From A to O (daily sketchblog)

[wasker]

Alright,

It's abit past 2 in sweden and the day have just begun for me, I zzz alot.
I want to create atleast 1 interior and 1 exterior today. I made a brush aswell, which came out fairly nice, I'll add it to the edit of this post along with the images when they're done.

Exterior completed

http://www.wasker.com/redmountains.png

[wasker]

2nd one, let's call it semi interior.

http://www.wasker.com/ns4.png

[wasker]

Update, I called a art director at a gaming company today. Not to ask for a job but to ask for how many works a concept artist have to produce. He (it was a he) replied that it really depended on the quality of the work but usually anything between 2 and 20 :eek:, sometimes it might even be 2-3/week. I got a hard time producing 2 a day :) anyhow.. producing 20 sketches is very reasonable.. but 20 quality concepts is impossible.

Here's a piece i'd like to call the flying ship, trying to develop a better brush economy. The problem with me is that I start adding details when the picture's done and I've flipped it. that's why my sig is mirrored ;)

got a problem I'd like to get some help with; how do I save only 1 or two brushes?

Now I have to go buy some food for me cat..

http://www.wasker.com/flyingship.png

[wasker]

Here's the latest addition, another rather fast work (as the others), a kind of heating room by the looks of it. Still i'd like to be more careful with my brushes not overusing strokes. I like the colors though.. I thought of desaturating it abit but they're so strong, I couldn't kill them!

http://www.wasker.com/theheatingroom.png

[wasker]

Hmm, was a bit bored today, tried something new. Trying to paint different matters and using different techniques.

http://www.wasker.com/bug.png

[wasker]

I think i'll stick to the speedpaint, sketchy stuff. I like it most and it's a really calm technique to use. Haven't made any new brushes in a while. I'll go do that for the remainder of the day :p

http://www.wasker.com/oldman_small.png

[wasker]

Ya painting paces is fun! :) and I got a new brush to do it with! Tomorrow, december the 1st I'll make a enviroment.. I'm picturing something french and wwII-ish.

http://www.wasker.com/thesmokingwoman.png

[wasker]

I'm not very satisfied with the outcome, either I overdo it or I do too little..
http://www.wasker.com/ruin.png

[Snape]

Hi Wasker,

I think your work is really nice. Great colours and composition.

Im no expert but I feel that if you were to add a bit more detail to some of the images it would give the viewer more reason to get lost/swept up in the ideas. At the moment the images can be taken in quite quickly.

I realise you are going for the sketchy feel, mabye even just one or two detailed areas would add that chi-ching Im talking about.:thumbsup:

[wasker]

Thanks Snape, I think you got a valid point adding one or more sharp areas of interest in the pictures. I forgot to post any pictures yesterday. Sorry, been too busy sketching all over the place, here's the best pic I've done today.

http://www.wasker.com/bush.png

[wasker]

bump, 2h perhaps it need to be desaturated?

http://www.wasker.com/treehouse.png

[wasker]

I haven't been slacking if that's what you think :p I still make 1-3 oics a day, but some of them just dont qualify as sketches and are therefore kept out of this thread. Did some anatomy studies yesterday. First time ever :p figured I probably ought to know some anatomy if I want to be a concept artist.

back
http://www.wasker.com/male_muscle_back.png

armhttp://www.wasker.com/male_muscle_armfront.png

[wasker]

variation.
The composition is a bit wierd a centurion standing in the middle of a forest staring at nothing (or possible the tree in the left corner). I did a version with a snowman and a "...wtf?" comic bubble at the centurion but it kinda lost it's seriousness then. :D all tips and comments on how to improve techniques and such are appreciated.

http://www.wasker.com/guard.png

[wasker]

http://www.wasker.com/cathedral.png

[wasker]

trying out new techniques and brushes, still speedies though ;)

edit: wee 2nd page!

http://www.wasker.com/lost.png

[wasker]

Here's a pic I'm intending to spend some more time on. Any crits on colors/mood?

http://www.wasker.com/snowy.png

[Runecaster]

Hi wasker! These are great! I really love the tree with the lights -- and I REALLY love the archway one, but I think the right archway is a little off on perspective -- but that one is just lovely :) Keep em coming! :)

[wasker]

Thanks Runecaster! :)

Yeah, the middlepiece of the cathedralish interior is abit off.

here's a quickie I did, 35 min, more work to be done on it tomorrow. I want to give a hint of structure on the huuuge tree in the horizon.

