The toolbox - Now with More Updates!

[TOOLED!]

ahoy-hoy, time for me to thrown in to the sketchbook chaos. anywho, my name is chase and im just an art school kid up in calgary, alberta, canada. I think i have waited this long to post a sketchbook due to an overwhelmed feeling created by so many damn artists on this forum. I am just completely inspired by the commitment and unrelenting talent that some many show day after day.

most these images are on my blog, but i think its time to get out of basement and get some crits. P.S. say what you gotta say!

[TOOLED!]

this guy was from the silver tooth creature comp. Jakass pwnd :yayca:
http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RlnaSeun6dI/AAAAAAAAAAM/zdzfug6FhYo/s320/silvertooth+final.jpg

these next three are just characters, thats all.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RlnbLOun6hI/AAAAAAAAAAs/B9ZUb05iEv4/s320/wip2.jpg
http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RlnbLOun6gI/AAAAAAAAAAk/SOM-52P2OhQ/s320/spartan-remake.jpg
http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RlnbKOun6eI/AAAAAAAAAAU/N3qkSP4Xb3Y/s320/alien-heretic.jpg

this piece was a interpretation of the cat in the hat for a class'o mine
http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/Rlnskuun6iI/AAAAAAAAAA0/pJihUe6-hVA/s320/catinthehat2.jpg
I know it doesn't look like him but it is supposed to be Steve Buscemi, the sexiest actor alive (other than busey)!
http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RpKhfcBSsrI/AAAAAAAAABg/OBw-4jduLoo/s400/stevieb.jpg

im a smoker and this how smokers feel, generally, when smoking comes up in a conversation. and in canada it's always coming up
http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RpKhfMBSsqI/AAAAAAAAABY/3GjLaBLhUDA/s400/haters.jpg
self portrait
http://bp2.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RpKheMBSspI/AAAAAAAAABQ/7tXkJrOT3Ac/s400/selfportraitjuly6.jpg
ummm... i dunno what to say about this guy! he has hair and probably has arms.
http://bp1.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RpKhd8BSsoI/AAAAAAAAABI/1tDIRQ1UUCg/s400/japanesespeedpaint.jpg

[TOOLED!]

I'm going to try to scan in my sketchbooks but there is too much other stuff going on right now so i'll stick with the digital stuff for now.

this was a commision oil painting, it was pretty big and quite the challenge.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RqTHc4v6DuI/AAAAAAAAACA/5F4du9-JejY/s320/DSCF1479.JPG

self portrait
http://bp1.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RqYGs4v6DvI/AAAAAAAAACI/JMNg72fdGvg/s320/selfportrait070722.jpg

another chow, i dont remember what the comp was. something like field medic.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RsWcmW00E2I/AAAAAAAAADE/ooqj1Pt9PC8/s400/chow84_chemwar_medic_tooled.jpg

[TOOLED!]

more crap
http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/Rticm5OfSgI/AAAAAAAAADM/SGbje9ZUzHY/s400/queen.jpg
http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/Rt7c3JOfShI/AAAAAAAAADU/WzsO_0TKU10/s400/theduke.jpg
http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/R0L7yQJHO7I/AAAAAAAAAD8/IFFkwEC-ReI/s400/factory.jpg

[TOOLED!]

some digi sketches
http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/R1GZKfRboUI/AAAAAAAAAGE/bbD4c6-DRMQ/s400/NOV29.jpg
http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/R1GZavRboVI/AAAAAAAAAGM/TIwsOd-Dh0g/s400/NOV27.jpg
http://bp0.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/R1G1yvRboWI/AAAAAAAAAGU/1tnK37fMDk0/s400/ruins1.jpg
http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/R1H_UfRboXI/AAAAAAAAAGc/JiLdyU1ztrU/s400/diyaportrait.jpg

[lennon]

It does look like Buscemi, although I didn't know he was sexiest. That and Kramer being racist, who would have thought.
Very nice work, you understand of light and color, but your brushing technique is bad wich is nothing important. Perhaps is because of the way your using your program. Also, don't upload your image so small. Don't be shy, your work is good.

[angelo cordon]

these are really awesome, although i wish they could be bigger :)

[TOOLED!]

im still trying find a brushstyle that fits how i paint with oils, digital is unkind to me ;)

sorry about the size. i'll post bigger from now on

[TOOLED!]

more...

[TOOLED!]

LOL sorry i didnt mean to post that big
did i mention im slightly computer illiterate!

[Draniel]

wow, character designs, cool! your little characters look really interesting, and i should do some more rough sketches like you did.

