Thirdeye's Sketchbook II - Updated Daily

[thirdeye]

Ok ... so ... new year, new sketchbook - I think that it's good time to start fresh, go back to basics and stuff :rocker:

I didn't get much feedback in the old sketchbook near the end so maybe new one will get more attention and I will hopefully get more crits and suggestions - to help me grow :)

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA Sketchbook 2/2008_000.jpg

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA Sketchbook 2/2008_001_alien 3_04.jpg

Oh ... the old thread is here : www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30894&page=12 in case anyone wanted to check it out :)

[Farvus]

Hey. You're back :}. Cool mutants.
I sometimes feel (from seeing also your earlier drawings) like you would like to push the design more but you're worried about making too much mess. Maybe use tracing paper during some stage so you can try out different things before you start rendering.
In the digital pic there is something too look at the top, bottom right part has something interesting but in the middle the picture feels a bit empty and not defined beacuse of the darkness. I had similar problem in one concept and I managed to solve it by introducing secondary light source and subtle reflected light that hits the deepest shadow. Generally if it's hard to define some form, introduce some more light. You can always later adjust levels to make the darker shadow tones more sublte :).
The textures look really nice. You're going in right direction with level of detail.

Pozdrawiam. I wszystkiego najlepszego w Nowym Roku!

[DanielC]

Very nice dude ! I'm always impressed by the organic feel or your creatures.
The second one is great too, all wet and sticky, very good !

[thirdeye]

Farvus - thanks :) I'm trying to get back to the forums like in the old days.

Thanks for valuable pointers :)

You're totaly right about details in my pencil sketches - I think that it's more a mather of how I approach them. I tread them as practice, to not let my skills rust, rather then designs and I make them simpler. You're right sometimes I don't want to overload them with details, because I overlook the main forms then and they come out all weird and messy. But still, it doesn't mean that I won't try to find a golden mean :)

As to the other piece - you're right, it's mainly because it started as a head and arms sketch with main focus on the head. I added the rest of the body later :) But I became aware of the issue you mentioned near the end and added a little bounce light, but I think that secondary light will be a better idea.

DanielC - thanks a lot, it's a great compliment coming from you :)

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Today's update ... a little PS "sketch". I was experimenting with making a sketcbook-like composition of sketches in photoshop. Just like I do in my traditional sketchbook. It's still an early WIP - I only worked on the two top characters a bit more.

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA Sketchbook 2/2008_002_ps_sketch_01_00 copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA Sketchbook 2/2008_002_ps_sketch_01_00 detail.jpg

[Connie Cane]

Your creature designs are stunning, especially the first one! <3

[ACRO]

yoyo nice start.. i like the last image
the alien on the right side his skull is fire man

you like drawing aliens more then anything else i see?
do you ever think to yourself about actual customers that might want aliens etc?

holla at my sketchbook it would be appreciated

[IanE]

Creature design is great, rendering is nice, love the contrast you've got going in the first design. Only critique is they're all quite similar looking creatures, but they all look good is what counts! Keep it up, hopefully a new sketchbook will be just the right thing for you!

[marioucci]

Hey Thirdeye, Just folowed u from Koppas SB:)

AS it was said before, your character designs are hubba hubba! They would make wicked 3d renders *hint * hint* Tech wise Ive got no comments or critics.. I believe you are past that. its just creating designs for you from now:)

Cheerios

Mario

[koppa]

ha thats pretty cool man :) yeah render em up all 3d :D

[Eytan]

great designs man, id love to see you get some colored pieces in here, maybe even some human characters.

I think alot of your grayscale pieces could be helped with some edge lighting to help define the texture and form of your monsters

anywho keep it up

[Farin]

cool and weird stuff ;)

the second one is great ... seems to be the creature is going to step out of the picture... really 3d-ish
fantastic textures, you got there

and well another sb delivering new freaking horror creatures to make my dreams to become horror-trips :D

[thirdeye]

Connie Cane - thank you :)

ACRO - thanks, it's actually not just aliens, don't judge themes of my drawings on just 3 of them :) I've put these just for the start - I'm actually focusing now on human characters because I'm still bad at them :)

IanE - thanks :)

marioucci - thanks, that's a huge compliment :) but I wouldn't entirely agree - I'm more crytical to my skills and I'm aware of the flaws and lacks I have and need to work on :)

koppa - thank you :D

Quick_Sketch - thanks, you will definitely see human characters and color pieces as well, be patient - I'm just starting :) And thanks for the pointer, I actually heard this advice about my sketches a couple of times :)

Farin - hehe, thanks - I'm glad I can make your dreams just a little scarrier >:D

Nothin' special today - just a sketch I've been struggling with for a while now, it started out as a CHOW entry (theme was "Herald") I already tried doing it in many ways - trying different lighting, composition etc. started with color but I flattened it to B/W after a while - to focus on values, lighting and the mood :)

I know it's not much but crits are most welcome :)

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA Sketchbook 2/2008_003_chow_99_03 copy.jpg

[Farvus]

Hey. I dig your new updates.

Pierwszy szkic jest intrygujący :). Podoba mi się ten stwór z dwoma mackami po przeciwległych stronach głowy. Kompozycja jest naprawdę bez zarzutu. Fajnie by było zrobić na podstawie tego jakiś film 3d.

Co do CHOW'a to ciężko powiedzieć przy tak wczesnym szkicu. Wydaje mi się że postać ma ręce troche za długie w stosunku do nóg bądź też jego nogi są za krótkie. Poza tym ta wysunięta noga ma taką pozycję że trudno powiedzieć gdzie jego udo łączy się z miednicą. Ten szczegół na dole pracy to chyba róg. Dobrze by było gdyby nieco ubarwiał sylwetkę i był zawieszony gdzieś z przodu bądź z tyłu ciała.
Zapowiada się nieźle. Ciekawe ustawienie światła. Prawe przedramie jest w stosunku do niego najkorzystniej ustawione więc tam warto dać jakiś fajny detal no i jego prawa dłoń będzie miała niezły kontrast :).

Pozdrawiam.

PS. A... jeszcze co do oświetlenia tak generalnie. Polecam pomaganie sobie drewnianym manekinem. Do póz się zupełnie nie nadaje ale można go ustawić na biurku pod lampką i masz jakiś prosty reference jeśli chodzi o światło i cień.

