end all of life far too many times. Been a nightmare in my life for 35 years now. This painting is a self portrait of that experience I had many years ago. An experience that haunts me to this day and probably til the day I die.

Glenn,

that is one intense memory/story and a well written one, too. Thanks for sharing that with us, I was totally thrilled and at the same time have the feeling I can understand your dedication and commitment(spelling?) much better now.

I talked with my daughter (5yrs) about your POLARIS painting (because she seemed to like it and asked who painted it) and according to her, there's a trap in the center, albeit on second inspection she said it might be a way of some sort, too... I don't know, but I think you got your message across...

thanks for a fresh dosis of surprise and intensity

[Frejasphere]

Hi Glenn :)

This is the third time I try to post a reply to your last painting post :shrug: Trying to say something in response to the enormity of what you shared... somehow got the better of me!

Anyway, thanks for being brave enough to give an insight into your experiences and the background to your painting. Art is a vehicle of constant expression - gives us voices for what cannot be said in conventional ways... do keep that voice talking Glenn, and even if you keep having those nightmares, there are going to be sunny days too - and you are a survivor, both in the physical and spiritual sense! :)

A quote that I really like and have kept coming back to over the years: "We have art so we do not die of reality" - Nietzsche

take care and :)
a.

[NR43]

dear SpiritDreamer/Glenn

unfortunately, your story is still very very relevant, but it's a really good thing that you've shared it with us.

Personally, I try to avoid watching the news for example - trying to raise my kids in a positive environment - and your words and self portrait are an acknowledgement to me that I have no reason at all to start watching it at all.
Thank you. All the best.

Sincerely
Johan

[SpiritDreamer]

October 18, 2006
THANK YOU...MR MU.. ...Just figured that it is good to speak with your art,and heart.. of the times and events that make up your world,..on occasion, and leave behind something personal,that will maybe speak to the future about what shaped our world at this time.
Kind of the way Goya left behind a piece of his times in his personal works.. :)
Funny about your daughter...innocence has the keenest and purest vision of all..:thumbsup:

THANK YOU....Frejasphere....Just trying to leave behind something worthwhile and honest.
LOVE that quote that you posted above...never heard it before, but will always remember it now, thanks to you. ...THANK YOU for shareing that...:thumbsup:

THANK YOU ..NR43.....You are corect to keep YOUSELF AND YOUR KIDS away from the TV.
Hard to get the truth, when all you are presented with is a onesided view of the world,made negative,..which is a form of propaganda designed to decieve, if ever there was one.
I for one, prefer to think for myself, to keep my mind and spirit free...:)

THANKS for the feedback EVERYONE..:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Playing around with facial expression, and lighting.....Z BRUSH....created with primative sphere.... referenced from imagination

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/NEW_HEAD.jpg

[anandpg]

Hi Glenn..
Great start on the head...

The grave experience of your youth moved me... Its so unfortunate that the most intelligent species of this world should massacre one another and tear this beautiful planet apart.. I started reading "Freedom at Midnight" the other day and was deeply saddened at how people in my country too cutdown their brothers in millions at the very eve of a hard-earned Independance.. seems like we humans are unsurpassed in our extreme senslessness as well as our superior intelligence.. We can only wish with all our hearts that such things dont repeat. As for your living with that experience, I can only imagine.. Your sharing of it is greatly appreciated.

[Ego]

The story behind this painting is personal.
When I was in the Navy, the Vietnam War was raging on and on, Nixon was bombing the hell out of Vietnam, and the cold war with the Soviet Union was getting hot. And in the middle of this ordeal I was on the Thomas Jefferson, a Polaris nuclear submarine, carrying 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles. Each equipped with 2 nuclear warheads, each being 50x more destructive than those dropped on Japan in WWII. On my last patrol we went up by the Soviet Union and patrolled 2 miles off thier coast line. Were chased numerous times by their attack submarines and destroyers. But luckily were never caught and destroyed. I opened the missle hatches about 20 times during a 90 day period and went through the sequence or count down to fire the missles on each occasion, not knowing if it was the real deal or not, only the captain knew, Each time I shut the missle hatches back up I counted my lucky stars, cried a little inside and wondered why and how the world ever got so screwed up. My job on the sub was launcher technician which is to fire the missles, destroy continents and essentially all life on the planet. Had my finger on the button to end all of life far too many times. Been a nightmare in my life for 35 years now. This painting is a self portrait of that experience I had many years ago. An experience that haunts me to this day and probably til the day I die.
Used a mirror to paint my own image. Not bad for being 52. Lol.
So, Have a great day. Because you never know if it's going to be your last.
Take care
Glenn

PEACE OR PERISH ..:)



Glenn, *hugs*
I am always encouraged by your energy and verve. Keep it up.

[Intervain]

HI Glenn :) I think you have a point with Michaelangelo there LOL - touche! well perhaps it's just that yours seems to me more monochromatic and hence the feeling it's not as clear...

I can hardly say the next ones are monochromatic though :eek: CRAZEY colours - cool!! I"m a complete chicken when it comes to colours... :applause:

[SpiritDreamer]

Oct 19, 2006

Hi....Anandpg.....THANK YOU, and THANKS for stopping by...I quess BOB DYLAN said it pefectly in his songs...BLOWIN IN THE WIND, and MASTERS OF WAR....Some things seem to never change....I quess that as long as there is a profit involved, or books of beliefs to kill for and over,... it will continue...seems to be the nature of POWER...:eek:

Hi....QueenSOUL....:wavey: Really nice to hear from you, been awhile... Glad that I have had a positive effect on you, with all my ramblings...just trying to provoke thought, an artist best friend..or if need be weapon..for positive change of course..:thumbsup:

THANK YOU ...Intervain...I agree with you about those figures...can only do so much on a small screen...give me a fifty foot tall wall to paint on, then we'll see...clearer...LOL...:scream:
About your fear of color...just jump right in, the waters great, someone will catch you, if you start to drown,..that's what this forum is all about...:eek: :bounce: :scream:

THANKS for the feedback EVERYONE..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn



Started my second experiment using the z sphere's in Z BRUSH...Going for a female this time.
Got as far as blocking in some of the muscles today...will have long hair, blowing in the wind, to enhance motion....lots more work to do on her..only refference...imagination, and memory..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_DANCER.jpg

[anandpg]

Hi Glenn...
Nice start on the new ZBrush figures... I was watching Zach Petroch's Gnomon video on zbrush sculpting, and I thought of you.. Its a great video if you can get it. His work flow involves Maya to an extend, but he has a lot of Zbrush techniques that will help you.

[SpiritDreamer]

October 20, 2006
THANK YOU....Anandpg.....I will have to do a search for that DVD...Sounds good.
THANK YOU for the tip, and the visit.:thumbsup: :)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

A little more work all around on this figure...Will have to make her arms a little longer maybe

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_DANCER_a.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Z_SPHERE_DANCER_b.jpg

[Trunks]

Hi Glenn!
Great to see more complete bodys of you, not only the heads :D

You should also work on the hands and feets because most people forget to draw/model them ... this is not good. You should also practice hands and feets, they are very important!

Keep it up :)

[Rod Seffen]

I take it these are supposed to be highly stylised figure sculpts?
The problem is that it's hard for others to judge them, because only you know what they are supposed to look like.
Whatever criticism is level at them can be fully and accurately rebuffed with 'it's supposed to look like that''
It's probably a better idea to stick to realism in digital sculpting until you can sculpt it near perfectly, so then everyone can judge it fairly becasue they know exactly what it's supposed to look like, , and also have the knowledge that you can do it 'properly' before doing it your own way. It means there's nothing to hide behind. That's very important to me. Once you have that accomplished, then go on to stylisations and caricatures.
To me,they suffer from the almost ubiquitous problem of the novice zbrush sculptor, in that they look like formerly detailed ice sculptures that have melted a little.
The sense of movement and poses are nice though.
THe way I've found of getting sharper details wihtout insane poly counts (my centaur figure is only 250,000 polys minus the hair) is to use a small brush to cut in the muscle shapes, then use a larger brush to pull out the bulk of the shape itself, and then smooth the edges cuts. You have to keep smoothing and repeating that quite a lot though.

[SpiritDreamer]

HEY ....oDDITY:)

Like I just told Siju.....BEAUTY TRUMPS ACCURACY EVERY TIME...:)
Your words sound like they are coming from someone who is very insecure in thier own work,
and find it necesarry to belittle other peoples work to strengthen thier own ego and insecurity.
Perhaps you should build up your own selfesteem, before you go about trying to tear others apart.
I have six years of art schools behind me , have been tutored by Burne HOGARTH, HAVE STUDIED ANATOMICAL DRAWING under some of the best teachers in the world, and have sold a hell of alot of my works in gallery's and to private parties over the years. when you were still in diapers,...And I am still going strong.
...I think you are in DIRE NEED OF AN ATTITUDE AJUSTMENT MY FRIEND, and if you were in front of me right now,...YOU WOULD SURELY GET ONE..:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Rod Seffen]

HEY ....oDDITY:)


Your words sound like they are coming from someone who is very insecure in thier own work,
and find it necesarry to belittle other peoples work to strengthen thier own ego and insecurity.
Perhaps you should build up your own selfesteem, before you go about trying to tear others apart.
I have six years of art schools behind me , have been tutored by Burne HOGARTH, HAVE STUDIED ANATOMICAL DRAWING under some of the best teachers in the world, and have sold a hell of alot of my works in gallery's and to private parties over the years. when you were still in diapers,...And I am still going strong.
...I think you are in DIRE NEED OF AN ATTITUDE AJUSTMENT MY FRIEND, and if you were in front of me right now,...YOU WOULD SURLY GET ONE..:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

I wasn't talking about your art skills, I was tlaking about your budding zbrush skills, hogarth didn't teach you that, and you weren't doing it before I was born.
You say I'm insceure, but it sounds like your the insecure one, in that you can't take the slightest amount of criticism without going beserk and threating violence.
Like I just told Siju.....BEAUTY TRUMPS ACCURACY EVERY TIME...:)
That's a very nice seniment, the sort of thing they teach you at art school no doubt- that everyone's a winner etc, but while accuracy is a tangible thing that can't be fooled, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and has no real meaning - who is to say what is beuatiful and what isn't?
Therefore, while you can hide behind personal ideals of beauty, you cannot hide when it comes to accuracy, it's open for all to see and judge.

Anyway, I see you're the type who likes to give criticism but can't take it, since YOU were TAUGHT by HOGARTH etc, etc,so we'll leave it as it is.

[SpiritDreamer]

HEY...ODITTY.....GROW UP... IS THE BEST ADVICE THAT I CAN OFFER YOU.

MY RECORD ON THIS FORUM SPEAKS FOR ITSELF...:)

TAKE CARE,...AND TRY TO HAVE A GOOD DAY...DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS POSSIBLE WITH YOU,
BUT TRY ANYWAY...:scream:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[SpiritDreamer]

THANKS ...Trunks...hands and feet COMING UP...Anandpg just sent me a demo on how to do them corectly with Z BRUSH, WILL TAKE ME A FEW DAYS TO GET USED TO DOING them THE WAY THE DEMO SHOWS, BUT I'LL GET THERE..:)
THANKS for stopping by Trunks...Always nice to hear from you..:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Rebeccak]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to step in here - I hate to see antagonism on this forum, so I'd like to say a few words which hopefully put a conclusion to the bickering.

Glenn / SpiritDreamer is a really valued member of our community here, and I don't wish to see him denegrated in a personal way. We all have our different points of view and we need to respect them. There are ways to critique work that come across in a less offensive way, and certainly when things get to a personal level of critique, then things have gone off topic and beyond the point of helping each other out as artists.

Personal bickering is not welcome on this forum, from any perspective or from any member.

From a neutral perspective, I don't think that oDDity's initial comments were meant to be particularly antagonistic, though I think you, oDDity, have a bit of a brusque writing style which may be offputting to some - though I don't think that your criticisms were really meant to be overly harsh, I think that they were meant to be helpful and honest.

