Ex Newbie

[Dougbot]

Not sure if this is where I post this. Trying to do a quick drawing a day at lunch hour. Spent half an hour on it, then back to 1942 for the rest of lunch. Used Painter 8: lines gouche, felt pen for colors...uh...grays.

Hopefully they'll get better ;)

http://dougbot.com/forum/alienBelly.jpg

[Swoop]

Pretty awsome.. i would love it if you could do a little walkthrough and explain some of the how of such an image. My problem is propably choosing the right tool ect.

Anyhow awsome, and would love it if you could find the time to do a tutorial/walkthrough of a similar image :D

[kidcrucial]

Dude, that's awesome. Looks really good and only a 1/2 hour? Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean "back to 1942"? I agree with Swoop, a little walkthrough would be cool. I always like to see the process of other artists. I do, however, understand what it is like to draw through a lunch hour - no time to scan the steps. Good work Doug.:chug:

[Palm]

nice concept.=)

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks, appreciate the compliments. 1942 is the game Battlefield 1942. There's a group here that plays. Here's me process, please ignore the ol' lame drawing, it was sooper fast!

1. Quick line drawing using the gouache brush.

2. Lower the layer opacity.

3. On a new layer, draw the image, still using the gouache brush. I like to keep it loose, but that's just me.

4. Paint or use the selection tool to lay down some base color underneath your line drawing.

5. Use "Preserve Transparency" and "Pick Up Underlying" Color, and lay in your values.

6. Little bit of touch up and poof you're done!

That's it, pretty basic, but it's fast. That's the one thing I think I have going for me is I work pretty fast. Hope you enjoy.
http://dougbot.com/forum/school.jpg

[Glenn K]

Nicely done Dougbot.

I like the sharp edged shadows on the ground. Interesting creature too : )

[prostate sunrise]

hey great work doug, cant believe you did this right before i wasted you with my m16.

:D

[deschamps]

Nice character Doug!

[Swoop]

Thx for the walkthrough... i simply love your work.. looks awsome imho. Looks kinda like a skeleton warrior i saw from feng zhu :D (how about that compliment).

I'm gonna try and follow your "tutorial" tonight, and if it's alright i'm propably gonna send you a couple of pm for hlep if it's okay.. i got a little trouple getting used to painter you see :D

[xia]

Awesome BotBot!

Prostate Sunrise>> SHUT UP! Go get some work done and post. (or Should I tell myself that?)

[imglue]

thats a very cool method, im very new to the wacom and painter so its really useful to see these type of walkthroughs. keep it up man!

[kidcrucial]

Yeah, that is great! I love walkthroughs.

[Dougbot]

I'll keep the daily's in this thread. Should I move it?

http://dougbot.com/forum/monst2.jpg
Way low on time today.

[Toonboy]

All this stuff is really, really awesome. I looked at your website and was even further blown away. Your style is really solid and the speed you do it and the colors you use... well... pretty much everything is great. Thanks for showing it here.
-Toons

[Swoop]

Make it daily.. sure :D i'm trying that style thing out but i cant get it working right... shading is my problem :D

[ion one]

thats pretty effin sick dude, great fell of the pieces, like your everyday sick ass drawings of alien concepts, again sick.

[Dougbot]

Wow thanks guys! I've been meaning to start posting more for a while. With all the great compliments, I feel like I should have done it a long time ago. It's a great way to promote yourself and practice. No fouls!

Hey swoop, with my shading I use a felt pen with buildup, and Pick Up Underlying Color. Imagine flat planes with your work and how light would hit them. I like to keep it loose and simple, but above all else, HAVE FUN!

There's a million different styles, and ways to achieve them, I'm still looking for mine. I just enjoy drawing.

[Dougbot]

Here's todays (now in color):

http://dougbot.com/forum/snakey.jpg

[Swoop]

So awsome dude..r eally :D

i love how you have thoose tiny scrathes on his fangs :D

Still trying to replicatee your style here :D havent tried that much though :D :D

Do you draw them in 1:1 scale or size them down after finished ?

[Zealot-X]

Hey there. This is my first post, but I must say that your drawings are stunning. I'm interested in drawing using tablets (I have a very basic one, which doesn't respond well) and I'd like to know; what kind of tablet do you use? I am prepared to buy something that is mid to high price range (quality is a must), but I don't know too much about which tablets are the 'best.' Any help would be greatly appreciated. =)

[pogonip]

Very nice really like the latest one

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks. Glad people seem to enjoy this stuff.

