My sketchbook

[Gadbury]

Hey, the stuff except the top image on these first couple of pages is pretty old, skip to later for more recent stuff, cheers :)

Also if you have any crits or tips at all, please do leave them!

I'll try and update every day (Edit: erm... yeah)

[Danny_K]

totally sweet, I downloaded alchemy myself gotta learn to use it its cool! keep posting buddy.

[Mebiusu]

Very cool.

[IanE]

Those alchemy sketches came out wonderfully!!

Give us more to look at! :)

[Gadbury]

Splash of colour on this one, and couple of things from this evening

Find it hard to blend in Photoshop if the drawing has more stuff to render, maybe I'll try and do the last stage in Painter :\

[courtyard]

Beautiful character designs here. I particularly love the palette that you're working with for the skull-head character. Looking forward to future updates.

[Gadbury]

thanks for the kind comments!

[Gadbury]

Decided to get the pencil out today - I had a shock, felt like I completely forgot how to use a pencil.. too much digi stuff and not enough traditional practice... going to try and get more confident with my pencils.

Ok, some crappy Bridgeman sketches, some figures from reference and the last thing is just some crap I started then my pencil ran out of lead :P

[Gadbury]

Having a go in Painter

[Gadbury]

more painter :)

[Camara]

Hey!Some really cool lines and concepts!!Keep posting,I want to see more of this!

[Gadbury]

Pooop

[Gadbury]

Update on the fat man

[polydrawer]

nice work so far :)

looks like you got a good grasp of lighting an color, keep doing those anatomy studies they are paying off

keep it up!

[nurraymjo]

You definitely show some skills here man and have some incredible character designs. Keep up the greatness. Awesome work.

[Newman101]

man, youve got some really great stuff going on in here. I really like that your doing a bit of studies and the conceptual stuff. All of it feels really solid. Only thing I can complain about is most of the characters feel lonely without some sort of extra little something to the page than just them. But that may just be me. *laughs*

either way, great stuffs :D

[Anup1]

Every single piece of work has its own beuati n uniqueness, I liked you study very much. Lovely play of line... Really awesome work.... Hope to see the masterpiece soon... Keep it up

[maeshanne]

nice sketchbook so far
I like that fat man and your alchemy stuff, I have also tries alchemy but not with the desired result :p
thanks for the comment and keep painting, your doing very good

[Keeviin]

hehe that's one fat dude! Cool studies btw., I suddenly feel like drawing some hands.

[Verehin]

Cool works :sungod:

[Mr. Smile]

I can totally dig your colors man! You´re greatly talented.
Show us more sir :teeth:

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Nice Hogarth studies, but I would love to see them rendered out more:)

-E

[carnal]

aye bro nice start... say going from pencil to digital, I am trying to establish a work flow... do you create a pallet? bush in multiply to preserve pencil details? then go back over with paint on a color layer?

[My57]

hey man can you tell me what tools you use for painting in Painter? i have Painter X but i hardly know how to get a good painting like this one:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=644732&stc=1&d=1239556090

[Gadbury]

Well... I haven't updated every day like I promised :(

But here are a few sketches and things, time to get busy methinks.

polydrawer - Thanks, and yeah I have to keep up with the studies, was a shock to me how foreign it felt to hold a pencil and draw from psyical pages!

nurraymjo - Thanks for the kind compliments, its always great to hear :)

Newman101 - Thanks for the crit, I completely agree, some sort of background would stop it all feeling like they're floating in some sort of void!

Anup1 - Thanks, I need to get off the pc more often and get down to doing pencils again, its a good feeling to spend a couple hours with it and feel the confidence slowly coming back

maeshanne - Cheers mate, Alchemy is cool, have a look at Rushwolf's sketchbook, his Alchemy work is awesome.

Keeviin - Thanks, drawing hands scares me

Verehin - Thanks :)

Mr. Smile - Thanks for the kind words, I'll try to update more often

Mischeviouslittleelf - Thanks, yeah I need to spend more time rending out all of my work really

carnal - Yeah thats basically what I usually do, I try different ways of working like painting onto a silhouette or just over a pencil drawing on multiply usually with a basic dark colour, then flatten and paint over the top. My workflow is a bit messy, some of these took a lot longer than they look lol :D

My57 - I use Rob's Brushes, the basic brush with some extra grain added. If you google Rob's Brushes it comes up with this site where you can get them

www.ethereality.info/ethereality_website/goodies/goodies.htm (www.ethereality.info/ethereality_website/goodies/goodies.htm)

[My57]

thanks! can't wait to try these, hopefully i can start painting as good as you ^_^

[Gadbury]

Couple new things, last one using m@'s brushes

[CaNiBaLe]

really nice !!!!!!!!

[Mr.Juicy]

Very potential SB i think. Various of stuff in here, no crits and comments for now (more works would make some opinion), but I'll be watching this book for sure.

[Lewis]

oh man that last one is pretty awesome :D

[NewmanD]

Amzing stuff!!! Amazing Stuff!!!