Anything seems critically wrong?

http://www.wasker.com/tree.png

[wasker]

What can be improved? Should I slize of any edges?

http://www.wasker.com/Snow2.png

[Snape]

Love this piece!

The clever detail at the front gives it lots of depth.

How it makes me feel is that the composition is dragging my eyes to the man on the rock. Might be more satisfying if there was some more detail on the man (to give him a purpose when you get there). Also I love the way the colours in the distance work with the blue. Would the light cause a reflection in the water? Maybe the reflection could point at the man and also cause an edge of light around him or one side of him? Just an idea...

Great work anyway!

[wasker]

Thanks, Snape

Good points about the reflections.. hmm gotta think of a purpose aswell. :D

I was abit, and still am, unsure about the composition. Perhaps I should slize of the left part to make the tree house/palace in the far distance more centered.

[Snape]

I think the composition looks nice as it is but I do think the light around the tree palace could be a bit brighter and more saturated, again this could give more purpose to what the man is looking at. That together with the detail at the front would give leading lines right around the picture and keep your eyes moving which might ultimately keep the viewer interested for longer. Only my thoughts though (god knows where they come from!)

[aldog]

I'm loving the winter drawings

[wasker]

Thanks Aldog, glad you liked them :)

Snape, yeah good suggestion, I'll make it brighter and increase the contrast to make it pop abit. After all, I want the tree palace to be the centerpiece and the man more of a complement or a detail.


I did this this morning, 3hs I would say. Maybe 3½ since the backs of eagles are tricky to paint.
Do you prefer it like this or should I flip it (it's flipped now, when I did it it was mirrored) or add more blue?


http://www.wasker.com/Fly!.png

[Runecaster]

I really really like what you've been doing lately!

This one with the eagle makes my eyes jagg all over the place -- maybe crop out the rock on the right or move the center tower of rock somewhere more visually adhesive? I dunno - It's just fwooop to one section than another -- maybe tone down the white between everything?

[wasker]

Thanks Runecaster :) yea, it turned out abit bright with all that fog/clouds. The cliff in the right corner is a complement to the eaglerider, you're right when you say it steals the attention of the other parts. I've tried removing the cliff but I just had more cloudy emptiness to fill the hole it left. I'll give it a try though, thanks for the input :thumbsup:




I've lit the area up abit and added some hints of blue to its' base + reflections.

Better or worse?

http://www.wasker.com/Snow3.png

[Snape]

Loving the eagle pic Wasker! Think I agree with Runcaster re the white. It would be nice if you could just make out what was behind the cloud in vague patches to join the whole thing up a bit although I appreciate the style you are going for and over all think its a beautifull piece. Especially for 3 1/2 hours work! In fact its one of my favourite pics on this thread.

Also yes the brighter light in the tree palace pic does make it more centre of attention and draws my eyes round to finish on it nicely.

[Gisaiagami]

wonderfull scenary
congratulations

[wasker]

Yeah, I'll get right to it after dinner, Snape :D

Glad you like them Gisaiagam :thumbsup:

did a orc/brute thingy
edit: just realised his underarm is hideously long
edit2: hopefully fixed it ^

http://www.wasker.com/brute.png

[Runecaster]

aww poor decacpitated elf :D

I like the sketchyness/painterly style of it :)

[wasker]

Death to silly elves :scream: I had fun doing the orc picture, Runecaster.
On a second glance I think it kinda looks like as if he was caught peeing in public, surprised and turning away from the viewer. Except for the sword, head and the arrows in his back. :p

I gave the eagle picture another try, revealing more mountains and making the clouds somewhat more saturated. Repositioned the center mountain to take advantage of the rule of thirds. The complement foreground mountain is gone.


