colors n shit

[Hive_minD]

I enjoy the black and whites. Some, such as the last one, are looking great!

[Lakka]

Thank you Hive_mind, I'm really happy to hear that! :)

better photo on the waterfall and another acrylic painting(speedpaintish)

(I SUCK at taking photos don't I, haha)

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the blue part on the small waterfallish thing looks a bit wierd here colorwise, other than that it needs something painting done too
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[Nopig]

Latest pictures are really nice, have a loose feel to them. Especially like the kemli pic and the dude fishing on the rocks.

[remmy]

really nice acrylics and your b/w paints are really good to. they'll boost your tonal control a ton. keep it up.

[Lakka]

Thank you, remmy, Nopig! :)

I have some acrylics lying around I'll post them later and maybe scan some sketchbook pages.

Havnt touched the wacom in awhile but here's one I made just now for fun and happiness :sungod:

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See you all later!

[Lakka]

Sorry for slacking with updates, I just cannot get myself to scan sketchbook pages/take photos :android:


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[~Faust~]

Yeah, you're doing the art still. I like your acrylics, they have a nice palette in them. In your paintings your colorcoice sometimes feels kind of random though. Espescially the latest speedies seem somewhat rushed and without the intention to create an illusion at all. The ideas are nice, though.

[pao]

nice dude, nice color on the landscape with the water :}

[remmy]

ha another pirate YAR! i like the mage idea looks a bit rushed though. You should try and spend little more time on pieces like that. Keep mixing those sweet pallets.

[Lakka]

Faust, remmy, thanks! I tried to be graphic with the "mage" (it's a druid from wow, servers went down so I had to channel my game adiction somehow! :mittenbop: )

I'll try to work on them colors, we shall see how it goes!

Pao - Heya! Thanks for dropping by! :)

Ran out of sketchbook pages so I did some digital sketchbooking

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[Lakka]

Me and my daily updates *rollseyes*

I've been overly lazy with the digital side of things, and overly lazy about scanning/taking photos of the traditional side of things :ore:

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Aaand here's a couple of images I drew from ref and then put something in like with monsterbritney, one day a few weeks ago. Sucks but not really my thing, compiling for a banner that is, just a friendly favour :asspat:

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see you

[thesadpencil]

sweet stuff, i'm a big fan of your brushwork, its so lively. and has an awesome painterly feel. i think you should try pushing your values just a bit further but ohter than that just keep up the good work.

[Φ phil]

lovely stuff here!! keep it coming! what brushes are u using in the lat B/W?
( don´t gotta tell me if it´s your secret…would be nice though:D )
:rocker: on!!
cheers

[Lakka]

Thank you for comments!

Thesadpencil, did a fast b/w for just that purpose, I think I'll do one more unless I get too sleepy ;)

bigfooTrooper, Mixer Thin Flat under Artists Oils in painter, default brush. :sungod:

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[Nettle_Mountain]

Your digitals are coming together, keep on it. Colourstudies is what you should do, like 10-20 min digital speedies from photos

keep at it, good work allready, perkele

[Lakka]

Thanks Nettle! If you woul know a site that has alot of cool photos on it, I'd be very happy :p I browse through google on random topics every now and then but rarely do I find something interesting :-\

Anyhoo, watched some old flicks for inspiration, and had to draw chewBACCA

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[Lakka]

Now that I failed at both of my last I-haf-muscles fellows it seems I must start anatomy studies all over again :lifedrawing:

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I think I should think less and feel more :p

[AA-ron]

Recent update shows a lot of promise, keep truckin on!

[remmy]

ooo nice update. love the head hunter and the banner looks pretty mad too. keep up the good work.

[JailHouseRock]

Hay man, thanks for stopping by my sb, (again)

lovin those pirates mate, great stuff, and really cool black and white's too.

Your looking good here man, but make sure you keep up the anatomy studies as well,

peace

matt,

[Lakka]

Thanks all!

I think I'll keep myself from posting for awhile, I find it somewhat demotivating, it seems as if I am going downhill if there is anything true in the vote sytem, as most of the votes I've gotten recently have either been terrible or bad, and there is only so much beating a person can take :l Checking back on my sketchbook I can honestly say that there is less progress than there is loss of individuality and method, everytime I post I wish maybe I've been done better this time, but honestly all I've done is put myself in a small cube and kept myself from experimenting with new things, and only copying the old. :-\

I will try my best to keep on with the studies! :)

trying photoshop out before bed, also tried to do somekind of oversized-arm thing which failed miserably (I've been trying to stufy arms, hard for me :-\)

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Thanks for the support
yay page 10 :8

[Diego]

hey man, i think you're doing great but i'll say that you need to focus more on the basics, anatomy, gesture and proportions and draw and paint from life, start to assimilate more, add more baggage to your art. It's cool that you want to explore stuff but i mix it up with practice, sketching, doodles, find your own voice. Also and very important, learn to see what works and what's not, be very critical with your drawings and fix your mistakes as you go. That's one thing i value from this site, the amount of different approaches and styles i got to see in one place and the amount of information about certain stuff i want to incorporate in mine.

Well, just keep it up man, keep at your drawings and studies and don't give up. :)

[Lakka]

The thing is, I do sketch alot, and paint from life, I am selfcritical if not overly-unhappy with everything I produce, and yet it seems like it does not show in the things I post here.

I have been using up 1-2moleskines a month with a pen, anatomy studies a few times a week, less than I should anyway, and painting from life occasionally with acrylics.

