Daily Speed Sketch

[brian_h]

So I'm starting to do this again regularly...do a sketch everyday...B/w or color. It's a great exercise and now that things have slowed down from crunchtime I feel like a steadier workout...Feel free to post any speeds as well. I love to see these things so post them on this thread as well. Maybe we can get a regular group to help each other out and just generally converse.

I'll also be posting these to my blog at www.artofhagan.blogspot.com if you just want to view them.

Cool...here is what I managed to eck out today at lunch...

[FredH]

I have been meaning to dust off my painterX dvd... now seems like a good a time as any. I really need the practice!

Really cool start there brian:)

[BuroKun]

Love the white doves, it adds a nice feel.

[brian_h]

Here is a quick one...having fun just doing black and white...like you said Fred it's good practice.

[EricElwell]

dude! that samurai is THE MAN! ninjas?! ha! child's play.

I really should start doing daily speed paints.. I've been so strapped for time lately. I need to just schedule it in.

very cool stuff! inspiring!

[Sorenson]

Like the latest sketch a lot. Can't wait to see more in this thread.

[brian_h]

Well a busy day so a little late in the day but worked a sketch in tonight...definitely rough...playing around with an idea for a side project...a bit of fun.

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[ThatDon]

I'm a fan ;)

[brian_h]

Thanks Don...likewise...hoping others will get inolved...really didn't intend this to be a solo act so if you want to participate please feel free. Alright here is my bit for today...about an hour. More color, if just a bit monochromatic...oh well.

B

[Japhir]

cool stuff!
i didn't read this was for others to post in too :P but now i have so here is a rough sketch of a slammock (sloth+hammock) :D
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1586/slammockge2.jpg
hope you like it! :D

[brian_h]

Yep...I was hoping to get things stirred up a bit and get a group posting daily or every other day speed sketches...I guess I'm in a bit of a rut and want an artistic workout and like most workouts its easier in a group.

I'm also posting these on my blog daily (www.artofhagan.blogspot.com) but I was hoping that this would be more interactive and perhaps we can all get better together.

As for the sloth, cool. Thanks for jumping in the pool.

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[ThatDon]

That's just plain cool Brian.

[Frozan]

i like ur style.

[cookepuss]

Pretty neat. My favorite is in post #4. Great use of shadow.

I love looking at people's sketch blogs. Some really interesting stuff turns up now and then. My current fave is that of comic artist Skottie Young.

[brian_h]

A quick handdrawn one...the holidays are coming...time to eat! lol.

B

[Japhir]

wow that one's really cool!
you inspired me to start up photoshop, and not nowing what to draw i looked around and saw a piece of cleaning cloth lying around, so i drew that :p
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7134/clothsketchzm4.jpg
after finishing i kinda liked it since you can see all sorts of shapes in it (some folds look like an arm, some like a head etc.)
hope you guys like it!

and btw: more people should draw stuff and post it here, otherwise poor brian will be left alone.. (and with an anoying guy posting a slammock and a piece of cloth :P)

[brian_h]

Cool. Yeah, I've been doing alot of black and white studies lately with photoshop. Usually I start with a white page and add a layer at 50% pure black to rough in the big forms and then 2 layer, one black and one white. One is for harder shadows (at %80 or so) and then white for the highlights (usually at 80% as well). Basically build up the layers a bit like watercolor.

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[brian_h]

Trying a new technique to render things and get to a palette I like quickly...

[Amethyst]

Oh, that's very nice - my favorite so far.....

[TryForce]

last one is funny, First i noticed was an Animal/warrior buffed guy in the middle, then i noticed its about to be a castle ontop of a mountain.

loving it!

[vikramvr]

Very nice. I like the first one, the kickass samurai, with doves flying around in John Woo style

[MattiaNelli]

Brian_h - These sketches are great! I really like the castle.
I would like to ask you: do you start with photographic references for light or for inspiration when you do these sketches?

I would like to find the time to regularly post something here.

These are two quick drawings:

[MattiaNelli]

...and the second one:

[brian_h]

A quick one...wanted to work on this more but hey that's the point right? MattiaNelli-glad for you to join in.

[EricElwell]

these aren't personal works, but they were done in approx an hour.. all done today, except the Eiffel tower, which was yesterday.

Should have a little time now to do some 'for fun' stuff.

[brian_h]

Very cool. This sucks to do but I know I'm too busy to get more time to sketch than the ones I did for the Wii comp...so that will be the sketch of the day for me...well a few anyway...B

[cookepuss]

Very nice, Brian. There's a definite Disney vibe to it all.

[brian_h]

Alright 2 in 1...missed yesterday too...Had a bit of sketch fest today, a real blast when you can actually block out a long stretch of time to just draw...

[brian_h]

Today's sketch...need to get back to drawing on the computer but hey its practice...

[yoyomon]

great stuff. Brian that matinence droid is sweet!

[brian_h]

Fun...

B

[Chi]

Nice creature sketch, very comic book style shading.

[brian_h]

Heres a new one...Batman.

