Don't hesitate to visit and leave me some love! Updated today.

[Seraph Fawkes]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1468876&stc=1&d=1335484365

Sup sexy! I am Kirill Kozyrev, concept artist, illustrator and I can do a shitload of other stuff. I have giant passion for videogames, and I'm already working in gamedev industry, but it's still a lot ahead of me. Currently I have crazy amount of stuff going on around me.


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1380262&stc=1&d=1323623298



P.S. Would love to hear your comments and critiques )

Reach out for the better stuff on the last pages! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=163009&page=19)

and here's something for apéritif in the 2nd post!

[FightingSeraph]

Of all of what you have posted, the last one is my favorite.
Word of advice: Use harder brushes in paint programs, that way they won't look so muddy as your current stuff.

[Seraph Fawkes]

edit 2010: images from that post were moved down )

Now scram to the last page!

[Strassenpenner08]

Yea man ! Your landscapes are really nice dude :D I say that so easy, but try to get more details in it and smoother highlights :P

[Seraph Fawkes]

From here stuff goes chronologically!
Thanks for good words, but details is timeconsuming, and my goal is to make good sketches in short time. With every work i'm trying to push my techniques further, so i hope soon enough i will be able to do much more in a few hours.

edit from previous post: Little update: this is concept of "spring" - area from the project, i'm currently in. Though this is not final art, i do realize now, that left side kinda messed up. Anyway - it's a sketch ) Plus - few older sketches.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Updaitie... not that i'm glad with that image, but i was looking for improving technique, and i guess i'm stepped on the right way. Next time i'll do better

[Krato]

interesting ideas here, i think you need to work on colors more, sharpen things up, and study anatomy.

[Seraph Fawkes]

guess i've found good technique for drawing machinery and building without losing sharpness. now i'm regret that i didn't use square brushes earlier. here's some quickie

[Seraph Fawkes]

fresh enviornment, color scheme variation of it and some unfinished speedy robot

[Seraph Fawkes]

Not a sketch but a full art already, but anyway want to share with you. It's refined old work

[Seraph Fawkes]

This was a good day. Finally finished another work. Here you go, a NeckJaw

[Seraph Fawkes]

Today's quickies ) Was trying to increase speed and working on lighting. Ship took hour, and second one - hardly 30 min.

[HAJiME]

Awesome, post more! Would love to see some early sketches and stuff, see how you build up to a painting. And studies and stuff. You work really quick too, so I'd like to see what happens if you spend a little more time on work.

Fantastic, keep it up!

[Seraph Fawkes]

HAJiME Thanks for good words. Well, when i spend more time on refining you can whar happens in upper post with neckjaw. I think i can scan my old sketchbook for fun. About studies... funny thing - i almost never was doing them. I guess big part of my skill came from observing stuff around me, and than drawing from memory.

[Seraph Fawkes]

I've made a rule to myself to do few 30min speeds everyday to improve speed\quality. Here's some results. I think there's a long road i need to travel to get super good at it. )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Small upd. First one was made before dsg1498. Both speed 30-40 mins. I think i'm improving in ratio speed\quality.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Lil' update. I'm starting to dig the technique, where you draw lines, after that multiply layer with basic colors and shading, and then layer with more and more details, and then more.. Definetely it's easy and fast way to draw digitaly

[Seraph Fawkes]

Started this at morning, and finishing today at night. Already spent 2-3 hours. Guess it's not so bad )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Currently this is gonna be a last stage of this image. Maybe later i'll return to it, but for now i'm good with it.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Finally made myself to draw ) Damn you WoW. here's little speedie. Only on the last minute (out of given 30) i've understood, that i've forgot light on waves from lightning.

[theories]

absolutely stunning work, i love your moods and atmospheres

[Seraph Fawkes]

Gonna work on it today, make it big tasty detailed picture )

[Seraph Fawkes]

After dsg 1500 returned to it, set mood and colors. Now coming fun part )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Finally got a hold of myself. Made dsg 1502, and these two 30minuters )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Another 30mins. Though i'm lazy and sometimes draw real shit (not in the mood (( ) i have strong works, so i've get a job offer from one of the biggest russian gamedev\publishing company - Buka Entertainment - as 2d artist. Yeay ) Of course there's interview ahead and it's not big position, but i think it's already means something. Probably that i'm not lost cause )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Another speedie before bed )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Not much of SP.. Probably hour and a half. I've tried here to draw sketches more aggressive. I've used Munin Raven's DSG'1503 as a guide - really like his style in digit sketches.

[maria riaz]

hey nice environments and perspective. ur sketches convey the mood quite well....cheeers!!

