sketch enviro 7/30

[tandy1000]

Purpose of this SB: Archive of my progression.

A little about me:
I am 22 years old.
I went to an art university for 1 year, left due to loans. Student loans is completely evil, they come in under the guise of wanting to help but really they are trying to get that naive freshman to default once he graduates and send him into a spiral of doom... I already borrowed too much.
I've been drawing since 2006, painting since 2007.
I am serious about spicy food.

Critz, tips are most welcome!

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
- Leonardo da Vinci

The unexamined life is not worth living.
- Socrates

[tandy1000]

quick one before i go to bed!

[Bellachime]

haha Im a lazy bum too xD like you Im trying to fix it though
this is a good idea, doing half life studies and half imagination
Tis lookin good so far, keep it up (8

[tandy1000]

Bellachime: thanks

I had a strong urge to draw swirls today.. lol

[tandy1000]

I'm trying to work out to render like clay.. using low value with no real specular, doesn't really look like clay.. what do you guys think?

[tandy1000]

more balls~ plz tips and crit on rendering crit appreciated!

[tandy1000]

trying to make some ceramic balls, tips and critz are always welcome~

[tandy1000]

been awhile since i've done some figure sketches. these are from imagination no reference. tips and critz are always welcome.

[tandy1000]

more figure sketches out of the noggin~

tipz/crits welcome!

[DoubleThink]

Welcome,

there's some sketches here that are really nice already.
Keep posting your stuff dude :)

[[LITTLE-FEET]]

come on man!
you r doing great!

[sevarenge]

nice sb going like your figurs from the hed its nice man kipp it up!
and sorry fore my englich

and seck my sb:http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2215565#post2215565

[Newman101]

youve got alot of pretty neat stuff goin on here. I like the fact that your taking the time to do the light studies with the spheres... something Ive never been able to get myself to do... But either way, good stuff. Just wish you were motivated to do more, you could put out some really cool things with a bit more work. :)

[yvescy]

hey Tandy,

for your sphere renderings, it is missing some major elements: core shadow and reflected/bounced light. Check out Apathy's Foundational Course thread http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=76955

Keep up the hard work!

[RBeek]

i like the way you build up your figures :o
It gives a cool look to them, not to static :D
Keep it up, and get ur ass up and draw more ! 1 page.. make it 4 ! :P

[Glebz]

very nice! Me too trying to get over lazyness... :D
theory... right!

[tandy1000]

DoubleThink: Thanks I shall ^^
[LITTLE-FEET]: Thank you ><
sevarenge: I understood your english just fine :), thanks for your compliments.
Newman101: Thanks~ I'm trying to motivate myself more these days, I know that if I drew more I would have already reached a higher plateau of art knowledge but I only have myself to blame, I'm trying ^^.
yvescy: Hey man, I intentionally left the reflective light out because I figured it wasn't necessary since they are just balls in some kind of space or maybe it was just less work ^^. I won't be so lame next time and add in the reflective lights with surface.
rogerb: Thanks man, I need to learn a lot more anatomy to make my figures believable ^^
Glebz: Haha we must fight the tyranny that is laziness!

[AmandaMyers]

Hey man, I really like your figure drawings. They've got a really nice style to them. Keep up the sketching. I'm lazy as hell so a page a day seems very impressive. I hope you can keep it up :)

[HugeHarHar]

Thanks for the comment man.

I really enjoy your line work, it's very confident, and the torsos are well built. I do want to see you finish the bodies, or maybe switch it up and work on the legs and arms. You seem to stay away from them. Understandably, they're pretty difficult but I think your work is strong enough that it would really shine if you laid out some sweet hands and such.

Keep posting, I want to see you break the first page wall.

[phucci]

ahaha for some reason the guy with the huuuuuge forehead stood out to me.
I love ur figure drawing!!! but maybe work on legs and arms in ur figure drawing?
I always leave them vague too but..practice makes perfect:)

[Earendil]

Hey, just wanted to say the specular highlights on those spheres appear to be incorrect. Check out David Briggs' website here. (http://www.huevaluechroma.com/021.php) He explains how speculars work. He also has tons of useful info that will help you out!

