Sketchbook II

[Inkfish]

Tought i'd have a new go at this. Here are some recent pictures i've done and some 3-d models i've been working with.

speedy
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/12208b.jpg

photo study
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/18208.jpg

enviroment study from a photograph
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/11208.jpg

a space nazi
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/nAZI_3.png

3d-model of a Parasaurolophus i'm currently working on. First the original concept(that was changed quite a bit, the thickness of the neck, placement of the front feet etc.) and the wip model of the body and the head.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/parasaurolophus_revamp_2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/para_wip_3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/para_wip_4.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/para_final.jpg

[Dr.Johnny Fever]

The Nazi astronaut is a cool idea, kind of what could have been alternate future.

[Inkfish]

thanks Dr.Johnny Fever :)


speedy and a sculpt
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/220708.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/front.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/back.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/head.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/wtf-1.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/anatomystudy_low-1.jpg

[Soul Karl]

dude sweet friggen models :D

2 things to look out for though. First on the speed paint you may want to use a broader brush on most of it, that kinda cross hatchy deal with colors works if you use just a little of it but i feel like you could be knocking out planes a lot easier with just broad strokes. The second thing to watch out for is anatomy - your models look pretty solid on it, but on the nazi spaceman especially his crotch is saggin super duper low - it should prolly be close to a heads length higher. Other than that though that space nazi is awesome.

keep it up man :] hope this was useful

[Inkfish]

Thanks for the crits Soul Karl, I hear you on the broad strokes, that's something i'm trying to better my self on :)

Here's another speedpaint
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/sketch_02.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/sketchy.jpg

[mentler]

Strong Thread

To Be The Best
We Have To
Work Harder
Than The Rest

[Inkfish]

Strong Thread

To Be The Best
We Have To
Work Harder
Than The Rest

Thanks for the bone toss Mentler! Much appreciated. :)

The quote you put is a really good reminder, gotta keep pushing...


Here are some inks, good to work with traditional media once again! Guy Davis studies
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/GuyDavis.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/salama.jpg

[Inkfish]

Small enviro thumb
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/sketch_03.jpg

z-brush doodle
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/sketch_04.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/rude.jpg

[Inkfish]

Ref used :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/girl.jpg

[Inkfish]

woop woop, ref used

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/pilot.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/concept-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/headpalm.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/yeah.jpg

[Marlisa]

Impressive! 5 stars :^^:

This one is awesome: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/headpalm.jpg

[Uli]

I like your inkwork a lot. How did you do the colours in the Eating Woman drawing?
I agree that the one with the red hands is awesome.

[NothingbutZack]

Oh my, your 3D work is so damn impressive.. Keep up with this SB, your off to an amazing start here. ;)

[Inkfish]

Marlisa Thanks! Glad you liked :) I had a blast doing that painting although it's kinda emo now as I look back at it

Uli Thanks :) I scanned the inked B&W picture and cleaned it up a bit in photoshop. Then i set the inks on multiply on a paper texture (from cgtextures.com) the colors were added under the line drawing with a basic hard brush.

NothingbutZack Thanks! I try to update this sb when ever i have something to post ;) The 3d stuff is really fun to do, I really like the ZB3 program, so intuitive. Sculpting is really addictive.


Here's something new

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/parasaur_2.jpg

[Inkfish]

mocup for boxart for the hitman game series, just for fun. (ref used)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/hitman.jpg

[Janos]

Hi
I like yoursketchbook, its nice and clean, and you show improvement which is great. I esp. like the face and the red hand pic.

Keep going

[Inkfish]

Hi
I like yoursketchbook, its nice and clean, and you show improvement which is great. I esp. like the face and the red hand pic.

Keep going

Thanks man :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/chaos_big.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/crock2psd.jpg

[Pierce9]

Cool stuff! The textures and your 3-D models are killer, the space nazi's right arm seems a little short though. The rest is pretty hot though, especially the guy getting his head used for a bowling ball.

Take it easy.

[Inkfish]

Thanks dogsbrother! :)

Warham again

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/ork_small-1.jpg

[clanlord]

Truly interesting stuff! There is variety of lot of works and imagination, but in my opinion you need to work more on a sheet of paper with pencil in the hand! All the best my friend! - G

[Lakka]

Like I said on another forum, these warhammer images came out nice! :)

[Inkfish]

Clanlord Hey, thanks for the tip :)

Lakka No moi! Thanks for the kind words


Tyranid
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/tyranid2.jpg

[Janos]

Nice gritty feeling you've got going on in your paintings. The Warhammer Orc looks great. Probably my favourite.

[Inkfish]

Thanks Janos :) I like how the painting came out too.