[L0rin]

The Neckjaw is frikin cool. Makes me think of Salvador Dali. Also really like Spring and the desert/mountain/sunrise eviro. Will definitly be back :)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanks guys for good words, i'll try to post more often and increase quality of my drawings.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Tiny-lazy update ) Hope i'll do more speed today.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Dsg 1504 in fullsize.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Bit inspired by Painted Vail.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Two little speeds )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Here's one of my biggest works. Girl was designed over a year ago, but i had no clue what to do with her. Finaly, about month ago, i've decided to make her some kind of gypsy\magician, performing on street, surrounded with crowd. Of course i've become quite lazy (plus institute), so i don't know when i'm gonna finish it ) Anyway, why not to post )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Damn it's been a long time. OS went down, celebrated two bithdays (including mine), now fighting with tablet's drivers and ofcourse - institute and studying. Here's a little sketch from brush practice. Guess now i'm gonna be more openminded about using different texture brushes instead round hard and round soft )

[Seraph Fawkes]

and another one. not really what i've wanted

[miycko]

cool stuff man, dig the speed paints & that painting in post #36 seems to be coming along well, hope you finish it soon :D

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanks for good words ) Here's another one speedy for today. Bit nostalgic - you know, autumn and stuff... And two shamefull speeds made in Colors! on Nintendo DS. Damn it's good to have portable. Hope soon i'm gonna ace it, because i'm already starting to understand fast work with colors.

[Seraph Fawkes]

This time i've got something better. Another enviro speedie made out of nothing (so design kinda sucks and it's all about technique) and DS sketch inspired by Mini Ninja's game. )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Some doodle before bed

[Seraph Fawkes]

NOW im going to bed ) I really don't know what is this but whatever )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Goood morning it is

[Seraph Fawkes]

few doodles

[Seraph Fawkes]

NDS speedie done today

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanks to Matthew Archambault's tutorials i've studied some facial drawing techniques. First one is while watching tutorial and the second one - is selfpractice. All done on NDS

[Seraph Fawkes]

more studies for today

[Seraph Fawkes]

piece of study.. more to come today )

[Brun]

Ey man, cool stuff here

don't be afraid to work with some bigger brushes tho, and save the small ones for the details.

I would also love to see a bit more contrast in vallue (in your colours).

Keep the updates coming !!!

-B

[Seraph Fawkes]

From studying to practicing. No references, just from the head

[Seraph Fawkes]

First one from photo reference and a second one from imagination.

[Seraph Fawkes]

One before the bed. Kinda like Whit Brachna's snow mountain. tutorial.

[Naram Sinha]

The last one is atmospheric. I like it)
More details would be great at all.

[Seraph Fawkes]

tiny practice

[Seraph Fawkes]

Doodling with new brush. Bit softy but great at coloring. Will refine it later )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Finished sketch.. hope i'll do something else before bed )

[Seraph Fawkes]

About 2 hours and i'm kinda glad with it. ))

[Naram Sinha]

Very nice, mate.
Perhaps, you should make backgroung a lil' bit more detailed.:sungod:

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanks, but i guess background not that important here. Just few trees on the forest border maybe... BTW i'm waiting colors from you )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Doodling with new brushes )

[Seraph Fawkes]

More facial practice and first steps in thumbnails )

[Naram Sinha]

I like the color decision in your "Doodling with new brushes".
And WTF is BTW?

[Seraph Fawkes]

Maybe i'll do fully refined picture out of it. Or maybe not.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Colors for the last one ^__^' couldn't go to bed without them

[Seraph Fawkes]

Quite refined now. Slacked on bacground. Some time later i'll probably return to it for more details, but for now it's done )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Well i've finally going down this road - drawing and painting from references. Maybe i will get something usefull off it. I've decided to start from my favorite actor Edward Norton ) Far from perfect but this is first time. I guess it helps with colors and lights on the face..

[Seraph Fawkes]

Some thumbnails before bed... Need to return to enviro's and study them )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Some faces after weekend brake )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Finally some enviro, bit overlooked from UnidColors ) Gonna do them til' my hands bleed and eyes pop )))

[Seraph Fawkes]

One before bed, quite empty though... Need to start workin both on design and tecniques )

[Naram Sinha]

This picture before the last is nice by its quality.
And there is something missing in the last one... Something in the center is stolen. Please turn it back).

[Seraph Fawkes]

lil' crappy upd... much shame )

[Seraph Fawkes]

practicing faces again. Almost no references. When i'll nail values and shapes i'll go to color.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Gonna try to work on thumbnail enviro shots and on complexity and level of details

[Seraph Fawkes]

dooodley doo )

[Seraph Fawkes]

More faces and little something i'll finish tomorrow )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Put some time in it, but, i guess, i've nailed some new moves and "visions", and this enviro not so sucky like my other recent enviros ) Only regret - i should've start from bigger image size (
P.S. Oh and my 100th post and lvl 3 )

[grriffion]

wow man, that one is really nice. i like how you showed its progression. right on a+. it looks like some big builing or the center of a city once stood there long ago and like the civilization was wiped out and its now some really cool ruins grown over by vines and moss

[Seraph Fawkes]

grriffion - this is exactly what was on my mind ) Thanks for good words. I'm gonna do a few more enviro's combining details and speed. Hope they're gonna be even better)

[Seraph Fawkes]

First one is current enviro wip - i think doing detailed pictures could improve not only quality but speed too..
Second one - from old (not so) pens, just bit colored in PS. I've called these guys mayananas and kinda want to develop characters )
Soon will scan and post some more from sketchbooks )

[whisperss]

Your humans studies looks nice but I truly love your evironements paintings !!! good job with the depth effect !!
:D keep it up !!!