[Gadbury]

Study from my window and another environment

[SaintLConcept]

okay thats it have enough !! i'm subscribing this thread lol, ur my second subscribed sketchbook, overwhelming and ur painting,,,teach me teach me teach me pleeeaaaasseeeeee....its just i dont have tablet ..yet.. ==a

[MacTire]

Incredible stuff man!! Loving the concepts in post #5,, especially that portrait. I'll definitely be watching this thread in future!!

Thanks for sharing!!

[Gadbury]

Well damn, I havn't updated this in ages again. I was going to start a fresh sketchbook but I keep starting them and abandoning it so I'm sticking with this one. been far too lazy the last couple months, its crazy. I feel kind of inspired sometimes then other times I just feel so down in the dumps with it, I leave it for ages, then when I want to draw something - ANYTHING, I almost panic and feel like I have lost it or something, and I get incredibly disheartened with my work. I really want to improve but I gotta sort this out! Not feeling really inspired at the moment but here's a self portrait I did today, and some other stuff from the other day.

Sorry for the whining, Im gonna get on the case with it now :painting:

Thanks for the kind words aswell guys, I really appreciate it.

[dU5K]

cool stuff. i would really like to see some finished stuff. i like what i see so far though. keep up the work

[My57]

ZOMG a update!!! and i like the last one. Looks good.

[Gadbury]

dU5K - Thanks mate, I'll try finishing some stuff off

My57 - Lol yep finally an update getting my ass back in gear


This started with just testing some brushes tonight, and I got carried away

[Gadbury]

Trying out using some photo textures

[no87]

nice work! that latest few environments are very nice. keep it up

[P]

woa very cool environs, i like post 35, very nice orcs. One crit: your SPs chin is a bit off.

[dU5K]

wow man. thats the kinda shit i'm talking about. fuckin awesome man. the use of complimentary colors on post #38 is subtle but really takes it up a notch. sick. keep this up. ill be back for sure with updates like this

[Gadbury]

Thanks for the kind words! Here's some studies, an effort at this weeks C.O.W, and couple things

[W1r3d]

Wow, awsomely inspirational. i really like those last anatomy studies. and your charachters feel really fleshed out.

[Zazerzs]

Nice stuff, I dig your sketchbook.

your sig thumb brings the giant from Timebandits to mind, the guy with the ship hat, I guess cause it a big bruser lookin kind of guy, but not all ripped..

[Seraph Fawkes]

Good works there - really liked the forest and librarish room. And really decent charachters. Wish luck and woud've like to see more of it.

[steven6]

Very nice hand and anatomy studies. I need to work on hands/anat myself. Also I really like your silohuets and charactor concepts. . .good job man. It is all starting to come together for you.
Best

[Lapada]

Lol cooler? HArdly -- you can lay down some landscapes! ... I aviod them XD -- really nice "speed colouring?" it loks like it -- vary professional

[Gadbury]

Some speed paintings trying out some oil brushes and blender technique and couple of others.

[Gadbury]

Bit of an update on this one, this is for the Random Dungeon Challenge :)

[dU5K]

very nice updates. i really like the skeleton warrior in the last post.

[Gadbury]

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

Just a load of studies from today - Quick action poses, some female poses and some Loomis, and a portrait sketch from reference, and a environ quickie.

[Gadbury]

Couple of things from today

[Gadbury]

Zorn Study in painter

[Gadbury]

Todays things - Some faces practice, and a couple of characters. Found a nice brush I'm getting used to, something a little different

[no87]

nice new stuff man. some really interesting faces and characters in your latest post. the last is very nice :)

[badass]

i love the looseness of your paintings so much! this is a very inspirational SB. are you working with photos when you are painting something like the ninja girl (above the fat guy with the backpack)?

[Danny_K]

good studies, nice progress post more often!

[Gadbury]

no87 - Cheers mate, and thanks for checking back again

Snow Lion - Sometimes I look up a pose or something if I'm stuck, but mostly just start without it. Cheers!

Danny K - Thanks, yeah I need to update more often :(

[seetsy]

u've improved heaps since i last saw ur work.
really cool to see man. keep up the studies

[Gadbury]

Thanks Seetsy

Worked more on the last character -

[Toobs]

This one is really good, like the legs and general posture!

[IVIATT]

I love your Bridgmans studies! I've got a few posted in my sketchbook as well, they are the perfect thing for learning and conceptualizing anatomy.

Imo your environments are your strong point. The light you create in scenes with blue skies seem to be the best. Good job on the recent COW by the way, I like that the environment is just as well developed as the creature itself.

[Cameli]

ey man sick drawings and sketches '!really love ur sb, great stuff!upload some more!

[piker]

jeeeez, luv your works man!!!

[Gadbury]

Thanks for the replies guys, been a seriously long time since any update from me again, but here's a couple of things from recently, a couple of C.O.W's and a wip for the latest EOW. Also a study of out my window.

[Kambei Shimada]

Some sweet stuff here dude, love the 'tremors' inspired sketch.

