back to the drafting table...

[Centrifuge]

been gone for a while...freakishly swamped with work for the last few months. but now Im back with more free time, so I am working on a book that I have been developing for the last few days. its very basic right now, but Im focusing on some visuals. these first few posts are sketches of some of the characters to start. I will be posting more daily...enjoy

c|c is always welcome and appreciated...

[Centrifuge]

ok, this is a concept for the female assassin character. she was trained in secret as part of a plot by the emperors own high council to assassinate him. the plot was exposed and she was sentenced to death, however she escaped and is now choosing her targets as she sees fit...

[Centrifuge]

here is a concept for the mercenary character. this guy was hired by the emperor to protect his daughter. turns out he was bought by a sinister ruler of a rival faction, and instead of protecting the emperors daughter he killed her. but then he was betrayed by the one who hired him, and was forced into hiding, being hunted by both factions...

[Centrifuge]

concept for one of the emperors elite guard, which is more like your local police squad, not very high ranking but usefull for cannon fodder type deal. red shirts if you will. however, this particular elite guard plays a key role in the story therefore she gets to live...for a while...

[Centrifuge]

concept for a 2ndary character. this guy befriends the mercenary whos on the run, and they both take odd jobs here and there while laying low. he is a mutant, cast out of his city as afreak, yada yada, he eats humans, and must consistently fight the urge to kill and devour his mercenary partner...

[Centrifuge]

here are some quick thumbs I did while I took a coffee break...might do something with em, might not, but they were fun little guys to do so I might just do several more...

[Sorenson]

I saw you first in the bhg challenge. I was very impressed with how you started your concepts. As always, these new ones look great too. Hope you will continue making more, and a few more developed ones too (develop your second one! that one really looks cool!:D )

Hope to see more

[Argon]

Really cool sketches! Hope to see more!

[EricElwell]

Yeah! I love the way you scribble the crap out of your concepts! Really gives it a lively feel with a lot of implied detail. Also really fits into the dark/grunge style, and I can dig that! Nice little touches on the BG, instead of flat white. The only thing that bugs the garbage out of me is the gallery on your site. Very slow, small, and inconvenient. You gotta fix that, because I want to see more of your stuff without a headache. But as far as your work... keep it coming with new stuff!

[Antimagic]

2nd one is best:D Looks like it's a she barbarian something. I'd really like to see more of that one.

[Marcus Dublin]

These are all quite good but I'm digging the octopus leg guy for sure, he looks pretty intense!

[Centrifuge]

this is a battle scene taken from some of my brainstorms. going to be adding in more elements, but I was just wondering if any of you guys had some ideas or thoughts...thx

[ThatDon]

Here's a idea, keep posting these badass art works of yours!

[Centrifuge]

not sure how well any of the details can be seen so I saved out a few zooms for you guys.

[Centrifuge]

lol, thx Don, I will deffinately do that

[EricElwell]

I would maybe suggest making one of those beasties (the top detail image is my fav) as a larger/more focal part of the scene. Right now, each character is taking up about the same canvas size. It *is* a battle scene, so you're not necessarily focusing on one character, but I think it is a good technique to make some more focal points. The placement is doing a good job of this, I am just recommending sizes... my only other recommendation is to freak'n paint it out, it rocks!

[Centrifuge]

so I added more stuff, played with the sizes of afew guys as well as position. seems to be getting crowded, I will probably tone it down some, not sure if the big guy in the center is working, may play with that some more as well...newayz this is where its at, c|c are always welcome

[ThatDon]

when it comes time to render I think it would be pretty cool to have a feel similar to this

http://na.square-enix.com/dcff7/wallpapers/wp02_1024.jpg

(Posted the link, didn't want to steal any attention away from YOUR art)

[EricElwell]

hmm, I do have a few minor suggestions, but I don't want to influence the direction you are taking it too much. I'd like to see how you'll continue to develop it on your own initiative before I suggest anything further (if you would want that).

