Sketchbook Thread of abyss103 - 2D/3D

[Rebeccak]

Rasmus,

Welcome! :) I have moved your thread here as requested. I hope to see you participate in the current 50 Torsos Challenge! :)

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[rasmusW]

once again, thanks alot rebecca!

one last one before i'll go to bed, from today aswell.
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6879/character01ma9.jpg

c&c is as always much welcome.

-r

[Rebeccak]

abyss103,

I recommend checking out this thread:

Personal Sketchbook Primer and Tutorial / Workshop Guide (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=403198)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=403198

and in particular, the Shading Tutorial linked in the first post. :) I really think that you should try this, as you will get a lot out of the exercise for shading in grayscale. Take a look at the other work that has been done from the original exercise in the SPOTLIGHT area (links are in the above thread as well) as there is a lot of great inspiration there.

As well I would encourage you to participate in the ongoing Workshop:

Anatomy Lesson Series: Body Part 2 - The Torso (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=405198)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=405198

Even if you can't do all 50, it's a great way to get figurative practice!

I look forward to seeing your posts! :)

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[NR43]

Hey man I like that green painting
looking forward to see more

[razz]

Hey, Abyss. I like the b&w drawings. I know it's real fun doing them :D It may be just my preference, but I like to make it not b&w, but monochromatic. Of course b&w might be monochromatic, bus now were talking about b&w like only black and white and nothing more. See this thread, which I really loved looking at and now am following the progress HERE (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42514) (hope you haven't seen it already). You'll find some monochromatic drawings there, which are awesome if you ask me. Very inspirational stuff. Be sure to look it through. So, just that for now to give you some inspiration for your imaginational work. For anatomy learning you know, life drawings master studies :thumbsup:

Hope it helped. I'll stop by here again for sure to see what's new :)

[mynti]

Hiya Abyss!

Really great start here! I read your comment about wanting things to come to life more in Razz's sketchbook, so I decided to pop over!

I really enjoy your black and white sketches - they really have a graphic feel from the high contrast.

Some suggestions on the high contrast work:

Since you're going for only positive/negative space, try varying the line width on your drawings to make the spaces between black and white more interesting. This will give it the interest and "life" I think you're after - without sacrificing your graphical, bold style. I did a quick paintover (not the best, but to give you an idea) of one of your drawings above to illustrate this better - I can show better than I can explain!

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j203/sillypaintbrush/paintover.gif

Hope this helps, and I look forward to seeing more of your work!

Hugs,
Gracie

[rasmusW]

hey all!

thanks alot for all the kind words and advices.

Rebeccak: i just browsed though those pages you recomended. they are awesome.
i will surely try out, some of them. i'm working on my new reel beside my daily job, so i'm not sure i got time, but i'll sure try. i know it would be a great exersice.

NR43: thanks alot. i was inspired by the marvel, universe x comicbook, that i'm reading atm.

razz: thanks for dropping by. that was a killer link you send. man he's good. i actually had some of his illustrations, in my inspiration folder already.
very inspirrering.

mynti: thanks for great help and suggestions. the b&w's very actually a little experiment i did because i was inspired by the very rough look in, that universe x comicbook, i'm reading. aswell as to studie light and shadow. i'm not very good at that.
next time i'll try varying the brush more, like you suggested.

here's few more of my recent work.
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/904/character01uk6.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8812/deercreature01tv5.jpg

-r

[rasmusW]

just a little time today before one of my old friends come to visit, so i did this.
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1665/character03vw5.jpg

-r

[razz]

Really good looking speedpaints of deer and girl. I'd love to see a background behind that deer. Reminded me of the speedpainting topic in CA.org where it was something about an undead deer. If it's not a deer don't bite me, don't know all the animals in english. I don't know all of them in my language!

Glad the link helped. That artist is true inspiration indeed.

Great to see new stuff from you :bounce:

[mynti]

Nice seeing those speedpaints of yours! Really great, the sci-fi theme is one I'm interested in but rarely touch. Keep it up!

[rasmusW]

hey you two!

razz: hehehe... yeah! it's a deer. it would probally be my next model (after finishing the two i go going now).
sounds like a thread i better check out. could use some inspiration for some other versions of it.

mynti: thanks alot, grace. i actually very rarely do sci-fi stuff myself. the drawing just went in that direction and i followed:).

well, here's some kind of "master copy". i did a small tutorial i found in one of my grandpa's old oil-painting books. thought i could transfer the same principle to ps.
maybe i'll add some canvas texture to it, but for now it's fine.
hope you like it.
http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/1434/bell04uz7.jpg
c&c is as always welcome.

