Armetage/eWKn Sketchbook huge dump*!

[armetage]

I felt like it needed a bit cleaning so here it is, in new form.

[armetage]

So here starts the posting again ;>
I would like all critiques and comments i could get ^^

[armetage]

some more

[armetage]

lets keep em coming

[Hive_minD]

Your environmental stuff is looking pretty darn sweet. But something on your characters is putting me a little off. Don't get me wrong, I actually really like your stuff, but they cannot be compared to your environmental stuff!

Chris

[armetage]

some more :D

[armetage]

hope you like it

[Piecemaker]

i do actually:-)
you got great stuff here. i love your textures in your paintings:drinkup:

[Icedearth15876]

Your environments are great, the characters you draw are the only things that throw it off, environments look like your specialty.

[armetage]

Thanks everyone, Could someone give some crits about the characters and what you dont like about them?

[Nth Turtle]

I can't crit these, way above my head, I can't even see what the others don't like about the characters, especially image013.jpg this one just blows me away man. :bow:

Image013 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=363912&stc=1&d=1210179643)

Liking Veno-awake & Syndaren as well.

[stilts]

your environments are strong. Good stuff
As for the characters, try exploring different avenues. More movement, more attitude. I can't nit pick, thats not my style. Overall strengthening your knowledge of human anatomy wouldn't hurt.

[armetage]

Street vendor, check out what this scumbag is selling. The new food replacement.

[marcoferrigno]

that last one is quite ammusing, i dont see much wrong with your characters at all, i like the over all style of these works a lot, the use of colour is very advanced and the sort of twisted fairy tale aura is captivating.

[Polmo Polpo]

great great stuff. what do you use? i am a big noob to good digital painting programs...


anticipating the next update, great stuff.

[Penabled]

Great stuff....I love the mood in that street scene....excellent lighting.

[Mahran]

Breathtaking work! I really like jewel city, very moody...
keep 'em coming :rocker:

[lennon]

WOWWOOWOW
Your concepts are just great!!
I love the ideas of your themes, and the composition with the colors. Just awesome. Yes, definetly your themes and the point of view that you chose are great. Great artist. Fantastic!

[Lotet]

hey dude, thanks for dropping by my SB, u got some sweet stuff here, i like ur imagination, u must be crazy or something =P

[armetage]

So here is my interpretation of Gaara from the manga Naruto.
Hope i dont get too flamed over this fanart since most people like to whine on anime / yeah, naruto

[drewfarr]

All of this work is absolutely top notch, I love it! Im not a huge manga fan, but all the anime influenced pieces are done with serious finesse :)

[Buckster]

amazing details and mood in your illustrations man, impressive as hell. I have actually looked over your art and progress for quite a while and seeing how you evolve is a greatly inspiring.
I think that your environments are a few notches above your characters so work on your weaker side to improve overall.

You are really getting pro stuff out nowadays man, congratulations!

Cheers

[alffla]

hello fellow mentee of jason01's!!! i cant believe i haven't seen your sketchbook before. this stuff is amazing!! hope i can learn some things from you too :)

GREAT WORK i love it. cant wait to see your Alice interpretation O_O

[Jakers]

Hey dude, I see you've started a new book and carried over your favourite works...the new environment is pretty sweet and rich in details...did you have reference for what objects etc. to include, or was this all out of your head? It reminds me a bit of bioshock with the plans growing on the side, floor and general theme. Did you use the perspective tool on other images to create your floor patterns?

What is improving more is that you are keeping the high contrast work, while reducing some of the grain that sometimes didnt work in harmony with the pieces.

[FightingSeraph]

Talking about mastering Science-Fantasy with those enviroments.

[armetage]

Hi everyone! long time no see, time for some updates..
Crits are appreciated

[Sebastian Gromann]

hey upcoming boy :D great art ! nothing to add !
what are u working for now, as freelance!?
*****
rock on :android:

[armetage]

Thanks snobbyOo Im doing some freelance for 2 upcoming movies at the moment, cant tell much more than that, will show work of it when im allowed ;>

[armetage]

A couple of scans, not much shading since my intention was to take them to photoshop.