Swoop: I size them down

Zealot-X: I use the 6x9 Wacom Intuos (sp?). Fpr me it's the best, not to small, not to big. I have three diff versions of it from three diff jobs, all are great.

[Zealot-X]

Thanks; I'm looking into an Intuos2 right now actually.

How much different is it than a canvas or a sketch pad? I currently have used a few lower-end Wacoms (Graphire?) and found them to be somewhat unresponsive and unnatural. Perhaps it was the pressure settings on the tablet, but I felt that it did not respond the way I would have expected.

What is the closest medium you can relate it to? Marker?

[Teeth]

You've got some nice ideas comming along here. Keep it up.

[Dougbot]

A bit to much to drink at my sisters rehersal dinner, and barely any time, but I gots one done! Forgive me.

http://dougbot.com/forum/demonGuy.jpg

[Kress]

These are all great. My fave is the first, what a character! I'm especially impressed with the fact that they're all digital. Sure, it's normal, I know - but still hard for me! How long do these usually take?
My only crits would be add color or try different subjects/feelings.
:chug:

[xia]

BOT BOT rules!!! :chug: :chug: :chug:

[irmo]

wow! Wow! WOW!

Sweet stuff! I'm drooling all over my keeboard...

[fresh27]

Originally posted by Dougbot

Hey swoop, with my shading I use a felt pen with buildup, and Pick Up Underlying Color. Imagine flat planes with your work and how light would hit them. I like to keep it loose and simple, but above all else, HAVE FUN!

i blocked out my grey shapes, and checked the two boxes, and selected all the types of felt pens, but when i draw, it always gets darker, even if i pick white

did i do something wrong?

[eugi+]

Holy jowza....thats too cool.
Those things are damn freaky but hey, its your style. The second last drawing reminds me of the movie "Deep Rising"....and my favorite one is the second one finished.
Great stuff, and your speed is awesome too.
Too Cool.

[viag]

class work !!

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks everybody. My sisters wedding went great, and she and her husband are off to Ireland! So for me, it's back to drawing.

Kress>> I usually spend anywhere from twenty minutes to forty minutes for these. I'll probably start adding some more time, but i only got an hour at lunch, so they won't be longer than that.

Fresh27>>Try the edit variant box, and select cover instead of buildup. That should work.

[Dougbot]

Here's todays quickie...mmmmn, not so good.

http://dougbot.com/forum/alienTongue.jpg

[chukw]

I'm really diggin' this stuff- and your tut's short, sweet and effective. Cheers!

[xia]

BOT BOT!!! Sweet!

[azjohnl]

dougbot these are all real nice, i am diggin' your style :-)

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks all. Here's todays. Needed to spend more time on it. Like some of it, might rework it again later. Pretty much an old idea that I've done over, and over, and over....
http://dougbot.com/forum/militBeast.jpg

[Neireth]

Wow, crazy stuff. Keep 'em coming!

[Dougbot]

Bad today. Work load just got bigger, not sure if I can keep this up.
http://dougbot.com/forum/lad.jpg

[Dougbot]

Fishy
http://dougbot.com/forum/sockeye.jpg

[Myriadian]

Great stuff, and thanks for the tutorial. I'm going to have to experiment with it a little. Even if you can't do a daily, keep this thread up with a picture now and then. Good stuff in here. :)

[Dougbot]

No time...

http://dougbot.com/forum/monkDunce.jpg

[Renzsu]

Wow these really remind me of Evangelion, but more monter-y
Great! I like the efficient colouring!

[Dougbot]

I can't wait to see the new EVA flick WETA's doin'. Here's todays...in a bit of a slump this week. Almost an hour fo' this one.
http://dougbot.com/forum/crabby.jpg

[Dougbot]

Bad. Sooooooper duper quick. No lunch=No time for drawing. Snuck this one in.
http://dougbot.com/forum/cth.jpg

[simmi]

Suberp stuff ! Love all of them :D

[DanSTC]

Curiouser and curioser.


Great creatures there, fella! :)

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks! Here's today's...
http://dougbot.com/forum/android.jpg

[CleptoCat]

A lot of creative stuff here. Keep it up.

