Helzer's Sketches

#1141

Thanks Static, I do use airbrush quite a bit. Maybe this weekend I will do a short tutorial and post it on my blog. Thanks again :thumbsup:

#1142

That sounds pretty good. Always in the mood to hear what you have to say about PS.
Great texture detail on the armor here, by the way. Is this photo texture on an overlay layer?

#1143

Hey Static :slight_smile: above was an experiment, more or less, to create a more painterly brush. I think I will do a tut on that too. In short, though, I picked one of PS’s bristle brushes (not sure if that’s the true name but it looks like a bunch of randon sized dots) and then on a separate layer, I selected layer styles and ‘inside beveled’ it. I had some distinct settings but just fool around until you find something you like. Afterwards, I started painting with 30% flow. It really resembles a 3d brushstroke and the more you paint over one area it becomes more textured.

#1144

haha Daniel - looks like you’ve been jumping back and forth between past and future a lot, westerns and scifi - think you might arrive at some happy medium in the present?

things have been getting more paintery here - cool to see some alchemy too!

#1145

Hey Embryotic, probably not, I like a lot of different genres and tend to get bored with just one afterawhile. :slight_smile:

Thanks for the good word and, yeah, Alchemy is very cool. I wish it had an ‘undo’ but I understand why it’s not included. They want to focus on the always-commit-happy-accident approach.

Thanks again!

Static, I posted a couple tuts if interested.

#1146

Oooh, samurai. That’s a theme I’ll never turn down more of…

Tutorials? Where did you post them?

#1147

Thanks!

I’m posting them on my site.

www.helzersketch.com

#1148

a couple of hours

#1149

Ah! So that’s how you do all of that bevel stuff… I read a tutorial about that emboss stuff once in a magazine but I couldn’t get it to work. Thanks very much for the demo, man.

And this latest one looks like concept work for a Metroid game or something. Really digging that vibe. But if I may say something uninvited? The figure in the foreground is crucial for scale, but it took me a good 10 seconds to notice him. Wouldn’t the light from the elevator machine illuminate his silhouette with an outline of blue? Both he and the machinery he’s standing in front of are the same value, so at a glance I completely miss him.
But again, the mood of the gig is really fine, and I love the details in the walls and all of the little contraptions everywhere. Reminds me of the crazy universe-control-room from The Third Policeman.

#1150

Yeah, good point! I’ve added a few light-blue-ish accents here and there to make him stand out a bit more. Thanks, Static :slight_smile:

#1151

Theeeere you go. :slight_smile: Looks wonderful.

#1152

“The Temple”

#1153

100% yes. You’ve got such a good eye for framing and composition, man. This is definitely one of your stronger paintings as far as telling stories. I really dig all the tangible paint stuff, too. Like the depth and complexity of each color and value, not just the texture. Swell job indeed! One of my favorites.

#1154

Those are areas that I’m really trying to improve in. Thanks for the good word, Static, I appreciate it :slight_smile:

quickie, just 30 mins.

“The Painter”

#1155

Haha, it seems it’s just you and me around here lately… Probably because of finals… ? Either way, I dig the new one. I appreciate that you do crazy stuff instead of trendy “concept” art all of the time. Painting just enviros or people with swords and what have you in a commercial fashion. I think it’s good to explore the abstract and impressionistic, to use stock words.

#1156

Yeah, not much action around here. Part of me wishes the sketchbook thread wasn’t buried so deep. It’s very hidden. All well…:slight_smile:

I need to do more experimental and progressive stuff just to see how accidents can evolve into something special. With that said, I’ve done something total cliche today.

40 mins.

#1157

hey Daniel, the last few posts are really awesome, the Temple Illustration is wonderful!

gonna check your site now :wink:

keep rocking!

#1158

Part of me wishes the sketchbook thread wasn’t buried so deep. It’s very hidden.

Although it’s a bit better at the anatomy sketchbooks forum, it’s why I would have liked seeing both sketchbook forums merge together in one big sketchbook forum… not hidden, but well visible…

Anyway, you can be sure that there are people that not always post a reply, but see every update :wink:

#1159

Hey, Thanks Jpedro. My site is semi-redundant of this thread. There are some pieces on it that are not on here. Ideally, I would like to enter new pieces on the site different from this thread, but my time is limited for right now. I do have some tutorials and a bit more wordy descriptions for my posted work. Hopefully it will keep evolving. Thanks again for the good word :slight_smile:

NR43 - I agree. It would be nice just to have a thread on the main page of the forums. Kind of like conceptart.org. In it, there could be anatomy sketch books, personal sketch books, DSG sketchbooks, etc. I suppose it would be a lot more dynamic for everyone. Anyhow, we’ll see, thanks for dropping by…hear from you later :slight_smile:

#1160

Nice! I always enjoy your flowy compositions. They really lead the eye around effectively. Now if I could just find that ring…