Jaime's sketchbook 9/28/2010

[Cicinimo]

Heres some of my for fun stuff from the past month. I'll try to keep this thread updated with my digital sketches, maybe some stuff that doesn't make it to my website. I'll also scan some drawings when I have a chance.

[FlipMcgee]

First!

You're my hero Jamie.

You ROCK !!! :bow:

[MrArmadillo]

amazing lighting in each and every one of these

i love the epic cityscape/robot pics

[MONGOSMASH!]

Sometimes digital sketches look like "digital sketches", but your stuff transcends the media, its just really fresh. As usual I'm jealous.

[chrishly]

these digi sketches are awesome!

[Unbreakable]

Cicinimo! Cicinimo! Cicinimo! Cicinimo! Cicinimo! Cicinimo! Cicinimo! Cicinimo!
I like your stuffs man glad you started this book,sir!!!

[Retronym]

Epic :o

[Mitchell]

Jaime, these are truly outstanding. You've always been a big inspiration, thrilled that you started a sb!
-mitch

[Jonas Heirwegh]

Glad you started a sketchbook. Great work man!

Was a pleasure meeting you at the workshop.

[egonun]

wow crazy paintings
awesome atmosphere

[kveye]

oh no! I'll bleed my eyes out if you post more of your stunning artwok!:)

would be happy to see regular updates to this sb! you're my hero

[Clodioz]

ouushiiii t....

those mechs looks awesome!

are all they digital?,,, 'cause the second one looks like a traditional one :S

try to scan your drawings :D

cheers man!

[tokidokizenzen]

Just love how simple the your renderings look. Amazing stuff, thanks for sharing!

[dameningen]

Beautifull colors! The last one is my favourite.
I have a question for you, and I hope you can answer this.
I think all they are digital. What software do you use to paint? and What brush do you use?
What a good way to improve paintings ?
sorry for my poor English.
really i'd love to hear back from you

[archipelago]

I love the texture you are getting in these

awesome!

[Cicinimo]

Thanks for the comments!


I think all they are digital. What software do you use to paint? and What brush do you use?
What a good way to improve paintings ?


They're digital. I'm using adobe photoshop for all of them. I use a variety of custom brushes and I tweak them as I go along. Ways to improve painting? Paint from life, draw often, study masters, amputate your social life? As far as I can tell people improve in a lot of different ways, but the common thread is work ethic.

One for tonight

[Kian]

Great work Jaime. Definitley bookmarked.
:hatsoff:

[AlexC]

Beautiful work Jaime!
I was the guy who emailed you a while ago, thanks for sharing sir!

A step by step or video tutorial would be insane:D
I love your art

[cakeypigdog]

lovely values!

[JPC]

man..i would kill just to be able to paint like you...

[dameningen]

Thanks for answering my question,Jaime!
It helped me a lot.
I'm looking forward to more art!

[AsaB]

Those are amazing! Your colour and textures especially, I hope one day to use digital media like you do. Outstanding stuff, can't wait to see more :)

[skorpi]

I love your work, more

[Obnoxious]

Oh man, I love your strokes.
I couldve sworn this was Painter, but Photoshop..., cool brushes.

[Dan Milligan]

jamie!

so much goodness here. don't know where to start.

please keep posting.


dan

[amer-nazri]

Outstanding! I just love how simple it seems, you put light in the right places, and it all works so well, and its never overdone. Real good stuff sir!

[ruuhkis]

Nice!! I especially love the depth in the first picture and the way you simplified the buildings. And how unique every single one of these is.... I'm a fan :bow:

[SamsonsReaper]

love your stuff man, great texture,light color , will keep stalking your SB for inspirational stuff

[dCepT]

Awesome trad. feel you get in these! I'll be checking back for sure! Thanks for the inspiration!

d

[Ead]

Oh yeah! delighted to see this, an inspiration to all. subscribes

[KelsM]

More than anything I like the colors you use. You have a great sense of light and shadow, and how these and the environment affect the color scheme of the piece. I'm curious, what master painters are your favs? I'd be curious to know who's classic work you studied/study. You seem to have a good classical understanding of color.

[RandAlThor]

yummy ;-)

[Sickbrush]

ravishing awesomeness

[m@.]

Jaime! cool to see you start a sketchbook here... amazing stuff dude, but you know it. Was great meeting you.

[MarkBehm]

Man, why you have to hit so hard?!
Great how you let go at "implied" and not go in and noodle.

[zeal]

Jamie -
Much respect for your alla prima digital styles. You've got the master's touch.

Definitely bookmarking this thread!

[cartoonfox]

Ooh. Fantastic work!