[dU5K]

oh man. 1st post in 66= wet boxers. haha. fuckin awesome man. love it

[jcpahl]

Some of these are really impressive. I like the Justin Sweet vibe.

[Gadbury]

Thanks for the comments :) I checked out Justin Sweet, amazing style. I recognised a few like the Fallout one, don't know why I never really heard of him.

Here's a couple of things I did while messing with brushes, and some anatomy stuff from some pics I came across. The pics didn't have skin on the muscles, but it was fun to try to add it. Might do some more of these, my anatomy is pretty bad :\

[Ivan Turcin]

beautiful work man. maybe a finished piece or two would be nice to see. but overall, very good. keep it up!

[Lav]

amazing sketchbook so far, really deserves 5 stars. You have very cool ideas and great paintings. Can't wait to see more :)

[Ostroponis]

love the enviroments, there sick , keep 'm coming


:yayca:

[ArtByManon]

Gorgeous work

[A_Knight's_Art]

Impressive and inspiring sketchbook!

[Vulgar`]

Bookmarked! Loved your latest DSG entry.

[pgf95]

just dope.

[Gadbury]

Thanks again guys

Some stuff from recent, couple of DSG's, some older chows etc.

[Hipalien]

Wow great stuff Mr. Gadbury! I just checked out all your pages. Looks like you are doing some strong figure studies and I really like your environments. I see a strong vision developing also with some of your compositions you have presented here. Also nice drama with your usage of light/dark/color. Just keep at it is all I have to say at this moment. Rock on!

[Aryeh]

you've got alot of energy in your work. i can see that you're going to be something great.

[AkerOner]

Exactly what lolbbq said, wonderful work man.

I especially love the last 2, as well as the piece with the seagulls(?) inside the mouth of some sort of gigantic seamonster!

Your muscle studies are looking brilliant too :)

Keep it up!

[Hipalien]

Thanks for checking out my stuff. Yes I have scanned many of my pages at a smaller size for different reasons. I should start to scan pages larger as a few others made that comment. Funny you mention that panel on I think on post #73 as I am thinking about doing a finished version of that in Illustrator. Lately I have been doing these sort of retro pulpy scifi poster/pb cover type images in Illustrator. When I post them I will send you a link. Also I do have a Wacom tablet I use for many images. I look forward to seeing more of your visions.

[Vulgar`]

Nice updates!

[surus]

Great artwork! Thanks for sharing steps! Keep on posting!

[whisper_wm]

Nice work! Just looked through the pages, and I really like the Alchemy sketches you did on page one. The female head is very good, and I like the use of colors as well! Keep it up! :)

[Gadbury]

Some sketches and DSGs here. My EOW 'Orrery chamber' too. I have some pencil pages that I'll scan in some time. Thanks guys for the comments :hugsmile:

[Dope Fiend]

i love the heaven-esque piece!! and the chow 214.. you've got some great ideas here sir!

[MartinC]

Great environments should start also some.

[rampopo]

I like your SB. your practices, evolution, environments. great job.

[Lav]

i love that update :D Very interesting colours and mood :)

[Gobi]

really awesome style! i like the whole sketchbook... so nice :D

[Gadbury]

Couple of things from recent. A 'ritualist' character I did for someone, a face sketch, a couple of drawings from life, and another sketch

[Gadbury]

inspired from some Diablo 3 artwork

[JordyLakiere]

Very organic look to your paintings - I'm a fan! Any tips on the organic oily look? Do you use smudge?

Definitely very inspiring !

[Mila]

What a great sketchbook. The studies look good, very strong and confident lines... and your characters and environments are inspiring and all of them are ... well, fricking awesome ;)

Subscribing to this thread! keep it up!

[Gadbury]

Thanks guys for the comments - Yeah I use the smudge tool with a type of rake brush on it.

Orc WIP to go with my ritualist

[Ludic]

Really interesting concepts, like the latest orc.

[Flame_Unquenchable]

I've seen a couple of your submissions before, and I'm a fan, love the way you get that wispy look to your drawings, everything looks like its kind of made from clay, not sure how to describe it, but I dig it.

Gonna have to subscribe to this one. :)

[Vulgar`]

Progressively nice updates, Mr. Gadbury.

[xinranliu]

nice updates lately
keep it up with the studies and stuff :)

[thebluepuppy]

very nice work

[ChaosTheory]

u're talented, man!) you works are great. Orc looks cool. Keep posting!

[Tawnos]

Your pieces have a grandtastic mood, man! Amazing!

[jrbarker]

Very nice stuff!

[Dope Fiend]

Nice ritualist character, great mood to them, keep em comin!

[Caspia]

Wonderful work, I get really worried about my sketches not being tidy enough but seeing how well you're doing with your art makes me a little less concerned about that.

Do you start with bigger brushes then work onto smaller ones?

[Lightpunk]

Nice work! I am loving the work on the current Chow!

[Mussy]

some lovely characters here, especially the blue skinned with the skull cap guy, amazing stuff!