[Kress]

I'm totally enjoying this thread, ninja-luch art!! Anyway, I would think doing them so quickly is good for you yea? Some are better than others but your monster design is great. I like the funny little monkey too :P

Hey BTW, where did you find out about the Eva movie?

[Rickxu]

Dougbot, those ideas are very interesting and impressive. i wonder why they don't give you any stars? keep posting more pics here!

[Leon]

what sup dawg?

great work you have done, i like those bad ass creatures.

it would be nice if you got a job in japan's video game industry. or hollywood

keep up the good work, i will visit this post everyday from now on

[tegehel]

MONKEY!!!

:nana: :nana: :nana:
:nana: :jump1: :nana:
:nana: :nana: :nana:

[AttackCat]

Great monster designs, esp. the first one. I like your rough style, which you pull off so fast! Also, thanks for little painting tip with the layers and greys, twas quite helpful. Keep posting those lunch break sketches.

[Microwavebanana]

hay i love our stuff at sijun.com

i wish i had the time to draw every day. sheesh
keep it up.

[Irate Customer]

DougBot:

Thanks for sharing these, what a treat to find this thread. Does that last fella play 8-track? I have Saturday Night Fever still.

Awesome work!

Irate

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks everybody!
Kress: They have a bunch of art for the movie in the new Eva directors cut dvd. It's all over the web though, just do an image search.

Irate: He does have an 8-track, that's actually his main purpose. Unfortunately he has Steeley Dan stuck in there right now.

Todays:
http://dougbot.com/forum/tuskBeast.jpg

[Dougbot]

Spent nearly two hours on this one. Started last night, finished today. Love Mignola.
http://dougbot.com/forum/saduhem.jpg

[Dougbot]

Mutant monkeys....where are they....
http://dougbot.com/forum/mm.jpg

[scottg]

Hey man. Absolutely great stuff !! I was wondering if you could share you're brush settings for your marker?

scottg

:chug:

[Dougbot]

Hey no prob, and thanks!

I use the "Design Marker"

Then in "Edit Variant" (just to the right of the brush) select "Cover" (instead of Buildup).

Then just above your layers check the "Pick Up Underlying Colors" (get rid of this white outline that usually appears).

That should do it!

[rodrigo!]

i love all of these- even the 'slump' ones, ha! keep it up i'm looking forward to seeing more!

[Ulysses]

Great peices man keep up the awesome work!

[Spacemanchuck]

Hey thanks for the walkthrough, really good, I was looking for a post like this one... Are there any other good creature making walkthroughs for painter around these parts that anyone knows of??? I also checked out your site, bitchin!!! I frigin love the monkey robot at the front of your site... Is the dude in the head of your creatures the repetitive thing you were talking about?
:blue: Thanks again...

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks all, really appreciate it. Today's mega fast quickie.
http://dougbot.com/forum/MARSgirl.jpg

[Boom]

great stuff... :)

and who doesn't love Mignola...? ;)

[MindCandyMan]

awesome man I'm lovin these!

[morphine]

Lub yer munstars....:)

How do you think about them, what's the process?
Do you have some shape in mind and then pass it to the screen or... what?

[Dougbot]

Thanks all.

Morphine, hmmn. That's a tough one. Sometimes I see it, other times I scribble until I see the shape. I guess I don't really have a good process.

That really shows today, came up blank and had no time. Looks pretty Eva-ish, which is funny given the talk I just had with our game designer....sigh.
http://dougbot.com/forum/evademon.jpg

[Dougbot]

Bad...
http://dougbot.com/forum/hyperbole.jpg

[DanSTC]

Even your "bad" stuff (relatively speaking) is publishing-worthy, IMO.

Great stuff all-around.

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks. My "lunchtime drawing" is slowly becoming my "evening drawing". E3's sucking up my time at work. Allows for a little more time, and that's a good thing. This one was about an hour and a half.

This one's a bit Eva.

http://dougbot.com/forum/russBeast.jpg

[scottg]

Great stuff! I'd be ecstatic to be able to do this quality of work in eight hours!

Do you vary you're approach to doing these illos'? i.e. working light to dark, dark to light or do you always work out from a middle tone. Did that question male since?