[Writerof]

Reminding myself to.. draw more :) Thanx :) :D

[DARYL]

I usually don't reply to posts that get enough attention already, but I just want to say that I really love how you keep the painterly style, and that your work is amazing. I think that what you wish for in your website introduction is already happening. thanks for the inspiration!

[Mr.Blonde]

hell yeah... prepare for asspattery!! take care

[TimGillette]

Holy moly, that's a killer style you've got.

[[void]]

Subscribed! Chuffed you started a sketchbook, looking forward to regular updates.

Any chance of seeing your process a bit more?

[P E N Ricklund]

Very nice, I'll keep an eye on this thread.
The robot sketches were cool, would like to see the inbetween.

[Discoskull]

Beautiful stuff. It makes my brain want to do great things.

[zhuzhu]

more~! please~~~!!!

[Cicinimo]

Thanks again for the comments!

Alex, I havn't written up a tutorial, but I saved steps for you on this last image. hope that helps!

progress steps:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/cicinimo/steampunk1.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/cicinimo/steampunk2.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/cicinimo/steampunk3.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/cicinimo/steampunk4.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/cicinimo/steampunk5.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/cicinimo/steampunk6.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/cicinimo/steampunk7.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/cicinimo/steampunk8.jpg

[Dished]

Wow. That is prettty damn sweet :D Love your work! cant wait to see more!

[gustavo desimone]

This mint your paint system

[dameningen]

Incredible work!
Thanks for sharing, I'll be studying these tonight

[koppa]

ha these are awesome great work man

[Ezidof]

great work!

[sjuskadur]

Your paintings are so cool. never stop! :)

[Trashy]

Egads! great sense of values and super cool brush strokes. Lovely work sir...just freaking amazing!

*starts pounding on the subscribe button*

[lewiston]

FUCKIN HELL! You must be the ancient gregorian god of light. This book is mental... incredible talent. Just fantastic...
GLad I found you here!

[m@.]

hell yeah

[Idiot Apathy]

Here too? Sweeeeet. Thanks for the step by step, very interesting. Would love to see some traditional work like you mentioned!

[minjarr]

hey man, I've been looking at your stuff on your website for days now. I love it, and I was wondering how you learned your color, or if it was just intuitive? I noticed that you put pink in the sky like an impressionistic painter, and that's what made me curious, mainly so that I could learn better.

Anywho, love your paintings, and I'm hoping to see tons more!

thanks!

[Kan Muftić]

Hey there,

Solid work, a bit too much of a pastel texture for my taste if I may give any crit.
I think we work for the same company.. If so, best regards to Daniel from Khan.
Take care,
Khan

EDIT: Sorry, just realised that your paintings hang around all around our office in Brighton

[Mr. Visions]

I've seen your stuff on "unicorn picnic". Great work, I look forward to more, thanks for the inspiration -

- Visions

[Main Loop]

just amazing work here, you and m@ are two of my absolute favorites when it comes to digital painting..

[kinnas]

great! now that you've set up a sketchbook thread ca.org is pretty much the art worlds equivalent of Steam. I can now keep tabs on most all of my favourites from the comfort of my own ca.org control panel : )

[Gygaxis]

very nice man! You've loosened up a lot since the last time I saw your work, and your sense of atmosphere and comp and lighting has just shot through the damn roof. Extremely awesome.

[dorobo]

you are brilliant! its pure joy to watch those steps.. thank you.

[smid]

really like that loosy feel about your pieces..great stuff !!

[Cicinimo]

Thanks everyone!

minjarr: What I know about color just comes from a lot of practice and imitation. Painting from life helps, and I don't do nearly enough. I think it helps to break color down in to a few variables. Value and temperature are the really important ones. Thanks for the kind word!

Chupacabra: Yep, I'm at Anet with Daniel, so we are part of the ncsoft family :hugsmile:. I think I do use my pastel looking brushes way too much.

kinnas: Hey Man! Yeah, just about everyone has migrated here now, seems like.

Gygaxis:Thanks, how have you been??

Havn't had much time for fun stuff lately, but here a couple quick digital pieces and some life drawings. I've been really struggling with figure drawing, and I need to be doing way more of it. Working on it though.

[Lukias]

Oh yes the struggle is apparant here. Why, your novice skills are almost insulting.
"Look mum, I made some sarcasm"

Mate your life drawing skills are great and your digi work is by all accounts, phenomenal. I bow to the oarsum within you.
I'd have you teach me digi painting anyday. Oh yes I would.

[mentler]

! 10 Bones !