[destinyapocalypse]

wow nice paintings i love this http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=462428&stc=1&d=1221297397

[armetage]

A couple of new stuff, hope you enjoy it

[armetage]

My latest one

[Dandilion]

Sweet stuff mate! Really enjoy your enviros. So much stuff to discover when you look at them! ^^
I wanna see more! *drools*

Hugs from
~Em

[Giorge]

that dance scene looks really nice , maybe throw in some live colors for atmosphere , maybe some neon signs or something , keep it up!

[armetage]

Damn ive forgot to post here in a long time! I will start doing it again guys :D

[armetage]

a couple more

[armetage]

again

[armetage]

Gonna keep uploading some for lost time ;D

[armetage]

the last ones for this update. I will keep sharing asap

[dTb]

gorgeous environments

[carnal]

there seems like there so much depth in your paintings... really suck you into them I am subscribed!!!

[armetage]

Another one, Didn't pay much attention to light in this one , too bad ^^
Went rendering too soon

[Evergrey]

Fantastic new updates man, they're absolutely gorgeous! Keep up the great work, thanks for sharing =)

[IanE]

Beautiful!!!

Subscribed and gave ya 5 stars!

[armetage]

thank you guys!

Here is a speed painting from today, 2h.. need to get back in shape for faster paintings

[armetage]

A couple of new ones, hope that you like em

[armetage]

Some new stuff
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/136/1/3/Invasion_Wicked_by_eWKn.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/133/8/d/Station_by_eWKn.jpg
http://features.cgsociety.org/newgallerycrits/g03/172603/172603_1242563368_large.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8959/voidg.jpg
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5264/cruiser.jpg
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/4359/hillssmaller.jpg

[armetage]

Here are a couple more pieces
Have a nice day mates

[armetage]

a couple more

[Jakers]

dude you've been working so hard...and shame for not posting for a while!

Hopfully people will start dropping you more comments, as long as you comment back ;) haha.

I really enjoy environments like the last one you posted...with more creative composition and design. The speed painting of the ship has amazing focus, and you get some great mood in some of those horror style shots.

What is the initial idea for your indoor shots...do you see a 'sewer' enviornment and make your own...or just think of something you haven't tried before? Lots of reference, or mostly for textures?

are you working somewhere now?

[armetage]

thanks Jakers im glad you dropped by, long time no see mate!
Hehe ye ive been working a lot! i dont have any in-house position yet, mostly freelance at the moment.

I dont usualy have any idea while i start these pieces, i just try new things out all the time, which the composition use to suffer from :P
I use many custom brushes for many of the effects, and textures for some stuff. I do look at references when i feel like i don´t have enough knowledge or ideas for something

[armetage]

a couple of sketches,
Please feel free to comment guys

[Verehin]

Awesome envos!

[Collywobbles]

I agree, these environments are really sweet. Good work man.

[armetage]

verehin: Thanks and you got some really nice stuff yourself! love those monster faces!
Collywobbles: thank you! ive seen some of your portraits! heavy stuff

[erik-jan v/d schuur]

beautifull work jeezz

crazy worlds and characters with verry nice colours 0o

[corza334]

Incredible sketchbook!! Love your style

[armetage]

ej and corza334, thank you guys! hope i can upload some more stuff for you guys then ;>

Here is some portraits, I`m pretty new to that.
2 Hogarth shizzle

[armetage]

1 more

[Ghostbrush]

insanely impressive work you have in here dude, your environments are sickkkkkkkk!
gonna be lurking in here trying to work how u made them all :D

thanks for stoppin in my SB as well man, appreciate it!

back to studies now

All the best

Alex

[D@niel]

Those are some killer enviros man!! Great variety amongst character creatures and environments!!:)

[armetage]

Ghostbrush: thanks man! im glad you like them. Ye stay around, il make a video someday when i find a good cam program
D@niel: thank you sir! I`m trying my best to do some creatures and characters as well hehe :D

A 1h speed paint, nothing fancy

[Abrodos]

man those enviros are awesome, and you are definitely improving on other areas! Keep up the work please!