Any way awesome stuff. I look forward to this thread every day!

scottg
nefandus.com

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks you two. I usually start with a middle tone, a tad darker I guess. Really though, I'm all over the board. I like to try different things, this is just the kick I'm on now :D
Here's todays, really bad. Promise Monday's will be better!
http://dougbot.com/forum/girlLiz.jpg

[daarken]

just wanted to drop in and say that i always look forward to your next post. great stuff, very inspirational.

[CENOBITE]

looks like 'Dougbot' is trying to get his own 'daily sketch' area of conceptart.

Your stuff is nice, it has a little pinch here and there from Asian to French *cough* 'Mobieus' *cough*.

"Me likie"

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks. I have tons of influences, mainly Terra (Katsuya Terada (sp?)), Moebius, Sylvain, and Bengal are some, but there's a heck of a lot more! Moebius is probably on of my biggest though, since I was a wee one.

Here's today's. Not a lot of time for this one, but has some things I like.
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/samDemon.jpg

[Dougbot]

A fast monster head today. Was fun though!
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/grar.jpg

[Swoop]

Love them all as always... great work :D inspiration to me :D

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks Swoop. Today's:
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/windMan.jpg

[metalwinds]

these are awesome, man. i always look forward to your next post

[PhatTexta]

omg *poos pants* nice one dood, first time i seen rhis thread... i love ur sense of humour :D

how the mo freeking hell do u think of these creatures? by mistake and just kind of go with it ? i have alot of trouble with creature conceptualisation

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks. These fella's just sort of pop out. Not a lot of planning into them. Here's todays, spent to long trying to figure out what to draw today, then too long on the lines...bye bye color.
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/statue.jpg

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

man these are awesome!

very original and creative designs...keep it up!:chug:

[xia]

More Samurai BOT BOT :D !!!:beer:

[Wohr Path]

its not easy to create every single day, really great work up here. Your motivation has inspired me. Keep it up!!

[Dougbot]

Ha, I almost didn't do one today. Atarted another, but it sucked, so here's a fifteen minuter. Thanks for all the compliments.
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/skully.jpg

[prostate sunrise]

sure glad you were able to keep it up!:D

[Clandestine_IX]

you deserve them, this thread is great, keep on posting!

[3bleadpencil]

Your Textures on your webpage are fun as hell! Did you model them as well?
Cheers
3B

[Ravaged]

Man, change the title already! This stuff is way beyond 'newbie' stage...:eek:


Love your stuff. Pure genius.

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks all. Not sure how to change the title. I should do that eventually though...or at least start a new thread.

Yeah those textures were fun, most were pretty quick. I should have spent more time on them, plus I was just learning. No modeling, just UV mapping and texturing. That was a fun game to work on, good team.

Here's today's, it's Feng Zhu. Used reference for his face, and some car show girls for the ladies. Not super happy with it, but what are you going to do.

http://www.dougbot.com/forum/feng.jpg

[Groover McNab]

Just edit the 'post subject' on your first post. Yeah, this isn't newbie work. Good stuff!

[Loga4]

Hehe,lucky Feng!
Very cool piece,good jop!

[fukifino]

Everyone should have their own sexy, eyeless cheerleaders! :D

*goes out to recruit some of his own*

[Feng]

oh mon...

thanks doug! haha.....nice piece....

love the F necklace...hahah...

-feng

[Dougbot]

Heh, thanks all. Glad you like Feng. Here's todays:
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/cyblady.jpg

[jetpack42]

the monster thing that the guys on the lift are crawling into is now on my desktop. Lots of nice work...keep 'em coming!

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks.
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/lowEyeMonst.jpg

[stalecracker]

DAMN fine work you got there...

[ion one]

thats tight that you flipped the half of the chick...i almost didnt notice...good work on everything....:D

[Dougbot]

Ha ha, you noticed. Yeah that was a no time day. I love digital, because you can easily do stuff like that. Some call it cheating....but....eh...:)

[Feerik]

wow! i'm impressed! wich productivity! fantastic creatures designs, congratulations

[Dougbot]

Yeah, enviro's is something I really need to work on. Maybe this weekend. Thanks all.
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/aprilfools.jpg

[silva412]

nice one there......