[TOOLED!]

thnx dranny,
sketchs is about all i got, i cant seem to finish much, i get bored and frustrated with them to quickly!

[dadushin]

hey tooled! nice start man!
great paints and line, especially in those last few
keep it up man

[TOOLED!]

more...

[JPW]

Hey Chase. Glad to to see you on here.

Art school? Kid? Shit. Some ace stuff. Really good. Seems that there is yet another wonderful artist here to learn from. Gutted many of the pieces you've posted aren't bigger.

Thanks for the comment

James.

PS. Can't see the last three.

[CatConvention]

very awesome work.
I actually like your brush strokes just the way they overlap and it looks all thick.
your color seems very well put also.
But i agree show off the big image, don't be scared because most images when blown up for have flaws.

[TheGnoll]

your work is very, very nice.
The first pics in here were too small to judge roperly, but those characters have very nice design...love the latest sketches...

keep sharing, have some stars.

ciao

[marioucci]

wicked lines man. your self protrait is very good. full of sentiment.

cheerios

Mario

[AztcFireFlower]

You have a nice assortment of work and media styles.
Good studies. Can ya post the Silver Tooth a bit bigger. I'd love to see the detail in the critter.

[TOOLED!]

silver tooth blow up
http://bp3.blogger.com/_ZUOQZC4TxFM/RlnaSeun6dI/AAAAAAAAAAM/zdzfug6FhYo/s1600/silvertooth%2Bfinal.jpg

thanks for the comments guys. i am going to try to dump as much as i can today and get some new stuff going

[TOOLED!]

more sketches

[TOOLED!]

same ol'

[TOOLED!]

im trying to work on two things right now the most- girls and enviro's because lets face it, my attempts at either are pretty crappy!

I would be very grateful if anyone cared to shed some light on where i am going wrong.

[TOOLED!]

here is some oils on board, approx. 2.5x4.5. the photos are bad, but its all i got for now. both are WIP's but as soon as they are a little more complete i'll take some better photo's.

[TOOLED!]

here is another unfinished one, i tried to get in on the Chow but got way to overwhelmed by the amazing entries. i'll probably finish it just to say it is done. penumbra own'd big time!

[Ted]

Thanks for the reply to my sketchbook. Great work. Posts #9, #21, and #22 are my favorites.

[TOOLED!]

first one is digi 2nd is oil

[Miltbrann]

Wow, lotsa great stuff. Of all the pictures here, i think the hand on a tablet sketch in post 9 is my favourite.

However, something must be picked on. In the "jailhouse" pic, the perspective looks rather extreme on the left. I'm struggling to see where the viewer is standing in the picture. The detail is cool, thou. Gotta love that crane.

I wish you had finished that Medusa for the comp, it'd definitely be one of the better entries.

[Eric Young]

Hey Tooled, I like your stuff a lot. Your first environment pic is really cool looking. And your wide range of character designs is really cool and interesting. Keep up the good work!

PS thx for commenting my SB

[Carbono]

Man, i really love your use of colors. You got great pics there, i really love the concepts and the lady with the 'big mouth'.

Really nice man, i will keep checking this thread to see more from you!
Keep it up!

[UCT]

this is really fantastic. love the 'real' paintings too.

[TOOLED!]

miltbrann- thanks for comments man, yeah i'd definately have to agree about the perspective. i wonder if i should break up some of that long stretch of wall?

the original- thnks for the comments, i am sure trying to create a wide range and style-sets of characters. practise practise right ;)

carbono- my colors? really, thnks alot. i always thought they were a little wonky, but it means alot to hear that someone likes them.

UCT- the "real" paintings are so much fun, its nice to mix it up once and a while, trying to keep my stuff from getting too digital.

[TOOLED!]

these are some tonal studies that are due next week, the project is to create four comps 1)high key 2)high mid 3)low mid 4) low key

[Discoskull]

Dude! Awesome stuff. I love seeing sketchbooks that vary it up.
I'm kinda novice-level skills-wise, so I don't really have any critiques at the moment...sorry
But again, awesome stuff. I particularly like the one in post 25, and the sketch in 21. In this last one, I can see the fish-spider-monster the chick is facing down...
Makes me want to draw. Keep sharing!

[TOOLED!]

grey scale jack the ripper

[TOOLED!]

just playing around some more with tones and brushes

[TOOLED!]

more tonal stuff

[Slav]

keep sharing, some interesting stuff here.

[TOOLED!]

more b/w

[TOOLED!]

army guy i guess, im still practising my tones

[funfetus]

Great stuff, man! I'm really impressed with the oils. Nothing I can crit -- keep it up!

