Matte sketchbook

[CodeNothing]

002http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7392/mtns02001he0.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4562/mtns02002jb3.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2638/mtns02003fn1.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5016/mtns02004ro5.jpg
I think I was just getting frustrated with this one. :P

[CodeNothing]

003http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/2150/mtns03001copylp3.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6650/mtns03002copypj9.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4976/mtns03003copyeo9.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/3083/mtns03004copygb8.jpg

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2663/mtns03005copytn8.jpg

[RQuack]

Really lovely sketches, especially the first. Nice work. :)

[JJASSO]

hey Adam I really like them, each one of them has a very particular mood,this would be really good to see a final matte painitng coming out from them , the lighting , mood and composition is really good , great sense of scale, and lovely aereal perspective, I will look forward for any one of this

[CodeNothing]

Thanks guys. :)

Im gona do a final eventualy, but i dont have a ton of free time, so i want to make sure its one Im realy in love with before I commit to finishing it. Heres another one:

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http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/4015/mtns05001copyag6.jpg

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/6476/mtns05002copynq2.jpg

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/3872/mtns05006copykj2.jpg

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/4511/mtns05008copyqq8.jpg

[uninova]

You have some beautfiul scenes right here! I like them a lot!
Do you think you could post the original pictures?
I especially enjoy the concept of the 3rd one. Nice work.

[Suirebit]

i love them, specially 3 and 4....you have a good hand at painting ;) i would love to see 3 as a matte...if you don't do it I'll do it :P

[CodeNothing]

Uninova: I started from scratch with #1 and 2. 3 and 4 I added the original pics as the first images.

Suirebit: I like #3 the best so far too. But i think i liked it better as a cool palette, before I added the warm sunlight. what do you think?

[uninova]

Uninova: I started from scratch with #1 and 2. 3 and 4 I added the original pics as the first images.

Suirebit: I like #3 the best so far too. But i think i liked it better as a cool palette, before I added the warm sunlight. what do you think?
I like it with the sun, although it may be a little overpowering in this specific painting.
One more question, did you use a wacom?

[nickmarshallvfx]

I completely agree with you adam. I love shot 3, but did feel that the cooler moodier ocolour pallette was more stunning than when you added the sunlight.
Awesome work all round mate!

Nick

[Suirebit]

depends, as a sketch yes, the warm one < cool, but I think that as a matte it would turn out much better with some low sun highlights, because otherwise it would be just another night/almost night scene...Imagine that cool palette and sudently, on the top of the buildings, windows reflect what's left of the sun in a glorious glare; dramatic :D

[CodeNothing]

Yea I have a wacom at home, but honestly I struggle with it because Im spoiled with a cintiq at work. :love:



I really want one at home now.

[CodeNothing]

a sketch I did this morning

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http://img3.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/301f7f8a70.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

[uninova]

Tutorial? :)

[CodeNothing]

Uninova: I'll probably do some more in-depth tutorials once I get my website worked on a bit more. But I learned everything I know from the Dylan Cole DVD's. I highly recomend them. :)


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a bit simpler. This was started with a photo I took while stuck in OC traffic.

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/7349/road000iy3.jpg

extended the shot and blocked in what was missing.
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1516/road001bf8.jpg


blocked in my mountain shapes

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6750/road002ge8.jpg


and stole the lighting and color palette from another stock photo.


http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/9408/road004qe6.jpg

[nickmarshallvfx]

Whatever you do, please dont stop posting in this matte sketchbook! Now that you have started I find continuous inspiration here. Your work is beautiful my friend, looking forward to seeing more! :thumbsup:

Nick

[CodeNothing]

Thanks space! :)


heres another quick one. again another photo I took in traffic.

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http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1443/mtns000copytm3.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7227/mtns001copykq2.jpg



http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3650/mtns002copyrk3.jpg


http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7953/mtns003copyqx5.jpg






http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6450/mtns004copyti3.jpg

[bonniedickson]

I love your sketches! They are beautiful and it's very interesting to see them come from the original photo. You have great ideas and I like the compositions. I would love to see some finals. Keep up the good work! You are an inspiration!

Bonnie :)

[CodeNothing]

Thanks Bonnie. :)


I did a sketch of a police state NY city. It started out just wanting to make a time change, from night to early morning, but I had some fun with it.

The original photo was from:
www.carlheilman.com/screensavers.html (http://www.carlheilman.com/screensavers.html)

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/8290/ny000fo1.jpg



http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7774/ny007dg6.jpg

[CodeNothing]

this is for the mini-challenge going on. Im actualy going to finish this one! LOL

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3329/stationcopy00ah7.jpg


http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7121/stationcopygreenop4.jpg


http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9247/stationcopy01wz7.jpg

[CodeNothing]

Been a while sense I posted here. Been busy finishing this game. and painting in real life. :P


http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9952/alley201fq5.jpg



http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3286/alley211fp3.jpg

[CodeNothing]

another for the same environment...


http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/2254/alley301qf8.jpg







http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4182/alley312oo5.jpg

[nickmarshallvfx]

Beautiful work again Adam, nice to see some new work from you :)

Nick

[kizoku]

Great work! Really inspiring! I know what I'm gonna do after work! ;)

[CodeNothing]

Thanks guys!

new piece. took me about 9 hours.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4623/8010zl1.jpg

[Maview]

I love ya thread!

Really amazing works! btw...the last one is also outstanding!

greetz&i´ll watch ya!
gunnar

[CodeNothing]

new work in my spare time:

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7014/10007qa2.jpg

[CodeNothing]

progress:


http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3561/10progressab7.jpg

[rossk]

Excellent work!
I especially like seeing these in-progress shots.

[CodeNothing]

Thanks!


Heres my new one.


http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5163/11007ih0.jpg

[CodeNothing]

progress. took about 2 hours.


http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1039/progressay4.jpg

[CodeNothing]

So I was given a nice gift certificate reciently and decided to go get 'Final Cut express' for my laptop. Ive been doing concept art and matte paintings for so long it was time to start doing some compositing and live action work with it.

At the moment all I have is my crappy Canon Elph, which takes a 480x640 resolution video. Which sucks for resolution, but when it comes to paintings and composites its a pretty easy scale to work at.

Ive done a few tests now with compositing stuff together, kinda fun that im getting the sky to move and such fairly easy. This is my 3rd attempt, and took me maybe 3 hours total.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-jPz0Wpct4

[bechira]

very nice works. keep it up man!

[Rockhoppermedia]

just awesome simply awesome

rich

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