CgTalk Daily Sketch 817 NO TIME LIMIT: "The Goblin King"

[LadyMedusa]

Oh god how I wish I had my photoshop now :(
I really like this topic, so I hope I'll get it before the voting...

And damn you for giving it a "no time limit" :D

[Robertt]

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6958/cgtalkdsg817byrjt2006fb7.jpg

Photoshop / 40 min. / tablet

RobertT

[coCoKNIght]

http://www.fabianhernandez.ch/ds/goblinKing03.jpg

about 40 minutes, ps + wacom

didn't turn out so well :blush:

Robertt: I like your color palette. I'm not sure about the composition, maybe he'd need some room to breathe :)

[elmasfeo]

here is mine...
http://www.telefonica.net/web2/chapuceros/sketches/goblinking2.jpg

I don't know how much time because it wasn't planned... It appeared on a corner of a paper where I had already written some things, and it's missing the legs and feet area because that's where the border of the paper was... then I brought it to photoshop, played around with it and tested a new brush I just created,... maybe I should colour it properly later and finish that bottom-right corner...

cocoK, nice to see you again!

[ICY]

I guess I just can't draw goblins.

[JTD]

What's wrong with your drawing? Looks like a goblin king to me. Nice colors too.

[BrittanyRichardson]

painter ix, wacom, 1 hour 45 min

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5526/goblinkinghi3.jpg

[Vyse-soa]

Cool Goblin King Brittany :eek: really like the all over design.

Haven't drawn for a long time... I thought I forget everything about drawing.

Photoshop, Intuos3, about 2 hours
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/goblinking.jpg

[Silken Shadow]

Hi everyone,

This is my first daily sketch as well as the first time I've used a tablet in 4 years. It did c-r-a-z-y things! I'm excited to keep going with this and chart my progress as well as see what everyone else posted. good luck to you all!

> 45mins in Photoshop with a wacom tablet

[Lman]

"The Goblin King"
Need I say anymore?
http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/2653/42minsmg1.jpg

Dam time limit! LOL well this is it after 42 mins, I will be back in a few hours.. :)
Look forward to finishing this one, I have a lot more work to do to get this picture finished. Good work so far guys!

[Lman]

Question....
"The Goblin King"
CgTalk Daily Sketch 817 NO TIME LIMIT: "The Goblin King"

These are the rules:






You have 45 MN to do your sketch. IF you go beyond the assigned time limit , you have to post WHATEVER you have done after the time has expired, along with the FINAL drawing.
Post only your FINAL piece on this thread, based on the topic on the thread.
Only final pieces can be posted on the thread. They must have been done AFTER the topic has been announced.
RESOLUTION : The image can have any aspect ratio up to 800 x 600
They can be done on any medium.
If you wish, you can add a brief text description about your piece.
Only original compositions. No "tributes" or plagiarizing, unless is it an integral part of the challenge.
You can post an entry at anytime for the topic presented on this thead BEFORE the voting thread for THE WEEK has been posted.
The artist also has to post total length of time it took and program used.
Any piece caught breaking the rules will be taken off the thread.
The topics will be picked at random from the list on the TOPICS thread >>LINK<< (http://showthread.php/?t=145003)





(The author will be given credit). So guys keep them coming.
You can add multiple entries, but please dont post WIP (Unless you intend to update them).
Good luck

-R

hey Roberto I just seen something is this a 45 MN or a NO TIME LIMIT Please say no Limit because I really want to spend some time on my picture > :) <
the picture I posted was at 42 mins with photoshop cs and a tablet.

I will post a finished version soon I have to head to bed I got to be up early and its 1AM sad because I really want to finish this I will have it up and done tomorrow.
best of luck and sweet dreams. zzzzz :) :)

[danielh68]

3 hrs.

