DSG 296: Environment: Hidden/Discovered tomb

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Environment: Hidden/Discovered tomb

[Carnifex]

hey,first one!a quick one.i just discovered the airbrush option for the brush in photoshop.have the feeling it will help me pretty much with further pics.:D
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/tomb.jpg

[vijil]

http://vijil.mattb.net.nz/dsg/dsg15.jpg

"This pictograph was found near an archaological dig site in venezuela, which had penetrated almost 6 kilometres into the earths crust to find the cause of some strange seismic and radioactive readings. The site mysteriously collapsed almost eight hundred years ago, killing or trapping almost all of the researchers on the project. Coming to light only recently, the NUN have decided to begin a massive project to uncover whatever it is this image depicts."

An experiment with bad quality jpg settings.

[TopSecret]

Here is my first submission. It was a quick sketch on paper. The cave decends downwards. Comments?

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v20/TopSecret/Dead_Cave.jpg

[awalloffire]

Hope the loose work doesn't make the image confusing.
Vijil -I like that look. I'd like to see what it looked like before you compressed it.
http://www.portfolios.com/Pics/walloffire/walloffire_2_p.JPG

[Kexe]

still experimenting with my new wacom...



http://www.halfeld.dk/dsg296.gif

good work all above

[oDD]

http://www.sport.wroclaw.pl/~sport005/odd/0607-underground_tomb.jpg

[elekon]

My first time trying to draw an enviroment.
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v14/elekon/296_copy.jpg
45 min

[Hunger_Artist]

TopSecret- mabey try adding some color

http://members.tripod.com/carlbeu/6bdd9730.jpg

[davi]

oDD i wish i knew how you did it... *click save*. might not do one today, busy day for me.

good luck everyone! don't forget there is a contest for this week, the best dsg'er will get a yummy prize!

[SABRE]

HI EVERYONE...

THIS IS MY MAP OF THE AREA!! IS NOT FINISHED YET, AND HEVE SOME CHANGES ( SOMETHING OF PERSPECTIVE ;) )

AFTER SOME TIME IS POST THE FINISH ONE...<-----( ITS GOOD? )

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/SABRE/tumba1.jpg


BYE.........................

[plaf]

not terribly interesting concept i'm afraid =) was thinking more about lighting and mucking about in general.

http://www.skjoldbroder.dk/gfx/24bit/tomb.jpg

odd: nice one mate



all the best.

[silentbrain]

http://64.191.99.205/~silentbr/dump/122103-dsg-tomb.jpg

Finals are finished. Good to be back. Tough getting into the groove again, considering that I haven't drawn anything for 2 weeks. :(

And I haven't posted comments for even longer! Here goes:

Carnifex- Looks like the objects are emerging from the darkness, nice feeling

vijil- nice b/w, I think that jpeg low quality helps give it that "old" feeling

topsecret- welcome to dsg! I like how you treated the cave, but if I could recommend one thing, it would be to fill in the rest of the inside of the cave, so that the un-shaded person will pop out against the dark wall of the cave.

awalloffire- nice textures and sepia colors. I really dig those sepia colors

kexe- I like the effect of light on that one, pretty cool.

odd- sweet. I tried to do mine in the vein of your painterly style but it looks like I've got a long ways to go :D

elekon- I like the camera angle, but I wish the character could read a little clearer as it seems he/she(/they?) are blending into the floor

hungerartist- I am really digging the brushwork on the left-most tree and I have no idea why :D

sabre- I like that robot, looking forward to the finish. (Is your capslock key on, btw?)

plaf- quite nice anyway, interesting idea with the letterbox format as well

[molo]

http://gideondesign.com/misc/dsg/tomb.jpg

I think my stuff in alias sketchbook winds up too simple. time to get photoshop set up.

[Idiot Apathy]

I don't know about you but the ruins of Petra in the country of Jordan have always fascinated me.

My DSG today was referenced from a couple different photo's of a specific ruin in petra. All the photo's had a really bad perspective :| , So I changed it a bit.

http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v13/Ragnarok27/dsg-dec20-tds.jpg

Painter again, lil bit of photoshop.

Take it easy, the idiot.

[Idiot Apathy]

Originally posted by davi
oDD i wish i knew how you did it...


Yeah, I second that. Simply amazing!

[phantom_head]

had a totally different idea, but cleaning the apartment won top priority...so here i am, posting a quick one. sorry, but i couldn't resist the cliché.http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Phantom_Head/DSG_296_copy.jpg

[Wundergeek]

So I thought I'd give this regular DSG thing a try instead of just lurking since I've got a month with no classes. I didn't realize how much I missed sketching until I did that Aphrodite yesterday, and I could use the practice...

Didn't have as much time as I'd like because I was doing the Christmas thing all day, so please excuse my cheap filters. Wish I could write comments and all, but I've got a mountain of presents yet to wrap so all I'll say is that there are some really cool takes on this theme today.

http://www.pbtteam.com/DSG122003sm.jpg

[Jane Radstrom]

~ 40 minutes in PS, I dont know about these colors I used...


http://www.velondra.com/images/gallery/296hiddentomb.jpg

[ihatecompulsiveliars]

Ok, here goes:

http://venus.walagata.com/w/mbjacobson/tomb.jpg

I like the drawing/concept, but I really need to learn how to paint...