[TOOLED!]

more b/ws

[TOOLED!]

mo' shat

[TOOLED!]

still doin those black and whites!

[TOOLED!]

some one tell me if they are getting tired of these ;)

[Matsign]

Sweet skatchbuk you tool. lol. Lots of fun shit to look at here. I like it all. Nice creative mix to every medium you're into. These recent grayscale studies are hot.

[Discoskull]

I echo the grayscale sentiment.
I particularly like these last two posts, and that goggle-creature.
Now I go doodle.

[TOOLED!]

thnx for the comments guys.

mat- i try to keep the variety going, hoping i find a style

disco- thnx for the comments, i'm checking for updates on your sketchbook

[TOOLED!]

this one is a school project, WIP

[TOOLED!]

more stuff and junk

[Texahol]

you're doing some really neat things. Your sketches have especially strong linework. Your rendered/painterly stuff seems to lack a certain amount of punch. When practicing tones, what helped me a lot was doing value studies from photographs / old masters. It helps you understand the difference between using a full value scale and using a full value scale effectively. ;) It also helps a bit when thinking about lighting...which directly affects ze values.

[TOOLED!]

that is a very good point, i've never done master studies. but can totally appreciate those who do, they always tend to have a better mental library of useful reference. thanks a lot for great crit TEX!

[Interceptor]

Thanks for the comment in my book. Interesting work :). See you around Calgary.

[TOOLED!]

update

[TOOLED!]

another school project

[TOOLED!]

bgs thumbs

[Nyx702]

I can totally tell your a painter...

really nice stuff. Many of the B&W go black to fast in my opinion? Maybe that's just me...they have a certain feel about them though. You create fantastic shapes with those digi brushed.

[TOOLED!]

thnx alot nyx, that is very true about my b&w's going black too fast, i will definately work on it. thnx again!

[Samantha]

good work. dude . i like the balck and whilt pic . nice .. keep on.

[TOOLED!]

thnx sam

[DanielC]

Good work man, the one with the beer can really pops out of other stuff you posted. Did you use a ref or something ?
Keep working !

[TOOLED!]

the beer can guy is a buddy, and yah its ref'd :)

[Carbono]

You got lots of nice new arts since my last visit here, really inspirational, i love your thumbs, they look amazing!

Its always a pleasure to see your work man!
keep it up!

[TOOLED!]

color thumbs

[TOOLED!]

thnx for keeping tabs carbono, nice to know i have some repeat customers ;)

[TOOLED!]

new stuff
289879

[TOOLED!]

more enviros

[TOOLED!]

some more stuff, its kind of boring but im just trying new ways of getting light and color down.

[enthombed]

nice stuff here bro, you have a lot of cool gray scale drawings.

[Hyskoa]

This thread needs stars.

[TOOLED!]

here is a dump-

each of these are basically sketchs taking me about 1hr-

[TOOLED!]

forgot to add this guy with the last batch

[RandAlThor]

Hey Tooled, Sweet update dude. Those character are pretty strong... I like your color exercises, keep them up, they are def helping.. ;-)

[TOOLED!]

here is another one, i've been trying to develop something here that i might be able to refine into a "style", anyways like always crits are needed.

[TOOLED!]

this is a school project, the topic was "Pulp fiction".

[TOOLED!]

these are just some thumb-sketchs for a enviro project- they are kind of muddy and ugly but i hope to refine them and get some "oh snap" in there some where ;p

[TOOLED!]

thumbs and comp

[Clochette]

Wonderful work! I love the way you contrast your pictures.
I'll come back to see some new!

[TOOLED!]

some practise pics- i have always had a really hard time using reference so i figure the more i practise and memorize stuff the less i'll have to ref :P

[TOOLED!]

here is a speed painting i like to call "drag queen" after sargent, man did i pick the wrong guy to try and copy in a half hour. i'm an idiot :o

[Quinn Simoes]

Hey Chase,

You have great SB, your digital work is progressing nicely, the painting called "BIGfnpipe" is very well done, I like it.

Quinn

[Tessilago]

You have some really great stuff in here! :D 5 stars from me.

[TOOLED!]

thnx clochette, quin and tess

[Chermilla]

Hi TOOLED!

Thanks for the comments you made in my sketchbook, really appreciated. Thought I'd return the favour and come see what you've been up to. :)

Lovin' everything so far, especially the ickle coloured thumbs, makes me wanna go do some myself! They look like fun to do.

Your characters are really nice. I especially like the ones in post #71. Do you use oils in Painter to render most of your work by any chance?