Outstanding

Love the Lifes

[Matsign]

the mecha/city pieces really drew my eye. Thanks posting this stuff, Jaime. Is most of the digital work in Painter or do you mix it up?

[Hive_minD]

Beautiful studies. Your lines seem so confident.

Chris

[Olof]

shitpomfrit

and I thought your digis was cool. those lifedrawing skills... yum.

[Camiam321]

These are great! The robot/mech attacking the city has a lot of great depth and contrast that really helps to create an acute sense of scale.

[Camiam321]

Also love the figure work. Your weighted lines alone convey the form, and the values really round it out and give the illusion of volume that I struggle with in my own work.

[Idiot Apathy]

Awesome dude, glad I checked here after sketchwich. Would have missed this; http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/cicinimo/1-27-2008.jpg
Very cool to see. Classic looking trees :)

[Cicinimo]

some new digital sketches

[Kan Muftić]

Hey Jaime,
Great update! Some of your folks were here, I hope that someday soon, you and Daniel come over as well.
Take care,
Khan

[m@.]

hehehehehe
(nervous laugh)
*dies*

[Dan Milligan]

*drinks koolaid, lies down beside M@*

[krossj]

.....Holy Fuck!....

[Alex Alexandrov]

you are probably one of the top 10 artist i really admire ,great stuff in here

[Clochette]

Huumm excellent! I'm just enjoying seeing your paintings...
It reminds me Craig Mullins art, and it's a fucking compliment! :)
My favorite is this one http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/cicinimo/1-27-2008.jpg
I feel a melancholic wave watching it...
Cheers!

[TOOLED!]

i've always gotten a kick out of your stuff- truly inspirational to say the least, i know its not here but that giant jawa guy you did a while back is still one of my favorite pieces.

[Delmar]

Outstanding....saw some of your work on sketchwich.........incredible!!!

[Hive_minD]

Great style and sense of mood and motion. As several others have said. -You are just amazing, and your work is very inspirational! Would love to see some tutorials :)

Chris

[Flutic]

Great SB over here!
Like the lighting in the last digital sketches, and you're figures are also so smooth en correct.

Keep it up!

Greets,Tom

[alyssa milano]

damn you`re good

[Dian3]

your digital painting, even they are "sketches" are gorgeous.

man, would be great if you want to share some (or all hehehe) of your brushes...

*subscribes*

*dies*

[algenpfleger]

holy shit :O
incredible.

[gfxxx]

JJ you are the man !!!!!!!!
crazy stuff
i'm a fan

[cakeypigdog]

just amazing! Your life drawing is so economical and graceful and your painting is just world class. Very inspiring work!

[koshime]

Big fan of some of your enviros and chars. Hats off , just have to say three words. Young and talented.

[cakeypigdog]

i justed checked your age after koshimes post. /falls over dead and gives up art. Amazing to have reached such skill levels by such a young age. Very inspiring, Congrats!

[STANIforth]

Absolutely love how you manage to convey a certain level of "looseness" with everything from your brush strokes, to color variation and rendering and still somehow manage to keep everything unified and in check. Fuckin sick. keep at it ! i appreciate your posting...cheers,
Stani

[koshime]

Heh. The one thing semi old farts like myself try to console ourselves with that, although there will always be artists of incredible mastery of light/colour and composition, the core design skills and experience are uniquely our own. (i.e there will always be someone faster, younger, technically brilliant....what does the older, or aging warrior take to heart...)

God help us all when jaime combines all master elements of solid design, colour, lighting, composition and looseness with sensitive experience.
Looking at the current speed, that horizon of godpaint sainthood is probably not too far off, I'd say 2-3 years for the true title of master of arts (character/enviroments)

I look forward to this grand celebrated achievement

[enthombed]

hey cicinimo nice digi paintings, great sketches.

keep posting

cheers

[kveye]

you'll kill all of us if this continues%)
yet it's pleasure to die tis' way:)

i have 1 question though - how do you make your brushstrokes look so shrarp? when i try to use pastel like brushes it tends to get all smudgy, giving me watercolor effect...definitely not the one i want :( i adore that rough effect of your paintings

[minjarr]

damn...:asskisser:

[Dominus]

fantastic brush strokes, thanks for sharing! :yayca:

[Wasker]

I Say Come On Fhgwgads!

[deviousg]

Über

great strokes and abstraction of form. Consistent, contemporary and very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[zeal]

Dude!..... Post# 74 Rocks like a Hurricane, Rocks the Cradle of Love, Rocks the Casbah.... did I mention it Rocks...

[Cicinimo]

Hey, really appreciate the comments and kind words here.

