jottings of concepts.....

[sutapa]

Hi everyone,
this one is my first ever post in this forum. I got mesmerized and felt in love with this site. Surely I'm gonna be speechless in few days if I continue inspiring myself after watching most of you guys' potential.
The inspiration went into such a position that coming week I'm gonna purchase a brand new wacom I4M for myself. For the time being three cheers for "office wacom".
Hope to have comments from all you guys....

Well, this is a concept of a girl,smoking.....still is progress.....hope to have a better output in the coming week.

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/city/1.jpg

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/city/3.jpg

[AmontilladoAg]

Looks like this is comin' right along... can't wait to see the finished product :)

[sutapa]

hi AmontilladoAg,
Thanks a lot that u liked my work.....:rocker:

[sutapa]

ok,here is what I ended up.....
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/final/cigarettegirlcopy.jpg

[sutapa]

well,here is the wip of my recent matte painting.....
hope to finish it soon....

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/city/bb.jpg

[sutapa]

the final matte paint....

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/final/final_nov-1.jpg

[sutapa]

here is a little doodle...
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/ameerpet/libaration_bakcopy.jpg

[jama]

nice sketches..
keep them coming)))

[sutapa]

Hi jama,
I'm honored that you've visited my sketchbook.
Thanks a lot....

This is the wip of my new concept, I'm working these days......
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/ameerpet/dance_bak.jpg

[LtPlissken]

The portrait is pretty cool, but the matte painting is extreme. That ambient could easily go with the spirit of Resident Evil. I have just one question: did you painted that matte from zero, or is the base a photographed image and then additional painted on it?

[sutapa]

Hi LtPlissken,
It really feels good that you've liked my work.
I used photographs from almost 6-7 different sources,but yahhh...the spider web like few objects are painted.
Hey can you tell me how I can add photograph to my thread?

[LtPlissken]

Hey can you tell me how I can add photograph to my thread?

When you click on the post reply button and wrote your desired message, you should scroll the screen down and find the button Manage Attachments. Click on that button and another browser screen should pop up where you should attach files from your computer. Hope this helps, if not, contact me and I will explain in more details.

[sutapa]

Hi LtPlissken,
thanks for your information....
this is an older one....

[sutapa]

this is cool but I was asking about when I'm opening sketchbook page, that time beside my name it's not showing any icon (like ur having pirate).how to manage that?

[LtPlissken]

That is easy, you just post the desired image in your first post in your sketchbook. That first image will be displayed as your sketchbook main picture.
This last painting is great, good skin tones, but I am not completely satisfied with the background, I do not know why, I would pick some other background.

[sutapa]

hi LtPlissken,
thanks for your suggestion. Surely will think on it.
here is one more matte on the concept of 2012 I've started......

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/city/2012.jpg

[Spiderlok33]

Really nice picture they are very lively and well thought out, for lack of a better term.

[andres333]

I'm really impressed your paintings are awesome!
I definitively love your style
sorry for not having constructive comments
keep it up

[sutapa]

hi andres333,
thanks for ur comments. I'll try not to disappoint you.

Hi Spiderlok33,
thanks for ur encouraging comments!!

[sutapa]

here is a quick one,
work in progress........
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/vamp.jpg

[LtPlissken]

I see that you are still struggling with image posting, there is always a sufficient beside your posted pictures, I do not know why exactly but you are not doing everything right.

I like this last one. I like it cause she look sad and she look like a zombie, I like that kind of paintings. Great digital painting skills. Will keep my eye on the finished version.

[sutapa]

Hi LtPlissken,
Thanks for always supporting my work.
Here is what I ended up.....the zombie.....haha.....
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/zombie.jpg

[LtPlissken]

No problem my friend, I am glad that you are letting me to be here.
Those brush strokes are great and actually the brush itself is great. I do not like the chest. This should be a female? Because of the chest she looks like she has a body of a pumped up body builder.

[sutapa]

hi LtPlissken ,
thanks again for ur suggestion. yah...u r right, my last drawing had some problem in the chest part. I'm too lazy to rectify that.....let it be like that for the time being.....

here is something new I started of......
the wip....
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/nigromodel.jpg

[sutapa]

here is where i ended up....
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/nigromodel-1.jpg

[sutapa]

here is a larger version....
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/nigromodel1.jpg

[LtPlissken]

Hello! I am so glad to see you back with new work, actually I am following you all the time, I am just not posting.
First of all, this guy reminds me on something between Prince and Milly Vanily.
Your brush work is good and I think that you have a great sense for color combination, however, I will go my old theory again; I am just not settled with your backgrounds. I have the feeling again that this background would not go with this guy. This could just be me, I am sorry but I feel that some other pattern would go much better with this one.
Great work, please keep posting.

