We are of peace , always!

[damienflux]

The members here bring about such a motivational backdrop to the whole community and i hope i can contribute too!
Not easy to keep the sketchbook constantly running , but i'll definately try to keep up ,
I have some kinda disorder for only showing the better stuff and not the messy random stuffs that i keep ,hopefully shedding away this conscious behavior in the habit of keeping a sketchbook.

[damienflux]

Woots sorry for the mass post , another set of Work in progress.

[Gunther409]

This is an excellent start to a sketchbook, it looks like you've got a firm grasp on anatomy and I think you'll do quite well here. Make sure to soak up some of the local art, we've got bonified professionals roaming these forums, they're always a good place for insparation.

Elwell and Mentler are probably the heaviest posters around here and they have some cool stuff. Though I don't know if those two in particular are professionals, I'd presume so.

Oh and make sure to put a link to your sketchbook in your sig, I see you don't have it their yet. It's a great way to get input.

[sloppybunny]

Dude! That's one fancy and beatiful valentines card. Mine usually have a stupid rabbit, cat or bear holding a flower!:x

Love the process too!

[damienflux]

thanks for the local info , aite , i"ll add that down to my signature.

[kru]

wow! sweeeet!! lots of lovely solid stuff in here.
you've got a new fan

[aphexboy]

wow, lovely work dude!

[Hive_minD]

Beautiful work! Love it all. The tech-women and fairy-eater are my favs.
Wouldn't mind seeing bigger and more tuts :) :)
Do you use photoshop only?
Thanks for sharing

Chris

[damienflux]

yeap , i only use photoshop for all of my work. I guess painter just keep crashin in my com or i heard so.

And thanks peeps for all the comments, i wish to contribute more after my block!

[designboot]

awsome skills!

[Piranha Clan]

Awesome. Those last two are great, the robotic chick and the lizard thing are really cool. The Asian chick(your ex?) looks cross-eyed, though...is she? No disrespect meant, just curious. If she's not, it needs fixed, but I'm sure you've already seen it. Anyhow, great SB, you've got skills.

[SEVANS]

Great start to a sketchbook. Love seeing your progress shots.
Look forward to seeing more.

[Nam]

Nice, I like that chick in the 2nd post and the last portrait from the first post. Nice renderin' all around. Keep posting.

[damienflux]

AHHA i need to fix her eye so damn bad, shes no crossed eye :( unfortunately its my disability to fix it sooner.

And thanks guys , many motivation to start with !!

[drd]

Can I ask you how you get your highlights? On my paintings, it seems that no matter how high up I go, it always isn't the sheen that it seems on yours. Is it kind of the arrangement you have the dots of light, like on here:

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=179028&stc=1&d=1186038203

They look bright on first glance but then on closer inspection they look like regular bright colours, but I just can't get mine to look like that. Is it the kind of brush you use, the colours surrounding the light, etc?

Sorry if I sound kind of demanding =/

Amazing sketchbook!

[damienflux]

Well as for me , on reaching the highlights , i must constantly be aware of the surrounding values , and to hit the right brightness ,the surrounding value mustnt be as bright as to compete with the highlight itself,Since the highlight is after all a type of focus point.(ps. i dont use any other brush other than hardbrush and softbrush in ps)

And you may want to try this , i nvr really use white as a highlight as maximum value (i try to not over exhaust the potential of the brightness) if everything goes mega shiny , the work kinda lose attention. I use basic colour contrast like a warm skin should apply a baby cyan as highlight. Or yellow.

In some cases u can define highlight by using extremely small spots or specks of supercharged colours , n placing it around randomly would give it a pore like texture.

And for some practices i also learned that the sharpness of the highlight depends on the surface , a wet or moist , oily surface tend to catch Sharp specks of highlight.

(:/) I am afraid thats the best i can translate...Hope it helps in abit.

[damienflux]

These are done for my school journal , its a pain to record everything geniunely for research >:D its taken by my Handphone , hope the quality isnt haywire!