-r

[Myku]

abyss103,

Looks like you're off to an excellent start! I agree with the others that the b&w style is pretty cool and could be developed into something really nice, if you wanted to go that way. Also, I like the last 'master copy' you did. Nice work. :thumbsup:

[rasmusW]

hey myku!

thanks alot man. i'm actually pretty happy with the last one myself.

-r

[anandpg]

HI Ramsus!
Great stuff... I like your style.. do you use Painter? How about charcoal/pencil studies? good going anyways.. keep it up.:thumbsup:

[rasmusW]

hey Anand!

thanks for the kind words. i use photoshop. i will surely post some pencil studies/sketches when i get a scanner. hope to buy one soon.

-r

[rasmusW]

hey all!

-just a quick doodle from today...
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/5194/character04xa9.jpg
let me hear what you think.

-r

[razz]

Hey, Abyss. Nice looking char on the last post. But I would like you to put a little bit more work on the shading and make it look more realistic. You know, getting rid of those hard edges. But if your aiming for this style, forget what I've said. Funny, If this would have a full body I imagine him standing tall and holding an axe or sitting behind a table and playing with a bloody knife. It's not my fault, this guy just can't be good! Or standing in front and having a bunch of bad guys behind him. Ok, it's my fault...

[rasmusW]

hey buddy!

haha... -thanks for the kind words. i did actually aim for this look, for this one. i'm really loving the style of the "earth-x" comicbook. you can see some of the pages here. (http://www.blacklinefever.com/artists/johnpaulleon/johnpaulleon.html) i used one of my doodles from the long render pauses at work for reference.
-after your thoughts i have to make a whole picture with him.
i'm also thinking doing one of my previous b&c sketches, with reel color and some kind of background.

-r

[razz]

Isn't it like inking? B&w stuff. Nice looking pages of that sketchbook. You should try and see more. What I'm pretty sure you'll like is a manga of Nihei Tsutomu called "Blame!". Nihei is awesome. Look HERE for some examples from the manga. What about that kind of style, eh?

Haha, would love to see that one pushed further :thumbsup: Just find the correct style for him. Oh, but whatever you choose, it will be the correct one!

[rasmusW]

hey razz!

yeah! -it's like inking. but in "earth x" there's also color...
i googled nihei (your link didn't wrk:) ) and yeah! it looked awesome. i'm not the biggest manga fan, but i like some of it, including this one.
i'm thinking of some kind of "zombie gang in an alley" shot... for him.

-r

[razz]

Where's the zombie gang?!

[rasmusW]

heheeh... sorry man. been busy doing other stuff. among these, this one which i've done today.
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/7245/head01sz1.jpg
-but i still plan on doing "the gang".
hope it's okay to post 3d, when it's not standing in my thread title.

-r

[rasmusW]

a couple more, head-doodles... now i better get back into 2d:)
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3553/mouse01te8.jpg
this one is from today. he is called mouse (-not sure why though:))
the next two ones i did last week.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/646/head02af0.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9849/head03pe1.jpg
-same base mesh for all four...

hope you like em.

-r

[Rebeccak]

Very cool work on 'mouse' especially - from the profile view, I think the forehead and back of the head look a bit misshapen - but it depends on what you're going for in the look of your sculpts. Are these meant for practice, or for a specific project? :)

[Anthonie]

I like the models man:D.
But I've already told u that haven't I:P
Well keep up the good work bro.

Cheers!

Anthonie

[rasmusW]

hey you two!

Rebeccak: thanks alot. yeah! there is a few places, i might tweak a bit, ie. the ear, forehead and neck.
they are all just for practice. the last three, i did, learning silo 2's displacement tool. it's really cool btw. :)

Anthonie: thanks man. talk to you later.

-r

[Cris-Palomino]

Nice work, Abyss. Since you like b&w work, have you ever seen the work of Will Eisner or the Hernandez Bros.?