B

[MattiaNelli]

A view of a mountain medieval town

[MattiaNelli]

A quick photoshop sketch

[MattiaNelli]

Another B&W sketch.
I think I should work more in B&W to concentrate on shapes, and to be not distracted by colors.

[brian_h]

Great stuff...really like the faces. Here's mine for today...

[Keeganb_2000]

Wow, some absolutely superb stuff in this thread! Very inspiring to say the least.

[brian_h]

A little longer sketch but still pretty quick...for a subject on the ArtJumble blog...fun for the holidays.

B

[butt_sahib]

MASSIVE respect for you guys. You have no idea how impressive these are for someone like yours truly :)

[brian_h]

A quick sketch from this morning...

B

[Defeat]

I love it. I might post some quick sketches later.

[brian_h]

Quick sketch...have off til the new year so slow on the daily sketch til about the 2nd.

B

[3d_er]

Even during the holidays? Really inspiring work. You have such a great sense of colors!

[brian_h]

An update to and old piece laying around...starting slowly to get up to speed in the new year. Holidays sloeed everything down...not a bad thing. -B

[EricElwell]

Finally got some time to do some painting. Feeling a bit rusty.

The creature was about an hour based on a previous sketch (http://www.ericelwell.com/upload/20071019_682_site10-19creatures3.jpg). Land scape was a little under 2 based on a previous sketch (http://www.ericelwell.com/upload/20071019_567_site10-19scape2.jpg). Not really happy with my landscape stuff...

[EricElwell]

another one, bout an hour

[SpikeCB]

I have absolutly no idea what technique you use to color your pics. They are just great. Somehow
everytime I start Photoshop something comic, anime w/e comes out. Then I take a look at other peopels stuff and see that their paintings look so real. ( for example ... the materials look like they are in real life ) :S
I guess i have to train some more years.
Anyways this is the lates thing I've colored. I hope that I slowly get into the right direction.
This was about n hour of work.

[EricElwell]

Well, some of it is study (how does color change with shading or with bouncing light?) but really.. I don't have too much in the way of advice or process..

I generally start with color in normal blendmode, it always starts out butt-ugly and I just keep working colors in, tweaking values. In some special cases I do Overlay or Multiply layers, generally if I want to increase color contrast. I try to make color part of my composition. (gradiating or contrasting colors, etc. to lead the eye) .. I am not very good at comp, but I think this improves my use of color and color contrast.

For portraits, I might advise just doing photo ref, and remember to "paint what you see" and not what you think.. (ie: looking closer, "Huh? That's tinted green? no way...") Though I am not very good at portraits.

I really like your portrait. Personally I have a hard time working in grayscale, I am much more comfortable with color. You have a real quality there with your grayscale piece!

Only other thing I really think of is to check out these tutorials that helped me a lot:
http://www.worqx.com/color/

http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/main.php?id=ps55paint (http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/main.php?id=ps55paint)
http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm

One of the most impactful things in there for me lately was the "light bounces" .. and in addition, color bounces. This has helped my identify what color certain areas should be, shaded areas, where highlights and hit etc. ...

fun fun!

[SpikeCB]

Thanks Eric I really appreciate your help.
Those links are great. After I read just a few of those tutorials I couldn't help it.
I had to try it out. Well the coloration of the helmet ( Mini CHallenge 9 ) was the first thing that came out of it.

For portraits, I might advise just doing photo ref, and remember to "paint what you see" and not what you think..
(ie: looking closer, "Huh? That's tinted green? no way...") Though I am not very good at portraits.


Thats one of my major problems at the moment. I draw almost everything out of my head.
But one of the things I gonna do this year ( just decided xD ) I want to practice drawing what I see.
Anyways I'm glad you like the portrait :)

Thanks

[SpikeCB]

This is a quick robo sketch I did today.

[Japhir]

some b/w doodling:
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9051/headsketchoh1.jpg

[makoa]

hey guys, great work! this thread is pretty awesome.

eric - cool environments man! they have a nice mood/feel to them. i feel like you could push the contrast a bit more in both to make them a bit more dramatic.

about an hour:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/redspikez_sp_kkong.jpg

[EricElwell]

dig the characters guys!! I think that orc has a ton of potential for awesome, cool cool!

Trying to work in gray scale, for as to learn... (ended up doing a color pass) .. a bit more than an hour... it was really late/early this morning

[srulik24]

The first thing that popped into my mind this afternoon.
Drew it while my wife was chatting with her mother :rolleyes:

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg86/srulik24/kitten.jpg

brian_h, great work, i am your fan

[SpikeCB]

This is my phone I know I know its an "old" one.
About 2 hours of work :S

[Japhir]

wow for a minute i thought that was a picture! very well done SpikeCB!
i did some head sketches:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7500/sketcheswp6.jpg

[brian_h]

Glad to see people jumping in...trying to get my ass in gear for the new year now...here is a quick sketch from this morning...

[SpikeCB]

Nice one Brian. I love your pics they are just great :)

Japhir - Thanks man :) Its still not perfect. I try to draw more and more things that I see. I'll try hard so you wont see a difference in color etc.. ^^

This was about 30 min work on an old sketch. Thinking atm about some clothing stuff.
Cold if you read this. Next year my Afro wrestler gonna kick Radio-Active Wrestler's butt. XD j/k

I dont like the version I submitted as a final. I looks crappy so I go back to the original shapes.