To answer a couple questions:
Dian3: email me at jaime at artpad.org and I'll send you my brushes
kveye: I make my brushes so its pretty easy to get hard edges. Having a hierarchy of edges in a painting will also make your sharp areas look that much sharper. The sharpen tool also helps, but I probably overuse that one.



Been busy with work stuff lately, not much time for painting. I scanned some drawings though (zzzz). Last one is a from a set of Vanderpoel copies that I'm doing, others are from life, 1-20 minute poses.

[Mr.Delicious]

oh god, these are so good :O!!!! everything you do is all sparkly and golden like the cow that almost replaced god that time with moses. MAN I'm subscribed!

[Surion]

great work man!
Great values!

Cheers,
Surion

[Rhythmus]

Thank you for inspiring me

[UnSharpened]

The paintings themselves are absolutely stunning, yet my favorite part of them are the moods, every painting tells a story<3. Nothing more to say but brilliant really. 5 stars:D!!
P.S. I wasn't sure enough that such a painterly quality can be achieved by using Photoshop until I saw your work. Amazing.

[Hive_minD]

This truly is great. Love your lines. They have a scary accuracy, and a lovely flow. Thanks for sharing!

Chris

[Ra Havok]

Your mad skills make me want to spontaneously combust. :xpld:

These are some of the best life drawings I've seen in a while. So fluent, such great indication of form and light. Such awesomeness. Gah!
Thanks a lot for keeping this thread, Jaime!

[m@.]

very nice lines! hope all is going well.

[SoufMeng]

22:OMG.
X_x

[GriNGo]

man, this is is a kick as SB. congrats on those skills of yours! i'm officially jealous! hahah, well anyways, I see that you have a certain Craig Mullin'sness in your digital sketches? do you use PS or Painter? I love the amount of brush variety in your studies... you have to tell me how you make your brushes.

later,
GRINGO

[kischi]

Man I love your SB. Your livedrawings are kickass, really nice lines and your rough digis are really lovely too. Subscribed.

[ditlev]

Your method is soo nice, very good pieces here

[Patrick Warner]

Wow. Awesome texture. Keep up the great work.

[nanyacura]

Love the smoothness of your charcoal strokes. Great stuff Jamie :)

[InvertedChalupa]

good grief dude... so beautiful 8 o

[Glory666]

.........holy crap........i am now addicted. MORE, MORE, MORE!

[Cicinimo]

Thanks all! Posting new life drawings, times range from a minute to 2 hours.

GriNGo: the digital sketches are PS. yep, huge mullins fan.

[Lukias]

georgeous! haha you be packing the magic. So nice to see the way you feel these out

[zanzan]

Great stuff ~Great artist:>

[ovalbrush]

The shine on that mobsters face is rad. I like it.

[velinov]

You are truly mad man! Great new updates... It is never dully over your thread... :)

[picksel]

great mood, great textures, great... works

[NURO]

So good , kikass .

[Mr.Blonde]

nice ones dude! glad to see 'em

[bao]

Big head rush.
Are these just on newsprint then?

[rushwolf]

Incredible skill my friend.

[Mitchell]

That's what drawing is all about! beautiful

[DoomSketcher]

Pure inspiration. :D

[Rich Pellegrino]

great work in here.

[bad weather]

Truly inspired work.
It all looks so considered and so well executed.
Great work, it always look forward to more.
Cheers
G

[nonie]

Great stuff here... Last updates are sweet. You're making me want to get out my contes and do some gestures :)

[Kevzip]

Beautiful!

After seeing your LMS round3 entry, i want to ask you if you are drawing (or planning to draw) a full comic.
That would be great!

[ruuhkis]

Woah, hahah. Man, these are ridiculously good...

[Cicinimo]

Doyle': woah, thanks!

Kevzip: would love to do a comic at some point, but I have a lot to learn about storytelling, and I can't write to save my life.

nonie: you should!

bad weather:i'm definitely trying to attack my drawings with more thought these days

Rich Pellegrino: thank you

DoomSketcher: glad i could

Mitchell: :)

rushwolf: flattered!

bao: yeah most of those were newsprint

Mr.Blonde: :hugsmile:

NURO: thanks duuude

picksel: thanks, mood and texture are definitely up there on my list of things to consider when i start a sketch

velinov: thanks man!!

ovalbrush: more mobster shine with this update

zanzan: appreciated

Lukias: thanks, means a lot...huge fan

recent digital sketches, a life drawing, and a couple of magic cards I did a while ago:

[ditlev]

So very nice! Love your work.

[Giow]

what an awesome style of painting you got!!!

[Surion]

think my eyes are falling out :jawdrop:
Beautiful work man, keep it up!