Here is some of Jaime Hernandez' work on Love and Rockets.

http://homepage.mac.com/evilsickboy//love/black.html

Cris

[Anthonie]

Oh so there is a discplacement tool in Silo 2?. Cool and interesting
I've tried silo 1. something and It was pretty cool. Is silo 2 zo much more powerfull ?

cheers

[rasmusW]

Cris-Palomino: thanks alot. will eisner is one of my all time favorites, both story-telling and drawings are amazing. (r.i.p will).
bought his sketchbook. it's really fun to see his progress throughout a page.
i'll have to check out hernandez bros.

Anthonie: silo2 is still beta, but i already love it. the displacement brushes works really well. i still haven't come around the new uv-mapper (but it sure looks cool).

-r

[rasmusW]

hey guys!

i finally got a scanner. had birthday last friday:) -so, now i can finally scan in some of my "render-doodles" (stuff i do when waiting for renders at work) and some of the stuff i do at home.
so these first three pages here are all "render-doodles". some new and some are not.


http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4971/sketches03fw4.jpg
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/8386/sketches04ye4.jpg
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/7571/sketches05zw1.jpg
more will come soon...
hope you like em. c&c is very welcome.

-r

[razz]

Hey, Abyss. Great models. In my opinion, they need a little more polishing, but looking nice nevertheless. About the "rended-doodles", I'd say, pick one and model the bastard!! The birdie maybe, or the right monster in the last page. Keep posting your stuff, mate :bounce:

[rasmusW]

hey razz!

thanks alot for the encouragement. think you are right about some of the heads and some them just needs a good render, imo.
well, here's a few more, from my sketchbook, though.
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/6730/sketches07fs6.jpg
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7070/sketches08qj9.jpg

-r

[rasmusW]

hey all!

hope you all had some nice hollydays.
sorry for the lack of updates here. -well, here's a little something from today. kinda inspired by the great mike mignola.
hope you like it.
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3774/fishcreature01wb0.jpg
c&c is as always very welcome.

-r

[rasmusW]

hey all!

a few more recent sketches.
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/6081/sketches106wa.jpg

and a rough "swampthing" (-and pilot dude) sketch...
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8207/sketches110ij.jpg

hope you'll like em.

-r

[anandpg]

Hi Abyss! good to have you back! really cool doodles!:thumbsup:

[Rebeccak]

Strong sketches here! Would love to see a few of these turned into digital paintings. :)

[rasmusW]

thanks alot, you two!

anandpg: thanks. -yeah! i have been a bit lazy, haven't i. sorry.
rebeccak: thanks. really pleassed to hear that. yeah! -maybe i should go a bit further with one of them. -i read some pretty cool tut's from "imaginefx". so this might be a good place to start using some of those.

-r

[rasmusW]

hey all!

quick study from today. no ref's.
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2175/study013yg.jpg

-r

[razz]

Hey, this last stud is really nice looking! You're moving forward fast. And I'll second Rebecca on you turning one or few of your drawings into digital paintings :scream:

[Zephyri]

lovely 'render sketches' here, especially that first batch, some of those are wonderful, and I'll add my voice to those asking for a digital colour of a couple of them! The anatomy practice isn't bad, but some of the musculature on the upper arm and shoulder in particular is a bit off, I'd say maybe try to find a picture of a similar pose to learn where your stuff could be tweaked? The 3d models all look great though, as far as my veru limited knowledge goes!

[AztcFireFlower]

Hi Abyss103, I am enjoying your creature designs and want to see the images in the post #35 developed furthur. Especially the quadrupeds. Got some nice forms there. Intrigued.

[rasmusW]

thanks gang!

razz: thanks man. so nice of you, to drop by. i'll see what i can do. i'm in the middle of moving all my stuff out at my girlfriends, so it has to be after that.

Zephyri: thanks alot and thanks for the advise about the shoulder pict.

AztcFireFlower: thanks. i love drawing creatures. -yeah! well, i think i'll pick two or three of my sketches and develop them further, as asked.

hope to get something up soon. atleast some more sketches...

-r

[rasmusW]

hey all!

-here's a quick zb concept of an alien i hope to do soon.
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3160/alienwip001lo4.jpg
hope you'll like it.

-r

[kary]

Reminds me a bit of Sid the Sloth, though probably because I just saw Ice Age the Meltdown ;) The musculature on the arms and legs makes it seems like there shouldn't be a lot of fat, and then the belly area is very spherical. The roundness could be an alien thing, but I would expect a bit of sag if it were.