Thanks,

Cx

[TOOLED!]

hey chermilla, thnx for the comment. the thumbs are fun, and all i use is photoshop, painter is to big for my teeny mac :).

[TOOLED!]

more sketchy characters, this is a wip im playing with. two different heads and im not sure which to go with. the second one kind of reminds me of earth worm jim, but whatever ;)

[TOOLED!]

some sketchs i did this morning, just screw'n around.

[Crazy Pills]

Your strokes and contours in many of your early posts of gestures and sketches have a very classical feel. Really digging the later posts too especially the posts from February 26.

Keep it up!

[enthombed]

great concepts tooled, keep this working hard.

cheers

[TOOLED!]

crazy pills- wow, thnx man. very nice to such a compliment.

entombed- thnx, bud, im trying.

[TOOLED!]

no comment

[TOOLED!]

mo' crap...

[luness]

You have the talent and the skills. Cool sketchbook :)

I particularly like the sketching style of the post 74, 91, and 92. Fluent and expressive.

Keep up the good work.

[Quinn Simoes]

Nice sketches, I like the page of the various creature heads. Great work!

Quinn

[TOOLED!]

these are portraits of some of my teachers

[illgnosis]

Your sketch book is good times.. I found you through your ChOW post African Warlord... I'l keep checkin in for new stuff.. thanks for posting.

[TOOLED!]

well its about f&*$ing time i updated. some random stuff including speedies and studies and some tom foolery

[TOOLED!]

is it a wookie or a saquatch?

[HunterKiller_]

Thanks for the nice comment, dude. You've got some beautiful work yourself.

Love everything on this page.
Sweet caricatures of your teachers. This 'wooksquatch' creature is cool.
Rabicrab is funky and the colours are delicous.

I really like the painting on page one of the gentleman and his dog.

Too many asspats, but I've got no crits. :P Might be nice to see a few 'academic' studies.

Keep posting!

[TOOLED!]

thnx hunter, yeah i should probably post up my studies, i guess im just lazy hehe. i'll get to scanning them.

[fantasyartist]

Really great work my friend! Your drawings have a lot of expression. You could teach me a thing or two:). I'll keep an eye on this sketchbook.

[Palin]

Really nice works
great stuff

[TOOLED!]

thnx guys.

[TOOLED!]

bud dug

[ChuanMing]

Hey dude, nice stuff here!

[Dan Valkar]

great sb man! cool character design and sweet painting style...ive missed a very cool thread...well no more

[TOOLED!]

thnx chuan and dan.

[TOOLED!]

new speed paints. while doing these I remembered a special little tool that will help clarify areas of my digital work, it's called... sharpen! who'd a thunk it. from now on i'll try to remeber that little bastard, i think it could really help, especially on digi sketches.

[a la bapsi]

your teacher portraits--nice.
i envy how well you paint. x_x
sharpen on digital pieces? :O ooh

[TOOLED!]

drum roll pls... it's Prep H man. aka WTF!

[TOOLED!]

girl and her wheels. i think i might turn this guy into a finished piece.

[TOOLED!]

hey-o, more updatin.

[UCT]

how is is #111 coming along?

great work here. Im quite jealous about how you make your rougher sketchy works look completed. I think you have a good eye for desing cos you know when to leave things before having to go into too much detail.

Smooooooth.

[TOOLED!]

Thnx UCT

hehe, 111 was started this morning before work. i'll have to work on it later tonight. and the leaving out details comes from laziness for the most part. i tend to move so quickly from sketch to sketch that i needed to figure out a way to get around rendering everything.

[Ash888]

Love the work, ALL OF IT. The paintings, the creatures, the portraits really inspirational.
I can't wait to see more, post again soon. five stars.

[AmontilladoAg]

Seriously, sweet SB goin' on here. :) I like your different approaches and the variety of your work... and I love your digipaint skillz! Sell them to me! :P

Show us moar, plz :vodkamachine:

[TOOLED!]

thanks for the praise guys, it's always nice to hear you're doing something right.

[openanewworld]

I definately love your art works, and you have tried so many things, personally I thousht those teachers' faces are top stuffs and that girl raiding that monster is very nice too, you have background on fine art which I thought can help your career very much, I should really learn fine art unfortunately I missed my chance.

If you can show us more your anatomy works will be even better, to me some figure exercises can really tight up your design more, now your stuffs are too expressive, if you want to get into film or game industry made your design more functionable will be cool, keep up the good works

[TOOLED!]

here is a self portrait

[TOOLED!]

openanewworld - wow, great point. it's very nice to get such a great comment. I completely agree about the gestural artsy fartsy stuff i do hehe. i do a lot of studies and more concept and film stuff in my sketchbook, but i never get around to scaning it, way to much junk to scan ;p . Hunterkiller made a similar request for more academic stuff, i guess i really got to get on it now.