[fragmentedchimp]

nice stuff!
subscribed!

[tokotewhero]

awesome Studies man, chow is coming along great too! lov the setting/lighting setup. very nice, very nice indeed.

[Gadbury]

Thought I'd update my sketchbook - Just a load of CHoWs, a paintover of a courtyard for a friend, a couple of unfinished gun concepts for him as well ( going to be doing plenty of these in the next couple of weeks) and finally my newest ChoW.

[takashmen]

massive update !
like the most second one from top

keep going :)

[LastGen]

You're characters are great, I like your ideas!

Is the last weapon concept supposed to be a shotgun?

[Gadbury]

Yeah, its supposed to be a shotgun. This kind of hard surface design is my weakest point so its good to be doing more of this stuff finally.

Here's a better one

[Quinn Simoes]

Love your Chows , I always feel like I have to step it up a notch after you post a wip!

Keep working hard and good things will happen, although I don't think you will any problems getting work as an artist.

And the answer to your question about if I use masks is no. I use the eraser as a brush and basically carve out a silhouette as I paint. Hope that helps.

See you in Chow!

[Gadbury]

Quinn Simoes - Thanks, nice to hear coming from you. See you in chow!


I'm starting to learn sketch up so I tried making the handgun, couldn't figure out how to make the hammer though... also a crap cut and paste environment I started for the environment of the week

[Vulgar`]

This sketchbook is really becoming something else... vicious characters and really enjoyed this last enviro WIP. What do you mean by "cut and paste"?

Keep it up!

[Gadbury]

Vulgar - Well it was more a mad mix of photo overlays than a thought out drawing

Here's the shotgun concept in sketchup - I plan to do paintovers kind of like the Deus Ex 3 weapon concepts. An orc for someone, and another orc for the chow

[MatejaPetkovic]

love your latest works, 5*

M

[Mike L]

Just had a chance to enjoy your SB...great work!
The characters on the latest page, in particular. Really enjoy the way you handle the paint...
keep it up!

[dan liimatta]

You latest pieces are wonderful and been fun having you around in the ChoW ~ and the latest ChoW especially is just delicious.

[Shadow Stalker]

Subscribed.

Your stuff is incredible. That nighttime scene of the city is beautiful. I love your Orcs and your sketchy painting style. Feels very "right".

[Gadbury]

Thank you, guys

Here is my character sheet for the latest ChoW

[dan liimatta]

The ChoW is wonderful - The best of the bunch I think & those cowboy boots!

the backpose is nicer - I understand the lack of time etc, but I think he looks like he is about to take a shit in the front image due to the legs ;)

EDIT: & I gave you my vote :heart:

[DariusDs]

awesome works

[Lucdehaan]

feels like yout anatomy needs some more work compared to your rendering.
none the less great work

[Gadbury]

Dan Liimatta - Haha! yeah you're right.. I was feeling lazy and tried to be clever by just mirroring my image. Cheers!

DariusDs - Cheers!

Lucdehaan - Yeah my anatomy is really dodgy, I usually try and hide it with bits of armour or something :[

Started to revisit this one again, I'm trying out using the lasso tool in areas to speed up the process

[dan liimatta]

I like it - especially the trunk, thighs and front arm part ~ very clean and readable yet conveys a lot of texture and feeling.

& yeah I kind of do cheap shots as well sometimes, just looks a bit strange when the legs and pose in the backshot was so relaxed and pretty awesome :P

[Gadbury]

Here's something I started a bit late for the illustration of the week banner - the writing is to go where the bookshelf is top left quadrant of the image. Its not too clear at the moment but hopefully it'll come together

[Shadow Stalker]

Wow! Love it.

I think you should make the room bigger so you can see the floor space between the desk and the shelves. :)

[Mitze]

Good stuff love the Orc pic.

[Gadbury]

Thanks, yeah are some issues with the desk and floor that aren't too clear. Hopefully it looks a bit better now

[glaudarien]

Really nice stuff you have here. I love the POV you've chosen for the banner, really brings the viewer straight into the scene.

[Gadbury]

Something I started tonight, kinda inspired by Mirror's Edge

[Gadbury]

Just an update

[Shadow Stalker]

I like the way this one is turning out, though I might suggest trying to add some different colors. All the blue seems to decrease visual interest.

[Gadbury]

Shadow Stalker - Thanks, I tried adding some slight colour variation, nothing major though

Last update on this one I think, and something for this weeks Chow. The guy on the horse is killing me, just can't seem to get him to feel right...

[Vumi]

Oh man, loving your work :)! Post moar! :P

[MatejaPetkovic]

love this chow work, maybe you need to put more dynamic into body. Take a look at these images, very fast search

M

[Gadbury]

MatejaPetkovic - Great images, thanks man. Yeah, I think I might need to redo the body, looks too upright

[Shadow Stalker]

I was going to say the same thing. His back is too straight, or he's a very, very good rider. :)

Also, for some reason the composition seems... too static. I know it's not fully rendered, but it seems like the main character is taken over by the guy getting shot in the foreground?