[sutapa]

Hi LtPlissken,
It's been a wonderful experience getting encouragement from you every time. Thanks a lot friend.but, I think your critic/constructive comments are more helpful for me to rectify my work.This time surely will change the BG.
Thanks man once again, hope to get acquainted..

[LtPlissken]

Hey, what's up?
A month has passed since you last updated.
It is time now....

[sutapa]

Hi LtPlissken ,
It's so nice that u kept on following my thread.thanks a lotttttt.
yahhhh.....last few couple of weeks I've been screwed up with some projects....still going on....no time for personal project.
here is a small jotting to refresh my mind......

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/snowgirl.jpg

[LtPlissken]

Oh, you have thrown this dude out in the snow in a such could weather. He must be frozen his a** off :) :) :)
This is a real nice one.
Good to see you back.

[sutapa]

LtPlissken: thanks a lot my friend. hope to satisfy you forever.

[pratim]

again awesome stuff..............you rock................

[sutapa]

thanks pratim.
here is a new concept, just got the sketch....DJ ostrich.

[LtPlissken]

wooow, nice background and of course interesting concept :)

[sutapa]

Hi LtPlissken,
thanks a lot,friend.
Here is the next wip.....

[sutapa]

LtPlissken: Hi frnd, I'm glad that u liked the bg texture this time.
Here is the final version.....

[LtPlissken]

I am here, I am here, I am glued to my computer lately and I do not eat, do not sleep, just breathing concept art instead of air. I know I was earlier whining about your backgrounds, sorry about that, but now you have chosen a great combination and I am so proud about that.
Is this guy, some high tech, psycho small friend of Santa Claus?

[sutapa]

Hi LtPlissken,
I really don't hv words to explain my gratitude to u. The way u used to help me is something force me to sit in front of my laptop and scratch my head to do some good stuff. It's because of you,I came to know the importance of a good BG.It's my humble request to u.......please pleaseeeee feel free to comment on my paintings.....ur comments are really constrictive.

well, u r right....he is a crazy friend of Santa Claus.haha....

[LtPlissken]

Sorry, for my late reply. You do not have to thank me at all. When I have found your sketchbook, I felt that you need some encouragement and I am so glad that I could cheer you up and to motivate you a little bit at least.
There are plenty of times in my life that no one cares about my art, as a matter of fact, to be more correct, most of the time nobody cares about my art, and I do not get any feedback in my life, no one helps, no one comments no one even spares five minutes of his life to take a look at my drawing book that I leave on my table. In those moments I wonder, why am I even trying, why do I even waste my time laying down graphite on paper? Why am I torturing my eyes in front of my computer for hours to make a lousy stupid painting that no one will look?
Well, honestly I still not have any answers to these questions, but one thing I know: something is pulling my strings, something is making me to do art, even if I would try to ignore these feelings, they would disappear for a short time but then it would come back, just as a vampire's thirst.
I have no money from my art, I have nothing useful from it, I would rather play Doom or Quake but it just calls me over and over again. When I have a pencil in my hand, I have to draw, I have to put all on paper what I feel, like it's destined to be like this.
Sorry for the long nonsense talk, what I am trying to say, that if art makes you feel whole, or if you feel something similar as I do, then you should not wait for people like me to show up and to give you encouragement, you just do what your mind aids you to do, and express yourself through your art, let all your ideas hit the surface, and do not hold back even if no one supports you, which of course will never happen in your situation.
Anyway, I am glad that you are here now and I am happy that I met you. I will follow your work and I will be here to help you whenever I can.
sooooo........what are you waiting for?
keep posting :)

[sutapa]

Hi LtPlissken,
I really feel lucky to have a friend like you in my world of art. It makes me feel so nice that you have shared your feelings with me. I don't think, you've written any single "nonsense talk"!! It's really shocking for people like us, who are trying harder and harder to create some art and nobody can spare a moment of there busy schedule to look back those stuffs. I feel critics are the best thing to learn or improve quality, for which I started my sketchbook.....but alas, I was wrong!! May be I expected something more than I deserve. Anyway we should not bother about all this facts, because art comes spontaneously from our heart, we can't keep ourselves away of it.