[zweiDee]

enviroments are awesome, rly rly nice. characters are nice too, but practise some figure studies, anatomy and so on. and you will be a badass concept artist..^^ 5starz*****

[armetage]

Abrodos: Thanks im really glad that you like them
zweiDee:thanks and thanks for the stars. Yeah I do need some more figure practice for sure, I have been focusing mostly on environments but you got a point!

[Mat Kaminski]

Man! Amazing style! I just glanced through your book, but it definitely looks awesome.

[Kan Muftić]

You have a great sense for light, really pleasure to watch it. And as for the figures.. Well, I think life drawing is gold. But you're on a good side of the road:)
Cheers,
Khan

[armetage]

Matte Art, Thanks im honored :>

Chupacabra: Thanks im glad you like it!, yeah life drawing is good, I´m more specialized in environments but some figure painting wouln´t damge at all.

[armetage]

This is a concept for the CTF Map Viriums-Extinction For the mod/game Eclipse

http://www.digitalarmadagamestudios.com/eclipse/

[Mat Kaminski]

Thats awesome! GRATZ ON THE JOB!

Hope you are having fun!!

This new environment looks like it a part of a huge level. Keep it up!

[towy]

beautifull work Armetage

[armetage]

towy: Thank you nice to see that you have a sketchbook going on yourself too. Keep sharing looks good man.

Here is another concept for eclipse, its the Water planet Xoran and this is the flagroom of the CTF map

[Evergrey]

Amazing updates lately (as always), they're all soooo beautiful. Thank you for sharing, you're really an inspiration ^^

[artjunkie]

Great collection of work here Armetage! Lovely color theory, great range of value and a wonderful variety of subject matter, design and mood. I'll keep an eye on your stuff! Thanks for sharing... cheers!

[armetage]

Evergrey: Thank you! I´m really glad that I can Inspire someone.
artjunkie: Thanks sir ! Yeah stay tuned, more will come for sure, Love your stuff as well man. keep sharing

[armetage]

Another piece.

[Hideyoshi]

loving everything, dude! :D

[armetage]

yoyo Hideyoshi! thanks for dropping by man.
You got some good looking stuff in your gallery as usual man, keep up those characters I´m sure you will master them soon.

[Giorge]

dude , haha , you have some really nice stuff inhere , i noticed that you kinda got a grip on the color problem that was showing on the 1st page , that's good , keep them envo's coming

cheers m8

[vardoburrito]

sweet environments armetage
the details/textures are yumm.
my eyes still decieve me in terms of composition, but these look sweet.

nice website too. :teeth:

[Jakers]

Very interesting looking stuff bud! I'm interested in your process for these...are you sometimes painting over base geometry from 3D images for the environments? A little bit of photos here and there (the bg trees in post 69 maybe?) if so they are worked into the concept nicely with the style.

Was the jet just straight up painted as well or perhaps over some reference for the perspective? I only ask because I like what I see :) Thanks for visiting my sb. I never do Interior environments so perhaps I can learn a bit form yourself!

[zweiDee]

damn, awesome updates! love that underwater base. Are you doing sometimes a 3D model for right perspective or something?

[armetage]

thanks guys,

Jakers: For the jungle one i Didnt use any perspective blockout, but for the flagroom we already have the layout of it blocked in so i had some rules and guides to follow.

Here is is the original screenshot i worked from.

[jeremygordon89]

Your concepts are very inspirational; I really love your fantastic forests and some of the characters. Keep up the excellent work for real.

