Chate Noire's Sketchbook (4/14)

[Chate Noire]

Been contemplating opening a sketchbook for a while, and finally figured - why the hell not. I'm all hope having this corner will give me the motivation boost I so often need.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/random-werewolfette2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/StopThatThing.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/Suspicious_4.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/AlienLeader-1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/ForestKiss.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/RC13-MonkeysInSpace.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/Dragon_Repair_color.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/Witch.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/Triceratops.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/RC17-cows.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/tigerman.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/elepenguin_final.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/slothcheetah_final.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/draco_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/CHOW103_ChateNoire.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/CHOW104_Chate_Noire.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/Diyu_final.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/pandodo_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/too_darn_cute_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/CHOW110_Chate_Noire.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/CHOW111_Chate_Noire.jpg

And since this is a sketchbook, a few pages from my rarely-used real-life one:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/tiger_mosquito.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/06-angel.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/CHOW92-miners_daughter1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/18-bustuff.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/14-treeman.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/11-heads.jpg

And a few girrabbits for good measure.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/girabbits.jpg

[Chuck,mate.]

Finally......

you`re CRAZY telented, babe.
excellent stuff.
post more!

5 stars SB, indeed.
:)
Patricio.

[Quinn Simoes]

Really like your style Chate Noire , an excellent start to your sketchbook!

The elephant/penguin creature design is simply stunning!

Quinn

[Chate Noire]

Thanks Pat :^^:

Quinn Simoes - thank you! Glad you like the elepenguin, he's fluffilicious.

My entry for a "twsited fairytales" challenge in an Israeli CG forum. It's Bearcub and the three Goldilocks...they're a scary bunch.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/3goldilocks_final_small.jpg

And some of the process:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/3goldilocks_1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/3goldilocks_2.jpg

And my llamcoon for Chuck,Mate's Confection:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/llamcoon_final.jpg

[Utopia]

Hahaha.. The poor bear with three loving ladies around :):):)
I like the mood in your stuff! And the jokes that you put in them... :) My favorite is the one with the creature that is so tired and almost asleep on the branch :D

Waiting for more!

[Clochette]

Haha excellent stuff!
You're talented for funny design!
I love this one!
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/elepenguin_final.jpg

[Chate Noire]

Rhett - thanks! Glad you liked the Diyu piece, I wasn't sure the joke got through...

Utopia - thank you. That creature's a combination of cheetah and sloth =)

Clochette, thanks, and I'm glad you liked the Elepenguin...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/roostopi.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/figure1.jpg

[Lair Radical]

These are just great! You have a wonderful rendering style. I absolutely love the monkeys in space. More, more!

[kaktuzlime]

So much Character, life and Expression! Lovely! I just want moar!! :) Love Smythe and Sandelburg, great designs and the expressions look great!

[sageguy]

You have such control aver what you do. A lot of emotion in these pieces. WONDERFUL! This is very inspiring.

[zweiDee]

so funny stuff. love your comix style. keep it up!

[chrishly]

great talent, lovely cartoon style!

This one (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/RC17-cows.jpg) really made me laugh. very funny expression.

-Chrishly

[Mark Bot]

so much life!
amazing personality in your sketches.
specially enjoying all the animal hybrids.
really great job. keep it up!

[JFierce]

I could picture alot of your cartoons as characters in a movie
Like many people have said, lots of personality

[Ragathol]

You know your stuff, alright. My only nitpicks are some small perspective and anatomy issues in the earlier pics, but those look like they're older works anyway. Simply beautiful, especially the cartoon works. Love the animals.

[Chate Noire]

Thanks a lot, everyone =)

Here's some stuff I have lying in my "WIP" folder that I hope to finish some day, and a couple of finished ones.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/pixie_sketch.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/horsies_sketch.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/patriman_sketch.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/elephegasus.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/CHOW113_Chate_Noire.jpg

[Saturns Gate]

Good stuff Chate :) Nice clean rendering style. I think you could improve on rendering different materials to look more like what they are. All in all though great stuff.

[Slav]

that monkey one is defiantly my favorite of all. thanks for sharing and keep posting.

[Belle Uosus]

great gallery, enjoy looking through your stuff

[Pierce.]

Crazy cool sketchbook. Really like your style. Your drawings have excellent shape and weight. Very smooth and precise. I really could look at work like this all day. Great Job!

[Dreamworker]

Great stuff! I like so much your incredible style :steph:
5 star for me!! :yum:

[Shard]

you've got a very distinct style here dude! me likes!! keep up the awesomeness! :)

[Chate Noire]

Thanks people!

Saturns Gate - I definitely agree. I'm lost with textures and materials, but I'm working on it.

A portrait of my darling (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90032), a small environment sketch for one of the recent DSGs and my CHOW#114 entry.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/patri_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/DSG_alien_trees_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/CHOW114_Chate_Noire.jpg

[Chate Noire]

My entry to an ImagineFX cover-design challenge
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/imagineFX_5.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/targete_small_1.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/targete_small_2.jpg

Edit: some WIPS

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/imagineFX_1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/imagineFX_2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/imagineFX_3.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/imagineFX_4.jpg

[Discoskull]

Wow dude! Love your sketchbook.
Your imagination is rich, style is kicking, and I enjoy your sense of humor.
Line work is stellar.
Sorry I can't think of any critiques at the moment.

[Kaffinated]

Great work! Your work has such playfulness imo its a joy to look at.

[Quinn Simoes]

I love the last set of character sketches (post #25), you injected so much character into them.

Very nice!

Q

[Markito]

Nice work Chate,
The pengin long snout, Sandleburg kids and Imagine fx cover are my favourites;D. Love the colors you work with. Good results too with the thick linework you have. Ill be watching your art:D

[blacky]

really adorable face expressions on these creatures and characters.
Last post is my favourite, specially the pen and copics's page one.
Do you study at an artscool? (Ben Sala perhaps)

[Johan_79]

really nice stuff! Like the way you play with colors and shapes. and of course u have lots of spaced out thing which in my book is a really good thing!!

[Coinpurse]

ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :D
prrrerrrrfecto!!!!!!!!!!
You and Pat make quite the team!
Awesome work, funny funny funny

[cleos]

very inspiring stuff, chow 114 is my fav., keep the good work :).Thumbs up...

[sabin boykinov]

I really like your style and colors!
My favorite are space monkeys, ha ha
Keep this good work and hope to see more and more beautiful characters.