Also, you may have created special bullets for this challenge, but as a gun owner and enthusiast, I should tell you that bullets usually blow out the back. So, you would really only have one big exit wound. But, like I said, you could be using special ammo, which is cool.

[prsnsweeney]

awsome work love all the chows

[Gadbury]

Trying a more leaning pose for the horse rider, still deciding whether to go down that road before I work any more on him

[MeteorCat]

I love the movement and colours in the piece. Great job.

[Juki]

Amazing stuff! I like the way you convey that sinister mood (and mood all together) in your pictures.

I hope you don't mind that I took the liberty to make your Eye-gouger as a desktop image. I get the chills every time I look at it.. jeez!

Also post #9. The female gladiator armor design hits the sweet spot for me, insipiring. And that vampire killer pic, very clever..

[jay.walk]

keep up the good work man..

[Gadbury]

MeteorCat - Thanks!

Juki - Thanks a lot, nice compliments :)

jay.walk - Thanks mate


My final image for the Chow, along with the quick front and back - Wish I'd left more time to work on the design, really. Also a sketch I did for the Illustration of the week.

[Parsakoira]

looking really cool :) the piece with the sniper in the skyscraper, watch the tangent between the rifle barrel and the building, otherwise looking great!

[Shadow Stalker]

I love the character sheet and the weapons! Top notch work on the illustration and I'm curious what you end up with in that last image.

[Gadbury]

Parsakoira - Thanks, Yeah I'll have to fix that

Shadow Stalker - Cheers! I like the weapons, should have left more time for the guy himself though


Something I'm doing for the new Chow - Japanese Mecha Pilot

[Shadow Stalker]

Man I love your painting style. This could be submitted just like that. Love the sense of depth and weight. It feels very Metal Gear Solid. Love it.

[Gadbury]

Thanks :) yeah its sort of metal gear inspired

Here's the finished one with character sheet

[Shadow Stalker]

Yes! There it is! Love it, man. You've got my vote so far. She is so cool.

[CarlSpringer]

the use of the lighting on the illustrated piece creates an awesome focal point

[Rob Powell]

Great work here! I really love the looseness/sketchiness of your work, gives it more of a classical painting look than a digital piece which is awesome. All your Chow pieces are just epic. Keep up the good work dude!

[Locus]

Hey, I thought you did great in that last CHoW! Definitely the most stylish mecha pilot outfit of the bunch.

[Gadbury]

Shadow Stalker - Thanks again, glad you liked the final!

CarlSpringer - Thanks, I wanted to make it look more like it was daylight coming in at the bottom through the door or something

Rob Powell - Cheers mate

Locus - Thanks, yeah I put a bit more effort into the character sheet this time, the last one was pretty bad


Here's a WIP for the latest Illustration of the Week - http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=227910

[Feil Magnus]

Very nice color scheme , armor texture are badass.

[Gadbury]

Feil Magnus -Thanks!

here's an update

[Shadow Stalker]

Ohhh! Fancy! I like the mix of warm and cool colors.

The knight in the front kind of looks like a pansy, laying down like that. He would be much cooler on his knees or on one knee. Just sayin'. :) I like this one a lot, though.

[NickyBeats]

awesome updates dude!! really moving up !

[Gadbury]

ShadowStalker - Yeah, I agree actually. I'll probably change that to an on the knees pose

NickyBeats - Thanks mate!


Something for the new CHoW - The count of monte cristo

[Verehin]

catch my 5 stars! Great works!

[MatejaPetkovic]

This last one is fucking excellent man, great mood and expression.

M

[warburton]

Great stuff man, its great seeing your characters each week and its impressive how your able to create such original designs so quickly. What I don't understand is why you don't have emblems next to your name because you well deserve some!

Keep up the good work mate ;)

[Maceman89]

This is a really awesome sketchbook Gadbury. I especially love the studies. Extremely inspiring work here.

[Gadbury]

Verehin - Awesome thanks, think you turned my sketchbook into five stars 8-)

MatejaPetkovic - Thanks a lot mate, glad you like it!

logistic puppet - Thanks! The Chow's are great - they keep me busy and push me to actually finish some of my work, lol

Maceman89 - Thanks a lot!



Here's a few things - An update on these two, a start on the Monte Cristo character sheet and a crazy environment WIP

[m0uS3r]

Hello

I like your chow entry the mood its awesome, you have a good understanding when it comes to character design.

I think the perspective on the templar piece its a bit off, i think you need to define the feet a bit at least for closest one to us, also the legs are as long as the arms witch is not good so you might wanna keep an eye on that.

Keep it up!

[Mikko Voipio]

Don't like this Sb. It's too good. *****

[shambok]

Just give The count of Monte Cristo a guitar and you can pass him off as a country singer ... the grief is overwhelming ;P
Awesome SB ... love your style of sketching/painting. thanx for sharing your awesome work!