http://www.wasker.com/fly2.png

[Runecaster]

Ooooh yes yes much better - completely sound composition now, and the slight purple to the clouds really eases it on the eyes- well done all around! :thumbsup:

[wasker]

Glad to hear it, Rune :)

I did an new sketch without references.. I had a major idea of what is was going to look like and I was inspired by a picture I saw a few days ago. I'll something about this and my thoughs concerning references and techniques tomorrow (or maybe not tomorrow it's xmas !! :applause: )

edit: how come the colors always look better in photoshop? -_-

edit2: Page 3 btw :thumbsup:

http://www.wasker.com/stoneshields.jpg

[wasker]

Tried out some new brushes, 1h! :o
I was aiming at using only brushes made by me for this speedie but I used 2 of Barontieris aswell.

http://www.wasker.com/scarab.jpg

[Arlekin]

nice impression u got there...:)

[wasker]

Thank you, Arkelin :bounce:

made an arena guy no refrences, so I'd be glad if some1 dropped a line about the anatomy (the arms are intentionally made longer, just as the neck muscles are exaggerated)

that's all for today, now I'll hit the bed and have some nightmares about anabolic monsters.

2ish
http://www.wasker.com/arena.jpg

[Arlekin]

you a made brush for those chains?

[paperclip]

Hey there, it's fun watching you improve! I'd love to see you do some greyscale stuff though, practice those values, you tend to oversaturate a bit at times, colors are fun but not at the expense of values. :D Keep up the good work!

P.S-- I really must recommend my friend rebecca's anatomy forum here:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=177

start lurking/working there!

[wasker]

Arlekin: Nope, eventhough I mostly use my own brushes now, I got the chain-brush from a brush-set from Barontieri. You can get your hands on his brushes on the url below. :)

http://www.barontieri.com/

Paperclip : Thanks, Paperclip! I admit I haven't been paying anatomy much interest.. ever :p Which is something I regret today.
I'll start doing some work at some of the threads over at Rebeccas part of the forum for further character development.
I never figure out how to color my greys without obliterating details. Overlaying doesn't exactly match the picked colour.

Did a b/w potrait before it's time for me hit the sheets again.. (sleeping is boring)

Edit1:Turns out I've to make another snowy treehouse this weekend :shrug:

http://www.wasker.com/oldman.jpg

[Arlekin]

thank you for the brushes wasker....

...and ill back you on this one...sleeping is for the weak:twisted:

keep it up...

[Arlekin]

I come in peace and my intentions are harmless
(now that im back to my normal self i dont bring you peace love and hapiness instead i bring you femin draught and pestilence (Mr Montgomery Burns/Simpsons)

Hi again... thought i'd try this overdrawing and correction stuff too.... i hope u dont mind and i hope my suggestions are correct...

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j78/Arlekin_photos/portrait.jpg

the first thing i can say is the nec should be a little bit thicker.. and the scalp/bone thingie is too thin..and i belive that the nose should be itsy bitsy longer and the are between the nose and the mouth should be wider.

I hope im not intruding your privacy by invading your pic with my red line...bit scary for me to do so cos im not sure when its ok and when it isnt... (anyways thought that it may help)

So i hope it helps...:)

[Arlekin]

and one other thing....

how long have you been doing digital stuff (or any art related stuff) just curious...
For me its lets say 4 years total (web and interface design) and started digital painting and first attempts on mattepaintings 6 monts ago....i want to to my final piece for graduating as a matte or digital painting...

:)

[wasker]

Thanks for the crits Arkelin :) I don't mind you overpainting the pictures, I wish more people would do it. I see what you mean, this is probably why I should pay more attention to the anatomy forums at cg-talk :D I'll fix the flaws once I am done with my 3rd tree house picture (tomorrow probably)

How long I've been painting digitally? hmm.. there are two answers.. I have probably been using photoshop to correct photographies (some web and interface aswell actually) and do "really really" flashy space enviros and pointless desktops which I thought was the real deal for 5 years or so. Painting the stuff I do in this thread.. maybe 3/4 year. Last summer I had some time of and started coloring lineworks ( I don't do lineworks anymore) and was aiming for hyper realism, ie Linda Bergqvist and the likes. And perhaps one day in the distant future I would have been averagly good at producing those kind of pictures but I abandoned the idea of becoming as good as the people I admired and started doing speedpaints and just trying to develop something I can identify as 'me'.

