[Toastyyy] samurais,vampires and orcs on page 3

[toasty]

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Hi people,


I've been doing a lot of stuff lately, Ihaven't posted here for ages so I thought it would be nice to share it with you CA people !

first is a cover for the incoming bordgame cover of Legend of the 5 rings
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/l5r/001bg/cover_l5rboardgame.jpg

some roman stuff !
first a gaius julius caesar; I wish I had seen that rome tv series before painting him, he would have been totally different I guess
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/1anovels/caesar.jpg

some gladiators :

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/2romans/gladiatorvsgladiator.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/2romans/gladiatorvslion.jpg

Hannibal's elephants
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/2romans/hannibal.jpg

vs carthage battle
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/2romans/abordage.jpg

Rome (I used some 3d yep)
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/2romans/roma.jpg

enough of Romans :)
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now vikings !

some berserkers
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/berserkers.jpg

again on a boat (inspired by a rembrandt painting)
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/berserkers_boat.jpg

constantinople
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/muslimcity.jpg

eskimos
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/eskimos.jpg

a small part of the great ragnarok battle , some people told me Odin was suppose to be one-eyed ; sorry for that mistake
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/ragnarok.jpg


I'll come back later with more stuff; hope you'll those
-toasty

[SlowDaddie]

Whoa, really good craftsmanship and painting style. I like it's soft feel to it, and the one of the elephants is particularly outstanding.

[Coleb]

Love it all. Especially the lion and Constantinople.

Can I ask if these are for specific projects?

Please post more.

[midknight523]

these are awesome

[TheMadPaddy]

Holy cow, all your pictures are amazing. I especially love the colliseum one with the lion. Phenomenal.

[derk]

great work! 5 stars from me. :confident

[Theodoric]

amazing. This will definitely inspire me to do more work :)

[SEVANS]

Very nice work. Don't take so long to post again.

[Jason Rainville]

damn, this thread was made for me! I love rome, rome the series and vikings!!! :D

Awesome work, but some proportions and perspectives look a bit off (especially ceasar)

[Cloister]

Very nice action and movement. Very bold piece with the elephants - very nice result! The lion-piece looks great, but the hind legs of the cat looks too human, I think. There are som minor anatomical and perspective flaws here, but you do not fear the tough postures, and overall these looks great! The wolf-attack and the elephant-piece are my favorites. Constantinople doesn't messure up with the rest. Good work!

[Hyptosis]

amazing work, I loed every piece and was so glad to see you'd posted when and where they took place... awesome historical stuff.. ass pats galore for you my friend.

[JaïnvanNigtevegt]

Impressive work man, especcially the rendering and composition and color. Chosen very clearly and they tell a story. Chapeau

I agree with Rhineville and Cloister to say that the anatomy is a bit off here and there. My eye fell also on open mouths, they look strange and crooked. With the scream avec lighting in the background as an exeption. In my fav, the one with the horse and the wolf, the mouth of the wolf, one of the focuspoints of the piece, could use extra attention. It doesn't seem to have a throat.

Overall good pieces. Me likes :D

[TheNightPainter]

In fact, berserks attacked NAKED. I'm not joking - no protection at all, even from mosquitos ;)

[deviousg]

naked and on magic mushrooms - (note to self: run in opposite direction as fast as possible)

Nice Renderings!

There are so much good stuff, lion - sea battle - elephants. Some nice energy in some of these.

The fact that this stuff actually happened is amazing.

I would like to see more grit and blood - but wonder if the specs for the job impacted on this. I always want to see more grit and blood though...

[Randis]

i enjoyed those. Very nice motion and interesting light settings.

[Hai]

In fact, berserks attacked NAKED. I'm not joking - no protection at all, even from mosquitos
Actually they did wear armour. It was just light armour. Attacking naked would be senseless. They were berserkers, not stupid.
and on magic mushrooms
Negative. No mushroom (that they had access to anyway) can cause the reported "berserker-rage". If anything, eating the mushrooms would dull them down, and make them sleepy.