[Marco Mazzoni]

Hmm, I would suggest moving that big fella back a little so he's not right in the middle of your composition. Also if you were to raise the horizon line you would be giving those guys more depth to play around in.

This piece looks like a lot of fun :)

[Centrifuge]

ok so here is the sketch im gonna go with. pulled up the horizon a bit, and added some more elements to the background, I think it does enough to sell the space. next step is to refine the lines and then paint it out.

[Centrifuge]

just starting to refine the twin riders to the right, I thought about just painting over the sketch lines but, it would make the paint stage much easier for me if the lines were more clear, that way I dont have to find and create shapes at that point.

[Centrifuge]

hey ppl. more stuff here. pretty tied up with work but I have a few projects im doing on the side. here are some current wips. this is one of 5 pieces im doing for a series...enjoy

[Centrifuge]

heres some more things Ive been working on with my free time....

[Centrifuge]

creature thumbnail, just playing around while I ate

[Centrifuge]

quick painting I did during the cowboys game...shame we lost...

[Antimagic]

REally cool work in this thread. This latest one with green lights looks really cool. I also like the one with two dogs. That's my favorite one.

Always a pleasure seeing your work. Hope you will continue:)

[Frozan]

this is some really solid stuff. it looks a little to me that the per portions are some what smooched anyone else see it?

[Centrifuge]

anti- thx man , I deffinately will continue to post stuff

fro- glad you like whats in here, thx. smooched proportions, yeah I could pick out some things, these were relatively quick paints, I could spend more time working out the refinements but, for personal pieces I just want to keep doing new ones rather than let the perfectionist in me take over, lol

so Ive been playing around with another idea in my head so I decided to start laying it out, see what other people see as it progresses. there is of course at this point much more thign to get worked out, but see what you see neway...

[vinny]

these were really fun to look at! i think the "smooched" proportions give them a nice bulkier look and if that was your goal, i think it's accomplished.

[cookepuss]

I've got to agree with vinny. They are very fun to look at. Even at the basic blocking stage, they are extremely dynamic and full of life. There's such an energy there.

[Centrifuge]

hey all thx for the comms, Im glad you all enjoy this thread. Ive got a new project Im going to be working on for the next 3 months or so. I'll be posting as much as I can on it here for you guys to check out. I cant get into the specifics of it of course, but its going to be great, lol. neway, for the rest of the week I have left until I start on that Ill be posting some random paints and stuff

[Marcus Dublin]

Holy hell, keep em coming!:lucky:

[Centrifuge]

ok here we go, Im not really set to start the project till this next upcoming monday but I cant wait that long, lol. here is a quick paint im finishing up, later on tonight ill be posting another batch of stuff along with a limited description of the project...

[Centrifuge]

ok coming back to this one. I often like to change things around when doing these creative paints. here I just added more shapes and some colors, as well as cropped it a bit...

[Centrifuge]

going back to this one. just about done here. just want to tighten up the rider and break up the ground a bit with some more details. dropped the water and put in a bit more depth...

[BuroKun]

you are awesome man, I love your work here. It makes me sad that I'm not the one pumping out art like crazy, but eh......nice work, keep it up yoz.

[EricElwell]

Great stuff!

I do think that the dragon rider had a better pose previously... had a lot more implied action and force. Now he feels very linear, rather than following the action lines of the dragon. Very cool stuff though.. I'm very surprised that you find time to do these with work, I find it very hard to balance myself. I think you are doing great stuff!

[Centrifuge]

/sigh, hey ppl...im back. been gone a while working on a ton of diff things, but all that aside, its bout time to get back to posting. Ill just be posting a bunch of thumbnails and quick paints|sketches for a while, get back in the flow...hope you all enjoy. just to start off here are a few thumbs I did today, just some creatures and stuff nothing big quite yet...

creatures:
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/redvoid34/concepts/newthumbs001.jpg

humanoids:
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/redvoid34/concepts/newthumbs002.jpg

[Centrifuge]

decided to play with one of the thumbnails for a bit see what I get going...might mess with some textures and a background soon, set a mood for it...