[TOOLED!]

some speedies from this morning, first one i really really don't like but i thought i'd post it so i could get some critiques from the enviro and spaceship guys out there.

[TOOLED!]

this was a storybook project from school. the book was the giving tree. i used guache, water color and and digital.

[TOOLED!]

these two guys are for a DMC on www.monkeyslunch.com/forum.

[malpanka]

oh my, dude i want to have your skills....
the only thing that bugs me (but i'm also enjoying it) is that all your pics are somewhat comical. nothing serious- just caricatures or bunny monsters

[TOOLED!]

hehe, i think that my sketchbook is more of a reflection of my lighter side. i get a little more serious with natural media, i think it may be a time thing (more time invested tends to settle me down and get serious). thanks for the comment though, it is good to hear some alternative opinions. i'll have to mix it up a little more

[TOOLED!]

update of the beast rider.

[TOOLED!]

here's a lunch time sketch. using a oil painting technique called "happy accidents" and this thing was nothing but a blob that i kept cutting into and painted over.

[drewfarr]

Fantastic sb, all the characters have major personality :D The beast rider is absolutely brilliant.

*subscribed*

[TOOLED!]

hey, drewfarr. thanks for the kind words.

[TOOLED!]

here is another speedie, don't know what i was trying to accomplish. maybe a little more storytelling.

[TOOLED!]

here is my first real figure study in digital. pretty happy with how it turned out. more of these to come.

[drewfarr]

Something about her chin and receding hairline take away from her beauty, but her figure looks quite well done to me. I really need to do a few of these...

[wink_ma]

Five Stars !:)~~~~

[TOOLED!]

thnx for the commnents guys .yea her face is buggin me too, i gotta fix that when i finish the rest.

[TOOLED!]

update on the noodie.

[TOOLED!]

monster heads- nuff said.

[drewfarr]

Great monster doodle :) How do you approach doing something like that? Just get some silhouettes going? Or do you already have the designs in mind?

[TOOLED!]

they all start out as abstract as possible. then i cut into the silhouettes. add ]some highlights, and WABAM! i got myself a weird looking blob. pretty much how i approach all of my paintings.

[King Kobra]

hi i can see alot of talent
amizing art and
remember pratice makes perfect

[OleOlsen]

nice...very nice...my highest respects. such a nice line quality...ohhhhh yeah!
well...i dont have nothing more to say...why should i critisize a sketchbook? no no, i wont cirtisize good sketches....

[drewfarr]

@tooled: Haha, good to know! Ill definitely be trying that out... thanks :)

[TOOLED!]

'nother monster head.

[TOOLED!]

here is another speedie from work

[drewfarr]

Haha I dig both of em. The messy feeling to the speedy. I can never seem to pull off messy.... Do you basically just get to do speedies all day? ;) More please!

[TOOLED!]

this is a level 34 elf with a set of ogre night-sticks with +9 against deer mice.


p.s i'll polish this up later.

[TOOLED!]

thnx for kind words guys, i'll keep practicing for sure.

[TOOLED!]

this is pretty much how my paintings look early on, thought it might be interesting to see.

[drewfarr]

Interesting and useful! Something that Ive been trying to figure out lately was how to get the forms of the face down with the least amount of brushstrokes and colors. Ive been studying a lot of folk's work, and everyone of you make it look so simple! Thanks for posting this, great to analyze.

[TOOLED!]

i dunno...

[Hybrid_75]

good stuff, got a hectic feel to your whole sketchbook i like.

[Glory666]

awsum stuff man, keep it coming:)

[TOOLED!]

some faces.

[TOOLED!]

process shot. 2 layers one bg one character.

[TOOLED!]

more process, i'll probably do this through out. time wise, the sketch took 10-15 mins, first step about the same. this step was about 30 mins.

[YinYangi]

Love the digital sketches, especially the ones where you draw into the silhouette.

[cakeypigdog]

great stuff!!!!! You have lots of good style going on!

[TOOLED!]

thanks a lot guys.


here's an update - squeezing time in between projects at work ;P.

[TOOLED!]

this gal right here is a DMC for www.monkeyslunch.com/forum . the concept is by dug "the dozer" nhung.