I agree that your environments seem to be your strong suit, but just studying anatomy and exploring more expression/action in characters would strengthen those even more.

[armetage]

thanks jeremy , yes in fact i have recently took up my anatomy books again, im going to give it another shot :> Ye i need to work those figures, got lots of work ahead

[armetage]

another one for eclipse

[Krato]

nice, your stuff is awesome. on the last one though it doesnt look like the platform that the person is standing on is correct. Perspective issues perhaps :o

[armetage]

thanks krato, ye i noticed that too, the right wall isnt in perspective, who knows, its alien stuff, it might bend the rules of perspective haha

[Nicky S]

Amazing work man, really...
Reall good environmental work, those works are kick ass.^^ in your character work, the proportions don't allways seem good, but that's just a small thing, but, daaayummm, your environmental work really amazed me this morning. :)

[llex_paul]

man, this are nice, you have a nice ascending. You work with selection tool on this?

[blexano]

Whoa, I just dived into a whole new world.
You have a strong vision. Your enviros have an unbelievable atmosphere. :D

The only crit would be that your humans sometimes don't look as believable as your enviros and weaken them. But I see that you're already working on that one. ;)

So the last ones are really really stunning!!!
Can't wait to see you at ultimate power! :D

[SMILEFACE]

MADD CRAZY MEGA GONZO WORKS so COOL !!!! makes me want to draw some enviros YER COLORS AN CHARACTER ROCK ASWELL!

[DENDROTTO]

cool art!!
i like your shamans and these little black ghost. its a little bit like the anime princess mononoke. love it :)

cheers.

[DeKal]

damn dude. KILLERR environments. do you use any 3d for them?

[armetage]

thanks guys, a simple character something, no thoughts behind it just kept drawing something. I´m doing most of my character studies with paper and pen so was fun doing something like this for a change. And damn I suck at characters hehe

[Razorb]

hmmmm i am totally confused why you havent got 5 stars ;o really really amazing work.. makes me want to do some environments right now ! : D i gotta leeearn!

[Nicky S]

Nice work,

The design reminds me a bit of the Yuuzhan Vong species, from the Starwars universe...
Hehe^^, keep it up man!

[armetage]

Razorb, hehe i dont know last time i checked I had 5 stars ;> guess we have some evil dudes in here watching me :)

[armetage]

Thanks nicky and razorb, ! ;D

[Jakers]

nice forms in the figure there! wow. why is he in half? hehe.

I think the design might be more plausible if he had a mechanical jaw perhaps, and MAYBE drop the penis, but hell........it really sells the piece sir. Try and give us more hints as to what this guy does in the world he is in through his costume...thats what I'm going to attempt with my recent sketches! Which I need opinions on....so stop by the ol SB!

[armetage]

A couple new ones

[Jorge Gecov]

Love the enviros, they are great!

Cheers,

[Bendragon]

Awesome enviros dude! I'll keep watching!

[aiRaGe]

Oh boy your environment and texture work is absolutely amazing. Thank you for the inspiration :D

[Nicky S]

Daaayuummnn, these environmental pieces are looking good!

Keep it up man!

[armetage]

thanks a lot guys.
I will try update more often so keep in touch

[jordyskateboardy]

Aye! You've gotten a hel lot better man! You still got the very original colour schemes which I always admired but on top of that you're overall skill has gotten a lot more proffesional. Really pro stuff your showing. One tip on that girl in the wheelchair. She kinda lacks some emphasize and the main focus kinda lies at the wall due to the high amount of crisp textures. So you might wanna detail the girl's face just a tad more. But yea that's just some minor thought. Overall stunning job!

[neuroballistic]

Hey there Robin! Sure miss your kick ass concepts over at Eclipse, but I'm sure you're busy with real work. Saw that you posted in the portfolio review thread and thought I'd say hi. I actually took some time off from Eclipse to start putting together a portfolio myself, then Ron asked if I wanted to be a lead...and we only have like 2 concept artists, lol, you know how it is. Anyway, I'm balancing work, the mod, and trying to put a friggin folio together!