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/redvoid34/concepts/blackpaint002.jpg

[Centrifuge]

this is where I am with the squiddy guy, not sure if he looks either too bright or too dark for some of you since im working on a g4, gamma range is different...

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/redvoid34/concepts/blackpaint002-1.jpg

[Centrifuge]

here are some more thumbs...

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/redvoid34/concepts/thumbnailspread.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/redvoid34/concepts/thumbnailspread2.jpg

[Centrifuge]

digital sketches...

random sketch..just warming up:
http://mmoart.com/staff/david/posts/sk02.jpg

nother sketch...slightly distracted watching election news:
http://mmoart.com/staff/david/posts/sk01.jpg

concept progress:
http://mmoart.com/staff/david/posts/sk05.jpg

[Daniel_C]

I like the works. they look nice but I would say that sometimes you loose some of the form in the large amount of detailing making it hard to distinguish clearly the component parts.

[Centrifuge]

here is an old misc painting that Ive just recently come back to. I like where it is but I still see more I can do obviously, just wanted to post it for some feedback...

[Centrifuge]

here is a character concept for an animation I'm working on with a few friends...I'll have more info on the animation itself as well as more characters soon...

[Japhir]

i love your thumbnails, and those last two drawings are very very cool too. especially the second-last has a lot of potential.
keep it up!

[yoyomon]

Great stuff Centrifuge.

[Centrifuge]

just some ideas...

[[*AP*]Twin]

Nice looking concepts, the second from the left in the second row instantly reminds me of hellboy which is a good thing.

[temmink]

That last sheet of thumbs looks like the Xbox army! Some really inspiring stuff here man, love it. The little concept dude for the animation is cool, and I would love to see you lay some colour on that dragon rider piece. PLEASE keep posting, this is good stuff!

[Centrifuge]

thx for all the comms, I appreciate it. I'll definitely try to post updates every few days...here are a few more things. couple characters for that animation...

[Centrifuge]

I started working on a series of pin-up illustrations a while back and due to work and other things I hadn't gotn to them in a while so I'm jumping back into them for a bit. here is the first of a planned 12. more information can be found on my blog gallery about the actual project...

here is the full img, I had to decrease the dimensions in order to post it here, the actual size on the hi-res version is 1607x3387...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cRdzv1WP8qI/SR3qd4n4IFI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/8mYzQxcYNHo/s1600-h/fleeting_freedom%5Bfull%5D.jpg

and here are some close up shots:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cRdzv1WP8qI/SR3q1YgE8VI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/QrfLcrmiEh8/s1600-h/prog_07.jpg
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cRdzv1WP8qI/SR3q1R98H1I/AAAAAAAAA4I/M4MR5IlZDiM/s1600-h/prog_06.jpg
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cRdzv1WP8qI/SR3qvCoV7HI/AAAAAAAAA4A/pUN8kpUejh8/s1600-h/prog_05.jpg
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cRdzv1WP8qI/SR3qumSEWOI/AAAAAAAAA34/UlCJNg2a_wA/s1600-h/prog_04.jpg
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cRdzv1WP8qI/SR3quc8AKuI/AAAAAAAAA3w/GtRvOK8twWI/s1600-h/prog_03.jpg
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cRdzv1WP8qI/SR3qufACMcI/AAAAAAAAA3o/YyOGB_zYS5g/s1600-h/prog_02.jpg
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cRdzv1WP8qI/SR3qt6UEHaI/AAAAAAAAA3g/CH4ShudnGJc/s1600-h/prog_01.jpg

I'll be working on this and one other project simultaneously, I'll try to post more on the other project soon...

[Centrifuge]

the entire IMG is a composite of scanned sketches and digital painting. and after looking at it for a bit, even though I could successfully just paint overtop of everything with what I want, I also want a clean line art version of it. so I flattened all the layers, took down the opacity and started a draw over, which will be better in the long run I think, because I'll be able to add a few details in already filled in areas as well as make the whole piece look a bit more uniform. more progress to come here is an example of what I was just talking about...