At any rate - take it easy guys, I think everyone's points have been made and it's best to just agree to disagree here. :)

Cheers,

-Rebecca

[SpiritDreamer]

THANK YOU....oDDITY......GREAT IDEA YOU HAD THERE....ICE SCULPTURES...Think that I will make a whole series of them...Should sell pretty good, in the area where I live...Boston.
Every winter, there is a big contest by artist who do ICE SCULPTURES...really BEAUTIFUL works,...they look even more BEAUTIFUL,when they MELT...:scream: ...
THANKS...oDDITY...FOR THE GREAT INSPIRATION...:thumbsup: :)

THANKS...Rebecca...At my age, WHO CARES....:scream: .....LIFE IS TOO SHORT, FOR SUCH NONSENSE..:) ....I just do what makes me happy when it concernes my art...not here to prove anything to anyone....just here to learn, and maybe help a few other people to learn
what I have learned along the way...:)

TAKE CARE and THANKS for the feedback...EVERYONE..:thumbsup:
Glenn

MELTING ICE SCULPTURE ...#1

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MELTING_ICE_SCULPTURE.jpg

[razz]

Hey, SpiritDreamer. Trying to depict a melting ice sculpture? Should look amazing with your style. I like the thing that you always have a thought behind your pieces. Knowing what you want is really what matters. Creating not what you can, but what you want. A pleasure to watch. And waiting to see that ice shader, hehe :thumbsup:

[Rebeccak]

I admit I lol'd...:D...repeatedly. :D

[Cris-Palomino]

Hey...a good ice shader will be really great fun. The different shaders you've used in the past have been great...in combination with the vibrant colors...so different than anything I've ever seen.

Always enjoyable to see what you're up to, Glenn.
Cris

[SpiritDreamer]

10/23/06

THANK YOU ..RAZZ...Took a class one time while going to ART school in Boston, called CREATIVE THINKING...Basically tought how to VISULIZE amonst a lot of other things..GREAT class...:)

Hi...Rebecca.....ME TOO,....:scream:

THANK YOU ...CRIS...NEVER TRIED ICE BEFORE, A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING...Should be interesting to see if I can get it right...:) ...TIME WILL TELL...:eek:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

Z BRUSH MELTING ICE SCULPTURE #2..Will try a different shader on each one I do, just to see what effect it creats, until I find the perfect one...:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/ICE_SCULTURE_2.jpg

[Talaria]

ohh great idea! I like Ice Sculpture number two more since it has those icy pikes, they're beautiful.
I think if you made the figure a little bit more transparent it will look cooler, I mean like the ice cubes, they're white in the center and then they go transparent bit by bit (sorry don't know how to say it clearly in english :/ )

[SpiritDreamer]

October 24, 2006
HEY...Talaria ...THANKS FOR STOPPING BY....I felt the same way about that last one that I posted...liked the hanging ice, but wasn't happy with the effect that I had in the figure.
This ice is proving to be tricky...but having a lot of fun trying to get it to look right ..:)
I love an adventure in unexplored places,...you never know what you will come across..:)
THANKS again Talaria....I always value opinions, and try to make the most of them, if I am able to..as I HAVE STATED MANY TIMES IN MY THREAD..:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn


Starting to get a little closer to feeling like ice that is starting to melt a little.
Searching for ice, has forced me to explore the lighting effects in Z BRUSH a lot more than I
I had ,...which is a good thing....Fantastic program..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/ICE_SCULPTURE_3.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/ICE_SCULPTURE_4.jpg

[ha-dou-ken]

wow Glenn, that last ice sculpture is great. How long does that take if you don't me asking? Did you ever take traditional sculpting classes? Anyway, AWESOME! Just made my day!:applause:

EDIT:Peace or Perish...wow.What a great burden you must carry with you. I'm sorry, but I also greatly respect your sentiments of pro-peace in this day and age. thanks for sharing your story Glenn as it help put in perspective the daily squabbles(*cough* you/oddity, *cough*) and allows us to realize just how petty differences in superficial opinions really are. Thanks man...

-Isaias

[SpiritDreamer]

10/25/06

Isaias....THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR OPINION ON MY THREAD...:thumbsup:
REALLY MADE MY DAY ..BETTER...:)
About time on these....about fifty plus years..a life time of learning...:scream:
My daily routine is usually from sun up, to high noon, a little longer sometimes..:)
About the sculpting...been sculpting since I was a little kid...PLAY DOUGH....:scream: I took a sculpting class about seven or eight years ago , where I live now in Boston...8 week course
great teacher...used that non drying kind of clay..great stuff...worked from live models,
did mostly life size face and head studies...great fun....now I am getting into Z BRUSH sculpting...even funner, and a lot less messy,..plus it allows me to combine the sculpture with my painting, which is a FANTASTIC thing to me, ..opens up a whole new realm of possibilities...new frontier for me...
...THANKS AGAIN, for stopping by...real pleasure to be able to share positive thoughts..:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

Just fooling around with a little color this morning.....Z BRUSH...PAINTER # 9 ...COMBO

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Oct_25_1.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Oct_25_2.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Oct_25_3.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Oct_25_4.jpg

[FateBringer]

wow great ice sculptures, really like the the effects your getting :thumbsup:

Mark

[anandpg]

Hi Glenn...
Wow!! nice compositions with the female figures! You have something great going on here...!
Btw.. have you tried increasing the smoothening in the "display" tab on your tool palatte in ZBrush? Here is what I do... After finishing the sculpt, I press F to switch off "quick" mode, go to the "display" tab on my tool palatte, push up the number-sliders in there... I forget the names... that way my model will not look faceted even if there are not enough polys in some places.. Then go up to the "render" menu.. switch on "shadows" and "best" and then take a screenshot. If you reposition your mesh after this, switch on "best" again before taking a screenshot. Probably you know this already... just wanted to make sure...:)

[SpiritDreamer]

10/26/06

HEY ...MARK....THANK YOU....Just experimenting and playing, while learning..:)

THANK YOU ... Anandpg..:)
There is a whole lot about Z BRUSH that I don't know, like about 90 percent of it..LOL :scream:
The advice you are giveing me is worth more than gold to me,...CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
Will put it all into practice very soon, that's a promise..:)
Never tried what you just wrote...will give it a shot in the morning..THANKS AGAIN...Anan,
FOR EVERYTHING...:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

Just having a little fun this morning...:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FOOT_FANTASY_A.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FOOT_FANTASY_B.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

10 / 27 /06

Started a new Z SPHERE figure this morning...tried out Anandpg's advice posted above, frame #789
Cast shadows...FANTASTIC..:bounce: ....THANKS Anandpg..:thumbsup:


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Kneeling_figure.jpg

[Womball]

I really like the blue on red composition. Very nice color contrast. You might want to try out the masking technique on the kneeling figure. He's got enough resolution that you could quickly mask muscle areas and inflate them. I couldn't figure out the zspheres, so I may have to return to them someday. I always ended up getting a deflated side.

[SpiritDreamer]

October 28, 2006


Thank you...Womball...:) Might try that masking out, if I can figure it out.:scream:
Saw somewhere, where they put a cap over with another Z sphere to get rid of the deflated side that you mentioned above ..not sure if that is the same problem as yours though..thought it worth mentioning ..:shrug:
TAKE CARE
Glenn


Cassius Clay // Sonny LISTON ...THE COUNT.....Using memory to creat a scene where Clay knocked down Liston, and dared him to get back up..claiming and gaining the world championship.
I remember listening to that fight on the radio when I was a little kid with my father..A huge event in those days...Anyway, thought I would try to recreat the scene that took place in my imagination...will be nice to see it from different angles...just trying something different..Will carve them in 3d next...saved them all as tools, so I can change thier poses ect...using Z sphere's

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CLAY_LISTON_FIGHT.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CLAY_LISTON_FIGHT_The_Count.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Glenn, I love the blue sculpts in post 587. The figure going into the fire orange reminds me of glass that has been worked and begins to reveal its color as it cools.

Cris

[SpiritDreamer]

THANK YOU ...Cris :) ....Love that idea of blown glass....You just sparked a new idea for what to do with some of these figures....:bounce: THANKS ..:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Sonny Liston DOWN
Created from memory and imagination....using Z Brush.....Z sphere's......blocking in muscles

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/LISTON_DOWN.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Oct 30, 2006

A LITTLE MORE WORK ON THIS FIGURE...long ways to go.
Sonny Liston had a very deep rich black ebony skin color,...should make a nice contrast to the rich warm caramel brown gold skin color of Casius Clay...Will have to tie the figures together colorwise, with the right colors in the surrounding atmosphere...just thinking ahead...:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/LISTON_DOWN_b.jpg

[Mu]

Hi Glenn,

great project! I had to think immediately of Mark Knopfler's great song about Sonny Liston on his album "Shangri-La" (get the album and the song! It's great!)

"the second-last child
was the second-last king
never again was it the same
in the ring

he had a left
like henry’s hammer
a right like betty bamalam
rode with the muggers
in the dark and dread
and all them sluggers
went down like lead"

[ha-dou-ken]

It's been a real pleasure lookup up and down the isles of your thread Glenn.:) If the apocalypse comes soon, I hope this thread is still here as a reminder of what could be once again.

I have been dilligently applying your advice both on paper and in my perception. Thanks for the help! Great thread.
HAve you ever tried mudbox? I find it more intuitive than zbrush. That might jsut be me though.
It's avery simple interface though and speedy to boot.Take care.

[Rebeccak]

Eeeek - DON'T go to the Mudbox website at the moment - it's been hacked, and you could end up with some sort of nasty virus from what I've heard.

Just letting you know. ;)

[ha-dou-ken]

Oh gosh! So true! I'm sorry, forgot about that. Thanks Rebeccak! Close one there..

[Rebeccak]

Heh, no worries - :) - I wouldn't have know if someone hadn't told me. I'm hoping they fix it soon, but they really ought to take down the website til they do. There are some threads in General Discussion and CGNews about this.

[SpiritDreamer]

Oct 31, 2006
HEY....MR MU....MADE MY MORNING:bounce: ....Never knew that a song was written about that event. It was just an old memory in my mind, that I thought worth saving.I didn't think anybody out there remembered it, never mind write a song about it..I guess it did change the course of boxing history though...for a long while anyway...:)
THANKS for that MR MU....Will have to see if I can find that song...:thumbsup:

THANKS ...Isaias....Really glad you took the time to go through my thread,...and very happy that you enjoyed the journy...:) ...HOPE It gave you a little insiration, and maybe a couple of idea's for your own journy..If it did that, then I have achieved one of my main goals on this forum..the other being, learning new things myself, and myself being inspired by all the GREAT TALENT in this forum...:)
Thanks also for the tip on that mudbox...having fun with Z BRUSH at the moment...maybe I'LL check it out some time in the future...:)

THANK YOU...for the warning ...Rebecca...no need to worry,..I have all I can do right now, to just try and figure out Z BRUSH...ANOTHER PROGRAM, IS THE LAST THING ON MY MIND LOL:scream:

THANK YOU for the GREAT feedback EVERYONE..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Starting to block in the muscles of the standing figure of Casious Clay

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_c.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

November 1, 2006

A little more work on Cassius Clay..Sonny Liston fight...still a long ways to go..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_d.jpg

[NR43]

Hi Glenn,

as I was reading your last post in Annette's thread, something suddenly occured to me...

do you still draw?

I'm seeing you're working in Zbrush a lot these days which is really really great. I was just wondering this as I know you studied under Burne Hogarth...