[zeo-x]

Hey there, you've got some really fun stuff here. I love the monkey having his astronaut suit on wrongly, and the 3 goldilocks picture too. Hope to see more fun stuff from ya.

[Chate Noire]

Discoskull - thank you so much =)
Kaffinated - thanks man. I'm looking to get out of the playful phase a bit, but it's always a fun place to fall back to.
Quinn Simoes - thank you. I used a method I learned from Tergete's video tutorials, only digitalized: I started with a more-or-less random scribble with a slanted brush and then went crazy with a very small hard brush to get a pen look. When you hardly think about what you're going to do next you get some awesome, fresh results.
Markito - thanks. I'm glad your favorites are some of the more recent work. Means I'm going somewhere =)
blacky - thanks! Unfortunately I don't study at an art school...last time I studied art was in high school and it was mostly talk and bullshit, so I gave it up.
Johan 79 - many thanks. Colors is something I'm trying to get better at, so I'm glad you like.
Coinpurse :) We ARE quite the team, aren't we? Thank you plenty.
cleos - thaks!
sabin - Thank you. Throw a monkey into space and you're bound to get something good out of it.. =)
zeo-x - Thanks a lot. I hope to be able to post more stuff, as time permits.

A few more sketches a-la-Targete and a piece I've been working on for a while, trying my hand at some more realistic stuff, color and composition. Deep thanks to my darling Pat (Chuck,Mate) for pointing out a mistake I've been making over and over again - the character's head shouldn't turn towards outside the canvas, but towards the larger space of the drawing. I still feel stupid for never having figured it out myself.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/targete2_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/shepherdess_small.jpg

[Delmar]

Grest stuff...Very fresh and dynamic style!!!#

More please!

Cheers

Andi

[Chate Noire]

Thanks Andi =)

Some sketches and a couple of things I've started and hope to finish sometime.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/sketches2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/couple_in_forest4.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/indian_ninja_color2.jpg

[Quinn Simoes]

Hey Chate Noire,

Yes that is a cool technique, the Tergete's one.

Nice updates! Keep up the great work.

[Gonzossm]

what program do u use to make these in please tell me?

[Chuck,mate.]

you`re a goddess. :)

love everything in here. that last dude with the sword is coming along
great.


keep at it!

P.

[merl1n]

Hey!!

really charming illustrations here!!!

Keep posting!

cheers :)

[Hilbruks]

This stuff is really good. There's alot of work to be done, but this is just brilliant stuff. Might I ask how old you are?

[Flavour]

I really enjoy your colors, so warm and bright :)
I dig that japanese samurai bee sketch.

[Chate Noire]

Quinn - thanks man!
gonzossm - I use Photoshop CS2/3 (home/office) with a Wacom.
Chuck,Mate - thanks, babe =)
merl1n - Thanks! I try to post as much as I can, which is as much as I create, which is - unfortunately - not enough.
Hilbruks - There definitely is, which is why I'm doing it =) Thank you, and I'm 24.
Flavour - I'm glad you think so, I'm actually working on warming and brightening them up right now =) And that's an "Asian Tiger Mosquito". Based on an actual brochure we got in the mail about how to get rid of them.

This stuff is from a couple of months back, and they're all collaborations with my wonderfully talented man. You might know him as Chuck,Mate (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90032) =)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/tiger_wiz7_final_small.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/girl_9_final_small.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/bubba_final_small.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/fox_mage_FINAL_small.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/thief_boy_final_small.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/naga_final_small.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/businessfish_AVIV_PAt.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/ploomim_N_Bear_color_small.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/cookie_AvivPat_SMALL.jpg

[Trollfar]

Really liked this SB! Want more!!!!!!! -,..,-

[TheGnoll]

lovely work!
i saw your collabs with Pat in his thread and your two styles suit each other perfectly, the results are pretty awesome.
Loving the animal fusions in here, very nice critters :)

keep on sharing!!!!!

ciao

[DIMAGYAN]

great. really expressive,colorfull characters and creatures.a lot of personality and life in them...love the animals in here! i enjoy the colours in your paintings.

cheers

[zulu]

Your stuff is great, very expressive!, y loke too much the unfinished man in the horse and the girl, finish that because is exellent, waiting for more, cheers!!:)

[Chate Noire]

Trollfar - thank you :)
TheGnoll - I'm glad you like the collabs. They were an awesome experience and I sure hope we'll do more of those.
DIMAGYAN - thanks a lot man.
zulu - Thanks! I plan to get back to the couple and the horse soon. I've learned some very helpful stuff working on this here last piece and I'm eager to try them on the couple.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/indian_ninja_small.jpg

[Dan Valkar]

very cool sb mate! nice colours and very imaginative character design...keep it up!!!

[maxetormer]

great thumbnails!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/targete_small_2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/targete2_small.jpg

[Lakka]

heyo, realy nice stuff all around.

I think that last image of yours could need some more contrast, making the lighting a bit more dramatic! :)

Post #45 has some impressive stuff!

[Gonzossm]

can u make a tutorial please :) on this style

[coldrum]

ahahaha wow man these are really good.. great technique. I'm cackling away here haha really funny pics... love the monkeys in space. ***** : D

[Chate Noire]

Dan Valkar - thanks a lot mate.
maxetormer - thank you! I like them too :)
Lakka - thanks. Maybe I'll get back to it some day, right now I still suffer a bit of leftover "I don't wanna see it ever again".
Gonzossm - I'm flattered by the request :) Many a better artists than me have digital painting tutorials which helped me a lot. Check out Chuck,mate's sketchbook, for example. He's got some good process images and tutorials there.
coldrum - thanks a lot :)

A quickie from reference I did between tasks at work. I think it took about 45-50 minutes all together.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/horses_study_small.jpg

and the ref:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/horses_ref.jpg

[Hyptosis]

great stuff, nice speed paint of the colt

wanted to say that on the guy with the sword, the blade almost looks transparent, like you can see through both it and him, of course the blade is reflecting his surroundings, it only makes sense, just an interesting observation, very cool. Keep it up! =]

[[LITTLE-FEET]]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!
Like Dreamwork!

[The Whistler]

Wow, I love those pieces you made with Chuck,Mate! The zebra(?)girl with the bow is simply too awesome...
also this one
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/too_darn_cute_small.jpg

and this one...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/patri_small.jpg

[Chate Noire]

Hyptosis - Thanks. I guess you're right about the sword...I like it anyway =)
[LITTLE FEET] - thanks! That's quite a compliment...
The Whistler - I'm glad you like. They were awesome to work on and he's aweosme to work with :)

Another collaboration with my darling Patri (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90032&page=20):

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/ponicorn.jpg

A speed paint from a Fifth Element ref:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/fifth_element.jpg

[MarkWinters]

Nice studies and the collabs are really great! I really dig post #50. Best of luck!