[NickyBeats]

doth mine eyes deceive me?! Edmond Dantes?! ha love that book, great chow! that focal lighting looks really nice, cant wait to see the progression!

[kidult]

reaaly been enjoying your work over at the lastest chow...kep it up

[kidult]

reaaly been enjoying your work over at the lastest chow...kep it up

[heartcore]

great! GAWD so much eye-candy.... so little time....

Inspiring. :oneye:

[Voodoo_Mama]

Awesome stuff Gadbury.
I love your Montecristo, specially the one where he's standing with the blue coat on.

[Gadbury]

m0uS3r - Thanks for the crits - Yeah, I kind of lost track of where my horizon line was at. Maybe I'll go back and sort that one out properly some time

Placeboast - Haha, cheers!

shambok - I actually thought that myself, lol. Thanks!

NickyBeats - I'll have to read it some time. Thanks for stopping by again

kidult - Thanks mate

Heartcore - Thanks!

Voodoo Mama - Thanks!


Here's something for the new Chow - The Queen Chess piece. Ah, and some quickish study from a photo - Some of the proportions are off!

[Velocity Kendall]

that chow is badass, and i also like that hot robot jock a lot!

[Gadbury]

Velocity Kendall - Thanks mate

Some stuff - Started a character sheet for the chow, some left 4 dead inspired thing for the illustration of the week, and a quick skull study - Using the picture to draw it in different angles, feels like quite good practice!

[Vulgar`]

Your killing it man, like the last updates. The queen CHOW is looking potent already.

[Gadbury]

Vulgar - Thanks!

Here's an update on the latest one. Also I wanted to say I received the book 'Color and Light' by James Gurney today and its awesome, especially for £8.50 or something from amazon UK (reduced from £17). I've only read some of it but its packed full of info, and its easy to understand as well. Really recommend it!

[m0uS3r]

nice stuff, very good mood

[Shadow Stalker]

Wow, wow, wow! These are incredible. I really love the CHOW and IOW! :D

[Gadbury]

m0uS3r, Shadow Stalker, Thanks :)

Here's an update on the Chow -

[Shadow Stalker]

Man, that is starting to look epic. I love the colors and the setting. The grey sky sets a cool mood, as if on the cuff of a great battle.

[tamirespp]

Man, I really like your painterly stuff.
Do you use Painter or Photoshop? Why? :P

[CarlSpringer]

im liking the new chow but i just think the guy holding the flag, the flag is breaking up the composition because of the vertical line

[Ricardo Robles]

Awesome works Gadbury!
The IOW looks insane man, the palette is great.
The chow looks good too but i agree with CarlSpringer regarding the composition. Also I think the knight is competing in size and space with the female character, maybe she should be in a more advanced position, more towards the foreground.
keep up the great work!

[Velocity Kendall]

oh boy that chow isdeveloping into something really special. epic colours!

[Gadbury]

Shadow Stalker - Thanks man

tampirespp - Thanks, I use Photoshop - Painter is cool but I prefer Photoshop because it seems easier to use, plus you can get a sort of painterly look in Photoshop if you want

CarlSpringer - Thanks for the crit - I do like the flag but I can see what you mean - I'll experiment without it. Or do you mean the actual flag pole he's holding? I'm not really any good with composition

Ricardo Robles - Thanks, I have made some slight changes to the composition in this update, which I think might help (I hope). I'll have a play with the flag issue though

Velocity Kendall - Thanks!

Update on the Chow - I've extended the canvas at the bottom which I think helps somehow, and I'm trying to add a sort of spotlight on the figures - I like where its going but the shadows are giving me a lot of trouble. The crits are really helpful so please keep em coming :)

Cheers

[xbert]

wow thats turning out great!
i love the big contrast between the bright ground and the dark riders, very well handled!

[Zikes]

Love the feeling you got in your paints! The lighting is awesome. Keep it up!

[Ludic]

Hot damn, that last one's looking cool.

[Gadbury]

xbert, Zikes, and Ludic - Thanks, I'm trying to learn to get a more dramatic and realistic lighting going in my work...

Which leads me to this study I did tonight from this photo (which took me longer than it looks) after seeing some work by Steve Huston - just trying to get a cool chiaroscuro style lighting going on. Its really difficult without looking up Frazetta constantly or something (I looked his work up a couple of times)! Maybe some still life work with hard lighting would be a good idea

[rokushoxxx]

cool studies!! i like the way you convey the atmosphere with your colors... really cool stuff.... keep it up!!!

[Gadbury]

rokushoxxx - Thanks, hopefully I'll keep up the studies

Here's the final with character sheet - I played around with and without the flag but I kept it in the end

[Shadow Stalker]

Beautiful. I love the mood of your drawings, so inspirational. Thank-you for you feedback in my sketchbook, I appreciate it more than you know.

[ThomasM]

I love that chiaroscuro study you've done there, and I hear what you mean about studying Frank Frazzetta - he really knew his stuff there. No crits from me, just keep on doing what you're doing!