Really nice sketchbook, tons of character in the sketchs, and the 3d work is very nice. :)

[razz]

Hi, Abyss. In my opinion, the monster would look really great if the muscles would be defined slightly more like human's muscles. You've made some very interesting anatomical changes. I'm not saying you shouldn't do that, it's a monster however. But it still has to look believable. Biceps would be great to see, trapezius put in place, deltoid a bit differently shaped, etc. And for the muscles to have thei connections. Now I see you've shown a little indication of the clavicle, but the deltoid goes way behind it. Where it attaches then? And the legs seem a bit broken, going away from the body and then, below the knee, coming back in. Though it might only be the angle at which I'm seeing the model.
It's just a suggestion to make the anatomy more believable, more human like in this case, because the creature is sort of human-ish.
I really like the pelvic area though :bounce: Serattus magnus showing, alienish abdominals :D

I'm sure looking forward to seeing this model more worked on!

[rasmusW]

hey you two!

-thanks for the nice comments.
sadly i might put him a bit on hold. the dominance war challenge is starting soon and i think it would be a good exercise to practice some concept/modeling stuff. and fun too, ofcause.

kary: you know, i think you are right, he does look a bit like an alien sid. about the musculature. i just kinda doodled him out, without really thinking of anatomical issues. so i might give him a more sacky flesh, when i re-model him or the other way around. -more muscles.

razz: thanks alot buddy. i will surely think of these things when i do him. but like i said before, i kinda just did what i thought looked cool at the given time, so the anatomy is way off, some places.
you are right about the legs. i'll see if i can post some more pics of him, tonight, so you can see him form more angles. i also did a quick start of his armor.

btw. sorry for jumping so much from project to project, without finishing. it's the curse of finding new and exciting things to do...

-r

[rasmusW]

here's a few other angles of the alien.
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/2631/alienwip002qf3.jpg

i've started re-modeling him and started thinking of other places, than what already said, to improve.

hope you like him.

-r

[NR43]

cool alien creature
looks strong and fast... might be best to keep it as a friend :)

[rasmusW]

hehehe.. thanks buddy. yeah! -he's a mean fighting machine.

i finally got to scan in a couple of concepts for the dominance war challenge. think i'll do no.2
c&c are much apriciated.
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1518/dwcconcept01ew3.jpg
http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/9471/dwcconcept02ud3.jpg

you can find my entry here: link (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=219&t=460407)

-r

[rasmusW]

hey all!

thought i'd post a few recent sketches, so here they are.
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4421/sketches12yg5.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5091/sketches13cl3.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3192/sketches14ev3.jpg

-r

[razz]

Markers, m? I like using them. Just like you here mixing them with a black pen. Only my first time doing that was a mistake to use not a waterproof pen. But we learn in time, don't we :)
These little sketches of yours look real good. I think you could even try and develop further those two posted earlier. I can already imagine the second one of those in the style that Feng Zhu does. Please, continue :bounce:

[rasmusW]

hey buddy!

thanks alot, man. yeah! -i've done that a couple of times myself (-actually, way too many times).
since i'd never really got into the "dominance war" challenge, due to work and some more personal stuff, i desided to drop it and instead brushing up some of my sketches and the alien i posted earlier.
here's a few more quickies from last night.
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9224/sketches15mp5.jpg

-r

[Rebeccak]

Strong stuff! Would still love to see a few pushed further to a finished render! :)

[rasmusW]

thanks alot rebeca!

-here's a crappy value study of one of my previous sketches. have to work some more on that one or maybe start all over on it.
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/169/sketches18zx3.jpg

-and here a few recent pages from my sketchbook.
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/517/sketches16og9.jpg
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/7289/sketches17jy5.jpg

-r

[Rebeccak]

There's definitely lots of raw potential in all of these sketches. :) Really can't wait to see you refine one of your pieces to the nines, I think you could produce some fantastic polished work.

Cheers!

[Aviva]

Hey abyss103, you have some fantastic monsters in here! Can't wait to see what you come up with next :)

[rasmusW]

hey all!

rebecca: thank you so much. words like that really warms my heart and gives me the shivers:) -hope i can live up to your thoughts about me, some day.

aviva: thanks alot. i love drawing fantasy creatures. (-escapeing the daily routines)

well, here's a doodle from today with the new beta (8b) of silo.
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5205/head10re5.jpg
hope you'll enjoy.