I did attempt to study anatomy, paint allkinds of things, and sketch before I joined here, but after joining it has built up stress in time, giving me a feeling like I cannot improve, so I attempt to work tightly and neatly without any sense of experimentation, so I wouldn't "fail", and in the end this is exactly what happens.

It might just be that I'm somewhat weak mentally, but that's partly the reason why I'm going to pursue this art business, instead of something more science oriented, so I'm just going to take the good with the bad. :sungod:

This is more of just trying to see what works for me best. If this doesn't work out, I'll just start posting again :yayca:

I think I will just try to work alot, and not think about posting, and maybe I will finish something bigger which would work for my advantage when growing, as in posting dumps once a month with small clippets, I shall try this out. CA is pretty much the only place for support and critique for me, and good at that.

[Lakka]

Here's a dump with digitals, I've got some sketchbooks and acrylic/oil paintings (actually my first oil paintings >_>) which I might add later, but all in all, more in a month or so :8

See you, thanks for looking.

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[Lakka]

And I still havn't touched bottom I guess. :anime:

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[Lakka]

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5646/diibadaabdiilo7.jpg

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/1927/diibadaabdii2mm9.jpg

[Lakka]

That's it for my update-day I guess, be seeing you in a month or something like that, feedback is appretiate ofcourse.. :asskisser:

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[insane lemur]

you really are doing better lakka, don't fall to the bad votes and all that though, stay strong! Everyone gets frustrated (pain is most of the word painter after all, that didn't come from me btw), but if you shift your focus from outputs to having fun and fascination with learning, you will certainly go places with your art!

[Lakka]

Hey thanks mate, I'd rather not have any votes on my thread thus I just went ahead and voted for terrible and got a few folks to vote terrible for me, just let the ones who are interested in helping look in the thread and not the people who are just strolling around for eyecandy and coming up with "yeah it looks like it's goooood" :D Enough of that going around on DA!

Though I've got to admit, the lack of comments really shines though after doing this, which makes me think.... ~_~

And yes, having fun while painting is very needed, I used to have alot of that, and I'm beginning to have some fun again :)

[remmy]

More really colourful expressive work man. You are really getting a good clear image through in some of your images (reayh.jpg and VIIKSET.jpg), those are really good. Focus on what ever you did there. Your enviros are always good but the diibadaabdii2mm9.jpg is actually a really good composition. Great stuff all-round keep experimenting. Great work!

[Lakka]

Hey remmy nice to see you around still,

thank you for the comment, obviously! ;)


first cityscape, a practice with alot of flaws left in the open :\
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[Lakka]

had some time to just have some fun with the wacom and listen to some music :)

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[Lakka]

Heyall

order: D.O.B.
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Seeyall

[kingkostas]

Really nice progress overall :D
I enjoy these juicy works!!!
Keep up :D

[Lakka]

Thank you, king kostas! :)

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3165/piratetet70vn0.jpg

100% version
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2552/piratetetisosn0.jpg

and different versions, please do tell which one works for you

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8853/piratetet70v3be4.jpg
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9900/piratetet70v2mx7.jpg
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1258/piratetet70v4vd5.jpg

http://fc92.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2009/003/b/f/grglmrgl_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc34.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2009/003/2/0/yet_another_river_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/2239/yehd5.jpg
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2275/mdduduau6.jpg

luffy from one piece, just sketched it and don't really like it but I'm not gonna hide it so->
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/004/7/0/LUFFY_2_by_Lakkae.jpg


Thanks for checking, see you.

[Lakka]

I think I realized something while doing this, also re-found the 'acrylics' brushes in painter

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8048/jogy2ik5.jpg

[Zeus12]

:jawdrop: :jawdrop: :jawdrop:

Amazing stuff, your an inspiration to me.
Personal favorites;
This One (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=445033&d=1219487265)
This Second (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=529991&d=1227954450)
This Third (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=419091&d=1216791055)

[Lakka]

Thank you Zeus, your comment made my day! :sungod:

Here are some things that I have done while not updating

http://fc61.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/012/c/9/ssgf_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc23.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/013/1/5/sfg_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc65.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/013/9/8/m__o__r__o__k__o__lli_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9421/mrkllibluux8.jpg
http://fc70.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/013/f/4/station_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc91.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/014/f/3/gfdghmf_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2950/feishii234534bl4.jpg
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/5320/coastelelealkua1od8.jpg
http://fc82.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/015/0/4/sargent_colorstudy1_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc87.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/015/0/b/sargent_colorstudy2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc96.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/029/5/7/gfd1_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc71.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/029/9/a/gdf2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/029/e/0/gffd4_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc84.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/029/3/2/gfd5_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc85.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/029/3/5/gfd3_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc32.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/029/3/a/gfd6_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc69.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/029/2/9/gfd7_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc31.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/031/4/e/Combatfruit_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc80.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/031/9/e/Combatfruit_v2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc70.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/031/a/4/Combatfruit_v3_by_Lakkae.jpg

Thank you for looking

[kingkostas]

THe last updates are very nice.You have a special style.I think you need some training in anatomy but actually some of them are really nice even without being perfect.Nice nice, specially some faces.
Keep them up Lakka :D
see ya

[Lakka]

Thanks alot for stopping by again, king kostas. Really help with the motivation! :)

I have been trying to study this creature called human with the help of Loomis. I have tremendous trouble with the way I should draw an arm, even more so than the rest of the body :-\

anyhoo, for those who like one piece

http://fc61.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/037/8/4/Edward_Newgate_3_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc10.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/037/6/5/Edward_Newgate_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc21.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/037/b/b/Edward_Newgate_1_by_Lakkae.jpg

[snootchy]

sup Lakka, thanks for stopping by SB! I enjoy looking at your speedpaints over at the sijun forum. I like how you not afraid to use saturated colors, while many of the other speedpaints have this very low usage of saturation including myself. It's like Sargent says 'u ain't painting unless u apply lots of paint onto the canvas'!

keep them cool speedies coming, also great work on that last character, looks like this one is going to reach the finish line?