[Seraph Fawkes]

As long as i've fixed scaner now i can scan some of my sketches from sb. Here's from september while studying at institute )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Lil' wip update and some character.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Updatio ))

[grriffion]

that new enviro looks like another cool ancient ruins piece. maybe chip some of the rooves and add a broken wall or two. then put some moss on the broken pieces and make em look really old. im loving the tree growing on top of that roof though. and cool glow spider bug =D. you know what might looks really cool, and forgive me for saying so much, maybe a sleeping leopard or big cat in that tree would look really cool =D. either way good sutff keep it coming! -grriff

[Seraph Fawkes]

Hey thanks for ideas and good words. I've been planning to add "age" to these ehm.. temples? Guess the top right corner is gonna be ruinish part of ruins ) I want to make this piece very detailed and polished, so it's gonna take time )

[catukas]

Dropping by to say hy! Haven't been here a long time...
I see you have worked hard on your pictures... I would really like to see that enviro on post 84 fully finished :) cuz it looks ancient and misteryos....
Keep this up!

[Seraph Fawkes]

catukas hi ) yes, i guess i am getting better ) Hope to see your new works too
So this is last before bed. Damn it was productive day. Here's two more PS overpaints from my sb and lil' lame study of the bulb

[Seraph Fawkes]

Just some wips )

[Naram Sinha]

"На Берлин" stuff is funny).
We should gather up this week maybe.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Naram Sinha thanks, i hope you've get my sms.

Anyway, hello everyone again! I've took a month to catch a break, work and study at my university. Now i'm glad to get back to drawing, and here's some recent pens from my SB (some will be later painted digitally) and a current big work, which will be detailed to every pixel ^___^ (with shots made before - i hope i'll do the third one too)

[Naram Sinha]

This dragon-female love scene is wonderful! He is so sweet. But i think the rest of the scene could be detailed as much as dragon's face...
And no, i did not have your sms about meeting on the week.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Humble update, started to add details (all would be visible at initial size - 3000 px wide). Unfortunately have a little time now to draw - job and university are calling )

[vicker]

love the work realy cool

[Seraph Fawkes]

Well this was a long time since my last posting, but it just because i had a lot of work to do. I had few sites to design, and i've joined guys at Mountainwheel (http://www.mountainwheel.com/forum/index.php), and for now have a lil' sidejob for one band here, in Russia. So some time later i'll post some of these works (there's tons of concept art).

However i had a time for a few doodles for myself, to practice, so here they are, and i hope you'll like it! GL!

[Rotor]

Hey man, looking good.
I have to say though, some of your characters have a certain stiffness. Doing gesture studies will help with this alot and a good gesture can really spice up the character.
I like the woman's pose on the last one and it is looking very promising overall.

Keep it up and happy holidays! :)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanks, Rotor, for stopping by. Maybe you're right, but you probably talking about works, which older, than month, and for now i've been working a lot on my studies, so i think this not a problem anymore )) Anyway, thanks for good words)

[kingkostas]

hello mate, i didnt knew you had a sketchbook here on CA.Glad to see you here
very nice works, keep up :)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Hey mate, thank you!

Well i gave myself a lil' break, and now i'm back for good! I'm gonna post every day!

[Seraph Fawkes]

some sp before bed )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Had a headache so really no progress. Here's a speedie and refreshed old dsg

[Rotor]

Thanks for some very fine advice in my SB!
You weren't lying about the studies, your anatomy is coming along really well. :)
Keep it up!

[kingkostas]

great things mate.Keep up studying the anatomy for better results.Keep up the basics and keep forming your style :)
see ya and thnx for putting me in the signature , i will try to manage the words limit soon and put you there :)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanks guys for good words!
Though i've missed yesterday, i'll still try to post my studies daily. (last one not finished though, wanna detail it)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Lil' update) Really wanted to do some colors )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Little update: very early location concept on some adventure game, i'm making art for.
Also a first stage thumbnails of another game's character, and other character's finished concept.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Break from the work )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Speed paints! Roughly hour per work >_<

[Seraph Fawkes]

Something new )

[AlexTooth]

Nice sketchbook man, like it all!

This latest one is actually my favourite, the sense of scale really works well. Fantastic!

Keep going :)

[Turbosnail]

Really good SB man!! Love the game concepts in post #106. They remind me of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Keep up the good work my friend!!

[Seraph Fawkes]

AlexTooth Thank's ) Made few nice architecture brushes while doing it )
Turbosnail Thx. Tim Burton'ish style is exactly what client wanted.


Thumb's and studies!

[kingkostas]

Wow mate i really love the enviro in post 109# Thats really great and moody :)
Keep going :)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thx King ) Btw those thumbnails - i've looked over this technique in your sb - i've really liked idea using vivid light overlaying )

[Seraph Fawkes]

little update )

[DStraX]

nice work on the colors.
Try thinking about all the stuff you know abour compositon and stuff when you paint.

be more aware of what you do :)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanks, just those last one's was really sloppy.

So i've decided to visit DSG again here, and there's result's for the last two.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Photo-ref + random girl refless + speedpaint which became steampunk wip ) (just can't stop detailing speeds )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Just a little update to this wip. I imagine, that this guy is from the steam-punk world, which was almost destroyed in a horrible disaster, but he found a way to reestablish flora, using blood - sort of sacrifice for the nature. Probably this sounds cheesy )
P.S. Yeay! Finally 5th page )

[kingkostas]

hello mate :).I think his face is interesting but the body have anatomy issues that make him look stiff.Make some anatomy studies to enchance the look of your characters.That concept sounds really interesting but still the visual dont support it full.
Keep up studying mate!!!