[Lyliani]

*wave* Vel - i love your artwork :)


30 minutes Photoshop. - i kept it mysterious :p


http://members.hometown.aol.com/kalai82/images/dsgdec20.jpg


C/C welcome
love,
Lyliani

[wassermelone]

Trying out some new things in Painter.

http://webspace.ringling.edu/~awhitmor/discovered.JPG

-toasty =)

[S.C. Watson]

graphite with extra shadowing done in PS7.

Like 'em all!

http://www.in-sight.net/Sketches/296-tomb.gif

[SABRE]

UFFF IM TIRED!!

WELL LIKE I SAID, HERE ITS THE FINISH PAINT!!

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/SABRE/tumba3-copy.jpg




CHAUU........................


PD: I WRITE EVER WHIT THE CAPS...BUT IF THIS BOTHER, SAID ME, AND I CHANGE...;)

[S.C. Watson]

Originally posted by SABRE
PD: I WRITE EVER WHIT THE CAPS...BUT IF THIS BOTHER, SAID ME, AND I CHANGE...;)

Please do. It's essentially yelling in the fourm :eek: "ssshhhh - artists at work" :D

Like your picture by the way. You really get a feeling of scale.

Thanks!

[SABRE]

Ok no problem!!



Ciaoo.........................

[avalos]

odd, beautiful work
plaf, great perspective

no reference,
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/lavacasuprema/tombcat.jpg

[William b. Hand]

SABRE - It's okay if you wanna post in caps. I think Oregano's just jerkin' yer chain. If that all-caps thing is your modus operandi, please feel at ease to continue. ;)

Sorry Everybuddy for not participating lately... I've been sorta depressed. I'll pull myself together shortly, though.

Nice werks y'all.

[SABRE]

OK WILLIAM, NOW.....I FEEL MORE FREE xDD

AND I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER!!
HEY AVALOS, YOUR WORK ITS SO GREAT!!





CIAOO.......................

PD: SORRY FOR THE FLOOD xDD

[avalos]

Thank you SABRE.
Velo, I love your choice of colors.. even if you still question them...

A more traditional tomb; no reference.
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/lavacasuprema/tomb1.jpg

William, the best of fortune as you pull through.

[S.C. Watson]

Decided to ad some color.
http://www.in-sight.net/Sketches/296-2tomb.gif

[Rho]

http://home.comcast.net/~dbowen113/20by12by03.jpg

ahoy.

[avalos]

This is a quick one from a thumbnail. More editorial than having to do with today's topic but decided to post it nonetheless. It is rough and could use some, er, refinement.
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/lavacasuprema/grave2.jpg

Other thumbnails/ideas included a wedding chapel, a Ford/Chevy dealership, and Shea Stadium (no offense intended but it is true).

[paper slayer]

http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/paper_slayer/dsg296ht.JPG


Tried a new brush.

[Wystro]

What a fun topic with quality posts all around.




http://sparkles295.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/tomb02.jpg

Toaster -- I like what your doing in painter
Avalos -- this is strange to say, but I'm really moved by your picture...it must be the cat!
ihatecompulsiveliars -- a lot of work in your world. I found myself walking its paths in my head

TopSecret -- welcome to DSG! I'd love to see that shaded -- it has a lot of possibilities.

All of the regulars are doing awesome things with painterly textures. Thank you, Hunger_Artist, for sharing some of your techniques...I love multiply! And thank you again to Idiot Apathy for keeping me on track and posting -- your PM box is full, I can't send any messages.

PS- very eerie effect, Paper Slayer

[TopSecret]

Wystro... your work is amazing.. I decided to colour my cave in, keep in mind that im still learning and still pretty new to the digital side of things... also it was done by mouse (can't wait to get my wacom).

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v20/TopSecret/548f3875.jpg

[oDD]

thanks. too bad i havent captured any steps nor saved the psd :/ i don't think i have used any special magic nor tricks while paiting this, if you got any specific questions, ill try to answer.

[Miau]

damn wystro, i love the way you use your colors!! sooo gooood :)

keep up the great work

[Wystro]

Thanks TopSecret and Miau. I have to say though that everything nice about the picture came from the tips of others -- people who were kind enough to share how they made things happen:

dagreengo -- he shared the technique of making a straight line with the PS paintbrush by starting at one point, then shift-clicking another point. Granted, I guessed at a vanishing point, so my perspective is pretty jiggly

bkmini -- he told me about color dodge. All of the green is color dodge -- as I layer on, the color gets progressively whiter and I can concentrate the brightest part where I want. That made the glow.

Hunger_Artist -- he shared his use of the Multiply setting. As I layer a mid-ranged color on that setting, it gets progressively darker. I used to go to the color setting every time that I wanted to change value; but now I can get a wash effect without having to stop every two minutes and resetting.

Now...I can't wait for oDD to open up and share! *gets his notepad ready*

[DraigAthar]

I'm late on this one, I was just going to skip it and do today's, but I still am in desperate need of work on my environment sketches so I figured I should go back and do this theme. It's for my own good! :) So here's a quickie.

http://thirdroar.com/dj/2003-12/dj207-tomb.jpg