[Chuck,mate.]

That unicorn and princess piece turned out real nice! :)

your ref studies are spectacular. you have a great way of capturing those, making it look so easy.

Love your work, always did. :)

Love you too.


P.

[D@niel]

Realy awsome man, Clean lines and color and great characters!!:)

[Chate Noire]

MarkWinters - Thanks a lot!
Pat - Gracias babe :) I love you too!
D@niel - Many thanks!

A few speedpaintings

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/couple_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/ice_dragon_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/japanese_demon_god_small.jpg

[Quinn Simoes]

Love these last two speed paints! especially the Japanese demon god

Beautiful!

Quinn

[Chate Noire]

Thanks Quinn =) I like how it came out too.

Some recent sketches from various sketchbooks:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/20-poses.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/21-heads.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/22-apple_picker.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/23-mostly_girls.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/sketches.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/posemaniac_2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/posemaniac_3.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/pose_maniacs1.jpg

And the last strip of an online webcomic I illustrated for an Israeli gaming website. It was a really awesome project with more than 200 strips, but when it started to feel more like a chore and less like an awesome challenge I lost interest until I decided to end it.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/vsquare.jpg

[Trashy]

Woah...spectacular work! Those colors are sooooo good. Really funny pieces also and I like those last abstract pieces as well.

[SAGIR]

אוהב את הציורים אבל יותר את חוש ההומור. במיוחד העיצוב דמויות קורע אותי. כל הכבוד!

[monotony]

wow I love your coloring, and especially the mixed animals from the first page.
thanks for your helpful tips again I'll sure try and put them to good use.
you and patri make some kind of rockstar artist couple. your bear and cat creations are adorable. aww and the unicorn..
I'll be back for more inspiration. :D

[Chate Noire]

Trashy - thanks very much.
SAGIR - I'm glad you like =)
monotony - thank you! You can never go wrong with bears, cats and unicorns :)

A few sketches for grenog's Gimme Face challenge and a WIP

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/intoxicated.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/zombies.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/victorian_chick_sketch.jpg

[Chate Noire]

Some stuff I'm working on. Starting a new piece is fun, finishing is a bit more tricky.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/victorian_chick_wip.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/weightlessness_wip.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/cats_wip.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/cat_and_wolf_wip.jpg

[Chate Noire]

2 pieces I co-created with my darling Patri (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90032) and a sketch for the Gimme Face activity.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/spidey_like_dude_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/robo_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/cap_kiss.jpg

[Chuck,mate.]

those 2 collabs turned out great, babe.
I`m real proud of us both, I must say... :)
and I absolutely love that Capn` America. loads of personality and style.

keep it up sweet girl!



Pat.

[Dan Valkar]

great stuff!!! many cool character design mate! i like the way u render and ur line style...this its a very imaginative thread to look at when u need some inspiration!

[Niva.]

The Japanese Demon God in post #63 is hands down my fav - I kept looking at it for a while and I really like it when you get away from the cartoony stuff. That being said I really like this one (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/robo_small.jpg) despite being cartoony - esp how you handled the background. Great stuff!

[Clochette]

I love the robot! <3
Your colors are great!

Edit : Oh yesss!!! 5 stars!!

[wookiedabo]

hehe, those two recent pieces are excellent, as is the cap sketch. nice work throughout.

[Hazart]

You are soooo good! I love your style and coloring.

[Chate Noire]

Chuck - thanks hon. I'm proud of us too :)
Dan Valkar - Thanks man!
n1va - Glad you liked it. It's definitely different from my regular style and was an interesting experiment.
Clochette - Thanks a lot. The robot's colors are mainly Chuck,Mate's work - he's awesome with colors.
wookiedabo - Thank you, I appreciate it!
Hazart - thank you soooo much :)

Another collab with Pat:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/angel_small.jpg

And these are a couple of comic strips for a weekly activity in an Israeli comics forum. Each week a subject is given and participants need to interpret it whichever way they want as long as it's through sequential art. The joke in the second one works better in Hebrew, I promise.

[AsaB]

Hi Chate Noir! Incredible sb, I'm very much impressed :D

Love your sketches and style overall. You pull of both great comic work and then beautiful illustration and some abstract, even! Just wow. I have to subscribe to this awesomeness!

Hehe, and I get the last comic, nice.

[chrishly]

awesome work

[Chate Noire]

AsaB - thanks a million :) It's really fun to hear.
chrishly - thanks man.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/weightlessness_small.jpg

[Pad&pencil]

I absolutely love your stuff, i love the humor behind your pieces.
Also your creatures, the way you mix animals is amazing.
Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

[Ketka]

Great stuff! Very good expression emotions! -)

[Chate Noire]

Pad&Pencil - thanks so much =) It's really great to hear.
Ketka - Thank you!

Some studies, a sketch and a few designs for Chuck,Mate's Confection Challenge (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1827420#post1827420)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/faces_1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/asian_woman.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/gas_mask_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/zebrrot_sketches.jpg

[destinyapocalypse]

cooll jobs i love this http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/RC17-cows.jpg lol

[Chate Noire]

Thanks, destinyapocalypse. Glad you like.

Another photo study, a chosen zebrrot in color for Chuck's Confection and a random illustration.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/profile_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/zebrrot_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/hillside_small.jpg

[Chuck,mate.]

gorgeous babe,
I saw this one:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/profile_small.jpg
in the making - and I still can`t believe how amazing it turned out...

beautiful illustrations and studies again and again. your pencil skills (even those who are digitally crafted) are exquisitely fantastic.

awesome.
:)


Patri.

[Brun]

great work in here keep it rolling

[Saurus]

really cool stuff!! I remember I stumbled into your thread a while ago but I couldn't remember who's it was...and here it is!! keep it up!

ps... where did you find "terget's" tutorial?...I've looked but nothing shows up.

[Hannah.Viera]

I LOVE YOUR WORK!!! This is so much fun. I think my favorites were the guy and his cat and the two guys of clubs and spades. It's all really quality work!

http://www.behance.net/hannahviera
http://rosethorn-halo.deviantart.com

[Zeitwolf]

Wow, your style is quite recognizable and technically superb! I love how your character designs all remind of each other but are very unique at the same time!

