DSG 352: Environmnet: Baobab tree Home

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Today's topic is: Environmnet: Baobab tree Home

[Hush]

Maybe this will save people some time.
From webster.com

Main Entry: bao·bab
Pronunciation: 'bau-"bab, 'bA-&-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin bahobab
: a broad-trunked Old World tropical tree (Adansonia digitata) of the silk-cotton family with an edible acid fruit resembling a gourd and bark used in making paper, cloth, and rope

[young paddy1]

these things look mental http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?fr=fp-pull-img-t&p=baobab

[digitalgannon]

and i always wondered why girlfriend called me baobab dick...

[Cybot Floor]

Originally posted by digitalgannon
and i always wondered why girlfriend called me baobab dick...

well, from now on you can call her "Baobab tree Home" in that moments...

[buz]

yay i'm first to post a pic :)http://alt64.gotdns.com/dsg/352_baobab.gif

[eyebooger]

heh mines look more like a tree hotel.

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/eyebooger/tree_house.jpg

[Al Ian]

Done in 8 minutes before work. It needs help LOL.

http://jmarkey77.home.bresnan.net/images/big/speedpainting/dsg352.jpg

[Matt Smith]

I never knew that people really had tree homes like this, i thought it was all only in make believe....

[young paddy1]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/baobab.jpg, it's a little rushed and I'm about to run out of bandwidth, any other free pic hosts other than photobucket?

[Johannes]

First I used up 20 minutes on thumbs - all crap. Then I did it in ps insted, about an hour
http://home.swipnet.se/panzerkunst/baobab1d72.jpg

edit - darn, I see now I have troubles using hte greyscale and color technique on my mac - simply the gamma is wrong so no detail is shown in the dark, I have to solve this, tips appreciated. I cant fix it this evening though, Im going out - have a nice weekend all :D

[Cybot Floor]

home sweet home
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/44/555744/640_3435313337356562.jpg
BOOOOOOOOOOORING!
cu tomorrow

[Defunct]

felt a little experimental today..

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Defunct/baobab.jpg

Edit: Just noticed, that that has to be one monster owl there in the hole

Did another one too, but got a little lost in the process

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Defunct/baobab2.jpg

[Calle_]

Really cool the first pic by defunct =)

[OLSEN]

lovely trees

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

[Sunny]

i have my sketch done. ill post it finished later hopefully...

good work so far.. i hope i dont go too far off topic :D

[Matt Dixon]

http://www.vortex.plus.com/TreeHome.jpg

Very lovely, Olsen. Be interesting to see what else comes out of this topic...

Took about an hour, Jorgen - and thanks!

[JörgenGiftmördaren]

thats a great picture dixon. love the colours and mood of it. how long did this take you?

[young paddy1]

nice picture mr dixon, it's got a real magic feel about it. It reminds me of the elf city in LOTR

[Hunger_Artist]

it is awesome to see so much talent here!

thanks for the refs, paddy!


http://members.tripod.com/carlbeu/77f84ba0.jpg

[Wednesday]

"it's so fairytale you could puke"

hmm, our color schemes are looking similar arent they matt and olsen?


http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/awednesday/Untitled-6ca.jpg

[Matt Dixon]

"it's so awesome you could puke"

That's one of the best DSG submissions I have seen, Wednesday.

[Hyver]

http://www.hyver.com/store/baobab.jpg

first post on CA - hi :-)
40 mins photoshop

some very nice trees above!

[OLSEN]

I suppose it´s just one of those purple/blue days wednesday..

Nice work all, and dixon and wednesday, i absolutely love your colors. :p

[Swan]

Hi guys, this is my first post. Really lovely work, all of you. Neat stuff!

http://www.jenniferwilliamson.com/boabobsketch.jpg

[Signature]

Hard to post crappy stuff between those amazing images.
But I'll try to keep it up and hopefully get better.

Matt Dixon, OLSEN, Defunct ... it's depressing. Your images look as if they are the result of weeks of planning/painting.


Eco-High-Tech

http://www.andyart.de/images/oldandbad/dsg/bananotree2.jpg

Open Canvas and mouse this time.


WPE File:
http://www.andyart.de/images/oldandbad/dsg/finishedornot2.wpe

[Jaded]

Olsen: Love the colors!