[Istmin52]

I agree with the comment above. It looks like there is some nice rendering in the form. I think doing some anatomy studies will def help you.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Hmm... Thing is it that this came out of speedpainting (just can't stop detailing) so at first i've hadn't intention to make it super realistic. Probably he is a little bit stiff, but i've thought that this is because he's tense and the suit itself holds him tight. Even when i game my eyes rest from it and mirrored image i've didn't catch any serious problems. Anyway i'll try to look into this - thanks mates! )

P.S. Oh, to think about - the right arm is short, because i've gave a more length to his legs! So yeah, arms make it look strange )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Waaaaarghrghrgh! Almost no time to paint (

[zerdron]

You're a great artist keep it up to improve.

[Seraph Fawkes]

zerdron, thank you for kind words. Sometimes i'm not trying hard enough, but i will keep going! )
P.S. still busy with webdesigning, arghh, i wanna draw and paint! However as a present on st. V-day my girlfriend gave me 2 great books with great lessons for drawing - gonna improooooove )

[kingkostas]

Nice mate, i am glad that you carry the passion to improve!!!use the book and fly high!!!
keep going :)

[Naram Sinha]

You've started to improve your anatomy, nice work!
And you've became more accurate.
But i expected you to finish the "Dragon - naked woman" work more detailed...

[Turbosnail]

Hey Seraph, where are the updates dude????????????

[Seraph Fawkes]

hey thanks for worries )
I'm currently quite busy - webdesigning for food and work on nda project. Also a little side job (doing some art). Soon i'll do a great update, but for now i can post just those pencil scans (i like meachanical pencils, so shadows on the first from ps). Thx and keep looking out for me )

[Luckers]

Hey there! I like your sketchbook, you've got some nice concepts in here ;)
I do have a crit for you: Your characters seem to be very static, they look like a wooden plank, if you know what I mean...
I've got the same problem when i'm drawing a character the majority of the time, but you can do studies wich can help with that! :D
Loomis studies, or bridgeman's should really help. They both have a lot of pages in their books about movement in anatomy etc.

Anyway, i hope this helps... Keep up the jolly good work mate :)

[Seraph Fawkes]

I know what you mean - i'm already working on it, and next studies will be about dynamics ) Anyway thanks for stopping by.

[kingkostas]

very nice improvement mate.i already like these better.Yea try to work also in the motion, its just how you will place the main masses(if you dont place them linear, then you have flexibility).You gonna get it fast i know.
keep up

[Seraph Fawkes]

thanks kostas - i am workin on it. Lot's of it on paper though, and i'm quite lazy when it gets to scanning.
Anyway, thank you all, who decides to stop by and drop some C&C - it's very nice and keeps me motivated for free drawing. In a few days, now for realsies, i'll post a lot of new stuff )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Finally an update. Here's evolution of steampunk'ish character, some studies in pencils, and few changes on dragon-girl, though i'm planning to redo girl.

P.S. CA was lagging that night, and i couldn't see attachments, so - reposting.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Just a doodles before bed, but they could grow into something bigger... Anyway for now - i'll post daily

[Seraph Fawkes]

A little update: sketchbook page and some doodle enviro concepts )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Piece of studies - really a lot of work on a casual game comic pages (for moneys) and trying to get work again on a NDA project. But i'll rock the world one day, i know it!

[Seraph Fawkes]

Back to enviro's!

edit: to think now, i'm ashamed of that one )

[Loathsome]

Really cool stuff in here. Totally lovin the environment and the dude with the powerarmor.

Keep em comin'

[Seraph Fawkes]

Just when i'm going to post daily, there's more problem coming up ( For 2 days i've been in hospital). Anyway )

Hey Loathsome, thanks ) But i've kind of reviewed this enviro, and fixed it a little bit ) Personally, i love it that way more )

[Loathsome]

Sorry to hear about the hospital thing, I dunno if you visited someone or if something happened. Either way, hope thing's better now!

The latest piece is pretty neat, I really like the distance created on the creature. I also like the design.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanx mate ) i had an operation, but it's okay )

I've never had a good touch on a enviro's, so for now i'm gonna concetrate on them. Cityscape is the bitchiest for me ((

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thumbs-thumbs!
Theme of first two:

Mind, dominating over cock!

also - some baseball fan and dsg1550

[kingkostas]

yo mate posts 138 139 are really great and improved works.Nice improvement
keep up the good work

[Seraph Fawkes]

Well, if you talking about enviro, than it blows big ) But i kinda like that monster reaching after apple )

[Emil_]

Those two environments from #138 and #140 are very nice.

[Hamorhage]

some really solid stuff man, you could probbaly work a bit more on your foundation, but I love the way you paint, good use of brushes and color. Very nice!