[Dougbot]

heh, thanks. I know I've seen something like this before, but can't remember where. Anyway, it's Iron Man!
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/ironMan.jpg

[kidcrucial]

Hey Doug, great work!
This last one reminds me of the one of the seven, or so, evil "bosses" in Ninja Scroll. The guy who turns into rock....
Awesome piece. One of my favorites since you started this thread.

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks all. I love Ninja Scroll, that's a huge compliment :). I attempted a enviro, somethin' I need to work more on. About an hour (a wee bit more).
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/cityFuture.jpg

[bRyaN]

dude you are a machine...i'm truly enjoying your lunch time sketches...

[ChaosEidolon]

These are Fab-tacular!

Its about time i complimented you on these, ive been enjoying them for a while now. I love the sponteneity of your creature designs.

keep on rockin on...

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks, I truly appreciate it. Here's one inspired by Terra:
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/frank9.jpg

[Dougbot]

My Ohmu head Miyazaki alien :D
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/ohmuHead.jpg

[Dougbot]

http://www.dougbot.com/forum/rust.jpg

[Tad]

looks like you could make a calendar out of this :)

[Ninja_ASSN]

Some really great stuff here.. keep posting!

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks, here's another:
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/mermaid.jpg

[Dougbot]

Here's two more. Quickie Bride and dumb big headed alien. Maybe I should start a new thread.
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/theBride.jpg
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/bigHead.jpg

[dem0n]

this thread is fantastic, absolutely dig your style.
keep it up, added it to favorites.

[Grifter730]

Dude, on the first page, in the step-by-step, what brush do you use for steps 4-6?

[Dougbot]

Man I can't believe I forgot to put that in there. I use the design marker square brush, with cover turned on (as opposed to build up). I should edit that post. Hope that helps.

[Dougbot]

Alright, do these aren't an everyday thing anymore, at least until E3's over. Check it though, I made up my days.

So; yes I love Moebius, I don't know what that bucket/cage thing is in front of the hut (this piece was just to test some brushes, but I kind of liked the mood), and sloppy samurai attacks the snow worm...thingy.:)
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/moe.jpg
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/dumbHut.jpg
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/samSnow.jpg

[bRyaN]

Haha, so awesome...

Dude, i have quickly become a big fan of your lunch/free time sketchings and drawings...

The last batch, i'm particularly fond of...

[tegehel]

:nana

If you like Moebius, know that Enki Bilal (another famous French comic artist of the same caliber, I would say) released his first movie. It's actually in English (for wider audience), but for some reasons, I haven't seen/heard any advertisement for it in the US:

Here's the link http://www.immortel-lefilm.com/

Watch that trailer! it's based on his comics.

C.

PS: at the bottom of the screen : bande annonce (trailer) , teaser, and unseen excerpts (?)

[Balton]

Originally posted by tegehel
:nana

If you like Moebius, know that Enki Bilal (another famous French comic artist of the same caliber, I would say) released his first movie. It's actually in English (for wider audience), but for some reasons, I haven't seen/heard any advertisement for it in the US:

Here's the link http://www.immortel-lefilm.com/

Watch that trailer! it's based on his comics.

C.

PS: at the bottom of the screen : bande annonce (trailer) , teaser, and unseen excerpts (?)
omg! I really loved the nikopol comics from bilal! I MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!

[Eytan]

I just want to say that you are awsome. Every single peice you do is amazing, please keep it up.

If at all possible, I'd love to see more of the Monsters that are turned into military Mechs.I just think that is the coolest idea ever.

You rock. :D

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks. I love those beasties too.

Here's one I messed up. Spent over an hour on it.

It's supposed to be a giant metal face, and for a bit looked really monolithic. Then I noodleed nd over-detailed it. Lost some of the "big" it had. Still, I learned a bit. Don't do many painted pieces, so they all end up teaching me.

http://www.dougbot.com/forum/bigAssMetalFace.jpg

[prostate sunrise]

now thats cool. i hate you.

:D

[Giottoface]

ha, then keep painting pieces, and we will marvel in your learning process.

great job on all of these.

[Grifter730]

You are so mean:mad:
Your paintings make me cry:(
hehe Good stuff man.

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks all. Here's another fo' yah! 4 horsemen concept:
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/4horsemen.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

very cool man!