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180) l

[Inkfish]

Moi Lakka :) Nice paintings, i can see you haven't been restig on your laurels, very productive!

[Lakka]

Snootchy - Thanks, I'm glad you don't hate the terrible palettes I come up with! :hugsmile:

Inkfish - Yeah, productive or no, I lack progress :p I just realized I tend to draw 2 faces in one, the right side of the face round and the left side a bit skinnier, I hope I can get out of this habbit :|

^^^PLEASE do tell me if it's happening in the faces I draw in the future and I don't realize it, just say 2face go practice nub or something along those lines if you dont want to come up with a comment :asskisser:

Trying artrage. I just let everything I drew stay on the canvas, so there's bumps and things I didn't really want them there but, uhh, whatcha know they appeared U_U

http://fc61.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/039/0/9/art_rage_tryout_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

Wow man keep them up i am a big One piece fan!!!
And the way you did whitebeard is damn nice!!!
Really nice keep up :D

[Zeus12]

Recent updates are looking amazing! keep em' coming! :)
I love the elder man with the white beard.

[Lakka]

Hey, Zeus, Kostas, thanks alot! :)

Here are some wips and more or less finished stuff

I am a bit sick, so I woke up last night, and made this
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/046/9/c/Downtown_1_by_Lakkae.jpg

higher resolution http://fc50.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/046/7/3/Downtown_2___bigger_by_Lakkae.jpg

something I havnt posted before, this is a bit old

http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/046/8/c/redrobe_monk_dood_by_Lakkae.jpg

few WIPs, they are pretty old but I think I'll get around to them soon

The city is a total placeholder, I need to build somekind of a setup for it
http://fc93.deviantart.com/fs41/i/2009/046/1/b/fg_by_Lakkae.jpg
bigger resolution http://fc25.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/046/9/4/WIPthing_by_Lakkae.jpg

very very unone :mittenbop:
http://fc82.deviantart.com/fs40/i/2009/046/7/e/WIP_landscape_numba2_by_Lakkae.jpg

also, im not sure if I've posted this. Also a WIP. I think I'll make it into a misty, quite monotone, cold looking day. Kind of ghosty, instead of the current warm sunlight :p
http://fc94.deviantart.com/fs41/i/2009/046/0/b/the_docks_wip_by_Lakkae.jpg

Be seeing you

[kingkostas]

The bright side of the old town makes me happy while the dark area makes me sad.Really like the feeling.And the last one is like a panoramic photo :D
very nice, keep up!!!

[Lakka]

Thanks for commenting, once again, kingkostas! :)
I tried to make it seem like the far end had a palace of sorts, and then in the middle there'd be a marketplace, and a bit further from there, the "dark" part of the image, an area where life is hard, with little money. I am glad the feelings came through!

here's a speedpaint

http://fc76.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/046/e/5/df_by_Lakkae.jpg
another version, my monitor is showing things quite strange, so I'm not sure that to think. :-\
http://fc13.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/046/3/1/Scorpion_mecha_by_Lakkae.jpg

"bit" more monotone, so the colors wont interfere as much
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/046/a/d/scorpion_mecha_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

You changed the mood in this speed but it also looks that its just a less saturated image.Make it interesting with saturations and desaturations.Not only saturation or desaturation
Btw your strokes give the sense of windblows.Nice job here.Use it wisely next time :D
see ya and i thank you for visiting mate :D!!!

[Lakka]

Right you are kostas, right you are.

I shall try to work on getting a nice balance for what ever I may do next!

onepiece again

http://fc73.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/047/e/d/Gear_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

Gear 2nd :P?
very nice keep up!!!

[Lakka]

Got a new monitor, which I am very happy about.

I've yet to put it in order, so the colors may appear different than the ones I have done before. Anyhoo, fast zombieman, it's time to watch some 1080p movies for awhile and probably draw some more later! :rocker:

http://fc58.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/048/0/d/dundundudndndndudndun_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

posting shitty shit

[Fumble]

you are very productive! I really like the head on the guy u posted yesterday. And hmmmm let me guess , you don't like drawing hands, one you put in his pocket and the other one you blew off! haha :D
I really like the colors on you latest painting. Keep it up !

[Lakka]

Fumble, about the hands... you are right :D

I have problems with the whole arm, for some reason practice isnt helping like one might hope :p

http://fc85.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/049/d/6/mountains_n_stuff_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

tried something different, I guess this kind of stuff is something to work on, also.

Apart from not looking like the reference, I think the face is also distorted, must try and sort that out.

Did a very sloppy coloration, painter crashed at a bad point and there's no way in hell the "recovery" thing could work.

http://fc58.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/050/9/0/erica_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

made her right (our left) eye a bit bigger

http://fc22.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/050/c/f/erica_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc81.deviantart.com/fs40/i/2009/050/6/6/er_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Maridius]

That last portrait looks great with those spots of color in the eyes and lips--gives the muted color in the rest of it some 'pop'. The eyes especially--in all the paintings--are striking. Are you going to keep going with it?