-r

[rasmusW]

another silo doodle, from yesterday. i was very inspired by the works of giovanni nakpil (aka. gio). hope he dosen't mind:)
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/2628/zombie01th2.jpg

hope you'll enjoy.

-r

[razz]

Great stuff, Abyss! Like the value study, great work on that. You should do more of those, push your sketches to a speedpaint, maybe even more if it turns out really great. The sculpted monster's head looks good, though a bit unclear to me. Does it have a mouth, ears? Pretty bumpy on the face and hard to understand what's where. The Giovanni Nakpil's study is awesome! I've been following this guy's thread here on cgtalk. Nice to see 3d sketches, hehe. Never visited his website though and after you mentioning him here I have and damn nice real sculpts there! Amazing guy.
Looking forward to seeing more from you!

[rasmusW]

hey razz!

thanks for the encouragement.
i will surely do more value studies and hopefully some finished pieces aswell.
about the head sculpt. yeah! it got four eyes (the black ones), but no nose or ears and probally just some kind of lamel-mouth. i used snails/monsters as reference-word. actually just did what i thought looked cool. but you are right, it is too lumpy.

-r

[Intervain]

hey some wicked concepts there Rasmus! I'd love to see more of them drawings from you :) Good stuff :thumbsup: - especially the cutie-pie on the last but one :D

[rasmusW]

thanks alot magdalena!
well, thought id show the two first pages from my new sketchbook. ahh! -there's nothing like starting a brand new book. exept, i'm pretty superstitous about that. if the first page isen't atleast decent looking, the rest of itwill be crap too...
well, enough said. first two cartoon characters. it's been awhile since i last drew toon stuff, so i thought it was a good way to start. i did a quick brush up in photoshop of the guy on the left.
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8915/sketches19xx8.jpg

next is a sheet of different thumbnails, for a space marine. it surpossed to be either jack black or bruce willis in some kind of battle-marine-space-suit.
didn't really think of the two actors psysics, while drawing these. it was just to get a few ideas down, to work further from.
i got one or two of these as "favorites" myself, but i'd like to hear your thoughts.
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/8848/marineconcept01ob4.jpg

-r

[kary]

I can understand those superstitions, I've tried to squash that kind of thing, but there is something about that first blank page ;)

Very credible illustration cartooning there Rasmus, very much the images I would expect accompanying an article :). Love the concepts -- a ton of different, but from the same genome, ideas there. Strong outlines, well placed when in action, etc. Great start :D

[NR43]

i got one or two of these as "favorites" myself, but i'd like to hear your thoughts.

I like them all but nr1's pose is very dynamic, nr 8 has an interesting suit but nr13 has both of these features :)

the 3D sculpts are awesome too!

[rasmusW]

thanks you two!

kary: thanks alot. yeah! damn you first white page:scream:
about the thumbs. -i had a general idea, with i tried to fight aginst but could always fall back to. which i did a few times.

NR43: thanks for you thoughts on this. really apriciated.

here's a speed paint (well, more or less) from today. really trying to get some more dynamic colors, light and shadow into my drawings aswell as just doing other things than doodles. also trying to learn some of mt many collected brushes a bit better. so this one is done with only two different brushes. one of the, only for erasing sublte dirt.
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9706/creature1101zt6.jpg

hope you like him.

-r

[Geser]

I really like your models and scetches. Feel of good work is here :thumbsup:

[rasmusW]

thanks alot geser!

hope to have something new up, soon. maybe tonight.

-r

[Womball]

SImply awesome concepts. Love the cartoony guys near the top of the page. I would like to see them sculpted, it would be a challenge. Simplicity can be harder than complex realism.

[rasmusW]

hey womball!

thanks for the nice words.
yeah! they diffently would be fun to do and might be a furture project.
here's another silo doodle. started to do something different than just heads.
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/2636/creature01og1.jpg

-r

[rasmusW]

-head doodle from today.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/11/sketches20oz8.jpg

-r

[rasmusW]

hey all!

here's another rough concept for the marine guy. think i'm starting to get a pretty good idea of which direction i wanna take him, so i might soon be starting the model.
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/9537/marineconcept02bg7.jpg

c&c is as always very welcome.