[dem0n]

wow very original, so they can do a power ranger morph into one supreme killing machine? :)
all your stuff simply rocks

[young paddy1]

weird horse thing but fantastic sense of scale which changed the second time I looked at it. First time it was about 5000 feet tall, then it was suddenly about 400, I think it is the sudden realisation that they are single buildings it's stalking among

[Renzsu]

F*ck... I just love the character in all those pieces... I love the grittyness... keep pushing them man!

[strych9ine]

Wicked thread... the 4 horseman piece is sweet, you get a sense of just how fucking massive the guy is. Great work!

[synax]

This is my first time posting at this forum - though I visit semi-regularly.

I just have to say, I think these are great. Don't stop now!

[MeKillYouNow]

Keep doing what you do man. You've got some excellent stuff here

[Dougbot]

Wow thanks everybody. I like the Power Rangers idea. The foursemen (tm) would fight something living everyweek, and kill it by the end of the show.

These I don't care for, I started on them late and was tired when I began working on them. Please ignore that I eyeballed (ahem...butchered) the perspective on that ship. I do want to do more ships, so I can use this piece and a starting point to see if i improve.
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/elle.jpg
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/triShip.jpg

[Hesse]

wicked stuff
keep it up :beer:

[fluxen]

I loved everyone of them. Thanks for sharing your technique too. Good artists aren't afraid to share their tools of trade, cause it takes more than tools to create good art. ;)

[Eytan]

Hey that's awsome, inspired by Sky Captain and The world of tomorow? That's just what I thought of.

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks. The lady was supposed to be Elle from Kill Bill, it doesn't look like her though (what's this thing called reference?;))

Here's one that I'm not to happy with. For a moment I really liked it, but kept noodeling it...until it died. Learning though, and I do like the engine/thruster area. Funny, those thrusters were robot eyes when I started this, but I saw the shape of the ship and went for it.

Supposed to be secuirity ships above a refinery planet. More like light security, if you can make it past the orbital platforms, these guys will find you.
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/cruisers.jpg

[tegehel]

sexy! I wish I could see the one you were happy with.

C.

[viag]

i saw your work on sijun , i really like all of your pics , unique and beautiful !

[Grifter730]

I love how you continually update this thread. Always filled with awesome work, keep it up!

[Eytan]

Awsome, i love the ship in the background, great feel to it

[problah]

Dude, all that artwork is a really awesome style. Is there a way you could do an in depth tutorial and post a link to it?

[Dougbot]

tegehel: Me too ;)
Viag: Wow man, I've been a big fan of yours from Sijun. Thank you very much.
To the rest, thanks a lot (that's the lazy in me, not replying to you all personally;)). I appreciate it. I'll try to do a tutoril after E3. Here's one that I did in under forty five min, feeling lazy lately (is tired the same as lazy?). Well I had hoped to do a elborate cityscape, like in ghost In The Shell: Innocence, but...well...



http://www.dougbot.com/forum/fireTemple.jpg

[Dougbot]

Here's another, under two hours. Pretty happy with the left side, at least for now (I'll hate it tomorrow). Goofed on the tall building to the right, was supposed to be in front of the pyramid thingy.
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/bladeRunnerRip.jpg

[buzzz3d]

Wow,
I always like your stuff in the Sijun speedpaint-thread, cool to see all those pictures in one thread now.
Your monsters are really good but I also like the females you draw. More more :)

The glowing cave is beautiful.

Cheers,

Erik

[Eytan]

That is awsome!!

I have do do a concept like that fro my class, thx for the inspiration!

BTW that cave reminds me of the goonies for some reason, heheh, im must be crazy.

[Dougbot]

I'm baaack. Well temporaily. I had an amazingly nutty E3 schedule, a few days of rest and my daughters birth. Being a new parent and finding time to do these is hard. Even toughter is having your kid in your arm and using Painter! never realized what a two handed job art is ;P

I try to keep this fairly regular.
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/robHead.jpg

[visualmirage]

Wow dude, i'm speechless at your art, they are fairly breathtaking. You seem to have an influence over many people with your style, its very unique. Congratulations on the birth of your daughter dude, i wish you all the best =)

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks. Melbourne is one of the few places I have not been in Australia, but I hear it's beautiful. My bud's Aunt lives there. Thanks, again. Here's a samurai bot:
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/samBot.jpg

[scottg]

WOW!



:shocked: :shocked:

[Zabur]

omg....viewing this thread is like i'm having orgasims in my eyes!