Anyway,
that fighting scene is coming along nicely I see :)
Hope to see more of it soon

[Frejasphere]

Hi Glenn :)

Interesting theme you're working on here, it will be great to see where you take it... :thumbsup:

Spinning off Johan's question: with your Zbrush... do you do sketches before you start? Playing around with the dynamics of poses and things like that? Sort of the way you'd do sketches and make little maquettes in clay before you do start the sculpture when working in non-digital 3D. Even though I've never tried any digital stuff, it seems to me that Zbrush is somewhere inbetween painting and sculpting; allowing you to do a bit of both in a sense... Perhaps working on a screen allows you to move through the sketching process straight into the modelling - in a way that you obviously can't when you are working with a hands on medium. Just thinking out loud here - and it would be great to see sketches if you do them :)

Keep enjoying and exploring!
take care
a. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 2, 2006

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY....Johan..and...Annette .:) ...About drawing...I think that drawing is one of many means to an end, and is the foundation of good painting and sculpting..In a sense, it is like the crawling you do before you learn to walk.
I paint and sculpt without line...I paint by creating mass, volume, with value, and tone...my method, and examples of it can be found on pages...31, 34, and 35 of this thread...Titian was just one of many, who preffered this method of conceptulizing a thought..which in the end, is what it is all about, and is the final goal, for me anyway
In that regard, it doesn't make sense to go back to crawling, once you have learnt to walk..for me anyway...:) I have learned to draw, with a big brush, and have thrown away my pen, and line....many years ago...:) ...That's just me though..everybody aproaches things concerning art, in thier own way...that's what keeps it EVOLVING, and prevents it from becoming STAGNANT...:scream: :)
The Z brush SCULPTURES...well to me, they are just a means to creat nice forshortened views of figures, by being able to move them around, and to be able to posistion them so as to be seen from different angles and perpectives, and in the end, to creat paintings using them in that manner...CREATING 2D FROM 3D..:)
THANKS FOR THE GREAT FEEDBACK
TAKE CARE
Glenn

A little more on this knockdown scene....want a strong diagonal, for ACTION and MOVEMENT
Playing with composition...might end up with a triangle, once I put the refferee behind Liston.
Refining figures as I go along....found some film footage of thier second fight, which is this one...my memory wasn't too far off...:) ...In the end, I hope to turn this into a full color painting, with a lot of atmosphere, and DRAMA..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_e.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 3, 2006

Starting to take it from sculpture to painting...just experimenting as I go along..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_f.jpg

[AztcFireFlower]

Glenn! You have one astounding thread! So much to sink into and look at. Have finallly come up for air.:thumbsup:
The progress posts as you make ZBrush your own has been most fun to go through. Gives me a charge to get out and learn new media for expression. Your enjoyment of your projects come through SO strongly that one feels content after looking at your thread. It's a pleasure to see each new page of work as I perused what I could in one sitting.
I also will go back and follow your instruction on using Painter, a program that I find very intruiging, but, frustrating because I don't know it's shortcuts and controls as well as I do those in Photoshop. Thanks for providing a little direction on that program.

[razz]

That is awesome, SpiritDreamer! I always liked 3D + 2D works. When a piece of 3D is left ant other stuff is 2D painted, so nice. But the way you painted it, your play with the light gives a 3D feeling to those painted areas. Great decision on those colors too. Warmer in the front, cooler in the back. And how the lying boxer is put a little in the myst/fog.
Yay, SpiritDreamer, you sure now what you're doing with that style of yours :)

[anandpg]

great going, Glenn!!:thumbsup: did you paint those colors on the mesh in ZBrush or did you paint on the image using painter/photoshop?

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 3, 2006

Aztec FireFlower....THANK YOU for the kind words, and the visit...Really glad that you enjoyed what you have seen in my thread...been a great and fun journy for me...GREAT PEOPLE AND TALENT IN THIS FORUM, and it is proving to be a great way to learn for everyone involved...can't be beat..:) ..Really impressed by those BEAUTIFUL WORKS that you posted in your new thread...Hope to see and hear a lot from you in this forum,...will really benifit everyone here I think...THANKS AGAIN, FOR THE VISIT... :thumbsup:

THANK YOU ...RAZZ ....Still finding NEW PATHS TO EXPLORE...KEEPS THE ADVENTURE EXCITING..:scream:

HEY...Annand...THANK YOU....:) ...I used the the materials // marbles, for the skin colors,and also that render setting with best shadows that you told me about..that's great by the way,..really like the cast shadows it creats on the figures...wonder if there is a way to make cast shadows appear as though they are being cast by the figure onto the ground and background.. WITH THE Z BRUSH PROGRAM...:shrug:
After I got the skin color in Z BRUSH, I put the figures into painter # 9..used the spotlights in effects // SURFACE CONTROL I think, APPLY LIGHTING for the background colors. Then I TWEAKED THE CONTRAST ect.until I got the skin colors the way I wanted them.
Then I painted the gloves and trunks with a large oil tinting brush...then went over those painted areas..trunks / gloves with the LIQUID METAL BRUSH ..SET TO TRANSPARENT..gives it that wet and shiny
look...like painting with liquid glass...goes good with the wet shiny look of the Z BRUSH effect I chose for the skin of the figures I THINK..JUST REALLY EXPERIMENTING WITH EVERY TRICK AND TECHNIQUE THAT I KNOW ON THIS ONE,..UNTIL I FIND WHAT WORKS IN THIS Z BRUSH // PAINTER # 9 COMBO TECHNIQUE THAT I'M EXPLORING...:scream: :)
THANKS FOR THE GREAT FEEDBACK...EVERYONE
HAVE A GREAT ONE..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Pushing this experiment a little further...saving all my versions as I go along, so I can backtrack if need be...:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_g.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 5, 2006

Z BRUSH // PAINTER #9 ..COMBO

THIS MORNINGS PLAY
Thinking about putting the edge of the ring, the ropes, and a crowd of faces with different expressions, beyond the ropes, to add depth...going to push it as far as I can,..will probably
push it too far, but hopefully there will be a couple of versions along the way that will be worth keeping..This is the best way that I know how to take an idea and run with it...where it leads...ONLY THE SHADOW KNOWS....:scream: :)


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_h.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_i.jpg

[jramauri]

Hi Glenn
Just came here to say "WOW, very impressive use of Zbrush/painter!". I'm about to start experiments like yours, and I'm liking your results very much. I agree with your opinion about digital sculptures, they are so good as regular drawings, and maybe even better, for give us the understanding of masses in a way 2d drawings can't do.
Keep it up, it's becoming a great piece.

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 6, 2006

Hi...Jramauri...Glad to have you stop by..:) ..THANK YOU, for the kind words also..:)
Can't wait to see your experiments. It's all good, as long as you learn from it ...:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Played around with this scene a little this morning...just trying out whatever comes to mind
at this point..will put people sitting in ringside seats next...should give it more depth, emotion...DRAMA ect...:)
Created from imagination, using Z BRUSH and PAINTER #9

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_j.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Very cool direction you've taken with this, Glenn...as always with your vibrant lighting...it takes on such a sculptural look.

Neat to see how you develop your ideas.

Cris

[NR43]

I can really smell the sweat... heavy, wet air... all I'm missing is just(the slightest) hint of a crowd... maybe some very vague and dark head contours in the back...

Anyway, this looks really alive... there's gonna be only one winner in this one :)

Thanks for sharing Glenn!

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 7, 2006

Had a lot of fun this morning,filling up the ring side seats.....LOL...:scream: :)
All the figures in this painting are from imagination, and created using Z BRUSH AND MODIFIED using PAINTER #9
This painting is dedicated to my Father, who taught me how to draw, and use my imagination, when I was a child, I remember listening to this fight on the radio with him, when I was just a kid..was hoping to finish it before he died, so I could show him it, but just got the call as I am typing this, that he has just died...LOVE YOU DAD
SORRY HAVE TO GO NOW...WILL POST REPLIES LATER
TAKE CARE EVERYONE
Glenn

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_k.jpg

[AztcFireFlower]

My condolences, Glenn,

So sorry to hear about your father. He must have been a senstive caring man, judging by the kind and patient person I gather you to be from your many helpful and supportive posts you've shown me and many others. My heart, as I'm sure all our creative companions' on these forums also, is with you.

Take care Glenn,
Will be watching out for when you post again.

Esmeralda

[Rebeccak]

Glenn,

I am so sorry for your loss. Our thoughts are definitely with you.

-Rebecca

[NR43]

Dear Glenn,

I wish you and yours all the warmth and the strength in these difficult times... my deepest sympathy

Sincerely,
Johan

[Mu]

Dear Glenn,

My deepest condolences.

Remember that noone who dies really loses his life.

This means that while I understand that you might have wished to be able to show him your painting or to still share countless other things, I really hope you know that nothing we ever do is really lost to the memory of the world and especially to the ones we loved.


including you and your father in a prayer,
Murat

[jramauri]

Dear Glenn

I'm sorry for your loss. Just don't forget we're here, and always trying to transmit to you our positive energy. Altough I'm relatively new on this "family" here, I know enough of you to say you are kind, generous,and good. And I imagine your father was the same way. Be sure he's on a much better place now than before.

Sincerely,

Amauri

[Thomasphoenix]

My Heartfelt condolences my friend !

[Cris-Palomino]

I am so sorry to hear about this, Glenn, especially for the grief I can readily see you feel. Be gentle with yourself and know that your sorrow will lessen as you allow the vibrant memories of your father to comfort you. Take comfort in that no one is really gone so long as we remember them...and what greater way to honor him than to live your life well and in happiness.

My thoughts are with you, Glenn.
Cris

[FateBringer]

SpiritDreamer

With all the help, incouragement and joy you've given me in just the sort time i've been here, I wish I could give back now in your time of need, but I fear all words would fall short of that of which I wish to exspress, but just know my thoughts are with you and your family.

Mark

[aggie93]

My thoughts and prayers are with you Spirit. I pray that God comforts you and your family and to lift your spirits. Just know that your father is in a better and happier place.

[anandpg]

Deepest condolenses, my dear friend.. We all mourn with you.. I have nothing more to say that can comfort you... Your father will be so much more alive in your memories than physically, I am sure.

[Frejasphere]

Dear Glenn,

Sorry to hear about your father and the loss and pain you must be feeling. At this stage it might not help to hear that time heals wounds and you will have all the precious memories back in a special place where your dad will never be lost - knowing that there are a lot of people sending supportive thoughts to you and your family will hopefully help to ease the pain - even if just a little.

take care

Annette

[razz]

Very sad to hear about your father, Glenn. And a very doleful coincidence you posting here the work you so wanted him to see and hearing the bad news...Be strong. It's just how life is. And it's better that kids lay to rest their fathers, than fathers do this for the kids.

We are all here with you, Glenn.

[SpiritDreamer]

November 9, 2006

There are no words that can thank you all enough, or express my feelings of comfort that all of your words and thoughts have given me during this storm in my life. Just wanted to say that your words and thoughts created a needed shelter that has kept me from being swept away into darkness...I HAVE BEEN THROUGH MANY STORMS IN MY LIFE, BUT THIS WAS ONE OF THE WORST...THIS MORNING IS A NEW DAY, AND THE CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO CLEAR.
THANK YOU ALL, FOR HELPING ME GET THROUGH THE WORST OF IT...TIME WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST, LIKE IT ALWAYS DOES....AND THE BEAT GOES ON...:)

FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART AND SPIRIT ...THANK YOU ...EVERYONE...YOUR THE BEST CREW THAT I HAVE EVER SAILED WITH...:thumbsup:

WHAT'S THAT I SEE ON THE HORIZON...LOOKS LIKE ....SUNSHINE...:scream: :)

THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE.. AND
TAKE CARE
Glenn


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_faces_1.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_faces_2.jpg


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_faces_3.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_k.jpg

[aggie93]

Your spirit is true my friend. Art is the best therapy!

[Rebeccak]

Glenn,

It's really good to hear that you're going strong and it's great to see you back. I think the expression of support here is a reflection of what you've given to everyone else. Clearly, you are loved. :)

Cheers,

-Rebecca

[GonzaloGolpe]

A big kiss and an enormous and warm hug from a spanish guy:)

[Womball]

I'm not sure how to respond to a death. I kind of feel cold about it, but I don't usually have a strong emotion to it. But than again nobody close to me has died, yet. Hopefully that will last for sometime, maybe another 30-40 years. Sometime I want to have kids and try to unload them on my parents, but I know they will get out of it. If they do turn out too obnoxious perhaps I can sell them than, on ebay I presume. :twisted: I dunno if its good to counter death wtih dark humor though. :-(

Really impressive progress on the zbrush sculpting! The heads have great character and seem very controlled now. Years of real world sculpting experience leaking through! The boxing scene is very impressive! My only crit, but this is with the color choice. A little too bright for me, but that's a personal preference. But a suggestion would be to make the back more desaturated so that the fighters pop out more. It would be awesome if zbrush had true 3d lighting, but that's a whole new area to drive you nuts!

