Somers sketchbook

[Steve Somers]

Greetings, greetings art friends! To start off here are a couple things I was working on this weekend. The first one started as an abstract landscape study so I could try using more textured brushes in photoshop. The next one, the Taste Tester was another experiment, using a clay macquette to start from then painting, coloring, lighting etc. in photoshop.

I'll be adding more actual sketches from an actual sketchbook later....

Thanks for looking, critiques embraced, even if they make me cry.

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[Steve Somers]

Here are some other ink studies and sketches. The organ throne was a book illustration, and the spece station interior was used as background in a video for Mark Mallman. The portrait is after a piece by Chuck Close at the Milwaukee Art Museum "Nancy" (and yes, her left eye is anatomically correct :)

[Steve Somers]

The colored Spaceship interior, an oil figure study, a background tree and some illustration for my favorite chili joint......

[Steve Somers]

Here's all my creatures of the week....

[Alternative]

I just wanted to drop by and tell you that your work is sweet. =o Keep it up man.

[Steve Somers]

Here's a sketchup thing I was playing with - some sort of metallic space conveyance with unknown inertial capabilities... then a little photoshopping afterwards...

[Slothboy3000]

Awesome sketchbook. The nude, the tree and the Nymph of Hades especially stood out to me.

[Steve Somers]

Here's an animated WIP for the hangin tree, and also some drawings from a recent trip to Canada and panoramic photo rebuild (my camera has that stitch feature)

[Steve Somers]

Here's the latest COW and all the WIP's I didn't post. Tried a little more challenging perspective this time.

[LtPlissken]

I am following definitely this one. I like your ideas, where do you get the inspiration for them? The bloody and gory images are so so great.

[Steve Somers]

LtPlissken - Thanks, my inspiration is trying not to suck, and godzilla movies.

[LtPlissken]

Godzilla movies, that is so great :D

[Steve Somers]

Here are last weeks figure studies, some 10 minute warmups and a couple longer oil studies.

[ColorExcursion]

Wow, REALLY lovely work in here

[Spiderlok33]

This stuff is amazing work, awesome ideas and everything, keep the good work flowin

[~Maximiliaan]

Oh wouw this is a very nice sketchbook :o
Amazing art you've got there!
Keep it up!

[Vaejoun]

Especially the first pic is great. It looks like an old oil painting.
Great value and color. You seem to have the hang of it. I wish I could do that so easily. At least it looks like it was easy. ^^°

[LtPlissken]

No update yet buddy?

[Steve Somers]

You want updates dude, you got 'em!

Here's my mountintop stronghold, just put some new countertops in there and there's a kiddie pool out back.
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The next several were done for Mike Corriero's Creature Planet challenge on CGHUB, like this delightful Jelly creature:
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Here's another creature made to explore the aging process:
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And for all you Thundercat Fans, it's a motherfuckin Snarf Party!
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[LtPlissken]

HO-HO-HO.
That is what I am talking about!

[Yeti Ball]

Great stuff man!

[seili]

Crazy sketchbook you got going on here! I'm in awe of The Hanging Tree - great composition and everything, man. Very old-school storybook feel.

I love that last oil study, too - the style almost has a bit of cubist feel there.

On the mountaintop stronghold, was that a lot of photo-manipulation? It looks very sweet. I think it might benefit from a bit more detail/less blur on the front face of the stronghold building, though, as that's where my eye's immediately drawn and I'm kind of squinting to make it out vs. the more detailed elements on the foreground.

Keep it up! :)

[Aditya Chauhan]

Amazing work. I loved the hanging tree. Really nice.

[kiwigarbage]

Wow uhm. I'm in love with this. You have such command over your imagination!

That hookah-huffin' Snarf is awesome.

In your figures, try to put a bit more luminosity in the skin, they're lookin' a bit dull :)

BLAST OFF! And merry christmas to you!