[Gadbury]

Shadow Stalker - Thanks man, you're totally welcome for the comments, just hope I can give some useful advice sometimes lol

ThomasM - Thanks, hopefully I'll keep up the studies, really don't do enough of them to be honest

Here's something I started tonight for the Wasted project!

[-D_art-]

love the last chow concept as well as the final piece, and great studies! Steve huston is great, really dynamic, I suggest you look at Caravaggio for the lighting, it might help you ^^

keep posting!!!

[f1x]

indeed that last chow is very nice, I think it could benefit a lot from some more risky color tones (more scarlet red on the cape, some cyans on the landscape, maybe some discrete khakis,forest greens around) because the lighting and all is already amazing
but thats just my opinion, I love the piece!!!

[jbrown67]

great work! that chow looks awesome. good luck. I also love that lighting study you did in 193

[Hyunjae]

I really like the environment wip, love to see the finished product

[Gadbury]

-D_art- Thanks, I've been looking at a bit of Caravaggio, might try some studies from it

f1x - Yeah I agree, I was going for a desaturated kind of look but it does look as though it might be too desaturated looking at it now. A bright red on the cape sounds good. Thanks!

jbrown67 - Thanks man

Jae1234 - Thanks!

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A photo study of Willem Dafoe, and a final update I guess on this one, which got corrupted and turned into this yellowy mess.. Oh well

[GEB]

Looking awesome mate! I Love that mech pilot!

[Gadbury]

GEB - Thanks mate :)

Some anatomy studies from tonight

[smallergod]

Man you got some epic epicness in this sketchbook, I'd like to see how the knights turn up looking awesome.

[NickyBeats]

great stuff Gadbury! newest stuff is looking amazing! those anatomy studies are looking great too!

[Gadbury]

smallergod & NickyBeats, Thanks guys, I appreciate the kind words

A Frazetta -ish WIP I started focusing on a cool composition - Something I really need practice in

edit - small update

[Gadbury]

Update

[AdrianNagorski]

That's a great Mr Franzetta study, oddly enough i started doing one last night to, I would say that the guy swinging the chain should be pushed back just a little further in the distance besides that I think its great!

[Gadbury]

AdrianNagorski - Thanks, I think maybe you're right - Could try less contrast on him maybe since I think the size of him is alright?

Couple of arm and value studies and an update on this - Also some shitty character I started as a lighting exercise after looking at some of Cole Eastburn's sketchbook. I wasn't going to post it but might as well show what I've been doing

[Jasper_]

Nice work lately man! I'm actually really digging that character study!

[Gadbury]

Jasper - Thanks man :)

A rather dodgy photo study - I find these really difficult, guess I need more practice

[Gadbury]

Another photo study

[AdrianNagorski]

His size is perfect, and as with Mr Franzetta he hinted at great movement and
power in his paintings you've done the same, you've totally nailed that to be honest
I can see the ball crushing down towards the red cape guy as he intercepts with sword,
anatomy wise the fore-shortening looks to me spot on, color palette as with Mr Frazetta is great
limited as he use to do it works well, the distance issue is either the guy will the ball will
ran max speed into the hero or trip over, personally i ain't good at painting at all so if you use contrast
if that ends up giving you like a meter distance between them that could work,
i notice the chain can be used as a proportion for distance between the two characters,
sorry for to much txt
but in any case i think its great its got action its got grittyness and you
nailed some Franzetta elements so on a whole
its still a great composition and image im slightly jealous that instead of copying
like i did you analyzed and implemented your own thing using a great artist as an
inspiration i guess i'll have to work on that in the future.

[Sprogis7]

awesome character designs man, your figure painting style too, great stuff. If its one thing I could critique you on in general, I think you should explore composition a little more when dealing with environments. Keep up the stellar ish.

[n1frit]

Great works and anatomy! Keep it up!

[Gadbury]

AdrainNagorski - Thanks, I think the guy with the mace is a bit off balance anyway - I never really decided whether I wanted him to look as if he's lost his footing after swinging the mace or if he's about to swing it - I should have spent more time on the gestures (as usual). I wouldn't worry about copying his work, I think you could do a lot worse than study Frazetta's stuff

Sprogis7 - Thanks mate, composition is one of my major weaknesses!

n1frit - Thanks :)


Here's some studies and unfinished sketch

[Shadow Stalker]

Dude, very nice studies. I love the drama in the first one. It's interesting because despite it being a study, you still maintain your specific style. Good job, very inspirational.

[BenjaminJL92]

Amazing work, your character concepts are so good, can't wait to see more.

[Sickbrush]

well ain't this a wonderful update!

[e-nat]

It's really inspiring to see your paintings, especially the ChoW ones! Composition and values are really powerful. (I simply adore the Chess pieces)


Keep up the amazing work :D

[Yor]

keep doing those studies man, those latest ones r spot on!