[Hideyoshi]

already a living legend here...

Damn, can't get enough of your work, it's undescribable!

I only now found those step-by steps on page 2, thanks TONS! Masterful thought and execution process there!

[Wasker]

Beautiful stuff Jaime.

[TheGnoll]

*asspats*
*lots of them, seriously*
*have some more*

[matejkovacic]

Phew, there is a lot to learn from here!

Thanks,

Matej

[c@s]

awesome paintings!

[Kan Muftić]

I fucking hate to write those fanboy comments like "wow", "awesome" or "i want your baby" so I'll phrase it like this:

- Delighted! This is above the standard. Would you mind making me pregnant? -

Khan

[DanielC]

I really like this sir. Thanks for sharing !

[Jeff Bartzis]

these are mind blowing....
like... they blow my mind and stuff.
*insert jaw drop emoticon here*

[Vorace]

This is wonderfull...

thanks for making art!

[Cicinimo]

I'm glad that last batch was liked! Thanks for the comments all.

Here's one from tonight:

[Verehin]

You blow my heart!

[Cicinimo]

more digi sketches

batman is after a Mazzucchelli sketch

[Lakka]

Can´t do much else than :asslick:

So: :asslick:

[aaro_n]

I'm totally happy I came across this sketchbook to discover your existence :)

[Surion]

Sooo talented....
Beautiful work, as usual :)

When did you start drawing/painting?

[zweiDee]

wow, your a Master. I never saw digital studies in a quality of old oilpainting's.
Your Bouguereau Studie Sketch are amazing. For shure all other Works too. Respect Mr. Jones

cheerz

[bouroune]

awesome update, as usual, the last ones are crazy.. really dig the samou painting, keep on posting man, spend time watching your stuff is so pleasant and instructive!

[D@niel]

You are too good, you make the rest of us look bad! hehe

[Dominus]

ZOMG! awesomeness! @___@

[m@.]

dude, seeing your stuff really makes me wanna start painting again. thanks for sharing.

[pao]

i already saw it in sijun, but so happy to see it again hehe, thx for sharing !!!

[Layil]

Hot fo'shizzle....

[matejkovacic]

Really nice paintings, so fresh, so alive, so well chosen colors, so...

Keep it up,

Matej

[Dile_]

Beautiful!
This sketchbook makes me wanna go paint.

Ima go paint.

Ciao :)

[stalsby]

Very nice painterly style!! I dig!

[Mr.Blonde]

damn dude, you've kept busy! these are some awesome and simple compositions... just how i like 'em... well done! :)

[drd]

Powerful, extremely powerful, strong imagery, these are fantastic. Brushwork is amazing, colour is amazing, its all just fucking amazing

Not much else to say

Did I mention your stuff is amazing?

[IanE]

Well, no point in saying everything that's already been said...

You totally rock in all aspects. Continue, and share with us again!

Thank you.

[Diego]

stellar work dude...

[Jonah.O]

wow amazing stuff, really fresh and inspiring!

[brokencow]

Hey Jamie,

I didn't realize you had a sketchbook here. Glad to see you keep it up to date. I have to say, it's been a real pleasure to watch you grow into the artist you've become. You've put a lot of hard work in to get where you are!

Anyway, great work!

[Dan Valkar]

awesome stuff mate! i really dig ur brush stroke man! oh and u shoud post more magic illustrations, keep it up!

[foxboy]

Great Work Here Man Been Looking At Ur Sight Fantastic Artwork And Im Very Surprised All Where Done Solely In Photoshop! The Brushes Look So Similar To Painter..id Love To Get Some Brushes For Ps Like Those Any Idea How To Get Hold Of Them!!!?:-]

[zenichi]

thanks, i'm embarking on digital painting soon, subscribe to this thread for hopefully your constant updates and my constant gratification and inspiration, like the loose, sometimes broad strokes, am surprised to learn they are done in photoshop, will relook at my options to get painter, maybe will stick around with photoshop and try and unlock more potential of the software. thanks

[foxboy]

cheers dude much appreciated!

[Alex Alexandrov]

nice ncie nice .... the thingie in the water is Sooooo coool love your work ..

[hurricane]

yupp, i hate you hahahaha :D

You're up there on my top ten hit list hahahaha. Just kidding man, great art and great expressions in your brush makings.

Keep on sharing!
Bjorn.

[Cicinimo]

Thanks for the replies!

Lakka: mind the brown

staaron: me too!