[Hive_minD]

wow, you are so talented! If only it was as easy as you make it look!
I must admit, I wouldn't mind seeing more tutorials! :D

Chris

[drd]

Thanks so much for that mini tutorial; Yes, it was quite helpful.

You just keeping putting out great stuff.

Man.

[Dan Valkar]

oh damnnn awesome and sweet work mate....outstandin'....just bring more man....bring it all..hehehh

[Tmza]

Hard to even reply here. I had to go back three times and look at those incredible tight renderings:)

[damienflux]

thank you peeps! , hey drd , and Hivemind . glad it helps abit, I am not so much of a teachin source ..

drats , ..school starts , posting will be limited again , i really like to keep this updated n tight..but right now everything is impromptu.:(

[Jabo]

Uh... ... ... YUMMY!

[RaistlinTheDark]

dude...wow...great stuff i loved it!

[vervex]

Ahah awesome art! I particularely love the texture of your female characters' skin - it seems soft, like baby skin.

Great job :)

[aco2099]

Very nice work there! I especially like the pencils you did for the school journal. Inspiring yet again.

[damienflux]

Urg . . . sorry to spam ,but heres to the link for other finished works....

and i don't know if its just me or the colour settings in other monitor just screw my works up...http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=98389

and my sketchbook din really feels like a sketchbook anyhow....school has been strenious especially for a perfectionist.. :( I'll cope

[daveneale]

beautiful work, love the lips and eyes!

[Yautja892]

Wow, some really great stuff in here. Favorites are the cyborg chick, and the pencils in post # 17. I was wondering for you paintings what kind of brush settings do you normally use? ( such as flow, opacity settings) or do you just set them both to pen pressure? Just wondering, since I'm currently working on a painting, and think the build up of my strokes and how I'm using the settings probably aren't the most effective way. Oh wanted to comment on the cyborg painting, in the step by step, I think the eyes would have looked pretty insane in black. :bounce:

[SMILEFACE]

Damn wow o oo DAMN

[MeTaL-Mike]

amazing stuff man!

[damienflux]

Actually , most of the time i do not touch the opacity setting , the only changes i do is to the flow , I tend to use thicker flow(70%) during the start of painting , and during colour changes n some minor edits , i would set the flow to about , 40%, it all depends on how solid you wish of ur work to look , i think i need to learn how to soften things at the same time , having everything harsh n sharp isnt gonna do ...

[Stark]

That last one is damn good. Love the way you composed it and everything. Rendering is amazing and the blood looks awesome. Can't wait to see more. How about some vids of you doing some work? That would be really helpful to us trying to get into digipainting.

[damienflux]

dayum I shouldn't have restarted a new thread on new post...:oneye:

Anyway here begins my hibernation period from school , and procrastination has once again diseased my healthy mind. the works i posted below are children that didn't make it out.

I just decided , Blah ,why not just do a cesarean and just post them prematurely.Most of them are about 70% and up but i couldn't find the motivation to finish them,sadly its a bad habit of mine.

Ps.note to self , Detailing should be left last.

[dtran]

Absolutely Stunning work! i love your flesh tones! :) Please keep feeding us!

[damienflux]

JEEZ , very quickly i shall be rated spam ham!

i am gonna bitch ditch some older works which i really liked from earlier this year..



namely , the Gloom , and original sin.

[damienflux]

Holler ! its so quiet around here , nevertheless i am going to try my best to keep up with the activeness of this forum ,while trying to keep up with my own flair.

I am gonna bitch ditch this piece here for now , although i believe it could still be further refined and polished ...i am quite happy with it being loose for now.
:painting:
I am going to crawl to bed now , and submit to hypnos , goodnight conceptart.

[Iridyse]

Wow, you have some beauuutiful pieces here! I completely hear you on the details thing, takes a lot of discipline to not jump into them right away. I'm not there yet but I'm trying, hah.

Moremore please, spam away! Lots of stars for you to get lots of eyes to this sketchbook :)

[damienflux]

Thank you sugar , thank you so much , just as i thought my chances here are as murky , and voila !

may we details fetish live a very long time!!

[DanielaUhlig]

I hope you will finish "the white queen". it looks fantastic.