[Abyssis]

...dear friend Glenn,
my deepest condolences too...what should I say more?...ok, I say it: I love you and I'm crossing my fingers for you...take care and remember: you have here your best friendz :) :thumbsup:
btw, your last post (all 4 pics) is great...

-cheerZ- :wavey:

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 10, 2006

THANKS...Aggie...Art has many purposes and funtions, and a form of personal therapy and expression, is for sure on the list of things it is capable of.:bounce: :)



THANK YOU Rebecca....Just trying to do my best here, and taking it a day at a time.
What's that old but timeless BEATTLES song...LOVE IS ALL WE NEED....SO TRUE...:)

HEY...Gonzalo.....LONG TIME...THANK YOU...COUSIN..NEEDED THAT..:)

THANKS ...Womball..Laughter is always the best therapy...so don't worry,...NOBODY GETS OUT OF HERE ALIVE...LOL .:scream: ...SUCH IS THE NATURE OF LIFE..:)

HEY...Abyssis....THANK YOU MY FRIEND...The WORLD, and myself included can always stand a little more LOVE...ESPECALLY NOW...WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND..:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE..EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU...:)
Glenn

Taking this experiment a little further...into the realm of personal expression..:)
Playing with optical perpective // focus,.... and uderlying, and overlying texture to creat depth, action, mystery, atmosphere, energy and mood

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_l.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 10, 2006
A final little TRIBUTE TO MY DAD...being buried this morning
I think my DAD would have gotten the biggest kick out of having his mug seen round the planet, by some of the best artist on the planet.
HOPE know one minds me posting these...just my way of saying goodbye to my FATHER.
I LOVE YOU ...DAD..HAVE A SAFE JOURNY AND KEEP ON TRUCKIN....:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
YOUR SON
Glenn

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Ray_and_Trucks.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Ray_and_Glenn.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Glenn,

It's great to see these pictures - thank you for sharing them with us. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 11, 2006

Rebecca.... ...AS ALWAYS...THANK YOU FOR ...EVERYTHING ....:thumbsup: :)

THIS MORNINGS FLAVOR..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_m.jpg

[anandpg]

Hi Glenn...
Its great having you back so soon... knew you wouldnt stay away for long..Thank you so much for sharing a part of you with us... You are so valuable to all of us... I just hope we were able to give back to you at this moment atleast a fraction of the wisdom and love that you have invested in this forum.

take care.
Anand.

[NR43]

I can only agree with that
We owe you bigtime

That referee is gonna have to seperate those 2 boxers I think :D
There is some great tension in this

[guagua]

hi,Glenn
first,long time no see,wish you still health and happiness. :)

second,glad to see your impress progress in zbrush,your way of zbrush&painter
combination,great box match scene! :thumbsup: subtle atmosphere and perspective.and for the most,your persistence,never stop exercising,i must shame for my laziness.you definitely deserve my respect!

and look from the previous page, i feel sorrow for your father's gone,but glad to see you are going strong,can't express exactly,at least,he is still alive,in your heart.

[Cris-Palomino]

Hey, Glenn, thanks for sharing those wonderful pics of your dad...and that one of you and your dad...really great.

Hugs,
Cris

[Elliepower]

Hi Mr. Spirit Dreamer,

let me share some tears, if you allow.

Ciao,
Ellie

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 12,2006
THANKS..Anand.. ....All of you gave me more than you can imagine..the will to continue,
regardless of it all....CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH..

Johan...I think we ALL owe each other ..BIG TIME...If one of us sinks, we all sink,...learned that lesson many years ago while I was on that sub in the navy..
I think these fighters have already been seperated, by foce of arms..:scream:

HEY...Guagua...GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU..BEEN TOO LONG MY FRIEND
THANK YOU for your kind words and thoughts, and YES, he will ALWAYS BE ALIVE and WELL, ..IN MY HEART.... SPIRIT NEVER DIES...:thumbsup:

THANK YOU ...CRIS...You know, the service was held, and he was buried almost in your backyard...the SAN FERNANDO MISSION....I can remember having picknicks in the little park they have there, when I was a kid...GREAT MEMORIES FROM THERE, and THEN...:)
He worked most of his life at the TERRY lumber yard in Burbank, which is also right in your backyard...he delivered lumber in his truck, to most of what was built in the VALLEY, over the years...a lot of hills climbed in all those trucks he went through in his lifetime..:)

THANK YOU...Ellie....YES YOU MAY,....AS LONG AS THEY ARE FOLLOWED BY A BIG...:)

THANK YOU EVERY=ONE.... ....Your words and thoughts have truly lifted my SPIRIT, and ALLOWED IT TO KEEP ON DREAMING...:bounce: :thumbsup: ...THANKS

TAKE CARE
Glenn


Took a long nap this afernoon..as I was waking up, a vision of me and my father watching this fight,flashed into my head,..even though, at the time, we were able only to listen to it on the radio ,..SO HERE IT IS...FUNNY HOW THE IMAGINATION WORKS..:scream:

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/CASSIUS_CLAY_SONNY_LISTON_n.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Oh, Glenn...I used to go to Terry Lumber all the time...since the time I was a child and accompanied my "daddy" (that's what I called my grandfather). We probably crossed paths more than once. Small world.

Cris

[Frejasphere]

Hi Glenn :)

great photos :thumbsup: I'm sure your dad is in one way or other appreciating that he's now trucking the global freeway with that lovely smile of his :)

I think it's fascinating to see that a lot of your no-reference heads and faces, have so much of your dad in them.. goes to show that on a subconscious level he's very much a part of you :)

take care and keep expressing and exploring

cheers
a. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 14, 2006
Hi..Cris....I worked there for a while,..used to unload the trains of lumber that came in every day...drove a huge forklift, about the size of a TANK..:scream: ..CRAZY PACE..HARD WORK..:)

THANKS...Annette...He would have gotten a big kick out of it..Im sure...:scream:
Funny how the imagination works that way..but now that you mention it ,...probably true..:)
THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE
TAKE CARE
Glenn


A couple of very quick speed paint THUMNAIL SKETCHES...Thinking of doing a series of boxing paintings. Want them full of energy, and done in an expressionistic style, using a pallet knife, with imposto oil brushes in PAINTER # 9...SOMETHING NEW FOR ME...:)
Working from imagination at the moment...will search out some good refferences as I go along with this series....Right now, just trying to master this pallet knife // imposto effect..:scream:

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/PALLET_KNIFE_STUDY_1.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/PALLET_KNIFE_STUDY_2.jpg

[Helen-Baq]

Hi Glen,

I was finally able to look through your entire thread and actually see all the pictures! Really cool what you're doing with z-brush. I'm definately itching to try it out now! It's really nice to be able to see all your work and know that I can now keep up with it. :D

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 15, 2006

Hello..Helen Baq...THANK YOU...Really glad you enjoyed my work....Z BRUSH is a great program...I'm still just barely beginning to grasp what it can do, but it is a lot of fun, for sure..:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Playing around with Z BRUSH this morning....thinking of having the boxer in the corner of the ring, with his arms lying over the ropes, getting ready to pull himself up, for one more round.
I think the ropes and edges of the ring, might creat a nice perpective, leading into the boxer
Kind of a lead in with the ropes, and a lead out with the boxers gesture.
A lot of work left on the boxer, but it's a start.
Created from imagination, no refferences used

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FIGHTER_IN_CORNER.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 16, 2006

MORNING PRACTICE

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/PALLET_KNIFE_2.JPG

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Boxers_six.JPG

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 17, 2006

This Mornings Practice
Practice of Chiaroscuro Lighting, using Z BRUSH figures that I created earlier

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Black_White_1.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Black_White_2.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Black_White_3.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Black_White_4.jpg

[anandpg]

Hi Glenn! Awesome palatte knifing!! I really like your boxing action figures... Anxious to see your boxing series unfurl!!:bounce:

[SpiritDreamer]

NOV 18 / 06

HEY ..Anand....THANK YOU..:) ..Might need some help and advice from you on my boxing series, concerning Z BRUSH...Will have to think of how to word the questions I have first, so I don't give you a headache..:scream: :)
THANKS AGAIN, for stopping by,and for the kind words and encourgement..:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Just a couple of playful experiments today..trying to capture ideas for future paintings..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FIGHTER_IN_CORNER2.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Black_and_Gold.jpg

[FateBringer]

hi SpiritDreamer

this last boxing scene brought back alot of memories for me of when i use to watch with my dad. really capturing that look a boxer gets when they're getting tired but determined to go on or is very close to how i remember it, it's been a while

great work as always:)

Mark

[NR43]

Hey Glenn,

it's still amazing to me how you manage to guide us AND being so productive at the same time :D

Love the portrait of the boxer in frame 851. Really digging those palette knife "strokes"... so defining... I've a great queste for those ahead of me myself :)

The boxer in the ring corner... wow... loads of energy there... definetely worth pushing it a bit further I think!

Thanks btw for reminding me you have some lovely light studies in the beginning of your thread... They are very helpful :buttrock:

[Tonik]

Hey there, fascinating work and I think this is the one you were talking about. It looks great and I can see what you mean about it looking like that reference in my thread. This is definitely the direction I was thinking of heading. Thanks !!!


August 8, 2006

Hi....Frejasphere....THANK YOU...for the push regarding the ear, and the kind words..:)

Hi...Demented...THANKS .. just doing my best, and trying to have a little fun at the same time...:bounce:

Hi...Intervain....THANK YOU....That hair....just one of those happy accidents, while experimenting, and pushing all the buttons...lucky for me , I remembered what buttons I pushed, and wrote it down...LOL...:scream:

HEY....Icey ....THANKS....GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU....Can't wait to see some more of that imagination of yours in action...:thumbsup:

Hi...Trunks....You know, your little pushes are what keep me on my toes, and are responible for me exploreing any textures at all mostly....I may not end up with the textures you had in mind in the end, might end up with something better....time will tell, and only the shadow knows...:eek: ....so feel free to push, anytime you feel the urge, and we might all learn something unexpected, and new, before it is all said and done....THANKS AGAIN Trunks for the pushes....NEED THEM...:thumbsup:

HEY.....Siju....THANK YOU....You must have read my mind,...was just thinking of getting away from these heads, and moveing on to a few studies of torso's...what good are heads, if you don't have something to put them on.. ....THANKS for stopping by...Siju...always a pleasure to hear from you...:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


PLAYING AROUND WITH Z BRUSH THIS MORNING....Womans mouth started to look like one of those salt water fishes....PARROT FISH...the kind that eat coral,...so I just went with it...LOL...:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/WOMAN_FISH_FACE.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/WOMAN_FISH_FACE_COLOR.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 20, 2006

FateBringer//...Mark...THANKS.. ..Thought this boxing series would be a great way to show emotions, plus action...always a KNOCKOUT COMBINATION..:scream:

NR43// ...Johan....THANKS...Just passing along what was was passed along to me, over the years, from some fine teachers..along the way.
Now that I have retired from my HARD labor job,...I have plenty of time to do what I love to do,ART... and for sure a lot more energy to do it, and,... a GREAT forum to do it in...:)
IN FACT, I am going back to school in january,..going to take a figure drawing class, and a sculpture class..both with live models..Might even take a figure painting class also..:bounce:

Tonik//....Tom...HEY...THANKS FOR STOPPING BY..:) ...Don't know if that fish face will help
you any with your concept, but you just never know..:)

THANKS FOR THE GREAT FEED BACK EVERYONE..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn


Just playing around with this boxing series that I have started...working on # 2..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FACES_x.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FIGHTER_IN_CORNER_e.jpg

[anandpg]

Awesome!! looking forward to many more on the boxing series..:bounce:

[Trunks]

Hi Glenn, as always I have too less time to post all the stuff I want, but I want to tell you how great all your stuff is still looking!

I like to see more of this colored stuff from you! Just keep at it and try to play more with colors :)

Also it is great to see you working on more complete figures and images ... I love this boxer (?). To me it seems like his head is a little to small.

