Starting to Walk - Geti's Sketchbook

[Geti]

Currently I'm going through the motions of developing my style, working on studies, basically learning to draw.
I'll post up individual works as they come, Hopefully I can make this a regular thing. My deviantArt ID is "ForsakenGeti", for individual comments on the images.
I need to start doing more anatomical studies, and studies in general.
Criticism and Tips heartily appreciated

[Geti]

Someone "requested" I do some beards. Very happy with 2 and 4, in sequential order.

[AriA]

You have a great style going there. The thick outlines make me think comic book. My one critique is that your characters seem to all be very similarly posed, mixing it up a bit will make your characters more interesting and can help give each a unique personality.

[Geti]

Haha, i know.. I've discovered posemaniacs recently and am using that to get some confidence happening with posing, which should help quite a lot.
Hopefully I'll be able to get something new up before I go overseas for three weeks this tuesday, but i've got an exam on monday so it mightn't happen.
Very glad you like the style :)

[Geti]

A request from someone, Refined in V2 because they didn't like the apparent "crotch armour". I cleaned it up a little as well, but not too much.
Last one from me before I depart, back in three weeks or so.

[Jamie Romoser]

cool characters man my favorite would have to be the necromancer :yum:
I wana see some studys and life drawings
keep it up

[Geti]

I'll do some on my trip and get pictures when I get back then, hopefully :)
Glad you enjoy them, hopefully I can hold your interest.

[DStraX]

cool style man :D reminds me of the old 2d shooter games

[jeremygordon89]

Cool ideas so far, I think you should keep doing drawings from imagination. However, in addition I would like to see some Bridgman studies (check out the book Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life), some still lifes and figure drawings, some gesture studies, and anatomy studies and sketches from life. Anatomy is something you should study every day too. That alone should give you plenty to draw for hours daily, and I don't think that you need to worry about style yet. I think it will come out on its own. I'd also recommend doing some master studies of the masters that you like.

[Geti]

Indeed, I'll do some research and studies whilst I'm gone.
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/326/b/6/Link_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
A quick sketch of link, from a pose study. I'm off now, glad to be getting the comments and suggestions, keep them coming :D

[Geti]

Lores version.
Dedicated to Prometheus|ANJ for being an inspiration.
Will get sketches etc, up, but I didn't get as many as I wanted done. A few good ones though, and I have some books now as well. Would love some criticism on this piece though, it's for a 72hour contest on dA.

[Geti]

Zombie Cave, fan art for Cortex Command.
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/353/3/9/Cortex_Command__Zombie_Cave_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
http://forsakengeti.deviantart.com/art/Cortex-Command-Zombie-Cave-147231724
Enjoyed doing it. Depth of field was a bit of a pain, but I found a good method in the end. I cleaned it up as much as I could quickly, to actually have some line quality this time :P. Needs more detail, but it was meant to be a quick piece and ended up eating half my night. :lol: anyway, comments/criticism/raging are all good.
Sorry for embedding the image <_< no time to upload. Comments and credit on the dA page. Still need to get those studies up.

[Geti]

wow, long time no post.
http://i48.tinypic.com/2j1ac7o.jpg
currently just doodling for a small game project. been looking at a lot of arne's art again :P
need to get those studies scanned, but my scanner is playing up <_<

[Geti]

oh dear, another giant lapse and still no studies to show..
oh well, some thumbs I've been working on.
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/070/a/a/Zombies___10_Resistance_A_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
Zombie mod survivor concept. Still chugging along.
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/072/7/0/Titan_Concept_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
Arne and dwarf fortress inspired. Likely candidate for a megabeast, happy with how the colouring turned out too.

[Geti]

http://www.deviantart.com/download/158274162/16_Colour_Palette_V3__Extras_by_ForsakenGeti.png
Making a 16 Colour palette, for making some games with.

[Xamllew]

Wazzup Geti, cool seeing your sketchbook here, I will be watching.

[Geti]

How I see the perspective working. Grid is just for show, twont be there in game. Just a quick doodle, as the line quality should show :P

[Geti]

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/096/f/3/Speed_Stage_1_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
speedpainting stage 1 for my girlfriend. foreground is mostly WIP

[Geti]

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/098/9/7/Speed_Stage_2_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
http://www.deviantart.com/download/160079971/Speed_Stage_2_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
finished, or as finished as it's going to get anyway. 2.5 hours all up.
Need to do more designs <_<

[aimeemcfarlane]

I have a hard time telling what's going on in a lot of your sketches. This could be intentional, but you should probably consider it when making style choices in the future.

[Geti]

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/099/c/e/Armbot_by_ForsakenGeti.png
still more scribbling artifacts, but its a 15 minute scrawl so pleh. happy with the limbs.

[Geti]

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/103/8/e/Fatman_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
a bit cleaner. felt like being silly. removed the gun at the last minute, should really have kept it, might put it back in the future.

[borisfries]

Cool man. You really have your own style going on. Like your characters alot. Would love to see a comic in this style :) keep it up!

