DSG 1401: Monstrous • PERSON'S FACE OPENS TO REVEAL CRAB-LIKE FACE UNDERNEATH

[William b. Hand]

[ Focus on keeping this confined to just the face, and not the entire head. ]

[ The face might open in some hinged, mechanical way, as if the human face was a robotic shell... ]

[ Or it might open in an organic way, as if the human has gone through a process of metamorphosis... ]

[ Or it could be opening in a wounded way, as if the human face has been rent through some act of violence. ]

[ Etc. ]

Monstrous • PERSON'S FACE OPENS TO REVEAL CRAB-LIKE FACE UNDERNEATH
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[Jonish]

I am already so sorry for this.
optional image link (http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/3ex/Kinda%20messy/zoid.jpg)

[EBrown]

1 hour speed paint

Got lost on what the alien should really look like.

http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~etb342/conceptart/crabface.jpg

[FunnyFace]

Work-working all weekend, but I've sworn to do the DSG, so just a superquick one again:

http://www.funnyfaced.com/Misc/DSG/dsg1401.jpg

[Sudsy]

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn191/SudsySutherland/Daily%20Sketch%20Group%20Sumissions/DSG1401_30AUG08.jpg

went traditional again

[Anthis]

Jonish; Hehe, to be honest, the Crab People from South Park were the first to come to my mind.
EBrown; Like the dark mood. On the downside, as you already pointed out, I can't see the creature itself. The 'messiness' does well for the mood, but makes your piece hard to read. Nice to see your creature sort of 'pushing' himself out.
FunnyFace; Nice setting, with the girl about to kiss him, nasty. Like the stretched face, the 'crab' is really popping out. Top of the face looks a little odd to me, with the eyes missing and it seems as if the hair reaches his nose. Nice and odd crab face.
Sudsy; Fun literal take on the subject, with an actual crab 'driving' the person. Nice to see you paid attention to the shape of the head above, with the two halves of the nose visible. The lower part of the face looks a little flat. Perhaps you could have given the face more shape by having the opening edge follow the facial features. Like the cheeks etc, now you can only see where the nose is.

1hr, can't seem to get it right.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/Anthis_/sketches/crabfacedsg.jpg

[Lingmerth]

Anthis - Nice colors

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6215/crabpeopleea1.jpg

[goran]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/smogyboy/CA%20sketchbook/crab-face.jpg

[NeecHMonkeY]

Some really nice works in here - Goran, I especially like your take on it.

Originally I was going to give this one a miss because I wasn't overly inspired but I persisted and started scratching paint on the canvas.

30min Speedie.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/NeecH/Crabface-Small.jpg

[mysterian]

http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq256/thotblot/concept/crabface_900px.jpg

Nobody said it had to be pretty......

[j.s. sabastian]

lazy......must sleep....wacom 2hrs

http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/jssabastian67/crabface.jpg

[Microbe]

Mr. Crabs?



http://i34.tinypic.com/15qrxmt.jpg

[Deevad]

http://david.revoy.free.fr/forums/sketch/2008-08-31-sketch-crab-face.jpg
: ) monstruous things here , keep children away this thread :batgirl:

[Edward B]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/Cerebellum/Face-Crab.jpg

[Tommoy]

Who ordered a crab salad?

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t19/Tommoy/DSG1401Dk.jpg

[lto]

http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs37/f/2008/244/e/1/e1ae7184d397c908fbc53881679b197f.png

My first post on CA \o/

[Lingmerth]

goran - Do you use pasted textured or is it all costume brushes? Also, how did you achieve that bumpy texture on the cheek below his right eye (our left)

Deevad and Peg - Which programs where used? PS or Painter?

Your all very inspiring

[goran]

NeecHMonkeY-Thank you very much ,nice fast brush action you got there .
Lingmerth- I am using custom brushes and sometimes is cut and paste ,for that texture I used some alpha brushes I found in Zbrush forum just import them in Open Canvas library
(they are PSD format ) and use them in Black and white mode ,they are scans from real face skin. And then litle bit glow brush action and voila.
Great round guys

[Figs]

http://i36.tinypic.com/2cd9v7o.jpg
Kinda cute?! Cartoony!