But hey, this is about the art! Which I love. Love the movement, love the composition. Aside from the anatomical weirdness in some of these, great work!

[MurdokX]

toasty whats your website!

[wilson jr]

man great great great work!
awesome!

thanks to share!
Cheers

[evildragonfire]

Beautiful stuff. Odin is supposed to have one eye, be heavier built, and have a shield. I love the Fenris wolf, and Sleipnir (his horse, I don't think I spelled it correctly at all, lol).

[Thalion]

wow. awesome work! amazing stuff, I like the 2nd picture and Rome image the most:)

[RUDY 87]

Great stuuf and painting style .lighting..shading ..

[toasty]

thank you all for your comments !

>Bigmouth thanks man
>Coleb thanks, those are for some history books (history but with spicy/fun illustrations )
>midknight523 thanks !

> the madpaddy thankyou
>derk who are you ? :)

>savagetoast thanks, great nickname hehe

Sevans > thanks , see, I'm posting again !

Rhineville > thanks man, yeah that damn cesar pic was some serious pain

>Cloister thanks, I agree for the lion, I don't know much about their anatomy; like you said I like to put myself into difficulty and sometimes the result lacks from some flawlesses on my drawing skills

>hyptosis : thanks !

>jainvan > thanks rendering, compo and color are indeed the stuff I usually love doing; anatomy comes really on the last; but I'm trying to improve, having some life drawing classes and such

>thenightpainter hehe yeah maybe, but those books are for children ..

>devious thanks, yep history is an amasing source of inspiration , sometimes reality is more surprising than fiction

>thanks man, I really love your stuff

>Hai thanks !

Murdokx > http://www.toastyyy.com!

wilson jr > thanks ; I'll try to bring more stuff, got tons of things I haven't shown here

>evildragonfire > yeah your right, Odin was one-eyed at that time unfortunately I missed that detail before sending it; I may correct that mistake later

>Thalion and rudy 87 thank you both !

[toasty]

talking about romans stuff here is some more

I haven't posted them because I thought they weren't as good as the others and could use some more work
anyway here they are :

Mars god of war
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/2romans/Mars.jpg

Diana goddess of hunt/moon
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/2romans/diana.jpg

Neptune, god of the seas
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/2romans/neptune.jpg

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now here is something totally differerent , I was asked to imitate that old japanese print look for a book about ninjas. tons of fun to illustrate

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/fantasy_weapons.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/kakei.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/youthful_assassin.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/perfect_hit.jpg

(it's a he ,not a she, actually he was the first real ninja since he disguised as a woman to betray his ennemy :))
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/prince_yamato.jpg

[JAG.]

superb! love that asian print style work. excellent.. keep it up - JAG

[Faradoon]

I haven't posted them because I thought they weren't as good as the others and could use some more work

They are great! I'm glad that you started to show them!

Great Stuff!

Thanks for sharing!

[dkounios]

loving the Neptune concept.
the sun rays are a nice touch through the cool colors you
implemented throughout the image. kick ass style all around.
5 stars

[sketchling]

really cool stuff man, Im loving the solid feeling of a story behind them all. Especially neptune and the japanese ones. Fantastic.

[Tom Garden]

oooooh!! more please!! :) I think your lighting works really well - as well as your sense of composition, especially the boat pic :)

[Kek]

Incredible work. I love how you show the movement and expressions so full of life.

[Mr-Joe]

http://www.toastyyy.com/images/galerie/books/2romans/gladiatorvslion.jpg
and
http://www.toastyyy.com/images/galerie/books/2romans/abordage.jpg

I think are really good compositions, But I don't really know much about compositions, i still think they are laid out well, did you plan out the composition first or just have and idea and start painting it?

[CHARLES CARVALHO]

Wow... I work impressive!
Congratulations!