Here's a quick one a sc protoss. Kinda lost wind on this one though
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/protoss.jpg

[Inkfish]

CHOW wip
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/hag.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/hag2.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/hag3.jpg

[Inkfish]

anatomy study from ref, still wip

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/1.jpg

[Mikko Voipio]

Hej på dig. That womans, who's holding a can, mouth seems to be a bit distorted and there is something funny about her eyes. Is that your grandmother?

You have come a long way since I last saw your drawings and paintings. Only real crit about your paintings especially that witch woman painting is try to get rid of that muddy background. The witch is so beautifully painted that it should pop out more from the background. Maybe you could use a bit more interesting and saturated color? Also, the scarf looks great but what is that pot she has on her head? other than that very good job.

ps. I really like this (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/rude.jpg) drawing.

[Inkfish]

yeah, i have great reference pictures stashed away from our family album, you should see the reference photos i took when we were in Italy, i tell you if i ever decide to do some lovecraftian madness, i'm all set :)

Thanks for the crit man, spot on i have stared at that motherfucker for so long i'm really going blind, damn hag. The pot on her head is supposed to be a traditional russian festive hat, yeah... maybe i should do something about that heh :P

I hope i have time to finish this weeks chow, here's the recent version I'm a bit worried that this would look more in place airbrushed into some tuning van than in a grimm fairy tale that i was going for...

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/5575/hag5ig7.jpg

[Inkfish]

"anatomy" study from a photograph. Fucked up, but i tought i'd post it anyway.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/2.jpg

[Mikko Voipio]

Damn man. Your grandmotherfucker is starting to look really good. The face for example is starting to look ridiculously good. Especially the mouth region is rendered beautifully. But... And there's always a but... The pot is still there.
It almost seems like a 2d object on a 3d drawing. I think that a part of the problem is that the hat is standing right next to the most detailed part of this painting so in comparison it seems quite blurry and undetailed. Go back to the ref if you have some.

[GDonaldson]

nice sketchbook, glad I visited keep up the interesting character designs :) - have u posted this stuff on polycount sketchbook yet? Im ged there

[Inkfish]

Placeboast haha, thanks for the heads up man :) i revised the pot some, still gotta do some tweaks before tomorrow, got some great advice from the awesome people on #conceptart too :)

GDonaldson Thanks for stopping by :) I haven't posted the chow stuff yet, i think i'll dump them there tomorrow when i'm finished.

some more work on the chow and a quick metal study from ref.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/CHOW147_inkfish.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/metal-1.jpg

[Jakers]

That character piece came out great :) I dig it...however, I must say that too much rim light 'outlining' around her head flattens her on the image. the lower parts of her body look more natural and yes it makes the head stand out - however its not necessary to be that bold.

I kind of prefered the hat to be less vibrant, like in the earlier image as well...having the complimenting colors further apart and leaving her face to be the focal point was nice...now the red hat is jumping way out.

Love the setting you threw in though, see you around

[Inkfish]

Thanks for the crits Jakers!

started this weeks chow :) undead victorian era Private Investigator, yeah...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/147_1.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/147_3.jpg

[Inkfish]

4.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/148_3_b.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/148_4.jpg

[Inkfish]

quick anatomy skintone study from ref

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/3.jpg

[Verehin]

niice..keep it up! I like this

[maeshanne]

nice work, love the space nazi

[Inkfish]

Verehin Thanks man! Will do :)

maeshanne Thanks!

One more for today, study form a photograph
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/4.jpg

[Inkfish]

another day, another face mostly skin study, don't mind the lazy eye. Photo ref used.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/5.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/demonhead.jpg

[Jasper_]

Hey I really like that last picture. I like how your trying to keep his eye as the focal point, but it seems like too quick a transition into blurriness. I think it may look better if it was rendered out a little bit more. Just a thought.

[Inkfish]

Hey Pyroclasm00 Glad you liked that :) I had a blast doing it, the blurriness might be somewhat related to the fact that it was done in the wee hours of the night, i had to crash before finishing that sketch :P

CHOW and some pages(an assignment for a class done as a critique with the style of the critiqued artist, Mignola and some spawn artist whose name i forgot) excuse the lame finish texts.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/businesscard.png
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1165/chow148inkfish.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/steps.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/spawnreview.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/mignolareview.jpg

[Fumble]

I really like the CHOW, the colours are great.

[Inkfish]

Thanks Fumble! :)

quick anatomy study from ref
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/6.jpg

[wilkerson]

great thread you've started here. whats your background?