[Bagg]

really cool drawings, check out prometheous's website he has an amazing tutorial on rendering and well all other aspects of art :)

link : http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm

[Anup1]

Rogerd is right.. You've got wonderful control over line... Go for it and create amazing art.. Cheers.. I liked the way you've studied gestures of figures.. Keep it up.

[sevarenge]

haha nice!!! now i whont too se more complex poses! dide you seck my sb?

[wanimal]

grey ball series is interesting

[Zenobia]

Great figure studies, and from imagination? Fantastic!

Post more! :D

[tandy1000]

I feel bad that I missed 2 days of sketching.. but what are you going to do it's already in the past.. =/

AmandaMyers: I've already screwed up and missed 2 days lol! Thanks for the comment I'll try to stay more consistent haha.
HugeHarHar: I'm glad my lines feel confident, one of the things in art that I truly want to achieve is the feel of confidence through my strokes and lines. I'll be doing studies of arms and legs because I am weak in that area. Thanks for the stop by and comment :).
phucci: I'll try to work on my legs and arms this week, studies and such!
Earendil: Hey I checked out his tutorial and I learned something so thank you for the link :).
Bagg: Dude, that site is awesome! Do you have more? :D
Anup1: I don't get complimented much on my lines, tyvm :]
sevarenge: I just checked it out, you have some very nice rendering style. I need to work on my rendering =/ any tips?
wanimal: I'm going to post more soon~
Zenobia: Ty, I am grateful ^^.

[sevarenge]

thank you really much!!! and the updeiy is really nice the skelliton hand is kick ass=) and abaut the rendering i alwhays thinking that im sculptureing the form that is the tipp i can giv you i think haha and i hawe updeyt seck it notingmuch butt scheck itt!

my sb:http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=149972&page=2

[tandy1000]

Femur bone in different view.

sevarenge: I'm guessing that you feel the texture in your mind and go from there. That's usually what I do but it doesn't come out right, maybe I'm getting too frustrated with the brush/value.

[sevarenge]

i really really lick the oil painting ! mor of thos! and i hav som crappy updits!

my sb:http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=149972&page=3

[My57]

i like the painting, the style is cool and the colours are well chosen.

i would just recommend doing more anatomy studies/face studies from books and then moving on to real life/photo's of people. Thats really all ya gotta do. And painting studies and such... lol i should follow my own advice xD

[tandy1000]

Started on some photo ref digi's

sevarenge: thx man~
My57: Thanks, I've started on some photo ref :P.

[HugeHarHar]

The bottom two are off to a really great start. They both have plenty of energy to them. The faces are both built really well too. Are you going to take these to finished pieces or are they just quick studies?

[tandy1000]

The bottom two are off to a really great start. They both have plenty of energy to them. The faces are both built really well too. Are you going to take these to finished pieces or are they just quick studies?

hey huge, good to see you vising my sb once again :). they're going to be more quick study rather then finished pieces, I am still new to the digital medium and my pictures come out muddy on the computer so this is more of a quick study of brushes for photoshop.

[tandy1000]

Started another one.. Little thumbnail version this time. I read on another thread that it's easier if you are working on several pieces at the same time so I'm going to try that.

[Kurt.Y]

Hey Tandy~very impressive works here! the lines in your works are just great! they looks so fast smooth and brave ,there is one thing that I recommend you to do is try to practice more value in your sketches,you know ,try to nail the original color of an object, and how it changs in lighting ,that is also what i'm doing lately.
keep drawing!

[tandy1000]

Here's another one, good practice for my hand to become more familiarized with the feel of the tablet. I just switched my pen tip to the black rubbery one, it feels so much better.

Kurt.Y: Thanks Kurt, and I'll definitely practice value and color!

[tandy1000]

tipz/critz are always welcome! especially on digital techniques! i need to stop these drawings and get into tonal ><

[My57]

hey, i like the recent stuff but the faces seem to stylized if you doing face studies from a ref. Or maybe its just because the faces are unfinished but try to obtain a sense of realism when your doing face studies.