[Lakka]

Maridius, I did get one tip I might try on it, and maybe try to experiment with something I havn't done before, but should learn to do. Thanks for you comment! :sungod:

Anyhoo, crappy speedpainting inc, didn't have time for much, just needed to try something before bed.

http://fc10.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/051/8/a/__by_Lakkae.jpg

Decided to experiment with the time I had left-->

Put some hues in
http://fc50.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/051/0/2/hat_is_back_vol_something_by_Lakkae.jpg

Went from Painter to PS and tried some filters
http://fc79.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/051/3/5/hjk_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc69.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/051/e/7/hat_is_back___vol_five_by_Lakkae.jpg

adios

[kingkostas]

Very nice new works mate!!!.I think this monitor will do good to you and your training.I really liked them all!!!
keep up :D

[Lakka]

Kostas, thank you for major motivational messages :)

made something el terrible with a mouse, just wanted to mess around, eventhough I probably shouldnt of. Oh well. :p

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/052/7/3/mousepainting1_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc14.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/052/1/b/mousepainting2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

this is a week old or so, I've forgot to post it

The lower one is the actual drawing, the upper one has some bad experimentation going on.

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/053/3/7/gogglez_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc84.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/053/8/6/gogglez2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

Haha man your style is something unique.Its like you do digital traditional works :D!!!Btw i found something really interesting in the mouse enviroment.These strokes were accurate and they depict a nice enviroment there.
Keep up!!!!i also thnx you for supporting me mate!!!

[NoodleDoodle]

Moi! a really inspiring and a beatyful sb youve got here! I love the painterly feel in your paintings, and the use of textures rocks! i got a lot to learn from you, keep going, kuten sanotaan!

[Verehin]

good enviros! keep it up!

[pijus]

awesome paintings. Love this one (http://fc58.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/048/0/d/dundundudndndndudndun_by_Lakkae.jpg). Keep up.

[Lakka]

Sorry for not updating in awhile, here is a WIP which still has a long way to go

After I finish this one of these days I'll upload the things lying around everywhere in my room

pijus - Thank you, keep up I shall! :P

Verehin, thanks, your enviro-motivational post couldnt of come at a better time, as I've been struggling with some enviornments lately! :yayca:

NoodleDoodle, kiitos kommentista and likewise! :)

kostas, hey.. again :assspank: I'll try to work on clearer forms like those of the mouse enviro from now on. Anyhoo, heres a mixture of traditional and digital painting, traditional digital work ey? :p And my support is nothing compared to you taking time and dropping a comment so often, it really, really helps me continue practicing!

http://fc96.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/066/2/a/Work_In_Progress_by_Lakkae.jpg

[XanaChama]

I can really feel the water in the last one. Where are most of your ideas coming from? Your use of the flat brush reminds me of Guild Wars artwork

[Nils Raavé]

Wow nice color work, your environmental and vehicle drawings are really nice!

[Lakka]

Xana - Thanks! There's rarely anything specific behind the images, I guess it's just all-things-intriguing or so :sungod:

Nils - thanks a bunch! :)

Forgot the image, 40mins while waiting for something on tv

http://fc41.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/066/b/a/spaceshippo_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc18.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/066/0/b/spaceshippo2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

http://fc98.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/067/b/d/SPIEYEY4_by_Lakkae.jpg

[dCepT]

Lotsa promising stuff in here! I like a lot of your enviroment stuff :)

Thanks for dropping by my SB!

About the arms and whatnot.. practice makes perfect, right? Have you tried studying Bridgman? He's good for placement of masses IMO..

dC

[Lakka]

HEy dcept. Thanks, Yes I have tried to study Bridgman, but sadly try is the correct word for it :D

todays something

http://fc47.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/082/0/c/dada3_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc66.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/082/a/d/dada1_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc85.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/082/d/8/dada2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Φ phil]

wow, these are great painting

I really dig your color concept!, this one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=597047&stc=1&d=1234999136) for ex. awesome!! nice
is this artRage or painter? or even photoshop?!

cheers

[Kfeeras]

dude i love the brush-orgy in this last image!!! looks like you're using painter! i sarted using it a few days ago and i cant really go back to ps... great stff mate keep it up!!

[Lakka]

Hey, thanks for the comments you two! :)

Been busy for awhile, now I am very stressed out because I need to do math, but I have this wierd tickling sensation around my left temple (inside my head, maybe allergies or my jaw, or my wisdom teeth, or all of these combined +stress, who know :-\ ). I have had it for a few weeks, most intense these past days, if this goes on I'll go crazy. I keep forgetting things I normally wouldnt since I'm not really even paying attention to what I'm doing, as I'm just ealing with this itch thing.

Phil, indeed these have been done in painter, Glad you liked them!

Kfeeras, I reaaaally like painter, the only thing that bothers me at times is how heavy it can be to my computer, especially some of the more "complicated" brushes. Can't really get a painting feel when you have to wait and see what you did before doing more :D

Anyways, glad you like the images, they were the a part of preliminary works for one schoolapp, I hope I hear something back.

Here's something else I did for the same thing, traditionals I havn't posted before I think. 2 old ones and 1 newish

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/105/e/7/hjg_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

sup?

It's been awhile, I hope I'll continue updating tomorrow. I really need to get my groove on if I want to have any luck getting in a school. :|

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/140/0/2/burrr_spaceship_by_Lakkae.jpg

[DStraX]

you have som good stuff going on here :) I would like to se some anatomy studies :P

Tim

[Lakka]

Hey DstraX, thanks for dropping by, I think I will draw some characters on the wacom and see how that goes. I have alot of sketchbooks with studies and whatnot lieing around my room currently but I feel scanning them is too time consuming :p

This one was fast, and the turnout was fudging incterrrrrible! :|

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/141/a/a/babadibabadi_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

had to stop before finishing this, the depth is terrible still

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/142/8/1/sumsnow_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/142/7/3/ex_pe_ri_me_nt_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

Mate the colors(and placement) of this last piece are a pleasure to my eyes.
very nice :D, keep up

[Jeremy Swan]

Love the portrait of the girl man you've come so far with faces its awesome. Probably would have been better not to make the background the same color as her hair unless that's what you were going for. Other wise its freaking awesome. Your enviro's have also progressed rapidly. Their is some crazy detail in that ship paint, really inspiring. Ha I still can't get over how amazingly organic your digital paints are, always an inspiration. Keep it up.