Brittany for some reason your image is not appearing. It's probably on my end...I'll check back later.

http://www.danielhelzer.com/sketches/sketch231.jpg

[mylest]

Done in Painter IX, this time I used a tinting brush. 42 minutes.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/Mylest/goblinking_004.jpg

[danielh68]

Very cool entry, Brittany :)

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Although stylistically different, it's funny and coincidental how a lot of us chose similar compositional layouts.

[Robertt]

I felt like doing a second one tonight, this time in Painter...

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9022/cgtalkdsg817bwebbyrjt2006im3.jpg

Around an hour / tablet

danielh68: Great work, especially the pose and the throne into branches.

RobertT

[BrittanyRichardson]

Very cool entry, Brittany :)

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Although stylistically different, it's funny and coincidental how a lot of us chose similar compositional layouts.

yeah, I noticed that too. Great minds think alike, right?
And thanks, daniel, your sketch is also lovely, as always.

[Myku]

Ok, this was a challenge for me for a couple of reasons. 1) I don't know anything about fantasy art or goblins (I even did a google search to see what they're supposed to sort of look like!). 2) I decided to limit myself to an hour because I'm getting better at the "no time limit" sketches when I can spend 3 or 4 hours, but my speed painting is absolutely abysmal. So, this is all I had after an hour. Not much to look at, but whatever........

Oh, danielh68, yours kind of blew me away. Wow.

PS, 1hr:

http://myku.org/pics/Goblin%20King.jpg

[Notions2Motion]

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k130/Notions2Motion/goblin_king.jpg

Grr... Can't find my wacom pen.

[Mats Gustafsson]

Just a quick sketch.
20 minutes. Photoshop.

http://www.algonet.se/~matsgus/pictures/817.jpg

[fuzzytank]

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l110/fuzzytank/goblinking25.jpg

25 min photoshop n wacom

[DavidJH]

Here's my try at it. I forgot to time it. I used pencil and paper. Great work from everyone who has posted so far!

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j47/DavidJH/The_Goblin_King.jpg

[JTD]

DavidJH, the idea of a king's head on a pike is brilliant! Wish I'd thought of it. As a friendly critique I think your linework could be cleaned up. But we all could use the practice so don't think I'm picking on you. I'm glad you're here participating.

[NilsCG]

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6573/1843/1600/Goblin.0.jpg
70 minutes for this one. I should spend more time on it, not really cool like this...

[Myku]

So, I tried again. Why not right? Limited myself again to get faster, but to 2hrs this time. Still struggling..........

PS, 2hrs:

http://myku.org/pics/Goblin%20King%202.jpg

[danielh68]

Mychael - I like the last entry. Strangely, it has this serene Hindu quality to it. A few highlights on the skin would really make it pop. Nevertheless, good work :thumbsup:

[drewantarctic]

This is my first cgtalk challenge sketch post. I like sketching because I am horrible at finishing anything. Maybe I'll get to coloring this but I kind of like where its at at the moment.

http://www.bushheads.com/CGTalk/CgChallengeTroll_04.jpg
Wacom 2, Photoshop. 2 hours.

[Miyagu]

aww great topic!

brittany: this is lovely :)

daniel68: the little rat is just perfect, great atmosphere

drewantarctic: i can not stop staring at the creatures head - welcome to dsg!



http://www.dunkelgold.de/cgtalkpix/goblinking.jpg
Photoshop < 60 minutes.

[Myku]

Mychael - I like the last entry. Strangely, it has this serene Hindu quality to it. A few highlights on the skin would really make it pop. Nevertheless, good work :thumbsup:

danielh68, I'm glad you noticed the mood, I wanted to do something very different. I think I'll sit down this evening and see if I can't experiment with those highlights. And, thanks for the advice, BTW- I have spent loads of time digging through "Helzer's Sketches," and am quite into your work. :D

[danielh68]

Mychael -- Hey thanks...much appreciated. Look forward to your update.

dunkelgold -- Very cool work!

drewantarctic -- Great disturbing image. Fine pencil work. I can't really figure out what he's doing, though? Is he squeezing through a crack in the wall? Or is he trapped. Nonetheless, very intriguing piece.

