Toates will level up

[Oatestwder]

Call me Toates. I'm a 19 year old student from New Zealand. After a year of doing literally nothing (literally) I've taken up a course in 3d animation, but my passion remains with 2d art.
I was never that good though, never practiced and only sporadically put out a picture. I've studied design and photography before and I'm seriously tempted to do some sort of arts course. But before I have a chance i reckon I'll need to be 100 times better, so with no one to really ask about how to improve i turn to my only hope, The good folks of conceptart.org! a little dramatic but there you have it

I present my sketch book, I'd really love to learn figures as I'm terrible at them if you know of any resources point me in that direction!

Sketch's will be uploaded later when i can scan, for now photoshop.
First post reserved for thumbnail

[Oatestwder]

So here are some of the things I've been Doing in Photoshop, any critique welcomed as long as its helping me improve!

Self portrait
http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af29/oatestwder23/selfportrait2.jpg

values on top
http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af29/oatestwder23/selfportrait2copy.jpg

portait from ref
920189

Self portrait
http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af29/oatestwder23/selfportrait1.jpg

[Oatestwder]

done a while ago in painter just robot concept
http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af29/oatestwder23/robotinpaintercopy.jpg

[Oatestwder]

Heres a matte painting done for class over the weekend. i didnt get it quite how i wanted it but im pleased anyway

911736

[Oatestwder]

Self portrait, doesnt look much like me, im finding it hard to mirror the eyes they look a bit off in this picture. not enough work on form aswell its all just lines

920191

[zerdron]

It's just practice, determination, and hardwork. You'll definitely level up.

[seetsy]

matte painting looks great!

[NeonDuck]

Hey these look good! You're definitely off to a good start!

I'd probably recommend trying to bring out the 3D shape in your drawings a bit more, i.e. think about the way surface curve and bend towards the camera. drawing in contour or construction lines would definitely help, and they're very important for being able to understand the shape. You got a start in 3D already anyway :)

[Oatestwder]

Hey these look good! You're definitely off to a good start!

I'd probably recommend trying to bring out the 3D shape in your drawings a bit more, i.e. think about the way surface curve and bend towards the camera. drawing in contour or construction lines would definitely help, and they're very important for being able to understand the shape. You got a start in 3D already anyway :)

hey thanks, I'm trying to get more form in my pictures just starting to learn how to get it.

what is 'drawing in contour or construction lines'? sorry i dont understand the lingo im basicly trying to teach myself and have no idea what that means, thanks for the help though!

[Oatestwder]

start of portrait i did tonight, getting more of a feel for it, still to many lines and not enough form. I was drawing from my head rather than the refrence, i need to stop that! nose is off a cant seem to get them right.

and still trying to find a way to draw anatomy!

Edit: went back over this trying bigger brushes as you guys said, and trying to get more form into it , tell me what you think

917391

[Oatestwder]

cheers guys comments mean alot!
another wip, i think i'll try to finish this.

cloud strife, you all know him.
916530

and for no apparent reason a cube
916531

[Enydimon]

Use big brushes to block things in, then go smaller for details. It seems as though you've been going a bit too small too quickly. I'd also recommend you make your lines long and sweeping, try not to feather them too much. Really observe your subject and where your lines are going before you put them down.

As for the construction bit, think of drawing like 3d modeling and the different polies. A 3d model is made up of many planes, right? Well that's how you construct in drawing too. It's the same concept. :)

[Oatestwder]

Enydimon : Thanks, I'm finishing of this picture with a bigger brush and im finding it easyer to block things out though it might not show. sorry for my ignorance but what is feathering my lines?

wip cloud again
917240

[Oatestwder]

quick 10min environment from photo, done very quickly. clouds are hard to do!
once again too much imagination not enough observation

918457

[Oatestwder]

picture from the darkness, tryed to block shadows out this time instead of going in with a tiny brush but its hard to get used too! i didnt know how to attach it to a body hence the mass of hair

920182

and an eye from ref once again trying to block with a big brush
920188

[Oatestwder]

I feel as though i still dont know enought to create my own characters, or at least i couldnt do it with out reference, do people use lots of ref when making a character?

anyway here is the King, i actually do feel like im improving! but i have alot of trouble at the start of the picture, should i start with lines or go strait to values?

W.I.P The King
921066

[Oatestwder]

A study of one of my favourite digital painters Craig Mullins, and a fav character, the Chief. I mean how can you not like him?!

obliviously referenced, trying brushes and such
922656

[Oatestwder]

A skull from ref, could have spent much longer refining it but i just wanted to get the basic shape out.

Trying to learn the human head!
922733

[Oatestwder]

While paracticing the head some more I was using a picture by the amazing Maxx Soul as a reference as i love the style, and realised it was an awsome goku look!