[liam.c]

hell yah man looking good !!!!!http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA%20Sketchbook%202/2008_002_ps_sketch_01_00%20detail.jpg nice man !!!!!!

[thirdeye]

Farvus - dzieki za wskazowki - masz racje co do jego nog, wygladaja na za krotkie, w zamysle mialy sie chowac niemal calkiem w jakiejs tkaninie na podlodze , ale moze to zmienie, rog - faktycznie inne ustawienie mogloby ubarwic sylwetke - nie pomyslalem o tym :)

liam - thanks a lot :]


Color PS Wip - crits are most welcome :)

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA Sketchbook 2/2008_004_spider_11 copy.jpg

[funfetus]

Wow. I love the crazy critters, and you show nice rendering. My favorite is http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA%20Sketchbook%202/2008_002_ps_sketch_01_00%20copy.jpg

The interplay between lights and darks is great, and it's just rough enough, in a really nice way. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA%20Sketchbook%202/2008_005_dacab_crab_man_12%20copy.jpg

[ItalianHorsey]

Really cool stuff, I like your weird concepts. Keep drawing!

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA%20Sketchbook%202/2008_016_mindreader_01%20copy.jpg

[Lotet]

cool stuff, really like ur squidy stuff, u renders are great too, keep it up, whould like to see more, esp color.

[thirdeye]

Lotet - thank you, a lot more colors coming up :)

Today just one - i'm trying to rework this guy, give him more realistic feel.

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA%20Sketchbook%202/2008_017_spider_12%20copy.jpg

[george&guo]

cool monest~like his head and mark

[corza334]

wow you've got some awesome creations! Keep it up man, love the jaw on the last creature :D

[thirdeye]

Thanks a lot for the replies :)

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA%20Sketchbook%202/2008_019_bloedzeuger_00%20copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA%20Sketchbook%202/2008_020_bloedzeuger_03%20copy.jpg

[Roczniak]

I love your line and the way you are drawing, great stuff!!! :)

ps. cieszy fakt że jest tu kilku polskich artystów :) pozdrawiam i zapraszam na mój sketchbook

[thirdeye]

Ok so another two months have passed without posting.

Roczniak - dzieki za wizyte

http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA Sketchbook 2/2008_021_hunter_06 copy.jpg

[Hybrid_75]

Your stuff is good dude. I like the tentacle head guy, I'm all about tentacles latlley. nice values and depth to your stuff. keep it up, don't slack off! :)

[Farvus]

Hey. Last one is really nice. I'd play with scale a little bit more. I mean more tiny wrinkles like on head but in different places. Keep it up!

Pozdrawiam.

[Virg]

is that a tree on his head ??? I like the way you handle values so well.. I dont think i can judge your drawings too much but with all those naked mutants with tentacles ( tentacles are so fun to draw arent they ? ), a couple of characters with costume designs would be nice to see, and maybe an extra challenge for you ?! heee really great stuff thanks for sharing.

[thirdeye]

After a far far too long - one doodle to dig this out of the abbys. Hopefully I'll be able to update more regularily now. Cheers :)

[thirdeye]

Another one :)

[thirdeye]

Sketches.

[Farvus]

Hey thirdeye. Cool ideas. I like the small sketch with the robotic masked head. The last faces are really good too.

[RandAlThor]

I'm enjoying this SB dude, some really nice idea sparking designs. Keep posting :-)

[hurricane]

great faces and form, as always!

Thanks for the visit over at my SB.

keep on doing what you do so well :D
cheers

[Verehin]

cool creepy stuff! very nice composition- http://www.thirdeye.lap.pl/CA%20Sketchbook%202/2008_002_ps_sketch_01_00%20copy.jpg

[Dorkthrone]

There's some really nice work with form you have here. Plus, the work is pretty creepy.

[LECO]

I like your creature design, pretty cool stuff! Any major influences? Keep up the good work ;-)

[thirdeye]

Thx for the feedback guys. Replies later :)

[D@niel]

Your pencil skills are impressive!:) Cool creepy monsters!

[ArtZealot]

I love your monster/mutant guys. theres an element to them that makes them somewhat believable, i can't put a finger on it though. great stuff.

[Farvus]

I think your values improved. Those head sketches in top left corner look like next level. Rendering is also getting more eye candy.
Maybe just focus on shapes and designs before you proceed to shading. You already know how to make stuff look very 3d. Also watch out for the distance between bottom of the nose and the lips. For certain angles it's sometimes too big.

Keep posting :).

[thirdeye]

Thanks a lot for diggin' this thing out and the support.

Some stuff I've been working on after work. A tree-man and some energy guns sketches.

[thirdeye]

More guns, more detailed this time.

[kelly x]

#30 it is cool, also your faces are amazing, the woman is beautiful and your creatures gotta have em,' So good and I can't see the first one's = erased??

[thirdeye]

kelly x - thanks :)

Another one. Work in progress.

[thirdeye]

Two PS sketches. Trying to get my lines clean and nice.

[thirdeye]

Some new stuff... wips mostly.

[thirdeye]

Forgot to post these before. Finished.

[DARAF]

Nice update, very creepy. Rock on.

[thirdeye]

Thanks DARAF :)

This week's COW.

[thirdeye]

Studies.

[D@niel]

Dude!! Your monsters are amazing!!! That tree guy is particularly impressive!!:)

[thirdeye]

Thanks Daniel :)

[Farvus]

Hey. Really nice updates. I dig those more detailed guns.
In silhouette they look pretty good but I think the details give impression that thet're constructed from boxes. Little bit of looking at reference would help. Most importantly when looking at real life guns you will see that they have much more horizontal details in proportion to vertical ones. I would also cut or round some corners so that the overall shape is less blocky. To get more complicated surface you can play with different thickness and softness of shadows.
As for the characters and creatures. The last one looks cool. Creepy silhouette and that's a big plus for computer game design :). I would try to solve the leg structure though beacause it looks a bit unclear.

Keep posting, man. It's always great to see what you've been up to.

Pozdrawiam :).

[monotony]

really cool creature designs, mate. the strange walker turned out really nice.
and the treeman is great as well.

[Nubb]

Some nice quality ay? Great to watch Your progress. W pipeczkę te projekty broni tey.

