Duman's Sketchbook

[Duman]

I finally decided to start a sketch book. If I want to be a concept artist, then I think a sketch book critiqued by my peers is a good step in the right direction.
So a little bit about me.
I am currently a student at the Kendall College of Art and Design. I am working with a digital illustration major and hope to one day become a concept artist.
I dabble in everything from weapon, character and creature design, but have been focusing on environments as of late.

More recent work can be fond in subsequent pages.



http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/NathanManikasMegaManCharacterLayout-2.jpg


http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/LandScape3.jpg


http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/LandScape5.jpg

[Duman]

Some more quick paints
And sorry about having the images smashed so close together. Im still trying to get the hang of how CA does the image posting.

[Lotet]

cool, dindt know u had a sketchbook. those first two pics are really good.

[Duman]

I wouldn't say they are really good, but thanks for the comment.
And I figured out how to post pics correctly, so all further updates should be a little less cluttered.
Im going to try to update this sketchbook once or twice a week.
And hopefully, with some helpful critiques and advice, you'll see some improvement of my meagre skills.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/speedpaint1-1.jpg

[Duman]

Oh, I'll be on vacation for about a week starting tomorrow, so to tide you over...
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/bloodman.jpg
Daarken's tomb king tutorial motivated me to do some character stuff.
I want to color it now. But Im not sure how to go about that right now. I'll have to save that for when I get back.

[Lotet]

overlays n multiplies works perfect for coloring, i wish u best of luck.
looking foreward for the colored version, have a great vacation dude.

[Duman]

Hey, I have been trying to do a speed paint a day for a week with
Datameister.
They are not very good, but they are just 40 minute practices. I really need to get better with textures and lighting.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/speedpaint20.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/speedpaint21.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/speedpaint22.jpg

[Duman]

Really quick update.
Actually kind of like this one. Watched Whit Brachna's speedpaint demo again, and this piece is inspired by one of his.
Something like 40-50 minutes.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/speedpaint23.jpg
Hmmm, Im going to start looking into posting larger, higher quality images. I think photobucket is making them one cookie cutter size right now. So I may be able to post some higher res images in the near future.

[Pound]

Wonderful use of brushes there Duman. You really excel at more industrial design. What do you enjoy drawing?

[Macar]

Hey Duman, I like your designs and your environmentals. Often your people are bringing down the overall quality though. You could always just skip them :P

[Duman]

Hey, don't I know you guys from somewhere?
Ha!
But this is strange. Here I thought that I sucked at brush application and texture and that industrial design was a weak point of mine. Weird.
As for the characters, I agree with you on some, but not all. Some are just really, really quick little guys, but others I think help and contribute to the story.
But I'll work harder at that from now on!
So here is a little tribute to SpaceMan Spiff of Calvin and Hobbes.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/speedpaint25.jpg

[Duman]

It has taken me far too long to update this page. I need to work on this stuff more.
A lot more.
I discovered this really cool feature on this site. The "whatevers" of the week. The creature thread is looking really promising, so I'll have to get cracking on that.
But until then, here are some fourty minute speedpaints.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Speedpaint27.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/speedpaint26.jpg

[Duman]

A COW practice creature. A WIP right now.
Giant flying balloon fish.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Cow2.jpg

[Incinerated]

good day sir :). I just went through your book, and it seems to to me you need to do some practice with saturation and desaturation, it will help you define the distance better in environments. "The more distant the less saturated" is a good rule to remember.
Im sorry if that's already been said.
-Inc

[Duman]

I absolutely know what your talking about. I need to keep remembering that lowering the opacity is not the same as desaturating. I will definitely keep that in mind.

Here are some quick thumbnails of the insect creature Im trying to do for the COW.
Which one do you think I should render?
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COW3-1.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COW31-1.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COW33.jpg

[Duman]

Finished the fish guy. Kind of.


Giant Flygantorpe
Description: This massive fish is unique to the planet Rythan 4. It spends a good amount of time slowly swimming the tropical seas of the planet feeding on the floating seaweed found there. Oddly enough, and for reasons not yet known, this fish will often leave the water and begin to fly. It does not so much fly as it does float. It's massive body is held aloft by the large amounts of lighter than air gases contained inside. Its sides so bloated and skin so stretched, the interior organs are slightly visible. We don't know where they go from there or why. But we do know that it seems often totally fixated on the luminescent lure in front of its face. Perhaps this lures small cleaning organisms close. Maybe it helps them see in the dark clouds. Maybe they just like glowing things. We may never know.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Cow23.jpg

[Lotet]

hi mate, those insect thumbs are really sweet looking. u should make more of em.

