Duster - illustrations

[duster 132]

Hi everybody!

I hope this topic is at the right place...

This is my first message on Conceptart, so my name is Nivanh Chanthara, I'm a designer in animation since last year (so many things to learn!!)

You can see some of my personnal illustrations below: don't hesitate to tell me what you think about it, I want to improve myself and get new skills!!

Thank you for your time and your critics,

Duster

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2030/2207641129_3a03eb55c7_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2215/2196646399_dc2b5e7978_o.jpg

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[andreasrocha]

Duster...great pieces! I love the clean rendering and the color palette is really captivating. I would have to say, your last one is my favourite. The fog works really well, however the sky somehow seems a bit out of place. Perhaps it should be more foggy, in order not to distract from the architectural details of the structure. Congrats.

[qabas12]

woooww... ok let's be constructive
-the first one is confusing. Why? Firstly, it seems as though the robot is reaching for something. But, I can't tell what the "robot" is reaching for. In addition, I cant seem to find its head. The light (and subsequent light trail) on the back of his armor draws attention from whatever your intendin to be his head. On the bright side, your perspective and rendering are both awesome.
-the second illus is less confusing, but needs work nonetheless. The robot seems to be walking out out of a doorway, simple enough right? But, as a solder, why is he looking at the ground? Is he sad, thoughtful, or tired? If he's any of the above, then you should show it with the rest of his body as well. Continuing, overall the pose you choose doesn't convey much, if anything. It appears that he's about to take another step and pointing to where his next step will land. Not too sure if that was your intended meaning. To top it off, the back side of the robot is a bit fuzzy while the rest of the image is sharp, which only adds to the confusion. As always your rendering of the background is cool.
-the third image is straight forward. It kinda reminds me of the cover of a .Hack/ manga comic book.
-the forth is a cool close up of your robots. It goes with out saying, you rendering and color use is sweet. But..... it could use a background. Just suggesting.
-the last one, is an excercise in perspective. I this two ways. First, I see this as a vertical look(as if I standing at the base of the building). Second, I see a horizontal perspective (as if I was standing on the roof of the building, looking across its top. The latter is probably your intention, which you try show with godrays (rays of light that show between breaks in the clouds). try increasing the contrast of the these rays of light....

Hey welcome to CA, and I hope that was helpful...
Seeya 'round.

[cotta]

cooool

[duster 132]

Hi, everybody.
This is a digital painting for the INKTHIS/03 show in London. Each artist invited have to do one letter of the alphabet. So here is my "F".
Don't ask me what is it, I just know it's a "F". :)

Just tell me what do you think about it.

Seeya everybody

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2223/2290498855_222d157c4a_o.jpg

[El Jeremie]

Love what you do Duster. It's tru that the thirde reminds some Appleseed or nomad cover.
For the "F", i don't see a F at the first glance, bur the design is really cool, looks a bit like what HPX do.
Bienvenue dans le Forum ( sa fait du bien de taper en français).

[phiq]

Damn fine work eh! Your Letter F is the best F I've ever seen; the choice of colours and the limited palette works a treat, say I.

[Nubb]

Amazing skills You present I say :) Great design, machine character, material weight, structure. High quality mechanicall kick-azz.

[duster 132]

Traditionnal sketch, colors with my wacom...:)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2285/2360467767_09c9ae1cbe_o.jpg

[El Jeremie]

Nice to see some update from you.
those special team look a bit like the Exotank from Aquablue.
Good job et mes salutations à HPX.

[maxblack]

It's good to see new work from you,really like your organic style,although the new one looks a little bit to dense,can't see all the cool details. I went to your page and wish the outdoor pictures were in color! Post more new work soon.

[conceptzaholic10]

wow i really like these. they are looking good. post more stuff! =P

[duster 132]

Hi,
here is a very personnal and a very quick version of Ironman...I made it for a french tv program about Ironman (the movie) and they ask me to try to do this personnal version, and after to past it up on a wall, at least my past up was 2,70 meter high (you can watch it at myspace.com/duster132) ;p

hope you'll enjoy it.

cheers

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2050/2403834028_2605c1e4c8_o.jpg

[El Jeremie]

Nice and bulky , and a bit hunchbaked

[duster 132]

yep, I noticed that about the back :p

[duster 132]

Hi all,
here a little mecha, I painted it with my wacom.
I put it here just to ask you what do you think about it before adding a BG.
'hope you'll enjoy it, thanks

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2234/2504388550_fd2eb47c92_o.jpg

[El Jeremie]

Nice dude.