[Lakka]

Thanks you two, it was really nice to see these comments before going to my exams (Which were drawing), gave me more courage to not lock up and be myself in there.

So thanks alot! :)

Here is a quick digi, I havnt had much time lately, but now I have a free summer ahead! :D

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/156/6/a/yahoo_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/156/d/5/ik_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

I prefer the saturated hahaha i may be wrong cause they say i use to much saturation(but i simply love saturated colors :D)

You need to study some anatomy if you want :D
Keep it up mate!!!

[Lakka]

heh ndeed kostas, it's an ognoing struggle, I guess I have a looooooong road ahead before I can stop learning anatomy :p


heres a sp
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/159/9/9/random_scribble12_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/161/5/3/drago2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/161/e/d/drago1_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

blur or no blur?

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/161/5/9/lihamorko2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/161/0/d/lihamorko_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Braintree]

That is a cool monster, especially the solitary eye-ball on top.
I prefer it without blur. Guess its because i like the texture that is on the tendrils/legs without the blur.

[yoonate]

great stuff here? looks like you work hard. AWESOME!

[yoonate]

these last few i jsut saw are great the white background gives them a whole diffrent feel.

[NanoBlack]

Nice work, keep it up!

On this last page, i particularly like the lady with the angel wings- though the chesticles are sticking out a bit too much for my liking.

But still, you have a ncie grasp of human proportions.

[Lakka]

nano - thanks, yes I'm not really fond of the bust, but I was asked to do it that way by a bunch of brainless pervs :davi:

Brain - Thanks for the comment, it made me rethink how I want to make the material to come out more! :)

yoonate - Thanks! Yes I try to work hard. No talent and a latebloomer in art, so if I want to get anywhere this lifetime, I need to pump some material out :D

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/168/4/5/bam_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

You gained a volume understanding level i think ;D.Nice volumes decpition with these strokes.
Keep up

[Jeremy Swan]

dude great angel paint, and some nice critters, but the last one flipen awesome so your style love it.

[Taneli]

The last one is just great!

[Lakka]

Hey thanks alot guys, I've been away for a bit, took a bussride home yesterday from the countryside and heres something inspired by MJ's thriller

kostas - always nice to hear about progress! :)

jeremy - I'm glad you thought so of the last one, I did it when I was very tired and about to leave my beloved wacom for a week or so, so I tried to do something special! :D

Taneli - Thanks! Like I mentioned to jeremy, I tried to do something special and it is nice to hear it didn't go sour :)

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/181/4/5/thiller3_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/181/7/1/THRILLA_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/181/b/b/thrilla_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

Creepy face :D
Keep up

[Lakka]

I concur kostas, I concur. :D

Played around with some tools in painter, hopefuly I will be able to put them in my workflow without making things looks like... explosions and such

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/182/8/1/Lavaworks_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/182/e/9/Lavaworks2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Jeremy Swan]

creapy monster face indeed ha ha. your new lava paint looks nice, that kinda smoke/heat effect tool looks really good. can't wait to see how it pans out in your new works.

[Lakka]

Thanks jeremy, I'll try to use it baldly from now on, atleast for awhile. SO you may see some "overuse" of it :D

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/184/b/d/dundundundundudnunund_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/184/a/5/dundunduasdniadnududn_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Jeremy Swan]

nice... but why is he siting down ha ha. i guess the armor is heavy and he'd rather fight comfortably and with little effort. either that or that dude full snuck up on him will he was enjoying the fire and flame landscape. awesome paint.

[Lakka]

haha, acutally he wasnt supposed to be sitting down, but I and others like you have noticed that it certainly looks that way.

I draw with a wise gamut monitor, and on this one I can see the difference with his butt and the landscape, but with my old 17" CRT, it isnt quite the case.

Anyhoo, he was supposed to be leaning in to the attack and using his leggs to take the force. Keeping himself nice and compact :P

may have to try and fix that as I come back, already had someone make me a paintover, so I'll see if I can work it out at all!

sorry no image to post!

ok here's a small "fix" but it really doesnt work too good, scrapwork

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/188/b/b/grdfg_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Jeremy Swan]

i think its just the way his legs are dunno just looks weird the change you made makes a little difference. this actually reminds me of runescape... back in the day lol. keep it up

[Lakka]

Havn't been able to post in awhile, my internetses has been pretty wacky lately..

Well thats a good thing Jeremy, as I made it for these guys running a server pretty closely resembling the original runescape! *cough*

I was a heavy gamer back in 01-04 and I had a pure at 83att 70def 99str 90hp 90combat pretty early in the game, I think I was around 30th to 99str :)

You can see me in this series of images someone for some reason, calls a video. I'm at 0:58-1:04 whining about forgetting to recharge my prayer when I came up, in the rune med and beard :D My character had ingeniously been named Xsupa Pkx, so laughter is on me.

