thePoet - Of Myth and Musings

[thePoet]

NEW CONTENT BOTTOM OF PAGE 2! :D

Reverie inspired me to open a sketchbook and I'm much more likely to update here than post single images about the forum. I hadn't painted any environments in a long time but after watching some of the guys at Reverie I had to play with some of the techniques I saw.

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I was still getting my head around some of the approaches and new brushes on the first one so it's a bit glitchy.


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Ice caves have the most amazing light qualities. The environment itself is translucent, can give off light and forms in the most amazing shapes.


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Yeah, I was just having fun with this. A derelict city in a cavern that's being overgrown and is now home only to a handful of wanderers; just plain fun.
To see the BIG size go [here] (http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5183/caverncity2000px.jpg)


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I was wanting to do a simple portrait after my more complex Naiads (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=151835&highlight=naiads) piece. The model is fictional and borrows her name from Les Miserable.


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Some sketches from life done at Reverie.

Thanks for stopping by, Cheers

[PieMonster]

Cool work man, good call on making a sketchbook!
Loving how you did the colours in the last 2 environments, would love to see more pieces like those. Keep up the good work! :)

[IanE]

Oooooo!

These look wonderful. Colette especially... wow. Shame she's fictional, right?

Proceed.

[Heliux]

wow-this is great stuff! :D

[Benjie]

daaammm...... lovin the enviros, your colour choice is bloody nice. good job, really cant wait to see some more of ur work!

[revenebo]

Great environments! That green city kicks ass.

[Mark Tarrisse]

Awesome start man ! :)

[thePoet]

A new speedpaint I did yesterday.

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I just uploaded my Magistrates (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2212111#post2212111) piece to the finished section and thought I'd make a piece showing the progression. I usually find them interesting so maybe you will too. Cheers

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[thePoet]

Thanks for the comments guys, I appreciate you taking a minute to leave them.
IanE - hey, there's 3 billion gals out there, maybe she's really there somewhere :)

[thePoet]

A couple of new speedpaints I did in PS.

Speedpaint inspired by an image of a mountain I saw.
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Quick scavenger soldier sketch.
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Character portrait concept.
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[Dahami]

Great stuff!

[Icedearth15876]

Great work so far, clean up a few and they'll look even better. Keep up the good work.

[Bri Bri]

Love your style dude. The city in the cavern and the mountain are top banana. Also the step by step. I can learn stuff from that :) This is one sketchbook I'll be checking a lot. Keep em coming! Oh and the character with the white beard! What can I say?? I want one!!

[maldrin]

Love the last few sketches, looking forward to seeing more! Hope you haven't been waylaid by a bunch of non-art stuff like I was.

The bearded dude is awesome, I'd love to see you do a full render of that one.

mal

[thePoet]

Some recent concepts and sketches.

Remember: If you like my work please give me some stars :)

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2526/vikingraid900px.jpg
Random digital sketch with a little color splashed on.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8086/avasketch.jpg
Personal character pencil sketch with background color and highlights added with PS.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3895/witchconcept650px.jpg
Concept for a personal game character who is a Witch, of sorts.

[BlazeF]

Hey Clint! What up man?

Some slick stuff here and look! That pic you started messing with all the brushes haha, seems to have evolved quite a bit when I last saw it :) Good work man ;)

[Randis]

very nice postings here! me liked it big time

[Mark Tarrisse]

5 stars mate !
Love those enviros, plus the chars are reaaallyy good too :)
Try to update more often ;)

[Abrodos]

Great stuff, lots of personality in that viking man concept. The pink background makes him less imposing, almost vulnerable. Also, the contrast between long white beard and young, not-wrinkled face makes him more mysterious.

Nice work here man! keep it up!

[thePoet]

Environment concept for a personal game idea. I really could have stopped a lot sooner and still have established all the major elements but I wanted to play around with some painting techniques too.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4391/wastelands900px.jpg

[Kim_bot]

This stuff if great! I really like the one of the mountain with weird machinery on top of it.
I can imagine spaceships zooming in and out of there...

[Murgen]

Hey, been reading some of your comments roun' the critique center. They were very helpful, so I thought I would check out your sketchbook.

Really enjoying some of the images. This last one of the personal game idea is just beautiful, you got the lighting spot on. However, I would like to see a little more color in the sky. Just a personal pref. though.

Can't wait to see more, keep posting!

[tonysaurus]

loving the sb so far.
hmm.. imo, i don't think the left side of the latest update doesn't add anything to the piece... i think it actually removes the sense of depth that you really capture well on the right half.

[TheGnoll]

lovely work so far in here man, your naiads piece def left a long lasting impression and its great to see your sketches as well, hope to see this sketchbook grow, thanks for sharing!

*5 ciao!

[thePoet]

Continuing the journey he arrives at the bridge...

Thanks for taking the time to leave the comments guys, it's good to hear your viewpoints and ideas. And yeah, if you stare at the bridge it starts to look odd but I was having a heck of a time eyeballing it's twisted multi-point perspective.

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/8129/wastelandsiibridge900px.jpg

[adammelo]

Love the second to the last environment with the horseman, nice stuff, keep it up!

[Pigeonkill]

Nice portraits. I like how you create your rocks crisps on the edges.

[glaudarien]

Wow, i thought i would check out your sketchbook after your very helpful critique on my concepts. Looking at your work has really given me a better insight into what i need to work on and what a good concept looks like.

I was wondering if it would be possible for you to upload a piece showing the progression of one of your environement concepts? It would be very helpful, but of course only if you have time.