Im not trying to rip him of, just useing for a practice, why are humans so complicated to draw!
923572

[Oatestwder]

qick 10min sketch Ship reck, very hard to get the from of the water correct, doesnt look quite right. angle of the ship was tricky as well. perspective of curves is weird.

anyway
923602

Edit: just realised the picture tilts quite crazily lol

[Oatestwder]

Screaming! from ref, obiviously W.I.P

still very hard to block shapes, and bodys are V hard!
925035

[Oatestwder]

two very quick pictures, its hard finding time to draw which i really hate. got to learn 3d, play basket ball, and then draw in my own time! but its worth it.

skecth from photo, i think I'll do this one again im still trying too figure out whether i like working in lines or value
927111

and then Jin from Samurai Champloo XD
927109

i think Mugen will have to follow, maybe fuu, I dont think i can draw cute

[Oatestwder]

an apple, i couldn't seen to capture the volume of i though, i think i paint to much of how i think it should look

935108

[Oatestwder]

S#@t
938623

[Oatestwder]

enviroment from ref, trying different styles using photo elements
938621

Muuuugen, hes so funny
938622

[Oatestwder]

need to do some more original stuff, but im not confident enough :/
this picture was far harder than i though it would be, i didnt wuite get the eyes right but or the cheek bones. But thats why you keep trying aye?

W.i.p - Alyx Vance, half Life 2
939402

[Oatestwder]

just quick pic of alyx again

940103

[Oatestwder]

i am ashamed, more fan art, im still trying to get round to putting up my sketchs

942253

[Oatestwder]

just me trying to visualise a 3d model we are making for homework, somthimes i find it hard to see the final shape im making, so im trying to draw it out.
942478

[Asterisks]

nice sketchbook. I really like that mattepainting. I haven't figured out how to do that right yet. Good work.

[Oatestwder]

Ugh. got so stuck on my homework tonight, triangles can just die. Ended up playing videogames so heres an older piece. I see so many problems with it now, the horizen, the colours, the image is too flat no depth at all.

943698

[Oatestwder]

Ugh. long week have my final modeling sumative at the moment, this is my concept for it, a temple turtle (actually a tortoise) now back to work!

951782

[Oatestwder]

getting rather stressed about my modeling project due tomorrow, so took a break to play in z brush again, having fun on the turtle, no reference

952686

[Oatestwder]

stole my room mates phone cam for 3 quick pics, i need to get my own so i can take more photos

[Oatestwder]

random pieces of work for school, doing a character design module, looking at different looks for my gorilla. very new at this kind of thing but really loving it

different faces
956001

silhouettes
956002

[Saeto15]

I'm loving the gorilla's faces and the sketchy body studies.

[Oatestwder]

some more random work for school. working off some other peoples silhouettes and turning them into gorilla forms, I like these alot more than previous ones

956524

956520

[Oatestwder]

my little brother, found in my photo collection. He's far better looking than this, I'm just very messy. I feel i have a better grasp of the face ( though this is not a brilliant pic)

956689

[Oatestwder]

Self portrait

957203

[Oatestwder]

My final concept for school project

957906

[Oatestwder]

another self portrait, im really pleased with this, spent a bit longer than normal on it and had the confidence to put some colour in.

959428

[Inkboy]

Looking good man, keep practicing and itll start to get better. I suggest trying to sharpen up your lines soon, your getting some nice anatomy down

[Oatestwder]

another self portrait, I really want to try using less brush strokes in my work but I'm finding it hard. this was rarther quick and the colours are kinda funky

960605

[Oatestwder]

one of my great friends, done from a photo. Left side of his face looks a little weird and it glows a bit much. not even sure what that means. spend a long time on this

960615

[Oatestwder]

two quick enviroment sketchs. snowy mountains are epic

961133

961134

[Oatestwder]

self portrait. I cant see my self in it though. I think i need to work on proportions (cant spell)

961256

[Oatestwder]

im just not feeling it at all. another self portrait, this one nothing like me and the eyes are weird, i have no time to draw trying to get my head around rigging models agh!

I dont like this picture at all, nothing is working in it
963297

[Oatestwder]

playing in painter

[Oatestwder]

just some random sketch's really, I have a problem in that I'm not sure what i should be studying or drawing to improve, so I'm just sort of drawing random things. Direction is needed!

[Oatestwder]

a couple of sketchs, used a friends camera. Sorry for the bad lighting and my shadow hanging across most of them

[Oatestwder]

small things

975262

975263

[Oatestwder]

wanted to practice light and shadow, so the lines were traced from an old photo of me

[Zweit]

You're stopping these a pass or two too early. Try sticking with one of them a bit longer so you can define the edges and forms more clearly. That Master Chief in post 28(?) was a step in the right direction.