Black capes (Malicious Intent) vs purplies (RSD)
theres a good 1 against 4 ratio in this one I think :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY3Zu5XhZoc


2 quickies, got back from a long countryside holiday just now!

http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/210/d/7/sunyadayada3_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/210/d/e/speedpaint142_by_Lakkae.jpg


I could post on these boards which had alot to do with anime, so I made for the sake of it

One Piece fanart :rocker:
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/211/f/9/Whitebeard_2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/211/2/6/Whitebeard_3_by_Lakkae.jpg

Bleach fanart:

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/212/d/1/Barragan_1_by_Lakkae.jpg

2 diff versions

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/212/6/8/Barragan_2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/212/9/b/Barragan_3_by_Lakkae.jpg

Naruto fanart: experimentation gone wrong I guess..


http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/213/b/f/madara_and_nine_tailed_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

diff version

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/213/3/c/madara_and_nine_tailed_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/214/8/5/Teachers_2_by_Lakkae.jpg
different version
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/214/6/c/Teachers_by_Lakkae.jpg


monochrome
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/214/a/c/Teachers_3_by_Lakkae.jpg

now I can have a well deserved break from fanart :p


..and something I made in the summer while snoozing in the countryside, don't like this very much. I havnt used these mediums pretty much at all and the result really shows it, messy. :l

http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/211/7/d/kaivo_by_Lakkae.jpg

and some sketches I made the last night over there

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/213/9/a/Sketch_from_summer___The_Hut_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/213/4/8/sketches_from_summer_by_Lakkae.jpg

aaaand one more digi hope you dont mind all these different versions of everything, but the way I see it making them are just as important as making the actual image, since it gives a different feel to the whole thing. Kind of like being a cheapskate and not making a new image for all of these different "feelings" but so what :P

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/214/7/0/Roger_Federer_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/214/3/e/Roger_Federer_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/214/9/5/Roger_Federer_3_by_Lakkae.jpg


adios

[Alex Baer]

hey man you have some good work here. I like that you've been playing around with the different settings on photoshop, keep at it! one thing i would suggest is that you not over-saturate your colors, I'm seeing this in many of you pantings and you only need to emphasize the focal points. I am liking the recent figure studies, your pretty damn good at showing people's characteristics. hope to see more soon :)

[Jaytea]

your digital paintings are pretty cool, I love that one with the two samurais |D

[Lakka]

Thanks for commenting you two!

Alex, yes saturation is a problem for me. I think the fact that I have a love for low contrast high saturation images kind of hurt me illustration wise, but I'll promise to work on it! :) Definately effects making focal points, and not in a good way!

here's a MÖRKÖ

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/219/d/4/M__O__RK__O__SET__A___by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/219/b/5/M__O__RK__O__SET__A___4_by_Lakkae.jpg



http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/219/7/c/M__O__RK__O__SET__A___5_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/219/f/d/M__O__RK__O__SET__A___3_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/219/d/8/M__O__RK__O__SET__A___0_by_Lakkae.jpg

[mysocksrock]

you've improved ALOT since your first page! keep up the good work

[Lakka]

Haa now that's what I wanted to hear! :sungod: Thank you Mr. Sock!

Speedpaint
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/221/8/5/Fish_file_crop_2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/221/e/c/Fish_filecrop_1_by_Lakkae.jpg

tried to take it a bit further, with bad results, I need to plan a bit more I guess. Things come out way too messy.


http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/221/d/e/Fish_file_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/221/9/f/Fish_file_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/221/5/f/Fish_file_3_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

Couldnt bear flip this horizontally, it's probably very tilted and mutated.


PAGE THIRTEEN

http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/222/0/0/pur_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/222/1/d/pur_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

butchered the face so I just put some hair in the way..

tried to color from a B/W

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/222/5/c/combopiratetessesssssseses_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

you see mate you are doing great.Those pieces are very envolved art of your style
Keep mastering your style
Strange and beautiful

[Lakka]

hah, thank you my king :rocker:

miniacrylic speedpainting

http://th03.deviantart.net/fs48/300W/f/2009/224/4/1/acrylicriverthree_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/224/4/1/acrylicriverthree_by_Lakkae.jpg

and some small tweaks on the the pc, just trying ideas out

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/224/7/5/acrylic_speedpaint___digiencha_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

HELLO

I ment to say something funny but that just doesn't come naturally for me, soz.

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/224/6/6/rivers_n_stuff_3_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/224/d/2/rivers_n_stuff_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/224/3/8/rivers_n_stuff_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[eparts]

hi thanks for dropping by my SB.
I really like your stuff here because of your use of colors and contrasts. your palettes feel dreamy and interesting. however, many of your sketches feels flat and needs more defined room. I also look at many of the poses and get an impression that you need some anatomy studies and life drawing etc. Nail that, and your SB will blow us away :D

[Lakka]

thanks for your comment, eparts.

I feel like I will have to make some B/W images to try and define forms and depth better, must get on that tommorrow, otherwise it'll stay undone :p

My knowledge in anatomy is very lacking indeed, maybe I should take a round of posemaniacs while waiting for some life drawing in the future, or take a trip outside with a sketchbook :)

anyway, 20mins while waiting for coachpotatoin'

http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/225/1/1/sWOOOSH_by_Lakkae.jpg

[jigje]

Great book Lakka. Green eyed girl is beautiful and back in may, the samurai duel I thought was fantastic. Lots of very nice work. Thanks for showing.

[kingkostas]

Mate,post 365 great atmosphere.Really nice
keep going and yes do the studies you have to do

[Lakka]

Thank you both!