[Mercuralis]

So hard not to draw bowie... hee...

Love all the lovely goblins. I'm a big fan of goblins (see my various galleries), but since everyone else was going one way, I thought I'd go off on my own tangent. :)

Goblin King...pin
60 minutes or so (took a break and went to work in there somewhere)
Painter IX
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/Mercuralis/goblin-kingpin.jpg

Brittany, if I could have drawn something more to my personal tastes, it would have looked an awful lot like that. :D Great work.

Dunkel, LOVE those reds.

drewantarctic... that is just freaking weird, :D Love it.

[Sylanya]

"The Goblin King"
Need I say anymore?
http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/2653/42minsmg1.jpg

Dam time limit! LOL well this is it after 42 mins, I will be back in a few hours.. :)
Look forward to finishing this one, I have a lot more work to do to get this picture finished. Good work so far guys!

I was wondering if anyone was going to do him!

[lucavi]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e307/deceptant9/goblinking_devenecia.jpg
2 hrs, pencil/ps

[Gord-MacDonald]

painter


http://cg2020.com/111_speedpaints_from2006aug13/from2006aug13/2006sep01_4.jpg

Gord

[Myku]

Here's a little update. danielh68 was cool enough to throw me a little advice, so I thought I'd see if I could learn a little something. I worked a few more minutes trying to touch things up. It was more of a struggle than I thought it would be because whenever I'd add highlights to the skin, the figure would either become too blurry or make the background seem dead. I tried to mess with the contrast, but was unsuccessful (or maybe just too picky), so I found myself running around in circles trying to find a balance. I think maybe my highlights/brushstrokes are too soft and are giving off too much glow?? I wanted to give a kind of glowing, natural light effect, but I once I started, I had a very hard time controlling that effect. This is not the first time I've run into this problem.

Oh, BTW, I did the touch ups with my new intuos3. I was using a graphire, and I can't believe the difference. Hurrah for me!:bounce:

http://myku.org/pics/Goblin%20King%202%20%28revised%29.jpg

[Relm]

I really like Mercuralis', very cool and different. Nothing like a good goblin mobster! Hehe.

I wanted to do something for this topic but I couldn't get David Bowie out of my mind, so I decided not to. :banghead:

[pipichu]

I didn't check the time but I think it's probably around 90 minutes or so.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/pipikon/globlam222.jpg

Inspired from Windwaker's pig enemy...thing.

[JimiPhoenix]

Inspired from Windwaker's pig enemy...thing.


I think they were just Grunts. :D

One day I will stop with the lame jokes...but today isn't that day. Pipichu, I love your style in general.

Mychael - I find that soft brushes really suck the life out of an image. If you take a look at any of my daily sketches you'll see a lot of soft brushwork, all of which is pretty detrimental to the overall product. I've been trying to wean myself off those soft edges over the past couple of days, despite the intimidation factor of the hard brushes. I'm also really beginning to like what I see. The irony is in natural media I work at speed to achieve much better results than I ever would digitally (at my current skill level). My favourite tools? Pens and markers with no underlying images or guidelines. If I can do that without the benefit of Ctrl-Z then I need to start making an effort to do the same in Photoshop.

All of that aside, I think the revised image shows how rapidly you've improved, and fantastic to hear that you're working with an Intuos 3 now. I had a tiny Intuos 2 and I noticed the difference, never mind a Graphire :)

[Myku]

Mychael - I find that soft brushes really suck the life out of an image. If you take a look at any of my daily sketches you'll see a lot of soft brushwork, all of which is pretty detrimental to the overall product. I've been trying to wean myself off those soft edges over the past couple of days, despite the intimidation factor of the hard brushes. I'm also really beginning to like what I see.