[toasty]

>>Jag,faradoon,dkounios,sketchling,Tom garden, Kek thanks !

>>Mr-Joe, yeah I plan a lot my compositions, I think it's the most important thing in an image , because that's the very first thing you see; and if it's messed up the whole image can't work . I do a lot of thumbnails on the computer before starting, until i find something appealing and telling a story;

>> hey charles, thanks; your name sounds like coming from the "bacalhau" country :) ?

here are some other stuff I would like to post here ; it's more Sci-fi oriented :
they are mostly made to practise sci fi themes which I don't get that often as commissions

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/1anovels/resurrected.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/personal/1personal/cityrework.jpg


http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/personal/1personal/spaceship3.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/personal/1personal/fillesf.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/personal/1personal/policecitypatrol.jpg[/img]

[Manu is malin]

Toasty... you rock !
Did I mention how phallic the ship of the 4th picture looks ? ^^

[Dandilion]

LOVE the ninjas! ^^

~Em

[Dile_]

Very nice work Toasty! I like all of these a lot :) Maybe try to get more "hues" into ur work.. they are all quite monochrome , green , blue or red.. hehe! just a tip.. Keep sharing please.. u improved quite a lot :) very nice last pieces :)

[Kamikazebob]

Dude, those ninjas kick sooo much ass!

Lovin' it all.

[stalsby]

some really nice work! I love the compositions!

[Kan Muftić]

Faces feel slightly off in general and I discovered some anatomy glitches (nothing major, though). Enviros could use more depth of field, meaning - more detail in the focus, less detail around it. And the use of color pespective could push all of it even further.
Now that I'm done with crits, I just want to say that it's all very, very nice.
Cheers,

[PanzerCobra]

Amazing! All your works looks fantastciks, I love especially japan pictures with ninjas.

[Taj]

fantastic work.
What did you use for the texture on the prints?

[oalexis]

the ship in the last image looks like darth vaders helmet :)

[Cookiedough]

You've been busy. Great stuff!

[gaohuijie]

oh~~verygoodjob I like it verymuch~

[L. Scott Knight]

I can't believe I've missed this thread so long. Lot's of really great stuff.

I really dig your city piece, Roma and the cool colors of Diana but everything is great.

[Justin.]

Very cool stuff toastah... but the police cruiser looks like Darth V? =P

[chaosrocks]

toasty dear we miss you in IRC coooomee baaaaack!
nice stuff

[Hexokinase]

Stunning work.

Did that last piece have an intentional reference to captain america? or was that purely coincidental?

[zao75231]

Hello, nice pieces you got here, I like them all and I agree with everyones comments. The only thing that I don't like is the focal points aren't as strong. I did a draw over on some how to really make those focal points stand out more. I would just make the directions of eye flow really powerful, like the lion and the gladiator, I would make the chain being pulled real strong and tight as if it were pointing at the lion, showing the lion is powerful since it seems to be above the gladiator or something like that. other than that, keep it up and make those focal points stronger. Thanks for sharing and hope to see more of your stuff :)

-Rob

[TheGnoll]

very cool work man, i really like everything i see in here.
Yeah i kinda remember Odin had a missing eye, but it ain't a big deal :)
grat feel for dynamic and colors, and cool perspectives...nice experiments with the asian style too ;)

keep sharing! 5*

ciao

[toasty]

heya people,

thank you all for you great comments and valuate feedback; I really appreciate it

here is some update on stuff I did recently

first some more viking/north mythology stuff

the tree of the 9 words
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/arbre.jpg
the demon protecting the world of fire, forgot his name; the lotr balrog look is intentional since the balrog is directly inspired from that guy
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/demon.jpg

some more vikings ready to have some fun
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/vikings_newcover.jpg

some faeries made for a book pilot
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/lightfairies_final.jpg
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/darkfairies_finals.jpg

two novel book covers
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/dance_des_maudits.jpg
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/speedos/duncan.jpg

that's it

[jezelf]

love 'em. Nice style.

how long on average you it take to do one of these?

cheers
jez

[NathanLong]

Gtreat stuff all around. I particularly like the vikings and the first fairy picture.