[eljay]

man ... These just get better dont they! Do you still do these on your lunch breaks? There sooo tight :chug:

[kidcrucial]

Great job Doug. You have certainly been on a journey throughout this thread. Love to see the new additions. Speaking of new addition, congrats on your daughter. I have a two year old daughter and she is truly the best thing in my life. Keep up the great work.

[Killer Napkins]

shiz these are all freakin amazing!

[Eytan]

dear lord, you came back with a bam, i love em :D

[aum]

Congrats on your newborn! I hope you can keep up the great work. Ever thought of giving a seminar on how to speed paint?

[killing.people]

these are fantastic. i like your line style and cleaniness. oh crap i am late for class! what the!>?>??

[fresh27]

holy hell. you rock my socks man.

[Luke Mrozek]

First of all, let me say: CONGRATULATIONS of becoming a father, its a wonderful thing, isnt it?? I hope your daughter will make you happiest dad on planet.

Second thing, i love your artworks here, especially the one for 4 horseman.This one rocks, and so i wanted to ask you, do u have some WIP shots of it cause i would really, really like to see the stages of your production of this one.

Once again congrats.

Luke Mrozek

[Dougbot]

Hey all thanks, I would reply, but am at work. I'll try to do so later. Here's a bad, but quick drawing. That tube is like fert. to make things grow.
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/farmAlien.jpg

[waronmars]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck! :bow:

[Eytan]

hot damn by you saying that is crap, everytime i touch a pencil to a paper it is not even shit, its half a molecule of a speckle of maggot shit.

you rock.

[Dougbot]

heh, thanks guys. Here's one quickie:
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/turtle.jpg

[ElvisMcVegas]

Many of those heads look very Evangelion inspired...but some look truly original and awsome...:D

[Dougbot]

Oh yeah. I don't watch a ton of anime, but Evangelion really stuck with me. I'm heavily influenced by it. There's so much I get influenced by, Terada, Moebius, Feng Zhu, Doug Chiang, Peter Chan, Ed Lee, Dermot Power, Ian McCaig, and the list goes on and on. There's so much talent out there....sigh.

Here's a quickie, under forty:
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/sunGod.jpg

[one2hit]

http://dougbot.com/forum/school.jpg

Hi, quick question. At what resolution did you draw the tutorial image above, and what size pen setting did you have it on?

[one2hit]

http://www.dougbot.com/forum/sunGod.jpg

this image. I'm having trouble understanding how you create such a smooth surface with the color. It appears as though you could actually reach out and slide your fingers along his forehead and hear "ssqqqcckkkk"

I mean, I'm partially colorblind here, so maybe I can't see all the colors here but I think it's the way you blend all the colors together from one to the next, sort of like small gradients here and there.

[one2hit]

I am sorry to your thread, and I hope you have time to respond to everything, but I really wanted to say one more thing:

[i]Originally posted by Dougbot
http://www.dougbot.com/forum/robHead.jpg

Everyone who enters this thread should look at this image. Even if the image was created hastily there was deliberate thought and attention given to every important part. No piece seems to be placed in the vein of "design" yet everything falls into a great balance. The unit on the back of the head seems to be either a battery unit or more space for inner equipment. The two hydrolic shaped valves are robotic replacements for the two tendons in the human neck that allow us to move our heads, up, down, left, or right. There's even a rubber-ish fiber threading right into the face for muscle movement and facial expressions and whatever kind of circle on the side represents an ear to some extent.

I would just like to say this is a great study piece for how form and function need to work to better each other and that you've created something that stimulates my brain for a little while when I look at it. I think all art should strive to make the viewer stay on the image as long as possible and you've done that.

[carterartist]

just needed to say, that you have a very good style. I like it.

[Dougbot]

one2hit: Hey thanks man. Kent huh? That's up in my neck of the woods. Sorry to take awhile to get back on this thread. I used the guoache brush, 2 up from the bottom. Usually work at about 200 dpi.
As for the second one, I use a gray scale pic, and just overlay with airbrush, and glow fx. Thanks for the compliments.
Here's a quickie.
http://dougbot.com/forum/warfetus.jpg

[Eytan]

wow that' awsome, it looks lik a transformed picture of a baby crying, hehehe.

so how long do you usually spend on your "sketches"? :crazy:

[Dougbot]

Hey thanks. Depends. Nothing in this thread was more than 3 hours. That War Fetus (for a deal on conceptdesignform) was about twenty minutes. Really basic though. Usually about an hour per piece. The ealrier ones were usually under forty, back when I only did them on my lunch breaks. I'll try to post more soon.