Hopefully I'll be able to see your folio crit, mine will be brutal I'm sure.

[Hellfire]

Man, your artwork is amazing.
You do have to practice the human figure to match your skills on doing background.
Not because you aren't good doing characters (in fact you are very good) but because you are INSANE doing backgrounds! Superb work.
I must say you have a very powerful imagination, your artwork is very rich in details and original elements.
Its not just regular folks in some futuristic environment, they are unique characters on bizarrely cool locations.
Great job.
Totally 5 stars

[towy]

really nice; i love this work too http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=802307&stc=1&d=1255515172

[OBX]

Holy Crap! This is the same dude I critiqued 2 years ago! Your insane! I get hypnotized by your environments! So much envy, m... mu... mussSst control myself!

Nah seriously, so Good! I love how your environments pull you in, I get lost in them. They remind me of those cross section cut away books I looked at as a kid for hours.

Makes me want to start posting here again. Looking at your book has be a major kick in the ass! Thanks!

[midknight523]

cool work.
great use of color

[armetage]

Yoyo guys!
Yeah I do use selection tool as one of my tools, tools are tools I try to use them and not fight them.

Here are a couple new pieces
I´ts so nice to have a place like this to gather all of your work

[armetage]

More.
Thanks guys

[vertebra]

pro stuff yo, what program you using to block perspectives?

[Know1]

Very nice sketchbook, I love the dynamic action going on in the images.

[jordyskateboardy]

Awesome updates robin! Very sweet. Love the robot in the previous post and love all the environments. Great how you use texture! The lightning is also really neat!

[Natzuur-JK]

Great SB, lighting is pretty dynamic in a lot of these, as well as color, which really brings them together nicely. Gj man keep it up.

[armetage]

Thank you guys!
When I use 3D blockouts I use Maya.

[kumi]

Amazing, amazing stuff. I really needed a pick me up because lately I find art school VERY frustrating (as in, not being able to paint what I really desire) and this entire thread has made my brain into mush with all the jaw dropping work.

Your enviornments, right off the bat, are professional and the textures, atmosphere, arghhh, all of it all together is just perfect. I love them! Such a great inspiration for a aspiring enviornment artist. Do you often use photo references or 3d programs to block out your work? And painter or photoshop? I'm just curious as to how you got those beautiful textures!

Great sketchbook, though. Five stars, def.

[Hideyoshi]

damn dude, the last post is radical!

[rumpenstiltzkin]

najs stuff, inte sett nåt på länge från dej, åsså snubblade jag in här :)

[armetage]

kumi: Thanks man im glad i can inspire someone. I tend to do some research before starting out and gather some reference, it helps a lot!. Ye sometimes i also use 3D program to block out stuff too.

Hideyoshi: thanks mate! keep sharing your awesome stuff.

rumpenstiltzkin: Man tackar :)

[RickyS]

I saw your portraits in the Crimson Daggers thread and I thought they were really good, so I came here and your other art is FREAKIN' AWESOME! I love your environments, the colors and everything else! :jawdrop:

[NickyBeats]

wow, very nice environment work!! i am always too lazy to try and work on my enviros but your have inspired me to try it again. you make them look fun to paint! keep it up!!

[armetage]

thanks guys im so glad you like it!

[Imotep]

Wow I really dig your style, the way you use colors. And all the little details in your drawings.

Amazing, another inspiration I found to get back into drawing and really go for it.

[Dm7]

I too really dig your style, I like how you did the grayscale portraits, showing balanced sides of solid and loose style. Your environments are breathtaking! Textures and details are right on the spot!

I'm going to subscribe you for more inspiration!

