DSG 335: Character: Elderly gravedigger

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Character: Elderly gravedigger

[F3nix]

quickie.. about 15 minutes

http://sleazyent.com/Images/dsg2.jpg

[xaviuzz]

http://xaviuzz.suckyjacky.com/imgforo/dsgengra.jpg

[silentbrain]

http://venimarolka.com/dump/012704-dsg-elderlygravedigger.jpg

[Hermchen]

http://home.arcor.de/hermchen/postingstuff/DSG/elderly_gravedigger.JPG

Wow-cool works.

Silentbrain. Nice western style. What does he hold in his left hand?

[Matt Elder]

Wow! Some great images and concepts. I haven't really drawn old people before so I thought this would be a good chance to do some studies of 'ordinary' elderly people who could be grave diggers.

http://www.mattelder.com/images/Pictures/ArtworksConceptual/ElderlyGraveDiggerFinalMatt.jpg

F3nix: love the feel that you've generated here and the colours work well... not too sure about the elderly concept :P

xaviuzz: face is great and I love the simplicity yet powerfulness of the pose

silentbrain: great stuff dude! Has a bit of an old school WWE undertaker and the colours work well

Hermchen: great humour and always enjoy people who can get the humour angle workin!

[GirafeEnFeu]

My first DSG post. 40 min. marker. (Sorry for the dark picture, i only have a digital camera!)

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/GirafeEnFeu/toon_002.jpg

[buz]

I wasn't really inspired :\ anyway here it is. *updated*
http://alt64.gotdns.com/dsg/335_elderly_gravedigger.jpg
nice stuff everyone !
Hey GirafeEnFeu, welcome abord !

[cjay]

quick 15 min sketch in comp class Oo
http://img17.photobucket.com/albums/v50/indica/dsg335.jpg

[JackalAnubis]

My first experiment with painter using the paintbrush (oil?) tool. He looks like a friendly guy.

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/JackalAnubis/oldman.jpg

[Ni*]

not so much character as atmospheric, ah well, fun and practice....

cheers

N

http://nirvine.250free.com/dsg3.JPG

[Thrash]

http://www.chaingunstudios.com/ArtGallery/dsg/DSG334ThrashGraveDiggerWeb.jpg

[DarkWing]

Ni* simply brilliant !!
Hermchen you got me laughing for about 5 minutes - wait...i'm still laughing :D
he reminds me of the characther used in the pixar shortmovie...

[Hermchen]

http://home.arcor.de/hermchen/postingstuff/DSG/elderly_gravedigger_2.JPG

Had time, so I started a second approach.

@Ni*: Don't tell that you didn't have a reference. Niiiiiiice light!

@buz: that's not too bad. actually the atmosphere is't working right. Maybe next time try to use less contrast in the background while bigger contrast at the front so that a better understanding of depth is possible. I think that would help much. Overpaint:
http://home.arcor.de/hermchen/postingstuff/DSG/gravedigger_overpaint.jpg

[Iotrez]

1hr 23 in Photoshop.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.davies/gravedigger.jpg

[nickbachman]

here's one from my friend michael
http://www.pencil-pushers.com/images/digger.jpg

[buz]

You're quite right Hermchen ! Your version is much more like what I had in mind when I started, I might have forgot it along the way. Anyway, thanx a lot :)

Your last pic is good I like the atmosphere. But the charracter in the forground might be a little too stiff and static, looks almost like a sculpture.

[JackalAnubis]

I had some time between classes and messed around with my image in photoshop

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/JackalAnubis/oldman3.jpg

[elevenrequiem]

ehhh... first time to try rain.

http://www.bigamericanproductions.com/1-27%20old%20gravedigger.jpg

[Ni*]

thanks for the compliment darkwing

Hermchen, is it so obvious i didnt use a referance? i hoped i'd got the anatomy near enough correct, its a huge weak area for me, but sometimes it just works enough...

cool stuff for this topic, The Locker, i like that style, it has alot of life to it

N

[Antilight77]

Hmmm... Old...digs graves... Walks around at night shaking a rusty shovel at hooligans in the commentary… scaring little kids… what fun..

http://www.digitalmack.com/Pages/TempPostings/the_old_GraveDigger.jpg

I think I might need to be more lose with my style; perhaps tomorrow I will try, what do you think?

[eyebooger]

yikes my values is so wonky. I don't understand how you guys can make such amazing color pieces in such a short amout of time 0_0.