Keep it up dood, cheers.:yayca:

[Oatestwder]

Zweit: hey thanks alot dude! i honestly never know what i should be doing to improve so thanks, ill try defining things a little more, im always scared to comit to a drawing which is why i leave them a little undefined i think

waterfall, started with some photo elements for the waterfall

[Oatestwder]

again not much digital stuff very busy with animation

[Oatestwder]

I really should be doing homework.

played with an image in alchemy, then photoshop. Its a Rockn' robot
986132
986155

then some portraits and sketchs. one of an old friend smoking, didnt spend too long on it and one from a stock image, tryed to spend a little longer on it hope it shows

[ChromaticCodex]

Nice matte paintings! Can't offer much crits there, just really solid.. Also, I dig the turtle.. i'm a sucker for turtles

You were asking about conture lines and I didn't see a response so I found some examples (via Bing image search) of conture/cross conture drawing, to get the juices flowing. Get involved with the form of you drawings by feeling them out with conture lines! Don't be afraid to bust out some ink and paper, and make some mistakes. Keep up the good work :steph:

[link_choi]

Rock on oates! Keep on levelling!

[Oatestwder]

Rock on oates! Keep on levelling!

Cheers link! im hoping to go from suck to awesome!

[Oatestwder]

ChromaticCodex: oh i see! cheers so its like drawing round the form, i got you. thanks I'll give it a go

A very unoriginal picture of the hot chick from twighlight.
Then some enviroment sketchs, quite quick im trying to get some colour into my pictures. Didn't really plan these which is why they look so vague, agh i need practice

[Oatestwder]

mint weekend i just had. terrible things here, trying to start in colour on the portrait, very short. quick pic, photo elements on the river

993535

993538

[Oatestwder]

hows that for improvment. Actually put some time in this today, started again and this time you can see the worlds greatest action star: Bruce Lee!

994415

mountain doodle from ref as well
996727

[Oatestwder]

a mountain from imagination, wasnt really thinking now that i look at it. And some horizons from imagination inspired by another artist on this sight but i dont remember his name :(

[Oatestwder]

been off for a week just had my appendix out, which has lead to me falling a mile behind in school work. So why am i making quick renderings of thing in my room when i should be working? well I'd go crazy if i didnt do a little drawing

[Oatestwder]

Keep forgeting to scan scan scan. Random street, soooo much work to catch up on i shouldnt be drawing

[ThomasM]

This sketchbook is awesome - really like your enviro's in particular. Especially as you say that you do them in like 10 mins! Keep up the hard work, it will definitely pay off!

[Oatestwder]

This sketchbook is awesome - really like your enviro's in particular. Especially as you say that you do them in like 10 mins! Keep up the hard work, it will definitely pay off!

cheers mate wish i could draw people like you! Im terrible at them :(

[DSmith]

Hello!
Awesome progress,my favourite is the King!YOur values are getting better and better too,keep up the great work!

[Oatestwder]

P.r.o.c.r.a.s.t.i.n.a.t.i.o.n.


Finding it so hard to get back in the groove of animation after a week off.

from imagination 10 mins each just looking at - correct me if im wrong - ariel perspective
1007537

1007538


Yoji Shinkawa is so F*$#ing amazing, inspired these ones. Two from refs one os a self portrait

1007536

1007542

1007539

[Oatestwder]

I should push my values further. a nd i hate hair!!! i need a holiday so i can just draw for days, there is so much stuff i need to practice and no time!!!

self portrait, no i dont have lines on my face

[Oatestwder]

stressing hard about my animation class, because i missed a week im haveing to make up time during other classes and its so hard to get the animation work done! I want to understand the face when i draw it but im not getting it entirly. I need to practice drawing more but somtimes im not sure what i should be practicing.

Shinkawa inspired.

[lennon]

Interesting work on borders; analyzing that, should help you to make better values. Understanding the essentials of how light work with 3d Shapes is the actual work of masters.

[Sulphur]

Love your landscapes...so jealous!
You're definetly improving nicely with those portraits! They're difficult stuff.
You say you're not sure what to practise - how about just study individual features for a while? I'm not sure if i can suggest which one needs the most work, however you'll know yourself which features you have the most issues with because its usually the one that you spend the most time erasing!

Eg. I hate noses, they never look right. So I'd look at the nose from different angles, maybe a few wrinkled noses, some fat noses, skinny noses, long noses, upturned noses - you get the picture :)

Good job so far!

[Spire]

First of all, thank you for stopping by my sketchbook. It is much appreciated. Man, portraiture! Very tasking subject, but you're doing well :) Keep that up. Your enviros are looking pretty gorgeous to me. Pat on your back sir :) Let me see some more.

Peace.

[Oatestwder]

lennon: what do you mean with borders? sorry not quite following

Sulphur: Thanks! yea i know I suck at nose, eyes and the mouth XD so yea i should do some studies, actually understanding the shapes would be a good start

Spire: thanks dude much appreciated!

