Concept drawing: The Waiting

[pstraub]

http://www.philipstraub.com/assets/Concepts/The_waiting_large.jpg

A drawing made for a short story. One in a series of grayscale images created for the story.
Photoshop 7

[keyboard]

:jawdrop:

whoahhhh thats awesome

[pstraub]

thanks keyboard

[dyc]

:jawdrop: wow :jawdrop: ;). much detail, like the waves and clouds. gimme your pencil :D

[Molly]

pstraub,

This is absolutely incredable! I love the clouds, the waves on the sea - just brilliant!!!

Molly

[pstraub]

Thanks guys...me and my details, I just can't help myself.

[Sammy]

so......... crystal........ clear.......

the amonites are a nice touch and done accurately :) thanx

[Nucleardan]

holy crap on a crutch!

well...uh....sheez...i don't really know what to say....uh...high five?:waves:

[pstraub]

thanks nucleardan and sammy

[Nerfherder]

:bow:
I always knew you were good, and now I know you're amazing. Nice work on the water and sky. Such work on the details.

[pstraub]

Thanks Nerfherder...I recognize your name from GFX...good to hear from you.

[böse]

Fantastic !
Can we have a synopsis of your story and other drawings ?
It reminds me Max Ernst or Lovecraft landscaps ...

[gasmask]

Holy shit dude.......

[pstraub]

yes....I'll post a couple others...so you can see the development

[pstraub]

http://www.philipstraub.com/assets/Concepts/terradin_thecrossing_large.jpg

I've posted this one on here before but, it's another location in the story.

[William b. Hand]

STUNNING. What can you tell us about your process? At a glance there's a very 3D modeled look to the buildings, but on closer inspection it appears these were done by hand (certain spherical perspectives are off).
Really really cool, pstraub.

[pstraub]

yes, yes...ellipses in perspective...I hate um.

Basically the space city image was roughed out as a charcoal sketch..scanned in and then drawn over in photoshop. I probably should have roughed the thing out in Maya as the perspective would have been more acurate. Instead I used the old school "matte painter" technique of mapping the image out with a grid. Then it was pretty much built pixel by pixel.

[PeggyChung]

wow both are very breath taking :D goodjob

[Bboy Waldo]

Holy crud, Just awsome

Tyler Look like grey scale Loraine paintings.

Tlyer

[pstraub]

thanks again guys

[Beatnik]

I recognized your style instantly from GFX. Your work is incredible! Thanks for describing the process.

If any of you haven't seen it yet, I recommend checking out Philip's site. There is a lot more work on there that will blow your mind. :thumb:

[metalwinds]

psh. .you know you got skills. i have nothing to say

peace

[pstraub]

Beatnick, metalwinds: I'm totally flattered, thank you

[Skellington]

Just had to join in on the compliments.
Awsome images!

[pstraub]

thanks skellington

[vijil]

I'm looking at these saying to myself "one day, my friend, one day you'll be able to do that".

For now, I'm just going to use those as inspiration for some pieces of my own. Hmmm...

That semi gothic future indian european thing you've got going is neet, I may rough up some mecha, spacecraft etc designs based on it. What sorts of things are in your short story? Can we read the story?

Great work, needless to say. If no one has hired you as an artist by now then they're all damn fools.

[davi]

great work man, these must have taken forever :p

[pstraub]

vijil: Thank you for the fine compliments. Please drop me a line when you do your spacecraft concepts. I'd love to see them.

Funny, you mention the job thing, I was employed at Vivendi Universal Games for 5 years but they closed our division down. I currently am trying my hand at a bunch of different things; writing, teaching, and of course drawiing and painting. The freelance thing is fun but it is a bit scary. I continue to look around at full time gigs as well...but as you all know, some of them are very "production pipeline" oriented and it is important for me to get at least some of my own vision out. Know what I mean? Ahhhh the struggle of the artist.
Thanks again.

Davi: Thank you! The seascape wasn't too bad...about a week. The spacecity...oh yes....took me months off and on.

[pstraub]

http://www.philipstraub.com/assets/Concepts/Crossroads_Large.jpg

Here is another image from the story. This has been posted on here before but, I wanted to give you guys more of the idea of the imagery

[Loga4]

Wow,awesome!
Great jop,pstraub!

[pstraub]

Thanks Loga4

[William b. Hand]

Straight outta my childhood fantasies, this one!

[pstraub]

William: My thoughts exactly...this one was totally a trip to work on. Reminds me of the drawings I did as a kid only, hopefully, a bit better:)

Phil