Matt Dixon: Love it! your awesom i've been staring at it forever

[johanson]

http://www.andrewjohanson.com/images/Baobabtreehome.jpg

[RETEP]

heres mine,the Baobab trees home is on the earth creature.
colored, i did the coloring really quickly. can yall crit about the color.
http://img16.photobucket.com/albums/v48/dingoegret/protector_or_life_color.jpg

i seemed to like the uncolored one better
http://img16.photobucket.com/albums/v48/dingoegret/protector_or_life_no_color.jpg

buz- your quick!
eyebugger- cool, it looks like a little town
al ian- 8 mnutes huh, quick
youngpaddy1-nice leaves
johannes-neat, very dark. are all the trees connected?
cybot floor- thats one happy tree, is he blocking the path?
defunct- your experimenting came out great man
olson, mattdixon, wednesday- great colors:D
hunger artist- love your style
hyver-welcome, nice pic
swan- the bark is the best
signature- cool tree car!!
johanson- interesting how they are gathered outside by the fire, they may burn the tree down inside;)

great job everyone!!

[johanson]

buz: checked out your website. I dug the morphing ball in the 3d section. Usually that sort of thing just aggravates me because it adds to load time… but its interaction with the text made it rad enough that I didn’t care. Cool stuff.

eyebooger: Nice tree. I wonder if a different kind of architecture would suit it better? It strikes me that the archetypal “western” home is very much at adds with nature.

Al Ian: nice to see that even with only 8 minutes, you slide one in. One question: How do people get into the house?

Johannes: Really nice mood, but I’m having trouble reading it as a house (probably because it’s pushing to dark on you). Looking forward to seeing the fixed version. Are those roads leading to the main tree? How cool would it be if they were enormous highways, and the tree housed an entire city.

Cybot Floor: This freaks me out and cracks me up at the same time.
Freak out version: the tree is a crazy watch “dog” tree comin’ to kick my ass.
Cracks me up version: It lives in that house, and he’s the Mr. Rogers of trees.

Defunct: Really nice color on that first one. The second might benefit from having trees in the background, lost in the fog. Atmospheric depth would add to the lonely feel.

OLSEN: Is that another tree, or the very earth itself reaching up to grab the tree-home? Spooky.

Matt Dixon: Lovely. It’s easy to read AND looks damn good.

Wednesday: Every once and a while I’ll bump into your work here at CA. I almost always love it. You generate feeling in your work.

Hyver: Welcome to CA. Lots of people have been using the spiral staircase thing, but conceptually I think I like yours the best. It strikes me that your stairs are actually part of the tree. Or at least that the tree has grown around them. I like that idea more than added on steps because it gives the impression that tree and inhabitant are acting as partners. Nature seem okay with people living in this tree.

Swan: Nice looking house. I wouldn’t mind living there. Thumbs-up to actually putting the shadows from the braches onto the trunk. I’m a sucker for that patchy forest lighting.

Signature: It’s the Flintsone’s vacation home. I like that you’re incorporating aspects of the everyday house (the steps to the front door, the garage, the family car) into a tree home. It makes it comical in a cartoonish sort of way. Maybe you could push that even further. Give them a tree mailbox, a tree doghouse, tree lamp post, tree bicycle…

Hope I didn't miss anybody.

later,

-andrew

[Beatnik]

http://www.zmans.com/misc/dsg_352.jpg

[GraphicMaster]

About time! I was almost finished 3 hours ago but I kept getting side tracked.

http://www.graphics-lab.com/sketch014.jpg

[EndDrive999]

quickie!

http://img23.photobucket.com/albums/v68/enddrive999/DSG/DSG-BaobabTreeHouse.jpg

[Wednesday]

i knew i forgot something mike, i go a little off topic sometimes don't i?

are you doing one tonight btw? i'd very much like to see that (and others would too)

[EndDrive999]

who are you adressing Mike :p

[Iotrez]

Well I guess there are worse things to do on a Friday night than draw a giant tree.

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

[Railboy]

http://www.atomicagedog.com/art/dailysketch/baobob.jpg

Unfinished - 30 minutes in PS so far - I love this topic but I may have to scram in a minute, so I'll update it as I make progress.

Johansen - Really nice, I like the composition and colors. Crit: Some of the trees feel ghostly - I'd do brush-strokes in a different direction to make them feel more solid against the background.

Dingoegret - Very cool... This reminds me of a piece I did a long time ago:
http://www.atomicagedog.com/art/images/hillbeast.jpg

(BTW, not accusing you of stealing, don't worry. It's just a blast from the past.)

[EDIT] - Whoa, I love it when you post and a new piece is already up... Iotrez, you've got a genuine style going, and I like it.

[EDIT] - Finished - ended up being about 1 hour of work in PS.

[Vely Bad Man]

I call this "Any excuse to put in a nekkid woman"
http://www.jimwoo.com/dsg/04.02.13.jpg

[Thrash]

http://www.chaingunstudios.com/ArtGallery/dsg/slides/DSG352ThrashBaobobTreeWeb.jpg

Reminds me of painting bonsai.