Surion: I've always drawn and painted, and I started doing digital work about 7 years ago.

zweiDee: Flattered! Don't know if I'll manage the patience to do something else like those Bouguereau studies again. Learned a lot though, I think everyone should do one or two regardless of how they feel about his work.

bouroune: thanks, had a good time on that samurai sketch

D@niel: haha, thanks :)

Dominus: appreciate it

m@: You should! Home computer yet?

pao: my cross-posting is probably out of hand...

Layil: thanks Layizzle

matejkovacic: will try!

Dile_: I couldnt ask for more

stalsby: gracias

Mr.Blonde: Yeah man, learning that simple does it sometimes.

drd: wow, thanks!

IanE: I'll keep sharing for sure.

Diego: thankyou

Jonah.O: glad you like

brokencow: Thanks man, I do work hard. I'm glad to hear its paying off. I think the same can be said of you.

Dan Valkar: I'll definitely post them as I'm able.

foxboy: I think the smudging that I do sometimes looks like Painter, throws people off.

zenichi: I work with PS all day at work, and often in the evenings. Still learning new things to do with it. Give it some time and you'll be surprised.

Alex Alexandrov: Thanks, a lot of that composition came from a description I was handed.

hurricane: Oh I'll get you first.... :)

[D@niel]

Ahhhh, just the kick in the ass i needed to get my day started!! THank you:)

[call me snake]

Awesome update! I love the castle, the vibrant colours and the painterly strokes. I'm eager for more, keep it up!

[pao]

niceeeee, values and light are awesome in the last plane, really biutiful, and the color on the landscape ....... so nice >_<

[P E N Ricklund]

Thanks made my day. Just the kick I needed today.

[Jonas Heirwegh]

damn dude, big fan here.

[sourgasm]

I saw this sketchbook for the first time today. Sucks to be me!

Keep up the good work.

[Creatinity]

I wish I'll be like you when I'll be a grown up :D

Your stuff is a feast for the eye. Can't thank you enough for that...

[Jeff Bartzis]

I really, really, really like this one
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=423781&stc=1&d=1217314957

[gluck]

Maestro!!!

[Kan Muftić]

Very solid batch, Jaime. Any reason why you don't detail out the faces?
Just curious..
Cheers,
Khan

EDIT:
I am actually more interested in the way you use refs.. How much of it is in the painting, how do you adjust it, etc..
Thanks!

[Cicinimo]

Thanks all!

Chupa: Yeah, faces are tough for me. Unless I'm doing a portrait, I paint the planes and leave them alone. Otherwise I'll lick at them and make a mess.

As for ref, it varies. I'm trying to learn machines right now. I don't know the vocabulary of mechanical stuff very well, so I can't fake it without reference. The shuttle airplane helicopter thingy was based on a photo of a helicopter.

Most of my figures and landscapes are from imagination. I find reference for clothing and architecture. The castle I posted recently is based on Eilean Donan Castle, I just stretched it a little. That sketch wasn't really about designing an original castle, my energy went in to the landscape. I use ref all the time though.


Heres a study from the corner of an Alma-Tadema painting, all I have tonight.

[Idiot Apathy]

Sigggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhh.
Is that *all* you have?

DAMN!

[IanE]

Subscribed.

If you're feeling generous, share your process??

Beautiful stuff again... it's crazy to me you do several of these daily!

[Dian3]

holy wacamole!

*runs to do a painting study*

[psantha]

Hi Cicinimo. Your art is simple one of the best I have ever seen. Kan told me about you at work, he was right, this is simply amazing. I am pretty sure you have already heard this millions of times, but at your age???? How is it possible? Are you the reincarnation of Leonardo Da Vinci??? :) Just kidding. BTW don't you want to share some very very early stuff too?

[ikuru]

Holy Moly Mister! Sweet skills! May I ask u what kind of brush kit ur using (Im thinking for stuff like the red Samurai etc).

[Cicinimo]

Idiot Apathy: haha...original stuff is more exciting!

IanE: I have a step by step earlier in this SB you can check out for process. I'll save off a couple more of them in the future.

Dian3: thanks!

psantha: Here was my first digital painting. It was done 7 years ago. No laughing! link (http://artpad.org/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/old-work/darkman2corrected.jpg)

ikuru: I'm using a collection of brushes I've made for myself over the years, with a few I found in others' sets.

A new digital sketch and a leyendecker study:

[D@niel]

Your brush work is insanely juicy!!!:) Not manny 15 year olds coul pull off a piece like that last one!

[Dile_]

Great work Jamie! Its cool to see that your still making studies even though you have archived this high level of skill that you do =)

D@niel... He was fifteen 7 years ago I think... :)

[Cicinimo]

Ah, my fault. I had originally attached the image that I linked for psantha. D@niel replied just before I edited it out. No one should have to see that mess (especially not me), so its now hidden in a link :).
Thanks guys!