[anjin]

good mech! Maybe the posture is rigid, would you try to flex his legs and give to him a more dynamic pose?

[duster 132]

@ Spookybabydoll: merci beaucoup :)

@ Anjin: I'm agree with you, but I'll do this for the next character :p

[anjin]

@
@ Anjin: I'm agree with you, but I'll do this for the next character :p

eheheh I understand you perfectly... sometimes I'm damned lazy in the same way. :) Anyway, your work is almost always dynamic, so keep so! :)

[Fox-Light713]

Dude your stuff is amazing

[duster 132]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/2687641957_5f96cd964d_o.jpg

[El Jeremie]

God stuff, love ammo belt.
Sa fais plaisir qu'il y est pas que des personnes en vacances dans ce pays

[Kan Muftić]

Hey dude,
As long as you work with the outlines, things are just dope ass but those without seem a bit lost..
Nevertheless, freaking sweet!
5ive from me!

[beren120]

The third piece is really subtle. I love it...

[Duman]

You have some incredible robot designs. Their hands and faces are especially cool. Well done!

[illustratorwayne]

probably one of the most bad ass ironman illustration i have seen...nice work.

[WODZGN]

I really like the way you break up your surfaces. Good job! Keep posting!

[duster 132]

Hi, thanks for comments...
Here are some roughs...hope you'll enjoy it...

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/PORTFOLIO_P10net-1.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/PORTFOLIO_P7net-1.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/PORTFOLIO_P8net-1.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/PORTFOLIO_P9net-1.jpg

[ForScience]

Whoa! I love the last post. Keep the work coming man

[kidult]

Cool robots man!

[psychoboy]

kewl stuff man!

[Yngvill]

Very nice work. I love your colours :)

[Igor Sandman]

Those last sketches are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[bhanu]

nice mechas man

[duster 132]

Hello tous, une petite scène en passant par là...en espérant que ça vous plaise.
N'HESITEZ PAS A CRITIQUER !!! Pas que je sois sado-maso mais juste dans un soucis de progresser. Merci d'avance à ceux qui prendront le temps.

Hi all, here is a little prod...I hope you will enjoy it.
DON'T HESITATE TO CRITICIZED !!! I'm not a sado-maso, I just want to progress. thank you all.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/2849681230_deec7934f0_o.jpg

[eminkey2003]

Great designs. I like the chunky armor. The detailed gun-arm sketch looks super. Got anything besides mecha though? (or street art). Just saying you might want to broaden your horizons. That's my only crit.

[duster 132]

Hi everybody.
Here is a little background I did very quick...rough and wacom...:)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2856202529_732d7ce6b5_o.jpg

@eminkey: I do some streetart too, but I don't really think there is a place for this in concepart.org
If you are interesting by seing what I do in the street, please check:
http://www.myspace.com/duster132 or http://www.flickr.com/photos/duster132/
I hope you will enjo it :)

[Serpian]

Wow, love the atmosphere in that last one!

[Nubb]

Great "roughs" man. That level of detail is insane. More of those!

[duster 132]

Hi everybody!
This the last version, I swear =)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2899417215_72cea522d9_b.jpg

[El Jeremie]

The last one is cool but a bit small.
Wanna see some details.
Nice job

[duster 132]

Hi all!
Now it's finally finished =)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2905275437_3ceb9cb659_b.jpg

[JL.Alfaro]

wow, you rock with the __ out!!

[maxblack]

GREAT!!! When are we going to see a book of your work? The world needs it!

[duster 132]

Hi, here is some streetart with my illustration in the street of Paris...I don't know if I'm able to post it here...we'll see.

cheers

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/3100772087_74c4cc1ecd_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/2997624736_bff69cb334_b.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/2510410216_6a4bcd2d37_b.jpg

[duster 132]

Sorry I just have an old draw to post. I've just finallized the work with a background and a new light. I hope you'll enjoy this final version. :)


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/3119528358_e7afe470e7_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/3118716415_41bfb2c304_o.jpg

[Murgen]

really enjoying the more monochromatic ones. great style

[duster 132]

Hi, I post a little background...hope you'll like it :p

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/3145143159_c321e107a7_o.jpg

[Professor Wagstaff]

Hey duster, your work is awesome!
something tells me you like robotic things :)
your final version of Iron man has nice atmospheric lighting, really like it! Your latest background is pretty cool, good use of perspective.