[Maestro Andres]

There are some great pieces in your SB. Like a lot your subtle color palettes use. Hope to see more!

[krypt]

Nice works you have damien. Keep it up even though i agree on the 70% done part..
Good to see you here and do post more!

[James Wolf]

very nice work :) if I could give some crits i'd say that you could be a bit more bold with your lighting and I think it might benefit you to try loosening your figures a bit as they seem somewhat static. other than that great job!

[damienflux]

So i was busy dealing with school and some of my tee shirts design , i kinda forgo decency in practicing the real deal..shame on me , booo.

[algenpfleger]

Ooooh I like this o_o You should update more often! :O

That mix of graphical elements with rendered parts creates such a nice look. I like how you handle materials too. More pencils plz?

[damienflux]

Because i won't let time compromise with my progress , I HATH DECIDED to take charge by doing my update daily. :D

below here are some daily doodles works and some practice , what i have in mind is to not excessively detail the work till i lose focus of the work as a whole. well i try at least.

[damienflux]

A little update.. with some vinyl toy design done for school and a boring generic asian kung pow chicken!

[J.roxanne]

good works!!
i like your Style~~ so Dark and Distortions~~
i'll keep my eyes on you~~
keep up !

[damienflux]

Again lots of love from the Kung pow chicken ,Thank you people , i hope i keep the zest up in the long run and not disappoint neither of us.

[xobgob]

stunning colours want to see more :)

[damienflux]

Struggling to keep it daily ! but i still try..

Here's a 2 days worth of on off doodle... Ghetto diablo..?! enjoy.!

[yongs]

Hi damien, I love your skin tones! really nice paintings. keep them coming!

and thx for visiting my sb! :)

[areve]

oh good looking stuff here!
keep them coming

[paperX]

seriously loving your work, your skin tones are amazing :O and the line work is very confident, keep it up!

I'll be subscribing if you don't mind, 5 stars from me :)

[damienflux]

2 more demi speed stuff for the evening...

and thanks paperX, areve, yongs

I am determined to keep this update constant..at least i try!

[damienflux]

My mind is a mess now , i can only put up with doodle for the time being , i swear i can never come up with something solid. ever. :(

and she doesn't even have a name..

[Stark]

Good updates here Damien. I haven't been following as much as I like, but the stuff I do see are something else. Kudos. Now, let's see some finished work

[Orozc0]

Man, I've been missing out on this thread. Amazing stuff. Keep squeezing out that talent!

[damienflux]

Right , what a trip to the hiatus , at my previous endeavor i was so certain i am gonna keep this sketchbook rolling , hiding behind the validation of too busy being a human being.

Congratulate me , i have survived Thy Diploma level and hauled myself a good solid month of rest and recuperation. Unfortunately here in my country , the noble and modest land , Males have to serve the nation for 2 and a half years , If i am not wrong , i should have about less than a month before i become canned food myself.

so right , i am going to act like there is an invisible myriad of audience all over and salvage this stagnant post! yea this is starting to feel like a blogging thing... uurg!

Goodnight now Conceptart , Been always on my mind our little affair.

[MacTire]

Awesome stuff Damien!! Great use of graphic elements in your pieces! And the often distorted anatomy makes the poses all the more beautiful!! I hereby bow to your skill with skintones, the first image in post #59 is incredible, excellent rendering on the skin.
Nice work on the character in post #37 too, great book cover illustration quality to it, must be some thing to do with the saturation of the colours.

Keep up the great work!!!

[damienflux]

One more oldie!

Lucifer most unclean thy.

[Ito Saith Webb]

Your skills are truly awesome and full of win. Your rendering skills are soft but detailed at the same time. Very Cool.

[damienflux]

Love what you have quoted for the Theory of imagination. And thanks for the encouragement Ito!

[damienflux]

Urg the flu malady has once again dominated the Homosapiens..
For now , a little update while getting high on cough medications!


Cheers! healthy bright children of Conceptart.

[damienflux]

Vrahhh a line or two! Dropping by to say hello.