Some small pics. I hate the landscape, the clouds are wrong and theres no focal point, might fix it up

[glaudarien]

Thanks again for posting over at my sketchbook, i am really impressed by the matte painting you posted on your first page, that was very well done. I also really like your environments as you manage to pull of the textures really well. I think that your human paintings will look amazing once you have nailed anatomy. I noticed in your first post that you wanted links to help with anatomy and the face - here is a great site that shows you the anatomy of the face and also if you look to the right there is a list of expressions, click on them and the face will change. Its a great way to see how the face changes visually for each expression and for finding out which muscles do what. http://www.artnatomia.net/uk/artnatomyApplication.html Hope that helps, keep it up!

[asiJa]

I really love your the sketchy painting of landscapes with striking strokes using tilted brush. I often want to catch this technique - something like Daniel Dociu use. Some of your sketches are pretty close to it.
also the Rockn' robot from May 27th, 2010, 02:26 PM got me. Even though it's not very clear what it is, it has pretty cool dynamics and expression. It's always trade-of for me how much to render clear functional contours, and how much let expression rule. There the expression rule over all, and it looks cool.

[Oatestwder]

glaudarien: Cheers dude that matte painting took forever i should get on to my next one really. cheers for the link its helpfull!

asiJa: thanks I love your stuff! Daniel Dociu is one of my favourite artists so thanks! I agree I love expression in painting, its a fine balance, but i love expression and hope i can put more suggestive elements into my paintings


Playing with shapes, its stereo boy!
1018103

I'm thinking its huge him, and workers/slaves are filing in. maybe a bit dark, cant tell on this moniter
1018104

doodle 10min. what is with this horrible composition? why didnt i bend the river the other way to balance the picture? because i wasnt thinking.
1018106

[Oatestwder]

Character Idea, went in completly the opposite direction to the one I was thinking off. Started looking at kingdon hearts and TWEWY art work and this happened.

1021433
1021438

Small thumbnails
1021431

[Oatestwder]

Some faces, went a little abstract i think i had that last character in the back of my mind

1023130
1023129

time to get serious! lol, face structure studys
1023131

[Oatestwder]

I haven't pushed a piece until I felt it was complete for a while, and though this isn't 'finished' or beautifully rendered I'm happy with it. Sort of still rolling with that last idea i had, changing things giving him a story. It will have all changed by tomorrow that's the fun of designing!

Musical Samurai

[zzyzx]

thank you for the comment on my sb!
first off, i applaud you for being able to take messy sketches and clean them up from there to render them. your environments all look really nice :D
however, though the sketchy brush/linework can really complement the enviros, it often makes your figures look a bit haphazard. too many lines/strokes in figures often confuses the gesture, especially if it makes really thick outlines like some of yours do (lol, something i'm working on). try to simplify , maybe draw a bit slower.
hope this helped a bit, good luck!

[Oatestwder]

zzyzx: I know i shouldnt use those thick lines, I'm not at all confident with figures so I think maybe I do it to mask shapes I'm not sure about? I'm trying to work on it, I do enjoy a randomness though, i just need to get it so i doesnt distort the image beyond possable human regognition.
But way off topic you are completly right cheers. How did you/are you learning figures?

Superfast Superfast, I come in last, but just in time for breakfast

[Eric-Anthony]

nice sb! i like the scribbly style :P

[zzyzx]

deleted, LOL sorry i was a bit sleepy when i commented the other day, didn't realize that i had already posted (was only looking at p1)
and yea i tend to use thick lines like that too, unconsciously. have to force myself to stop it.
as for me, i'm just switching inbetween drawing random stuff from mind, doing studies from books and studies from pics. don't have much from life to work on (selfportraits get a little boring, lol) .i try to focus as much as possible when i study from books because i always forget anatomy.... but sometimes it feels like i'm just shooting arrows into the dark (i don't think that's the right term).

[Oatestwder]

Eric-Anthony: Ty thanks!

zzyzx: yea na i know exactly what you mean, your not sure if your going in the right direction or not, you can see the target but dont know how to get there.
heh i cant wait for that download to finish

had zero time to draw today, doing texture work all day, so heres an half an hour of thumbs because its 2 in the morning and i need to sleep. were has my time gone!! i want to draw!

[Eddieee]

Your mountain doodles are very nice. :) Nice use of foreground, mid and background in that last value piece! Just keep it up :)

[Oatestwder]

Eddieee: cheers man!

very busy have work due tomorrow, but to break things up did some sketchs.
mountain range from ref and the start of a self portrait

[Oatestwder]

Spent ages unwrapping U.V's tonight, very relaxing.
Which perhaps helped on these, both from imagination! lots to improve on them but that's for tomorrow. spent around half an hour on the first, 15 maybe on the second? (he seems to be rockn' that characters look still)

[Oatestwder]

photo elements on the cliff, the pictures lacking alot of depth. Half an hour before bed

[zzyzx]

i really love that last illustration toates! the heads are looking great too, even from imagination looking very realistic. all i can say is nice work, keep at it!