[Sir Rodriguez]

some nice ish happening her, especially between brian and erick... keep at it ya'll!!!

[ryuju]

heres my contribution, a concept i sketched up today for my next model
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o214/ndk5027/paintings/elfconcept.jpg

[EricElwell]

brian, loving the astronaut... such a cool theme and simplicity of the gray scale, kinda drives me nuts.. I gotta do more gray scale stuff.

Spike, heh didn't notice the diaper pin at first :) .. nice rendering on the cellphone, definitely keep up the photo ref stuff!

Another one... (also posting these on CA.org, sorry to bloat for anyone that goes there) this is the rough draft, trying to lay out some creative RISK map ideas. (weird, i know)

http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/OrbOfPower800.jpg

[SpikeCB]

Great Picture Eric !!
Well I slowly try to get used to a different kind of coloring method in photoshop. But still have some probs with humans xD

This is something I work on atm. The left one is called Steth and the guy on the right is called Butch. Bouth are protagonists of my W.I.P. Comic.

[SpikeCB]

And this is a character sketch of another Comic project.
Its gonna be a fun - World of Warcraft Comic. Me and my friend are working on this one. ^^ It gonna be pretty funny and most of the things in that Comic did really happen us xD

[dudecles]

Here's a fairly quick sketch -- done without a reference and i normally blow at drawing realistic things from my head. You can tell i have no idea how to draw ears without a reference, lol. plus the proportions and perspective is a bit warped. Oh well, it's a sketch!

http://loreaxec.dot5hosting.com/img/sketch6.jpg

And this is one of my first sketches to eventually culminate in a loading screen for SCV Football; in anticipation of Starcraft 2's awesome map editor. I'm going to have to change the design a good amount, as i'm not too happy with a lot of areas of this sketch. It's likely to change a good deal on its way to finality.

http://loreaxec.dot5hosting.com/img/SCV3.jpg

[tef]

dudecles: His legs and feet should be bigger.

[EricElwell]

I am liking how the face is like a Welding Mask... tis cool

[GrM]

wasnt in the mood for modelling right now, doodled this and watched some movies.

[brian_h]

Robot fun this morning...

[SpikeCB]

Here a fun pic xD

[Jido]

I'll jump in... at least as often as I can. I got this cool program ArtRage (http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html). It's like Sketchbook Pro with Oil Brush from painter and extremely affordable.

I'll mostly be focusing on posing and angles

http://media.viisymphony.com/d/21-1/Woman_LyingDown_001.jpg

~45min w/o reference

[McPandaBurger]

art rage rules man, has the best digital pencil in any program i've used.

[EricElwell]

about 2 hrs, for a concept tag at polycount (http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=261135&page=0&vc=#Post261135)

[EricElwell]

brian, if you don't mind me asking, how do you approach your robot concepts?

I have a really hard time with hard edged metal (especially techno stuff)

[Vailias]

whew. Some awesome things in here... but hey I'll toss my recent things in too for what its worth.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/vailias/XanMk5.jpghttp://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/vailias/Warboss2.jpg
Obviously I'm a fan of Xan and his ilk from the unreal series, and I wanna remake The Corrupt for UT3 while taking advantage of the character customization system. (unlike all the ut2k4 ports are ATM)
These two being upgraded versions of Xan and the Warboss(from ut99 bonus pack.. fan favorite)

[necrostrife]

Man there is some nice work here, I don't sketch anymore I should, or I'm going to digress so much I'm drawing stick figures. I really want to try my hand at digital panting some more did a few quickies a while back and wasn't happy with them, then kinda gave up on it. But all these awsome sketches have inspired me to pick up a stick and draw.

[EricElwell]

Vialias, I see you have a lot of attention to detail, I think your pieces could stand out a lot more if you spent a bit more time blocking out the basic forms and poses like you can see Jido doing in his last peice. and be sure to keep us updated!


.. So this doesn't really count as a speed paint as it really isn't ANYTHING at all, more of a brush test. I decided to bang out some pattern brushes and a few "paint" feeling brushes. I actually ran into an interesting technique to block out forms and with a little tweaking it's good for toning too. A hard light technique I used to use, and gave up on, but with a few changes I might pick it up again.

If I come up with something worth while from the technique I'll try to do a write up or something.

[Jido]

http://media.viisymphony.com/d/30-2/Man_HoldingSword_001.jpg
About an hour or so using refs
Anatomy for the Artist (Sarah Simblet) is good a source for photographic refs

[SCIBOTIC]

Radioactive slopes makes disgruntled tortoise feel... disgruntled

[SpikeCB]

Here a cover sketch for an anime project of my friend.

[brian_h]

A real quick series of sketches this morning...

[brian_h]

More doodling/sketching...

[Kalango]

a quickie :
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/Kalangossauro/2D%20art/Personal/sketches%20and%20doodles/Digitalizar.jpg
nice work btw guys :D

[SpikeCB]

This is some stuff of my comic. Its not that up to date but ill change that soon.