Keep it up! I will check it from time to time ;) You know ... Trunks - always with too less time for everything but not for creating art ^^

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 23, 2006

Hi...Anand.....THANKS.:) ....Glad you are likeing these...Boxing gives me an endless set of poses that I can work with, and a nice variety of concepts within it to choose from.
I boxed a little while I was in the navy years ago, so now that experience is coming in handy
to get the feeling and proper stances that I want in these paintings that I am creating.
Billy Blanks had a studio here in Ouincy MA., where I live...Before he went out to Hollywood and got famous teaching TIBO,..LOL..:scream: ..he used to teach KARATE...I took lessons from him in the late 80's....After I get burned out on these boxing paintings, think I will do a series of paintings on KARATE...Will give me a chance to do some great hand and feet gestures, along with some great ACTION..:) ..Just thinking ahead here..:)
Will be a great way to put what I am learning with this Z BRUSH, to use, I THINK.

HEY...Trunks...THANKS..Been awhile..Hope your school went OK....Im going back to school myself, in January..taking a figure drawing class , 29 sessions..The teacher got his masters in FLORANCE ITALY:bounce: ...his name is Vico Fabbris...teaches at my old school here in Boston.
I don't know how good he is , but it should be fun..I have been feeling the need to get back into some conti crayon and pastel work lately..been too long. This class should get me back into the swing of things pretty quick, I THINK..:)
About the head being too small on that last boxer....that is the first time I ever tried pasting a head onto a figure, with a layer...I made it a little bit bigger, and it didn't look right somehow, so I left it at the size where I thout it looked the best..:scream: Next one will be better hopefully..still experimenting with this technique, will get it right, sooner or later...LOL.:scream:
THANKS for stopping by guys...and for the feedback, and encouragment :thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

The start of #3 .....Created from memory and imagination....no refferences used
Jack Johnson
http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Jack_Johnson.jpg

[NR43]

Hey Glenn, I think it's really great that with all your experience and skills you still want to attend school, being curious what you will be taught and how your tutor will bring his knowledge over to you. I think it's what makes artists special... always searching for more knowledge and better skills or polishing them rusty ones!

I wish you many hours of FUN in class :)

[AztcFireFlower]

Hey Glenn,
Enjoying your enjoyment of Zsculpting. Have you seen Steve Huston's work before? http://hustonart.com He was one of my teachers when I worked at the studios. He helped me to describe figures in a more flowing sense. His themes often were about boxers in action. He came in with a black eye once, so I know he was a major enthusiast in the sport. I really think you may find his work, I was gonna say inspirational but can see that's not an issue, interesting.

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 25, 2006

NR43 / Johan....THANKS...:) ....Yap, can't wait for january...been a long time since I took a figure drawing class, with a live model...should be great..really looking forward to it...:thumbsup: :)

Aztec FireFlower....THANK YOU..:) ..Funny you should mention Steve Huston's boxing paintings...I recently helped Siju out on a painting he was recreating that was done by Steve Huston. Here is a link to the page in my sketchbook (p.29)...bottom of page.
SIJU and STEVE HUSTON (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=301086&page=29&pp=15&highlight=siju)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

Mostly trying to get the lighting right on this practice...From imagination, no references used:)
JACK JOHNSON... V. ...JESS WILLARD,....THE GREAT WHITE HOPE

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/JACK_JOHNSON_JESS_WILLARD_FIGHT.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 26, 2006

THE YIN AND YANG OF IT ALL ...:)


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/ABSTRACT_C.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 26, 2006
In a sort of abstract expressionistic mood today...:)
Sometimes it is just plain fun, and refreshing, to lock all the rules in a box, take off the leash, free the imagination, and let it run where it's nose takes it..:scream:


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/ABSTRACT_E.jpg

[anandpg]

Great going, Glenn!! It will great to see your Karate series as well!! I used to to do a bit of Karate. Used to love it... Had to stop bcos of a lower-back problem.... still a great fan of martial arts.. Have you ever watched the Indian martial art form called "Kalari Payattu".. it originated in Kerala... where I grew up... watch it if you can get a video or something... its spectacular!!

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 27, 2006

Hi...Anand...THANKS FOR STOPPING BY, ..IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HEAR FROM YOU..:)
I'm a big fan of martial arts also, and the whole philosiphy that goes with it.
ONLY IN SELF DEFENCE...:thumbsup:
I thought that I had forgotten what I learned years ago,..until I was atacked in the sub way train station a couple of years ago, by some nut..INSTINCT and REFLEX TOOK OVER IN A FLASH, and my body reacted, before my mind.....Kind of surprised me,....almost more than my atacker, as he hit the ground, with a big thump....:eek: :scream: ...
KARATE probably saved my life, IN THAT CASE..:thumbsup: :) :bounce:
Will have to look up that form of martial arts that you mentioned above...might be useful in one of my paintings....always curious about new things like that...:)
Talk to you later
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Playing with composition, color,texture, ect. in a surreal manner...this morning....have a few more ideas for this one...:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BEAUTY.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 28, 2006

Getting sidetracked from my boxing series, for a moment..:eek:
In the mood for SURREALISM....working on 4 at once...great exercise for the imagination..:scream:

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BEAUTY_1.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BEAUTY_2.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BEAUTY_3.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BEAUTY_4.jpg

[Womball]

Woohoo! Softer earthier colors! I think these look fantastic, and compliment the action by not distracting the eye.

[NR43]

Getting sidetracked...

aaah... one of the greatest things about creativity I think :)
I will just enjoy the flow of color and form here now and stop spamming your thread for a while... :D

[anandpg]

WOW!!:eek:... awesome images, the last batch.
Some experience, the one you had in the subway station!! the thug probably thought you were some helpless old guy, white beard and all... realised too late how fit you were!... hehe..:scream:

btw, if you wanna know about kalarippayat, here is a link:

www.kalarippayat.com

there must be more sites.. just try googling.

[SpiritDreamer]

Nov 30, 2006

THANKS....Womball....Glad you enjoyed those..:)..Had to bite my lip while doing those subduded colors...:scream:

THANKS NR43 / Johan....LOL SPAM AWAY..:scream:

THANKS ...Anand.....NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER...:scream:
THANKS also for that link...:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn


One more this morning....mainly just experimenting on these...will try to incorporate what I learn from these last few, into the boxing seriers that I HAVE IN MIND...:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BEAUTY_6.jpg

[Icey]

hey glen! Long time no see! well... you didn't ... because i come here very often! :D:D
you're moveing further with your skills! I like the less saturated colors better! The last head on the right really kicks ass!!! :) And the last but one z-brush shapes are awsome!

cheers!!! Wish you the best!

[Gord-MacDonald]

Glen

Browsing this thread is always a wonderful journey. Good work.

Gord

[Abyssis]

Nov 30, 2006
One more this morning....mainly just experimenting on these...will try to incorporate what I learn from these last few, into the boxing seriers that I HAVE IN MIND...

hi again Glenn-dude :)

long time no responding here (no time no time :) ), but: last workz looks really glenn-art-promising :thumbsup:

...damn'cool, fella...yay

take care too

-cheerZ- :wavey:

[SpiritDreamer]

DEC. 1 /06

HEY...Icey....THANKS....Long Time....NO SEE...:scream: .....REALLY LIKE WHAT I JUST SAW ON YOUR THREAD...FANTASTIC...:thumbsup:

HEY ...THANK YOU GORD...ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HEAR FROM YOU....GLAD YOU ARE ENJOYING THE JOURNY...BEEN AN ADVENTURE FOR SURE..:scream:

HEY...Abyssis......THANKS....I'm still experimenting...starting to combine different painting techniques with Z BRUSH,...JUST TO SEE WHAT EFFECT IT CREATES...YOU NEVER KNOW..:scream:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Combining palette knife painting with Z BRUSH sculpture...:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FIGHTER_AND_TRAINER.jpg

[razz]

Hello, SpiritDreamer. Very nice images. The second in the post #869 looks georgous!! Like a step forward from you. The focal point is there, the eye doesn't get distracted to the surroundings, they only add a great effect to the whole image :scream:
Interesting mix of 3D and 2D in the last one. About the 2D part, I like those long strokes you do. For example that from the top of the nose to the very botom of it. Makes me remember Sargent and his masterful strokes :drool:
Hey, and your Zbrush sculpts have improved in these last few updates. Maybe you've only worked more on it, but I like it better :bounce:

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 2, 2006

HEY....THANK YOU....RAZZ...:) .....STILL A LONG WAYS TO GO, BUT ENJOYING EVERY STEP OF THE JOURNY, AND THE EXPLORATION OF THE UNKNOWN...:scream:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

This Morning....Start of # 3 in my boxing series

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BOXING_MATCH_PALETTE_KNIFE.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

DEC 3 / 06

COLOR and LIGHT study

Going for a Rembrant lighting and color scenario...will pick the details out of the darkness with color and reflextive light as I go along ...mainly just experimenting...:scream: :)



http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BOXING_MATCH_PALETTE_KNIFE_2.jpg

[razz]

Nice! The walking boxer looks great with taht lighting. And his pose is good. But it doesn't mach with the other boxer, because he looks that he has just been hit and the other looks too calm after making that hit. Though I might be wrong about this.
And one thing I don't like about it is the effect throughout the whole image, look very random and distracts the eye.
This image could be like a street fight, the lighting gives me such an idea. It seems that it's a street light, dunno.
Waiting where you'll push it :bounce:

[demented]

Hi Glen, sorry for not stopping by earlier!

Im liking beauty6 - the one posted on 11/30. Think the composition works well, and I think that desaturating the colours has taken it much further. Sometimes I feel the highly saturated colours in your works clash a bit, something to watch out for!

anyway, nice work!
ciao!

- d.

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 4, 2006

HEY...RAZZ....THANKS for stopping by...always a pleasure hearing from you..:)
I have a personal theory when it comes to painting from the imagination. I think it is better to start with imperfection, and work towards perfection as the painting progresses.
Kind of the way when you look at a stain on a wall, or a cloud in the sky, your imagination kicks in, and creats what logic doesn't see, but only becomes evident when it is painted.
I see things in the overall texture, lighting ect. , some of the things I see will stay, and become other things ..kind of thing..:scream:
Know you are having a problem creating from the imagination, so I thought my theory worth mentioning ...Don't be afraid to make mistakes....learn how to use them to your advantage.
That is a key element to a susessful painting done from the imagination...just my opinion..:)

HEY...Demented...THANKS....Do a hundred paintings, and a couple of them might be worth saving...just a case of ...ODDS...:scream: ....Glad you enjoyed that one you mentioned..:)
Really like the perpective and motion of that painting of the creatures flying over the canyon that you just posted on your thread by the way...nice composition there..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

A little further along on this vision from the imagination..:scream: :eek: :)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BOXING_MATCH_PALETTE_KNIFE_3.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 5, 2006

A little more work on this one

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BOXING_PALETTE_KNIFE_5.jpg

[Mu]

Holy Helios!

Now it's gettin intense, Glenn!