Actually I thought of sharing something similar to you in my last post,but I've edited those.I thought, you might get bored to read those stuffs. Now, I can tell you,because I trust you. I'm from a small city of India.....I got very less time to learn proper method of art. What ever I do it's completely based on my self invented,observed methods. I know,the proper guidance is lacking......but I'm not going to seat back and feel like a looser. I wish to go out of India and learn every aspect of art in a proper way....in some day ahead, and I'll do it!! Before that, I need help of people like you, who is not just supportive but a proper guide to me.
Let's rock with our creativity, forgetting all these pains. just remember I'm there for u....and I know, you are there for me.
GOOD LUCK,FRIEND.

[sutapa]

Just wanted to feel dad is so special to a child, no matter what he is.

[sutapa]

Another update...
still in wip..hope to finish soon....
In this I though of a old,rusty,metallic father robot having a shiny,glorious son who represents a father's hard work to bring him up.father is as usual very protective and caring.they both enjoy their company.

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/daddy.jpg

[LtPlissken]

Hellooooo
I thought that you gave up painting, but now my hope is back.
Great values on the Daddy-Robot and the background is also outstanding.
You are evolving some great ideas here, I hope that you will finish this up pretty quick...

[sutapa]

Hi LtPlissken,
no no friend.....I didn't give up drawing. even if I try to do so,I can't. Actually I was busy making some experimental animation clips these days. I attached the promo poster of the film below. U can check that out.
It's a pixilation short film about a lazy husband and his crazy wife.As soon as I finish this,will be back on paper.....

[sutapa]

baby robo...
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/daddy-2.jpg

[andres333]

haha loving the last one
keep it up

[sutapa]

@ andres333: Thank you very much.

well,it's done finally....can't wait to start something new....

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/daddy-3.jpg

[borisfries]

Thank you for your comment :)

I really like your work (its way better then mine) - especially the matte painting is very cool. Keep it up :)

Boris

[sutapa]

@borisfries :Thank you very much.No body is better than any body,both of us are in the same track of betterment!!

the quick one...

[sutapa]

concept of a warrior girl...
wip...

[LtPlissken]

Hello, my friend. Here I am, still not gave up from drawing :)
I will update pretty soon I hope.
The window painting is so great, mostly I like the color combination but the floor texture is also mega outstanding. You have pushed that painting way beyond its boundaries.
An excellent character design, female warrior I think. I would like to see more characters developed from you, cause I think that you have a great potential doing them. Now just put on some details on her and let this baby sing her warrior song.
Great, great update. Improvement is your middle name now :)

[Choob]

Portraits are looking good, and I'm really digging the composition on the environments, the spiderwebs and stuff in the first one help for a murky feel.

Keep it up.

;)

[sutapa]

@ Droid: thanks a lot....
@ LtPlissken: your comments are always inspiring.thanks. I'll try more characters next time.

Here is a black and white quick sketch inspired by my very favorite artist Jama.

[sutapa]

started a new reference study...
wip1..

[sutapa]

the final composition..

[pratim]

last one is an amazing piece of yours...........awesome.......keep it up man....:)

[sutapa]

@ pratim: thank u very much..

a quick one...
just fed up with some issue......

[sutapa]

after a long time, did a matte again.......

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/lake-1.jpg

[LtPlissken]

Long time no see.
The Taxi/building painting is outstanding, just as is the perspective on the toilet guy.
Amazing matte painting! I would frame it and put it on my wall to watch it day and night.

[sutapa]

Hi LtPlissken,
I feel like I met u after a decade or something. I just love to have comments from u. Thank u very much, that u've liked my paintings.Hope, soon I can upload my recent matte,which I started today.till that....stay tuned!!

[pratim]

Hi Sutapa your last matte painting was mind blowing.........I loved the color scheme.....and great composition....I should say one thing after seeing your toilet guy that you have got a nice comfort on perspectives.....waiting for next master piece,,,,,your last one is 5 stars from me.......cheers.....

[sutapa]

Thanks Pratim,
It's just wonderful getting support from each and every one of u. Thank u so very much. I would like to see your drawings soon!!