[tandy1000]

hey, i like the recent stuff but the faces seem to stylized if you doing face studies from a ref. Or maybe its just because the faces are unfinished but try to obtain a sense of realism when your doing face studies.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by the word realism. Is my proportions off?

[Raileyh]

Hi Tandy1000,

I can tell that you have a good drive in working in your sketchbook - a determination. That's what's going to make you successful. You have really nice lines in how you pull the line out and build your drawings. Good stuff.

Are you in LA, I recognize the painting model, Laafa?

I would continue getting to workshops to work from life and keep drawing from memory, you've developed a nice understanding in you memory work.

I'll keep watching,

Hope

[tandy1000]

Hi Tandy1000,

I can tell that you have a good drive in working in your sketchbook - a determination. That's what's going to make you successful. You have really nice lines in how you pull the line out and build your drawings. Good stuff.

Are you in LA, I recognize the painting model, Laafa?

I would continue getting to workshops to work from life and keep drawing from memory, you've developed a nice understanding in you memory work.

I'll keep watching,

Hope

Hey Railey thanks for taking the time to look over my stuff :), and yes I've taken an oil class at laafa before but the painting itself was done at ac's workshop~ I haven't done any sketches over this weekend but I'll definitely start posting again this coming week ^^.

[Katzenminze]

the clay's texture looks ok i think but you need more contrast in it

[tandy1000]

I'm still getting frustrated when using brushes and opacity settings.. Like if I brush over then it creates overlaps of values.. Just don't know how to fight this yet.. Gotta practice more.

Katzenminze: Yeah those balls are horrible, gotta practice practice practice.

[tandy1000]

another photoshop brush quick study

[tandy1000]

god this one turned out so bad... using only 1 brush for these, i've tried others with more mixed results. next batch i should just go crazy with all kinds of brushes.

[tandy1000]

so i went a bit more crazier and looser with the brushes. it took some of the tension off compared to the previous ones so i might go down this road for now.

[tandy1000]

I started on another one but it's night time right now so it's too late to go over with value. I'll brush study tomorrow :).

[shumizu]

Really like the drawings and your style. Hope to see some colored stuff soon ;)

Cheers

[Bagg]

Hey man great to see some more work from you and those faces you have been drawing look amazing really need to get back to my anatomy and get mine looking as good as yours :)

Ok well I hope these tutorials will be of some help I'll try and find more in my archives :)
I usually look at these and practice a couple using what i have learned and then come back to them in a month or so to see if I can get anything else out of them :)


Autodestruct's design tutorial

http://autodestruct.com/hacks.htm

Gregpro Edges Tutorial

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51913

Daarken's Building Tutorial

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56806

FredFlickStone's Color Theory

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17837

Lin Ran's Color Tutorial

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=148355

Anyways keep drawing man speak to you soon :yayca:

[tandy1000]

Out of all those tuts the James Gurneys edges post interested me the most. It seems as if I thought of that technique in the past but never actually wondered about it conceptually in my mind.

Stapleton Kearn also provides a great insight on Sargents use of edges. In the past I used to add a halftone along the whole contour of the face to create the illusion of form while not being conscious of the edge when comparing it to something like the anatomy of the face, adding hard and soft edges more for stylistic answers rather than perceptual design.

I'm definitely going to go more in depth with these. The edges tuts have opened up another part of my minds eye. Thanks once again :D.

[tandy1000]

an update on the last drawing.

shumizu: Thank you! I'll try to get to color soon!

[tandy1000]

Very simplistic study of the great poopface's rendering style. I'm going to study the great poopface some more! :D

[Bagg]

Ah the great poopface... wait what ?
sweet rendering on the guy :)
can't wait to see some colour, gonna look NICE!
speak to you soon :)

[sevarenge]

oo nice mane the uppdeits is really nice mait fore how long haw you drawed and painted? and im sorry i hawent shekt in erlier and im having uppdeit sone a prety big one =) kip going !!!!