I won't re-read this and correct any typos/spelling errors :p so just deal with it :bounce:

Edit1: I just couldn't let it say 'Gow long Iäve been paining digitally?'

[Arlekin]

i guess its a bretty much the same for me.. i have done some flashy websites and astronomical space pics myself...and its also pretty much speedies for me...
The current thing im trying to achive is to brake into finished and detailed level...

About the anatomy i think the first thing that would help a lot is an anatomy book on your desk... something you could touch with your own hands...and look for refrence when doing something...(for proportions and such)

Anatomy forum is also a good idea...

[wasker]

ya. I just haven't found any good book yet, I only got 1 anatomy book but the author seems to have forgotten half the muscles and bones on his desk.

started on the tree house using a couple o' refs. Still need some ideas for objects in the foreground/background.
Any suggestions or favorites which would be cool to see/fit this enviro.
I was thinking of a frozen river of some sort (there's a water wheel on the house's side), here's what I could think of in 3 in the morning, getting hungry, feel like having a early breakfast/late evening tea... :buttrock:


A merchant (band of horses probably, carrying some goods, ie a caravan).
A warlord assaulting/returning to the tree house with his band of warriors of varying sizes (trolls/dwarves/humans/orcs and whatnot).
A cuddly fairy tale figure which will make everyone go awww.. it looks a bit Winnie the Pooish already so I guess it's not a far call.
Eagles/dragons/gryphons/chimeras/doombulls/wyverns/harpies/manticores/flying vessels (such as air ballons or crude helicopters) approaching the tree.
A giant carrying cattle (sheep or cows), wearing scavanged houses as clothing (a roof for hat and such) and hopefully not wielding a torn off tree as a walking stick..
A messenger in a hurry (mounted or on foot).
Mountains of epic proportions (bg).
Forests (bg, pine trees preferably to differ from the main tree which is obviously a leaf-kind of tree).
Fading sky and hills with silhouettes of houses (bg).
A sea (frozen, could be bg/foreground or both).
Icy talons which seem to have grown out of the ground. (foreground/bg or both).
A wooden/stone bridge (foreground/bg or both).
Rocks (there will probably be some of these peeking around no matter what).



http://www.wasker.com/treehouse_1.jpg

Edit1: 4th page! This calls for a celebration sandwhich!

[wasker]

Perhaps something like this (eagles again).. I'm tempted to do the giant aswell but I cant imagine where he would fit in.

Abit like Howl's moving castle, a movie I am yet to see. Need to fix the colors aswell. But I'll save that till after dinner. I'm getting hungry.. pasta will do. Brb.

http://www.wasker.com/treehouse_2.jpg

[redfrog]

Hey Wasker,

this is my first visit to your thread. It is great to see the improvement you have made in your work as you've progressed. Your speedpaints are very impressive.
Some of the brush effects you've created are fantastic!

[Runecaster]

Wasker, holy COW that last image is a masterful concept -- you need to push this one all the way. I /love/ it so far!!

[Arlekin]

hi again... just dropping by again

So i have some thoughts on your current wip....





Idea is sweet and fairitale like....
...now some thoughts i think when you integrated the tree with the house a little bit more ..it would be a benefit... (waht i mean is that...it is supposed to be a treehouse? right... so i think if there was asome branches in front or around the house it would fuse the compositsion into one piece a little more...or maybe some roots coming through the island....and reaching into the air..

if you are intrested i can post scemathics tillustrate thoughts...

...otherwise...:D keep it up..




(must really work on my text formatting..shouldn't i?)

