Nutty bits n' pieces updated yearly (29th November)

[Nutter]

I've decided to start a new sketchbook, which I will update daily rather than yearly. So here goes again.:yayca:

A recent unfinished CHOW design to start.

[forgeman]

Nice...

[BubbaGump]

I like it!

[Larriva Art]

Sweet! I like how his instrument resembles a dragon, implying his profession as a dragon dentist.

[CUBICcube]

Look'in good guy I saw that character on there and thought it was pretty cool, keep it up, moremoremore

[serio]

skin tones and metal parts looks great. The other colors looks quite muddy unfortunatelly but overall it's a good character design.

[maeshanne]

like it

[Nutter]

Thanks for the replies.

so much for updating daily, lol. :)

here's stuff, I'm going to do more studies from now on.

[Bigtayter]

nice stuff.Im really liking the character designs.Hope you put more up soon!

[Dan Valkar]

cool character design mate!!! the girl on the bike its my fav....keep postin'!!

[Obstbrand]

http://www.funnycatpix.com/_pics/thats_nice_cat.jpg

[sourgasm]

That angel is fuuuuucking awesome.

With work that good, any issue with lack of daily updates is surely waived :P

[bumskee]

Shane!i hope u are not lazy around loitering like me! :) catch up again soon mate? :)

[Just_Nonplussed]

the angel is great, but the wings don't feel part of the angel and they're not rendered enough. they sort of look like part of a tree in the background.
also, the composition is a bit too flat. this could be fixed by making her point towards the viewer, instead of to the right.

great painting anyway. like the elf.

[Just_Nonplussed]

the angel is great, but the wings don't feel part of the angel and they're not rendered enough. they sort of look like part of a tree in the background.
also, the composition is a bit too flat. this could be fixed by making her point towards the viewer, instead of to the right.

what i really like is the girl next to the angel. is this from life? i love the clean, crisp nature of it.

[kidult]

Nice stuff! love the gesture of the bat girly! nice bikes too!

[Cam Sykes]

Wicked man, thanks for sharing process on the demon/druid/bat girl. Hot girls on sportsbikes is a classic subject, gotta paint me some of those. Pleased to see a Sydney kid.

[hp]

saw your chow :D

anyways awesome stuff, keep posting process shots, they're very helpful!

[Nutter]

Thanks for resurecting my sketchbook hp :) I need to rename it to "updated yearly"

Here are some bits n' pieces I've done lately, including some recent Chows.

The Head and figure studies are all from ref.

[Spaggen]

Very very nice start of your new SB man! The demon/dryad girl, the studies and the knight in post #19 are the best. Keep 'em coming man!

If you've time please check out my sketchbook and give me some critic/tips/anything. :)

EDIT: Is that the caterpillar from Alice in wonderland? I love that piece, great expression. Now finish it! :D ;)

[scorpion007]

Whoa dude! Awesome stuff here. Thanks for taking the time to comment on my humble sketchbook :) (and the valuable feedback of course).

I can't really crit your work -- it's far better than my own :)

Keep up the awesomeness.

[Nutter]

thanks for the replies.

Some warrior guy and more head coming right up.

The head and figure drawings are from ref, the coloured idiot is me :)

this also must be some record of mine, to update a sketchbook twice within a space of a couple of days. :)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Cooool character man!

-E

[duckfukker]

cool stuff, shading is awesome. bookmarking this one!

[hp]

omg i'm sorry, i didn't realize the post before mine was like months old =P you should post more often anyways =P

you look crazy :D great stuff, nice shading.

[Nutter]

thanks for the comments :)

Cheers HP, as you can see the floodgates have opened and I'm updating again. :)

Some doodles, playing a bit with painter, mainly just random stuff.

plus some more head, only 1 head this time, wish I had time for more head. :) (ref used)

cheers all

[hatface]

don't know what else to say except sweet character designs...

you've got the kind of sketchbook that makes me want to run off and spend the next few hours drawing. very inspirational. kudos.

and the sad dragon in #26 makes me smile.

[DeKal]

damn dude. have always loved your stuff..glad your back

[areve]

awesome work here! nice character designs :)

[Cok3]

good stuff! keep it up! :)

[ImaGEEnation]

Really awesome stuff you got here, man! I'm glad I ran across it! Do you work professionally as an artist? Keep up the great work, buddy!

[Cam Sykes]

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook. The pieces I really like in here are the first winged girl and the Ti'phar chow entry. Would be cool to see you explore more of those black n white works like in your last post, looks really good.

