Jan 18 UPDATE: Imperial Steam. (New image added on first post: The Immortal Empress)

[Koncept]

01.18.08 UPDATE
Hi all,

Here is a new peice to add to the series. Shes based on a historical character. Empress Dowager CiXi, who ruled Qing dynasty China for over 40years. Shes believed to be powerhungry and manipulative. The concept in this peice is that shes really old like 100+, hence the white hair. but she stays alive and young because of the medicine that is constantly pumped into her from the machines shes attached to. if she leaves her throne, she'll die of old age. I wanted to depict her hovering on her throne, emotionless and all powerful.
let me what u guys think=)


10.11.08 UPDATE
Hi all,

Been very busy with work, but i did finally manage to finish another peice for this series. quite challenging for me as it is my first time painting a human face digitaly. My best work so far i think, but that doesnt mean im not open to critism and changes, so please let me know what you guys think.
Also updated my website www.jamesngart.com



04.27.08 Original text
Hi all,
havent posted anything in over a year. but ive been working hard finishing school! here are some of my better works from this year. please take a look! also check out my website, just finished making it. www.jamesngart.com

[Samantha]

that is vrey nice work .. nice design .many of chinese stuff on it .. i like it !

[FourTonMantis]

Really awesome stuff.

[Homeless Foxman]

Wow, great job on all of this. I can tell that school is doing very very good things for you. You know your stuff. I like your concepts as well.

[TRIPLE-R]

Great work ,I enjoy the first and second the most but overall it's all magickal.

[Kian]

Fu*king incredible mate. Great work

[El Jeremie]

Really nice design for the vehicules.

[Blacksmith Yonjuro]

The best steampunk concept I've seen in a while.
Love the grain too. Photoshop over pencils?

[Sept13]

Man, these are nice and magical. Really love the china + steampunk idea. Keep it up man!

[FrostBlue]

I like your rendering style,its matt,not shiny and yet metal looks like metal.Like the designs too.Good job.

[Chate Noire]

The car and the ship are just beatuiful. From the design through the execution and amazing attention to details and right down to the presentation. Wonderful work.

[Nubb]

Marvelous! Those are unique, stylish and pro pieces. Mech one just rocks :D

[Glass eye]

those are some crazy concepts you have got going on there

[anjin]

they are incredibles! I love your steampunk art!!! I am into steampunk concept too, but nothing at your level! great works!!!

Nothing about characters?

:)

[Simon Boxer]

Dude, your website has a trojan (TrojanClicker)... Kaspersky anti-virus picked it up when I clicked the link. Might just be dodgey code, but I would advise all others to be cautious.

Nice artwork though.

[Lotet]

neverseen chinese steam punk bfore, its awezome, i love the car, theres a little to much going on in the first one for my taste but its still really awezome.

[Sylvain-Klein]

very nice work, good univers

[unconnected]

Love the color schemes used throughout this, gives it a great gritty real feel

[Koncept]

Oh my... im almost overwhelmed by the amount of nice comments... thank you all of you so much! i hold ca.org in very high regards (ppl here are realllly good), so to hear so much so respond from this community means more to me then what any art teacher say.

speaking of which.. i had my senior review today, and one of the reviewers said that having the designs break the frame was really distracting to him. though i personaly feel that if i just had a plain background it would be boring.
does anyone feel that the framing was a bad idea?

cognition.sb: im not sure how that is possible, i just uploaded the whole site a couple days ago and i just scanned it as well on 2 diff computers and didnt find anything. but check your pm. im still very concern about this.

[Kan Muftić]

very nice.

[Ottens]

These are absolutely extraordinary artworks. Indeed, I featured your depiction of the Chinese airship at my website (http://www.ottens.co.uk/gatehouse)!

[Shanemeh]

Has a very Chinese unique look to it. It's fantastic.

[FlameDragon]

Gorgeous work!

[wacomonkey]

Really, really excellent work, James. Fresh concepts, very well executed. This does not look like student work. And I disagree with your professor, the images breaking the frame adds depth and immediacy to the images, takes them out of the formal rendering presentation. Trust your instincts.

Keep up the great work and I can't wait to see more!

Phil.

[Frogisis]

Oh, man, great rendering on the metal and getting that weathered, old-timey feel absolutely perfect. I especially like that tractor robot - the little potted plant and umbrella up there are such a cool touch. Well, all the details are amazing.

I think having the designs break the frame is great - You did such a great job getting them to look 3D with shading and texture, using composition to the same effect is only natural.

Any plans for characters to inhabit this world?

[JG_DECKARD]

I think you may just invented a new sub-genre : wuxia steam-punk.

I can imagine these vehicles in the Chinese equivalent of the "Samurai 7" anime.

[Jangmai]

Some wonderful concepts, twisting, yet remaining faithful to the oriental inspiration. Also your textures are marvelous, congratulations. ... and about the boarders, they create a sense of dimension rather than restricting your image within a box, theres nothing to worry about.

[sourgasm]

I think the frames look good. I was surprised by that remark, cause I was just thinking about how cool they look ;p

The detail in these is just ridiculous. How long do you spend on those steampunkish images?

[sup_ben]

Very nice.

[Serpian]

Wow, chinese steam punk, there's something I hadn't seen before.

Do keep posting!

[picksel]

great design , specialy the car

[Chris Noeth]

Great concepts. I really like the details you put into them.

Best,

Chris

[Koncept]

Hi all again,

Thanks for the replies. yah i decided to keep the frames, i like them the way they are. And yes i am working on a few characters now, hopefully i can get time to flesh them out with parttime and freelances.

Anyways, thanks again for the nice comments!!
James

[randolf]

Nice work.

[TASmith]

It'd be fun to fly that airship through the neighborhood. I'd enjoy it a ton.

[aka_sova]

First two are the best, in my opinion :)) I would be glad to drive this elegant chinese car, haha

[Chai]

Very inspiring ! thank you :)

[Koncept]

thanks everyone!
here is a new pic (edited and uploaded on the first post)
gonna try to keep all the imagery on the first post

[ROBOT_TANK]

Really great art!! I'd hate to be on that airship with all that pollution! But great piece, awesome style man!

[Koncept]

thanks robot tank, and thanks all for looking.
working on my next character now. so fun!

[IronBrush]

wow~ great~!

[Koncept]

thank u for looking.
adding new pic!