[Oatestwder]

zzyzx: cheers! glad you like it. yes i need more hard work!!

again not much to show, lots of school work had to finish a character for a turnable.
wasnt really sure were i wanted to go with this and i think it shows.

[NyeAlexandaFrayne]

really enjoyed going through your sketchbook man, damn fine :) x

[Oatestwder]

Wow that last picture was horrible, my judgments not great at 3 in the morning i suppose. Got a weeks break coming up in a few weeks i cant wait, it means i can finally get some drawing practice in!

more unrapping U.V's tonight. Two sketchs to keep myself sain, the first is pretty absract just painted and went with the flow, i quite like it even though the comp is a little skewed

[NyeAlexandaFrayne]

gota love unrappin uv's ahhh :P haha

like tha last portrait sketch man!

[The Sceptical Saint]

You sir, have skills. I really dig your use of texture, particularlly on the random street and the sketchy portrait done the same way.
Good to see another kiwi kicking ass and taking names, I'm still tying my shoelaces.

[Oatestwder]

nyje: haha dude tell em about it! i find it kinda relaxing in a weird way though sometimes

The Sceptical Saint: cheers man! but to be honest I'm still tying my laces, over and over and they still come loose! I'm not sure were that analogy was going.. But NZ REP!

getting a little annoyed with the amount of time i have to draw lately, this is all i had time for today. been a while since i did a portrait found it kind hard the proportions are way off, look at those eyes and cheek bones, doesn't really look like me either
i want a time machine!!! or a hyperbolic time chamber...

[Lang Oulk]

wow man some of your digitals are awesome, you have good use of color.

[Oatestwder]

Lang Oulk: Thanks man! but i have to say i think i'm terrible with colour theory, i use alot of reference. but i will learn!!

A bit of fanart today, from one of my favourite anime series of all time: "Your drill is one that shall pierce through the heavens" GURREN LAGANN!!
just quick sketch before bed, i think his face needs a little more contrast

[Oatestwder]

Quick concept, Samurai Mecha

[Oatestwder]

I tried a different way of working with this, i normally block out and just start painting but decided to block and then correct it with lines until i was happy with the shape. took me way too long, i hope i get round to finishing this.

based on my last mech concept, heavily referenced from gurren lagann (I'm on a binge!)

[zzyzx]

damn nice! i love the monster in post 94, very dynamic. reminds me a bit of andrew jones. nice spheres btw, no reflecting light though? i always thought sphere studies went better with some reflected light to study.
also, lol you totally mirrored post 100 didn't you.. haha

[Brötje]

Hey,

You're making progress. Be carefull with the black. It tends to make the image much heavier.

[Oatestwder]

zzyzx: cheers Z! when I'd finished it i realised it looked like his work! must be unconsciously channeling him, lol i wish. and yea i should have reflected light but lets pretend i painted those ones in a void... the next will have light!!! and yea its just mirrored haha

Brötje: cheers. yea i have a problem with black i like it because it hides alot of my work but I'm trying to get away from it

some work on my samurai robot. I never paint a subject and then a background, my subjects are normally natural progressions from the background so this was hard for me. I actually finished this picture and then my photoshop crashed :( this was my last save and its pretty close to the end, i just fleshed out some details changed composition and corrected colours. but dam that pissed me off.

[Oatestwder]

Something a little different, just doing a little GIF for fun. Its a scene from kung fu dunk, I mean to finish it but it takes so long we'll have to see

[Oatestwder]

back from a weeks break, just what i needed hardly touched a PC all week. Did some sketch's may scan them latter but no digis.

I have my final project for texturing this week, so not sure how much drawing I'll get done. Here's some stuff done tonight so i don't forget how to use a tablet :P
first ones are 4 minute drawings of different faces since i tend to only ever draw one face (mine)
1052978
1052975

Then a rushed environment
1052976

and finally a half hour sketch with HORRIBLE colours and lighting.
1052977

[Oatestwder]

Lots of work for texturing summative, just mucked with some faces before dinner

[Oatestwder]

Just a bit of fun, quick photomanipulation. I would spend longer on it the specular highlights are wrong and the plastic looks cg but lots of work to do so I'll put it aside for now

[zzyzx]

HEY i love the animation, and the robot's rendering is looking sweet. and aww that really sucks about photoshop man.
faces are looking pretty good, but for that last one - the one you painted - the forehead's too wide, kind of looks like a block on his head. a tip for finding the arch of the eyebrow (since you're using that to find the width of the forehead block?) would be to trace a diagonal line from the edge of the nostrils through the center of the eye. the arch should be where that line hits (lol i learned this from figuring out how to pluck my eyebrows a long time ago....). and if you trace a line from the edge of the nostril to the edge of the eye, where the eyebrow should end should line up with that.
does this make sense?eheh

[Oatestwder]

zzyzx: Cheers, yea i knew the forehead was way to big but didnt know how to fix it. thanks and yea i get what you mean I'll try it out

Thought I'd put up my Sketch page from today. Just doodles, some brush tests, Thumbnails and even a constuction study (GASP!)