[SpikeCB]

the text is in german but be happy that you maybe cant read it.
its pretty old and bad XD

[SpikeCB]

and the last page of this version.
If you wanna see the first version follow this link :

http://animexx.onlinewelten.com/doujinshi.php/zeichner/144483/output/14153/

has few more pages and a fighting scene :D

[brian_h]

Little alien quick sketch action...

[SpikeCB]

this is a quick sketch I made this morning

[brian_h]

Fun with dinos this morning...

[brian_h]

Another from lunch...

[Defeat]

wow brian, awesome stuff, about how long does it take to make a peice like the one above?

[brian_h]

1 hour and 10 minutes...I went over on lunch...I'm trying to get tighter, faster...and trying to shake the holidays off...was working almost a piece a day. Oh well...

B

[Dario]

really like that waterfall piece, brian. the unsaturated colors make me feel very calm and almost like that guy standing there. chilling... no stress. looks almost like he's pissing down the water. maybe that's where the little green cloud/fog comes from!

beside bad jokes... what type of pencil do you use for your sketches? i would guess a normal graphit, but at some points it almost looks like a ballpoint pen. just curious...

[Defeat]

Ehh some mindless drawing. I started drawing when I was 3-5 and im 14 now.
http://sleekupload.com/uploads/d1.jpg
http://sleekupload.com/uploads/d2_1.jpg
http://sleekupload.com/uploads/d3.jpg

[MattiaNelli]

I started this one as an almost random sketch. It was getting interesting so I went on with details. I really don't know what it could be :)

[Japhir]

really awesome mattianelli! and thats some sweat stuff defeat! i like the door (wood/stones) of the inn a lot!

[Cold]

quality grinding, here is my two pence days worth
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j64/Cold1981/concepting.jpg

[brian_h]

Quick sketch this morning...

[brian_h]

Today's sketch...

[Amethyst]

Very nice work as usual. I especially enjoy the silvery texture ......

[Frozan]

hey B what brush if any are u using to make ur leaves?

[hobodactyl]

Eh, not quite a speed painting, but I wanted to post here because you inspired me to make something bigger than I was planning! ~4 hrs

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa76/lordkhronos/mountainrun.jpg

[EricElwell]

cool, I like the feeling of the strokes, reminds me a lot of when I used paint shop pro.

[Ketka]

http://ketka.ru/artforum/uploads/post-8-1199988108.jpg

"the cyberpunkgirl in a helmet removing her overalls" ^^

[MattiaNelli]

Awesome job Ketka, I love the lighting!

[Mogster]

Ketka very nice, what MattiaNelli said. :D

[Amethyst]

Very beautiful concept and colours. Well done, Ketna

[brian_h]

A stylized series I'm starting...first one...some fun B

[Ketka]

http://ketka.ru/artforum/uploads/post-8-1201820898.jpg

^^

[brian_h]

Really nice stuff Ketka...really like the website as well.

B

[brian_h]

Another in the series...

[tokidokizenzen]

brian_h: That last one is fantastic. Can't wait to see more in that style.
Ketka: Diggin that helmet on the cyberpunkgirl, interesting design.

[Mogster]

i.m really not any good at doing images in color from a grey scale ;/ but you guys are awsome, very nice gonna start practacing now for the Dwar :D

[Kalango]

realy digging your draws, ketka and brian_h :p keep it up.

[Ketka]

The lieutenant 512
http://ketka.ru/artforum/uploads/post-15-1201906885.jpg

[monkeyboy]

Holy crap! This thread is on fire!! Brian, Ketka, awesome work.

[Jido]

Yeah.... Brian and Ketka are gonna build a brand new fashion industry out of this thread very soon....

bad jokes aside... as soon as I'm done learning and programming HLSL, my spare time will return to this thread. You can call this a thread for sketching if you want, but there is really well done and thought works in here.

[miezis]

when will Brian start drawing naked guys? Ketka is doing her part already :)

seriously good work though!

[Jido]

http://media.viisymphony.com/d/31-1/Serpent_In_The_Angel.jpg

[srulik24]

Ketka and brian_h you r great artists.
Great thread
This is something i've been working on

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg86/srulik24/Voodoo5.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg86/srulik24/the_mouse_v09-copy.jpg

[stormrunner]

here's some quick practice work. i'm getting use to using ArtRage which is pretty cool. still prefer real paint but hey this is quick i must say:D


http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii92/stormrunner99/art/face3.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii92/stormrunner99/art/face4.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii92/stormrunner99/art/face2.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii92/stormrunner99/art/face.jpg

[hobodactyl]

Really inspirational stuff going on here! My girlfriend read that elephants are the only animal other than humans that have been taught to use swords... here's the result :P

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa76/lordkhronos/swordiphant-1.jpg

[veedo]

hey guys, some awesome work on here :D
finally clued into the fact that you had to activate your gallery
so i made a little speed sketch (10 minutes or less) for my gallery image
It's supposed to be a hand trying to save the earth but instead destroying it

let me know what you think :)

[stormrunner]

hobodactyl- nice one:thumb:

ok so heres a bit more of a quicky

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii92/stormrunner99/art/girl.jpg

[faber]

stormrunner
Wow, nice sketches! Keep go on!