Thank you for the inspiration and motivation to keep me going with my art study!
Dm7~:sungod:

[Bella DC]

Oooh I love your environments! I feel quite inspired! There's such a range and there seems like there's a story to them each of them :) There's a word for that isn't there for work that has a "narrative" ah damn it's slipped my mind this early in the morning! Keep it up!

[Capital G]

Wow really great stuff, I really like your environments, especially the waterfall piece, i'm looking forward to seeing some more :D

[Abrodos]

Amazing works dude! Loving the enviros. Maybe you colud define the lightsources a bit more, that would make your scenes more dramatic. Also, the strokes on the faces of your females are a bit distracting, I think they'd work better if you got rid of that crispy look (only in the face area), but that's more an opinion.
Anyway, great work in here! Keep it up:)

[armetage]

Thanks guys i will answer your comments as soon as possible i just wanted to post these before bedtime.

[JustinBeckett]

Holy crap, your work is unbelievable!!! Can you lend a tip on environment painting, I'm trying to get really good at it? Keep up the amazing work dude!

[Majora]

awesome work man, keep it up!

[Strela]

Great stuff. I love a lot of the color schemes, like the one in the image with the gas mask guys and the buildings in the background.

A lot of your environments are totally sick. You might want to try branching out into some more unusual subject matter. But you seem to really be "there" as far as the art, a lot of it is just awesome.

[ArtDisaster]

OMFG...dude....are those really sketches ?!!!...i think you posted in the wrong section..lol :D
keep em cominggggggggggg

[jordyskateboardy]

WOaaaah you made me shit my pants. I assuma you used some 3d for the scifi armors right? cause if you painted that ur even better than incredibly amazing. Just love your latest update man. Nice envis + chars.

[armetage]

your probably right hehe I tend to post everything in this thread, so not everything is sketches sorry for that guys :)

[monsi]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm purty :):)

[LAL]

Wooooooooooooooooooow^^^^^^^I like your works, they are so great! man ,I will study from you !Thank you very much to see you works.I will come back again.

[Traveler]

Awesome enviros. Character/creature work is coming along nicely as well.

[Erik Wilson]

AMAZING environments.

-erik

[sanakris]

It'll sound really lame if I said this but I love your work man! <3 It's really awesome. You've really worked hard to hone your skills. One thing that gets me is the variety in the environments. Also the depiction of color, mood, atmospheric perspective, and texture. It's truly remarkable.

[Emil_]

Stunning collection of works, post more!

[surus]

Thanks for sharing your artwork! I want to see more pencils like posting # 29! :)

[MattGamer]

Looking through this whole sketchbook I love to see how you progressed. Your figure work is getting so much better and your environment work has always been stunning. Loving those beasts you did in Zbrush then rendered out. So sweet!

[Dana_T]

Truly some imaginative environments coupled with a wonderful sense of storytelling.
Your anatomy and figure work could use improvements, just go for a whole bunch of gesture drawings or drawing from life/photos and you'll get the hang of it soon enough.

Beautiful work overall!

[Pixelwalker]

Omg yeah ^^
Awesome environment stuff.
Perhaps practice a bit more composition, it would give your pictures the last touch ;D

Keep it up!
Silwynar

[Blackops51]

Amazing paintings
Interesting Designs

[Aveh]

Crazy shit man.
I reallly like your environments.

[am●na,☼nafa&Kash☉fa]

the last ones for this update. I will keep sharing asap

this last one with the two dudes on top of the building... great

[Agarwaen]

Impressive! You made really mind-blowing stuff! Can´t stop looking at your pics O_O
I admire your amazing skills in digital art - I wish I could work with the grafic tablet as well as you :)
Anyways - Great Job! Never stop painting! :D

[armetage]

Updates

[armetage]

A couple more

[armetage]

the last ones are speed paints 1h 30 min
i also recorded the process.. can be found at:
http://www.livestream.com/ewkn

[Velocity Kendall]

whenever I drink too much and then get stoned, I end up reading the words Armitage Shanks, Armitage Shanks, Armitage Shanks, over and over again.
This work reminds me of that except it makes me want to puke from its awesomeness, as opposed to the room spinnning violently around my prone form
5*

[armetage]

haha thanks man :)

[armetage]

haha thanks man :)

[Kendall]

I love the textures in all of your work! It's mind bottling... and I love it.