[Texahol]

ahh hillariously awesome stuff in here!
Your line-drawings are really ace. Argh I can spend so much time looking at those lines :o
You really should have 5 stars for this playground...argh

aaand crits! [well, just one really]
On your rendered stuff I really think you can push your lighting. Thinking more about staged lighting, or spotlighting...Right now you're mostly using a generic light source direction. It feels a bit like "light source is over here somewhere, and then everything else I'll chalk up to diffuse light". Spot lighting on details is good, and then playing with the diffusion of light as it fades out from the spot light really ads some drama, and a clear focuspoint. Then you can play up the bounce and diffuse lights for areas that are important, but not the main focus. Justin Sweet plays with the spotlighting stuff really well, if you're not familiar with his work...erm well you should be . ;)

[drewfarr]

Its all looking great, Love your concepts and execution.

[Tigermilk]

Oh man, love your work. Your sketches in perticular looks amazing. Very cool, now keep it up!
/t

[TOOLED!]

tex- haha funny thing you should mention the wierd diffused, non-descript lighting. ya, that's my fall back lighting scheme kinda blah. justin sweet eh, i'll check him out.

drew- thnx man. execution has been becoming easier, thnx to the studies and speedies.

tiger- thnx man.

[TOOLED!]

morning feces

[TOOLED!]

switch head

[TOOLED!]

someone cut the cheese.

[TOOLED!]

quick concept piece. subject is the garuda bird

[TOOLED!]

update

[MattGamer]

man, you got some sick stuff here!

really gets me going! thanks!

[drewfarr]

Im digging all of it. Im with Matt, just the kind of work that gets my imagination going.

[TOOLED!]

thanks boys, means a lot to me.

[TOOLED!]

this nasty little bugger is a rough for a illustration, i flip this damn thing and scribble on it a hundred freaking times before i get the nerve to start on it.

[Dan Valkar]

that knight its freakin' sweet!! this sb its very inspiring mate!! keep it up!

[TOOLED!]

update. any thoughts on this one would be extremely appreciated, not sure where i'm going with it.

[drewfarr]

Its looking strong, maybe add a bit more in the way of shacks on the left side? I'm no expert, but it doesn't seem to be missing much at all...

Maybe some kind of village shaman center stage?

[Blythe]

I like the multiwinged bird thing. Does it have a name?

[TOOLED!]

drew- more shacks- check. there is going to be a lot of people getting swatted around by these big guys.

blythe- bird thing= Garuda bird, indian mythological beasty.

[TOOLED!]

this one might be more helpful to see what i was thinking.

[Brun]

GREAT STUFF IN HERE! verry nice and inspiring imagination u have, keep it coming sir

ROCK OOOOON

[drewfarr]

Aaaaaaaah, okay. Hmmm..... I really dont know. Aside from some character 'resisting' the monsters(cliche'd, I know) Im not really sure. I was gonna say some little kid with a wooden sword or something, but I dont know what kind of emotion youre trying to convey here, so that may not work. If the monster design is strong enough it could definitely carry the whole image.

[destinyapocalypse]

u have nice digital jobs


take care

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orc'd

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more DMC stuff

[drewfarr]

Loving that last one :]

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playing with colors.

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sarg study. damn, sargent is my hero his colors are ridiculous. here's an attempt at studying his rad shit.

[Verehin]

Cool color work man!

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lil' rough thumbs. and the first one sketch-up'd.

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quick work time sketch. named this one "pitbreath busts a hip"

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update.

[MattGamer]

Man, this (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=413112&stc=1&d=1216080918) is dope.

Nice sb, mate!

[drewfarr]

Im loving this little demon/robot/jester guy. Class A design there.

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thnx guys. as for the demon/jester/robot thing, i like everything but those damn legs they flippin suck. i'm going to redo that, turn down the suck.

[HunterKiller_]

Hot sketchbook. 5 Stars for you.

Love the face doodles.

[BludHund]

Hey man, thanks for stopping by my SB (you jumped on that update fast, lol).

Looks like you've got some pretty good work here.

Your figures are really excellent, remind me of Min (Bumskee). You might want to brush up on some details of non-human anatomy though (see that octopus-centaur DMC, you were really struggling with the horse legs).

faces are good too, I especially like some of the caricatures.

You might want to spend some time absorbing mechanical components and joints ... you want the details of how that stuff fits together to be a subconscious knowledge, just like the anatomy and proportions of humans.

Also, your rendering technique is quite good, although you seem to leave some promising pieces unfinished / underdeveloped.

A lot of your work seems very helter-skelter and stream-of-consciousness. Although you seem to really tighten things up as the process goes forward. This is a great way to develop ideas, but in some cases you might find yourself getting lost or frustrated.