Hopefuly something will stick in my brain from studying, kostas :lifedrawing:

forgot ze image

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/227/d/f/SHE_FINKS_IZ_COLD_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/227/9/a/SHE_FINKS_IZ_COLD_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/228/6/e/random13442_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/228/5/f/5f31cf0716146cb17fa46a8b59cf5846.jpg
http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/228/4/9/random3156_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/228/6/0/random3517_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/228/d/e/random3516890_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Fumble]

You've got some really great stuff in this sketchbook! but there seems to be a few anatomical flaws on your latest one. I find there are a bit too long between the shoulders and the head. Also the right hand looks a bit too large. Look through some bridgeman and you can fix it in no time :)

[Lakka]

Thanks Fumble.

I'm guessing you mean his left palm is big? True that! Right now his thumb is huge and he isn'ta actually holding on to the flag, which looks pretty akward

I tried to make him have this arrow type form at the shoulders/head, but I guess it won't do it for people :l

just very bored

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/234/e/a/phiyu_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

again great atmosphere in the last one.The second character needs anatomy reconstruction(simply study more :P or try doing the same concept using a ref for the body)the first character have some interesting motion
Keep going mate :D

[Yor]

really vibrant colors in here ;o like kingkostas said, do some more anatomy studies, then it will all fit easier together . keep on drawing/evolving!

[Lakka]

thanks for the C&C guys...

I'm a bit sick and couldn't sleep so I made this

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2009/237/5/d/big_guy1_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/237/8/d/big_guy2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/237/b/7/big_guy4_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs25/f/2009/237/2/5/big_guy3_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

umm heres something resembling a shar... err ye

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs29/f/2009/240/d/f/Sharkie2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2009/240/4/b/sahrkie3_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2009/240/9/8/Shark_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2009/240/0/d/seamonsty2_by_Lakkae.jpg

and without sharpen, more sealike I guess

http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs30/f/2009/240/5/7/seamonsty_by_Lakkae.jpg

and with different hues

http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/240/3/8/seamonsty3_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2009/240/e/1/wonky_burning_tower_by_Lakkae.jpg

[p sage]

You have a really keen sense of color.

I noticed that at the beginning of your SB, the compositions weren't as strong... that's something that's gotten much much stronger by the end of this thread. Before you'd just put a character in the dead center of the canvas... now you're creating better compositions.

Keep going! Those paints and digis look great

[Lakka]

thanks p_sage! Hehe, true I just spat characters/etc right in the center no matter :D

here's a shipthing

which do you prefer?

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs25/f/2009/242/c/9/The_Colossus_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs25/f/2009/242/8/d/The_Colossus_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/265/a/2/hlo1_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/265/1/8/hlo4_by_Lakkae.jpg

some different versions
http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/265/4/7/hlo2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/265/a/a/hlo3_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/265/e/5/hlo5_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/265/1/0/hlo4_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

Made for my grandmother birthday. A few hours with acrylics... I had a lacking palette and I dont like mixing colors with them.

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/271/2/2/River_in_autumn_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

damn awesome updates mate!!!!What i missed here? All these are of another level for sure.In the one with the ship i prefer the second cause i dont lose the focus or the whole of the image.
Keep up exactly like that.Awesome really!!!specially the underwater and the dino-dragon

[Lakka]

Thanks kostas! :)

Experimenting... also trying photoshop this time


http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/273/6/2/bubub2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/273/e/a/bubub_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/273/a/b/bubub3_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/273/b/c/bubub4_by_Lakkae.jpg

[The7Artist7]

Wow! - I've only looked at this page (13) and am impressed!

Simply beautiful environment art!

thanks for dropping by my sketchbook too :)

[Jeremy Swan]

love the updates man, the acrylic you painted for your grandmother is my favorite. quick note your file sizes are like 0.5mb + maybe consider reducing the quality for upload not that i mind, just takes a tad longer to load :D.

[Lakka]

love the updates man, the acrylic you painted for your grandmother is my favorite. quick note your file sizes are like 0.5mb + maybe consider reducing the quality for upload not that i mind, just takes a tad longer to load :D.


Yeah I used to compress alot but I dont really notice anything myself right now (I upgraded my own connection tenfolds speedwise). I'll try to remember that there might even be that one clueless person every now and then visiting this thread, one that is now me atleast.

Umm, yeah, I guess I'll add something since I'm posting, p2p.

this was just me having fun.... they suck I just one shotted something and everything came out looking like random pixelmesh. :D

That "cat" going diagonally downwards has some serious head issues

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1753/catfront5311.gif
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5990/kisudigalas5731.gif
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5351/catupdiag5597.gif
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9868/catside5476.gif
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4597/catbackk.gif

[Lakka]

http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/290/e/c/waterfall2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/290/b/9/useless_bum2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/290/0/f/useless_bum_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

photoshop and mouse (I never use photoshop, but I would like to get in to the proggy)

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/290/8/4/photoshopfail_by_Lakkae.jpg

[andres333]

You should try with a graphic tablet it would be easier

[Lakka]

You should try with a graphic tablet it would be easier


Indeed, but I didn't have my wacom plugged in :p It's just for shits n giggles, you know what I mean ;)
There's a couple of pages back there where a tablet has been quite present!

[towy]

i love your style

[Lakka]

towy - thanks alot! :)

another highspeed image with a mouse.. (I think I could replace michael on the office with this material)

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/291/4/2/photoshopfail2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[zou]

awesome mood , brush work

your acrylics are appealing

i like this sb

[kingkostas]

lakka with his great style.
Once again you are doing great mate.The previous page amazed me more, but this last small post is also very dynamic, could imagine a lot just by watching it
keep it up

[Bendragon]

Nice work man! Hahaha, lets both get some anatomy down!
Enviros are looking good. I think there are some pixelation in the odd places where it looks like a lasso has been involved?!?! Crazy textures too!