[benu]

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5214/dsg1201jx7.jpg

[revelations]

Here is my take on it =D

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh134/sarjisamin/1401copy-1.jpg

[XXITheWorld]

Ever eaten lobster with eggs still inside? Well, you shouldn't

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6845/crabpj7.png

Particularly proud of that one, I'm starting to get the hang of computer coloring.

Figured coming out of the mouth would be cooler than just opening the face.

Crits more than welcome!


Ebrown Kinda cool and moody but I don't really see the crab

Funnyface Loonking good, his face is kinda jar-jar-bink-esque

Sudsy Funny concept, but there's something wrong with the nose, it kinda lacks volume

Anthis By far my favorite

Lingmerth I love the way you only see a part of the crab's face (BTW, thanks again for the tutorial, it really helped)

Goran Wow, the things tearing his face open are creepy

NeechMonkey Good... and gory. I like the shape of the crab. You might wanna do something about his hand, it looks kinda flat.

Mysterian Terrific, I really love the coloring

J.S. Sebastian Hmn... gross, somewhat in a good way, but gross :P

Microbe His tiny eyes convey a weird feeling (In a good way, of course). I like the way he is staring at me.

Deevad Cool, makes me think of Admiral Ackbar

Peg Nice, but I would have liked to see more of the crabs limbs (It's just my opinion though)

Tommoy Nice rendering on the flesh... gross. Overall the thing is kinda dark though

Ito Welcome to CA! Hope to see you around on other DSGs :D. Nice drawing, good detail and lightning.

Figs Haha it's good to see a bit of cartoony in the museum of horrors this thread is becoming :P

[llothcat]

holey crap...when did this get posted?!?


I so gotta do this.

[FinalKnight]

FunnyFace: Nice colours. I think the texture on the skin is a bit much though. Don't forget to add some folds to that skin when it gets peeled back!

Anthis: Good job on the melting skin, it's very convincing. I think the colours & values could be pushed some more; punch up that red!

goran: Very nice drawing, you can import brushes into oC?! Is this the newest version of oC? Anyway, I'm not really seeing a lot of crab, looks like robot.

mysterian: Awesome! Maybe opposite problem as goran. I see a great crab, but not really seeing face/head.

Deevad: Cool, looks like predator! Nice take on the idea. Coming out of an astronaut helmet instead of a human head. I think the planet in the background is a bit distracting. The background is a bit ambiguous, I can't tell if it's out in space or on a planet. If it's in space, it's too bright!

Tommoy: Nice rendering. Very dark though? Can't see much of that awesome crab you did!


I guess my illustration is the bottom one. But I wanted to draw an entire crab, so I did, and included that too.

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/9302/crabheadaa3.jpg

[MoHog]

http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q429/LouAy/ufawhcniwr.jpg

Classic "Alien" stylie, poor little colonist

XXITheWorld: Something bout yours makes me chuckle, great stuff

Benu: just awesome

[goran]

FinalKnight- he he I was going for craby robot , you are right .Regarding Open Canvas is version 4.6 and I was talking about importing textures in the tone palette and then choosing the tone option in the brush setting palette.
You just did the oposite ,the crab is pulling human face ,cool.

[Vatsel]

great pieces everybody

http://i35.tinypic.com/m8db2t.jpg
tried my best

tips and comments will be appreciated

[llothcat]

this is probably a bit overdone, but what can i say... i was on a roll.

[XXITheWorld]

FinalKnight Cool crab but the entry itself is a bit confusing, I can't really get what is happening.

