Jho's new sketchbook

#11

vicmonty:
Thanks man, comments like that were a big factor in getting me to school in my old sketchbook here, so maybe they’ll help me to get a job too :slight_smile:
Haven’t posted for a few days as I had to do a sample work for Sulake, it’s a game company. I actually got into an interview, so I guess it didn’t suck that bad :slight_smile:
And I didn’t want to post the sample thing, because the last time I posted work related stuff people warned me about copy rights related things.
Now I just try to polish some of my 2D work for the interview, as they are considering me for the position of Junior Graphic Designer. Sulake has a bit different style from what I’m used to do though. It’s really simple pixel art, but I think I could do that just fine, at least the sample was good enough, so I can only hope…

Here’s an old piece I’m trying to polish for my portfolio:

#12

Just a little update to the last thing. I have my graduation tomorrow so I have to go to bed early.

#13

Damn weekend wasted, I didn’t draw almost at all :C
And the interview is getting closer, I really need to have something great to show them. It’s awesome they liked the sample I did, but I want to make a good impression.
Update on the rift environment thing.

#14

Today I’ve just been polishing some of my work for the interview tomorrow, wish me luck.

#15

HEY…Best of Luck…:thumbsup:

#16

[left] SpiritDreamer:
Thanks man, I guess it helped because I got the job!
They called me something like 2 hours after the interview and told me I can start as soon as they get me a computer :D/
[/left]

#17

:thumbsup: :bounce:

Keep your imagination alive and well nurished…Follow your dream…and…Always Trust Your Instinct…:slight_smile:

By the way…HEY…Congrats…:applause: :arteest:

As Always…Take Care :thumbsup:
Glenn

#18

SpiritDreamer:
Thanks a lot! I’ve learned that it’s all about not giving up :slight_smile:

Almost skipped painting tonight, but managed to compromise myself into random doodling. I searched Youtube for a Kevin Smith interview and randomly took screenshots which I then painted. At least I drew something…

#19

Damn, I’m slowing down, have to pick up the pace.

Last week started with a 3 day lecture by Teemu Haila from HighScore. We formed groups of 1-3 and tried to make a game in those three days. I paired up with a coder and we started making a space ship shooter. I think it went ok, we had to scale our concept down a lot and it became just a space ship racer when we had first thought it would be similar to the scene in Star Wars: New Hope, where they fly through the valley and enemies would jump from every direction. We ended up with a game where you just have to try not to hit the walls, but we got it working and it was fun :slight_smile:

I modeled the ship and a lot of environments of which we only had time to put a small part into the game.

Thursday work started at Sulake, I haven’t done much yet, just got to know people and played Habbo Hotel :slight_smile:
Friday was the firms summer party, so I guess I picked the right time to start there, it was really fun, everyone seems really nice.

I also gave up on my Rift colossus character and turned it in, I know I’m not going to win any prices, but it got me painting so it’s all good.

#20

Speed painted movie screens today.

#21

hey these are really good.

#22

I really like your work. Keep it up !

#23

Hello everybody.
I just started my work day browsing through my old sketchbook thread and it got me a bit misty-eyed. I really can’t thank you guys enough. Where would I be without the help I got here.

Most of my time painting now days is spent at work and as I can’t publish any of it I haven’t posted much. Just thought I’d do a quick update.
I got a permanent job at Sulake and doing pixel art here has been pretty great. I still try to improve my comic and 3d skills, and I still kind of dream of being a comic book artist at Marvel someday. I have limited time to draw at home as my daughter is old enough to cause some serious mayhem, but I think I’ll survive :slight_smile:
The studies at GamePro are going nicely too. It’s clear that the program is mostly directed to coders, but I’m getting to know a lot of other people there who also work in the game industry, which is great.

Anyways, just bumped into the heart warming things some of you guys have said to me during the last 5 years and wanted to say something about it.

Thanks vicmonty and Manaia! That’s exactly what I was talking about. God you guys are awesome :3

#24

Hey Jho :slight_smile:

Wow it’s been ages since I visited (been far too tied up with work and life for my own good…)
You’re a proud dad! Congratulations that is fabulous! :slight_smile: :applause: And you got a job… :buttrock: and your work is jumping along in leaps and bounds! :arteest: So great to see, I’m glad I finally found my way back here to say hello!

:wavey: a. :slight_smile:

#25

Frejasphere: Always a pleasure. Glad to hear from you, I haven’t visited your sb in ages either.

Someone suggested this one site where you can draw croquis http://lovecastle.org/draw/. It’s pretty great, and I’ve spent some time there now that school is over and I don’t get my weekly dose. It’s drawing from pictures, not from life, so it’s not as good but at least I’m drawing something. I try to get a scanner working soon, but for now here’s the only think I can post. One of the pictures I was drawing 1 per minute. Just decided to paint this one a bit further, I’m not sure if I’ll continue working on it, it’s not supposed to be anything other that just a study.

#26

Hi Jho :slight_smile:

Nice work on the life drawing pose above :thumbsup: I had a look at the website - there’s heaps there - and what a great way to do quick sketches (especially with the timer function) :slight_smile:

cheers and take care
a. :slight_smile:

#27

Frejasphere: It’s a great site, I love it too :slight_smile:
Thanks again for visiting and hope you’ll have nice holdays.

For some reason I went and promised I’d paint a Christmas card for my in-laws this year, and now I have this huge monkey on my back. It’s featuring my daughter and her cousin, so it’s not allowed to suck too bad, both mothers would kill me D:
Also I have very little time, well, here’s what I’ve got done so far (my daughter Auroora is on the left and her cousin Stella is the smaller one on the right):

#28

Updating the Christmas card thing:

#29

Hey there…Jho.:wavey: …Merry Christmas…and I hope you have a great and inspired New Year ahead of you…:thumbsup:

I checked out that site that you posted above…Some great stuff for refference in there…Thanks for posting that…That model study posted above came out great by the way :slight_smile:

On your latest,…the baby’s…In a two figure composition,…You might want to make one of the figures more dominant in the composition…through the use of color/lighting ect…so as they don’t compete for the same amount of attention as the viewer see’s them…Doesn’t have to be anything drastic,…just some subtle lighting and muted color to brighter color shifts from the dominant focal point in the composition in relation to the secondary focal point…Hope that helps some…:slight_smile:
Take Care
Glenn

#30

Hi there,

the baby’s proportions are off in the last piece.
The head should be bigger and the torso shorter.
The head of my 13months old son who is walking around my chair here is about 1/4 of his whole length, for example :slight_smile:

Also, you tend to flatten your forms with a black outline, which is ok sometimes if you aim for a cartoony effect, but if you want a 3D effect, you can avoid the flattening by avoiding black outlines and softening edges here and there.

That link to the drawing script website is awesome, thanks for that!

Anyway, your persistence is really encouraging, so thanks for sharing.
Have a great year in 2012!