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanks Emil and Hamorhage ) your comments means alot to me )

here's refined and colored "mind over cock" and some pencils

[Randis]

Good use of colors!
Some face/head studies will do goo, the facial features are often a bit missplaced

cheers

[Eiki]

Yeah, your colors are great! Especially the enviro in #138! LLLLLLove it! :)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Wow, R a n d i s, thanks for visiting! I'm still working on anatomy studies, so one time it wouldn't be a problem.
Eiki thanks ) Maybe i'll try to work more in that maner, to improve it.

[Architaylor]

Colours on this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=950848&stc=1&d=1270764296) one is awesome man! in fact the colours on loads of your pieces seem great! I would suggest just trying too feel the form a little more some of your pieces feel kinda flat but overall good stuff I'll keep an eye on this book :D

[Seraph Fawkes]

Architaylor thanks mate, though i'm not clearly understanding about form...
Anyway, today no upd's - work work )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Not much, but something. I've decided to take first steps into sci-fi\industrial designing, and play some storyboards. Well.. babysteps, babysteps...

[Seraph Fawkes]

enviro thumbs!

[DK_sketch]

Damm good envio´s. I really like the clean style you are using.
Simple but effective:).
Keep it up :D

[jeremygordon89]

#140 is boss!
love your style, so keep up the hard work and keep pushing yourself and doing studies.

[Mister Dark]

Your enviros as well as the rest is very nice! Good job!

[Seraph Fawkes]

DK_sketch thanks ) I'm trying to define my own style, which one i would enjoy, but i feel like i'm still in search.
jeremyg0rd0n thank you, i will.
Mister Dark thanks for visiting my sb ) it really means, when you guys post crits and comments

for tonight just a little thumbs (had a very little time to paint today), but I will push this char to the end )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Some new speed enviros (mostly out of head, but some ref are studied) and further "reaper" character development.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Not much for today.. just a little more refinment of "reaper" and char-face speedpaint. I kinda like it. Also - Bonobo rules! That's the music for painting.

[Eva K]

great work, love your sense of color and your style is very clean. Keep it up =)

[Grassy]

Nice stuff. There is an improvement since your first post. You really should finish dragon with lady and that crazy ehm.. scientist. And try to post more )

[Asahi-SD-]

haha the cock illustration was funny :) , i dig your sketches , very nice !!

[Seraph Fawkes]

Eva K thank you )
Grassy as soon as i get more free time - i will
Asahi-SD- thanks for stopping by )

for today just some speed crap) studies done in ps, so it sucks.. Damn i need cintiq, i wanna see what i draw.

[Alexey Chubrikov]

He he!
Last work is very great!!! :D

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanx, Alexey.

Here's lil' upd.

[Grassy]

Like the last post, that cloud-tree thing)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanks mate for stopping by )

Here's a little photobased painting. Btw it's a good way to study light physics by painting something into -scape. Originally it was photo of Gaza city.

P.s. sorry for a few updates, but i guess better something than nothing.

[Seraph Fawkes]

The truth beyond tornados.

[Loathsome]

Hey man, hope you feel better after that operation thing!
I really like the environment thumbnails.
Keep posting!

[Seraph Fawkes]

Hey, thanks ) Yeah, I'm okay, now just a little scar on the spine ) here's something before bed.

[Grassy]

Hey man, good to hear you're ok. I love those bubbleheads! Hidenburg crash rules )

[Naram Sinha]

The crash is very interesting by its idea)
And also like colors in the clouds (view from up high). You do cold colors better than warm.
Remember what I told you about the clouds?;)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Erghm... I remember how you've praised Makoto Shinkai and his clouds ) Was there something else? I'm really out of reality for now - finishing some job plus other assignments plus I'm almost without tablet... We will get together soon, I promise!

P.S. Sorry everyone for no updates - I'm staying at my girlfriend and forgto stylus for tablet T_T

[Naram Sinha]

No, I'm talking about the history, when you was totally drunk, me for a little too. And than I told you everything that I think about beauty of the clouds...
Well, then we have to do it faster before I leave.

[Asahi-SD-]

Looks like he is smoking a huge one :D

i like the tornado one , nice ambiance :)

[Starr]

Hey,

Nice work! I really like your environments, they are simple and clean with great colors! Keep up the good work!!

James

[Gloominati]

hey man, cool stuff going on here, really diggin your colors! Don't forget to do some more lifedrawing/painting to be able to push the stuff you do from head more and more and moooooooooore

[Seraph Fawkes]

Such a feedback! Your c&c keep me going ;)
@ Naram Sinha Oh that thing... Yeah, you little drunk philosopher)
@ Asahi-SD- Thanks mate, though i've never ever smoked pot or used other drugs )
@ Starr Thank you. I do like to keep image clean, though sometimes because of that i can't detail it all right.
@ Gloominati I'm trying from time to time do studies (when i'm really out of ideas). I've always thought that I've never had a feel of colour.

So yeah, this one is not a big update, but something: enviro wip, pencils and one more cute guy )

[JustinBeckett]

hehe, cool imagination...i suggest doing more studies, keep drawing!

[Icecold]

You've got very cool environments, but you must put the pressure on anatomy studies now.

Good luck!