[Duman]

Yes I will. Hopefully before every new piece I do now. Here is the COW entry I had been working on.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COW3-5.jpg

[Izer]

Very nice sb, awesome speed paints, that big pink fish creature is wild. Go COW! keep up the good work.

[arestocrat]

I like your COW entry. Awesome mood and texture.. only complain would be, that the garbage cans look a bit flat.

I also like your district9 piece this one (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/speedpaint26.jpg)

[Duman]

Alright, another COW update. I think I am also going to try my hand at the EOW. I loves me some environments.
But here is the most recent COW, Red Hot Doom
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COW4-2.jpg

[Duman]

Final
Artist: Duman

Concept: Magma Hound
The magma hounds are beasts that live near volcanically active areas. They are named as such for their resilience to lava, and their unique use of it. The hounds gather large quantities of lava in their mouth, and use it as a sort of shaping tool. They use the lava to create large dens under active volcanic sights.

[Duman]

Hey, this was a weird COW. Lots of gross stuff. Im glad I could contribute with my giant ballsack monster.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COW5.jpg

[Duman]

Another week, another creature.
I have also been trying to diversify into the EOW realm.
Im sure the environment shows that I do need a little time to work the rust off, but oh well.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/EOW13.jpg

[tsabu]

Hey mate. I like your last cow work, in my opinion its much better than the previous one's :)
I think you should try to avoid more in your works these "raw" lines, like in the right down corner of your latest cow work. These one's on the creature are pretty cool, some more thick some more thin, that's the right way. In your previous cow works these too "raw" elements appear too, like these slime falling from worm tentacles or lava from red hood of doom head.
I hope these will help a bit, and sorry for my poor english if something isn't clear enough.

[Duman]

Another round of updates.
I really wish I could get more than two pieces (of low quality work) out a week.
College is sucking my time away, but Im not complaining. Its fantastic work. The downside being it is usually too big to scan in on my crappy printer. If anyone cares, I could try an get some digital pics of them up here.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COW74.jpg


http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/EOW28.jpg

[Duman]

Two more.
Im not so happy with the creature, but more so with the environment. Tough week. Going to try to get some new paintings done next week. (see weapon and speedpaint)

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COW86.jpg


http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/EOW35.jpg

[Duman]

Another minor update.
This time its not a crappy COW or EOW, but a crappy school assignment.
Go figure.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Project42.jpg

[Mohzart]

Youve been busy :) good stuff man. Keep up the enviros! theyre coming along nicely!

[Duman]

UPDATE!
Yeah!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Project5.jpg

[LieutenantHanz]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/EOW13.jpg
This is really interesting, did you paint over a photograph of tree tops? Or use a brush of some sort? It looks really cool!

[olivepalm]

wow. love the bench in the mountains! nice work improving your skills. Visit my website:

www.setherama.com

[Duman]

Wow, been a long time. Been working with more traditional stuff the last few weeks. Been trying to sketch a lot more than anything digital, or finished for that matter.
So here are two quick sketches. Scanned in with my subpar scanner. So sorry for the low rez and quality.

[iphigen]

Really nice works, very imaginative. They sadly look a bit flat, maybe you should try to shade more :)

[Duman]

Yes, much to my embarrassment, I did replace the word Angels with the word angles. Its Angels of Death, not angles of death. Yeah, the dreaded obtuse marines. Bitter enemies of the acute marines. I am going to fix that for sure.
So yes, I do suck pretty bad at spelling.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Illustration2.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Illustration1.jpg

[Duman]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Illustration3.jpg

[Duman]

WAAAAAAGH!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Illustration4.jpg

[Duman]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Illustration5.jpg

[Lander]

Cool of you to stop by my SB.
That was probably the most encouraging words I ever got :)
You are showing great progress over the pages.
I would encourage you to do what I always neglected (and still do) Do studies of objects at your desk.(don't spend too long (30 minutes tops)) Paint them as they look, not as you envision them. And study light. I was looking at your "Orks". Decide where your light source is and then make a light side and a shadow side. Put (in the case of the skin tone) your most saturated green on the rim where light meets the shadow. I'm not sure that made any sense.

[Koh]

Nice sketchbook =), fellow Michigander here.