[veedo]

was just playing around for about an hour :P came up with this:

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l156/veedoa/IceLeopard.jpg

[Japhir]

I felt like sketching something, and this is what i whipped up:
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3100/warriorpl3.jpg
I like his pose a lot, but i don't like how i rendered him (had to erase lots of stuff so it became kinda smudgy)

[faber]

gel ink pen on shaded paper. Todays morning speed scetch.

Sailor

http://www.illustratorart.com/portfolio/sailor.jpg

[SpikeCB]

Nice stuff :)

Woriking on this one for about 2 hours. I'm pretty slow but hey I'm practicing :)

[faber]

Here are couple speed sketches done yesterday.

http://www.illustratorart.com/portfolio/inno.jpg

http://www.illustratorart.com/portfolio/doggy.jpg

[Frozan]

hey thats pretty cool. i liked the shapes you used to make those characters. also liking your shading on the first image.

[Mogster]

i was too tired to do anything really constructive... -_-!

just a random page from my train sketchbook. bout 2 hours of lazy coloring.

[Cold]

wasnt really speedy, took my like 4 days, well having a 3 day-break:P
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j64/Cold1981/Badass4.jpg

[Yung]

Woah, cool piece there Cold. Very spawn-tacular! Small critique would be the left arm could use some warmer color to pop it out a little. Right now it seems to mesh in with the body. Nice work!

[faber]

Here is quick scetch done yesterday morning.
http://www.illustratorart.com/portfolio/friends.jpg

[miezis]

a two hour demented koala!

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2691/dementedkoalabz5.jpg

[Mogster]

haha! ye. he looks a bit sad though. ;p looks nice.

[Thorjan]

2Ketka
cyberpunk girl with the helmet
The mood in that painting is *have no words for it*just wow . You have a new fan :D

2stormrunner
looks cool , I like the proportions and I feel movement in there ,something I am trying to get into my drawings (failing at the moment).

2Cold
hmm the left arm , the mechanical part looks like a hand but then again the arm seems to short for it to be a hand. But it overal it looks very nice.

2miezis
hihi :)

I do not draw very often but lately together with some friends we do painting battles .
We start out together on msn and discus a timeframe and thema . Then share result afterwards .
Here are some :phew:

<30 min:
http://users.telenet.be/Torque/wip/sp02.jpg
http://users.telenet.be/Torque/wip/sp3.jpg

<60 min:
http://users.telenet.be/Torque/fun/gettogirl.jpg

http://users.telenet.be/Torque/fun/doodsmall.jpg

from reference:
http://users.telenet.be/Torque/fun/lion.jpg

They may look silly between you great artists here :lucky:
If you like to comment , give it a go ! (besides the first one's anatomical errors )

[Cold]

nice miezies, love the light cought by the hair!!!

practicing torso and forshortening, since i seem to miss the target alot with it:(
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j64/Cold1981/soldiercopy.jpg

[faber]

Cold
Cool stuff pal!!!

[Frozan]

30 min shape exercise

http://estjeremy.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/ha.jpg

[SCIBOTIC]

Oh yeah, forgot about this thread.
Few minutes on each of these scribbles.

[Daniel_C]

We've been doing 20min speed paintings at work during lunch thought I might as well join in. Here are a few of the topics we have done. i usually go over by st least 10 mins lol!

White Dragon
original 30min paint.
put the final one in the crit section.

[Daniel_C]

Topics were
Politician at election and a lizard on a rock.
20mins

[Daniel_C]

topics were
Penguin and Savagery

[Daniel_C]

Finally a sword stuck in a tree.
this turned into a longer one though. roughly 1hr on this.

[ThatDon]

a two hour demented koala!

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2691/dementedkoalabz5.jpg

This is freaking cool man

[Daniel_C]

20mins
topic running man.

[Daniel_C]

Topic: lurking in the darkness!

The fiend of Obesity!

[Daniel_C]

can you guess todays topic?

[Draxxuss]

Attention Defecit Disorder? ADD? :)

[Daniel_C]

ＬＯＬ　ｙｅａｈ！ hehe I guess no one will get it. its a bit of an obscure picture. Its a Speed Painter!

[Daniel_C]

I had fun with this one

[Mogster]

Just something I thought would be nice to do while working on my Dwar entry. ;p

[Daniel_C]

Looks like Dwar is all on every ones minds :). However thats an interesting character. A centaur based on a cat right?

Today was 380. A captain of a starship

[Mogster]

chimera, thingie... *shrug*

[MattiaNelli]

This is a trial to achieve an inked comic style using photoshop, not only to color but also to draw.

[MattiaNelli]

Another inking based on the same drawing:
Comments and critics are very welcome!