[thirdeye]

Nubb - dzieki za odwiedziny :)

monotony - thanks a lot, I'm not sure if i like the walker that much though.

Farvus - Thanks a lot for the input. Pistolety faktycznie troche proste - inspirowalem sie glownie karabinami z II WS np Thompson'em. Nastepnym razem zrobi cos bardziej wspolczesnego.

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The first one is a try to do a horror style illo, done thinking about stuff like John Carpenter's The Thing. Second one was a test job. Done entirely in sketchup. These were supposed to be just the barrels of some huge guns, rest of the gun was given so i tried to fit in.

Also I finally finished my website - check it out:www.thirdeyeart.pl

[Benisimo]

Pretty shwing stuff XD

[thirdeye]

Goblin gunslinger I was doing for the last weeks CHOW.

[thirdeye]

Some pilot dude.

[thirdeye]

I've started a Sketchup wip thread in the new Stechup forum - check it out. I'll probably update it more often than this one.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=146478

[Farvus]

Hey. I really like your last character concept. It's definately improvement. More attention to detail, interesting costume proportions, different materials. It's also good you're using background values to push the contrast in the focal point. It's pretty simple trick but works perfectly for this type of designs.

I would add something to his one arm to break symmetry. Maybe he could hold pilot's helmet. Mayby try to push the folds o little bit further. I know there is certain limitation for that when modelling character for games but folds can add lots of interest to the character.

I'll try to visit your Sketchup thread from time to time. I love this program :)

Cheers.

[thirdeye]

Hey Farvus thanks a lot for visiting and the input. I will try to break the symetry a bit and I already though about him holding a helmet, or a flight plan pad. Don't know yet. Also I need to make his head a bit bigger I think.

Here are two pieces I've been woking on lately, first one is a Asaro's plane head study, recently I feel like I lack in all fields so I tried to focus on keeping both proportions and colors correct. Definitely I have to make lots and lots of these studies. Second one is a piece for a battle on polish forum, this is a space station mechanic, kind of Star Wars like alien species. I seriously need imput on him.

I also updated my sketchup thread... http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=146478

[thirdeye]

One more doodle. I must say ... lack of replies is a bit discouraging.

[Farvus]

I must say ... lack of replies is a bit discouraging.

Haha. Welcome to CA. One day you got like five replies and other you got zero. I got used to that.(although I still like this forum more than max3d)

That head study is great. I might try it out too. Check out what I found through google images when I was searching for "asaro head" -http://www.pngholidays.com.au/upload/images/Asaro%20mudman.jpg :P

The space station mechanic WIP catches attention. It looks a bit like somebody stabbed him in the face :). I would work more on muscles of the far right arm. It looks a bit weird in biceps area. I also got the feeling something is wrong with that far leg. For some reason it looks much shorter than closer one. Maybe play with the foot position. In that angle I sometimes get problems with legs too.
As for the overall design. Maybe some interesting texture on top of his head. Maybe some more some more unique shape of that tool he's holding.

The head sketch looks a lot like oil paint. Colors are improving.

Keep going.

[sourgasm]

i can definitely relate to the lack of replies problem. it seems frustrating at first, but once you internalize it and realize that it is in no way a comment on your art or your progress, its easy to let go of. at that point, its even easier to wield it as a battering ram and push even harder. take a look at algenpfleger (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=114449&page=84) sketchbook. that guy works harder than 95% of the forum combined- his early/mid posts contain hundreds of studies per post, once every day or so. the point is, if you ever find yourself painting something specifically to post it on the forum (i used to do it all the time) then you're going at it the wrong way. that's kind of like eating a meal specifically to take a shit. you need the nutrients, not the output ;p

whew. sorry about that. you probably already knew everything i just said. anyway, you have some really awesome stuff in here. my only suggestion is to keep your initial sketches a bit looser, something i've been trying to do as well. some of your figures look a bit stiff, which a bit of warm-up gesturing fixes right up.

keep it up!

[thirdeye]

Thanks a lot for feedback, I'll reply later :) Some sketches.

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/01.jpg

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/02.jpg

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/03.jpg

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/04.jpg

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/05.jpg

[aspenboy]

the point is, if you ever find yourself painting something specifically to post it on the forum (i used to do it all the time) then you're going at it the wrong way.

This seems to so be obvious, but in fact - I'm grateful that you've named it :)

Sorry thirdeye for this small off-topic. Great sketches, as always - and maybe this is also an issue. It's hard to write anything constructive when you see such kewl pieces ;)

[Nubb]

Imrovin' i say! Cool thingz going on :D

[thirdeye]

Farvus - thanks for the tips, oh and I've found the very same pic when looking for Asaro's head :)
sourgasm - thank you a lot for this post, it was very wise, you caught the gist perfectly :)
Aspen - no problem about the ot. Thanks for visiting.
Nubb - thanks a lot :)

I re-scanned some of the sketches, I was hoping for better quality but I'm not sure if I got that ;)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/06.jpg
http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/07.jpg
http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/08.jpg
http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/09.jpg
http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/behemot_04%20copy.jpg

[thirdeye]

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szkic_002 copy.jpg

[sourgasm]

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/04.jpg

holy shiat. that is seriously awesome. it actually reminds me of the loose-form anatomy sketches you find in classical master notebooks. form described by uber-subtly. whatever you were doing when you churned that one out, do it again!

[maxetormer]

Youv got some real quality stuff here, loving the space station mechanic and this last monster has great colors, do keep sharing the goods!

[thirdeye]

Sourgasm, maxetormer - thanks a lot guys, I really appreciate the support :)

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/anatom_01 copy.jpg

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szkic_030_skt copy.jpg

[Farvus]

Nice study. I think however that you already know a lot about muscles and you could benefit more from studiying other things like clothing, armours, weapons and so on.

I also wonder what is the progress on space station mechanic you posted earlier. I hope you didn't leave it beacause it looks promising :).

Cheers.

EDIT: I would recommend attaching some image to your first post so you could get sketchbook icon. This way it would get more recognizable and that would hopefully lead to more comments :).

[thirdeye]

Thanks mate, you're probably right about what you said :)

I didn't totally abandon it but I got to a point when I dont know where to go with it. I'll post it sometime anyway.

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/koszmar_07.jpg

[OO7OO7]

Really nice works! I love your rendering.