[wasker]

Redfrog: Thanks mate :) I can't take credit for all the brushes though, while most of the brushes that I use are made by me, I still use several other brushed made by M@ and Barontieri.

Runecaster: Glad you like it! :bounce: I'll push it as far as I can. It must be done today though and I am yet to make my new year's eve dinner :rolleyes:

Arlekin: Good input, I didnt think about roots popping out below and arounds the house. I'll definately add it!



I also did a speedie today to clear my mind abit and try out a few new brushes.
Thought of some sci fi tunnels running through the landscape.

http://www.wasker.com/mountains.jpg

[wasker]

Alright I'm not sure what else I can do on this, crits are welcome (as usual ;) )

It took me about 5-6h and if I am to crit my own pictures (HERETIC!) I think it came out pretty well with its' antique colors.

I added a mast thing (I'm not quite sure what the english word for 'bogspröt' is so I'll just call it a mast.. I'm not even sure 'bogspröt' is the proper swedish word for it either) to the front to make the over all impression of the flying treehouse more of a boat.
I made up the asian signs on the banner poles instead of getting proper signs to avoid getting silly grammatical errors and whatnot on them.

By the way all the Treehouse pictures I have done recently were done for a competition over at the Gnomon workshop, the december challenge ends the last of december, it's 4:07 in Sweden but over in US it's still 2006, slowpokes, so I still got a few hours to fix details and such. :wip:

Edit1: Yeez.. these pics are page killers. Getting sleepy now, not even great cups of cocoa can keep my eye lids from mating. Happy New Year All CGers! Good night and good luck

http://www.wasker.com/treehouse_final.jpg

[Arlekin]

first....


happy new year

....now about the piece i think i came out bretty well. The roots are bonus...and the focus is better too...i mean the thing seems bigger now ...to be taken more seriously.:bounce:

....its 5.22am 2007 in estonia and im starting to paint ..since i sobered up and cambe back (alive) from the party..had some sleep and now im iching to paint....

may the 2007 pring you many accomplished pieces....:thumbsup:

[wasker]

Thanks Arkelin

Speedpainted randomness 20-30 mins, don't ask me what it is :p

http://www.wasker.com/random.jpg

Found a cool Egyptian weapon that I'll use for an idea I got for a character
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/pics/scimitar.jpg

[wasker]

A monk, possibly a evil one. 30 min square (including saving and putting it on the web :scream: ) Got inspired by a guildwars concept art.

and dammit, I need to taking my anatomy pills soon. I'll take a class in painting nude women :D and.. men in a week or two.. Only fuzz is the cost :( like 250$ for 8 lessons.


http://www.wasker.com/monk.jpg

[redfrog]

Hey Wasker,

Man, i love your fast speedpaints. Really effective when you use such loose brushstrokes.
With the anatomy, i dunno if it helps but i always found the Burne Hogarth books to be quite useful.

You are a speedpainting machine! :)

[wasker]

Thanks Redfrog, I'll look up those books, :thumbsup:

Here's the guy with the egyptian weapon I mentioned a few posts up.
I want to be more Craig Mullins (dont we all? :p ) in my speed paintings and the kind of paintings I'm doing now are quite the contrary. I read somewhere that we shouldn't aim at being as good as our idols (or do the art they do) but be as good as we can get at what we do.

http://www.wasker.com/ogre.jpg

[Runecaster]

Wasker these look amazing, such great work! I really dig the floating fairy tale city :) The speedies look excellent too, keep on truckin, great stuff!

[wasker]

Runecaster: :D


On a second glance I'd like to adjust the warriors shoulder guards abit backward and fix the boots aswell. That's for tomorrow.. and that head I haven't corrected yet.