[Dile_]

Opps my bad then.. HAHA

Thats pretty good for 15 : O but fuck.. You've come far in just 7 years man!

Haha skimmed through your posts on Sijun.. and its kinda funny seeing that I'm that age you were at the time.. And I'm thinking the same stuff about your work that you thought about craigs haha:P Now if life wants me well, I'll be as good as you when i'm 22 .. though I really doubt I could get that good.. ever.. haha

but at least its a wish.. that i'm gonna work hard for :P

sorry for being so fanboy'ish.. can't help myself :O you're great.. and an inspiration =)

-D

[algenpfleger]

Oh dude, come on D: That last speedie is just too good. Damn it :D


Seriously man, you are really, really awesome. A true inspiration :) And so young! Haha I'm gonna bust my butt so i can reach your level by 22 (isn't it annoying to be told that so often? :D )

[SoufMeng]

Very painful asskicking here and in ur website too.

Thanx for the link (lol).

Seriously great job and very inspiring use of custom brushes!

PS: i know ur forty years old.

[smokenmirrors]

leyendecker looking good!! as always your painterly methods do it justice! :)

[Ryan DeMita]

darkman2corrected is our homeboy!

you've been using photoshop for 7 years! shit man. i was rockin crayons back then :) that leyendecker study is how its done. great to see you tackling some tech stuff too, they are looking very cool. the tadema is great but its not a tadema without some ridiculously well painted marble column or something:)

anyways, really inspiring stuff man.
-ryan

[psantha]

Thanks for sharing me the "cyberpunk warrior plutonium dealer guy from the past". Actually it didn't make me laugh, It made me cry becouse I realized that I will be a grand grandfather when I will be able to paint as I want. :) hmmm... Maybe if I find a vampire who would willing to change me to a vampire too. So than time wouldn't be so important. Is there any real nice vampire here at CA? Send me a PM please. ;)

[Dian3]

great speedy and that Leyendecker, killer brushstrokes!.

since i started digital painting 3 years ago, i still have 4 years to try to reach your level *dreaming*
but i'm 22 in september! so i have a month to do it XD ahahahaha


nice to see you updating more regulary :)

[Clochette]

The last one is really special, in the good way of course!
I want to kiss that grandma cheek, she looks like she is just giving a big slice of cake ^^

[mccatana]

salute!
great painter you are...great constructions in your compositions and the contrast of quality and quantity are good to...keep posting this kind of special things

[minjarr]

hey man, great stuff as always,

btw, are you using photoshop? and if so... umm.. is there anyway you wouldn't mind sharing the brushes? no biggie, I just saw them and thought they'd be fun to play with. They add really nice textural feelzees

:lounge:

[Cicinimo]

minjarr- the digital stuff in this thread is photoshop

thanks all!

Here are a couple images I did for the challenge activity over at sijun. Also uploaded a full res portion of my LMS entry: http://artpad.org/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/old-work/old%20dude%20close.jpg

[SoufMeng]

Let me be first to say: wooooOOOW!
Thanx for sharing.

[Kan Muftić]

Man.. It feels like you stopped the time and practiced for a decade..
Tell me, what helped you most when learning how to paint environments?
Thanks,
Khan

[velinov]

Incredible... such easiness in your works... :) More please...

[localfatheaded]

jeez your sketch book just kicked my butt, i think I sweating after looking through it, everything is just so amazing.

[kidult]

damn, so good - did u use textures / pics for the trees in the last one?

[Chuck,mate.]

ho man.... dude, you got a crazy knack for cinematic sceneries that blows the crap out of the onlooker... really well done too.
and this one:
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=429272&stc=1&d=1217923525

is just awesome. love the brushstrokes on this one.

keep it up!


Pat.

[Farsh]

Been in love with your stuff since i was 15 myself, killer update. Your work is a great inspiration to me.

[kischi]

Wow dude just totally breathtaking, really would like to know the same that Chupacabra wants to know, what helped you most?

[Churamhija Khan]

awesome.....

[The Whistler]

Hey man, just wanted to let you know that you're a huge inspiration and I just love love LOVE your LMS entry. Wow.

Cheers!

[Dan Milligan]

Fantastic Jamie!


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[polipol]

eureka i've hit a gold mine! beautiful /inspiring and all the other words alike under the sun...thanks for sharing

[psantha]

I am speachless. This is beyond everything.... Congartulations!

[Feil Magnus]

impressive! O__o

[zelda_geek]

This sketchbook rocks! Really inspiring:)

[carlosranna]

GOSH!! Those are awesome paintings!!!!