[Ardescoere]

I love your sketchbook. Your posts on the first page are SO nice. And you just get better :P

[maria riaz]

ooooo nice sketchbook....u piant skin very realistically!!! awesome work. i love the portraits u do....cheers!!!

[damienflux]

Here i am , flash forward from a block leave in Army , yes here in Singapore we do have to serve with or without our consent so yes i am an artist both fluent in Rifle and Pencil , patriotism aside i figured since its been awhile i've posted anything so i'll just dump in my Final year project titled Genesis8.


An extract of some stills from a short Film i have collaborated with my classmate Jessica fedora. It was quite a grueling 6 months worth of work. Lots of far fetch conceptualization of God , existence , and creationism all of which loosely converted into a 5 minute short film.

Jessica focuses on the animation part of the work , and i serve to illustrate , its a pity the concept came quite late during the whole process and we din manage to grapple the optimum time to finish this work With a golden sheen.

Illustrations are all done in photoshop then later imported to Adobe aftereffect for animation , resulting in a beautiful effect of paper cutout animation.

[Jamie Romoser]

I really love your work dude wicked stuff in here and a fresh style.
Thanks for the inspiration
have a good one man
-Jamie

[damienflux]

And for those who are interested in the link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=839Fh4TvjZ8

[cdejong]

Dude your stuff is wicked cool, please keep posting into the new year. Your faces are so good it's insane, the skintones and rendering and everything, just fantastic.

[damienflux]

Been a constant puttering around the mud , not much motivation to get things done ,not much of a joy when things are done.

so here i am with an update with some practice rendering.

*ps note to self , enough with practices already get on with projects!

[Stark]

Good practice stuff you have here. I suggest loading the pencils along with the digi coloring so we can see your line work to try and learn from it.

On the black girl, can I suggest you make the lightning in her hand a bit more of a focal point? It's obvious you want to emphasize that, but it's so small that one will simply glance over it. Make it a bit bigger and add some bounce light on her skin and hair, maybe clothes to bring it out to the front.

Keep rocking and updating more often.

[MeTaL-Mike]

man i really dig your rendering style. awesome

[damienflux]

From some of my on going projects , pretty much in infancy , will explain more in due time , for now DUMP AWAY!

[raminafshari]

very creepy style , i like it , feels so good to me . i must say you draw so cool skin .

[damienflux]

Some line works compiled together that I've been meaning to upload!
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/1310/lineworks.jpg (http://img836.imageshack.us/i/lineworks.jpg/)

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[PepeDN]

:OOOO i really like ur work! inspiring works :)!

[damienflux]

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2016/issacdcover.jpg (http://img841.imageshack.us/i/issacdcover.jpg/)

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So here is one more for the night , A rough direction for a Cd cover for a friend.

[damienflux]

I really liked how the colours turned out for this one! and i pretty much made a fat grub king happy.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5518/ephantocs.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/i/ephantocs.jpg/)

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[damienflux]

Some process shots along the way!

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/3481/cabbyprocess.jpg (http://img42.imageshack.us/i/cabbyprocess.jpg/)

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[damienflux]

So after a few weeks of seclusion under a Whale , i've manage to squeeze out some omph bubble for awhile.

I've been avoiding Personal works recently and trying to go for strict practices , Oils , and so forth and get myself a personal Fine arts Degree or something.



"Acid Joy" 2010
Damien soh
Digital painting

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/2196/joyceacidglow.jpg (http://img263.imageshack.us/i/joyceacidglow.jpg/)



so heres the Work in Progress ,

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7177/wipa.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/i/wipa.jpg/)



And heres another

"Pallid Marshmallow" 2010
Damien soh
Digital painting

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/497/meifengdim.jpg (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/meifengdim.jpg/)

And sorry for the not so progressive process , i knew i should've bought that Time Machine..

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2042/mfwip.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/i/mfwip.jpg/)


And some other random Unfinished practices..

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/1283/whitequeen.jpg (http://img835.imageshack.us/i/whitequeen.jpg/)


http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5306/practiceoftheday.jpg (http://img245.imageshack.us/i/practiceoftheday.jpg/)

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