[Seraph Fawkes]

@ JustinBeckett thank you, i will
@ Icecold I've got few giant books on anatomy, but unfortunately i have a little time to study it (

Sorry, but no updates today. It was a busy day, but there is chance of higly profitable job )

[Starr]

I like your last big headed guy painting! Im really happy to see that you are working on your anatomy, I know that stuff takes lots of time to develop and it is hard to find that time sometimes! Keep up the good work! Im a fan of your colors :D

James

[Seraph Fawkes]

It's been almost 4 days, and something good happend - I was invited to gamedevelopers conference KRI for job interview at Nival (you might know them from HoMM5). I've get 3 day freepass, wich normally cost 200 bucks. Even if won't get the job, I would be able to roam there for a lot of good stuff.

Also new Splinter Cell on PC (my xbox currently broken and I still can't buy new one, cause I'm saving for Cintiq) so yeah, it's hard to get drawing )

And for art.. nothing special, just little sketches, i made before bed - all those days i was finishing with my last paid work.
edit: yeah, i know hands mispropotioned here... i was drawing with almost closed eyes )
edit2: added values )

[kingkostas]

you are making great improvement mate.When you will find time to study more anatomy, you will be able to improve a lot more.
Keep up the good work :)

(EdIt: ooo great news mate.Your hard work is paying off :) )

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanks, Kostas. For now I'll try do at least one study\sketch per day.

edit: added values.

[Seraph Fawkes]

today I've cooked up some crappy enviro (though I like clouds...) and values for the last one sketch.

[kingkostas]

the clouds really turned out very nice mate.Keep up the rendering, and try to not use a high range of values
keep up the good work

[Seraph Fawkes]

Well it was few days without updates... But now it worth it ) Finally I've bought Intuos4 and it rocks! Hell yeah, new tablet!. Of course once I've played with cintiq21 there's nothing that could top that, but it's gonna be about 3-4 months before I would be able to afford it... Whatever, here's enviro!

[ArtZealot]

I like that last enviro, the overall color scheme and the little lights in those pillar/archway things are working really well. The only crit would be possibly some more things to reference scale. Maybe a dude in the foreground overlooking it or some little dudes walking under those pillars or something. Regardless, it's great work, keep it up!

[Seraph Fawkes]

Well, idea appeared in middle of the work - leftovers of some base, totally abandoned by people, but inhabited by something strange. As scale clues i've left walls in foreground with some signs, and a sort fusebox on the right wall. I just thought that I should try something else, rather thatn adding man again to feel the scale (but yeah, it probablt didn't work out). Anyway, thanks for c&c ))

[Seraph Fawkes]

It was a nice break. But now I'm gonna post with doublepower! Finally I've get to Alchemy and I LOVE IT! It's inspiring and creative - playing with those shape and lines brings up great ideas! Also, thanks to Mat's brushpack. So, here's some to start and also face studies.

[Grassy]

Hey friend! Looks like you out of the loop! Those last designs looks neat - really like gorilla-dog ))

Cheers!

[maeshanne]

you made some nice improvements
i like the 2de painting of post #188

[Seraph Fawkes]

@ Grassy
Thank you my friend. Alchemy really boosts imagination
@ maeshanne
That year was critical to me. I'm really glad I've decided to follow that path.

Here's page from sketchbook and enviro wip.

[Grassy]

Sweet creature design. Wanna see that enviro finished ) Keep up good work mate!

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thanks man, it's nice to hear good words )
However, today's puke )

[Krato]

hmm do some face studies on photoshop, set it to black and white and practice the values your last face seems flat in several areas and to buldgy in other areas. ;P

[kingkostas]

yep these problems exist but i can say that mate you are doing very nice improvement lately.Definitely keep up the anatomy studies cause you have to become free of it to unlock more areas.The lightning is less abstract and improved in your enviro works.
Actually you are doing great ,just keep studying

[Seraph Fawkes]

Krato doing, just not posting) sometimes it gets ugly with values
kingkostas keeping going ;) just never stop

actually that last face just a part of comix story - i've decided to try keep telling story (so realistic rendering wasn't the goal). Strong and consistant. And i'll try to make it daily. I hope it will help me with design\storytelling art.

[Seraph Fawkes]

page two.. May sound cheezy, but it's gonna be epic.

[Joe777k7]

I wanna see what happens next. Very creative, nice sketchbook.

[Asahi-SD-]

hey nice stuff there i particulary dig the update from the 4th , nice and clean volume rendering eaxctly what i like :)

As for you comic i think i like better the style when you don't detail too much like in the three box when he cross the road that's pretty nice , you may try to losen a bit you brush strokes when it come to the face to equalise the style with the surrounding and other boxes :) ( dunno how it called , maybe not boxes )

Anyway kep the good work you're improving

[Grassy]

Nice idea. You surely will improve your style, quality and speed. Wanna see what will happen - just don't fail )

Cheers!

[papervampire]

Hhehe like the comic... nice work

[Seraph Fawkes]

Joe777k7 few pages already done, and I'm thinking about plot in my spare time

Asahi-SD- Thank you my friend. All that comix quite experimental, I'm trying different approaches, to improve style, speed and technique )

Grassy I'll try

papervampire Thank you, more to come.

So. p3 and few faces (guess who's gonna be main hero?) I'm really enjoying it, though it crap yet..))

p.s. CA dicking around this night... if it's not seeable, then I'll repost it ((

[Asahi-SD-]

Really like the style of the comic page here , make me wanna read the sequel \o/

[Seraph Fawkes]

Asahi-SD- thanks )
so, page 4, probably a little bit different style.