Mohog Love the guy's surprised expression

Brewin Welcome to DSG! Hope you will participate a lot. Your drawing is a bit simple, you could try adding details to the crab's face. In cases like this it's always good to do a bit of research and find crab/lobster/shrimps (Or whatever the theme is) images on the web (Wikipedia and Google image are usually good to find those) and use them as reference, it helps figure how they are made. That's what I do.

Llothcat Great rendering, very convincing. Not very crab-ish though.

[llothcat]

Llothcat Great rendering, very convincing. Not very crab-ish though.

I was trying to get the mouthparts right...they're really freaky things. To make things worse...this was my ref:


Grabbed literally at the last minute before I went to work in no-internets-land.

[Hamorhage]

Jonish: sorry man, but i really thought that was funny
ebrown: loverly textures
funnyface: eeewwww making out with lobsterman
Sudsy: cool, kinda the same idea I had
Anthis: I like the melted face, gruesome...muhahaha
lingmerth: classy, nice skill showcase on the face mask.
goran: you mustv been abducted by aliens and they mustv given you some special gifts, seriously. cool!
Neechmonkey: Blood and gore, yahooo
mysterium: more blood and gore, double yahoo!
sabastian: nice drawing, not a big fan of the blurry color.
microbe: it so ccreepy because its so clinical and non emotional...ewww
deevad: Whooaaaaaa, Lovely work! another pro at work.
Peg: i always love your technique, picture not as cool as others, but that brushwork is awesome.
tommoy: I think this is my favourite, the skin inside looks so real, awesome light and dark.
ito: some lovely bits, especially the eye splattering.
figs: have u been watching spongebob :D
benu : nice textures, especially the crab rocks
revelations: i like the color, looks kinda more psychotic like that.
the world: nice sketch, the coloring works in flat mode like that. try to shade in cell shade technique so you can focus on your pencil drawings.
finalknight: cant really see whats happening in your final, but I like the first picture, a ncie study.
mohoq: good enough idea, a bit of skullcracking never hurt anybody, would like to see some color .
brewin: I'd say looking up some pictures and drawing from refernce might be a good starting point,
the better you are at drawing what exists the more flexible you get drawing stuff from your imagination.
llothcat: man, you are unbelievable. that is just mental. i can almost go and touch this, not that I would...the crabeye is kinda putting me off :D

SO here's my own take then. I started drawing the face opening up like in Total Recall. Then I decided to draw a small little crab. Like he'd be in some giant robot (which is us humans) controlling us fo4rm his cockpit.


http://www.nightgig.com/oneminute/MYTH/conceptart/41.gif

[NeecHMonkeY]

Thanks to everyone who commented on my original piece.

I wasn't happy with it at all so I took another crack at it, this time taking about 90mins.

This one is much more like what I originally wanted. :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/NeecH/Crabface2-Small.jpg

[Vatsel]

thanks for all the comments,
tried another one (with reference this time)

http://i36.tinypic.com/2pqt7kg.jpg

everything on this board is far beyond my level
so ill keep my comments to myself for some time

[XXITheWorld]

Already much better,
Don't be discouraged if you can't reproduce exactly what others do (some people here draw for a living), just remember that practice makes perfect and the DSG is really a great place to practice and improve

You might want to check this (http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm) tutorial, it helped me a lot for computer drawing.
Other than that there are always books that often are a much more complete source of information than the internet (if you know where to look, that is)

[Hamorhage]

I tried to finish the sketch, I think I lost some of the spice it had in the sketch though. I always wantt o add more then 1 lightsource but it ends up confusing me :D
http://www.nightgig.com/oneminute/MYTH/conceptart/42.gif

[Hamorhage]

Already much better,
Don't be discouraged if you can't reproduce exactly what others do (some people here draw for a living), just remember that practice makes perfect and the DSG is really a great place to practice and improve

You might want to check this (http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm) tutorial, it helped me a lot for computer drawing.
Other than that there are always books that often are a much more complete source of information than the internet (if you know where to look, that is)

that is a brilliant tutorial. thanks for pointing that out. And yes, don't get discouraged. If you stick to drawing you will see improvement very fast. I've never seen better artists then at conceptart.org, somedays I get depressed looking at the work here and other days it gets me out fo my bed. I think I learned more doing DSGs about digital painting then my 3 weeks painting at college.