[Virg]

nice creatures man, i think your developping a very interesting process of loose lines mixed with tight rendering, keep it up

[Emil_J.]

I love your pencil drawings, the rendering is soo good. The digitals are great as well. Very inspiring! :D

[retardedmonkey]

Thirdeye, your creatures are awesome man. I really like this one (http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2102525&postcount=65).

Was a few posts back..but I agree with sourgasm, I can relate to the posting problem, just keep at it because you're stuff is really great. Stuff moves through this forum soo fast...

I'll definitly be back though :D

[thirdeye]

Thanks a lot for your kind word guys :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/koszmar_08.jpg

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/skt01.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/skt02.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/skt03.jpg

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szk00acopy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szk00bcopy.jpg

[brentos8]

Hey, you have some nice stuff here, especially those mutants, super cool:)

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szk tw_00 copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szk00ccopy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szk00dcopy.jpg

[clanlord]

Hello there!
At first glance there is no doubt that you have a pure talent drawing with pencil! Look, every artist got his strong sides and weak sides, you MUST continue developing your strong sides! Maybe you should want to see some of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. concept art, just for inspiration! Take care man I wish you luck and I will be watching you! - g

[Icecold]

Masz wspanialy talent, ciesze sie ze polacy istnieje na tym swiatowej klasy poziomie :]


Awesome!

[sourgasm]

i'm not sure why that guy posted other artwork in your thread, but at least it's cool work :p

skills, skills, skills- you got 'em.

[tsabu]

Hey Thirdeye, to be honest i don't feel eligible enough to crit your sketchbook but...
there is one thing that makes me wonder about your works, and that is... that there is hard to hang on any errors. And i think that's because most of your works are a bit to cautious, especially these drawing with such a careful shadows. I think that your paintings are better than pencil sketches because they containing bigger stock of risk. In my opinion if you put more risk in your future works they will be even better. The work i like mostly is these green swamp snakelike creature from your website.

Keep up the god work mate :)

[erik-jan v/d schuur]

nice sketches in here!!
that stalker guy dying is awesome

keep it up its all verry good!

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szk%20tw_04%20copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szk%20tw_05%20copy.jpg

[Icecold]

Uuu kolega dawno nic nie pokazal, zyjemy tam jeszcze? :]

Translate: Uuu you havent updated forr a while, any signs of life ? :]

[maeshanne]

nice sketchbook

[thirdeye]

Landscape color study, a sketch and a WIP.

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/landscape_03 copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szk tw_06 copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szkic_032a_skt copy.jpg

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szkic_036_skt copy.jpg

[DanielC]

Lookin gooooood man ! more more !

[kikindaface]

oooooh i love your stuff ! More, more more more !!! <3 <3 <3

[Farvus]

Those head sketches are fantastic! Some have more villain feel while others could be protagonists. Also first one from the lef has nice organic lines. Me likes :).

[Icecold]

Nice to see you back, now WE DEMAND UPATES! :D

[kojot]

last heads kicks ass :D
moah sketches

[Verehin]

Dont see this before...f$#%uck!

Btw, cool stuff! 5 from me)

[FuT]

oh man, i went through all of your sketchbook, what a great progress youve made, especially digital stuff. The last update with portrait sketches is excellent, id like to see more of that. I also found your sketchup book, great stuff, how long did you practice to get that far? Have to try my hand with 3d some day in the future too.
oh, and....update!!!

[thirdeye]

DanielC - thanks man :)
Walid D - thank you :)
Farvus - thanks :) yeah I tried to loosen up a bit, use different brush for sketching than usually.
Icecold - hah, thanks, coming right up :P
kojot - thank you :)
Verehin - thanks :)
FuT - thanks mate, likewise, about the sketchup - not that long actually, I had some basic experience in 3d and it took me really quick to learn SU :)

Just some scribbles to dig this thread from abyss, I'll post more tonight or tomorrow...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szkic_043_skt%20copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szkic_042_skt%20copy.jpg

[Icecold]

Uhm can i borrow that genius third eye of yours? Maybe then i'd be as good as you are >:D

P.S Pracujesz juz gdzies jako concept artist? jesli nie to chyba powinienes zaczac, masz swietne pomysly i technike wykonania.

[Gadbury]

I love your designs and faces - Really solid rendering too, I wish I could render like that! Do you study any anatomy drawing books that you can recommend?

[thirdeye]

Icecold - dzieki, oko nie do pozyczenia :P nie pracuje w tej chwili jako CA, robie jakies tam male zlecenia czasem

Mr. Gadbury - thanks, I did study some from various books, I can recommend Loomis, Burne Hoghart, Bridgeman

couple of sketches...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/cow_152_evil_02%20copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szkic_044_skt copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szkic_045_skt copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/tst_faces_00 copy.jpg

[Jabo]

All the stuff in this sketchbook is amazing! The characters in the #96 (http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2259336&postcount=96) are my favorites. I'm looking forward to seeing more!

[towy]

amazing concept creature, your pencil line are so sweet that pleasent

[Farvus]

Nice update. Colors are improving. You also add more design elements lately and that's good path. Eye has more places to rest.
Keep going.

[thirdeye]

Jabo, towy, Farv - thanks a lot guys :) I do my best ;)

Here's something new, between my day job and some freelance I'm doing I'm also trying to develop those faces that I posted as line sketches. I actually did two more rows of line work - I'll post them later and started to render some of them.

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/tst_fac%20a.jpg

[Naram Sinha]

Holy nowhere!
Your creatures are just amazing! Simplicity boards with original design... I've got no words..

[Farvus]

Great pic.
All those heads with mechanical parts remind me a bit of Quake game (Strogg race). Was that your initial inspiration?

Cheers.

[FraserMcT]

Damn, I'm glad I stumbled upon this inspiring sketchbook. Loving the face sketches, both human and unhuman.
Nice form on a lot of the digitals. Would love to see some more traditional things from you.
Keep up the good work.

[walnut]

Nice thread, you have a great feel for monsters. Digging those head studies, i'm waiting to see some more of 'em rendered.

[thirdeye]

Naram Sinha - thank you a lot :)

Farvus - thanks :) they're supposed to, the guideline was to make some biomechanic stuff, with heavy design like Quake, Doom or Gears of War.