[sevarenge]

her itt is the uppdeit^^

sb:http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=149972&page=3

[sevarenge]

i licke you lines dude! i ned too wherk on my one! and som anatomy! and i haw updeit! seck itt

my sb :http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=149972&page=3

[HugeHarHar]

Sweet update on the guy with the hat. Just my personal biased I really dig how the side of the face is kept in one shade. It has a cool Mucha look to it, like if you went in and just drew in the last details of his ear and such.

Anyways, good stuffs.

[tandy1000]

Ok, so it's been kind of hectic around my house the past few days and I couldn't get around to do any real studying.. I apologize if you were expecting any kind of update ><. I think Mucha is awesome too, was really into him when I was aiming for a more editorial illustration field.. not anymore though hah.

I'm looking at taking classes at a certain school soon but don't want to say anything yet since it isn't official.

[LORD M]

Very good sketchbook, man. I really like your faces, like the last one I really liked because of the great shading and how the side of his head got the same colourtone. Somehow a bit retro. Keep it up, I wanna see more! :)

[tandy1000]

Quick imaginative heads so I can get some kind of update in. I know when I need to study more when I'm making unsure decisions.

LORD M: hey, thanks for coming by my sb and the compliment.

[neuroballistic]

good looking studies, strong lines, me likes...more

[tandy1000]

Girl is a 15min sketch used reference - focusing on speed rather than likeness so lots of mistakes in there, think the owner of the photo is Fertelity.
The next image I wasn't planning to do a character.. I just doodled into it from an imaginative head study, that's the reason why the angle is retarded..

I am barely drawing these days, only time I'm able to put in is about 1 hour maybe per day. I am building a computer for my mom so my time is going to be majorly spent into that for now.

neuroballistic: Hey man glad to see you stop by, your industrial stuff are dope btw :).

[Chaser226]

I love the figure sketches!! Please post more from your sketchbook!

[HugeHarHar]

Hey dude. Your digital stuff is getting constantly bad ass. What brush were you using on the character design with the glasses?

[tandy1000]

Finished! Time to move onto the next study.

Thanks a mill huge, I'm using round brush mostly but for the textured areas it was a perspective brush.

[vardoburrito]

I love the studies Tandy. The last could use a lift on her jaw, no?
I would lift the masseter muscle/bone corner just a tiny bit, unless she's a high chin??

[tandy1000]

I love the studies Tandy. The last could use a lift on her jaw, no?
I would lift the masseter muscle/bone corner just a tiny bit, unless she's a high chin??

Dude you're completely right! It should be higher ><, hopefully next one will fare better.

[tandy1000]

portrait for today.

[Bagg]

Cheers for popping by my sketchbook :rocker:
Wow those portraits are amazing, the study of the woman was so awesome :)
I hope this doesn't sound rude but I was wandering if you could hook me up with that grid\perspective brush :hugsmile:

[sevarenge]

ey thansk dude ! and your studes locks nice! kip them up! rock on

[Bagg]

Hey man thanks so much for those brushes, absolute legend :)

[tandy1000]

Thanks for the kind words Bagg & sevarenge, I appreciate it.

[tandy1000]

hope you guys like this one..

[Bagg]

hey Tandy, I'm so jealous of your ability to render faces, how do you go about it ?
they all look so amazing :)

[sevarenge]

kipp going locking good!

rock on

[tandy1000]

trying out new techniques that i learned.

[griffinfly]

hey, nice sketches, why don't you post more?
try and play with tones more, now the studies seem shy in tone, try playing with tone shifts in background and strenghtening the engdes of your planes! :D

these examples of Russian drawing school should be helpful, feel free to ask if you have any questions!
http://www.risunokstroganoff.msk.ru/AcademRisunok1.htm

[tandy1000]

could only get one sill in today, i reformatted and that took the entire day practically. i'll try to update more as well..

griffinfly: thx, i'll keep them in mind.