[Jorge Gecov]

Hey dude!
Thanks for visiting my thread, your stuff is really great.
Love the thumbnails and your rendering in b/w.
Hope to see more stuff soon!

Cheers,

[Davek]

Your character are looking sweet. Sure the finishing quality is nice but I think you would agree with me that sometimes the beauty comes alive in it's incompletion. Some of the work in progress you have here are simply great!

Really enjoyed your thread here my friend! Keep up the good work!

[Centrifuge]

thx jorge & davek, I'm glad you guys are liking those pieces. much more to come, I will hopefully be posting a few batches of things every morning. multi-tasking with my work with little sleep and a 52 oz. jug that is ALWAYS topped off with coffee, lol...

here we go...
1. progress on that first pinup I showed earlier. getting further along with the draw over, I added the rim light just to get a feel for a more finished look (keeps me involved in the piece)

2. rough paint sketch of the second pinup. just getting an idea out, I probably wont be updating this design much til the first is done. but I do like where its going so far...

3. just a random character I stumbled into as I was taking a break to eat. might have to include him in something I like him, lol.

[Centrifuge]

ok, getting back to these designs for the pin-up project I got going. not much from the last post of this one, but I have taken a slightly different direction with the whole piece. ill be posting more as I work on it 2day and 2morow...
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[Centrifuge]

thumbnails and character concept for a script I'm writing. got a few more Ill be posting soon, mixture of environments and creatures and stuff
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[Codeman]

OMG - your a true talent. Your thumbnails and sketches are phenomenal to me. Can you please explain your process? What software, brushes and settings?

[Centrifuge]

Codeman: hey man thx alot, glad you dig the art. as far as my process goes, its very random, lol. I use photoshop cs3. I'll try to put together a couple things kinda detailing how I work, because it really just depends on what I'm working on.

here's some more stuff I've got for today...further progress on the pin-up, not alot but it's moving now, some more thumbnails, and a design I worked up for the splash of my new website:
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[Neolight]

There are some absolute winners in this thread. You make me wanna play around with size more in my own work.

I noticed that in the second full iteration of the dragons you changed the the foreground rider completely, probably because you wanted to take out the dragon's saddle-esc back. You sacrificed the scale of the beast that I actually liked alot.

I have no problems with where it eventually lead, however.

[Centrifuge]

Neolight: yeah that dragon piece was kind of a dump job near the end there, I get that way about my personal works alot. ill go back and change things just because I want to see what it looks like, lol. thx for the comments.

here's a sketch I started while I was on the phone with a friend. its pretty loose right now but Im going to start throwing in more elements, spice it up a bit since I like how it looks...

http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr26/portalsimpendium/posts/fearnoangels_001copy.jpg
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This guy here is a character I created out of that sketch and incorperated it into an animation im working on, gotta get working on dinner but ill be coming back to these 2 things later tonight, and prolly post em 2morow...

http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr26/portalsimpendium/posts/coalburn_moji001.jpg

[TryForce]

Oh My... im just loving you! Seriously, awesome art.

[David79]

great job mate!! hope to see them finished and good luck for ur newebsite :D

[Destructica]

i like what i see :)

[Jesse Boessel]

WOW!!!!! Thanks so much for posting this stuff. I'm just learning right now, and It helps a lot to see W.I.P.s so I can actually see other people's techniques, and learn how things work together. It's hard to learn anything from a finished product.

You're awesome! Thanks again

[Centrifuge]

Tryforce|David79|Destructa|Jesse: Thanks guys, trying to get things finished at a faster pace...sux when life gets in the way of that, lol. The website is coming along good, Ill post some more of that up soon...