:eek:

[razz]

Yes! Now really awesome, Glenn! I like the colors a lot. Thinking about those ropes, do they give a + to the composition or don't they, but I'm weak at this point. The standing boxers head looks a tad too small I think. In my opinion you should choose the view you had in the previous wip, where the viewer is IN the ring, not watching the fight from outside. I feel so strange giving crits to you, 'cause you have so much more knowledge than I do. Oh well...:)

[Llynna]

hey glen :)

wow, real intense colors and feel here. somehow the heads look a bit orkish to me, but that could be too much lord of the rings this weekend ;)

im not too sure about the ropes either, i think it would be more intense without them. there is also something about the gloves that is bothering me but maybe its only that they are so flat and undone compared to the detailed faces.

will wait for an update and see then ;)

take care

britta

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 6, 2006

HEY....MR MU....THANKS.....So when are you coming out of RETIREMENT..:scream: I miss seeing
your work and thoughts expressed..:)

HEY....RAZZ.....THANKS....These are mainly just experiments in technique, color ect. at this point...trying a little of this, and a little of that, searching for things that work well together.
Hopeing to get one really nice one by the end of this series.
Will have learned a lot by the time I get there, in any case.:scream:
Thanks for your opinions and suggestions,...they keep pushing me further in the right direction...:thumbsup:

HEY... Llynna....THANKS....They do look a little ORKISH...:scream: ..Not my intention for this series,..want humans in the ring, not monsters..:) Thanks for the observation, always good to have extra eyes, to keep that sort of thing in check...the gloves, I'm working on them...:scream: ...THANKS for stopping by...by the way....been awhile...always nice to hear from you, hope everything is going good your way..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Another day,Another version..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BOXING_PALETTE_KNIFE_6.jpg

[Llynna]

hey glen

great to see you update. the human in the forground improved big time, does look real human not orkish anymore. i think the problem with the other one are those sphere like thinks on both sites of the nose. get rid of those and he will look much more human.

its much more consistens now without the ropes in the foreground now by the way.

i realized whats bothering me about those gloves. its mostly the right glove of the foreground human. i think it would help big time if you make him but the hand more vertical. that way it wont look so cubish.

yea, it realy has been a long time but there was so much to do at university plus some real long time in hospital but now im back and online and so excited to be around all you people again :D

cheers

[anandpg]

Wow, Glenn... the last image is awesome!!:bounce:.. really stays in the mind.. great colors... and the zbrush heads blend so nicely!! its proving to be a great series!!:thumbsup:

[Gisaiagami]

wonderfull progress

[NR43]

Dear Glenn,

I think the tension would be even higher if the standing boxer would have a rather agressive look on his face, maybe his upper lip curled upward... like he's saying something like "... and now you stay down!" :)

I also agree on the nostrils with Llynna.

Colors are indeed awesome... very lively without going over the top, but then again that's one of your strongest skills (imho)

Always looking forward to see more Glenn!

Gotta run off for now... busy times at work :eek:

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 7, 2006

THANKS...Llynna....That glove was bothering me also, but wasn't quite sure why..blinded by looking at it too long I guess...thanks for the fresh eyes...:thumbsup:

HEY...Anand...THANK YOU...This is the second time that I've tried pasting heads onto a figure...kind of tricky, but has some advantages for what I'm doing at the moment.
Will have to get actual photo portraits of ALI, and JACK JOHNSON to make nice head sculptures that actually look like the fighters that I am representing for my final versons that I have in mind for this series I think...Glad you are enjoying these. It's been a lot of fun for me doing them..learning a lot as I go along, which is always nice..:)

Gisaiagami ...THANK YOU..Glad you enjoy my work..:)

NR43 / Johan....THANKS..:) ....And now, just for you,....I made him MEAN..TO FIT THE SCENE...:scream:
THANKS for the GREAT FEEDBACK EVERYONE...REALLY HELPFUL...:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

A little more work on this one

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BOXING_PALETTE_KNIFE_7.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BOXING_PALETTE_KNIFE_7_close.jpg

[Zephyri]

Nov 28, 2006

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/BEAUTY_3.jpg



This is beautiful, Glenn, full of the whispers of the world, I adore the colours. The zbrush stuff is always a treat from you, you manage to do wonderful, unimagined things with it. The angry face of the boxer above just makes the picture too... always a pleasure stopping by this thread!

[NR43]

Oh yeah! kick his...é#&à!


err... oops... got a lil carried away here... :D

thanks for that Glenn! the zoom really shows that it's possible to tell a lot with just a few strokes... when you're as good as you :D

makes me regret I won't be able to practice anything today... will be going from busy work straight to an early Xmas party with the colleagues today... hm maybe I'll run off there early and paint a bit tonight :D

[Intervain]

Hi Glen!

Hey those boxing images are awesome - their gloves look like they're made of glass somehow... :)

[Kallisti]

Wow, you have a really crazy way of painting, I don't think I've seen anyone paint like this before! Very unique. :)

[pushav]

Visual treats!
Nice job. I like the goblin looking guy in the red picture.

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 11, 2006

Zephyri / Spirit Wind...THANKS..Glad you liked that one..not sure where I was going on that one....JUST GOING....ENDED UP SOMEWHERE NICE... I THINK...THE MSTERY OF IT ALL..:scream:

NR43. / Johan...THANKS...YOU WERE RIGHT...He fits the scene alot better..DRAMA...:scream:

Intervain...THANK YOU...Used liquid metal, made transparent...on those gloves...like painting with liquid glass over color..just experimenting...:scream:

Kallisti....THANK YOU...LOL.:scream: ...CRAZY WAY OF PAINTING..NO...JUST NEW...:scream:

HEY...Puhav...THANKS..Where have you been ...SELLING ICECREAM...LONG LINE I QUESS..:scream: ....Don't stay gone so long ...next time...:)

Wasn't going to enter this. Had some other things happening. But saw all the great work going on in here, and couldn't resist.
Using Painter 9

Take Care
Glenn

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Ingres_color_develop.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_7.jpg

[Talaria]

I love the colors you chosed for your fighting guys pic, they're very agressive.I can't wait to see your finished pic of the OFDW

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 12, 2006

HEY...Talaria....THANKS....Working on a bunch of those boxing paintings...Glad you like them..:) ...Sorry to hear about your scanner..:eek:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

GREAT PAINTINGS EVERYONE...:thumbsup:
A little more along on this one today, and a whole lot left to do, but getting there SLOWLY

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_2.jpg

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_2_close.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

DEC 13, 2006

Taking a break today Thought I would let Mr. Ingres work on my painting for awhile. Maybe by tomorrow he will have all of the mistakes corrected. HOPEFULLY. LOL :scream:
Take care
Glenn

OFRW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_mirror.jpg

[FateBringer]

LOL, I don't think i would trust him. He erased that last guys work!

Great start :thumbsup:


Mark

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 14,2006

HEY ...FateBringer...THANKS:scream: ....CAN ALWAYS TRUST THE OLD MASTERS JUDGMENTS...:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

AN EXPERIMENT WITH LAYERS IN PAINTER #9 , USING INTERVAIN'S PAINTING, IN PREPERATION FOR MY OWN PAINTING IN THE OFDW #20


http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_INTERVAIN_mirror.jpg

[anandpg]

Hey Glenn... thats a nice piece of experimentation....HAHAHA!!!...:scream: I love the first version (without comp-ing) too... You are so quick to capture the essence... especially the eyes!

[DoctorBone]

Whoa <> this is some great shit <> whoa

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 15, 2006

Anand...THANK YOU...Having fun with this one...still a long ways to go with it though.
A REALLY HARD ACT TO FOLLOW...:scream:

HEY ...DOC....THANKS FOR STOPPING BY...ALWAYS A GREAT PLEASURE HEARING FROM YOU.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU ENJOYED THE VISIT...ALMOST AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED THE JOURNY..:scream:
THANKS FOR THE GREAT FEEDBACK ..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Alot of adjusments made on this one,.. and alot more adjustments to make.
But getting there...SLOWLY BUT SURELY..:)

ODFW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Ingres.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 16, 2006

Small update. Still adjusting
Amazing how subtle his color values are.

Take care
Glenn

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/Ingress_glenn_2.jpg

[Talaria]

O: the experiment with layers on painter 9 is so cool!
The OFDW is looking great! I love the eyes, the lids should be a little more reddish i think but I know you haven't finished it. Keep it up :)

[Trunks]

Hi Glenn! Nice to see you working with painter9 again! Maybe you can try to give your painting more structure? With some textures or so ... just a thought ;) Keep it up. I have holidays in 3 days, so I'll come back the next 2 weeks and check your progress ;) (well first I#ll have to buy a new keyboard, this one takes me to long to type)

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 18, 2006

Talaria....THANKS....:) ....A long ways to go yet, and a whole lot of refinements left to do.:scream:

Trunks....THANK YOU...Been waiting for a new OFDW..Been awhile...I really enjoy these..great challenge and practice of one's skills....I have mananaged to do all 20 so far, and have learned something new from each of them...can't beat that..:bounce:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

A couple more hours of work done on this one

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_29.jpg

[Trunks]

Hey Glenn, colors, I would suggest you to give the image more red / orange tones ... your skin colors are looking very cold. My advice would be to give him an overall more warm feeling. I hope you understand what I mean ;)

[SpiritDreamer]

HEY ...Trunks...:)
Pretty tempting to warm those colors up,..you know how I love those hot colors,... but am trying to get as close to the original as I can.
He has a very cool palette..He must be from the north...:scream:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Intervain]

I really find your technique of painting quite fascinating - how it slowly emerges from a blurred version to a crisp one :bounce:Really great stuff!!

[razz]

SpiritDreamer, he's french, now why are his colors cool then? :D

I see Ingres has done some nice work on your piece. I'll second Intervain, very interesting painting technique. I believe I told you that already some time ago :)

[anandpg]

Wow!! Glenn... great update on the OFDW piece!! anxious to see more on this!!!:bounce:

[NR43]

Great progress so far Glenn.
It has a very traditional feel to it... something which I really like.
It's really great to see how you build up your colors, going more subtile with each update.

Looking forward to see the next update :)

Hey lol I was scrolling down just now and one thing that comes to me is... there is an awful lot of bouncing going on in this thread lol... now that can't be bad :bounce: :bounce:

[SpiritDreamer]

DEC 19 /06

Intervain....THANK YOU..When you get to be my age, it takes awhile for the old eyes to get focused...LOL :scream:

RAZZ...THANKS....Well then he must be from the northern part of France ...LOL..:scream:

Anand...THANK YOU...Still a long ways to go...but really starting to enjoy it...forces me to slow down, and really see and absorb the magic he was able to CREAT...:)

NR43 / Johan...THANK YOU....The closer and longer I look, the more colors I see..:bounce:
IT'S JUST ONE LONG COLORFUL JOURNY..:bounce:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Small update...A LOT MORE REFINEMENTS DONE, AND A LOT MORE TO GO..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_35.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 21, 2006


More refinements. Tried for a closer resemblence. Think I got it.

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_51.jpg

[anandpg]

Wow!! Wow!:bounce:

[Abyssis]

...hi Glenn,
YES, you got it :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

-cheerZ- :wavey:

...I wish u best and happy x-mas, m8 :)

[Thomasphoenix]

Whoa ! you rock Glenn!

cheers

Siju

[Icey]

i knew you had it in you!!! :D:D
great work, glen!!

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 23, 2006

Anand
Abyssis
Siju
Icey
THANK YOU GUYS....REALLY GLAD YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS ONE,.....AND NOW...:)
TIME OUT...FOR SOME ... FUN :scream:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS ...EVERYONE......:bounce:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Used a couple of Intervains paintings, and the original Ingres selfportrait painting.. exercise in Painter #9, using layers...:scream: :)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_INTERVAIN_COLLAGE.jpg

[guagua]

Excellent Painting,Glenn :thumbsup:
Happy Xmas!

[Intervain]

LOL I somehow KNEW it would be the Einstein you'd go for LOL - his expression is just too funny to miss huh?! ;)

[ha-dou-ken]

Hahaha! Awesome Glenn!:scream::thumbsup:That's funny...aah.

[Womball]

Awesome! And very nice subtle color usage!

[Rebeccak]

Hehe - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Glenn! My big thanks to you and Jessica for all your contributions! :)

Here's to a fantastic 2007! :thumbsup:

[anandpg]

Hi Glenn!!
Just Dropped in to say I wish you A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A GREAT, GREAT NEW YEAR!!!
..... and thanks for all the inspiration and support!!:love:

Anand.