[scorge]

Coming along nicely on the figures, and the hand studies(especially bones) look great:D.
As for the creatures, while its very helpful to get a sihlouette going, try not to keep it too tight in the beginning. Cut it out, but leave the outside "Mess" somewhat visible so that you have something to play with. Allows for some of those happy accidents and its always easy to remove it later. It can even help in grounding the figure.

[Abrodos]

Really nice studies and portraits! At the moment it looks like you end the pieces using too much soft edge brushes, and that makes up a blurry appearance that weakens the piece. That can be seen especially in the one with the shouting man (i guess it's a self portrait). The content of the image is very strong and loud, but the execution technique is like you were whispering instead of shouting, and that contradiction is really confusing.

Anyway, that's a good sketchbook! Keep it up and upload some colourwork, right now it looks a bit grey!

[HugeHarHar]

Really sick creature renders that man. What technique is this you're trying out?

[tandy1000]

thx for all the tips and comments

2 more for today

[tandy1000]

In the future think I'll collect all my stuff in one post every several days instead of posting everyday.. well here's 2 more.

i hope you got the pm huge~

[tandy1000]

Here are some pieces I worked on this week for my creature design class. It was my first time ever doing color in photoshop and I now know about HSB sliders which is the greatest thing ever! haha. This week we are doing fantasy creatures so it should be fun.

http://i40.tinypic.com/14o4yrm.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/2b65id.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2rf6amp.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/24l0pyf.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2mqq9p2.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/10z4e9g.jpg

[Elz]

Woah, those last creatures are awesome, specially the horned skull typed one; reminds me of the balrog from lord of the rings. ;D
If anything, he's looking meaner in the pencil version than the digital.

[tandy1000]

Woah, those last creatures are awesome, specially the horned skull typed one; reminds me of the balrog from lord of the rings. ;D
If anything, he's looking meaner in the pencil version than the digital.

I agree completely, the pencil looks so much better but that's the trade off of learning how to use photoshop you are going to be fighting your image constantly like I did lol.

I just had a revelation with my figures, I'm loving it!

[tandy1000]

http://i40.tinypic.com/4kd3r5.jpg

[tandy1000]

http://i42.tinypic.com/nvyvwi.jpg

[tandy1000]

15 min speed paint, I slacked off the entire 4th of july weekend and now that SFIV & Neotokyo have been released oh man... It's going to be really tough for me this month, lol.

[tandy1000]

http://i31.tinypic.com/28qrrwx.jpg

[tandy1000]

http://i32.tinypic.com/2i22yip.jpg

Lot of stress in my life right now. I'm going to re look for a therapist after 4 years for my anxiety problems that I've been dealing with for 5 years now which have been progressively getting worse. It isn't as bad as before where I couldn't go 1 hour without throwing up but I can't finish a conversation for the life of me. If I didn't have SAD I know for a fact that I would have accomplished so much more artistically. God this sucks sorry for the rant. /end

[Verehin]

great creatures (=

[tandy1000]

Verehin: Thanks dude, your stuff is amazing so that is great praise :D.

http://i27.tinypic.com/syov81.jpg

[tandy1000]

This is the WIP for this weeks COW, my first one :).

http://i30.tinypic.com/8wljjk.jpg

[vardoburrito]

oh, you were the one that done the bigheadbaby (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2263937&postcount=74).
For some reason I was thinking it was collywobbles, but I could never find it in his sb.
Kahahahaha, that's funny btw.

You're values and monsters look sweet.
Texture work on the monsters for sure would be sweet.

[tandy1000]

dwardo: lol, thanks man! textures are harder than I thought, I fail miserably at them :(.

I'm going to re-do this weeks cow I don't like how my original design came out :L.

http://i32.tinypic.com/1441uyw.jpg

[tandy1000]

A study of my teachers crit on one of my earlier creatures

http://i28.tinypic.com/30v28o9.jpg

[vardoburrito]

Can I try modeling a creature of yours?
They might come out as squares and boxes though. hahaha.

[tandy1000]

dwardo: Sure bro, I'd be honored.