[armetage]

Kendall: thanks :)
A couple of new images from last few days

Hope you like it

[Zeitwolf]

the cityscape is fantastic (you don't say!), love the forenoon mood and the crazy ornaments on everything. did you work from greyscale to colour?

[Fetsch]

gorgeous work man, realy love it! Environments are baaaadass. ;)

[armetage]

thanks guys! no i did it straight in color

Here are some new concepts for a game called warmgun

[Odayga]

I LOOOOVE your style and how you render your subjects/various objects, definitely one of my favorite sketchbooks on here! Your work is very inspirational, the love you have for yourself as an artist and your work definitely shows through your concepts, enviros and characters! keep on going man, I'm very excited to see what else you have in store :)

[armetage]

Odayga man you made my day :) thanks im happy to hear you guys like my work! More updates is coming soon

[Koto]

Really great concepts, love this page!

[Mila]

The first pages were good, but then I flipped through the pages of your sketchbook and it kept getting better and better! Absolutely beautiful environments. I will deffinately keep my eye on this place :] !

[Vulgar`]

Wow, powerful enviros. They feel smooth in all aspects.

[armetage]

koto:appreciated man
Mila:Im very glad to hear, ye pls hang around if you wanna see some more in the future
Vulgar:many thanks dude!

[armetage]

One more.

[NickyBeats]

wow amazing updates man! really nice concepts! they are very original, and also read very clearly! great stuff all around!!!

[armetage]

Nickybeats Thanks man! saw your SB today, got some nice characters going on mate.. keep sharing

[thesadpencil]

excellent works here, I love your colors and the painterly feel you give your paintings amazes me. very inspiring. thanks for sharing

[Icey]

amazing stuff!! perspective, textures, lights and shapes, love them all :)

[armetage]

anyone more than me experience problems with loading the images here on CA now?

[AlstonInk]

Yeah, all I'm seeing is empty squares.

[armetage]

some new ones, most of em around 1h 30min a piece

[Jeff Bartzis]

faak man, this work is amazing.
Really well execution on all of these.

[MaFeng]

wow,so many amazing work.
They are fantasy.Very like.

[NickyBeats]

some more awesome updates man! i love the one looking over the guys shoulder, great rim lighting! and thanks for dropping by my sketchbook! glad you liked it!!

[armetage]

thanks guys! hopefully i will update with some new images in the coming days :)

[armetage]

A new one.
http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2011/108/e/f/heavens_devils_by_ewkn-d3e9v3r.jpg

[Mila]

Oohh.. the new piece is nice, but the building in the front. There's something about it. Either it's too big compared to the surrounding mountains, or something with the contrast... I don't know! Just a very humble oppinion.. I still love your work! ;)

[MarcSampson]

love the envis the characters lack alittle bit of anatomy.. im going to definetly subscribe

[NickyBeats]

great job on that latest enviro man!! i love everything about it, the colors, the atmosphere, everything! super sick work!

[armetage]

2 new ones. Thanks for all comments guys

http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/145/1/c/cargo_district_by_ewkn-d3h6ahd.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/143/1/0/king_tong_street_yao_by_ewkn-d3h0vhz.jpg

[armetage]

and this one
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/089/b/d/king_tong_street_alley_by_ewkn-d3ct648.jpg

[NickyBeats]

love all these enviros man!! your doing really awesome work lately!! one question... do you us google sketchup as a base for some of these city enviros?-and if so, is it easy to grasp for someone with little to no 3d experience?

[Tawnos]

This leaves me speechless.