[Main Loop]

i havent checked this thread out in a while.. good shit man

[Zeh'Qual]

I know I'm goona sound like a noob, but whats a Wacom? Is it the thing you use a stylist pen and draw on a pad that converts it onto the screen? And did you take any art classes in college/highschool? Because it seems what you are (a concept artist for gaming company?), is what I want to be when I get a little bit older. I still have time to decide what college I want to go to (im going into 11th), and I'd like to know what classes you took / what I should take to improve my skills in that area. And, BTW, AWSOME drawings. Your creativity is amazing. I think I have the mind to come up with monsters/beings like that, but I can't really put it down on paper too good.

[keenerbean]

Zeh' Qual,
Yes, that's basically what a wacom is. It's an incredibly powerful tool. It's pretty much a pen shaped, pressure sensitive replacement for your mouse.

[se7en_]

How can you possibly do anything decent, let alone amazing in under an hour? It blows my mind...

[waronmars]

*explodes*

[dem0n]

omfg that sungod.jpg.. amazing
were do you keep getting that inspiration from? :electric:

[natethegrate]

i really like your stuff, your skill has yery improved since you started this thread. your pieces have a cool athmosphere and are just with a few brush-strokes and minimal colour.
a couple of peaces reminds me to moebius a lot,im a huge fan too(just get the metalic cronicles a few days ago. there are so many illus and unreleased sketches in there ...awesome)

keep up the good thread,

natE

[Warhead82]

these are pretty damn sweet man

[Spacemanchuck]

I have been digging for this thread for ever, trying to remember who posted it with no luck. Then suddenly while making another post my brain farted and I remembered Dougbot!!! This is my favorite, and for me most helpful thread of all time, so I had to resurect it with the hopes of breathing some new life into it. Dougbot u still out there? Hope everythings good, we'll be waiting!

[Jucky]

Hey!
Your work is so amazing to look at. Where do you get your inspiration from? it's just stunning.... I've been a frequent visitor of Deviantart.com but now i think i will have to waste my time here.... Absolutely stunning.... looking forward to see more...

ps. Im all new here. But is there anywhere here i could find a tutorial on coloring? it's kind of hard to find stuff around here...

All the best

Joakim Norberg

[Carl Rotebrink]

Man... All I can say is wow... Where... Do you get all these ideas???
I myself can sit for a week and find nothing within my skull... And here you are just drawing all kinds of stuff even though there are similarities but still... Your work is absolutely incredible thinking that you're doing this during your lunches^^ Keep it up man!

[Dougbot]

Holy Crap! I haven't been on this thread in ages. I kind of let it die....like last summer!!! Thanks for the compliments though. Here's some stuff I've done since then:
http://dougbot.com/forum/monks.jpg
http://dougbot.com/forum/wow2.jpg
http://dougbot.com/forum/futureSunset.jpg
an update:
http://dougbot.com/forum/cityCenterRedo.jpg
http://dougbot.com/forum/prosp.jpg
http://dougbot.com/forum/inhumanoids.jpg
Spacemanchuck: Thanks man, I appreciate the thoughts.
Jucky: I can't thhink of any tuts on coloring, but if I find one I'll send it to you. Thanks a bunch.
Carl Rotebrink: Ideas just sort of pop in there. Some come from scribbles, some are planned. Usually I listen to music and picture a scene, then draw that. Wish I could show what I'm doing for work, maybe when Guild Wars comes out I can.
Thanks.

[Grifter730]

Somebody's come a loooooooooooooooooong way @_@;;;

[Grump!]

Damn dude this is some crazy mess that I love alot. Great work. I especially love the Ironman.

*kicks himself* Get to work asshole >:{

[dem0n]

you really aught to make a movie.. :D

[USER777]

i love you
seriously
<3

[kimchee]

Holy improvement, Batman.

[Zeravla]

very nice stuff

[blackacidevil]

very good :)

[liam.c]

thease are really great dug !

[Spacemanchuck]

word up! Thats what im talking about! do another tutorial! one with fire in it!!!