[Puffynose]

wow ur paintings are beautiful im sort of confuse if its digi or traditional BUT I LOVE THEM. And im pretty sure its digi that looks traditional lol in a good way

[sutapa]

@ Puffynose: Thanks for ur comments. well if it looks traditional,I'll be the happiest person....coz that's the effect I wanted in my matte!

well, here is the layout of the matte,I'm concentrating now a days...

[sutapa]

Here is the wip animation of my matte....

[chithra]

Very nice sketches. I can see your improvement.

[Norris]

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook.
Lovely stuff, i particularly like the fury effect you have on some of the portraits ... AWESOME!

Take care
Norris

[Seraph Fawkes]

Hey man, have you concidered work as matte painter? Or you already do? You've got some nice paintings, but matte is really your strongest. Anyway keep doing what you doing, and btw, if you need some advice on drawing\painting - don't hesitate to ask. I'll stick here for a while, if you'll do more cool matte ^___^

Btw I like the very first woman - nice )

Cheers!

[sutapa]

@chithra: Thank you very much.

@Norris: Thank you very much. I'm glad that you liked my stuffs.

@Seraph Fawkes: Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook,seraph. I'm honored that you've visited my thread. I love to do experiment with all kind of arts. So, matte painting is one of them, which I like the most. Surely,'ll ask for your suggestions if I'm in doubt.Thanks again!

here is the latest update....

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/step8-1.jpg

[LtPlissken]

Hey, what's up?
You are doing amazing work lately, but as others pointed out, you are currently the best in matte painting.

[Ashab]

super ideas and so confident keep up the progress very inspiring, and thanks for your comment

[sutapa]

@ plissken: Thanks friend, for being my continuous supporter!!

@ashab: Thanks a lot, my friend...

Here is what I ended up.....

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv25/wanderer_cgtantra/temple.jpg

[LtPlissken]

Sharp and crisp as always. Thank you for sharing.

[pratim]

mind blowing.......only my problem is your spaceship and those blue light rays...you can give some other geometry for that,it looks artificial,,,,but it just I feel ......5 stars from me once again..... many many thanks for sharing.....and one more thing can you send me some links of your matte creating process.....waiting for your reply.....

[sutapa]

@ plissken: well,I'm not too happy with my last matte. I was thinking of some other environment,it got executed by something else.this time 'll try to do something better.thanks always from the bottom of my heart.you are always special!!
@ pratim: you've praised me up beyond from where I'm actually standing.Thank you always for the huge appreciation and support you're showing to me.
I try to upload wips of the matte I do every time.you can get the making from it.
I d'nt think you are less able than me to do some wonderful stuffs!!all the very best.

here is another concept I'm working these days....

[pratim]

no no you are really a good artist.no doubt...and many thanks for your complement ...your last concept is again amazing..but I feel some mistakes about perspectives....the background part is having some trouble.....I just did a rough strokes on your sketch...hope it ll work for you,....but It just my opinion.....waiting for next updates....


http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv330/pratim/correctioncopy.jpg

[sutapa]

Hi Pratim,
Wow...it's just wonderful that you've thought of with my concept. I'm so thankful to you for this. yehh....now I feel I got a right track to move forward....surely I'll think on it.
Thank you again,my friend..

[Jonas_J]

yup what pratim said.
with regards to the "red rock" matte painting, watch the light source. On the right rocks, the sun is to the left, and for the left rocks the sun is to the right.

Keep it up, your matte paintings are getting better and better :)

[sutapa]

Hi Braintree,
Nice to get comments from you. thanks. I'll remember your points.
here is a character design, I've started newly..

[LtPlissken]

What about that castle matte painting. Is it finished?
The last character is great. Is it pure pencil or is it digitally edited?

[sutapa]

Hi Plissken,
thanks friend.no, i didn't continue with my canyon matte. surely will complete whenever get mood.
what happened to you, not drawing these days? well, if you are in break then I would appreciate that....hope to see you soon with a BANG!!
this is my last night study.....a 10-15 min. stuff before dinner.

[sutapa]

well,after a long time......
just started this new mechanical demon last day.....
still in wip....

[LtPlissken]

Come back, it is time for an update :)

[LtPlissken]

I just wanted to note you that I have not forgot about you,
and I hope that you will come back one day,
my dear good friend.