Boris

[Geti]

Cheers boris :) Perhaps one day there'll be a comic, for now they're more likely to appear as game characters. I've got a few in the making.

[Geti]

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/112/8/9/God_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
Some space art for a competition, I missed the deadline though <_<

[Geti]

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/121/e/f/Shambler_Worm_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
Just a doodle.

[Geti]

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/139/4/4/Zombie_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
Very happy with this one. maybe 30 mins?

[Geti]

Random Sketches:

http://www.deviantart.com/download/171375397/Yoga_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
Got interested in some yoga, made me look at bodies at different angles with muscles doing different things.
love the shading style in this one, actually:
http://www.deviantart.com/download/171387802/Yoga_2_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg

EXILE work.
Got dared to take up Arne's (Prometheus|ANJ on here) EXILE design document as a game project. The game is originally by Superior Software/Acornsoft.

A WIP of the protagonist, with some plants and terrain.
http://www.deviantart.com/download/173166185/EXILE__Objects_Lineup_WIP_1_by_ForsakenGeti.png

A WIP level, it's in slices in my .psd but here's it assembled. Really need to work on the clouds :/
http://www.deviantart.com/download/172499457/EXILE_test_level_WIP4_by_ForsakenGeti.png

OTHERWISE project:
This is a minecraft and dwarf fortress inspired game project, with heavy artistic influence from Arne, Oryx, and Cyanide and Happiness.

http://www.deviantart.com/download/173918207/Otherwise_Roughs_1_by_ForsakenGeti.png
The game design premise. Pretty rough.

A Redscarf, my most complete faction idea at the moment (Basic humans)
http://www.deviantart.com/download/173944106/Otherwise_Rough__RedScarf_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
Another one, with a mohawk and a rifle. Bit Nihilistic.
http://www.deviantart.com/download/173946374/Otherwise_Rough__RedScarf_2_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg

A cutebold. I'm thinking of putting a skivvy on him, to bring some colour into it.
http://www.deviantart.com/download/174138368/Otherwise_Rough__Cutebold_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg

I'm sick of generic fantasy orcs. Mine isn't much more interesting, but I'm working on it :P
http://www.deviantart.com/download/174189282/Otherwise_Rough__Orc_Idea_WIP_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg

Sorry for the roughness of all the OTHERWISE stuff. Need to get a refined Red Scarf concept finalised so I can work with them for a prototype.

[Geti]

http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2010/219/5/c/Otherwise_Sheet__Orcs_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
Full view 1400x1400 (http://www.deviantart.com/download/174337683/Otherwise_Sheet__Orcs_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg)
Whee, I think I've got these guys down. The problem is, I'm not planning on including them in the base game *facepalm*

[AustenFM]

Heyyyy, rockin' sketchbook here! Your ideas and game concepts are tons of fun, I would love to play your Exile re-design. Reminds me of Blaster Master, now that game is awesome. You remind me of a budding prometheus|ANJ, heh! On that note, your work would definitely benefit by having cleaner line-work, your ideas,colors, and concepts are great, but your sketchy lines make things feel very un-finished. You've come a long way since that first post though, I'm really looking forward to seeing where you go from here. Keep it up!

[aks9]

oh man, your stuff reeks of soul. great work, keep it going. i especially like the last videogame concepts at the end

[Geti]

Hahah yeah, I need to clean up my lines a lot more that I do. I'll take it on board. Glad you like it though :D

[Geti]

http://www.deviantart.com/download/174748969/EXILE_Clone_Trooper_by_ForsakenGeti.jpg
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/222/d/a/EXILE__Objects_Lineup_WIP_2_by_ForsakenGeti.png
FREAKING MASSIVE 5k x 1.23k PNG (http://www.deviantart.com/download/174748783/EXILE__Objects_Lineup_WIP_2_by_ForsakenGeti.png)

Just doodlin'

EDIT: forgot to thank aks9, didn't see your post initially (jumped the page), sorry!

[Geti]

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/240/2/c/rebel_design__initial_concept_by_forsakengeti-d2xg8a9.jpg
http://www.deviantart.com/download/177117143/rebel_design__pinup_by_forsakengeti-d2xg8gn.jpg
Hate the eyes.

[Sinto]

Dude, your WIP level illustration is fcking amazing! I'm a fan of lone 2d side scrolling adventures like metroid and blaster master, and you hit my sensitive spot there :D

[Geti]

Heh, good to hear :) I might get more level design stuff up at some point, but I'm bogged down in coursework at the moment :/

[Geti]

http://www.deviantart.com/download/179622965/sketchy_portrait__old_man_by_forsakengeti-d2yxxyt.jpg
Playing with a rendering method. Facial anatomy is probably bogus.

[FightingSeraph]

I think you may want to clean up your line work unless it's a part of your style.

[Geti]

It's only been working itself into a part of my style because I'm working with quite a lot of time pressure at the moment (finishing year of high school) so whenever I find some time to draw the last thing I feel like doing is cleaning up my lines when the masses are where I want them, but I do agree. I've been hearing that from a lot of people, so it's very likely a good idea to heed it a little.