[Joe777k7]

Great job man, you get so much done so quick. This looks really professional. See some problems with the foreshortening in his arm while he throws the ciggarette. But its hard to notice . Great job!

[Seraph Fawkes]

Joe777k7

Thank you, but I'm far from pro. But now I can see, that I've screwed up hand.

So today - studies. A lot of crap, but I'm gonna push my values so deep and hard, that new black hole will appear.

[kingkostas]

what great things you are doing lately!!!!I loved reading the comic work, very good.Also i am glad you keep pushing and i looooove the small animation :)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thank you friend, your support is priceless. But that animation is simple crap )
I don't know if i'll update more before bed (2.20 am here in vodkaland ^_^) so at least I'll post another animation - less crappy, more cheezy) and new pages will come soon.

[papervampire]

Lovin it, really like your color use in the comics, haha, the animation is cool!

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thank you papervampire. Comic will be ready at sunday, monday tops. I wanna do more cityscape studies, because for now it's simply sucks when I'm trying to do some. But with more natural things I'm okay. So today enviro and 15m sp - hadn't done those for a long time. I'll try to do more sps.

edit: fixed man's size

[Asahi-SD-]

nice colors dude , maybe you should work more on the scales difference , like the lava one , mountains doesn't seems that big compared to the guy , well I cannot see the " hugeness" of that place ;) keep it up

[Seraph Fawkes]

Thank you my friend ) I see what you talking about. Indeed i've made mistake making man so big (added him in the last moment).

I've been out of the city for two days, and I'm quite tired, so I can't guarantee updates today. Cheers )

[DK_sketch]

the lighting in the lava envio is looking really good the second one looks a tad to blurry.
WHAT you can´t guarentee an update today!!, that´s my day ruined:P.
Keep it up:)

[Seraph Fawkes]

I've allowed myself few days of rest (also because I was quite tired and busy)... But here's something again for daily updates and comix main hero.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Well I was ditching this one for a long time, but I'm gonna to render it good. Girl will be redone.

[Seraph Fawkes]

Ehm had a time just for some quick faces practice (no refs, trying to pull face colour)

[Starr]

I like your dragon post, its looking really nice! I also really like your story you are working on! Keep up the good work, Im glad to see you are working hard! How did your interview go buddy?!

Starr

[cgaddict]

Nice works here, really enjoy your use of values specifically. Great concept on your latest image as well, nicely done.

[Norris]

Your work is absolutely stunning ... 5 stars!

Keep it up, im loving it!

Take care
Norris

[cgaddict]

Really digging those character designs - especially those with that humorous touch! Great colors and a nice sense of mood conveyed with your latest updates. As for critique, I think you should focus a bit more on the 'planes' of the human figure, this should definitely help you when it comes to shading. Keep at it!

[DK_sketch]

really nice skintones you have going.
The dragon looks great, really liking the level of detail and great lighting :)

[Sean McClain]

Thank you my friend ) I see what you talking about. Indeed i've made mistake making man so big (added him in the last moment).

I've been out of the city for two days, and I'm quite tired, so I can't guarantee updates today. Cheers )

hey Seraph I like what you doing!, the dragons and environments particularly:)
I know you said you where tired so if this is lame forgive me please.
I just wanted to show the space difference of the mountain with a quick paintover. hope it helps cheers!
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[kingkostas]

mate really great improvement in your values.The studies you are doing in order to improve them are great.Keep them up, you are on the right track.Dont forget to work some more in the anatomy.
Btw lovely new animation :)

[Donna]

Lovely sketchbook! I have to agree with everyone, your values are gooood. I liked your comic, too, can't wait for the next page :)

[Seraph Fawkes]

Woah ) I wish I've always had such feedback, because I'm really feeding on it ^__^

@ Starr thanks friend ) Job had a catch, so screw'em!

@ Norris Thanks for stars, but as I'm always - I'm far from the best ))

@ cgaddict Thanks man (heh double feedback). I was thinking about planes and stuff - actually when I'm stuck with anatomy\faces, I'm trying to go back to simple shapes, but most of the times I'm getting tangled even more.

@ DK_sketch thanks mate, but dragon not finished yet ) It will be detailed even more deeply - probably this will be my masterpiece, representing stuff I've learned through this year, since I've started sb.

@ darknight thank you very much. This way it would've more right, but when I'm done with piece, I rarely get back to it... But probably i will fix this one later.

@ kingkostas Hey man, I really appreciate your support (probably I've already said it, but who gives). I've seen what you're doing with values right now - maybe I'll try this one out too. I do want my values be realistic, so I'll keep pushing it.

@ Donna Thank you ) No more fooling around, new comic page today! I'll visit your sb as well later.

So, right now I have nothing, but in 8-10 hours I'll be drawing and doodling and painting, and then there will be an update!

Cheers!

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wByjj6VVYgg/TAPPY_FCzKI/AAAAAAAAAD4/bq-feu9EjwY/0.jpg

[FAST ART]

the dragon is really nice :)

[maeshanne]

really like the first environment fron post #215
the painting from post #220 looks so cool :D

[waffles!]