One thing I notice is that you appear to be working purely in digital media. This really fits neatly into an approach with lots of reworking and overpainting, and that seems to work well for you, especially when you push things through to a polished finish.

However, I do suggest you try doing some traditional stuff, just to force yourself to commit to choices, it might help you to develop *effective* ideas more rapidly, in stead of having to do quite so much feeling around.

well enough of BS opinions, keep up the good work, I'll try to stop by regularly.

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great crit there bludhund, thanks alot. haha, funny you should mention those horse legs. i felt they were pretty ulgy and completely wrong. and i hope to get moving on the mechanical bits too, they are probably my biggest and worst problem. i'll post up some studies and hopefully some bots soon. as for digital vs natural, i used to only do natural and moved into digital cause of the speed. but i still do natural stuff, i just haven't posted any lately, but there is quite a few paintings earlier in this thread. anywho, thnx for the response, and i'll get cracking on those issues you brought up. once again thanks for the great crit.

[Texahol]

nice you pushing the lighting and edges.
your color choices are a bit weird to me. It feels like you don't think much about the colors. The way you shift your hues on an object feels a bit odd. Your hues and saturations don't really shift in a realistic manner, but I don't think its from a lack of knowledge. Just in general though, your highlights seem to be too saturated.

man, this is kind of a useless post, but I guess i'd just like to see what you do to finish stuff. [yeah yeah, it's supposed to be a sketchbook..argh]

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yea, most these colors are experiments, i'm trying to play around with different types of combinations. i figure i'll stumble on to something and think "damn thats wierd, i'm keepin it!" i usually have to saturate my colors because as i paint i get pretty greyed down. thnx for the comment tho tex.





what's finished stuff?

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here is some old stuff i just found, for the most part they are watercolor and guoache. last one is digi.

[Untouched24]

Great sketchbook. Some very cool designs and ideas in here. I really like those last pieces as well. The koala-elephant thing is awesome looking. As is that giant in the last digital piece. Looking forward to seeing more.

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probably the second or third robot type thing i have ever drawn. i am blown away at how some guys can just whip this stuff out! i'll be workin on them a lot more.

[clanlord]

Your coloring skills are very good! The design on the last is very cool, looking forward to see it finished, hmm I see that there are also many others unfinished... Otherwise there are no ctrits, splendid SB!

[drewfarr]

Great stuff! I especially like those shots with the koala thing. You just keep pushing out great work.

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got one cooking right now and it's a robot piece with heavy lighting, and i'm going to finish it. wahoo. so i won't posting anything for a day or so.

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alright, finally. i was having some internet problems so i couldn't get this thing posted. anyways here is that painting i was talking about, finished? i'll probably work on it some more, not sure.

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squidward?

[drewfarr]

Haha, love both of these, the lighting on the robot piece is perfect. I cant remember if I've asked, but do you use Painter or Ps? It looks like Painter, but I wanted to be sure.

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drewfarr- it's all ps. i'm too cheap to pick up painter as well, but i would like to get it one of these days.



more dmc stuff. plus some lil' gif's, damn these things are fun to make.

[monotony]

great sketchbook, mate. love the finished robot. got a very neat rusty surface.
and elephant-koala is awesome.
maybe I have something useful to say when I stop by again.

[Dan Valkar]

this its gettin better n better man! sick stuff... love the giant koalathingie transport....really nice concept..also the one called procession, keep it up bro!!

[HunterKiller_]

The giant ride-on Koala is awesome, haha.

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drawing some self portraits this morning. decided to bombard CA with some creepness.

[Giorge]

nice... your stuff looks really good ... one thing though ... you need to blend the character(s) with the background ... it jumped to my attention on your last piece ... not blend with the blend tool ..but try to integrate them somehow. And work the color a little more ... I'm working on that now ... after the gray scale to play a little with colors. Good luck cheers!

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another SP.

[drewfarr]

Great portraits, the tones in this last one are nice and dramatic.

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monotony- thanks man, koala beast guy was fun to make. i'll see if i can find my development sketches, some weird shit in there.

dan- unfortunately i couldn't find the finished procession piece, thanks for the kind words.

hunter killer- thanks man.

flamable -thanks. yeah the colors get a little weird if i go from b/w to color, but practice practice right.

drewfarr -thanks drew, portraits are pretty tricky, especially mixing it up when you do them, so i'm glad the drama was visible.

sketch page.

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mo' sketchin. airplane pilot.

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practicing girls.

[humanNature6115]

love the paints.

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http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761)

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mr.mallet throwing a tantrum.