Is all your street art spray painted? How long does it take you to do one?

[LongLongCat]

Wahaha. Awesome work. Very inspirational. I would love to see non-bipedal robots too.

[pollacap]

ive been looking at threads since this forum started and rarely reply to threads, this work sent shivers down my spine... amazing.

your style completes me

[duster 132]

@Professor Wagstaff: the mechas you saw on walls were wheatpast (I mean some kind of posters). cheers :)

[duster 132]

Streetart in Brussels, so cold...:D
(this is a wheatpaste...)

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[Professor Wagstaff]

Nice! thats dedication, putting it up in the cold! If you're ever in London feel free to paste some work on a wall, then let me know where it is so i can find it ;)

[duster 132]

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!

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[LifeMachine]

Hey there,

Welcome to CA! This is actually my first post as well :P
Keep up the good work, the last picture from your first post is great...I like the stylized look and the soft, pastel tones. Almost has a Jugendstil or Mucha-ish touch to it. Looking forward to seeing more of that stuff!

[duster 132]

Hi all !
Yesterday, in this thread, Longlongcat asked me if I was possible to display
a mecha without legs, so here it is. I think it's a kind of...tank...yes...a tank. :)


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1391/3174547297_b9dc2dbd01_o.jpg

[duster 132]

Hi, this the final version of my battle-suit with more light ant contrast. I hope you'll enjoy it. :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3180154258_18d8e2d82e_b.jpg

[duster 132]

Hi all!
I did it very quickly...I hope you'll enjoy it! :p

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/3180309255_44fe2b2b58_b.jpg

[Professor Wagstaff]

I love it! is that a film clapper board he's holding? you have an awesome standard of work, keep it up! :)

p.s your work inspires me quite a bit, i aim to be posting some of my latest in the near future........

[duster 132]

Hi all!
I re-edited "The Godfather". I hope you'll enjoy it!


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/3183348532_8e5536cab8_b.jpg

[duster 132]

Hi there, here is a little BG. I hope you'll enjoy it.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3189163389_4744f20dc1_o.jpg

[RichtR]

man u ar the best

[duster 132]

Hi all.
Here is an retake of The Fabric. I hope you'll enjoy it. :)
Painted with Photoshop.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3198822939_dee0b55b64_o.jpg

[Dizon]

holy shitballs....that robot is tight!

[Robert_Simons]

your Mechs are amazing looking i really enjoy looking at them, =D

[duster 132]

Hi all.
Here is some tropical rest...:p

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/Ocean_basement9.jpg

[sagramor]

looks nice man! i have been watching your stuff for a while on myspace, 2 years perhaps?

i would say that your terrain could use a little more contrast perhaps, and the contour of
the cliff on the right is a little static. nice to see you branch out in your subject matter!

peace.:sungod:

[aaro_n]

hey man nice stuff/improvement. I really dig the 3 wheeler tank

[duster 132]

Hello, here is a little background. I hope you'll enjoy it. ;p

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3239141878_5cbc16c79e_b.jpg

[Leo Snow]

that's really cool!

[vibhas_virwani]

awesome stuff man !! i love those armor designs man !! let me see more please :D

[duster 132]

Hi, here is a concept for a mecha-buster :p
I put a streetart version too.
I hope you'll enjoy it. :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/3362813732_b6fd1b3bc4_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3551/3359376053_eccfba6873_b.jpg

[duster 132]

Another one...:p


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3362442089_1d73f3c2b4_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3653/3360176478_3cc6446a25_b.jpg

[duster 132]

Hi all,
I post today a little mecha who's lost in the mountains and its streetart version.
I hope you will like it. If someone have any constructive critics, don't hesitate, it will help me a lot. Thanks :p

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3368304326_502353c65a_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3358440108_5610f9667b_b.jpg

[Dirty C]

Awesome stuff in here dude. I wish we had more graffiti on the streets of SF like this. Coro'll probably tell me we do but I'm just too wussy to go hunting under freeway overpasses haha