[MrChow]

hey awesome sketchbook very solid character design and nice use of color! see you

[Nutter]

Thanks for the comments :)

Cheers, Dekal. I really didn't think anyone would remember me to be honest :)

Imageenation - not as much these days :(

Cam - I'll probably do more of those black and white images, I still can't really get my head around colour.


Here's some more stuff.

the first one is the last Chow character
Then some wips on the latest Chow, Frankenstein being my theme.
Some Mech wip and more head from ref and imagination.

cheers.

[hp]

oh man, niceeeee update. i really love the frankenstein sketches.

[Senira]

I always love seeing how people build up their finished pieces from greyscale. Your roughs have a lot of personality, and I can tell that you've got a strong handle on color and values.

The only thing I can suggest is maybe pushing some of your textures a little more to differentiate them from each other. Your metals are great, but it's hard to "feel" the material on some of the rougher things. Other than that, fantastic great work. :)

[tuchten]

Nice studies. Keep up the face/anathomy
practice. The rest is great.

[midknight523]

cool designs

[Kristo Novo]

yea nice sketchbook - fresh work ^^
see you on the next chow?

thanks for voting my entry

[Cos Koniotis]

Love the stuff in here! Very nice fluid style, great work :)

[Flaskpost]

beautiful portraits and character designs! awsum!

[Metal Fingers]

Really digging that kangaroooooooo.

[Nutter]

Thanks for the comments :)

I've included some recent complete and incomplete CHOW efforts. The KFC one I'm part way through colouring at the moment.

The head studies are from ref once again, but I've taken some liberties with the proportions just for fun.

I think I'm going to have a go at doing a duck mech next :)

cheers.

[Lateman]

awesome work. but ... KFCruelty sucks major balls ... :PPPP


cheers late

[MephistonX]

awesome characters, really like your tonal portraits as well, keep at it !

[stridiggio]

Great sketchbook, like the KFC concept..and the character studies. keep it up.

[Jamie Romoser]

Really sick sketchbook man thanks for sharing!
looking forward to your next update
have a good one
-Jamie

[midknight523]

great new stuff

[Jasper_]

Awesome work man, I love your rendering style and the diversity of your characters

[Virg]

great values nutterm love the kfc piece hehe

[Nutter]

Thanks for looking :)

Lateman - I agree :) the KFC is just there as a temporary image, until I think of something else.

Some more stuff. I decided to do a head study of myself, then decided to add the body. I'm not actually that buff :) I refrenced the head but made up the body :)

Decided to also do some hand studies from a loomis book. Hands and feet are my enemy. Usually I will run and cower when an expressive hand needs to be drawn, so I have decided to start combating this :)

Also a robot duck for no reason :)

cheers.

[Jephyr X]

Cool SB so far...keep 'em coming! BTW...I had a good laugh when I saw the bug-eyed dragon!! : )

[guensahika]

great

[Spaggen]

Your characters are totally awesome, especially the warrior dude in post #22. Really evil looking!

5 stars from me of course. Keep 'em coming man!

[14bolt]

Really great work.... very inspiring.

[peppe3d]

I like so much your works, it's all very interesting and inspiring. Keep it on this way, you're very talented!:teeth:

[hp]

that dragon is awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! i like his hands and feet :D

that robot duck is pretty cool. reminds me of the duck squad in One Piece hehe, i dunno if you've ever seen those.

[Luckers]

Really cool stuff dude! i really like the robot duck :D that blue works really well with the black n white

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Some really cool concepts you have here, but I fear you are realying a bit too much on your pouch of tricks to pull them up. Designs in particular should have some explanatory logic to them, and though for example the duck looks really cool "^^", I just don't see what those blue rings would be for. Apart from that though, keep rocking; the KFC knight alone is worth a HUZZAH!

-E

[HunterKiller_]

Characters are so hot.

[Nele Klumpe]

I just love your style and rendering. great work! Moooaaaar!

[HellHullandHalifax]

fantastic sketchbook

[kischi]

Yeah awesome sketchbook, really interesting stuff. The robo dug is the shit dude!
Great

[sourgasm]

that kangarobot ruuuules.

kind of obvious, i guess, but don't forget to consider your value range carefully when working from your head. you nail the values in your studies, but your concepts sometimes compress the range in an undesirable manner. i do the same thing, so lately i've been periodically stamping visible layers, using curves to push the range and darken/lighten it and then erase out highlights/shadows. just little tricks to keep myself mindful.

anyway. great work and tons of progress. keep it up!