It's getting boring by the sea

[Oatestwder]

Cliche mountain pass

[Oatestwder]

My texturing and lighting project. the model is not by me only the texuring and lighting.
I'm sort of happy with it considering i should have put alot more time into it. Now i just got to wait for my mark

[Oatestwder]

mech wip

[raminafshari]

huge mount of studies , your robot drawings rock .

[The Sceptical Saint]

That animation is kick-ass and I'm still trying to figure out how you get that scratchy look (like what you got in cliche mountain pass. BTW is a small, plucky, vastly outnumbered group defending said pass? Or is it one of those ominous gateway to evil-land type cliche mountain passes?)
Keep grinding, the next level can't be to far now.

[Oatestwder]

raminafshari: cheers man , I dont think im doing near enough studies!

The Sceptical Saint: haha cheers man, Im thinking its one of those "huza our quest ends on the other side of that hill!" *finally reachs pass to find hundreds of enemys waiting for him* "ah shit should have known..."

seriously small amount of progress on the mech, having trouble with consistency in his design so putting it aside for now. also just a very quick landscape so my brains dont fall out

"Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision" Sweet line.

[Oatestwder]

not gonna be able to do personal work for a while my final production has started! so i'll put up some work on that maybe, depends how good it is.
Here are some ideas to get me going, i'm really into mechs at the moment so I'm thinking some sort of samurai mech!

[zzyzx]

heyyyy nice scene there. i think the first box with two samurai-mech things is most interesting. but if you've decided to use the last one, i think you should put some interesting elements in the background too - maybe silhouettes of other samurai, like they're an army or something.. it seems a little strange to have a sky-scraper type background you roughed in there, maybe switch to more temple-like buildings? i've always associated samurais with older eastern culture, and skyscrapers with more western things.

[Oatestwder]

heyyyy nice scene there. i think the first box with two samurai-mech things is most interesting. but if you've decided to use the last one, i think you should put some interesting elements in the background too - maybe silhouettes of other samurai, like they're an army or something.. it seems a little strange to have a sky-scraper type background you roughed in there, maybe switch to more temple-like buildings? i've always associated samurais with older eastern culture, and skyscrapers with more western things.

Cheers Z, na I haven't chosen any of them yet. and yea I'm gonna have other samurai scattered around and destroyed hopefully. Lol they weren't supposed to be building but mountains or something, ah well that's my bad if you cant tell. In the latest draft its been changed to smoke to kind of fudge the horizon. and the smoke slowly rising and the flags waving should give the picture some movement.
Cheers for the input!

[Oatestwder]

Some fun designing mecha heads, using evangelion as a refrence. Then some fun little enviroments between study.

Two weeks into my final production now so starting to get a feel for it, I'll post up some related stuff when i get it done. Wish i had a bit more time to draw :(

[Oatestwder]

quick sketch for the night, could probably crop it for a stronger composition, and a z brush face started from basic topology. markings don't mean anything just playing with brushes and this looked good so i rolled with it. We'll say there tribal or something

[snatti]

keep at it! loved the matte painting

[Myllys]

Great work with all the enviros. Keep practicing the portaits also. Do all kind of studies. Self portraits, value studies etc. You'll get there. Get a good foundation with values and after that, start with colors. When doing skin tones, use different hues for lights and shadows. If light tones are warm, then shadow tones are cold etc. Also try using smaller saturation with light values and higher with dark. Experiment.

[N E X T]

Great brush work on the environments!

Some of them are awesome! ;D

[Oatestwder]

Some more work on my mech. The body is absolutely killing me i wanted to get orthos done by tomorrow but that's not happening i haven't even finished the design so help me out! the head is finished though along with a colour scheme I'm quite liking, tell me what you think

"I told a fire breathing dragon "he bet not harm me" or he be sorry when he meets my one man army"

[Oatestwder]

Sorry to spam updates, just a final doodle beofre bed, putting some colour in, still not sure i like it

[Oatestwder]

update

[Klaus Reinbach III]

Oh nice sketchbook. The Samurai armor mecha looking cool so far!
Mmmh seeing your ZBrush face, you are good with it?

Have fun!

[NicG]

Hi! Thanks for commenting in my SB! Lots of good work in here. I especially like the Zbrush face from 9/27. Keep it up!