[EricElwell]

Mogster, that's a super cool character! I'm not one for cats, katanas, or cliche chick characters.. but you've somehow manage to avoid over exaggerating any of those things, and it's just really working for me! I like this much more than the character you have on the 2d submissions thread. I think it's worth exploring :)


Here are some, slightly DomWar related.. but .. hardly.

[Daniel_C]

Nice work guys!
Love the elephant Eric! Not sure about the lizard character needs more to his pose.

[Mogster]

EricElwell - Thanks ^^ yea i know what you mean by the cliche's, yea i was concidering using it in my 3d entry... but still plotting, yea I like her look too very somber.

Not shure about the first guy but i really like the elephant.

[SpikeCB]

Just playing around a bit ^_^

Trying to animate XD

[Daniel_C]

hehe. nice man. gains a fair bit of momentum at the start i would have scrolled the writing up to give it the impression it fell further.

[Daniel_C]

A stricken hulk.

[Daniel_C]

a droid army

[Daniel_C]

Bra based catapult!??

[Mogster]

lunchbreack pen sketches.

[Hellmouth]

Awesome stuff, guys.
Here's my contribution, it's a sketch since that's only thing I can actually do. :paper:

[Daniel_C]

nice work guys! keep em coming!

[Mogster]

Few more pen sketches deuring lunch mah! lunch break. just liked the designs.

[Mogster]

ookay think im done with all the daemon stuff, nothe rlunchbreack sketch.

[SpikeCB]

Some phtotoshop training ^^

[Dario]

-Mogster: Interesting shapes and designs on the demon heads! They would fit nice as a tattoo.

-SpikeCB: Good start, especially in not starting with a white background. But i would highly suggest you to work with bigger brushes and try to paint in a lot more simpler strokes. Would help you to clearify the important shapes and masses of a head.

[Mogster]

Dario thanks, in the shy I've been inking them + rendering, there fun to work with.

SpikeCB i agree what Dario said start with bigger brushes and work daown to smaller ones, also adding some backlighting helps bring out the shape more. :) not that im a pro either. ;p

[SpikeCB]

Hey thanks a lot you two :)
I will try it out straightaway :D

By the way, what programm do you use for colouring ?

[Mogster]

I basicly only have access to photoshop.

[SpikeCB]

OK. Well Photoshop is a great programm.

Something I'm working on at the moment.
I hope I got it right. Used some bigger brushes and brightened the background.

Tomorrow I gonna work on its already 3 am XD

[Mogster]

spike are you using a tablet?

[SpikeCB]

Yea, I use to.
But sadly I can't use the A4 tablet of my dad anymore.
So I searched for my old one.
Its the one you can see below. ( about 8 years old xD )
But as long as it works everything is fine ^^

How about you? If I had to guess I would say you do. :)

[Mogster]

was just wondering couse of the brush you are using, it is very strong and flat. couse if your using a tablet you can play with the brush settings so the brush fades off near the start and end of a stroke. otherwise i can send you some.

yea I r has a wacom intous cost me an arm and a leg. :doh:

[SpikeCB]

Ouch! Thats a nice tablet :)

The bad thing about my wacom tablet is that, because its old I can just barely control the thickness of my strokes.
Well I got Photoshop 6.0 if you got some brushes for that version, would be nice if you could send 'em to me. But I will play around with the settings a bit. Never really tried that out. :S

[Mogster]

O yea i see what you mean , i'll see what i can find.

[SpikeCB]

:) Thank you so much. I appreciate that.

[SpikeCB]

Okey this is how far I got yesterday ^^
Well well, its too smooth at some parts... again. xD

[Mogster]

definitly looks better, but yea jsut a bit too smooth.

[SpikeCB]

another quick sketch in photoshop.
quality is bad because it was a very small pic XD

[Mogster]

stuck at work sketch -_-!

postcards from the war

[brian_h]

Here is a WIP for a piece I'm working on...about an hour so far. Haven't had time lately for these so this is fun.



B
www.artofhagan.com
www.artofhagan.blogspot.com

[EricElwell]

Nice one brian


Tweaked some brushes tonight.. so this wasn't really planned, it's just kinda what came out...

[EricElwell]

second one is from nature... trying to spend time painting "real things"

[Mogster]

oo very cool eric like the spce ship square brush ftw! i like it too ;p

[Mogster]

While all the 3d guys are buisy with mini's, i decided to do some fanart... I'm quite surprised I hardly ever do so much color ;p. was fun.

still not too shure about the Bg but blah!

[Cold]

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j64/Cold1981/quicky1.jpg

[EricElwell]

I like it!


so I am not sure why.. but I am posting this:
http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/blubble1.gif

[Japhir]

i drew some dragons :D here are the pen sketches:
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/7083/dragonyh5.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9333/dragon2yu6.jpg
and the first blockin of the digital sketch:
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2664/dragon3it1.jpg

i need to practice life drawing more, i'm growing worse every day ;).

[EricElwell]

Mmmmmm, much smudge going on there. Now I actually kind of like the smudge tool, but this is very linear. Try a custom brush with some spacing for smudge. Also, if you have a scanner, sometimes it's easier to just paint over the sketch.