50 min painter and pencil
http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/eyebooger/oldman.jpg

[OLSEN]

Great work all. Heres mine. He is defending his graveyard against the evil dead or something...

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/gravedigger.jpg

[Ahkahna]

4 hours
painter8

http://www.summerdragoness.com/images/color/elderly_gravedigger3.jpg

[Hermchen]

Hey Ni*. I think you fell victim to my bad english. What I meant was, that you must have used some reference to get that light right. It was meant as some kind of flattering. Anatomy is an issue for most of us I think. Ever mosting interesting.

Oh and: this thread rocks!

http://home.arcor.de/hermchen/postingstuff/rock.gif

[Valcon Jet]

http://home.comcast.net/~jeffmajor/digger.jpg

[Beatnik]

http://www.zmans.com/misc/dsg_335.jpg

[Shea]

http://www.f1databaseconsulting.com/shea/images/big_image/gravedigger.jpg

[shadoman]

Small thumbnail sketch while watching 24 with my wife...
http://www.shawnadomanis.com/dsg/dsg335.jpg

Ahkahna - I like the Sunday comic feel.
OLSEN - That freaking rocks! Kill 'em all!
THE LOCKER - Oh man, sketchy but really cool.
Iotrez - That's too funny.
Hermchen - It's interesting how you came up with two completely different approaches in one day. Keep at it.
SilentBrain - Damn. I think you nailed it.


Damn web host is switching servers... may be down for a while. Bastards!! All of 'em!

[WhiteC]

good stuff everyone :)

[riq]

I'm sneaking this in just at 12am.
I would have been well on time but I had to get my jaw back together after looking at a thread started by Hawksprey in the "finally finished" section. My jaw hit the floor pretty hard when I saw that stuff.. Anyway here's my pic.

http://www.creativeion.com/riq/works/gravedigger.jpg

[maximusPrime]

Wasup kids, first time posting anywhere on this site... here's my little Photoshop sketch (2hrs)...

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/uarshad/art/old%20gravedigger.jpg

y does everyone here rock so much?

[silentbrain]

hermchen- thanks, the thing he's holding is a memoir
basically he's supposed to be one of the npc bosses in a japanese rpg video game that starts bad but ends up good...or something like that XD
Your first gravedigger...really creeps me out :D

matt elder- omg, the UNDERTAKER...I got to look at the new him one time, I can't figure out why they changed it! The old him was incredibly more intimidating and spooky, but then they changed him into a biker dude... :confused:
nice head studies, esp that chin-up one. That angle is a pain to get right, but it looks like you nailed it.

shadoman- you wouldn't believe how long it took me to figure out what I wanted to draw though x_x
damn your webhost! I must come back to see yours later :o

riq- dah ah jush sawh Hawksprey's dhweagh, mah jhaw ii fawweh ofh doo

(I woulda thought drawing an old guy would be more difficult...hell, it was for me! But wow, this thread is all awesome hahaha

buz, ni, ahkahna, beatnik, riq- love the moods you got going there!

[riq]

Hey Everyone. Nice stuff.

Umar/Maximus.. Nice lighting and shading, but..Umm.. Your signature is the focal point of your picture. I'm saying this from the point of view of," wow, this pciture really has some nice lighting,shading, and control of value, but is "Umar" really an important element of the picture?". just as well, the picture is nice.

[Wohr Path]

Great work from everyone this time around. Yeah that sig is the first thing I looked at when I saw the peice. Any way here is my entry hope you like it.
http://img14.photobucket.com/albums/v43/matt_horrigan/Art/undertaker.jpg

[ace]

... man at work ... who catch the soul today ? .. http://www.acegraph.com/conceptart/master_gravedigger02.jpg

[buz]

the new topic is posted at 1AM (-8 GMT), not midnight, here is the source of confusion.

[NNY]

Ahkahna : I just had to compliment your work
It's a really great effort with the character's personality and mood almost leaping out at you.

Fantastic work

[maximusPrime]

riq & Wohr Path: thanks for pointng that out, i'll tone down my sig next time around... (btw that was my first all digital work ever :D )

[Beatnik]

Thanks for the comment silentbrain. Still workin hard to improve and i'm lightyears away from where I want to be but I do appreciate the positive comment every now and again.

Great to see so many ppl participating lately. Keep it up everyone