[vardoburrito]

Really? :teeth: Sweet. Prepare to be shocked. And I'm not telling which kind.
I'll send overs in a day or two. I have to remember all those shortcut keys first. ;)

If you don't mind, I'll start with your hard characters first. Hahaha.

[tandy1000]

dwardo: I can't wait man looking forward to it :D.

I liked this design for this weeks COW, he's supposed to be carrying a hump on his back that contains a concentrated amount of fat like Camels do. I don't know the science of the hump but we don't need to right? :P

I just flipped my image and noticed so many mistakes... It always surprises me how I always assume my picture looks good enough but once I flip it looks like crap. I need to get in the habit of flipping my image.

http://i27.tinypic.com/2chten7.jpg

[jackpot_anjr90]

Nice work! Your digital work has definitely improved since the beginning of the last page :D Keep it up!

[tandy1000]

jackpot_anjr90: Thanks!

I think I'm done with this weeks Cow. I haven't learned how to apply color at this stage yet so this is as far as I'll take it, I can't submit it as a black and white so I'll silently submit it here in my sb lol.

http://i26.tinypic.com/2ue1nk9.jpg

[Peter Berkovski]

nice creatures man, keep it up ;)

[Strassenpenner08]

really nice concepts ... would like to see some colored monsters :>

[vardoburrito]

Even in 3D, the hands still haunt me. And I'm not sure what the archer is of?
Is it Bat mixed with a Boar that made love to Man? :P

726777

I had fun doing this Tandy. Thank you so much for letting me play with
your creation. I could send over a larger size or different angles if you wish.
eddicomelab @ hotmail.com [I won't be on much this comin week].
I could export to OBJ and you can load it in ZBrush if you're getting into ZBrush. :teeth:
Here (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss248/oimooki/Tandy1000s_Boar-Archie-50.jpg) for a 50% sized version.

[tandy1000]

dwardo: Dude that is awesome! My first creature turned into 3D :D, that is sweet bro. I placed it on my blog :}.
Strassenpenner08: Thanks man I'll be adding colors soon :).
Peter Berkovski: Thanks man~

I wanted to do an akuma fanart while waiting for my joystick parts.
http://i32.tinypic.com/fm7zgy.jpg

[YihyoungLi]

Your characters are well grounded and look three dimensional. However, I think your darkest values are too dark. For skin, the values are not nearly that black unless they are naturally dark or in dim/minimal light.

Check out this guy for example:
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9171/ryanschultzvschrishorod.jpg
The darkest area is his armpit--which is close to black. But the second darkest area, underneath his neck or his brow, is not very close to black at all--probably a 75% gray.

It may be helpful to do some value studies from photographs. Laying the values as you see them, instead of working from dark to light, light to dark, or middle to light/dark, can hone your observational--and then imaginative--abilities. :D

[vardoburrito]

blog? oooo .... this one right. Tandy1000's (http://oimooki.blogspot.com) mysterious blog link, unravelled. :P

I made it 2Ms tall. 9 Arrows. You didn't name it, so I tagged it as 'Archie Bald 9'.
Though on second look, the torso, especially the lovely squary external obliques weren't pronounced like your illu, but
that's where ZBrush comes in, and that's where I go cross eyed. ;)


And thank you again for letting me at it Tandy. The honor was all mine (reads like a play).
Your characters are both very nice and ugly. Tough, and functional I find this archer, yes, yes.

[tandy1000]

blog? oooo .... this one right. Tandy1000's (http://oimooki.blogspot.com) mysterious blog link, unravelled. :P

I made it 2Ms tall. 9 Arrows. You didn't name it, so I tagged it as 'Archie Bald 9'.
Though on second look, the torso, especially the lovely squary external obliques weren't pronounced like your illu, but
that's where ZBrush comes in, and that's where I go cross eyed. ;)


And thank you again for letting me at it Tandy. The honor was all mine (reads like a play).
Your characters are both very nice and ugly. Tough, and functional I find this archer, yes, yes.