[EricElwell]

gasp! teh sketchies!

http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/creature015.jpg
http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/creature016.jpg
http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/creature017.jpg
http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/creature018.jpg

[EricElwell]

http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/doodle010.jpg
http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/doodle011.jpg
http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/creatures019.jpg
http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/creatures020.jpg

[EricElwell]

http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/creatures021.jpg

[Daniel_C]

Todays topic was 'Garden'

[BiG ToE]

you guys are good, real good. Can't wait for the 2d comps to start back up again so we can really see what you guys can do.

[Daniel_C]

todays topic

Shipyard XG9-4

[Daniel_C]

混んでる
crowded

[EricElwell]

The true story of Zombie Possum (and friends [not so true])
http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/creatures023.jpg

[EricElwell]

he's jumping into a moving train! it's kind of hard to tell since the windows are so crisp... you might also want to increase the border on the right size, so you can show more of the train. (I assume that's what it is) ... the colors are nice, and the perspective on the crowd is working... it's just the main dude and the train that bug me.. but this is where the action is.. so it's somewhat important... what else have you been painting/drawing?

[Daniel_C]

Thanks for the Crit yeah i had a bit of trouble getting the train and guy to sit right I rushed that bit a touch too much.

Not been doing much drawing to be honest. I only do these ones during lunch time for some speed paint practice. So far we've gone through a fair few of the Sijun 500 and have done some topics from the Illustration Friday site too.
I have posted most of them here. I don't really consider myself a concept artist. but i do enjoy these sketches.

[Daniel_C]

another quickie

[Daniel_C]

bit of a doodle of a landscape. no topic just wanted to test out a few brushes.

[Aftermath]

i think the biggest thing i can see about your work is that your sharpness of areas needs some work. Just my opinion, the images look great but some are hard to make out. Try sharpening your focus on the main section of the image or your focus point. By doing this i think your work will improve a ton.

[pnyx]

yeah, a focus point would really help imo, you might want to have a look at this: http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm#focus_points

[Daniel_C]

Thanks for the tips :) I will pay more attention to the focus point from now on ward. here is a bit of a fix for the last image. and added a clearer train to crowded

[Daniel_C]

Today's topic was...
Pain in the ***

[cookepuss]

Wow. Looks like my cousin. So serious it's not funny. :)

[Daniel_C]

hehe sorry man couldn't help myself :o

Today's topic seeing is believing!

[pnyx]

the word speed sketch might be a bit wrong in this case, took a little longer, but nevermind :)

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk293/pnyx1/Soulwitch_05.jpg
http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk293/pnyx1/soulwitch-pose3_02.jpg

[Marc Wakefield]

6676

Gromulgunagus;

The result of a quick bit of doodling in Artrage.

Marc Wakefield
http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk

[Dario]

I'm trying to learn painting in photoshop, was using painter for years, so here are my newest tryouts.

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/speedpaintings/worker.jpg

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/speedpaintings/desertaction.jpg

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/speedpaintings/khm.jpg

very random as you can see. :)

[Marc Wakefield]

6681

Just a quickie made with Artrage while drinking my Saturday morning coffee.

Marc Wakefield
http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk

[EricElwell]

looks cool dario.. howdo feel about PS vs painter? I have never used painter personally. (well, painter classic, but that doesn't count!)

[Kalango]

nice ones dario, the opposite here, PS to Painter is quite dificult...since i'm used to one strange workflow in PS (like Carlos Cabrera workflow), tho PainterX is a realy realy cool soft....keep it up these look good.

[Dario]

Thanks for the comments, guys. My impression is that photoshop is much faster in a way of laying down the big shapes and general ideas. But when it comes to seriously using textures and refine the whole image i would highly prefer painter, because of its way to work within the canvas, and not only inside the shapes of a brush like ps seems to do.

So my workflow in the future will integrate photoshop as sketching and speedpainting tool, because there you really notice the difference in time, and thats what counts in the end.

But... i understand the problems so many people have with learning painter, everything is kind of hidden somewhere in those windows, and you have to tweak the brushes to really be able to handle them the way you like and expect it. At this point i recommend you the "Introduction to Corel Painter" DVD from Ryan Church, published by Gnomon. It helped me a lot to see all the options in painter, customizing Brushes and so on.

....

Some recently drawn sketches. Just to not post without images. :)

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/sketches/haends2.jpg

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/sketches/haends1.jpg

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/sketches/plenair1.jpg

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/sketches/plenair2.jpg

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/sketches/letzterwille.jpg

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/sketches/blargh.jpg

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/sketches/chicks.jpg

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/sketches/muitosbracos.jpg

[Daniel_C]

Excellent sketch book Dario! really nice work!

todays topic was Angels and Devils.

didn't get too original but i think i will work it up to a finished image.

[Marc Wakefield]

A bit of mindless doodling in Twisted Brush. The Oil brush is really fun to use.6733


Marc Wakefield
http://www.marcwakefield.co.uk

[Daniel_C]

some more speed paints from lunch.
Topics were:
Speed and Arrogance.

[Marc Wakefield]

Another quick head made in Twisted Brush.