-r

[lilirious]

Hi there!

great sketchbook you have here! your sketches and doodles look great! keep it up :)

[anandpg]

Hey Abyss!... Sorry I haven't been here for a while.. great to see your latest stuff! you have a fertile imagination.. love those 3D characters!!:applause: How is Silo? Seems worth a try, huh?

[rasmusW]

thanks you two, for the nice words!

elnaz: thank you so much.

anandpg: -hehehhe, thanks. i'll live.
i most diffently think you should give silo a go. silo2 gets better and better for each released beta. also think it's a very good tool for re-topo-ing and quick concept sculpting. a very cool thing is you can continue normal poly modeling (on the lower res)while sculpting. and last, the price almost screams... buy me.
...man, i should be a silo re-seller:)

i've got a small bundle of sketches waiting to be scanned. hope i can find some time soon.

-r

[rasmusW]

hey all!

hmmm... didn't find time to scan in my sketches:rolleyes:, but i did find a few hours to do this one.
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9329/creature03bc8.jpg
hope you'll like it.

-r

[rasmusW]

hey all! crappy sketch from yesterday.
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/1109/sketches21bs0.jpg

-r

[maritok]

Crappy?!! He's really standing there, he's got believeable weight. I love the confident, dynamic brush strokes in your sketches.
Also like that touch of orange on the head sketch, just right.

[rasmusW]

hey maria!

thanks for the nice words.
funny thing. i think my stuff looks so "uncertain" (especially my 2d stuff) compared some of you other guys.
here's a few quickies with zhuzhu's brushes. really like working with them.
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/2629/sketches22uk3.jpg
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/6754/sketches23dm4.jpg

hope you'll like em.

-r

[Rebeccak]

Great to see your range! Are you going to work any more on the dino? :)

[rasmusW]

wow! that was fast..:)
thanks for dropping by rebecca. no, i don't think i'll be working anymore on that one. it was just for fun and trying out the newest beta release of silo.
a few recent pencil sketches...
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/4127/sketches24bp8.jpg

-r

[NR43]

man you are one productive artist :D

good to see these character designs... they all have their strengths

lol listnen to me... they look just really really great to me ;)
I still wonder how you guys come up with so many different characters... beats meh

[rasmusW]

hey all!

new marine concept... getting closer and closer, to where i wanna go with this one.
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1442/marineconcept04pj0.jpg
hope you'll like.

NR43: thanks alot. this is what happens when you spend hours looking at your childhood-rooms ceilling.
i actually do belive you can get some quite cool creatures outta stareing at plants, ceilling a fork or whatever. just let your imagination loose.

still need to get all my new drawings scanned. maybe i'll get to that later today.
now i better go get something to eat.

-r

[rasmusW]

hey all!

long time, no see.
-finally i got my new computer. yihaaaa...
here's a couple of new speddies i did. the creature is from today (-more or less, just finished)
hope you'll enjoy.
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/6834/character05ub0.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7450/creature1601wx1.jpg

btw. still need to install the scanner, so i can get those from my sketchbook, up here.

-r

[Womball]

Awesome! Now did you happen to draw with pencils at all during this computer downtime? ;-)

[ghoul]

Hey there! Great creature concepts, I really like them. Maybe you should spend some more time (a weekend?:)) on one thing, and I am sure that would produce beautiful finished painting/image...or maybe I am wrong, your concepts already look good enough :).

keep up!

-ivan

[kary]

Love that portrait, very loose and a lot of character. Seems like the creature has more bulk then the legs would be able to deal with easily... and while that does happen in the real world it's usually not with the most spry / threatening of folk ;)

It'll be exciting to see where the new comp lets you go :)

[rasmusW]

hey all!

thanks alot for all the kinds words. means a great deal to me.

Womball: hehehe.. -yes, i did and here's a few of them.

ghoul: hey ivan. thanks alot. you are absolutely right. i'm struggleling with it. think i got too many things i wanna do.
thanks for the heads up.

kary: heheh.. yeah! his weight might be a bit hard on those skinny legs.
i've made my first zb sculpt on my new computer (-look further down:))...

-well, finally got to scan in some of my drawings (-there's a few of them, i think i'll take a bit further) and doing a zb3 sculpt, to get to know the new brushes a bit better.

hope you'll enjoy.