Another speedie done before it's bedtime yet again.
Joy! Paint it black just begun on the mp3 :buttrock:
Anyways, I saw a nature program about caverns today, got my inspiration from it. I wish I had more textured brushes >:(


Good night

http://www.wasker.com/cliff.jpg

[wasker]

randomness, saw a picture on the net with the skeleton of a ship

http://www.wasker.com/desertship.jpg

[wasker]

randomness again, trying to figure out what brushes I need.

http://www.wasker.com/color.jpg

[wasker]

Another one before bedtime :p I have to get up in less than 4 hours :cry:

http://www.wasker.com/witch.jpg

[wasker]

morning again :)

http://www.wasker.com/shuttle.jpg

[wasker]

This one was fun to do

http://www.wasker.com/woods.jpg

[Runecaster]

wasker you are a machine! Love the speedies and really dig all the stuff coming out from you lately - really good lighting work!

[wasker]

Thank you dear Runecaster :D

Got some news
Today I got on shared 5th place in the gnomon workshop december challenge with my eagle picture! :D :applause: Which means I get to pick of any 2 dvds as my price. I think 1 scott robertsson (heard alot good stuff about this guy over at Sijun) would be nice and that speedpainting to concept dvd would be perfect :)

Anyway I'm doing a small collection of more detailed pictures, I've been told that many of my images are quite static, in this one I've been trying to implement more dynamic characters.

Any crits on colors, anatomy, composition is as always appreciated :bowdown:

Edit1: I wonder why one of the stick figure guards legs have gone missing in the larger image . Ghost in the forum shell?
http://www.wasker.com/Neenja.jpg
http://www.wasker.com/Neenjaframe.jpg

[wasker]

done :p 3,5h

http://www.wasker.com/Neenja_1.jpg

[Runecaster]

WASKER!

That last one, while yeah ok there are some anatomy issues with the guards, but who cares, look at the MOVEMENT! Excellent! :)

You know? I just bought ALL the Scott Roberston shading DVDs and the Concept Art to one hahah!

I haven't watched them yet, I'm afraid when I begin them I'll never surface and my family will starve/get stinky from unwashed clothes. :D

Anyway, lovely work - I plan to work on the whole 'dynamic' body stuff in the next couple years, I've got to get static people looking right!

[wasker]

Thanks Rune :>

Hehe, great minds think alike! :applause: I'll get the remainder of the dvds in a few months.

yeah the see there's some flaws in the anatomy now when you mention it I can see the guard to the left got extremly long arms :argh: and the one to the right is all hands!


anyways, 2hs on this one, painted with 1 rectangular brush I did tonite, the sky was painted with a round brush. 2 brushes in total must be a new personal record.

Edit1: omigosh, that's one helluwa bent wall.

http://www.wasker.com/city.jpg

[wasker]

Innocence lost! Done my first ever still painting from real life. :bounce:
The thing in the background is my amplifier and the vauge circle to the left of the candle is but one mark left on my desk by the tea cup tyranny.

http://www.wasker.com/candle.jpg

[wasker]

1½h, done for DSG over at CA.

http://www.wasker.com/needler.jpg

[wasker]

2h, done for dsg at cg

http://www.wasker.com/devil.jpg

[wasker]

The man behind the machine. Did a selfpotrait using a mirro today, took roughly 3hs because my model wouldnt sit still and while I was painting the the sun disappeared, constanly making the shadows and colors darker. I got quite alot of hair too but no brushes that would could do it satisfactory.

Edit1: btw, the 2 square reflections are the tool interface and the history+layers in photoshop. :)

http://Www.wasker.com/me.jpg

[wasker]

most learn more anatomy my head seems abit small.


a robot handing out roses to lifeforms he meet

http://www.wasker.com/roses.jpg

[wasker]

Cartoonish character for COW at CA

http://Www.wasker.com/cow_smoochie.jpg

[Runecaster]

Heyas Wasker :)

It looks like you do what I do when using a mirror -- sketch to the slant of how your hand lies on the tablet haha! I'd just do a vertical line down from the center of the eyes down to align everything -- also - horizontal lines from pupil to pupil, corner of eye to corner of eye, nostril end to nostril end and lip end to lip end to help with facial landmarks.

I don't execute this all with perfection or anything, but I've read a TON of Loomis lately about the construction of a head =D


Anyway, LOVE LOVE LOVE the eyeball on the last one. It looks amazing, truly. I see what Serena (CyborgJA) was telling me about the light coming through... beautiful!