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec26, 2006

Guagua...HEY...THANK YOU..MY FRIEND..:)
Magdalena...THANKS..The temtation was just too much for me..:scream:
Isaias...THANKS....LOL...Couldn't ask for a better setup in a painting to have some fun with:scream:
Womball...THANKS....I must be entering another dark period...they seem to swing like a pendulum, from one extreme to the other, and all that inbetween..glad you are enjoying the
subtle end of the swing..:)
Rebecca..THANK YOU..BEEN A REAL PLEASURE and HAVE GOTTEN BACK MORE THAN WAS PUT IN...CAN'T BEAT THAT,.. NOW CAN YOU..:thumbsup: ..Another year...where do they go, and why so fast...SLOW DOWN...LOL.:eek:
Anand...THANK YOU...HEY ..WHAT GOES AROUND,..HAS A WAY OF COMING AROUND, SEEMS LIKE...POSITIVE BEGETS POSITIVE, JUST AS NEGITIVE BEGETS NEGITIVE..I just do my best to stay ...POSITIVE...LIFES TOO SHORT FOR THE ..NEGITIVE...:scream:
THANKS...EVERYONE, FOR THE GREAT FEEDBACK, AND ALSO FOR THE GREAT INSPIRATION.
HOPE EVERYONE HAS A FANTASTIC TIME IN THE NEW YEAR TO COME...:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Finally starting to see some light at the end of this tunnel...started blocking in the hands,..needs more work on coat ect.....getting there..SLOWLY BUT SURELY...:)

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_53.jpg

[Intervain]

Awesome work Glenn, can't wait to see this guy finished!

and A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR to you too! Look forward to great stuff from you in 2007 :) :love:

[NR43]

Wow it's ... well... WOW

this
is
where
I
am
staring
speechless

*snaps back into real life*

Ok, thanks for that Glenn :D

btw,

*** Wishing you loads of colors for 2007 ***

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 27, 2006

THANKS...Magdalena:) ....will be done when it is done....SOON I HOPE...:scream:

Johan...THANKS...:) ...I have learned a whole lot by doing this one...was afraid that I had bitten off more than I could chew, but determined to get there anyway..we will see I quess:scream:

Worked on the hands, robe, shirt and a few other details. Still a few more details to go.

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_61.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 28, 2006

Working on my final version of this piece. Decided to make it my own. :scream:

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_65.jpg

[Knilblink]

Spiritdreamer, I really enjoy browsing through your gallery, it's a pleasure! I've had an eye on your work in many of the OFDW threads, you've made amazing contributions to those threads. Thanks for posting your finished and WIP shots for everyone to see. I'm sure you have no plans to stop, but keep doing what you're doing anyways! :thumbsup:

Can't wait to see the finished product of this OFDW.

-Adam

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 29, 2006

Knilblink / Adam...THANK YOU..:)
I hope that I have contributed a little something along this journy, have given it my best shot anyway, which is all anyone can do..:)
I plan to continue, as long as I keep learning, which is a journy that has no end in sight, as far as I can see or tell...:scream:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Little further on this experiment...trying for some DaVinci lighting...Saw his second Madona of the rocks painting for real a few years ago when it was in BOSTON...The lighting was pure magic.
Had a lot to do with the way his colors came out of the darkness I think..so subtle as to be hardly visible,..but without them there..would be no magic.
I will never be able to even come close to getting that kind of magic in my lifetime, but it is so much fun trying...:scream:

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_68.jpg

[Mu]

Hi Glen,

thanks for welcoming me back to the forum... I am a bit tired at the moment, but I just wanted to say that in the time of my absence your thread and your wild journey of the last three months was a never ending source of entertainment and inspiration for me...:)

squeeze the colour tubes! :scream:

see you....

[Frejasphere]

Hiya Glenn :)

Popping in to wish you all the best in 2007 - hoping the year is filled with as much creative juice as the one just gone :) Looking forward to seeing where the journey takes you!

take care and cheers!

a. :)

[Llynna]

hey glen :)

wanted to wish you and mrs sprititdreamer a happy new year. hope you had a nice christmas :)

your master copy is coming along great. maybe you should add some blue values to the yellows to make them pop out more. or some more desaturated yellows, they look pretty blue too due to some incapability of our eyes ;). kinda amazing how we can foul our eyes.

take care

britta

[SpiritDreamer]

Dec 29, 2006

MR MU....THANKS....GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU...Glad you are still enjoying the trp..:scream:
ANNETTE..THANKS FOR POPPING IN....ALWAYS A PLEASURE HEARING FROM YOU...:thumbsup:
HI...BRITTA...THANK YOU...ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE FRESH EYES AND GOOD OPINIONS..:thumbsup:

HOPE EVERYONE HAS THE BEST NEW YEAR THAT IS POSSIBLE, AND I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE FANTASTIC WORKS CREATED BY ALL OF YOU, IN THE YEAR THAT'S COMING UP..:bounce:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

A little further on this experiment. Getting away from the "glow in the dark" tangent I wandered on to...Saved all of my versions, and learned a lot from each experiment, which is what these exercises are all about...NO PAIN, ...NO GAIN..:scream:

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_72.jpg

[SylvanMist]

Hi SpiritDreamer, wow 63 pages here! hehe, I just skimmed through a bunch of them and I really am impressed with your figure drawing work, some of them look so real, and their shapes against the dark backgrounds look really neat. and I liked seeing your WIP images too.

[DoctorBone]

Awesome!!!

[anandpg]

Wow Glenn!! a awesome finish to a great painting!!:applause:

Have a Great New Year!

[FateBringer]

Hi SpiritDreamer

Awesome work :thumbsup:
have a happy New Year!

Mark

[batte812]

Hello Spiritdreamer, amazing sketchbook you have here. It's really inspiring to see how you work. Keep on going!

[pushav]

Wow! Just holy Wow!
I like the cold but yet warm feeling or that painting.
Again Wow!
Looks like it is time for me to warm up painter IX.

[SpiritDreamer]

Jan 2, 2007

Roja
Doc
Anand
Mark
Batt812
Pushav
THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS..REALLY GLAD YOU ARE ENJOYING MY WORK..NICE FEELING..:thumbsup: :)

Working on details:.... coat, shirt, the rag in his hand, ect....have a few more days to experiment and play with it now, thanks to Rebecca...:thumbsup: :bounce: :)

Hope everybody had, or is it has a great New Year...:scream:

Take Care
Glenn

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_75.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Jan 3, 2007

Starting to explore with transparent water color tints to see if I can warm up a few areas of this painting.

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_77.jpg

[Mu]

Glenn, that cloth he is holding totally pops into one's eyes now. Great job!

[FateBringer]

Hi

nothing to say really just admirering you work :thumbsup:

Mark

[razz]

Hey, Glenn, how you've been doing? Working on the OFDW piece as I se, which is looking more and more impressive. Really doing a great job on it! :bounce: I'm fascinated by your technique.

[HladekStepan]

hi
looks very much alive and has a nice warm feel to it (if I may). amazing work - I wish I had your skill level and the patience.

happy new year:)

[Intervain]

have to agree with Mu about that cloth he's holding! Great, one would think it's just an insignificant detail but it's making a world of difference!

btw - thanks for the link about getting the likeness... funny, when I was little I always started face drawings with that nasal bone between the eyes and was getting them to look much more like the original than I do now when I start with the shape of the face ... hehe, now I know why!

[anandpg]

Wow, Glenn... this is getting more and more alive!!
... are you gonna put something on the wall behind?

[Gord-MacDonald]

This latest work is very powerful/accomplished. Good work!

Gord

[SpiritDreamer]

Jan 5, 2007

MR MU....THANKS...Taking it as far as it goes..:scream:
MARK...THANKS...Always a pleasure to have you drop by..:)
RAZZ...THANKS...Great one to try new experiments with and on...:)
HadekStepan...THANKS...A whole lot of years of doing it developes what is needed...HOPEFULLY..:scream:
Magdalena...THANKS...Glad you saw and got something from that little lesson of getting a likeness that I posted in the OFDW #7..page #5 ..frame # 69...found that book in the library :thumbsup:
Anand...THANKS...Thought about putting something on the back wall...had a few ideas, might try them out, if there is time..just for the fun of it..:scream:
Gord...THANKS.....Really like and enjoy what I have been seeing on your thread lately also...:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE and THANKS EVERYONE,...:)
Glenn

Worked on the hands, cloth he holding, his shirt and the easel in the bottom corner

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_84.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Jan 7, 2007

A great adventure in learning, but I think it is time to venture on!
Calling this one DONE.

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_91.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Gorgeous work Glenn. :) The only small suggestion I might make is to lower the intensity of the yellow on the collar - but other than that, beautiful work! :)

Now I just have to finish mine! :D

[ErichSchreiner]

came out great, Glenn. Congratz :)

[Trunks]

Hi Glenn, I hope you had a good start into 2007? Happy new year from me :) I hope you'll enjoy your time spending with art :D

I like your last piece very much! But for me it is a little to early to call it "done". You should spent a little time into his hands ... this hands are really bad. Ok so they are not bad ... maybe you like the hands how they look now ... but hey I don't like them so I tell you ;)

A little reflection in his eyes would be awesome ... just a little mirror (ok forget about this idea !). We are talking in my art lessons about mirrors and images in images ... crazy stuff :D

I hope you'll continue posting this year like the last year (or even more? :D) ... would be nice :D

cya, Thomas!

[Jho]

Thank you very much Glenn. The message you sent to my sketchbook was really helful and very much appreciated.
Its really nice to receive such nice messages like that from an awesome artist like yourself.

[SpiritDreamer]

Jan 8, 2007

Rebecca....THANKS, and THANKS for the suggestion..taking it as always...EAGLE EYE...need your keen vision, mine is going down hill fast..:scream: ...LOVE YOUR LATEST PAINTING BY THE WAY..:thumbsup:

Erich...THANK YOU...:)

Trunks...THANKS...Hands are secondary and treated as such...face is the focal point..Better eyes further back, in the closeup face shot..:scream:
Don't run into or get lost in those mirrors, and the illussions that they creat...:scream: I'LL BE AROUND, YOU CAN BET ON IT...AND WIN... :thumbsup:

Jho...THANKS for the visit...means alot...glad that I could help you out
in some small way...we are all in the same boat here, so don't feel alone...:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn


DONE WITH THIS EXPERIMENT....LOTS OF VERSIONS FURTHER BACK TO CHOOSE FROM,SOME BETTER, SOME WORSE IF YOU DON'T CARE FOR THIS ONE...LOL..:scream: :)
OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_93.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Jan 9, 2007

Lesson learned : Never say done! LOL
Couldn't resist making the hands bigger to go more with the original painting. Not exactly the same, but close.
Appreciate any opinions on them.

Thanks...
Take care
Glenn

OFDW 020

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_97.jpg

[SylvanMist]

Hi SpiritDreamer!

I think the hands do indeed look better in your last pic. They fit with his whole body more.
IMO the face is a bit too saturated though, and the rag a bit too green. Maybe if it was a bit more blue tinted it'd fit next to the smaller portrait more..well just my thoughts on it anyway. Great job you've done!

[SpiritDreamer]

January 10, 2007


OFDW 020 : Finished

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/INGRES_102.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Roja.....THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK, AND GREAT OPION...:thumbsup:
In the end, I decided to get out of the muted shadows of darkness, and go for the brighter colors that I really enjoy seeing in a painting.
JUST BEING ME ...AGAIN... :)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[anandpg]

Beautiful work Glenn!! :applause: Congrats!

[NR43]

OFDW 020 : Finished

Splendid! Excellent result Glenn, as usual.
I'm jealuous :D

Can't wait to get home to continue on my own study...

[AztcFireFlower]

Nice finish Glenn. I'm starting the Prometheus MC, even tho the workshop's over. I may need your help 'cause I'm going to try it in painter......eek.
How are the life classes going for you?

[Frejasphere]

Hi Glenn!

Lovely work! :) Congratulations! :thumbsup:

My favourite is the middle one... or maybe that's my monitor's favourite, who knows? :D
They're all great and you should give yourself a big pat on the back!

Take care and big cheers!

a. :)

[Mu]

Glenn,

I am really fascinated with how you managed to make this as close to the original as possible while at the same time making it a true and unique Gallegos!