Here is some more progress with that pin-up I've been fumbling over for a while now, lol. got about 2 weeks before I need to be done with it so I'm going to be focusing more on it when i can. I changed up some of the elements due to the concept of the story changing, still some more to add but I like the new direction so far...

full Img:
http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr26/portalsimpendium/posts/drawovermassive.jpg
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close-ups:
http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr26/portalsimpendium/posts/base_cu.jpg

http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr26/portalsimpendium/posts/mid_creature.jpg

http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr26/portalsimpendium/posts/top_sec.jpg

http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr26/portalsimpendium/posts/unfin_top.jpg

[dwinbotp]

Loving the work and the details man, reminds me of another great artist, Katsuya Terada. Good luck on the new website and keep it up! :)

[wim]

pfff is that all? ... just jokin. Really cool work dude! I cant wait to see that big piece finished. Looks freaking cool!

[Centrifuge]

ok well while I lie in wait for the dw4 main challenge to begin, I'm going to get back to other things. starting with the pin-up series that is taking me forever, lol. I've added quite a few changes since the last version. it's almost all lined out and ready for painting...check it out...

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/Conflicts03man-vs-himself.jpg

close ups of the new editions:

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/pinup_middleright.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/pinup_topleft-creature.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/pinup_topright-creature.jpg

[Centrifuge]

here are some recent warm up thumbs and a concept wip for a piece I'm working on. nothing is for sure yet still playing with what I want to do but here's what I got so far on it...

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/trial_vid.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/black_king.jpg

[pimpofpixels]

Centrifuge- That pinup is one of the coolest things ever. Yoshitaka Amano would be impressed.

[Jackwhat]

Awesome dude, didnt realise you had such a long going thread over on here! I've been missing out on a lot of eyecandy - you should probably slap some more of this goodness over in your polycount thread too, its a shame to think some people are missing out!

It'll be interesting to see how you handle that pinup, at the moment it looks like its a little bit noisy and you could lose some details / focus. That being said, with nice use of colours and contrast you could fix that up. But itd be nice if it ended up totally fucking rad, right?!

[Ksan]

Your line work is extraordinary. It does look a bit busy overall, but when you zoom in, it is fantastic. Pulling out a few highlights to determine what is in front of what will help, but it looks outstanding so far. You paint-sketch has some nice mood and color as well. keep posting progress :)

[Centrifuge]

here's a new piece im working on finishing up. lots of problems with it right now but I just thought I'd post it up neway. started it the other day.

original sketch (graphite pencil/ charcoal on marker paper):
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/01sketch.jpg

readjusting and tweaking in photoshop, some added values:
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/02adjustment.jpg

adding details, and getting set for coloring:
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/03refinement.jpg

[Centrifuge]

here's what I ended up with. had fun working on this one, though I definitely see things I could improve. other things to work on atm...

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/anazod.jpg

[Centrifuge]

haven't posted in a while. figured it was bout time to pick it up again. here are some sketches and stuff Ive been working on...
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/newGA/redfoxcopy.jpg
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/newGA/jadestreamcopy.jpg
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/newGA/zombiequeen.jpg
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/newGA/coverconceptcopy.jpg

[Centrifuge]

this crazy looking thing is a creature sketch for a game project I am currently working on with a small group of friends
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/newGA/harbingerssoulcopy.jpg

[Centrifuge]

this is one of a few concepts in progress that I'm doing for my friend whos going to sculpt them...
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/newGA/the_visceron.jpg

[Centrifuge]

one of three book covers Im currently working on for another project
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/newGA/covers01.jpg

[Centrifuge]

here's a piece I did for a Bi-Weekly drawing jam a few days ago +some of the preliminary paint sketches and progress imgs. I ended up using several elements from those in the final design...
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/newGA/dj12str_creatureplanet_final.jpg
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/newGA/Untitled-1copy.jpg
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http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/applecrow/newGA/progs.jpg

[Razvan-Sedekiah]

OH! Lovely! These new paintings are great too!

I like the big epic battle scene, it might be fun to have a contest based around that!