[Chate Noire]

Chuck - Thanks a lot darling =)
Brun - Much appreciate, thanks!
Saurus - Glad you found it :) I saw Targete's tutorial on a CD my boyfriend (Chuck,Mate) got as a prize for one of his many wins in CG contests.
Hanna.Viera, Thank you! Hope you come back for more.
Zeitwolf, I'm really glad to hear that. It's what I love seeing in artists' work, so it's good to know it comes across in my stuff as well.

Here's another collaboration with Chuck,Mate, Smaug for this week's CHOW and a sketchy phase of page 1 out of 3 of my entry to POW. It's been a long time since I did comics and my storytelling senses are all numb; gotta get them back in shape.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/indian_guy7_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/CHOW117_Chate_Noire.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/POW11_Strange_Bedfellows_p1_sketch.jpg

[Chate Noire]

Second page, and another collaboration with the wonderfully talented Patri. He did awesome work on this one.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/POW11_Strange_Bedfellows_p2_sketch.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/couple_with_guns_small.jpg

[Vagabonda]

Greeeaatt!

[Chate Noire]

Thanks, Vagabonda =)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/POW11_Strange_Bedfellows_p1_ink.jpg

[Lenorekitty]

I love your work! Its so inspiring and full of life and humor! So refreshing to see! please keep posting more...!! Ill be visiting!

[MeTaL-Mike]

dude your stuff is really awesome man. just checked your sb, very cool! will check back regularly :D

[Jasonwclark]

This thread is great ChateNoire. You just made me smile like 20 times in as many minutes.

Love the characters and scenes, all wonderfully expressive. Keep up the good work :)

[Chate Noire]

LenoreKitty, thank you =) I'm glad you dropped by.
Metal-Mike, many thanks.
Jasonwclark, it's great to know my work made you smile =) Thanks man.

Fresh from an all-nighter (not the best idea when you have to go to work the next day) - a female adventurer for the unfortunately cancelled CHOW#118. I actually started working on it after the challenge was dropped, but that still was the inspiration. That's also the reason for the cover-like format.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/Female_Adventurer_small.jpg

[Chuck,mate.]

she`s awesome, baby. lovely colors.

and that finished page is insane. I haven`t seen anything like it for quite some time. the storytelling is intense, the characters and their pose are fantastic, and the digital ink work is superbly done, well balanced in terms of negative space and the reading of the light and shade. love that silhouette in the center of the action. well done!

P.

[zulu]

Nice stuff, the chow 118 entry is nice, but theres something with the light coming from the fire, his face need more light i think, and i think you can put some more work on it, keep em coming! cheers! :D

[Chate Noire]

Chuck - thanks babe =)
zulu - thank you. The main light source in this wasn't supposed to be the fire, but since so many people think it is, there's obviously something wrong with the piece.

2 new collaborations with ubertalented Chuck,Mate, the second POW page and a B&W base for a Macadillo for Chuck's Confection challenge.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/the_depths.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/sexy_chick6_Final_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/POW11_Strange_Bedfellows_p2_ink.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/macadillo_sketch.jpg

[InvertedChalupa]

sup dude? great improvement made in just 4 pages bro... keep that sheet up!!

[Quinn Simoes]

Love the Macadillo, great design and the pose is awesome!

Look forward to seeing more.

Quinn

[Chate Noire]

InvertedChalupa, thank you. I do hope to keep it up.
Quinn, thanks a lot =)

Macadillo in color (+process) and the last page of POW.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/macadillo_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/macadillo_process.gif

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/POW11_Strange_Bedfellows_p3_ink.jpg

[Brun]

the comic pages look damn cool, DAMN COOL, like really cool, and that last creature is just rad, love it

keep rocking

[Kian]

i LOVE the macadillo! 5 from me

[D@niel]

This is amazing stuff, love the comic! This is no doubt a 5* SB:)

[koof]

i really really want your skills!! 5 stars!

[Chuck,mate.]

this is a LONG due 5 stars thread. insane skills babe, and in such a young age... It`s terrifying to think what a talent-monster you`ll become with time.

I love everything you do.



keep it up!

:)



P.

[Dahami]

Impressive imagination and drawing/painting/cartooning skills.

[Sundance]

You set the bar for POW. Great pages...you've done exactly what sequential art is supposed to do. You've told a story without any words!

Both you and Pat are fantastic in your own right...but, the colabs are pure magic.

Great work

[chuck18mp]

Really inspiring stuff!!!
Two words: five stars!!!
:D

[MonkeYoakum]

So deserving of 5 stars, please keep it coming very inspirational!

[Chate Noire]

Brun - thanks so much :)
Kian - cheers man, thanks for the stars!
D@niel - thank you!
Chuck,Mate - thanks baby =) I'm glad you pushed me back to comics.
Dahami - thank you.
Sundance - thanks, man. I hope I find the time to enter another POW, it's an awesome exercise. And yeah, working with Pat results with awesomeness =)
chuck18mp - thank you very much!
MonkeYoakum - I'll certainly try =) Thanks!

I'm working on a comicbook so a lot of time and effort go into that, but I still try to work on smaller pieces just to have something "done" every once in a while. Pat, myself and another talented artist from our office started our own weekly challenge for pretty much the same purpose, and the first topic was "Burden".

http://blogs.vgames.co.il/comics/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/burden_small1.jpg

Oh, and I forgot to upload this baby from a couple of weeks ago. Self portrait in the office. ...Yeah, it's like that.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/clawing_the_walls_small.jpg

[thesadpencil]

totally awesome sb you got going on here, i really like your style a lot and the colors in your digis are very vibrant and lovely, keep up the great work.

[IanE]

Seriously one of the better sketchbooks on here. Your style is wonderful, fluid, and vibrant. The current trench warfare panel set you have going on is really excellent. Great stuff here!

[kidult]

Cool comic stuffs!

[gkrit]

pro stuff ... no faults for me to pick out.

[PieterV]

I'm really digging those last two.

[The7Artist7]

Totally cool - sorry I can't say any more - I'm too busy sitting here feeling inspired by you're awesomeness! :painting:

[chuck18mp]

I really like the family vacation thing!!!
I can't wait to see more!
:D

[Hyptosis]

Amazing work, as expected, the toned piece of mind numbingly well done, I don't have any crits or anything, but I enjoy what you post. Thanks, keep it up. =]

[DANKA]

Nice and funny works!