FraserMcT - thanks, I know I should do more studies and traditional stuff.

walnut - thanks :)

Frankie sketch :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/szkic_050 a skt copy.jpg

[thirdeye]

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/skull_00.jpg

[Farvus]

Nice updates. The last one could be good for some music album cover.

[thirdeye]

Thanks, that's what I intended... :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/dem_01%20copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/skull_01 copy.jpg

[Lone Wolf]

Nice work Thirdeye. Great creature designs.

[shambok]

You have yourself a fantastic sketchbook! All your work is mouth wateringly awesome so ill be making frequent visits to drool some more. The loose line drawings are especially awesome!

[Rodneydollah]

I dig those faces!
Rock ON

[Johann de Venecia]

I loved browsing through your new sketchbook. You've improved immensely.

Your pencils I always like, its shaded so soft and creamy, and although you can see each individual line, the effect is not hard at all. That takes skill. What pencil do you use? Standard 2b or is it mechanical? You've gotten so much better with your digital painting too. I want to learn how to paint like that.

My favourite is the sketch of the monster headshots. Your lines look different digitally but I like it. What brush did you use? It wasn't the standard hard round was it? I always have trouble finding the right brush.

Anyway, hope to see more. Upload soon ya?

[thirdeye]

Lone Wolf - thank you :)

shambok - thank you, I wish I had more to show, or more often but sadly I don't so not that much drooling for you ;)

Rodneydollah - thanks :)

Johann de Venecia - thank you a lot for those kind words, your comment gave me a lot of energy to get my shit together and do some drawing after a while. As for your questions, I use 0.5 mm HB or 2H mechanical pencil for most of my work, sometimes I sketch the initial composition or anatomy with thicker 2mm HB mechanical pencil.

Brushes...I can't really give you any advice as I also have trouble choosing right brush and achieving desired effects with textured brushes so I usually stick to standard hard round brush with size set to pen pressure and opacity from 30-60%. I also use some of Bumskee's brushes and have huge collection of brushes gathered around the internet,like Kemp's and Whit's from Massive Black brushes.

UPDATE:

If I can call it that way :P I've been going through sort of a dry spell...not being able to draw etc. But by the end of January I've started following Dave Rapoza's Crimson Daggers streams and doing studies... I still don't have too much time for drawing so I'm not able to do one a day but I'm doing my best to at leas draw every day.

These are two I liked from the past month...

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/studies/st 01_31.jpg

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/studies/st 02_27.jpg

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ao_mutant_01.jpg

[Jasper_]

Pretty kick ass creature man, maybe would like to see more highlights on him, but kick ass nonetheless. Keep updating dude I'd love to see more stuff from you!

[angelo cordon]

Some sweet updates on this page! I like how each brush stroke seam to describe the form in a more detailed way. Do you usually keep your brushes small vs blocking it in with a giant brush and working your way down to a smaller brush?

[PHATandy]

Cool stuff man, really like that face study. Youve picked the tones and colours really nicely. The only thing would to be to tighten some of the edges of the far side of the face, would balance the looseness out, but it looks like a work in progress anyways.

Keep it up man :)

[thirdeye]

Jasper - thank you a lot :) I'll definitely hone the one I'm satisfied with, add more higlights and stuff, thank you for the crit thou :) much appreciated :)

angelo cordon - thank you, yes I always try to go that way, block in shapes with bigger and decrease size as I go along to the details, but my process gets messy and sometimes the rule doesn't apply...and yes it's mostly hard round. I still can't use textured brushes that efficient :)

PHATandy - thank you, you're right something is not entirely right there, thou I'm not sure if I want to go back and correct that, still not sure how I should approach those studies, make less super finished ones or more less finished, but I will definitely keep what you said in mind in my next study, thanks :)

Another sketch for the Art Order competition...still not the one I was looking for so more is coming :)

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ao_mutant_04.jpg

And a study, been waaay to long since I've done anything like this so they're sloppy, but I'll get there in time :)

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/studies/st 03_04.jpg

[thirdeye]

Two more, I'll probably go with either one of these...

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ao_mutant_05a.jpg

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ao_mutant_05b.jpg

[thirdeye]

Just some sketch...trying to start with colors and do something sweet like Bobby Chiu's creatures, but this one got scary :P

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ps sketch 04.jpg

And couple of more sketches, I feel like I'm starting to repeat myself, and still don't have the one that satisfies me.

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ao_mutant_07b.jpg

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ao_mutant_07c.jpg

[Farvus]

Hey. The color one is good. Worked out well. Keep doing these.

Choosing from those two sketches will be pretty hard. I would probably pick second one. The eye travels a bit more in it, I think.

[dCepT]

Yeah, I like the second one as well. You're doing good with the daily studies and putting in time for personal work as well! If you feel you have a dry spell, just keep pushing the studies! You'll get through it :)

(Oh, btw.. I came here through your twitter link.. just wanted to let you know it helps posting on there as well ;) ) Now I'm gonna do a study of my own!

dC

[thirdeye]

Farvus - thanks mate :) I did choose that one, I'm working on it now...

dCept - yeah I know, I can already see how these studies help...now need to do more :) thanks for dropping by :)

UPDATE:

Studies:

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/studies/st%2003_11.jpg

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/studies/st%2003_13.jpg

A little sneak at the mutant :)

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ao_mutant_09a.jpg

And something for my portfolio.

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/tst_soldier_a_02.jpg

[Farvus]

Great studies! I'm looking forward to see your creature and character finished. Looks very promising.

[ultanu]

nic3 skills

[gabahadatta]

Last two are very nice. especially the bat-like mutant :)

[thirdeye]

Thanks a lot guys :)

More studies ... landscapes are not going that well...

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/studies/st 03_16.jpg

Little progress on the mutant...

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ao_mutant_09.jpg

and some dude :)

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ps_sketch_01.jpg

[squidmonk3j]

Ooh...I really like that last landscape study:)

Good stuff!

[Johann de Venecia]

That bat creature's looking good. The head is my favorite part. I think the left arm might be a bit chunky, unless that was your intent. Hope to see more.

[Farvus]

Chyba pierwszy raz widz u ciebie jakiś widoczek. Jest całkiem, całkiem. Wyostrzyłbym trochę oświetloną część domu i sylwetkę żeby lepiej działało jak focal point.