[wasker]

Ah, good tips Runecaster :) , I'll redraw it when I'm out of ideas.

Tried out some values for a more advanced enviroment. I figured I would probably develop more if I spend more than 30min-2h on a picture :p

http://www.wasker.com/station_values.jpg

[Arlekin]

hey...

Just dropping by... some deacent pics from your end...u are becoming rather productive...and im sure you will get the anatomy working as well (at least i hope to do that)
good job...:)

...must become machine as (just wached a whole season of Ghost in the shell, cyborgs are cool) well to keep up...:twisted:

[wasker]

Thanks Arkelin, my course in figure drawing is starting in a week, hopefully I'll learn some anatomy there, I downloaded loomis books a week ago but I havent begun reading them yet. So many pages, so little time >_<

a warm up for today.

http://www.wasker.com/spider.jpg

[wasker]

2hs, anyone got any tips on how to use curves, colorbalance and hue/saturation effects in photoshop properly?

http://www.wasker.com/hunter.jpg

[wasker]

Here's a update on the value pic I posted a while ago, off to get a couple of hours sleep before I continue with it. I accidently saved it after I'd started detailing it when it was downsized to 1000x600 x_x


Lesson1: Check perpsective on your b/w picture before you slap colors and details on. I know I didnt :argh:

Lesson2: Don't click yes if you dont want to when asked; "Do you want to save changes done to xx.psd?"

http://Www.wasker.com/station.jpg

[wasker]

Couldn't sleep and didnt want to work more on the prev image tonite, did a quicke for dsg at cg. I need to sleep Zzz--

http://www.wasker.com/vampire.jpg

[Runecaster]

haha you made me chuckle with the "lessons" :D

What do you mean about using those things in PS properly?

I'd just make a new adjustment layer - don't click the box if you want to adjust the WHOLE image and just mess around - since it's on a layer by itself, you can always mess with the layer blending modes (which really can fiddle with stuff) and of course opacity -- and if you don't like it, delete it!

[wasker]

hehe, yeah I got the basics of curves and levels but when I downloaded some speedies from other artists they seem to rely heavily on all that kind of stuff. After working with a image for a while I get blind to hues and saturation, which usually means I end up with either a monochrome picture or one with either a desaturated or a too saturated product. Very annoying.

the news are that I redid the whole image today from another angle, showing more of the actual staircase. It was pretty easy since I only had to colorpick my old image. I found out a new way of applying details such as litter on the ground ( I bet everyone all ready know of it). Start up a new document and paint whatever litter you want as if viewed straight from above. I did a rectangle custombrush and some other rectangular blocks which are supposed to look like random pages from newspapers, I gave it a large scatter and a count of 5. Then went berserk on the empty area in a new layer. Select all and drag it over to the orignal painting and skew it till it fits the perspective. Use a soft edged eraser to remove surplus litter or to add atmosphere.

Anyways to relax my brain a little I did this jungle speedie. Painting vegetation can be really soothing to the mind. ~1h

http://www.wasker.com/Jungle.jpg

[wasker]

Since it's past 4 in the morning yet again, it's probably time for me to get the mandatory sleep.

Here's an update on the pic. I re-did it totally, setting perspective right and remembering to save it in the right size.
Crits and hits?

http://www.wasker.com/station_1.jpg

[razz]

Hey, Wasker. Just bookmarked your thread because I really liekd the paintings you've put in the speedpainting threadd. Will be following your progress here from now on :)
The jungle speedie was what made me drool :drool:

[Runecaster]

No, I didn't know about the litter idea, but that's a great idea! I'm so dumb sometimes, I try to paint everything manually :P

I actually wonder about the ceiling in the last one, it looks way too yanked up.. dunno how to explain it. The lighting is gorgeous however... and the forest is /lovely/, keep em coming, despite sleep! :D hehe

[wasker]

Thanks Razz! :)

Hmm, yes the ceiling is way off, looks like it's going upwards. I better fix it.

I've been cultural today and was on a theatre, watched 'Dead Man Walking'. It was pretty neat.