[Psychotime]

Awesomeness

[Chate Noire]

thesadpencil, thank you very much!
IanE, thanks a lot.
kidult, thanks! I'm glad people like it.
gkrit, I'm flattered =) Thank you.
rubbadub, thanks. It's a style I'm comofortable with so it's a good thing people like it.
The7Artist7, hey - feel free to be inspired, no need to find faults :) thanks man.
chuck18mp, thank you!
Hyptosis, thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it.
DANKA, thanks man.
Psychotime, many thanks.

A few character sketches inspired by Herrera's Sketchbox2 I just got, and my entry to our 2nd local challenge: "Super Human".

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/dudes.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/dudettes.jpg

[Nightblue]

Great character sketches! I love the fat lady. She has tons of character (in addition to weight) to her! The colored piece is nice. Some noise might make the picture look richer, such as textures on walls and stairs. Some markings on the stairs would be nice since they are so close and so in-focus. Keep posting!

[chuck18mp]

I really like the Super Man!!!
:D

[Pixie Bergman]

Wow this is awesome. I like the style. Nice variety of work! Keep posting! :)

[Chate Noire]

Nightblue - thanks! You're absolutely right, textures is something I'm really struggling with, and I need to learn how to work them into my stuff.

chuck18mp, thanks a lot!

Pixie Bergman - thank you very much.

My entry for CHOW#124 - 24th Century Space Smuggler.

[D@niel]

Awsome:) I am definitely voting for you in the chow!!

[monotony]

wow, great chow sheet! beautiful colors and not to forget a cool copilot.
awesome entry!

[Pelly]

Awesome work, realy :D


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/RC13-MonkeysInSpace.jpg
Seeing this pic i laugh my ass off xDDD

I like the mix of beautiful inspiering Drawnings and realy funny stuff :)

[Chate Noire]

D@niel - thanks man! I love your entry. Beatiful rendering and cool characters.

monotony - thank you!

Pelly - thanks! Glad you like =)

My entry to our local weekly challenge, this time: Winter Dragon.
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/306/wc3winterdragonsmallts8.jpg

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Oooo some real nice concepts here. You have skills, and you know how to put them to use. I respect that. Your colours are good, though a bit bland, but that comes with working at it. I really love the personality you bring into your characters. Bravo!

-E

[Vorace]

ooooooh the last one is wonderfull !
you have a super style, keep it up

[Quinn Simoes]

Love those character sketches in post #127, very nice!

[Miles_]

Loved your entry to CHOW this week, got one of my votes! Keep the stuff coming you have a really fun clean style.

[chuck18mp]

those monkeys are great!
:D

[Huyzle]

Love this SB. Real inspirational!

[Kian]

Wow Aviv, you. are. killing it! Really pro work :D

[FightingSeraph]

Beautiful stuff!!

[DARAF]

Winter dragon rocks. Nice work man.

[Chate Noire]

Mischeviouslittleelf - Thanks so much for the kind words =)
Vorace - Thanks man!
Quinn Simoes - Thank you, I really enjoyed drawing them.
Miles - thanks for the words and the vote! I appreciate it.
chuck18mp - thank you =) They're actually from the first post, I think.
Huyzle - Thanks, I'm glad you think so.
Kian - Wow, thanks man! Means a lot.
FightingSeraph - Thank you!
DARAF - Thanks! =)

Here's the entry for this week's local challenge, "Urban Sorcerer". The words immediately threw me to a world of gaming and roleplaying, so I chose a playing card layout. Now I really wanna play something :)

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/3340/wc3urbanwizardsmallqq7.jpg

[Churamhija Khan]

wow nice works!! i like your style!!

[Clochette]

I love your character design so much!
The chow #124 is awesome. The only crit is about that yellow stroke, I'm not sure, maybe it's too systematic...

[Chate Noire]

Churamhija and Clochette - thank you both!

A few random character sketches, a gift for my cousin, a 360 turn for the sprite challenge and a "Mechanic Centaur" for the weekly challenge I'm running in my blog. Thank god for challenges.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/360_animation_clothed.gif

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/chars_09_09.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/amit_enlist_small.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5807/rc5mechaniccentaursmalliw4.jpg

[kidult]

Yes indeed! cool stuff

[Coinpurse]

you take courageous steps with your art madam'
beautiful emotions you put into your work :D

[Ellr_XV]

Stunning sketchbook you got here. When I first looked at it, your style reminded me to a certain extent of Disney, but as I looked further, your style grew to so much more. Your designs and characters are so much more accomplished, yet retain the beautiful and vivid colour work with simplicity of lines. Simply wonderful to look at. I would really like to see how your comic progresses (if you can post it), I would be willing to buy it on the merits of this sketchbook alone.

I'll check back in with your talented self later on. *subscribed*

[SEVANS]

I can't believe I haven't visited this thread before. Just spent 20 mins looking at all the images. Very solid, fun work. Your draw such great body language and expressions - really adds alot of life to the pieces.

The only crit I have is that in some of your more 'realistic' pieces, you sometimes slip back into the large head / small body cartoon style. But that crit is more a nitpick.

[Ifman1]

Hey Chate, I noticed that your blog had what looks like a tutorial of some kind on it, but being that I am cursed to knowing only parts of english (I'm starting to get the hang of it) and not any other languages other than neanderthalic grunts and gestures, I was wondering if there was a chance that you'll ever translate that for the benefit of some of us yanks.

Love the art, by the way. You've developed into your own style that just rocks!

[Grafguy]

nice sketchbook, i enjoyed watching it :)
love the charaters
keep on goin ;)

[Chate Noire]

kidult - thanks man!
Coinpurse - Thank you :) I appreciate it.
Ellr XV - Thank you so much for the words. I really hope the comics kicks into gear and that I'll be able to show some of it here.
SEVANS - Thank you kindly. I actually hadn't noticed about the large head / small body - I'll definitely pay more attention to that.
Ifman1 - The tutorial that was on my blog (in Hebrew, btw) was just a kind of review of Photoshop's brushes, not much more. It's pretty close to this page (http://www.uwec.edu/Help/PhotoshopCS3/brush-opts.htm), except with shinier examples :)
Grafguy - Thanks!

Result of the recent weekly challenge in my blog, "After Midnight". It actually started out as a sketch for DSG's "Gothic Girl with Living Hair". Recycle 'R Us.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/RC6_after_midnight_small.jpg

[Chuck,mate.]

stunning. STUNNING.
just that.



P.