[XXITheWorld]

Same here, you get to think you are really pro when no one around you draws seriously, then you step in CA where everyone does.

It can be hard on the ego but like Hamorhage said, there's nowhere you'll learn more than here

[William b. Hand]

Hamorhage - You seem to have forgotten to include the upper lip/teeth on this version...

[Dark_comartist]

This is a short 1 1/2 hour sketch

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/dark_comartist/crabman.jpg

[XXITheWorld]

Cool but would look better if the crab's eye wasn't offset

[ALaForest]

I know it's late in the day, but I had to work! LOL

http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq110/ALaForest2417/CrabFace.jpg

[MoHog]

http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q429/LouAy/ufawhcniwrcolour.jpg

not a real photopaint, but i wanted to add colour after hamorhage's crit. Great tutorial XXITheWorld. can anyone suggest a good brush/ settings/ step by step tutorial so I can begin really doing some good photopaintings.

[Vatsel]

Already much better,
Don't be discouraged if you can't reproduce exactly what others do (some people here draw for a living), just remember that practice makes perfect and the DSG is really a great place to practice and improve

You might want to check this (http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm) tutorial, it helped me a lot for computer drawing.
Other than that there are always books that often are a much more complete source of information than the internet (if you know where to look, that is)

i read the tutorial before, its great
i know what you and hamorhage are saying about being best in your locality and then coming here
hope ill get better!

thanks for all the help

btw, isnt there supposed to be another topic for today?

[goran]

Hamorhage -This is looking great ,just go very sparingly with highlights,just few.Regarding my abduction ,I was just abducted by comics and B movies at very early age ,never recovered from it.

[Hamorhage]

man goran, thats an awesome new avatar. If you're into b movies I recommend The Machine Girl, hilarious and gruesomely entertaining. Oh yeah thanks for the advice on highlights. I think I always overdo it on my work. It's just so tempting.
PS: B Hand..I didnt really forget about the teeth and lips, just though I'd leave em out, but looking back at the sketch, it was morte fun with them, so I might include em again If I decide to work on it again.

[goran]

Thank you man ,I wil check the movie .And you are welcome .

[AliceKeat]

Is it still free to join?

[mysterian]

Yes, Alice ..... just eat a bit of the cake and step on through the looking glass!

[Hamsta]

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/25/1401crabmouthuk9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[lkjhgfdsa]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a134/jonoy/dsgcrabhead.jpg

[KIYONE]

HEY PEOPLE! =D

I just joined the forum, so first post yay? Never done a daily sketch group thing, but I figure what the heck, right? Hope I can keep up!

So here's mine for today! About 30 mins total.

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/2968/crabub5.jpg


Lol, fail at monstrous, though? XD

[JackAnimated]

My favs;

FunnyFace Like Naked Lunch esk. Good.
Lingmerth Brilliant idea with the mask, find the blond hair a bit jarring tho.
goran Another disgusting masterwork from you
Tommoy Very realistic (apart from the subject matter of course)
Revelations Love your simple painted style


And here is my entry
1hr in PS

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/JackMartinEF/DSG1401.jpg

[ALaForest]

lkjfdsa: Very.. very... painful looking. I mean YOWCH. Very well rendered, I love the color, and the facial expression on the woman is excellent.

Kiyone: It's well drawn, but I have one real criticism. It's a little hard to tell exactly whats going on there. It looks like a cross between just being how her face is, and a crab thing tearing out of her. Try pushing in one direction or the other. :)

JackAnimated: I love the background, and the emotion it conveys. I'd imagine that a crab-thinger bursting out of my face would make the room spin for me as well! :)

Great work everyone! And I can't wait for the next topic!

[JackAnimated]

Thanks for the crit ALaForest.
:)

Jack