.: OneBigCelt's Sketchbook :.

[OneBigCelt]

Damn the torpedo full sketch ahead.

Here's my stuff... from the begining to the most recent stuff..

This is one of my more favorite images...

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/creatures/treefolk_clr.jpg

[OneBigCelt]

here is where I left off after I finished school

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/gun_man.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/black_avenger.jpg


and this is where I was after I took a few figure for animation coarses

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/foundations/3.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/foundations/2.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/foundations/7.jpg

[Fipse]

Hi Mac,

welcome to the club. I can feel with you, did nearly the same - just was doing ads instead of drawing (and I´m not married ;)). I see even the the 40 rolling towards me ... and yes, I have to get back to my old standards again, too.

I hope to see some of your actual stuff later on here - the sketchbook people here are a friendly community.

Fipse

BTW I checked your website some times earlier and I think you shouldn´t have much of a problem getting back ...

[OneBigCelt]

I have also been learning to color, my greatest fault has always been not finishing my work... and jsut leaving it in a doodle state.. well these are my attempts and styles of the years since 95 they are in oder


I tried color pencil
http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/26.jpg

I tried water colors
http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/winged_man.jpg

I tried markers

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/creatures/a2.jpg

I started learning to color on the computer after reading some tutorials
http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/35.jpg

after some practice I think I got kinda good at it


http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/24.jpg


http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/32.jpg

I colored this one yesterday on a very old sketch that I really liked... it was a pretty bad drawing but with the stuff I know how to do now I was able to fix it up and turn it into something cool

( before )ball point pen

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/ghost.jpg

after fixing it in photoshop

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/ghost_color.jpg


I really love color ruff grainy sketches but I have found that the better/cleaner the sketch from the start the better the drawing turns out....

[OneBigCelt]

I've also been working on environment designs... I'm not very good but I really want to get better...

My wife bought me a new Intuos 2 drawing pad for my birthday so I've been trying again

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/environments/seige.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/environments/underground.jpg


I need some work I think I have good layouts but I need to figure out how to make the realism come out...

Like this one
its start out really cool but the clouds got muddy... and everything turned into a cartoon....

the trees....!@#$%!@ I'm not gonna even comment
I wish I could find a tutorial how to build this stuff up to look real... I know theres a system I just need to see it and I know I could make it work in time
http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/environments/over_look.jpg

heres a city scape... I think it looks cool doing the perspective was fun..


http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/environments/city_scape.jpg

[OneBigCelt]

well here i am... on August 22nd 2003

I'm going to begin this thread.. from this day forward...
I'm going to use references for my pictures... I have always had the idea that if you look at something it cheating... so I'm gonna start and stick to that...

here is my first sketck using a refernece....

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/orange_man.jpg

I know I know... but yes it is from a refernce... it was an upper body of young Arnold Schwarzenegger and I actually like it ... I was playing with my drawing padd again... I think the muscles structure is good... better than I do out of my head...

[OneBigCelt]

Thanks for the welcome Fipse

[zeroe]

hi there ^^
well i daresay you do have some skills in store, so gettting back into it really wont be too hard. What i suggest it to draw alot from real life and experiment alot. colorstudies/sketches/doodles and the like. i really think there is some potential here waiting to come out. cant wait to see more :D

[OneBigCelt]

this is a DSG that I did... But I never get any feeback there so I will jsut post them here


http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/spy.jpg

[OneBigCelt]

I've also been coloring some of my olderstuff....

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/30_color.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/31_color.jpg

[chudzta]

Hey bro. *dont look now chudds is back* haha like anyonre remembers

Anywho Im really digging the lord of the throne thing. Keep the practicing up. That perspective looked fun. My render finger is itching to jazz it up. Keep it up - peace - chudds

[OneBigCelt]

My render finger is itching to jazz it up.

hey man go for it... I learn alot from other people taking my art tot he next level... so I can see what I could have done...

I'm cool with it

Also Dude I am from Williamsburg, I will to highshool there and my folks are still up there

[OneBigCelt]

Im in the middle of coloring this one

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/bow_elf.jpg

[OneBigCelt]

I really had fun doing this one
I found a tutorial how to do smoth gems... it was really easy and I think the most realistic looking thing on the page

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/horseman.jpg

[endregan]

hehe your style is crazy cartoon :). i think these are great. try doing some realistic pieces though, it wont hurt!

[OneBigCelt]

is crazy cartoon a bad thing?

[Robolus]

...no, a good one! ;)

[OneBigCelt]

whew... I thought I was in trouble... when ever I start to draw realistice... my hands just go crazy can start tooning everything...

[OneBigCelt]

wow where does all the time... go has it really been since September Since I drew last ... there has to be something I been working on.... I will have to look and find what I hav ebeen doing ... there has to be something

[OneBigCelt]

OK FOLKS----- I have been working for a long time in my Journal... 2 years it seems... My Story is really comming along... and having a story to draw from has really been helping me...

I am going to start posting images from my journal for you guys....

alot of it is on lined paper... but I am cool with it... I have begun an image Journal as well but for some reason my best Ideas and characters are on lined paper... go figure.... I have tried to use Painter to paint images... but I stink at it... coloring in photoshop seems to be my best tool...

so I will keep at it...

here is the first of many

http://www.macniderdesign.com/posts/victor_lmt.jpg

[OneBigCelt]

http://www.macniderdesign.com/posts/airgaurd.jpg

[OneBigCelt]

http://www.macniderdesign.com/posts/snakeman.jpg

[OneBigCelt]

http://www.macniderdesign.com/posts/dragon_face.jpg

[OneBigCelt]

I really had a great time drawing this last night... I really feel like I shook off some of the cob webs....

http://www.macniderdesign.com/posts/william.jpg

[OneBigCelt]

I'm back in business!!! Got my site back up after 6 months being down!!!

word of warning.... make sure your domain name is paid in advance or misery will insue

[OneBigCelt]

Here are some images from a story concept I ahve been workign on for years


http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/creatures/treefolk_clr.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/creatures/9.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/creatures/10.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/creatures/amphakoo.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/creatures/spider_weird.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/21.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/19.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/quick.jpg

http://www.macniderdesign.com/artwork/characters/dancing_elf.jpg

[OneBigCelt]

I wonder when I will ever post ... I alwasy promise my self I will be I never doo