Mutant nietoperz fajny. Podoba mi się ta mała nóżka kontrastująca ostro z dużym ciałem. Jest skadrowana mocno więc będzie ważnym punktem w postaci. Trochę nos i to oddalone ucho zlewają się w jedną płaszczyznę co wypłaszcza nieco głowę. Próbowałbym troche to zróżnicować. Poza tym to bliższe przedramie ma jedną krawędź jak od linijki. Nie wiem czy to było celowo ale wygląda troche nienaturalnie. Kości też mają lekką krzywiznę.

Ostatni koleś czadowy :).

Keep going.

[Sublimus]

Duuude! That last enviro is sweeeeet! nice sense of light!!

[mr-roi]

Cool stuff! :]

[Texahol]

Your initial block-ins for lighting are pretty good, but it seems you noodle your way out of good lighting when you render.
Something that helps me is opening a new window for the image I'm working on and keeping it small [25% of working size, usually]. I throw it on my 2nd monitor so I can make sure everything reads well all zoomed out and all the large forms are reading/lighting makes sense. Before I had 2 monitors, I'd just switch back and forth between the two windows. You could also just make the little 'navigator' window real big too I guess...

I like how your color work stays within a constrained palette, and feels real solid like trad work. I love the monsters too!

[LAL]

cool stuff， these works are very creative！keep up！

[thirdeye]

squidmonk3j - thank you :)

Johann - thank you, yes it may be, I'll correct that as I progress :) thanks for the input :)

Farvus - dzieki :) Jak zwykle trafne uwagi...poprawie :) Widoczek to tylko studium, nie wiem czy do niego bede wracal, walcze juz z kolejnym ale idzie do bani :/

Sublimus - thanks, I tried to focus mainly on the lighting and it worked :)

mr-roi - thank you :)

Texahol - thank you for your kind words, means a lot coming from you :) and thanks for the tip...I'm actually using that already - the small navigator window, I should probably zoom out to 25% too, at least from time to time, but I sometimes forget about this when I "lose myself" in the process :)

LAL - thank you, will do :)

UPDATE:

I've been working on more studies and imaginative stuff, but don't have anything worth showing yet...for now I'm posting a concept of a near-future soldier uniform that I did last year for a startup company called Rolling Armadillo Entertainment, it has been a great pleasure to work with them.

Here's the final turnaround:

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/portfolio2/soldier_final%20turn_w.jpg

Line work for the final:

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/portfolio2/soldier_final%20line_w.jpg

Some basic gun designs, they're supposed to be M4 variations:

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/portfolio2/guns_w.jpg

And sketches, here's the first pass of initial designs, after receiving the brief...style exploration etc:

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/portfolio2/soldier_skt0_w.jpg

Second pass:

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/portfolio2/soldier_skt1_w.jpg

Third pass - right before finals:

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/portfolio2/soldier_skt2_w.jpg

Thanks for watching :)

[thirdeye]

Beholder sketches...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/beholder_00a.jpg

[dCepT]

Nice update dude! Thanks for dropping by my blog :)

Got a couple of minor crits if you want 'em:

The soldier dude you did for Rolling Armadillo looks really good when it comes to the detailing and such, but there are a couple of other things that sorta stand out to me.
I get the feeling that he's got too long a neck, in the turnaround back view the way his feet are placed makes it look like you've moved the camera up, and tilted it down.. so his upper body reads like we're viewing it straight on, and the legs sorta read like we're viewing him from the top down. Also his arm and hand read smaller in the side view as opposed to the front and back.

Hope I don't come across as too harsh, just wanted to give you something in ways of a crit instead of just an asspat and be on my way ;)

Like I said though, the detailing looks good, and the huge amount of thumbnails and design variations are awesome!

Keep rockin'!

dC

[Texahol]

god so many ideations...I hate when they make u do that many...great stuff tho!

well...I don't *hate* it if they are paying me hourly tho hahaha

[PHATandy]

Man those character sheets with all those ideas are amazing. I absolutely love how much variation you got out of that one character and one pose but without ever loosing the same 'design' and 'look' to him.
Really great job, its such an awesome skill to have.
Keep up the good work dude!

[thirdeye]

dCepT - thanks for dropping by and useful comment :) you're right the turnaround isn't that perfectly aligned, I called them turnarounds but they're actually more of a "view" thing, because they're not meant to be modeled in 3d but sculpted for a miniature figure I think :) But still - thanks for the tip, lesson learned :)

Texahol - thanks :) I actually liked that, it's the part of the process that makes me most excited, finishing and detailing illustration is the boring part :P ohh..and they didn't pay me by the hour :P but it was worth it anyway ;)

PHATandy - thank you for your kind words :)

UPDATE:

sketch:

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ps sketch 03.jpg

another mutant design - this time it's sort of a buffalo and bat mix :)

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/cp_mutant_05.jpg

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ps_sketch_09.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ps_sketch_10.jpg

[thirdeye]

I finally managed to finish this Javier Bardem study, great face to paint, also this still is from a great Cohen's movie...I didn't get the likeness perfectly but that's ok...I focused more on skin tones, and general proportions of male face.

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/studies/st%2004_04.jpg

[AG.]

I looove the soldier concept and the weapons and variations of his design in post #146! And the creatures on page 4! Sick as hell!

[thirdeye]

Thank you AG...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/skan_01.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/skan_02.jpg

[NickyBeats]

HOT SHIT DUDE! im really digging your work man!! so much good stuff to gawk at, like all those suit ideations, and weapon designs, but for me, its those nice loose pen sketches in your sketchbook. i LOVE penwork, and yours rocks! keep on posting!

[Lone Wolf]

Loving those last sketches, they lines are sweet.

[Farvus]

Cool stuff. Face study has good solid form and natural fleshtones. Inks are just pure eye candy.
That armored dude seems like quick sketch but I would give him a bit more tension in the pose.

More! :)

[thirdeye]

NickyBeats - thank you :)
Lone Wolf - thanks mate :)
Farvus - thanks :) that's a wip - I'll work on that, thanks for the tip :)

Movie still study...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/studies/st 04_24.jpg

Sketches...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ps sketch 11a.jpg
http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ps sketch 13.jpg

A little more work on the soldier...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ps sketch 10a.jpg

[Fetsch]

Sweet update thirdeye, the moviestill looks good.