For those who haven't seen the Iron Man Armored Adventures series yet (it's on Nicktoons, not sure if it's out yet) then definitely take a look! The design is absolutely top notch - the story and stuff.. well, whatever haha - but take a look, it's really beautiful. I'll let Nivanh tell you who else is working on it :)

Anyway dude, a real fan of your work, especially the 'tank' hahaha

*edit: you asked for crits. SO I'd have to say the thing letting you down in your colour work is that you frequently go from a beautiful range of light tones and colours (which work terrifically in your
environments) to BLACK. It seems like the midtones need some work and that maybe some digital (or other) still lifes of real objects would help you find that full range of stuff evident in real-world
objects. Personally I think I could stand to learn a thing or two from your higher ranges, and am totally gonna rip you off haha.

Part of it may be your monitor calibration or something, and that you're not 'seeing' the midranges like we are. Having said this, the finished iron man personal piece has everything anybody could want
in value ranges, and the tank has a much better range than some others. So you're capable of it, just not always applying it in the right places. So try to be less heavy-handed I guess.*

*second edit: Post that city environment BIGGER, silly! It's awesome. Use a bigger jpeg and upload it directly to CA.*

[duster 132]

Yeah, thank you very much DIRTY C.
We had a lot of problems with DATAQUEST (India) who made 90% of the animation. The 10% was the fight-scenes and it was made by the french team in Paris. But I swear, we did our maximum to save the serie, even it was hard.
The 2 first issues are the worst, but I think it will be a little bit better for the next.

Anyway, thank you again for you advices DIRTY C. Like I said before I'll work on this way.

I post a larger size of the city like you asked ;)

Best from Paris!


http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/City_2I-1.jpg

[TheGnoll]

beautiful work man, thanks for sharing!

5*

ciao!

[duster 132]

Hi all.
I post my first non-mecha painting :p
I hope you will enjoy it. If you have any advices to give me don't hesitate, I'll really appreciate it. Thank you all :D

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/operation26.jpg

I put some close up too...

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/operation26close1.jpg

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/operation26close2.jpg

[PenDiablo]

BEAUTIFUL!!!! I absolutly LOVE the depth in your art!! Keep posting. You're really inspiring!! I'm hoping to get a few watercolour illustrations of my own from screenplay's and stories I've written. Any luck finding worn in animation?? You should try sending some examples to some of the film studios, CG is getting ever more popular these days. Good luck =D

[Keenox]

wow! excellent work. very nice enviroments and mechs. i especially like the last enviro. it's very atmospheric.
the last one is very dynamic and has a very good lighting. i have only one advice. you should bulge and shrink the skin texture(s) to fit the bulges of the muscles. it doesn't help the image the way it is now, it flattens the painting. waiting for more!

[duster 132]

Yep, thank you for the advice. I will work in that way. You help me a lot, thanks again! :p

[duster 132]

Hi all!
I post two mechas. I painted them with Photoshop. If you have any advice to give me or any comment, don't hesitate! You will help me a lot.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/3617655481_c56aaf6ef6_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3617655477_cd44885885_b.jpg

[duster 132]

Hi all, today I try to change of the mechas...Hope you will enjoy it. All advices will be welcome!!!

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/woods11.jpg

[duster 132]

Hi all.
Here is a cyclops, 'hope you will like it. :)

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/scream10B.jpg

[Darkside]

great drawings and designs. I love the graphical layout you put your mechs into.
that ironman interpretation is cool, cool, mega cool. I like it a LOT.

[duster 132]

Hi!
I wanted it really rough, 3 hours of work. I hope you'll like it. :)


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3422/3727428547_39781cd4bc_o.jpg

[duster 132]

Hello!
It's a little concept for today. I hope you will enjoy it. :)

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/conceptart16H.jpg

[Dahami]

Beautiful work, but the cyclops image is kind of big for your standard monitor screen. You might want to scale it down.

[duster 132]

Hello!
I post some concepts today. i hope you will enjoy it! :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3542/3763386489_7b840afcb6_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2489/3764183990_ae44aac8c7_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2559/3766794039_25c98f2b86_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2675/3766558624_1f36a92b62_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2634/3766558614_caf3f9bacc_o.jpg

[duster 132]

It's been a long time I didn't post here. I hope you wil enjoy it.
Painted with Photoshop.
Cheers. :)

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/duster132/FS-01b.jpg

[duster 132]

Painted with Photoshop.


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