[Zikes]

Lovely composition in the fight shot #211! And the fatty under that is really wonderful rendered. Keep it up! :D

[SMILEFACE]

SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAZZZZZZAAAAMMMMM BROTHER !!!the CHOW 262 IS HOT XDXDXD!!!!!!! WICKED WERKS !!!!!!!!!!

[Xelar]

Goood stuff.
Very dynamic compositions and cool designs.
Only crit would be too much black, or almost black.
I know high contrast adds drama but I feel like when its everywhere it flattens the image.

[Velocity Kendall]

"Very dynamic compositions and cool designs.
Only crit would be too much black, or almost black."

I agree on all points. Excellent work I really like your Of The Week entries in the community activities always!

[Gadbury]

Shadow Stalker - Thanks man. I'm enjoying these studies, I just hope I get as much out of them as some guys on this forum are getting

BenjaminJL92 - Thanks a lot

Sickbrush - Thank you!

e-nat - Thanks!

Yor - Thanks mate!

Zikes - Thank you!

SMILEFACE - Thanks man, glad you like my work! I'm loving the stuff you do in the Wasted thread

Xelar - Thanks a lot for the crit - I think you're right, I have been tending to go crazy on the whole high contrast thing - I'll take note, cheers

Velocity Kendall - Cheers mate :)


I've been away for a week staying at a friends house and I havn't got much done - I did a couple of bad environment concepts for a 3D modelling project he's starting based on a sort of post apocalyptic shanty town on an island. I'll probably be doing some more like this (hopefully better)

Also just some sketches for the last CHoW - Supernatural Noir Detective. I might still do something for this even though its finished now

[xbert]

extremely great updates, gadbury - EXTREME!

[prsnsweeney]

really great stuff, would love to see more of the environment concepts the idea sounds really cool

[Gadbury]

xbert & prsnsweeney - Thanks guys

Here's a WIP for the character of the week - Horrible Experiments

[tamirespp]

Really liking the WIP!
Do you use photo textures on your work?

[TFsean]

Your latest environments are RIDIC. can you please tell me, on post #228 the first enviro, do you use a brush to create those tiny slum type buildings in the background or is that some kind of photo wizardry because i wonder every time i see this effect i really want it and cant figure it out.
Love your sketchbook SUBD.

[skyfall]

From where you study anatomy ? Books ? Can you name them ?

[Gadbury]

tamirespp - Thanks, yeah I do, sometimes just overlays to get some colour information going, sometimes I use them more heavily like in the last character

TFsean - Thanks - its various lasso selections and photo textures on varying opacities and blending modes to get that

skyfall - Just the main ones really, Bridgman, Loomis etc - the most recent ones are from Glenn Vilppu

[Giorge]

Nice colors in the studies

Keep it up, play around with some more colors

[Gadbury]

Giorge - Thanks

Few new things, I had a go at the IDW since I'm pretty bad with industrial design (terrible actually), ended up looking like a normal bike... A couple of quick limited value studies and something for the new CHoW (WIP)

[NickyBeats]

wow great updates man! your really pushing yourself lately, it really shows!

[-D_art-]

great updates!! and good variety as well, love the chow ;)

[Gadbury]

NickyBeats - Cheers mate, thanks for stopping by again

-D art - Thanks!

Update on the CHoW

[Shadow Stalker]

Oh snap! Freaking awesome CHOW, dude. I love the values and the colors. Excellent job.

[Jai Kamat]

Hey man, great form and value in these sketches and studies. However, I feel you should really hone in on your edge control to really make the forms pop. Some of the images feel a bit fuzzy to me, and not just because they need to "sharpen", but because the edges don't seem fully refined. Hope that helped, keep up the fantastic work!

[Sebastian Wagner]

sweeet stuff! Really digging that vampire you painted. Love the colors you use!

[Gadbury]

Shadow Stalker - Thanks a lot man

Ixius - Thanks a lot for the crit, I totally see what you mean. Something to work on, cheers

Noro - Thanks!

Finished Chow and a WIP for the IDW "Grave Digger" - Here's the idea - In an over populated future, potentially bio hazardous bodies need to be buried quickly. The idea is that the bodies are in the container which acts as the drill bit and gets drilled into the ground and then released

[Velocity Kendall]

yep thats working for me, nice thinking and nice rendering

[Gadbury]

Velocity Kendall - Thanks mate, glad you think so, I struggle with this sort of thing

Here's the final

[Velocity Kendall]

maybe show a fleet of them punching an entire deforested hillside in emergency graves.
Also check out the designs for the WIPP....
easily the coolest environmental design brief ive ever found
The Thorns are a massive inspiration to me

http://www.wipp.energy.gov/picsprog/articles/wipp%20exhibit%20message%20to%2012,000%20a_d.htm

THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF HONOUR
im not sure of their logic, youd think this kind of place would attract lunatics.. but as real life Mordors go its got some punch.

[cloudcan]

WOW
you're my hero ;A;

[GEB]

Love that last one so vibrant!

[Mhugo]

Very cool updates Gadbury. Love your CHoW piece, it has a great vibe and that wolverin-ish feeling to it suits it excellent.