[thirdeye]

Fetsch - thanks mate :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/cp_mutant_08.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/dwarf_01.jpg

[papervampire]

lovely work, the beasts are great, the girl with the hood, the Javier Bardem study... someone told me today I had his haircut. haha, seeing him here made my day.

[LisandroG]

Nice sketchbook you have going here...my suggestions is maybe try to get some more definition going on in the detailed areas, by emphasizing some of the small value changes. I see sometimes things tend to get lost in the subtleties of mid-tones...I do that too sometimes. Oh, and dont forget to add a few highlights here or there..bat creature is looking good

nice work

[prsnsweeney]

nice sb love the line work in the last couple of ink sketches and your concepts and ideas look pretty cool too

[Metal Fingers]

awww man, great studies, awesome stuff. Have been meaning to ask somebody, I've been searching and searching and searching for a competent website with lots of stills and stuff, do you have any suggestions? Keep up all the hard work mate, awesome stuff, work some purples and oranges into those skin tones, here and there those can be some good colors to add sparingly I think. Cheers!

[Jasper_]

Cool stuff dude I like that guy with the glowing eyes up top. Most of your creatures are looking pretty sick. Try and maybe throw in some more contrast on that soldiers overall composition, his silhouette is looking pretty solid

[Zebz]

As always your work is fun to look at. I enjoy all the form you capture in your creatures and characters. I'd love to see you push things even further with more polish in certain areas. You can still keep things loose in other areas of the painting but it'd be nice to see you draw the eye to more rendered out places. Great stuff! Keep posting and we'll keep sipping it up with a straw!

[thirdeye]

papervampire - thanks :) glad you like...about the hair - I envy you just a little bit..the chance to look like Javier in that movie - priceless :)

LisandroG - thank you, yes I tend to do that, sometimes it's also jpg compression - they look better as psd and then the subtleties get lost when saving as jpg.

prsnsweeney - thank you :)

Metal Fingers - thanks :) yes I have one - I'll PM you the link when I get home :)

Jasper_ - thank you, yes you're right it could definitely use more contrast and more material differentiation, I'll keep that in mind in the next one :)

Zebz - thanks :) yeah I know, that's one of my biggest issues - I tend to give up on a piece and not finish...but I'm trying to fight that :)

Damn that's a lot of feedback, thank you guys, it's much appreciated :)

Here's a study sheet - from MMA photos...I'm swamped with other stuff so can't post anything else atm...but I will, soon :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/studies/st%2003_22.jpg

[thirdeye]

These are two of four pieces I submitted for a gallery show here in Poland...they still need some work...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/a%20wieprz_03%20copy.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/b%20forrestman_07%20copy.jpg

[Farvus]

Hey. It's great to see you posting more lately. The MMA photo studies are fantastic. The top left dude with raised arm has good form.

As for the two latest pieces. In the first one I think the blades need more attention. I would try to make more happening with that curve in the closer knife and add some rust or texture to that metal. It's sort of like beastman type of creature from warhammer so it can have more used up bad quality weapon. It's always fun to paint this type of stuff. Also the shine of metal could be more deliberate. Maybe a hint of something in the distance could improve the interest a bit beacause theres a lot of focus on the left side and almost none on the right side. Even some very dim moon could work.
The head hanging on the belt (upper one) needs more clarification I think. That's all I can come up with.
I think the second piece would look better with more happening below that hand. Putting more stuff there won't really distract from your main focalpoint. The placement, sharpnes and highlight of the head will keep it dominant even if you put flying dragons in that forest :).

Hope it helps.

[wreck]

wow man, some really cool stuff going on here, great work!

[LisandroG]

those last two pieces are excellent! The could use a bit more work, but they're almost there. good luck with the show.

[Hellbeard]

Cool drawings Nice studies. :assspank:

[thirdeye]

Thanks a lot guys :) Your feedback means a lot to me :)

After way too much time...a study:

http://thirdeyeart.home.pl/studies/st 06_05.jpg

[surus]

Thanks for sharing your great pencil pages! Keep on posting pencils, please!

[thirdeye]

I felt a sudden urge to dig this thread out of the abyss...so here goes...

Sketches for my Deathlok redesign, for this years Comicon Challenge...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/deathlok%20A.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/deathlok%20B.jpg

Random warm up sketches...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/sketch 04 kopia.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/sketch 12 kopia.jpg

[shambok]

awesome work as always ... thanx for the post!

[thirdeye]

shambok - thank you :)

Couple of sketches...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/ps%20sketch%2017.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/faun_02.jpg

[Nubb]

Great to watch how both your design and execution skills evolve. Cheers!

[thirdeye]

Nubb - thanks mate :)

WIP, still toying around with composition of the whole piece...suggestions ale most welcome :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/cthulu_06%20kopia.jpg

[raminafshari]

wow your monsters are so scary , keep them coming

[thirdeye]

raminafshari - thank you! :)

Another WIP...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/sketch%2003.jpg

[heix33]

Wow, awesome stuff you have here.
Maybe the creature on post 180 could use some storyline props or stuff to work in with the composition.

[The_Full_Effect]

Interesting creature!

[thirdeye]

heix33 - Thank you, I know, I was thinking of adding something that could add to the story of the pic :)

The_Full_Effect - thank you :)

Here's a sketch for the DW mini challenge...deadline is tight, hope I can make it on time...the big guy is meant to be corrupted and the smaller one shadow or the general :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/dw_mini_06.jpg

[LastGen]

The last concept looks great, I love this biomechanical characters! =)
Very nice!

[Nubb]

Uber awesome re-design! Now we're talkin'!

[insanelight]

Amazing creepy creatures!
I especially love your pencil sketches.
*subscribed*

[thirdeye]

LastGen - thank you :)

Nubb - thanks dude :)

insanelight - thank you :)

A little progress...it's going sooo sloooow :/

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/dw_mini_07.jpg

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/sketch%2010%20kopia.jpg

[Untouched24]

Hey man, nice progress throughout this sketchbook. I really like the first creature posted on this page, and the face on the last one you posted looks great. Some very cool creature designs and ideas in here. Fun to look at. You're getting better as describing form. Looking forward to more.