Random comments inserted here:
@Iotrez - Very cool. I like the randomness. I can't do that for some reason I have to try to do physically realish stuff... I'm just limited.
@ johanson the scale you got with the little windows is impressive. Nice lighting with the quick paint strokes.
@Matt Dixon - love it. I just looks like a happy fairy town. I really think the lights pull it off.

[Wednesday]

Mike, better not I suppose, could put you out for a bit which isnt good at all. It's probably from all the small wrist movements you make when drawing on a tablet, I get that from time to time as well.

I'll be right on website getting , in a month or five. I'm in highschool currently, provides me with lots of things to do that prevent me from doing things I rather be doing.

and good luck with the job :)

[Iiori]

Its been a while. ^^ Bit of a quicky.

http://solaceape.fataldreamscape.com/images/tree.jpg

[RETEP]

railboy- thanks :D
oh man, thats really coool!!!!i wish i saw yours before i started drawing, i have tons more ideas now!! ;) i dont know if i have your patients though, there was alot of detail in those roots.

-thrash-OMG, has to be my favorite, i love the colors you chose.

[OrganicJerk]

Ugh...took me 2.5 hours....and It had so much promise as I was doing the tree....Then it all died...Oh well...I might as well post it.
http://images2.deviantart.com/i/2004/07/9/4/DSG_352__Baobab_Tree_Home.jpg

(repost because testing image)

[Sunny]

the last bunch on page 2 are pretty shibby... gj folks....

does mine fit in?? the creatures are living and controlling the dangerously brute boabab trees

http://www.planethalflife.com/detailed/new/dsg/352.jpg

[Iiori]

Thanks Mike! ^^ I hope your hand feels better soon.

[Amerasu]

A few comments...
Iotrez - love it. Your style is fantastic.
Defunct - I like the light and wilderness look
Matt Dixon - wow :beer:
Swan - nice & whimsical
Beatnik - really like the way you incorporated the houses.

http://amerasu.randomleft.com/ca/feb13_04_tree.jpg

[micmac]

VBM - Nice tree. It has some great curves.

Nothing coming from me today. Didn't feel like drawing trees.

Dixon - Damn nice illustration!

Iotrez - Your style is really strong. It's impossible to miss your posts. They scream, "Iotrez drew me!"

Railboy - Cool to see the subject matter from a different perspective.

MM

[Sunny]

I personally like Railboy's - Verybadman's, MIKECORRIERO's, endrive999's, olsens, and mattdixon's

thats some decent work there guys. I dont have time to go through individually sry but there is some great stuff.

[Matt Smith]

Here is my tree, this was probably the fastest piece i have ever created, which is a good thing. I'm always so anal about my work and go really slow. The dsg has been really helpful for me even within the week or so I've been doing it. I went for more of an eerie tree of the dead.



http://www.mattksmith.com/bigtree.jpg

[bkmini]

Hey guys,

I'm back. Work has been crazy, I've barely had time to look at the DSG let alone sketch anything. Even Thunderdome had to take a back seat unfortunately.

Anyway, I think things are getting back to normal, so here's my baobab treehouse:

http://www.bradkurz.com/treecolor.jpg

I think the color turned out kinda flat. If anyone wants to color the lineart (http://www.bradkurz.com/treehouse.jpg) be my guest, and post it in the New Media Coloring Book Vol. 2 thread.

Olsen, Dixon, and Wednesday: awesome work guys

Wednesday: it kills me you're only in high school. that's really impressive. all the best in what you go on to.

sleep.


edit: nevermind, don't post the color in the coloring book. I should color someone else's and then I'll post the lines there.

[Beatnik]

Thrash that is some sweet work man. Great color and lighting.

bk good to see your work again. I have to say that is my personal favorite dsg you've ever done. I think the ropes really make it. Welcome back and keep it up.

[Kirt]

http://www.kirtstanke.com/images/dsg352.jpg

Olsen - Love that one. The claw reaching for the tree is just creepy!
Matt Dixon - Excellent colors and mood.
Wednesday - ditto!

Quite a few good entries on this one. I suck at perspective ... hope it can be figured out.

[shadoman]

Really tired. Not crits today.

Some really amazing concepts today, from such an odd topic. When I first saw this topic I sincerely contemplated bowwing out, since I usually run screaming from environments. But I really enjoyed this one. Plus it doesn't hurt that I drew it while watching Tom Hanks in Bachelor Party!!!

http://www.shawnadomanis.com/dsg/dsg352.jpg

Fun for the entire family...

[Johannes]

MIKECORRIERO - sorry to read about your hand :(
I hope U get healthy fast "gute besserung" as the germans say :)

[JörgenGiftmördaren]

Here's mine. Sorry it's a bit late. I havnt had access to an internet connection...

http://www.fik.nu/bobo/csg-tree.jpg