(i also just realised that i have ben following you on deviantart and have given you a DD, seems i cant get enough of your work!)

[jatherip]

man, soooo awesome stuff in here! now get out of you comfort zones and do more characters ;)
keep goin!

[Cam Sykes]

Awesome work in here. I especially like the greyscale female portraits, they're treated really well. The viking raid piece reminded me a little of Thomas Moran's work. IF you're not familiar with his stuff I urge you to have a look at it. http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=733&page=4
Althoug I must say the witch made me laugh a bit becuase it had the same expression on it's face as I didd when I looked at your work.:jawdrop:
Perhaps she needs more wrinkles in her nose and between eyes.

[mr-roi]

Awesome work. You have amazing portraits.

[cakeypigdog]

excellent stuff in here.

[carnalizer]

love the scifi girl sketch

[Bendragon]

Good work all round in a variety of subjects! Nice one!

[armando]

Skills. That imaginary portrait has a lot going for it.

[Nightblue]

This is badass. Love your environs. Please keep posting :D

[AestheticMachine]

I love your environments, the scale in them is awe-inspiring :D
Any critique you could give on SB would be greatly appreciated, whenever you have the time.

[tuchten]

I really enjoyed your environments. Especially your loose/abstract definition!

[Wasker]

Wow, your stuff is simple but awesome! Getting some Kekai vibes! cool stuff

[Ra Havok]

If I could I'd give you six stars, my man.

[Jho]

Thanks for your help in the critique thread! Helped a lot.
Awesome sketchbook, everything is just so dreamy and beautiful. Please post more soon.
The derelict city in a cavern is my favorite, wish I could visit there :)

[thePoet]

Thanks for all the feedback and support guys, I really appreciate you taking the time to comment!

glaudarien - I'd be glad to upload some progression pics. You'll find them below with some comments.
jatherip - It's funny you say that about more characters because I was doing nothing but characters for a long time then sidestepped to do some enviros. But you're right that it's time to start making some new ones :)
Cam Sykes - Yeah, Moran has some fantastic work. He didn't come to mind when I was painting the pic but I see what you mean. Adding more nose wrinkles on the Witch is a good idea, could help boost the intensity. Nice eye.
Jho - I'm glad you found the comments useful.

Below are two of the enviro progressions. They differ in their creation in that I had in mind what I was going for with the Wasteland Bridge pic but the Viking Raid pic I didn't. I just created some shapes and shadows and turned it into whatever I saw in it.

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2384/vikingraidstagessmaller.jpg


http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7578/wastelandsbridgeprogess.jpg

[thePoet]

So, nothing mind-blowing in this post, just some good ole' pencil sketches. I went to the botanical gardens over the weekend and did some sketches from life.
ALSO! I'm starting a local sketch group for the Fort Worth, Texas area. First meeting is this Saturday and more info can be found here (http://www.meetup.com/Greater-Fort-Worth-Sketch-Group/).

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7043/naturesketches900px.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8656/treesketch.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3136/columnsketch.jpg

Here's some viking/norse studies for a bigger piece I have in the works.

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6490/vikingsconcept.jpg

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1687/vikingheads.jpg

[glaudarien]

Thanks for the progression pics, they'll be very helpful :D
Great job with those studies too, very nice values.

[LaurenMagpie]

Your environments are breathtaking, absolutely gorgeous!

[thePoet]

A random enviro sketch, Cheers

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/9239/cavernbridge.jpg

[midknight523]

inspiring work

[Shadow Stalker]

I really enjoyed your artwork. I especially love the viking-esque works. Please keep 'em coming.

[andres333]

Awesome scenarios

[Kevin_McDowell]

Your artwork is fabulous! I want to develop skills like these to visualize all my swords and sorcery ideas some day. This is really inspirational stuff.

[Me,Myself & Me again]

I agree with Kevin your work is really inspirational too see.
:)

[Desertfire]

I'm loving this!! The witch game character made me chuckle when I saw it. I love your enironments! The pencil sketchs are great!

[thePoet]

Some recent work.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/555/headphones600px.jpg
Compressed charcoal stick based on stock photo.

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/227/sketch01500px.jpg
15min sketch from life.

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7985/sketch02jen500px.jpg
15min sketch from life.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3484/sketch03jen500px.jpg
15min sketch from life.

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5725/sketch04grant500px.jpg
15min sketch from life.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8850/sketch05grant500px.jpg
15min sketch from life.

[Koto]

Love these portrait sketches, the edges are so well made. Absolutely amazed that they are 15 mins! Keep up the the good work.

[thePoet]

Here's collection of newer pieces, most of which were created to help flesh out a presentable concept art portfolio. As you can see in the last image I'm taking some of the character thumbnails from the 100 character sheet and refining them larger, these are just the first three. Hope you enjoy

http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1018279&stc=1&d=1279043835

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/4171/ultimateswimminghole700.jpg
Ultimate swimming hole!

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1999/sanctuary800px.jpg

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5165/6enviros800px.jpg

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3213/100character650px.gif

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/4419/3chararevised800px.gif

[alive]

fucking rad stuff man, love it all, sorry i know thats not very helpful comment, if i had to pick a favorite it would probably be the ultimate swimming hole piece

[kidult]

Sick enviros and those thumbs!! nice going! !

[Nenad]

Page 2, the first enviro is great, the girl portrait is, awesome, #8 cool as well, #15, the second, would add color. Keep on!

[NickyBeats]

amazing stuff man! really love your enviroments!!

[kingkostas]

i love your work mate!!!thnx for sharing!!!