[zzyzx]

nice job with those samurai robots! i love the different designs in post 125. for the wip, feels a little stiff to me for some reason, probably has something to do with the shoulderpads / knee area.
moarrrr

[Mincx]

These are looking great! The robots are awesome, and I like your use of colour in your environments. (I usually get scared of putting any detail in so I just have a plain background and fill it in at the last minute) but the brushes and colour you use combined make the background feel more alive. I especially like the waterfall piece you did a few pages back it stood out from the others. Look forward to seeing more!

[Oatestwder]

Klaus Reinbach III: Cheers, na i'm just teaching myself Z-brush I'm not that good :p

NicG: Cheers man

zzyzx: Ty Z, yea it was feeling very stiff I need to go back and fix it up

Mincx: Cheers man! glad you like it

So I've had a rough couple of weeks. Had some personal problems so I've had to leave my course for the year, and i took 3 weeks off while i tried to sort everything out :( So now i have 3 months off until I can resume my course in the next intake so the samurai mecha has been put on hold, but I'm thinking I'll try and nail it in my spare time.

Haven't drawn in about a month I've had to much going on but I finally got a picture out, its rubbish XD but now I have 3 months to practice so expect regular updates!

Heres a song to keep you company
IgKBVVZdLQs

[Oatestwder]

Before bed its the start of some fan art, cloud! XD

[Oatestwder]

Gawwd its so cliche! but hey he's cool. Cloud is finished for now

[mrd33ds]

loving your art :)

hey i dont know if u have seen or not, but tutorials on deviant art for realism. Since I noticed ur painting of Cloud. Just in case you wanted to push one some more. :( I would give u the link, but the network im on right now blocks dev art bc of nudity. but im pretty sure if u type in "realism tutorial" youll find it. the one im thinking of is a similar photo to the one u referenced of cloud. hope this helps man, keep it up :)

[snootchy]

hiya Oatestwdr, thanks for the kind words in my sb!

Definitely looks like u got a fun journey ahead of you and glad that u made the switch or dedicated to becoming a better 2d graphic artist! I can tell that you have a good background, whereas u mentioned in ur earlier post that u were doing photography and 3d stuff, because u have some really nice compositions going on in ur sketches! The sketches I like the best are those of the mountains, especially this one (http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=918457&d=1267426311), captured a really nice realistic mood and values (i think particularly y this works is because it's loose and has a lot more information compared to ur portraiture or figurative works)

I'd really love to learn figures as I'm terrible at them if you know of any resources point me in that direction!

my one resolve to this is go do life figure drawing, u will learn loads even if u don't finish sketches there, u will catch things of how tones transition on the body, where hard edges exist, anatomy and get an eye for proportions and so on

I'm liking the progress and see some really nice improvements in the short time, keep up the hardwork, u'll be superstar in no time!

[Oatestwder]

snootchy: Thanks man! that means alot, Im gonna keep trying!

Been away for a while, but hopefully now I'm back for good. I've been slacking, time to start a new year.


Listen to some sweet kiwi music, half of NZ doesnt even know them yet.
XdXxVAem7_Q

[Oatestwder]

So I'm finally back in class, time to finish up this project! Its been a while and its hard to get back into the right frame of mind, but I'm aloud to continue with the same project instead of starting allover again so that helps. heres a tibit from my first day back, just easing myself in going back over my mech.

[NyeAlexandaFrayne]

love that last one man, quality, you going to take it any further?

[Oatestwder]

nyje: hey cheers man, um not sure i would like to take it further well see if i have the time haha

Just a small picture, I'm flat out on my reel should have some things from that to show you soon.

btQKGvVRnZ8

[Oatestwder]

This is a mock up of the mecha body in Z-brush just so i could get a feel for the parts. The final model will be built in maya and probibly wont involve zbrush at all unless i can convince my tutor to let me use it

[Oatestwder]

Just some sketchs inbetween working on my robot

[Oatestwder]

Most beautiful song I've heard in a while:

1a1UoljLWrY

[Oatestwder]

Who knows what that robots looking at..

[Oatestwder]

Touch of colour

[Oatestwder]

Not finished yet, still a work in progress but I've been on an Andrew jones binge. The man is a god

i just had some fun trying to intergrate some of his style it was great fun. i had trouble putting depth in the picture though, something to work on

[MaFeng]

Wow,your concept work is good.I love them.
keep your study.post more!

[Oatestwder]

Small Update to the last painting along with a companion picture for it.

Beauty and Nobility

[MaFeng]

New work is so good.They can show you have a great iimagination.Really want see you can do some b&w studies.Keep it up,guy!

[Oatestwder]

MaFeng: Cheers man, yea i need to do some more studies i get so into something i just go for it.

Fun Sketch in class, stated off as a portrait of Natalie Portman and then turned into a Medusa sort of creature

Edit: Just noticed how flat this image is, ugh need to work on that

[Oatestwder]

Quick portrait before bed. Agh i need to push those values further, very flat. But soooo sleepy...