[Geti]

http://www.deviantart.com/download/181588170/stress__knuckle_tank_by_forsakengeti-d3042bu.jpg
Nice to work with some stress stuff again.

http://www.deviantart.com/download/181588441/star_wars_rpg_thing_by_forsakengeti-d3042jd.jpg
Meh. ~45 mins before I got sick of it, lighting is terribad.

[Geti]

http://www.deviantart.com/download/182143545/face_scribble_by_forsakengeti-d30fyux.jpg

~45 minutes last night

http://www.deviantart.com/download/182145378/face__girlcat_by_forsakengeti-d30g09u.jpg

~15 minutes before I had to stop.

[Forrest_I]

I love the imagination and concepts of your characters and races. They look great for a game :)

[Geti]

Thank you, that's good news cause most of them are game design concept art :)

also: whoops, looks like I managed to polypost above >_>;

http://www.deviantart.com/download/183605189/field_robot_by_forsakengeti-d31bao5.jpgI might go work the lines back into the painting at some point. Glad I kept them cleaner than usual.

[Geti]

Quick zombie concept. Managed to get some time in-between study to get some drawing done.
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/310/8/6/prelude__spore_zombie_by_forsakengeti-d32b486.jpg

Also got some decor concept work done for a new project that I'm planning on getting finished over the next few weeks, though again study will probably punch that in the face. Finals are lame.
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/310/4/a/robot_v_robot_decor_concepts_by_forsakengeti-d32b3xs.jpg (http://www.deviantart.com/download/185276080/robot_v_robot_decor_concepts_by_forsakengeti-d32b3xs.jpg)
Click above for larger.

[Geti]

http://www.deviantart.com/download/186665704/lit_raindrop_on_a_leaf_by_forsakengeti-d334w6g.jpg
http://www.deviantart.com/download/186665876/frozen_trees_by_forsakengeti-d334wb8.jpg
Some value studies from wallpapers. Very happy with the second one.

[Geti]

What I've been working on for a while:
http://www.deviantart.com/download/187455122/minefield_teaser_by_forsakengeti-d33ltaq.png
It's a game about not stepping on mines.
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/358/8/9/minefield__rocking_the_suburbs_by_forsakengeti-d35k6ho.png

-And a doodle from today, finally got back and was able to use my tablet, I'm rusty
http://www.deviantart.com/download/193243627/sketch__russian_mercenary_by_forsakengeti-d371vqj.jpg

[Geti]

http://www.deviantart.com/download/203008337/joe_by_forsakengeti-d3cv68h.png
Right Leg is off O_o

Megaman-ish.

[Star Eater]

The pic with the building looks like it came straight out of my old gameboy! Nice.

[Geti]

Hahah, cheers :) That's the idea, hopefully it gets completed at some point for a nostalgia bonus with everyone who grew up through the 90s. I suppose the Gameboy and N64 and Sega (and maybe the SNES, I suppose) are going to be our C64 and Amiga (and BBC Micro) in the coming years.

[Geti]

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/090/0/f/i_wish__sidescroller_concept_by_forsakengeti-d3cwjuo.png
Fully destructible geology? Interactive lifeforms? Treasure hunting?
Sigh. I wish.

[Geti]

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/095/3/b/sketch_6_5_11_by_forsakengeti-d3dazy4.jpg
Oh lasso tool, why are you so difficult to use in GIMP? :<

First time playing with it as a primary tool.

[Geti]

Oh my, I'd forgotten this. Image dump time:

KAG Title screen. Still got some cleaning to do.
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/158/b/8/king_arthur__s_gold__title_by_forsakengeti-d3i9ttb.jpg

A doodle
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/114/9/5/spearman___sketch_25_4_11_by_forsakengeti-d3et1iy.png

Sketching about
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/136/c/f/sketch_17_5_11_by_forsakengeti-d3givj0.jpg

Some robots
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/133/c/b/robot_design___light_and_heavy_by_forsakengeti-d3g81no.jpg

Trying to rely less on lines
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/140/6/f/hilltop_sketch_21_5_11_by_forsakengeti-d3gtkkm.jpg

[AustenFM]

Game concepts are still looking as fun as ever, i really like the Minefield one, i'd play the pants off of that one. Clever work, try and post more often though, i enjoy seeing this kinda stuff!

[Geti]

Glad you like it, it's actually been prototyped but I think it would be more fun with random terrain rather than set levels, so I'll have to find some way of incorporating that into it next time I revisit the code :) I've been doing a bunch of work for KAG at the moment, but here's a misc "B-sides" sketch for a game me and a buddy are slowly chipping away at.

http://i.imgur.com/Y9wEh.png

[Card Queen]

I love all your background work. They're so clean and vibrant. I'd like to see more of those. As a side note, a lot of your character designs really give off that arcade game character feel, so good work there.

[Geti]

Well, hopefully I can find the time over the next few weeks. Landscape studies are interesting for me as I usually do character work in games, and if I am doing environment work it's usually done with tiles and assets pieced together, not as a whole. I'd love to work on just painting with raw colour, like in jamajurabaev's (and kinnas') work.