Hey man thanks for the link to the brushes. I found a bunch more from idiot apathy in another thread, can't wait to try them tonight :).

Also I can't really critique your work but I'm liking your enviros and characters so keep it up! :]

[Seraph Fawkes]

@ FAST ART Thank you!
@ maeshanne Thanks ) soon it will be even better )
@ waffles! No prob, wish you luck, and ask me if you'll have some questions.

So... 5th page, I'm out of the loop about comic, and have a good feeling about it (still though sounds too cheezy). Anyway here we go + faces. Please don't think I'm slacking around, I'm just lazy and love to take a rest )

edit: sorry for my english. I'd be happy if you'd point out on my grammar.

[LAL]

Lovely sketch!the painting from post #220 looks so great! man, keep the nice work up!

[kingkostas]

i enjoy that!!! and it forces you to work more.
Take your time(but after you relax do the double lol :P)

[Grassy]

New page! Great rendering, probably he looks way too sad. Good work man, and it's getting really interesting.

[marcotronic]

wonderful work! I really love that enviro on page 7 (your first piece with the intuos4)! Looking forward to your updates!

Marco

[sutapa]

Hi Seraph Fawkes,
Really inspiring sketches. all the best. hope to see more...

[BluezAce]

Wow, the comic seems pretty interesting :D

Btw, what program did you use to make those animation, Seraph? I want to learn making animation too (although just for fun/personal work :))

[Seraph Fawkes]

Ookay. First of all - thank you all guys for replies.


@ LAL Thanks, I guess that dragon and girl will be my real masterpiece )
@ kingkostas Btw sometimes even if I'm not actually drawing, I'm doing that in the head, so hey - I'm double not lazy )
@ marcotronic Thank you - I'm enjoying that tablet alot!
@ sutapa You will, just visit me daily or so )
@ BluezAce I'll post animation next time, ok? Maybe we'll jam something together one day?

So for today we've got:
* PoP: Sands of Time the game bigheaded prince (because I'm playing it again, and brw movie ROCKS!)
* more heads
* and some sudden alchemy based bastard.

[sutapa]

Hi Seraph Fawkes,
nice updates. liked the bighead prince,it's cool. is it the final version?

[Parsakoira]

very nice use of colors, some of your stuff lacks sharpness, try using more harder brushes!

[Seraph Fawkes]

@ sutapa Yep, it's just a doodle. The frog guy on the other hand will be probably finished )

Parsakoira I'm using alot of sharp brushes, and almost always use post sharpening filters. If there's places where it's not sharpened it's ment to be that way. Anyway, thanks for stopping by)

lil morning refinment ^__^'

[BluezAce]

@ BluezAce I'll post animation next time, ok? Maybe we'll jam something together one day?


Thx, Seraph! And that would be really cool too to have some collaboration :)


Uwf, prince! It has been since I haven't play it again... And the movie hasn't yet arrive at my town! I'm still waiting its DVD rip from my friends hahaha :P

[Donna]

Prince of Persia looks adorable :) I really love everything you do, it inspires me to study more. Please finish the fishie thing concept :D

[Seraph Fawkes]

@ Donna Thanks and I will soon finish it, probably tomorrow.
@ BluezAce Too bad you won't see it on a big screen, but I hope you'll see it anyway - it worth it.

So, animation in PS (since cs3, how it was before I really don't remember, though I've been using PS since 7th or 8th version) pretty much simple. Call window-animation. Set it from Timeline to Frames if it's not. Now create new layer and make first keyframe. All you need to do now is just draw every next frame on the new lawyer. To make it easy I'm duplicating current frame, setting original layer to low opacity, and just drawing in the duplicate. That way it's easy to maintain proportions in movements and stuff (hope you understand me).

So, now you have all key frame, what to do next?

Disable all layers except first one and go to animation window. Press this one:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wByjj6VVYgg/TAmBcwhSqRI/AAAAAAAAAEg/L3Ntt-7LOJQ/2.jpg
when new frame created, select it, then disable first layer in it, and enable second one. And so do with every next frame\layer. In the end you supposed to have 1 unique layer per 1 frame.

What now?
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wByjj6VVYgg/TAmBfBUQ2CI/AAAAAAAAAEk/7jrFsLaFLFI/3.jpg
You can set how long does frame stays on (default 0 seconds), and can tween frame. This way, by tweening (is it a word?) 2 frames, you'll have some additional frames, in which first layer disappears and second one starts to appear.

Anyway, when you'll be done, select file-save for web&devices. Save as gif and it's done. BUT, if you planning to make a real video, select file-export-render video.

So, here's a little animation I've done, doing that lil' tut, and a face practice (btw, all faces I've recently done - refless, and I think I'm doing not bad ))

Well, that'it for now - I'm not at my workplace, so not really in mood to do serious stuff.

Cheers!

[Grassy]

Omg - killabear! Cute prince, and sweet frog\fish. I think it really shows your progress. Rendered heads are nice, but man, push youself - do eyebrows, eyes and hair. Anyway you're doing better and better!
Cheers!

[BluezAce]

Wow thx! Although it won't be trying to make any animation soon, but I'll definitely show it to you someday! :D

[FAST ART]

some really nice ideas and concepts here.. keep comin :)