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indian_boy
05-07-2007, 05:07 AM
Hey guys. This is my first post of my actual work [in this forum] and... yeah well it's a Work in Progress which is actually a part of an older, and "bigger" thread back at polycount (http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=2&Number=195437&page=0&fpart=1). Just thought i'd keep posting updates here aswell to kinda' "acquaint" myselves better with the members here.

Obviously, i'm looking for helpful crits and comments throughout the process. I'm just a newbie at this stuff, so i'm sure _anything_ that u guys have to say can help me, one way or another.

Let's see if it actually helps by having three threads on three forums for the same project........
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Topic Suggested: Ninja Pirate
Topic Interpretation: The suggested idea asks me to make a Ninja Pirate. This implies that the character is/may be from Japan. So, topic can be considered as Japanese Pirate. Since there is no time-period specification, it is open to choice. Hence, I may be making a futuristic Pirate from Japan, with all sci-fi implements etc. or a alternate history/fantasy style pirate, or a normal pirate!


PROJECT TITLE: WATASHI KAIZOKU!
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WORK UPDATES:

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7-5-07________Concept Work
http://www.slibe.com/imagestumb/4bef8c26-Sliber.jpg (http://www.slibe.com/image/4bef8c26-Sliber/)
Just got a bit of colour on this guy. Still looking for some sort of approval on the direction i'm taking? I need to learn how to paint realistic stuff on Photoshop. Any particular tutorials that you guys have looked to in the past?
Any comments and crits are welcome
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6-5-07________Concept Work
http://www.slibe.com/imagestumb/70ad63ae-Sliber.jpg (http://www.slibe.com/image/70ad63ae-Sliber/)
I've decided to completely redo my concept art. Mainly cuz the old art is in the comp that's on a ship right now, but otherwise because i thought that it'd be nice to try this other idea that had creeped into my head.
Still in it's early staegs, but thought i'd post it up for some crits. I wanted him to look big and bulky, kinda disproportionately. His huge belt will have a sculpted Oni roaring on it with glowy eyes and mouth. His gauntlet will have the japanese symbol "KA" inscribed on it [KA is the symbol of power btw]. These are all rough ideas.
A friend of mine already said that he's a bit tooo muscly. I just wanted get some more suggestions about that.
Thank you all in advance.
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1-4-07________Concept Work
http://www.slibe.com/imagestumb/429652ec-Sliber.jpg (http://www.slibe.com/image/429652ec-Sliber/)
I wanted to strip my concept of colours and just go back to the lines. I want this to be 'cool' so i thought that i needed to spend more time on the basics. This guy is a bit more 'classical' as opposed to futuristic or fantasy-ic(?). He has a wineskin filled with Sake, and his right hand has a missing ring-finger so that his retractable blade can come out from there. Also, he has a Skull-and-Crossbones tat and a little neck-chain thingy too. His peg is gonna be made ornate, im thinking of making this guy look..... successful?
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1-4-07________Concept Work

http://www.slibe.com/imagestumb/53b74865-Sliber.jpg (http://www.slibe.com/image/53b74865-Sliber/)http://www.slibe.com/imagestumb/91834481-Sliber.jpg] (http://www.slibe.com/image/91834481-Sliber/")
did some shading and took the advice about posing a model and using that as a guide. So this update includes the guide aswell as the 'new' concept. We've begun packing the cargo etc. so i've been busy. In other words, that's my excuse for not having _alot_ done
Any more tips are fully appreciated!
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30-3-07________Concept Work

http://www.slibe.com/imagestumb/c86b89e8-Sliber.jpg (http://www.slibe.com/image/c86b89e8-Sliber/)
alrighty, picked a silhouette i liked and moved forward. i won't say i've abandoned the silhouetting entirely, just thought i'd pick 1 and see what i could do with it. This is real rough, and quick work. Hard brush only, nothing 'soft and fuzzy', and yes i know lines don't exist in real life, but still. I actually borrowed a tablet (Wacom Graphire). It's really small, and i just wanted to try it out... seems like i luv it! don't think i need much bigger than a 6Xwhatever it is!
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had to subtract 2 images?!

indian_boy
05-08-2007, 02:18 AM
since i can't add more images to the top post [a la "blog mode"] i decided to post updates in the "usual" way. SO:

UPDATE:
http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/indian_boy/th_watashiKaizoku_WIP_09.jpg (http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/indian_boy/watashiKaizoku_WIP_09.jpg)
New background to make it easier to read [that was priority, lol]. Now then. Added a ponytail to the guy, along with some facial features. And he's got a new tat of the crossbones. Also, i removed my earlier idea of 2 curved blades and a broadsword. Mainly cuz the curved blades looked to arab and the broadsword is toooo western. Replaced them with two, more elegant, Kodachis. They will be, by the way, modified greatly to look more fantasy-types. Still have to name them, but a friend of mine suggested "ura" [dream] and "setsu" [illusion] which sound a bit too "pretty" for a pirate?

any thoughts are welcome.
Thanks in advance

indian_boy
05-10-2007, 02:08 AM
[weeeee... oh how much i enjoy slides]
excuse me.

okay so a concept artist back at polucount [who's advice i try to follow as closely as i can] suggested that i ditch Photoshop, and sit down with some line drawings. And so i did:

http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/indian_boy/th_watashiKaizoku_WIP_11.jpg (http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/indian_boy/watashiKaizoku_WIP_11.jpg)
pencil sketch of the guy on plain A4 paper. I'll be honest and say i did use the eraser a few times... but i kept it as minimal as i could! Let's see... okay so i got most of my ideas on already, but i didn't complete the legs [cuz i suck at drawing them] cuz i couldn't think of anything 'clever' for them yet. At the right side are 2 other drawings. One is the symbol "Ka" [also on the gauntlet :)] and the other is a tatoo i wanted to give this guy... just not sure where yet.

so.... fire away! [please?]
ps: sorry for bad image quality. I don't have my scanner with me atm. so i had to use my digital camera in "not-so-good" lighting conditions.

indian_boy
05-11-2007, 03:08 AM
UPDATE:
http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/indian_boy/th_watashiKaizoku_WIP_13.jpg (http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/indian_boy/watashiKaizoku_WIP_13.jpg)
some more thumbnails. Tried to make them as small and quick as i could, but i ended up spending too much time on 2 of them. total time taken, however, was 12 minutes, 35 seconds and 34 milliseconds [i lub stopwatches] :).

#2 and #9 are my favourites atm. I like the 'belt' holding 4 or 5 rum 'bottles' {?}. And i'm wondering if the ponytail should be longer and whatnot. other than that, i think its obvious that i'm adamant about having the "ka gauntlet" and i'm trying to fit in the bulky belt, and 2 swords with a diagonal seath across the back....
any thoughts on the thumbnails are welcome, including personal preferences, or things u guys would like to see added, changed, or mixed up.

indian_boy
05-12-2007, 11:26 PM
okay, i'd made a few more thumbs, but none of them really yelled out "u like me". So i'm not posting them up here. After i'd felt kinda bored of drawing thumbs, i thought, "hey might aswell make a bigger sketch of the guy i liked". so i did. It was supposed to be really rough, and it was, but i continuously kept darkening and thickening lines, and now it looks less-than-rough.
Even still, i'm looking for any comments and crits you guys may have:
http://www.slibe.com/imagestumb/9453ce8e-Sliber.jpg (http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/indian_boy/watashiKaizoku_WIP_14.jpg)
I think i'm at a stage where, i know what i want the guy to basically look like [shape, proportions, weight-class [lol]], but i just need to handle things like, armour, and small decorative items [bandages, studed wrist-bands?]

any ideas would be great! i'm open to suggestions.

indian_boy
05-16-2007, 10:33 AM
long time no update [long time no crits either... nobody lubs my thread over here...... but whatever].

finally [today] got the chance to sit down with the sketchbook again. Made some thumbs [not too happy about most of them] but then there was one which i seemed to like. I thought, hey, might make a bigger one of that, so here it is:
http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/indian_boy/th_watashiKaizoku_WIP_16.jpg (http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/indian_boy/watashiKaizoku_WIP_16.jpg)
now then... looking for all sorts of crits and suggestions... and maybe even a "go-code"..... should i start work on the orthos?

also, im moving to Toronto [for the next 3 years yay] friday next week... so things are a bit busy atm. and i _might_ not resume work till im well into June [cargo will reach some time in june, then i dont know about the net connection].. so i hope to get a crap load of advice to print out :D

indian_boy
05-20-2007, 02:05 AM
Orthos:
http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/indian_boy/th_watashiKaizoku_WIP_18.jpg (http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w104/indian_boy/watashiKaizoku_WIP_18.jpg)
front and side view only. tell me what i'm doing right/wrong and what i should look out for etc. etc...
oh, and do i really need a back view?

PS: i'll be busy the next few days [amusement park with cousins ftw] so i might actually not get back till mid or end june [oh noes]. i'll see if i can at least get some modelling done.

peace

Enma
05-20-2007, 08:58 AM
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