This picture was pretty fun to do, I used ALOT of custombrushes which I've done myself or obtained from other artists (M@'s and Andrew Jones' in this one)

http://www.wasker.com/dragon.jpg

[wasker]

done for dsg, 1h

not entirly satisfied. too blurry and saturated. I end up painting over old storkes, causing the 'blur'.

http://www.wasker.com/gardens.jpg

[wasker]

Oh, pity the poor for today is a day of grief :cry: My dearest possesion and companion through many harsh nights and bleak days died a little today. My Wacom's ill and have by no apparent reason lost several functions along with some buttons that just wont work. :sad: Strangely enough the pen (just 1 button on the pen works) and the pressure still works though.

I completely trashed my apartment looking for the warranty and finally found it in a box. The warranty is fortunately for 2 years, so I still got a year to go with it.

Here's a speedie for today, 1½h on a broken wacom :sad:

http://www.wasker.com/airplane.jpg

[Xdreamer79]

Sorry to hear that but as long as the pressure works you still can paint your speedies which I love - have to subscribe to this thread :)

[Runecaster]

that one with the forest sprite/creature and the little girl is just AWESOME wasker, finish that one!!

[wasker]

Thanks both of ya :)
I had to remap all key to the ones that still work. It's very different to paint like this. I'll fix the forest spirit one for ya, Rune :) but for now I'm off to get a new Wacom from the warranty.

laters

[wasker]

Argh more bad news, the stores says it's going to take "several weeks" to get a new one/repair whatever's wrong with my Wacom. And I entered the Thunderdome competition the day before yesterday x_x

I wonder if I can get any compensation from the Wacom company. I mean, taking the brush from an artist is like robbing a singer of her voice.


Anyway. that means I got slightely less than a month to learn anatomy and painting with oils.. hmm I wonder how custom brushes work in real life. Must be something like those potato stamps you used to make when you were a kid :) Gorgeous!

[wasker]

Guess who's back :)

My computer broke aswell before I got the wacom back :/ so I've got a new one now. It's almost shimmering with all its' new-ness.
So here's what I've done.
I did these today, downloaded barontieris brushes so I had something to work with;

Saw this happy fat man on the net and was just amazed how much character he had, 1h study.
http://www.wasker.com/fatman_study.jpg

A clip of this upcoming movie Perfume inspired me, seems promising. Did this from the mind, 45 min
http://www.wasker.com/city.jpg

I don't know :)
http://www.wasker.com/fire.jpg

hot chocolate! 1½h
http://www.wasker.com/gungirl.jpg

[wasker]

one two three characters
http://www.wasker.com/battle.jpg

[Arlekin]

welcome back... last one is nice, i bet it was horrible hit when 2 of your precious devices died in row...but new shimmering hi-tech things have their charm dont they....their blazing fast and beautiful....and smell nice....:)

[wasker]

thehee, thanks Arkelin :)

Here's a piece I did for DSG at ca.org and a study

http://www.wasker.com/snake.jpg
http://www.wasker.com/oldwoman_study.jpg

[wasker]

http:///www.wasker.com/ship.jpg

[Ivy00]

Hey really cool stuff you have here Wasker, it is always nice to see a whole thread full of peoples things . Of course I am going to have to check back often now to see what you come up with :)

[razz]

Great to see that you got your wacom back. But unlucky with the pc there, though a new pc can't be bad. New stuff looks great, some of those have potential to be pushed further, in my opinion. Your environment stuff rocks :bounce: Love the last one!

[wasker]

Iv00: Thank you :)

Razz: Yup, but I expect nothing will break in a year or so now so it's all fine. :) and thanks.

1hish brush testing

cpt hook

http://www.wasker.com/spacegirl.jpg

[razz]

Hey, mate. Where are the updates?! I saw your new stuff at the speedpainting thread, would be nice to have it all in one place :thumbsup:

[CGTalk Moderation]

This thread has been automatically closed as it remained inactive for 12 months. If you wish to continue the discussion, please create a new thread in the appropriate forum.