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9596/sketches26dw3.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4182/sketches27ld9.jpg

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6306/sketches28kh0.jpg

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3483/sketches29yj2.jpg

and the last of the scans...
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/601/sketches30mq2.jpg

and here's the zb3 sculpt (-with a quick ps paintover)
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1929/abesapienwip01kr9.jpg

btw. sorry for the blurry/crappy scans. my sketchbook was kinda too big for the scanner.

-r

[anandpg]

Hi Ramsus!! Love your sketches! It would be great to see the ones on the last post- last-but one image painted!:bounce:... or are you planning to make ZBrush sculpts of them? that would be great too!!

[NR43]

I like the variety in your characters above all
Still, your style is very recognizable!

Wonderful updates

[rasmusW]

hey you two!

thanks alot for the kind words and sorry for the late reply.

anandpg: thanks alot man. means a ton to me. yeah! i still do plan to work out some of the some more or make some in 3d.

NR43: thank you so much. though, i don't think i got a style, myself. just mess... :)

i've got the "snailien" base-mesh done and started to sculpt it.
here's a few picts of it.
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8058/alienwip008vb6.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5921/alienwip009al9.jpg
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4271/alienwip011jc5.jpg
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2910/alienwip012oz4.jpg
i've got a bit further than this, but nothing big. i'll show it to you soon.

ohh! btw. i changed my user-name to my real name... wuhuu -just thought i'd had to mention...

-r (-now this kinda makes sense:))

[rasmusW]

hey all!

just thought i'd post the link to my snailien wip thread (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=517832) here...

-r

[rdsarna]

Hey Rasmus!
Superb sketches there and awesome 3d work!
The snailien is coming really nicely....I would love to see how good it ends up!

Keep posting its update....
looking forward to it.....

Tke Cre
Ratul

[anandpg]

Hey Ramsus!!... awesome sculpt, the last one! one little critique: I think the structure of leg is kinda unusual in that it goes from the hip right to the heel joint, missing the knee.. That sort of seems like it might limit his mobility.

[rasmusW]

hey guys!

here's probally the last wip before texturing and posing.
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/1083/alienwip016my0.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4527/alienwip017ss8.jpg

rdsarna: thanks alot, ratul. glad you like it.

anandpg: hey anand! -thanks for dropping by. he does have a knee. it's just reversed compared to a human.

-r

[anandpg]

oh! ok.. I thought it was meant to be the heel joint, as in hind legs of animals... Anyways, this is turning out awesome:thumbsup:... I like the way you do wrinkles and all.. very refined and subtle!

[rasmusW]

hey anand!

once again. -thanks for the kind words. yeah! i see what you mean. it could have been a heel joint.
had worked much on him lately, been busy at work.
also dug up an old base-mesh for a golem. got all crazy aboutthe ideea, so i just had to do it.
so here it is.
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9955/golemwip002to9.jpg

link to highres (http://rasmusw.dk/golemHighRes.html)

hope to get back to the alien soon...

-r

[rasmusW]

hey all!

here's a few new picts. i worked a bit more on the different maps and got to do some texturing on some of the armor-parts.
still alot to do...
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9908/alienwip020mg2.jpg
here's the link the wip thread (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=4621561#post4621561)

c&c is very much welcome

-r

[razz]

Ok, for my taste his skin looks too saturated. But it might really just be my taste, see if anyone else will give you this crit. Other then that I think it's progressing very well. Nice speculars, the model itself is very good. More armor on him would be great to see, like in the update you've posted here few posts back, maybe even more than that. Some story behind this guy could help you design it more easily.

[NR43]

I think if the enviro is going to be somewhat cartoony, the saturated skin colors may be a good idea. If not, I'd say making them less saturated might increase realism or believability.

It's a great model though. He looks like a recon creature to me, lost on a strange planet. Maybe it's the suit (if you can call it that).

I'm having a bit of an issue with the thing around his neck. I think the dark color is breaking the flow of his anatomy in that area. (the effect of his weird long neck is gone and it also makes him look as if he would have a hard time turning his head, assuming it's a he :D )

[-voraz-]

Hi Rasmus, your book looks great, lots of nice sketches.
Your models look great too, that snail-man looks really good, though I have to say I like more the unrendered model, I think that if you'r going for a cartoony I personally would prefer a less shiny rrendering, and the eyes don't appeal much too me too.
And what happened with all the other "acessories" he had?
cheers, keep it up

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