Trying to capture the look of an overjoyed 60's soul singer.:)

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[Dario]

Something really stupid... ;)

http://www.dariocoelho.com/gallery/speedpaintings/assault.jpg

[MattiaNelli]

40 minutes sketch after work

[MattiaNelli]

lunch break photoshop sketch
I've painted this in black and white, then I've put a color mode layer. And then I've merged everything and I've painted over.

[Marcus Dublin]

40min Lunchtime sketch that I now plan on making in 3d, yay!:D

"I made some slight adjustments"

[Marcus Dublin]

Tweaked the proportions and shape a bit.

[Daniel_C]

second is much better feels more menacing

[Amethyst]

:) Marcus is the extension sort of a tongue that retracts back into the snout? In that case the 2nd one is more believable. Cute creature.:think:

[dwinbotp]

Can anyone join in :) I seriously would be learning a lot from you guys :)

[SpikeCB]

Hey guys!
I'm finally able to post again.
Since I moved with my family to a different country ... there was a lot of stuff going on.
Now my stuff is unpacked and I can start drawing again.


@ all
O_O Awesome artwork !!!!! :)
nothing more I can add to that.


Here is the latest sketch I did. Its a very simple coloration ... but I like it :)
I'm in somehow a thought situation xD ... creative crisis.
Artist block what ever...

I call him "HAYA - the black ninja" lol

[SpikeCB]

Ok here I go again.

I added a few details to Haya and then some other sketches ... still not that good with anatomy but getting better. (if i compare it to my body sketches 2 years ago) :)

By the way ... if you wonder why the guy always wears white stuff.
He is supposed to wear that.
His name is Justus and he is a very clean guy. Almost god like.

-click on the thumbnail to enlarge-

http://www.playpic.net/files/6ftu7dt88v66cwslaidw_thumb.jpg (http://www.playpic.net/viewer.php?file=6ftu7dt88v66cwslaidw.jpg)
http://www.playpic.net/files/glk5jb2lom0zut0y51b7_thumb.jpg (http://www.playpic.net/viewer.php?file=glk5jb2lom0zut0y51b7.jpg)
http://www.playpic.net/files/rxm3af3ehaxm5neqzpkx_thumb.jpg (http://www.playpic.net/viewer.php?file=rxm3af3ehaxm5neqzpkx.jpg)
http://www.playpic.net/files/bm5gju3hfhhctw6t7gnw_thumb.jpg (http://www.playpic.net/viewer.php?file=bm5gju3hfhhctw6t7gnw.jpg)

[julianV]

this was done on saturday for about 30 minutes

[Japhir]

wow nice shapes SpikeCB!

[SpikeCB]

@ JulianV - not bad! I suppose its a very huge guy. right ?

@ Japhir - Thanks dude. I'm working hard on it to get better.

Here a really quick sketch.
I was bored xD

[makoa]

yooo! nice stuff everyone! dario your stuff keeps my mouth watering haha. good job danielc for keeping this thread alive n kickin. props to everyone for contributing.

20 min color studies:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/bladerunner_sp_sm.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/starwars_still02_sm.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/starwars_still01_sm.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/pirates_sp01_sm.jpg

[EricElwell]

whoop whoop! love'n that first one makoa

[SpikeCB]

@makoa - Thats some awesome stuff. I like the star wars theme the most :)



Today I pinned my whole wall with da vinci anatomy pics.
I really got to figure anatomy out >_> ... hope its gonna be
a lot easier with all the pictures on my wall.
Ok, here are some sketches.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/yondaime4_1988/scan0001-gameartisansversion.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/yondaime4_1988/scan0002-gameartisansversion.jpg

[Daniel_C]

I would say life drawing is the only way to get anatomy down. Lots and lots of life drawing.

[Kalango]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/Kalangossauro/2D%20art/doodleguy.jpg
20 min doodle....started with b&w shapes..his face looks assymetrical (in the meaning of wrong). This is because i'm strabic......
...
kidding...i was just lazy. I suposed to be doing a pig with steam engines and a coil tail...

[julianV]

thanks SpikeCB-I definately invisioned him over 6'5"

[carlosranna]

Here are a few recent speedies from bodybuilders photos found on the net.

I´m wondering if i should open a sketchbook thread around here... I guess i´ll just put the link to my CA Sketchbook (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=119955), and invite you all to gimme some crits there. Cheers!

[Shakedown]

Hi! I m still finding my way around the forum....love this thread though! I was watching a tutorial by Daniel Arnold-Mist and so here is my 25min attempt. I would love to improve my drawing, so please feel free to crit away...would appreciate it!

Cheers!

[EricElwell]

dum de dum dum
http://www.thetextureguy.com/screenies/sunkenWIP1.jpg


.. I .. dunno...

[RThomson]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/Treborguy/pirate-1.jpg

[pinkecofreak]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g21/Pinkeco/speedpaintingsyia.png
Well Im rather new here might as well post a speed painting done in Open canvas.My character Syia posing near her off terrain vehicle.

[SpikeCB]

@ pinkecofreak - I like it :)

Another scan of my sketchbook ... well I know I should get a bigger scanner XD
Some hand studies