[Oatestwder]

bit of a pathetic update. Been drawing but alot of it wasnt working. note to self: use some reference or it wont work!

[The Pariano]

It seems you have a better eye for environments than you do for characters- your landscapes seem to be a bit more successful. I'd suggest lots of anatomy studies studying planes and forms. Really try to imagine what you're drawing in 3 dimensions and transfer it into 2 dimensional shapes. Good progress- keep it up :]

[Koh]

Believe it or not, you have leveled up a lot since your first post.


Keep up the good work, hit those figure studies though.

[Oatestwder]

The Pariano: Cheers man. Yea I know my figures really need some work, and i honestly want to get to it! unfortunately at the moment I'm swamped with work for my final project at school so I've got no time to draw except for quick doodles :(

Koh: haha cheers! yea I had a look back at the first page the other day, egh there's some pretty average stuff there now. yea i know I really need to work on those figures, wish i had more time in the day!

Hers something a little different. last year I sanded down my old skateboard and did some spray painting for some fun. AUTOBOTS ROLL OUT! I think I'll have to do a decepticons one to match it (And yea look at that awesome teddy!).

I've had this on repeat
l3t7JGgyTdw

[Oatestwder]

I'm back! woohoo!!

Finished my course about 3 weeks ago now and i've just been chilling having a bit of a relaxing time, great fun.
But here is my final piece from my course, and please watch it FULLSCREEN! I suggest you actually watch it on Vimeo as it will be slightly better quality.

23567015

One huge inspiration was Zeo-x whos mechs just rock my socks off, so check out there work!
Zeo-X's Sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=79390)
Mechanical Samurai-Tokugawa (http://zeo-x.deviantart.com/art/Mechanical-Samurai-Tokugawa-181293789)

I should also mention Slipgatecentral who's mechanical work is so intricately detailed It gave me allot of things to play around and work with
recon elite hi-res model (http://slipgatecentral.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d20a656)

[Oatestwder]

So its been pretty hard to find my motavation again getting back from study I was just empty, but I feel like I'm getting back to it.

I'm seriously out of practice that face looks egh. just some random pics, the last one was sculpted in Zbrush for a bit of fun

[Oatestwder]

Some doodles from today. there is somthing very wrong with the portrait i think its the eyes, and adding colour didnt really help at all.

[Dope Fiend]

Try pushing your environments, maybe do some odd shapes, form something from them, or approach it differently,I think you're not progressing as fast as you'd like because you're not pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone. These enviros look the same, and it's just portraits. try some full body stuff...maybe work with pencils, study form and lighting, build up your objects, etc...

Keep working, and don't give up. Nice 3d model by the way.

[Oatestwder]

doodle

[Velocity Kendall]

this ones mega!!
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1234106&stc=1&d=1305703928

[Oatestwder]

Velocity Kendall: Cheers man!

Started a matte painting today, needs a bit of work

[Jephyr X]

^^^ That matte is very cool!

[Oatestwder]

Jephyr X: Thanks dude!

random abstract doodles


1326620

1326621

1326622

[Oatestwder]

Portraits

[Oatestwder]

trying to do a more complete piece

[Oatestwder]

Update. Been sick all week in bed, only just crawled to a computer :(

[Oatestwder]

I'm stuuuuuuck! so help me out on this thread! http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3277557#post3277557

This is the picture so far

[Oatestwder]

face... finding it hard at the moment, cant find motorvation

[Oatestwder]

Here's a Commercial I worked on recently with Cirkus Animation for the Chinese company Tencent Games. Watch on you tube in 720p!

aPL7GuSAyaM

[Weremole]

That matte painting is wicked. I can't quite figure out what is the matte and what is the painting. Regarding your characters you seem to know where you are heading technically pretty well so I'll disregard that. But if I had to say something it's that for some reason they are very puppetlike.

Have them express and act a bit more and I believe you'll flush that stiffness right out.

[Oatestwder]

Senna was a truly inspirational movie for me. I just finished this piece of Ayrton Senna as he's been stuck in my head. I havnt spent this long on a picture for a long time, maybe around 3 hours. If you havn't seen the movie 'Senna' i highly recommend it.

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

[akkibox]

The new portrait looks amazing. I really like the brush you used!

[Mikko Voipio]

That Show reel video is really really cool. The Senna piece is also a great leap forward for you. It kinda reminds me of the old Pc and Amiga game art.

[zzyzx]

hey oates, just dropping in. that portrait from Senna is amazing! colors are really accurate, that grainy brush gives a nice effect too.
I can definitely empathize with you on the frustration with portraits/etc from head. all I can say is to keep working it though! :P your environments are looking really sweet, I like the one back in post 157..the faster doodles you have are nice too, but I want to see you push more finished ones :O