[Hive_minD]

WOW, that is beautiful!

[Clochette]

I think you could improve her head. The neck seems too long, and there is issue with the face features... It looks like she wear a mask... Also it's hard to see that hair is her hair, we can't see the beginning / connection with her skull, and the curves should be more fluid.
And the clothes draped is a little bit too limp. :)
Humm it's not my favorite work of you ^_^
Keep working it! :D

[Chate Noire]

Chuck - thanks baby =)
Hive_Mind - thank you very much!
Clochette - Yeah, I have mixed feelings about this piece. Thanks for the comment.

A portrait of my sister for her birthday and a piece for my blog for Jewish New Year, when it's tradition (...tradition!) to eat apples dipped in honey.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/neta_gift.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/honey_apple_woman_small.jpg

[Chate Noire]

Some more work on a character I posted some time ago, and an entry to the challenge run in my blog - "Cats of the Apocalypse"

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/victorian_chick_2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/apocalypse_cats_small.jpg

[Chate Noire]

For a challenge in a different CG forum - draw a portrait of one of the other members.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/cghub_1_vladdamien_portrait_small.jpg

[Fllnfalcon]

As always awsome stuff. THe face of the gothig girl seems a little strange to me, but I can't put my finger on what.

oh, and I want the death cat! awesome stuff.

[Quinn Simoes]

Love the "Cats of the Apocalypse" designs, what a cool idea!

Great updates, and thanks for sharing.

Quinn

[Candy Rain]

The Cats of the Apocalypse took my breath away. I desperately, desperately want to see them in *something*, they're so alive and well-designed!

[monotony]

wooha great updates. the cats are soo cool. great designs you could definately tell which is which without the names. plague's my favourite.
and the applelady is nice as well. showing movement perfectly in that piece.

[Chuck,mate.]

you are talented beyond your years, babe.
and you`re way underrated here...
this is a 5 stars thread if there ever was one.

the portrait of your sister turned out stupendous, it was a painful treat watching you paint it. incredible.

your characters are interesting, they`re dynamic, alive, awesomely designed, and full of energy. them apocalyptic cats are to die for. seriously.
it`s amazing to me how you keep evolving and always diggin` a little deeper into genres, styles, technique and attitude.
you`re a rock star, crazy girl. you always were.



P.

[Hive_minD]

sigh, I don't believe I can top Chuck's post. But this really is an amazing sketchbook. Looking forward to more treats

Chris

[benkashmir]

wow, aviv, awsome sketchbook. love the cats, so much character they blow my mind.

keep up.

[Chate Noire]

Fllnfalcon - thank you. I agree, her face is a little expressionless, like a mask or something.
Quinn - thanks! I'm glad you liked the cats, they were a bit rushed and even now I'm not sure how I feel about them.
Candy Rain - I'm very happy to hear that, thank you!
monotony - Thanks man! Really, Plague of all cats? interesting choice =)
Chuck,Mate - thank you so much baby. It really means a lot to me to hear that from you.
Hive_minD - thanks! More treats will come, I hope.
benkashmir - thanks a lot man =)

[kidult]

Awesome work as always here - your sister looks pretty...er...the painting I mean....honest!

[kamal_anjelo]

that portrait of your sister's is kick ass stuff man...love it

[algenpfleger]

Lovely style *_* Your characters are great! And haha, those cats :D 5 stars from me! :)

[Mihail]

Very nice sketchbook. Cats of Apocalypse are brilliant.

[SEVANS]

Yep, love the cats too. War and Death are very well done, pose wise.

[thespianmonsalvo]

Beautiful work! I've enjoyed looking at every bit of it.

[Chate Noire]

kidult - She IS pretty! :) Thanks man.
kamal_anjelo - thank you very much.
algenpfleger - Thanks a lot man. Love your sketchbook as well.
Mihail - thank you.
SEVANS - Thanks. They're actually the ones without any photo reference.
thespianmonslavo - thank you very much!

Some random poses

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/poses_small.jpg

[Chate Noire]

My entry for a challenge in my blog. The challenge title: "A Missing Link"...

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/2930/wc8missinglinksmalldp1.jpg

[forgeman]

Nice... your sketchbook is gr8.

[agelaos]

haha, sweeet. Cool work. Have you done any animation? Your work has that animators feel to it. Anyways, lovely work, keep it up.
High 55555555555

[The Whistler]

I LOVE post #155... Awesome work! And your sister painting...

You're truly an inspiration :)

[kidult]

Nice Link dude

[marioucci]

beautiful painting, moods, dynamic lines and a happy vibe allover your work.

Maybe it needs a bit more of identity as in, a particular uniqueness of style.
You have got a great technique and it seems you could now focus on the expression too.

Love it all.

Cheers

Mario

[Interceptor]

sooo muccchh awesome.

[D@niel]

Fantastic!! Love it all:)

[Chate Noire]

forgeman - thanks a lot.
agelaos - thank you! I've never done any animation...always been fascinated by it, buy I don't think I'd have the patience...
The Whistler - thank you very much.
kidult - thanks :)
marioucci - thank you. Not sure what you mean by "focus on expression"...do you mean characters' experssions, or like "express myself in my painting" sort of thing?
Interceptor - thank you! I really like your avatar :)
D@niel - thanks man. Always a pleasure having you here!

Some ideas for "Intergalactic Mobster" for the challenge in my blog. Apparently it's pretty hard to convey "mobster" without an expression and a pose and without leaning on the usual cliche outfits.

[Virg]

your sketches are so nice, you seem to never neglect to give them personalities like if you knew what your drawing are thinking. Keep updating please miss black cat :)

[Chate Noire]

Thanks very much WhiteC =)

Here's the made guy. Maybe I'll finish him more properly at some point, right now I just had to make the deadline.

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2438/w9intergalacticmobsterste0.jpg

[Dan Valkar]

nice mobster, and interesting thumbs...i liked number 4 too hehe...keep it up!

[roidvoid]

i really like the way you do thumbnails!
very cool stylization and painting technique/.

[Giorge]

nice, nice , nice , nice , dude love watching your stuff, your the spice of chow ^^ , cheers

[Locus]

Great sketchbook! My favorite is probably the cats of the apocalypse from the last page. And the apple-themed superheroine! No crits for now.

[Chate Noire]

Dan Valkar - thanks!
roidvoid - thank you. I don't usually do thumbs, but this was a fun and interesting experience.
flamable - thank you very much man.
Locus - thanks for dropping by!