Ah sorry about that my blog is -> http://hmmpete.blogspot.com
Thanks for the nice/ugly comment that is actually what I've been trying to achieve so that is just perfect :D. I also wrote on your sb that the creature was manbearpig but I did add a deer feet element in there I thought the feet of a man would be too boring and I wanted to bring the feeling of a forest creature. Thanks once again dwardo~

YihyoungLi: Thank you for the crit :).

[vardoburrito]

I'mm a check that blog out. ManBearPig, hahaha, funny I'm cereaaaal.
And yea, human feet would just stump the eyes and mess up the evolution.
Deer feet are light feet man, they'll jump crossing further than my stumpy foot can.
Good shieeet.

[vardoburrito]

Ok. I'mm have to hit the books and I'll see if Goldfinger is in the Libraries somewhere.
Stuck on the head and neck area. The back has been mostly guess work. ay yay yay, so has the legs, in fact, most of them have. I just know some of the basic muscle groups, but it's those striations that are always cool to look at.

His mid torso is still freakin cool on your original lines, no matter how many times I look at it.
Don't look at the hands. kahahaha.
727049
Here (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss248/oimooki/Tandy1000_dwardo_ZBrush_Archie-Bald.jpg) for at 50% size.
T1000, if you want angles to do paintovers from and do more variations for concept art. Let me know K.
These characters would definitely be fun to animate. [in 3D, none of that traditional shit. :P I love 2D, I just can't get my skill up on it. It kills me.]

/d


Edit: update here (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss248/oimooki/Tandy1000_dwardo_ZBrush_Archie-B-1.jpg). ;)

[tandy1000]

dwardo: Damn looking nice, for the back if you look at brown bears they have this strange hump for some reason, I'm not sure if it actually is a hump but I thought it looked cool so I added it. You are right the mid torso is lookin hot :).

Not much of an update but just a little something on the fishy troll :D
http://i25.tinypic.com/2q2od2a.jpg

[Jesus Food]

man, i doubt any of those guys give good backrubs

[vardoburrito]

Bear upper backs? Their trapz I guess, with some kind of fat/or really thick muscles.
n Since you're looking into character/creature designs, I hope you're fleshin out the back views also.
[I just want to model another one that's all. kahaha :P]


And in terms of texture, have you tried overlaying and messing around with opacity and layer blends.
Do multiple layers of whatever if you have to, all those random settings are bound to come up with something sweet.

[tandy1000]

dwardo: I've never done them but I'll try to do one in between hw and life :D. What do you think about the texture work in this updated cow?

Do you think it looks good enough to turn in? Should I cover the photo elements less with opaque paint over? What else do you guys think I could do.
http://i26.tinypic.com/j94x1w.jpg

Concept:
A creature born out of the Native-American horror stories of old. The lump on its back is a cluster of concentrated fat minimizing the heat trapped throughout its entire body, when it is metabolized it acts as a source of energy. It is able to withstand changes in body temperature and water content that would kill any other animal. Its fur coat reflects sunlight, and also insulates it from the intense heat radiated from desert sand.

[tandy1000]

Here is last weeks cow and my wip for this weeks cow. Last weeks was a failure, hopefully this week will fare better :).

http://i28.tinypic.com/1175qmp.jpg
http://i26.tinypic.com/4h2k2o.jpg

[Tigermilk]

awesome, thanks for sharing :)

[tandy1000]

Tigermilk: ty

Sketches in between cow and hw.

http://i27.tinypic.com/2ltoos1.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/28mgscm.jpg

[tandy1000]

Doing a character in an enviro sketch, I never do these but I plan to do more of them as well as some perspective enviros since I never do those either.

I started reading George Martin's "A Game of Thrones" and thought I do some studies from his book. This scene is where Will is up in a tree while watching in fear as his young lord Ser Waymar Royce is fighting against an Other with more of its kind surrounding him. The puny lord already traded several blows and is now down to his last bit of strength while Will is too scared to come down to help.

http://i30.tinypic.com/iwrjep.jpg
http://i27.tinypic.com/2exm0l1.jpg