Only one critique. On the novel picture, I think her arms are either too long or her torso (or her whole body?) is too short. I just put my arms behind my back and they seem to cross a little higher on my butt. Maybe you were struggling with getting the knife and hands close in the foreground and still trying to get her whole body into the picture?

[Jason Rainville]

Loving all the norse stuff, but when the eddas say 'void' I'm pretty sure it means water and not really actually 'space.' There are specific references to the river that seperates asgard from jotunheim and the earth sinking beneath the waves, midgard serpent in the sea etc etc... but that's only if you're going for lore-acuracy. Whether or not, the tree pic is still great :D

The fire-giant's name was Surt BTW.

[JustinBeckett]

Amazing.

~JB

[oDaYWaLKeRo]

Truly amazing light and colours at all. The action in each piece is breathless. Especially Roman and Viking series. Looking forward for more.

[ICH]

Nice works here, Toasty!


the demon protecting the world of fire, forgot his name

He's a Fire Giant and his name is Surtr. Freyr slayer and world burner.

[stalsby]

These are some really nice compositions, camera angles, and colors you have here! Thanks!

[coldrum]

Awesome work... man you have been busy! A few of these characters could do with having longer legs ... especially from the knee down. resurrected and dance_des_maudits I noticed the most... very nice work tho

[Lone Wolf]

Why aren't any of this pics showing up for me? I just see blank spaces.Damn it!

[toasty]

oops forgot to reply

thank you all

>jezelf from 1 to 3 days depending on the complexity
>Nathanlong, thanks the vikings is also my favourite; you may be right for the legs, also like you said the composition was better that way so i guess it didn't hurt a lot the pic

>Rhineville yeah; I've followed my client assignement, it may be one of the interpretations of the tree; like you said there's a lot of different versions

>justin, thanks man

>oday thanks man

>ich thanks, that's it you nailed it !

>stalsby thanks that's the ideas I want to put in my work, I'm happy you pointed it
>coldrum thanks, I 'm taking note

>lone wolf ? it's working now I guess

[nickmarshallvfx]

That Rome landscape painting is exquisite, although it could perhaps do with being a little less sharp and weathered to get ovet the feel that this was a 3D base mesh.
Im not in a position to criticise character work, all i will say on that is that they have fantastic drama, and all really sell the story behind the character.

Im not so keen on the Japanese print style of work, but that is just personal preference i think.

Lovely stuff, look forward to seeing more.

Nick

[gustavo desimone]

que groso so!

[toasty]

hello folks,

here is some new stuff !

some cards for the last l5r extension

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/l5r/0000toec/Death-of-kokujin.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/l5r/0000toec/Test-of-Marital-Ability.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/l5r/0000toec/moto_hotei.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/l5r/0000toec/sozen.jpg

some bw stuff for a vampire rpg for white wolf

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/board/vampire/black_owl.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/board/vampire/gallic-guy.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/board/vampire/collapsedtunnel.jpg
http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/board/vampire/victrix.jpg


and finally some color stuff for covers

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/1anovels/songetula.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/6orcs/orcs.jpg

http://www.miguelcoimbra.com/images/galerie/books/6orcs/torture_orcs.jpg

[HULKFish]

Friggin' DIG the Orc's and the Samurai in the rain!!!!! ALL of it is badass though... Congrats!!

[mariusz]

loots of great arts.

[toasty]

hey thanks guys, I really appreciate it

[dustorian]

the last one with Neptune is great.

[Chermilla]

Beautiful collection of work, I'm really diggin' your style. You portray a lovely sense of atmosphere in them and I especially like the way you handle light. Thanks so much for sharing these. :)

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