[Cicinimo]

S.M: Thanks man!

Chupacabra: Collecting lots of reference and studying it closely. Also studying a lot of landscape painters. Especially the Russians! If you're not familiar, check out Isaak Levitan, Ivan Shishkin, and Arkhip Kuinji.

velinov: Thanks!

localfatheaded: haha, thanks

kidult: For that one I made a set of brushes from photos of trees. I use them like stamps, and I rotate/flip them to hide the repitition. I painted back in to the silhouettes to suggest dimension.

Chuck,mate.: Thanks! That one was a study from a Leyendecker illustration.

Farsh: Appreciate hearing that!

kischi: Study and practice! But make sure you're studying good stuff and practicing the right things.

Churamhija Khan: Thanks

The Whistler: Glad to hear that. I rushed it at the end, put all my energy into painting the face and had no time or energy for the rest.

Dan Milligan: Thanks man!!

polipol, psantha, Feil Magnus, zelda_geek, carlosranna: thanks all!



Here is a quicky for a contest, and a couple of magic cards I did a while ago:

[DanielC]

Awesome !

[Studio Colrouphobia]

I love the timeshift piece. Great piece.

The magiccards are neat aswell,

Can you spell Awesome in more ways then one?

[algenpfleger]

So raaaaaaaaaaaaad.

[Iridyse]

Woah, fantastic work!!

[Bones Weep Tedium]

The policeman with the kid is a lovely image - what was the contest?

[Farsh]

Saved to porn folder. It's full of all your stuff i've collected over the years already. Sorry for the hero worship ;)

[sfa]

Thanks for the tip on those Russian artists above. Those dudes can paint like nobody's business.

I love the primeval mood of the second piece with the hunting wombats. Makes me want to sharpen a rock and join them.

Keep continuing to inspire.

[kidult]

Awesome update and thanks for the answer!

[Hideyoshi]

Ah, the timeshift piece is just brilliant! So are the Magic card illus! :)
Thank you for sharing some of your wisdom, it's very valuable coming from someone like you!
I was pretty blown away by how large that mere 'portion' of your LMS piece was! O_O What was the original resolution?
What is most interesting/fascinating to me is your brushwork with its clever combination of soft and hard edges... just curious - do you ever use the smudge tool?
I'd kill to see a video recording of your painting workflow...

[Chate Noire]

The last batch is wonderful. The "quicky" is so full of character and depth it's a joy to look at.

[Churamhija Khan]

awesome

[Parsakoira]

friggin awesome man! The iPod-one gave me good laughs!

[[void]]

Amazing, I really like the piece with the little tribal rat guys.

Thanks for sharing the russian artists as well, ive just started looking through some of Ivan Shishkin's stuff and its incredible. Wish I''d known about them sooner.

[kinnas]

god damn it! timeshift makes me cringe with how awesome it is. like fuck shit shit fuck I gotta learn how to paint like that, fuck :O

[Leo Snow]

hellyeah!

[Seyreene]

Cicinimo, you must heard or read that a thousand times already, but... Your art is so damn gorgeous!
I really can't understand that you call these masterpieces "sketches". That lets me think of what you might call a real painting... XD

Anyway, I really like that first picture in the last of your posts. The old man strongly reminds me of Bismarck!
The goblin/ork picture below is stunning as well. The atmosphere you are able to put into most of your pictures is simply great.

[krossj]

oh fuck! amazing stuff man. cheers

[Reject-D]

your use of colors is amazing!! dont ever stop please!!

[Dimension]

Your colours and moods are flippin' awesome. Everything else is great too. Looking forward to more.

[headlessAdi]

magnificent work!!....the roughness is an added element of beauty in the artworks....keep up the good work and keep posting!
-Adi

[Dile_]

amazing colors :) any more artists you like to study except for these russian once you mentioned?

you're definitely one of the coolest artists around.. its awesome to see that you prioritize studying even though you're already so good.. haha!

[m@.]

:asspat:

how was adapt?

[Call0ps]

such beautiful pieces, keep it up sir :D

[oalexis]

awesome! love the jungle one the most. Great fabric rendering on the time shift one

[NURO]

:mittenbop: the dragon's design is very strong. it's always a pleasure to see some illustrations made by you.
I was very happy to meet you at ADAPT with the Bungie team !.
Continue on this way.

[Equality72521]

your brushes is fantastic, its amazing how fascinating/diverse digital painting can be, especially yours. Is the 18th century motif a favorite of your? if so, it shows

[jedininjaman]

masterful work
so many asspats but what are we suppose to say?