[drey101]

awesome stuff =D

[Velocity Kendall]

Maaaaad good

[rem92]

lovely collection, do you have any walkthroughs articles or tutorials? i'd love to see some from you

[Odayga]

Really like your cityscapes and the dynamic angles and movement you chose to integrate into them, really keeps my attention and feels like I'm actually a character within the setting/scene.. Its almost as if somethings going to happen in one of these.. something dramatic..

[Smoke]

These last ones are incredible, do you have a process you wouldn't mind posting?

I like the second image is #186, really nice angle and composition, eye flows around nicely.

I'm trying to get to grips with using textures in this way, making them look seamless with the image. You've done it very well as it takes a while to spot what's photographic texture and 3d model as opposed to painted texture, well done!

[Charmer]

This sketchbook is incredibly good. Keep that anyway up, very nice stuff in here. Your environments look so alive. Awesome.

[The_Flying_Dutchman]

Very cool scenic work. The only advice I have is to try and not have the planes of your drawing seperate too much. In some places, foreground characters seem disconnected from the background space, which disconnects the viewer from there scene. Less hard contrast between planes, more subtle atmospherics.
But great work, keep at it!

[n1frit]

Crazy stuff! But I like it) Post more!

[MacTire]

Wow, some beautiful environments here!!
Quick point regarding the latest ones (I assume they are coming from a sketchup base). Before you capture the shot from the model, play around with the options in the "edit" tab of the styles window. That way you can produce images of pure planes and no lines which may be easier to paint over, or even an image of just lines and no planes (and even if you want to keep the lines, it's only a quiick adjustment to get you back to the lines).


Keep up the great work, looking forward to seeing more tech and enviros!!

[armetage]

Update :>
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/159/5/1/speed_painting_just_painitng__by_ewkn-d3icyyx.jpg
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/167/8/e/crustacean_king_by_ewkn-d3j374z.jpg
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/193/9/2/amina_by_ewkn-d3nban6.jpg
http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/211/0/1/rattle_cliffs_speed_paint_by_ewkn-d425l69.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/224/1/c/junk_trader_by_ewkn-d46a973.jpg
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/224/7/c/junk_trader_backyard_by_ewkn-d46a9ap.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/237/3/a/carnival_by_ewkn-d47sdft.jpg

[spraix]

That is good, very good. Homerun.

[Aryeh]

very spiffy

[TFsean]

Such hawt work oh lawd thanks for sharing

[armetage]

Thanks for having a look guys. Here is a couple morehttp://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/259/6/f/i_fix_your_shit_by_ewkn-d4a1d5r.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/305/a/9/fisherman_shanty_by_ewkn-d4eon3e.jpg

[armetage]

Some updates guys
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/305/1/7/heavy_shit_by_ewkn-d4eonao.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/305/c/8/full_throttle_delivery_by_ewkn-d4epx2i.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/003/1/5/deadmau5_by_ewkn-d4l5afu.jpg
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/038/3/2/skogen_by_ewkn-d4oyj98.jpg

[Mila]

Wow I haven't been here in a while. Fine updates man! Loving those last pieces.

[PeopleEveryday]

Holy wow, skills ahead. Gonna take a long look at these.

How long did they take you, would you say??

[rich4rt]

delicious

[armetage]

Some new ones :)
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/063/6/3/a_couple_speed_by_ewkn-d4rnf9v.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/063/0/0/vendor_201_by_ewkn-d4rpehu.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/067/1/d/speedpaint__412_by_ewkn-d4s42hz.jpg
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/087/f/e/speedpaint_sketch_bla_by_ewkn-d4u7aaj.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/094/0/9/the_road_ahead_by_ewkn-d4v0mxa.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/108/1/8/home_by_ewkn-d4wkt4e.jpg

[armetage]

I also made a small animated version of the latest image: check it out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpuyJBWoSD4

[jondawo]

uffffff. Amazing.

[Mila]

I love those last two paintings. Especially the mood in the last one.