Interesting, and yes, scary. :sad:
I too have tried using hard brushes, but even when I set the pressure to opacity, I just seem to be too heavy-handed with things. I thought that I could achieve what I wanted by using soft brushes @ low opacity/flow and just keep touching up and blending over an area until it looks "real." However, this (A) takes forever and (B) is not giving me the results I want. So, maybe I should give your idea of using hard brushes another spin and see if I can't make it work with a little more sweat/blood/cursing. :)


The irony is in natural media I work at speed to achieve much better results than I ever would digitally (at my current skill level). My favourite tools? Pens and markers with no underlying images or guidelines. If I can do that without the benefit of Ctrl-Z then I need to start making an effort to do the same in Photoshop.

mmm. I actually feel the same way. Am much better at natural media. Although, I think that color is part of my problem too. I don't have any experience painting, and the way I work in Photoshop is just like painting as opposed to drawing. So, I'm fighting the software and trying to figure out what makes sense from a painting perspective at the same time. However, I have fallen in love with the DSG, and participating is helping me so much. I am learning more being here than I ever could on my own.....

---Oh, and thanks for the compliment! It's always nice to get feedback from people who are better than me (that's why I keep coming back to the DSG.)

:wise: BTW, should we all be concerned about the J-Lo thing?

[May-lea]

Hi everybody. Today (and yesterday too, since I didn't complete that pic in one day)... I just EXPLODED the time I ever spent on a sketch. It's not a sketch anymore, even. It's almost a painting. Because I thought I could enter the picture I'll make for this theme in the Blizzard Art Contest. So of course my goblin is inspired from the World of Warcraft goblins (Time is money friend!) with a pretty much made-up throne and costume. I had fun, even if I didn't bother on the throne and background as much as I'd wanted, and it sort of ruins the picture.
On the other hand, I just spent as much time as I wanted on the details. (note: I was also half watching TV most of the time)

It's one of the rare sketches where I didn't look at everybody's entries first to see what had been done, and end up drawing exactly what first came to my mind when reading the topic.

So, here's my piece:

9H50 (yes, you read well, sorry about that), Photoshop+tablet

http://www.triskell-productions.com/CGtalk/Goblin%20king.jpg

I might even update it, later, if I've got the guts.


Other than that, nice entries everyone! Vyse-soa, nice to see you back with a sketch :D

By the way, my alternative to soft brushes is the smudge tool <3 Use a scattered brush (most of the time I use my own special bush-making brush) to get weird blending effects. Works well to make fur, too, with an unscattered dotted brush. And the almightly gaussian blur. But then my sketches are not really sketches, so I guess you shouldn't listen to my tips. (Note, I almost only used hard brushes for this one, along with da smuge tool)

Now I'll go and sleep. I need it!

[Myku]

Nice one, May-lea. Smudge tool, eh? I'll check it out. Wish I could get a golden one like your Goblin King has.........

[May-lea]

Nice one, May-lea. Smudge tool, eh? I'll check it out. Wish I could get a golden one like your Goblin King has.........

:) The Smudge tool changed my life. Before that, I was using soft edged brushes to shade and the blur tool. Then one day I got bored and clicked on the little icons to check the other tools...

And I discovered the smudge tool. I discovered that usting this little finger was producing very interesting effects , like drawing muscle outlines and such, by just dragging it around. Sure, it can take time, but I got nice results... It's also the ultimate cloud-shaping tool, when used with a soft shape. A quick blending tool when used with a scattered brush. A reasonably good grass and fur-making tool, when used with a Spatter shape or equivalent.

So to sum up: I <3 smudge tool :)

[lilirious]

Hi peeps :)

great works!!! Here's mine :P painter, uhm I think 30-45 min, he uhm kinda reminds me of my grandpa :/ :s

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l147/Elnaz_Idiot/Afbeelding5.png

[ysvry]

me as king from the depeche mode clip, enjoy the silence.http://home.deds.nl/~mp/mptek/mptek09.jpg

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