Just a couple of beginnings for stuff:

[Gerre]

I really like ur style. More pls :teeth: !

[Quinn Simoes]

Always a treat to look at your latest updates! Love the Intergalactic Mobster and your thumbnail research you did for him.

Quinn

[Hive_minD]

Always a pleasure entering your domain.
How is life treating you?

Chris

[chuck18mp]

These last updates are pretty nice!
Your style's fresh!

[kikindaface]

Your last creature design is really great ! Maybe with colors, it could be better !! your drawings are nice too. Keep it up man :)

[Chate Noire]

Gerre - thank you!
Quinn Simoes - thanks. Always a treat having you here :)
Hive_Mind - the pleasure is mine =)
chuck18mp - thank you!
Walid D - thanks! Here it is with color. I kind of abandoned it towards the end and started working on a new one.

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7809/dndmonsteravivnd7.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/dnd_monster2_small.jpg

[Man Made God]

Wow, nice! Love your creatures, but the last one in particular just looks amazing. How do you get your paintings from greyscale to colour?

[Ricardo Robles]

You got a really great imagination. You could work on animation movies, your style is ideal for this...
You characters are awesome, and when you try to do more "serious" and savage things they´re working perfectly too. greetings for your flexible style.

[algenpfleger]

Your characters and creatures are so much fun! Cute and wicked at the same time.

[young paddy1]

great work on the intergalactic mobster, really nice colour scheme and graphic detailing.

Maybe a hint of your geezer rubbing off on you? your style has changed slightly

beautiful stuff

cheerio

p.s. *****

[Chate Noire]

Man Made God - thank you very much. In this piece in particular I followed Matt Dixon's tutorial (http://www.3dtotal.com/ffa/tutorials/tutorialsdigipaint.asp) from 3DTotal's website. In short, I set the black-and-white sketch to Multiply, lowered the opacity a little and just blocked in color in a layer underneath. when I had my basic darks I flattened it and started rendering, going from dark to light, from big strokes to small details. Check out the tutorial, it's excellent reading.
Ricardo Robles - thanks man, that's really great to hear. I do hope to work in the talkies business one day =)
algenpfleger - thank you very much!
young paddy1 - you mean Pat? Definitely possible, I learned and still learning a hell of a lot from him. Thank you!

My Nov1 portrait and another D&D type illustration.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/Chate_Noire_nov1_sp_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/elf_small.jpg

[Clochette]

Nice! :) The green creature with beard is so nice!

[Hive_minD]

beautiful!

[DefiledVisions]

Those latest creature pieces are awesome! I like the colours a lot.
cheers :)

[AsaB]

Been a while since I dropped by, loads of juicy bits floating around here! :D Honestly, your style has becomes so refined and confident, you're a true pro. Not just technically, but all your designs are so unique and full of personality. A real pleasure browsing through your SB!

[chuck18mp]

Awesome!!!

[fish_cakes]

the astronaut monkey is hilarious.i wonder how he got in his suit backwards.

[refleximage]

gorgeous sketchbook. I love that monster in the forest. It's got a really well defined characteristic about it. Awesome! Very inspiring.

[whitepython]

My entry for a challenge in my blog. The challenge title: "A Missing Link"...

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/2930/wc8missinglinksmalldp1.jpg

i love this one! this is a sketchbook i MUST watch! thanks for sharing this with all of us!

[Chate Noire]

Clochette - thank you very much =)
Hive_minD - thanks!
DefiledVisions - thanks, I'm glad you like. I'm rather new to monster dseign.
AsaB - I'm happy to hear that, thank you very much!
chuck18mp - thanks man!
fish cakes - Do not meddle in the affairs of space monkeys, I say =) Thank you!
refleximage - thank you. A lot of work was put into it, I'm glad it works.
whitepython - I thought this one sacrificed the art a little for the sake of the pun, but if it got you watching the SB I guess it did its job =) thanks.

Today, a comics page for a challenge in my blog ("A Good Day to Die") and an illustration I've worked on for way too long.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8245/wc12gooddaytodiesmallcn5.jpg

[Quinn Simoes]

Love the line work in your comic page, and the colors and lighting in the illustration are stunning!

Quinn

[kidult]

Love the colours on the last one!

[Chuck,mate.]

F`ing brilliant.
both the comics page, and that wonderful illustration of the lady and the snake. damn, you`re GOOD.
post the process of this one, I KNOW you have it.
(come on, don`t hold back on us. ;) )


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[Chate Noire]

Quinn, kidult, thanks very much :)
Chuck - thanks baby. I'll post the process per your request.

Also, an illustration for a "Tooth Fairy" challenge and an "After the rain" challenge.

http://blogs.vgames.co.il/comics/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/failed_2.jpg

http://blogs.vgames.co.il/comics/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/failed_3.jpg

http://blogs.vgames.co.il/comics/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/failed_4.jpg

http://blogs.vgames.co.il/comics/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/failed_5.jpg

http://blogs.vgames.co.il/comics/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/failed_7.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3405/wc13toothfairysmallbh1.jpg

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/9595/wc16aftertherainsmallqg6.jpg

[Chate Noire]

Oh, and a few silly little illustrations for Ecards and other electronic stationary for the company I work in. First time in the almost-two-years I've been working there that I finally get to draw something. Copyrights belong to IncrediMail.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/giraffe.gif http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/nurse.gif http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/dont_worry.gif http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/beautiful_day.gif http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/just_relax.gif http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/sick_pup.gif http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/teddy.gif http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/empty_seat.jpg

[kidult]

Cute cards!

[Chuck,mate.]

thanks for the process shots, babe. amazing.
and them cards are spectacular. great sense of style and color.
you work for a bunch of idiots...

keep the eye candies coming!


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[Farvus]

Cool stuff. I like the idea with the lost elf :)

I think this thread deserves 5 stars.

Cheers.

[grenappels]

Oh, and a few silly little illustrations for Ecards and other electronic stationary for the company I work in. First time in the almost-two-years I've been working there that I finally get to draw something. Copyrights belong to IncrediMail.

hah those are great. it's a shame nobody ever looks at an e-card and thinks, 'wow what an effective illustration.' then again, i haven't seen any e-cards that well made :D
esp. the nurse (her happy eyelashes look so happy) and the yoga girl (the feet are nice)

[tjerkotten]

Amazing pieces. Great!

[vinay vikram singh]

very nice attitude in characters, nice style, very inspiring..

Loved the Horses..