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another character sketch, i'll probably polish this one up some more and post it later.

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here's a oil painting from a few months ago, i'm still trying to track down some other pics of my oils. so until then, he'll have to do for now.


p.s i'm really sorry about the shitty pic.

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update, i'm hope the changes are visible enuff. i'd really like some feedback on how to get some polish.

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architecture study

[Sebastian Gromann]

hey dude, u deserve more postes and replies :|
i gave u 5stars. i like that u keep on working and improving.
love your b/w sketches aswell :asspat: rock on

[drewfarr]

I'm with snobby, this stuff deserves way more attention. Awesome sketches, and the archi paint looks great(except for a couple lines here and there that look strange).

And as usual, I love your character work.

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cool, thanks guys. hey drew which lines look strange??

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i don't know what the hell this thing is, but i think its wearing a mask with branches taped to it.

[Dan Valkar]

sweet stuff mate! keep it up!

[jedininjaman]

I like the architecture study it has some nice colors and an awesome atmosphere it needs two business men talking right in the middle of the foreground though...
The pic you called "breastplate" with the chic in it has a nice color scheme but she is totally off balance and would be falling forward
The sketches are sweet though
keep it up man and stop by sometime:)
-jedininja

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'nother character. :6

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i67/chasetoole/dmc9.jpg

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so mo shitty heads.

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Dan- thanks bud, appreciate the repeat visits ;p

jedi- yea, i thought the background could use some figures in it too. and i don't quite know what you meen about the chic being off balance. (paint it over to explain), i'm kinda dense.

[drewfarr]

Absolutely fantastic stuff! I say it every time, but it still hasn't changed, so....

Sorry for the late answer by the way. By strange lines I meant: On the end wall closest to the viewer and the little green window below it, there are odd artifacts in the dark parts crossing over. Like they were colored with a lasso tool but without anti-aliasing on. Hard to explain(and its pretty minor), just thought I'd be nit picky :)

http://uploader.polorix.net//files/96/drew.gif

[Texahol]

i'd really like some feedback on how to get some polish.
what do you mean by polish?
just noodle more...and draw in useless details. :P

[JPW]

Hey Chase.

The sketchbook's looking great. So much inspiration here. Having said that, I was frustrated looking at the sketch of the red headed guy on the previous page. I saw the four legs and got ready to cackle,-and then you made them into robotic legs. shame on you. Only purely for not amusing me as much.

I'm really loving the work. You've got to keep adding to it! There's people here who want to see.

James

[Pixeltuner]

Helloooooo, thanks for stopping by at my book of sketchiness. :) I really like your portraits a lot and also your character in post #222 but the fact that her anatomy (on purpose?) is off bothers me a bit. Her waist seems a bit weird. That's all, keep em coming! :)

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drew- thnx for the clarification. i'll work on that.

Tex- oooo, thnx tex. that's how you do it eh.

JPW- thnx for the nice comments. and don't worry more stuff is always on the way ;p

pixel-thnx for stoppin by man, yea her anatomy was skewed a bit, thought it would add a little more to the character.

[Arteater]

Awesome character designs

[Euphemism]

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Your stuff is brilliant; what more can I say? The earliest things in your SB made me smile, as there was some incredibly rendered stuff that was pushed to sheer zanyness - and cussing. XD I liked that early sketch of the kids chasing a robot with plastic swords and water guns... :) Would you have a finished work of that!?

Huegly inspirational. :yayca:

[drewfarr]

Hey man, just went through your sb again, still just as inspiring :) Any chance of updates in the near future?

Peace http://uploader.polorix.net//files/96/drew.gif

[Tigermilk]

yearrgh, where be the updates? :)

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UPDATERD! i'm back from holidays once again, so i can start posting what i've done. anywho, here is a quickie from lunch. when i get some time i'll upload the rest.

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ooops, forgot these guys.

[Carbono]

I love the way you present your sketches man, they all look very dynamic and great, real nice range of subjects and i can feel the creativity flowing on these pieces!

Cool stuff man, always a pleasure to check!
Voted!

Cheers!

[Dan Valkar]

sweet updates man!, crazy colours and sick characters!!

[boba64]

Your mass jumble of character designs is inspiring and great. thanks for sharing your work.

[Reject-D]

keep it up tooled ive seeen much improvement from page one! keep it up!

[andyhunt]

SWEET SHIT, the colors! What did I eat?! I WANNA EAT MORE! Keep it coming!

[Vorace]

love your stuff, great progress!!

[zweiDee]

cool sketches. the second sheet is my fav.