Great job, man, :thumbsup:

[SpiritDreamer]

JAN 11/07


Anand....THANKS..Now back to Z BRUSH, IF i CAN REMEMBER HOW.:scream:

Johan...THANKS...At the rate you are going, I think you will pass me up, very shortly...SO KEEP GOING...:thumbsup:

Aztec FireFlower....THANK YOU....Im no expert at Painter #9, but will gladly share what I do know about it with you any time you want, just let me know..what you need and want to know..:)
I start those life drawing classes on the 16th of this month,..:thumbsup:

Annette...THANK YOU...Glad you liked that one,..couldn't decide myself, ended up making a whole bunch of variations and kept them all...SOLVED THAT PROBLEM..LOL..:scream:

HEY...MR MU....THANK YOU...SEEMS TO BE A HABIT OF MINE,
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE...CAN'T SEEM TO BREAK IT, AND NOT TO
SURE THAT I WANT TO...TOO MUCH FUN ..:)

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR GREAT SUPORT AND ENCOURGEMENT...:)

TAKE CARE
Glenn


Just unwinding and having some fun this morning with the baby painting that FateBringer / Mark is working on in his thread.
Needed to let the old imagination run free for a moment, after spending so much time on that Ingres painting...:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/MARK_S_BABY_Glenn.jpg

[FateBringer]

hi

wow...wow, really like what you did with this :thumbsup: Awesome. And to think I didn't paint tonight because i was dreading working on the hand or more on the blanket, accually got in quit a miserable mood thinking about it. also thinking i was going in the wrong direction with it. every thing on babies i could find was light and airy. Now you've inspired me and i can go to bed happy and continue again tomarrow night. Thanks! :)

Mark

[SpiritDreamer]

HEY...Mark...:)
Glad you enjoyed what I did with that baby painting of yours...I was just going to explore ways of modifying the color on it, and got a little carried away in the process...:scream:
If you can, get a book called HALLELUJAH ANYWAY, by an artist named ..Patrick Woodroffe....He has one of the best imaginations that I have ever seen, and has a beautiful way of doing paintings with babies and children...creates a whole other world for and with them.
I have had that book for years now...still one of my favorite tresures...:)

Patrick Woodruff (http://www.imagenetion.net/matrix/pwoodroffe1.htm)
or
http://www.imagenetion.net/matrix/pwoodroffe1.htm (http://www.imagenetion.net/matrix/pwoodroffe1.htm)

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Rist]

Wonderful Ingres Painting, one of my favourite in that workshop!

[SpiritDreamer]

JAN 13/07

F13wk....THANK YOU....Glad you enjoyed it...:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Back to Z BRUSH, before I forget how to work the program..:scream: :)
emotion study ...created from imagination no references.

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/HEAD_STUDY_1_in_07.jpg

[razz]

Hey, impressed every one with your OFDW piece and than back impressing with the zbrush pieces? Just great :D

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi.....RAZZ..:)

It has never been in the past, present, or will be in the future, my intention to impress
That's not what this forum is about, or created for.
I'm here to learn from others what I don't know, and to help others learn from me hopefully what I do know, and have learned from others along the way..:)
Impressing people is a fools game, that can only lead to an inflated ego, and a blinded SPIRIT..:)
TAKE CARE
SPIRIT DREAMER

[razz]

SpiritDreamer, I have never meant, nor I ever will, that you create these pieces to impress someone. No, no way. You got me wrong. Well, it might have seemed that way with what I've written in the my last post. But it's not like that.
I know what we're all here for :)

[NR43]

Well Glenn whether you like it or not but you (and others) are leaving a huuge impression on me (and others) of what can be achieved :)

It's what makes this forum great... there are a lot of positive triggers - stimuli - and most are even unintended

:bounce:

[SpiritDreamer]

JAN 14/07

HEY...RAZZ....NOT A PROBLEM...:scream:
Words creat visions. That's why it is important to word your thoughts exactly, and properly, so they don't get misinterpreted,
just like any vision that you may creat..:)
But anyway, it is always a great pleasure to hear from you,and am waiting to hear your thoughts about the work of Patrick Woodroffe.
I posted that for you because you are asking for help on your thread in ways to develope your imaginational skills, and he came to mind when I read what you wrote..just trying to help you out some, and guide you in a good direction, that's all...:)
A good, but not the only way to exercise your imagination, is to interpret a poem visually... JUST A PASSING THOUGHT..:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

HEY...Johan....I TYPE TO SLOWLY..:scream: ...just read your post...put a big :) on my face....happy to hear that,.. what you just wrote....keeps this boat that we are all in,.. AFLOAT..:thumbsup:
THANKS, AND TAKE CARE
Glenn

A little further refinement and exploration of the face, and of emotion that I posted yesterday in here.

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/HEAD_07_REFINED.jpg

[Icey]

Hy Glen!!

Your OFDW came out great! Huge diffrence compared to your normal colors and style and still you're on top of the pyramid! :)
And your Z-brush expresions are advanceing one more step i see!
Glad i've stepped by! Wish i could tell you i had a little progress with painter, but yet no chance of geting there - hopefuly i'll get a couple of hours sleep :D

Take care!
Icey

[NR43]

Hey Glenn,

have fun at the life drawing session tomorrow :D

[Zephyri]

And I can't come by this forum without popping in on one of my favourite threads! Hope you're well Glen, and that you had a joyous christmas and new year! The Ingres copy is beautiful, makes me wish I'd had time to finish my own study... I love the little glen twists on it too, the colours are something you make your own. As are these zbrush studies! I really like the 13th Jan one, he looks like a real character, I could imagine him as a tibetan monk giving his students a hard time! And I love the neck on the last one too... it's hard to believe you've not done figure drawing for so long, these rally would tell me otherwise if I didn't know. Lovely stuff, as ever.

[SpiritDreamer]

Jan 17, 2007

HEY...Icey....THANKS..:) ....You'll get to that painter program, sooner or later, I have faith in you...all in good time...one day at a time...:thumbsup:

HEY...Johan...THANK YOU..Went to that class last night, no drawings, just getting to know each other..nice group of six people, ..all alot younger than myself,including the teacher, but it's all in the mind you know..:scream: Teacher seemed to know his stuff, and has a good sense of humor, which is really nice, and helps alot...small class, should be able to learn alot I think...start with the model tomarrow...will post some stuff from there, when I feel it is up to par..shortly I hope..:) Anyway, thanks for the encouraging words, and thoughts..:thumbsup:

Zephyri...Spirit Wind...THANK YOU..Always a real pleasure when you blow into my world ..:)
Funny you mentioned that about the tibetan monk look on that Z BRUSH face that i'm working on...This morning I was working on his eyes, and decided to leave them witout the pupils, because he remindes me of the old blind master teacher in the tv show from many years ago
KUNG FU, with David Caridine..and now you just said that he looked like a Tibetan monk teacher.....:)
SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN..YOUNG GRASSHOPPER..:scream:

THANKS FOR THE GREAT FEEDBACK EVERYONE..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

A little more work on this experiment with emotion expressed through expression...Z BRUSH face, created from imagination and memory,..no refferences used.

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/HEAD_07_DONE_2.jpg

[anandpg]

Hey Glenn! Glad to see you back with ZBrush!! great heads!

So, met your new class mates, eh? Hope you guys have a great time! Just cant wait to see your figure drawings again!:bounce:

[Trunks]

Hey Glenn, how are you?

I always loved your zbrush stuff and it is still awesome! I hpoe you'll play a lot more with textures (well I know I am telling you this now for the 78574489233759828th time :D) to get all your great models colored :D

Keep it up, can't wait to see you traditional stuff ;)

[Samanthie]

Awesome thread Glenn! You are doing some outstanding art with Painter and Zbrush. In your OFDW work you have a real knack for capturing the likeness of the models. I'm glad to see your wip images so we can see how you create. Lovely work as always Glenn!:thumbsup:

[FateBringer]

hey

hehe it does remind me of the blind master, that show was one of my favorites

great work :thumbsup:


Mark

[aggie93]

Wierd.:eek: Is that 2d because it looks 3d?:shrug:

[SpiritDreamer]

Jan 19, 2007

Anand...THANKS....I did my first figure studies in that class last night.
Been 30 years since I picked up a conti crayon and drew using a live model...like riding a bike, came back instantly..to my surprise..:scream:
The teacher went out and found me a 4 by 8 ft. piece of masinite, so I can do life size figures, and there is a big roll of 4 ft. wide, thick brown
paper that the school provides free...perfect for the conti crayons...
Will post some of those studies when I figure out how to use this digital camera I have, been putting that off now for months..too many buttons...:scream:

Trunks...THANKS...Going to have to go back and review that Z BRUSH
DVD I have...That program gives me a huge headache, must have been designed by a rocket scientist...will get those textures sooner or later, probably LATER...:scream:

Samanthie...THANK YOU...Really glad you stopped by, and also really glad that you have a thread going now..I hope to see some more of that beautiful soft shading of yours going on in there...:thumbsup:

MARK...THANKS....They just started showing repeats of KUNG FU here in Boston..hadn't seen it in years..must have been in my head when I did that face...ONLY THE GRASSHOPPER KNOWS FOR SURE..:scream:

HEY...Aggie...I must be getting closer to my goal, if you can't figure out if it is 2d, or 3d.....:scream: ....THANKS FOR STOPPING BY..:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

A little more work on this face,....experimenting with light,color and atmosphere, to enhance emotion and mood...face created from imagination,..no refferences used

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/HEAD_07_LIGHTING_3.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Jan 20, 2007

TIME OUT FOR A LITTLE DOODLING FROM THE IMAGINATION..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/DOODLE_BY_THE_WATER.jpg

[razz]

This last 3d piece is just wow, Glenn! You've done an amazing job with all that. Maybe somehow you could/should develop it more further. I like the look of it now very much.
The 2d doodle you started...you are going to continue with it, aren't you?

[Samanthie]

Really like the 3d face Glenn, very powerful emotion. The doodle is so peaceful by contrast. Love to see more of both.:)

[Trunks]

Hi Glenn, I wonder what you are going to do with this "painting from your mind" ? Are you planing to work more on it? Or will you just leave it like it is now?

Maybe you should attempt to use hard brushes when you do some quick doodlings? I think this might be a tipp that could help to get your ideas more clear on paper :)

[Icey]

hey glen!

can't wate to see how this turns out!

and i have to see those lifedrawings! I don't think i've seen a drawing of yours before.....

Best wishes!

Icey

[SpiritDreamer]

Jan 21, 2007

RAZZ...THANKS...Stll thinking on that Z BRUSH one...The painting, just a thumbnail sketch..will get to it someday..just wanted to capture a passing thought, before it vanished like smoke..:)

Samanthie...THANK YOU...plenty more, where they came from...:)

Trunks...THANKS....Just a thumbnail sketch, will get to it sooner or later maybe, will always be there now, saved for the times when I am lacking for an idea for a painting.:) I don't care for the hard brushs in the beginning sketch phase, I SAVE THOSE BRUSHS FOR THE DETAILS AT THE END...just me and the method of painting that I am comfortable with...Thanks for the tip though..you never know..:)

HEY...Icey...GREAT to hear from you...doing a series of these little painting thumbnail sketches...just trying to loosen up a little in preperation for my next figure drawing class...using conti crayons for that class right now,..will switch to pastels, and full color about halfway through the course..think these little color thumbnail paintings I'm doing now, will get me ready for the pastels later in that figure drawing class...I hope anyway..:scream: time will tell..:)
I will post some drawings from that class, after I have a few gathered..kind of a pain to have to take photos, and then scan, and then post...but will get some in here for sure..soon..:scream: :)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

Another thumbnail composition doodle from the imagination..using painter #9

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/FISHING_OFF_OF_ROCKS.jpg

[ha-dou-ken]

GEEZ Glenn, #992 is AWESOME! What is wrong with you?!:applause:

Hey, I've been thinks and you should REALLY, REALLY...REALLY write a book. I'm always looking at people's threads and your advice is so thoughtful and...well, artistic. I hope I can pick up a copy of your book one day...:)

[SpiritDreamer]

Jan 22, 2007

Isaias...THANKS...A BOOK EH....GIVES ME A HEADACHE JUST THINKING ABOUT IT..:eek: LOL..:scream: ...THINK I WILL JUST STICK TO MY PAINTING..THANK YOU..:)

TODAYS DOODLE..FROM IMAGINATION..:)

http://artbyglenngallegos.com/images/WOMAN_ON_CLIFF.jpg