[chuck18mp]

nice E-cards and stuff, I like it

[Hellbeard]

Hi! What's up Israelite buddy! Amazing work and more amazinger is the level of your productivity. Please also note to Pat that I looked at his sketchbook and his stuff is incredible as well.
Nice to see the sketchbook behind the V-Games comics. Your new work (with the space smuggler) looks awesome. I really like the inking on the military pages I saw.
Send a hello to Alon that works with you.
Cheers.

[rampopo]

great work, congratulations.

[Bill]

Just looked through your whole SB. Very enjoyable, beautifull characters and very nice story elements. Thanks for posting these.

[BubbaGump]

Awesome sketchbook! There's a lot of good stuff here.

My only critique is I'd like to see you push your drawings a bit further. Right now, they're looking a bit like Disney stock faces. This is by no means a bad thing as they have a lot of appeal. I don't know if the company you work at encourages pushing designs and exaggerating to the limit, but the nurse one looks like a step in the right direction. I really like the graphic approach.

Keep up the good work!

[hp]

fun cards! subscribing :D

[MVN]

WOW!!! I absolutely love your artwork!! Some of them have sort of got that classic 'Disney' look, but infused with your own unique style... I love it! You have just inspired me!

[MVN]

And you're very flexible with your style!! I really envy you!

[dessinateurimpulsif]

You've got a nice sketchbook....i like it

[algenpfleger]

Oooooh I love your illustrations so much o_o So much storytelling, I really, really like that ! :) Thanks for sharing, and Merry Christmas! :)

[Hive_minD]

Amazing. Thank you so much for sharing. The steps are helpful too!
Have a happy happy Christmas!

Chris

[Chate Noire]

Thanks people, it's great getting so many replies to a post.

kidult - thanks =) They were fun to do.
Pat - thanks babe =) As long as the idiots let me have fun every once in a while, I'm good.
Farvus - thank you for the words and for the stars!
grenappels - these are my favorites as well. People often don't notice the art and work behind many things...but I guess if it's commercial work and the artist gets paid, constructive feedback from customers is less important =) thank you!
tjerkotten - thank you very much.
vinay vikram singh (wow, that's a mouthful =)) - thanks!
chuck18mp - thanks, I'm glad you like.
Hellbeard - I find my level of productivity very lacking, but I guess it's all a matter of perspective =) Thanks for the comments, and I'm sure Pat would like to hear them on his sketchbook as well. Who should I say hello to Alon from?...
rampopo - thanks!
Bill - I'm very glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for browsing through =)
BubbaGump - Funny you should mention - the company I work for is not very open to new styles and ideas, to say the least. The nurse got through just barely. But since I'm only doing these illustrations on rare occasions, the same old style hasn't started to bore me yet.
hp - thank you! Hope you enjoy it.
MVN - thank you so much for the compliments =)
dessinateurimpulsif - thanks!
algenpfleger - I'm very happy you like my work =) Thanks for dropping by and Merry Christmas.
Hive minD - I'm glad you found the steps helpful! Thank you and Merry Christmas.

Here's something I'm working on and have no idea where it's going, and some sketches for our current local challenge "Tororg God of War" - first trying to figure out what Tororgs are, and then some ideas for the illustration itself.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/rock_dryad_wip.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/tororgs_sketches.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/tororg_war_god_thumbs.jpg

[saa]

Very cool work, I like your style a lot. Hag sameah!

[petitemistress]

Chate Noire you are amazing... your finished pieces look like you've modeled them with clay, except instead of clay, it's color... I don't know if I'm making sense but... damn! Merry Christmas! :D

[Ayem]

Whoa... couldn't bear to miss any image with this thread. Amazing stuff! I've felt so down in the dumps with my art lately... but you really make me wanna draw after going through this. Thanks. So much.

[Chate Noire]

saa - thank you very much =) And Happy Holidays to you too!
petitemistress - thank you so much!
Ayem - Thank YOU so much. I think hearing "looking at your stuff makes me wanna draw" is one of the best compliments an artist can get.

Here's the final for that Tororg God of War I fought with, and a few poses inspired by the dancing class I'm taking.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1944/wc17tororggodofwarfinalni3.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/dance_poses.jpg

Happy new year everyone. Make good resolutions.

[MARMENTIDO]

Incredible!
I Love Your Sstuff!

[D@niel]

Always so much great stuff to feast the eyes on in here!!:)

[sketcheth]

Flipping through your sketchbook has been an equally humbling and inspiring experience! Your paintings have an incredible amount of life and light-heartedness to them! Really fantastic work. Keep up the excellent work and thank you for the comment!

[areve]

just looked though your sketchbook and it was a pleasure, great stuff!
keep it up :)

[madster]

Some lovely work, but Tomba the Pretentious is right. You have color issues.

Are you possibly partial color blind? I notice a majority of your works show far too much yellow in your reds and greens. Across the board...

~M

[Chate Noire]

MARMENTIDO - thanks a bunch =)
D@niel - thank you. It's always a pleasure having you around.
sketcheth - thanks a lot, man.
areve - Thanks!
madster - I'm still fighting with colors, but partially color blind? I don't think I'm that much off....still, thanks for the comment.

Today on the menu, a comissioned Fifth Element piece with a bit of its process, some random sketches, a "terrified self portrait" and 2 other illustrations for the challenge I'm running in my blog - "Granny's Mysterious Box" (writings on the box say "Fragile" and "Never turn this side down") and "Pirates on Ice" (the strip is read right-to-left).

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/leeloo_final_small.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/leeloo_process.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/chatenoire/sketches_11_01_09.jpg

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8473/terrifiedspavivjy6.jpg

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/5391/grandmaavivfw3.jpg

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5245/wc20piratesonicesmallgk8.jpg

[algenpfleger]

Aaaaaah 5th Element, I loved that movie so much, it's so funny haha. The selfportrait is awesome too! o_o Really... expressive expression, I mean, creadible. And your sketches seem alive too! Lovely!

[Katzenminze]

hehe those pirates made me laugh :) nice idea.
i like that 5th element picture! but something isnt totally right about leeloo (or lilo? i dunno..) but at first lance i thought she was a boy. and her skin could be much paler and dirtier in some spots :) yo captured the singing diva very very nicely! cheers

[grandeuforia]

great works¡¡¡

[Mihail]

Random sketches and Granny are ace.

[George Abraham]

Break em looose!!

Another boring compliment.

[Hive_minD]

Your art is beautiful as always. Looking forward till your next update!