[Lakka]

zou- thank you for dropping by! :)

kostas, thanks for the motivation, I think I will keep trying to figure PS out for awhile, so things will be atleast a bit different :D

Bendragon, definately ;) Mind pointing the pixelation thing out? like a paintover or something. (I am new to the lasso tool so you most likely are hitting the spot here)

PS, had the wacom plugged in, it doesn't really help me too much for some reason, I think I just think less and draw worse when I'm using it, I guess it has it's upsides and downsides like everything :p

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/294/c/6/FRO_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/294/3/6/FRO2_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/294/4/2/FRO4_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Jeremy Swan]

afro man looks sweet keep it up

[sandeepbarot]

I like your "photoshop and mouse" work... great!

[Sublimus]

Very cool work!

But why do you always post so many versions of the image? I feel like you should be doing that kind of experimentation in the thumbnail/early stages and find the best one, and then work that one up knowing it's the best option for what you are trying to convey with the piece.

Just my thoughts! :D

[Lakka]

Thanks all!

Sublimus - I dont know, bad habit of mine I guess :D

bad update today kind of skipped the start of making these images and then ended up not finishing either
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/298/4/8/stranded_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/298/e/9/eddie_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Sidharth Chaturvedi]

You'v got some stunning colorwork going on here Lakka! Love those landscapes

[Lakka]

thanks sidharth! and likewise, I really like the colours on your latest still life! :sungod:

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/300/2/5/islands_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

if there's any bleach fans out there, even with the largely lackluster pace the manga has.... I guess I'm still one eh :0

2 color themes, I'm not quite sure which is more like it should be.. tries to have a soft take on the face but I guess I went a bit overboard.. anyway I'm blind to my own mistakes now so I'll just leave it.

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/300/6/a/Nell_1_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/300/1/9/Nell_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[midknight523]

really like your use of color. gonna keep my eye on this SB

[Lakka]

hey thanks midknight!

*noticed I had forgotten to flip the image back
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/301/b/d/Federer_slicing_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/301/2/a/Luffy_PS_by_Lakkae.jpg

and a different version, sorry for the double... I'm trying to get off this hook.(this is actually the original)

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/301/0/a/Luffy_PS2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

whoopdewoo

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/301/2/2/federer_backhand_by_Lakkae.jpg
v2
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/301/7/3/fedbhscrap_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/301/8/e/shankssssss_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

15min, my hd died on me

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/302/9/f/Pain_wc_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/302/d/1/Pain_wc_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

[kingkostas]

All great (+nice things coming out of the second luffy) btw i love how you did whitebeard!!!!Awesome
Keep it up

[Lakka]

Thanks kostas! :)

Ok, this filter is like heroine, help....

revisited the bleach image and made a selfstudy
http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/303/2/8/Nell_revisited_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/303/9/6/tennis4_by_Lakkae.jpg

edit: Hmm, I think I'm going to use it as a sharpen of sorts, tried that with the Bleach character, and even more so with this one, ok, leave the filter, move on, DONE. :D

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/303/d/2/federer_reworked_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

painting of a friend

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/304/e/5/S_2_by_Lakkae.jpg

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/304/e/b/S_by_Lakkae.jpg

and the attitude version :p

http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/304/5/8/S_3_by_Lakkae.jpg


Btw, I'd highly appretiate some feedback, I mean, I am doing something new, or have been for awhile(the watercolor filter for impact), and silence is never a good sign, soo... yeah. Thanks in advance incase someone would stumble upon doing this.

[Sycra]

Wow Lakka, nice one! I like the second version best out of the three you posted. Don't much care for the first one or last one. But the second one is really nice. Reminds me a bit of Casey Baugh's work, which is a good thing. :)
And definately shows a ton of improvement with faces! Great work man, keep going!!

[Lakka]

Thanks Syvra, this time it's a few steps backwards though.. :-\ self portrait, I have no clue, never had, or never will how my mouth is attached to my face, it's just wierd..


*put some airbrush on the eyebrow, started to bug me...
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/305/1/a/Selfportrait_1_by_Lakkae.jpg

here it is without the airbrush fix, I had some grain put in so the airbrush fix isnt really that smooth of a thing to do afterwards:|
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/305/3/2/Selfportrait_1_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

5miutes with a mouse, this shit post worthy, I'm serious.

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/305/f/3/IN_TE_SKADOOYS_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

relaxing

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/306/6/a/KITTYKAT_by_Lakkae.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/306/9/3/spaceshibo_by_Lakkae.jpg

[NoodleDoodle]

Hey, im not sure if i ever have stumbled upon your sketchbook, have i? Gorgeous stuff here, the landscapes and enviros looks kick-ass! I was wondering if youd like to join our Thunderdome channel at IRC, its really so much fun! post back if youre interested! Jatka samaa rataa!

[Lakka]

Hey noodledoodle, thanks for dropping by! What exactly is this channel by the way?

I've been slacking, I should get in to some traditional stuff like watercolors and all that so I could fail with more style come spring and entering exams. :davi:


20min
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/309/1/d/HIRVEE__K__A____A__RME_by_Lakkae.jpg

PAGE 15 IT IS! HOORAY...

[Lakka]

ehh...

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/310/6/a/Firestarter_by_Lakkae.jpg

[Lakka]

Decided to spend some time making a mockery of everything spaceship :D

Not feeling all too motivated today :-\

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/311/4/0/gncjhfgjk_by_Lakkae.jpg