[FrozZT]

Hey! Very nice character and creature concepts man. They're quite interesting.. Like you brushwork too! :)

-Niklas

[thirdeye]

Untouched24, FrozZT - Thank you guys, means a lot to me :)

Here's another WIP. I liked the initial colors but now feel they're a bit too...bland ?

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/faun_05.jpg

[thirdeye]

A little progress on these two...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/faun_08.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/armed_02.jpg

[Farvus]

Good stuff. Seems like you're getting better at achieving crisp eye catching textures. I also see more playing with colors. Keep going.

[CUKIERass]

I really dig this guy with horns and those head designs! Super sprawa-fajny styl bardzo lubię takie rysunki. Jest co podglądać i z czego się uczyć-dzięki!

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/armed_06_final.jpg

[ji-li]

wow I love your coloring :D
And very interesting characters ^^

[thirdeye]

ji-li - thank you :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/skinny%20nose.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/arm%20thumbs.jpg

[thirdeye]

ji-li - thank you :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/skinny%20nose.jpg

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/sketch%2015%20green.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/sketch%2009%20dragon.jpg

[tronrobot]

bro ur so damn good. i look up to you btw. ur awesome.

[Fetsch]

sweet creatures dude.

[tronrobot]

be gone, spam-bot!

[thirdeye]

tronrobot, Fetsch - thank you a lot guys! :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/imp_00.jpg

[Call0ps]

amazing creature design sir! =D moar plz

[Nickodemus]

Love the creature designs. I'm reading "At the Mountains of Madness" right now, so this is exactly where my mind has been at lately. I'm sure you've gotten at least one or two Lovecraft comparisons, which is a mighty compliment.

Great work dude!

[thirdeye]

CallOps - thanks :)

Nickodemus - thanks you :) I actually get those every now and then and it IS a huge compliment :) so thanks again :)

A couple of WIPs...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/swampthing_01.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/lava_creature_b.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/skeleton02.jpg

[thirdeye]

Cleaning up the drawer :P :)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0k6SAjx-B3g/TgEzHPjgqfI/AAAAAAAADLQ/QSP1BLlOB9A/s1600/mutants_skt_03_s.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aM0fYMN5BOQ/TjhyZTDF4RI/AAAAAAAADMo/oBZjYEw9S0s/s1600/creeper_01.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FowTDs9I2RQ/TjhyZEMpspI/AAAAAAAADMY/dd-GHqLBpG8/s1600/alien_01.jpg


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aiF2gcExViA/Tge4owitVLI/AAAAAAAADLw/D9i56D9BJqE/s1600/sketches_may11.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gafl0_xTpVw/Tge4pO5SE-I/AAAAAAAADL4/w3bzFOPgExY/s1600/red_00.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qXXqn7c0Thc/TjhyZYpWx3I/AAAAAAAADMg/At_yuQqsD8c/s1600/cow_225_01.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HbmVoFvCs-c/TjhyZ65Cl7I/AAAAAAAADM4/vU3wn46yDog/s1600/ps%2Bsketch%2B07.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3uT8u2FbkCY/TjhyZgo_KfI/AAAAAAAADMw/UKqzonUGs6k/s1600/devilish_02.jpg

[Sebastian Wagner]

wooooooooooot... Man amazing sketchbook. great creatures and characters. I like that red colored guy with the brain and teeth all over him. Great job!

[thirdeye]

Noro - thank you :)

A sketch :D

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TmuCGciVOpM/Tk1UkGKPXmI/AAAAAAAADPQ/cEQ1vd_4SdU/s1600/ps%2Bsketch%2B00.jpg

Oh..and guess what - i've finished some stuff :P

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ju7Y7fa_v98/TlN1X9MtouI/AAAAAAAADQM/PJJfAqNxFnw/s1600/fishman_01_25.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v6Z7ww-JUcU/TlN1XhY37rI/AAAAAAAADQE/1rog1RY5bfU/s1600/devilish_03_s.jpg

[thirdeye]

WIP of this weeks COW :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/cow_230_02.jpg

[rice32]

Splenid work Thirdeye.

[thirdeye]

rice - thank you :)

Finished alien concept I've been working on in between jobs. I couldn't decide on his left hand so I made an alternative version. I figured that the guy on the left is a regular alien, and the one on the right could be a pilot, his hand helps him communicate with his space ship - sort of like symbiotic connection. Kind of like in Battlestar Galactica

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/client_portfolio/images_portfolio/thirdeyeart_pl_char2.jpg

[thirdeye]

Continuing this one, I'd love to hear any feedback :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/beholder_03.jpg

[tronrobot]

Love the big eye! that's crazy creative ! keep up the awesome work!

[thirdeye]

Tronrobot - Thanks :) Glad you liked it.

Here's an update. It's finished. Or almost finished, not sure if I should go on working on it. Any tips ? :)

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/beholder_05.jpg

[thirdeye]

Been a while since I've posted anything non digital...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/sk1.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/sk2.jpg

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/sketchbook/sk3.jpg

And this one finished...

http://www.thirdeyeart.home.pl/portfolioCA/thirdeyeart_pl_illo4_beholder.jpg

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeye.drl.pl/sketchbook/pluto_00.jpg

[Virg]

love the creatures and the delicate linework in your pencils :)

[ismo]

Awesome creatures. Especially that eye monster is super nice. You're rendering like a boss.

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeye.drl.pl/sketchbook/pluto_03.jpg

http://www.thirdeye.drl.pl/sketchbook/dspace_04.jpg

http://www.thirdeye.drl.pl/sketchbook/horned_02.jpg

[Farvus]

The designs are getting more interesting and you're varying the materials more than before which is great.

There's no variety in arm gesture though. I did lately some gesture exercises but focused on torso and arms whithout drawing the rest (head would be optional) and I think it removed a bit my habit of repeating certain poses. You could try it out. The learning is much more focused than drawing full figure and you can draw more instead of wasting time on adding unnecessary elements. Also it's better to focused more on flow than proportion or structure in this type of exercise. Loomis stick figure is simple enough and reference can be anything from your own photos to comic books.

Hope to see more of course :).

[thirdeye]

http://www.thirdeye.drl.pl/sketchbook/bros_fin1.jpg

http://www.thirdeye.drl.pl/sketchbook/bros_fin2.jpg