This is like something out of a Tool video, http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/headpalm.jpg

great stuff

[Inkfish]

wilkerson Thanks :) Mostly self-taught i've had some courses and studied with a fine artist for some time.

quick study for today
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/7.jpg

[Flaskpost]

very nice skintones on these studies man! looking good.

[JimahJames]

dam , i wish i had those programs you used for that... never really worked digitally before. must be annoying at first?

[Inkfish]

thanks Flaskpost :)

JimahJames: Yeah, it's a bit hard at first, but you get hooked pretty soon (and spoiled with the undos and all ;))

blocking in the chow, the female sith :O

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/149_2.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/422/1494y.jpg

[hp]

the mouth is quite centered while the nose isn't, it throws me a bit off. great stuff here

[kidult]

Nice rendering on the face there!

[Mikko Voipio]

What?!? No pots. It's a shame, a shame... You prolly haven't yet rendered the dress she's wearing, but I think it needs some beads and patterns and shit... Well maybe not shit after all. If you get the same level of detail, as you have on her face, on the rest of her, you'll have an excellent painting. The highlighting of her head and tentacles is spectacular. Now go and add them to rest of her body.

btw.. the golden rings look a bit wobly and skewed. maybe do something about them?

[Inkfish]

Placeboast Hey thanks for the crits man, really useful! tried to incorporate them as best as i could and time permitting (pitää päästä kuosittamaan ;))
Kidult Thanks!
hp Thanks for the crit!

Here is the final version of the chow, quite happy with the results, less than thrilled about the "story" i invented for her
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5671/chow149inkfish.jpg

[Braintree]

Love your warhammer paintings one the 1 and 2 page! The ork especially! Your female sith lord has come out great too :) Keep it up!

[hp]

the hilite part right over her knee is kinda strange, maybe tone it down just right where it hits the knee

also i might break up the design around her mouth, right now it kind of looks like a goatee beard thingy :D but really it looks awesome anyways so you can ignore that if you want ^^

[Inkfish]

Braintree Hi! Thanks :) Will do.

hp Hey thanks for the crits! :) I can kinda see what you mean with the goatee thing, lol :)

quick sketch
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/portrait.jpg

[Rostas]

Great stuff Inkfish! Excellent sketchbook ,I love the CHOW's ,all of them ,and the way you did them .Very nice and interesting stuff ,keep posting,I'll watch the thread,Cheers!

[Inkfish]

thanks for the kind words Roostas! :)

new wip, supposed to be a high-altitude/space dip civilian spacecraft situated in the near future...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/jee.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1346/shipf.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/greenfairy.jpg

[Inkfish]

chow

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/greenfairy.jpg

[Inkfish]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/greenfairy.jpg

[Mikko Voipio]

Where are you inky dinky dink donk? Sure this last piece is looking fine, but it surely doesn't take you this long to finish it. Taking a vacation? Slacker. Will never be back.

[Inkfish]

hey Placeboast! i've been so lazy with personal work it hurts :/ and the work stuff is something i'd rather not show or under NDA :P good times.

here's a new one, still kinda wip, but i think i'll leave it as it is.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2571/3929920574_2e242aeb5d_o.jpg

[Mikko Voipio]

Where the fuck are you? Hope your just not posting your recent awesome stuff or your dead or something just not that your not doing anything to improve yourself cause that would be a great disaster since you've been doing so great in these latest posts of yours. Long sentence there. Hope you didn't lose interest in the middle of it.

[wilkerson]

i think the fairy shows a lot of promise. For some reason I don't like the cigarette though, maybe a distraction? Or give us something of interest in the bottom 3rd of the picture to balance it.

[Inkfish]

Placeboast: no man still alive, just crazy busy with work and learning three dee, also slacking off. :) I think i'll start posting again maybe 3d stuff is ok to post here too? :)

Wilkerson: thanks man!

dddump incoming

Random

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/hsface.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/bust.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/comp-final.jpg

3d study of the warhammer cinematic orc
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/inkfish/final.jpg

http://imgur.com/QwXMD.png

Scrag revamp from Quake

http://i.imgur.com/jVXXy.png

http://i.imgur.com/ORqSR.png

turntable

http://vimeo.com/19079461



Started this,next gen Mancubus design, no crazy short legs or oversized weapons, also one sculpting pass coming

http://i.imgur.com/mbMWu.png

[Mikko Voipio]

Oh yeah, good to have you back Inky Dinky! I see you are doing soem awesome 3d there. Definitely keep on posting these here on your sb. This (http://i.imgur.com/mbMWu.png) one is my favorite so far. The anatomy seems correct and especially the mechanical hands look awesome.

Now go on and work hard.And don't you go and disappear on me again.