[Duman]

Lander: Thanks for the sage advice. I really do agree that I need to work on my light. I believe I was once told that light is one of the most difficult aspects of art to really grasp. Something about it flowing and moving like water.
Anyway, maybe I will get around to some of those sketches this summer, we'll see.
Koh: Thanks. It must be a small world.

A C.O.W that I never got around to finally submitting.
Supersonic spike. A creature that shoots living spikes out of an organic cannon on it's back.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COW10-2.jpg

[Duman]

A quick speed paint.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/EOW4-1.jpg

Now here is just something I decided to make in my dwindling free time.
It is not FINISHED yet. I just wanted to put it up here to get a look at it. I will be putting this in the C&C section so I can make it better.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COW11.jpg

[Duman]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/ShipFinal.png

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/GunFinal.png

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/CreatureLayout.png

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/LandScapeV1.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/VectorPortraitFinalV2.jpg

[ArtZealot]

You got some nice stuff goin on in here. I really dig some of the 3d stuff, and in that last post i like what u are doing with the directional lighting. You've got some nice creatures too, i especially like this one (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COW10-2.jpg).

The crit i would offer is to try to really push your lighting more often. Adding contrast, directional lighting, bounce light, rim light, core shadows etc. really help objects to go back into space and sit well on the canvas. A lot of the drawings in here are good but could be great with a bit more attention to that.

If i were to narrow it down even further i'd just say to just pay attention to lighting in general, when u think about it, and are outside the house.

Look for where light hits, where the shadow starts where the core begins (if there is one) is there a rim light? what does it define of the form? and just in general pay attention to how it operates.

It's not the kind of thing to just learn all of a sudden, but just when it hits ya just soak it in, then when u come home try to apply it to the canvas. Lighting can do a lot of cool stuff, i think that last one is one of your best in terms of lighting, just gotta do it more. Cheers! and thanks for stopping by my sketchbook!

[Duman]

More stuff.
A quick COW entry first
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/COw2-1.jpg

Then we got a quick environment. Not too happy with it, so I might revisit it once I get out from under some deadlines.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Untitled-1-4.jpg

Finally I have a quick screenshot of a website I am building from the ground up. That means every button, image and animation will be all my doing. Its just going to take a few more months to finish.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Test1.jpg

[Mila]

The COW pieces are great. Would like to see more thumbs! Also, your enviroment paintings have a great setting but appear very scratchy. Try making thumbs for these as well with hard blocked or soft blocked brushes and then use the same technique to work one out.

You did a nice job on the Warhammer40k characters too - I'm always excited to see people doing 40k pieces. Keep up the good work and don't stop posting. :)

[Duman]

Portrait of a hydralisk
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/ZergPortrait1.jpg


Can you guess what the next two images will be?

[wi2rd]

Loving the mood in these, lots of story :)
Nice!

[Duman]

Second portrait. Terran Marine.
Its a little big right now, but whatever.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/TerranPortrait.jpg

[Duman]

Last Starcraft portrait.
Protoss Warrior portrait.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/ProtossPortrait1.jpg

[TheFallenAngel]

Amazing work, love the red-tinted one in post 43, looks creepy as hell!

[Duman]

Here is the 3D character I was working on.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Subject32Final.jpg

[Duman]

Decided now was a good time to start combining some 3D model elements into my work, so using Lightwave 10 (and a healthy dose of El Coro's weapon tutorial) I set off making this gun.
I hope to get a 3D model of it finished in the next few weeks, so stay tuned.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Weapon-1.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Weapon-1Final.jpg

[Duman]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/BiolabV1-2.jpg


http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/LivingQuartersV1.jpg

[Duman]

A weapon concept for a lightning weapon.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/LightningGunProfileV1.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/LightningGunLayoutV1.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/LightningGunEffectsLayout.jpg

[Duman]

SpiderBots
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/SpiderBotDraftFinalV1.jpg

[Duman]

MegaMan Redesign
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/MegaManV1.jpg
I guess you could call this a hypothetical game box cover.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/XenoScapeBoxArtFlat.jpg

[Duman]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/EnemyV1.jpg

[Duman]

Hypothetical in-game screenshots.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/XenoScapeInGamePDF.jpg

[Duman]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/XenoScapeCharacter2PDF.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/Enemy2PDFcopy.jpg

[Duman]

A small revision.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/Duman123/EnemyV1-1.jpg

[Duman]

A recent COW. Pretty fun stuff.

[Duman]

another cow

[Nibras]

Good stuff buddy. Keep on those studies and apply them to your imagination work but otherwise its great.