DSG 421: Creature: Underwater Dragon/Underwater reptile

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Creature: Underwater Dragon/Underwater reptile

[beeglebug]

Hurray! Another underwater topic!

If I can whip up any enthusiasm for this one i'll post later.

[village idiot]

http://img32.photobucket.com/albums/v96/villageidiot/underwater_dragon.jpg
NUFF SAID

[Legato]

wow... who cares if the topics boring, what are the odds that my spanish homework for today made me design a animal using a combination of parts? and what are the odds that i made mine aquatic? anyway, its a crappy 10 min job...

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v40/legato895/weird_mutant____thing___.jpg

[JABAJAWOOLU]

VI u madman u! love ther purple. havent seen many limited pallets with purple. good choice.

Legato... nice work dude. would really like to see that one coloured.

I like this topic but i am swamped today. hope i can toss one in. :rolleyes:

[village idiot]

HOWDY jackson:D
(how's the maquette going?)
legato - cool creature, worth doing more to

[beeglebug]

I know we're not supposed to say 'I suck', so i'll just let the picture speak for itself. It's supposed to be one of those undersea vents, with some kind of see through worm thing on it. Not even judical use of blur and levels could save it!

I spent nearly an hour on that, and now i'm really downhearted, i've taken a backwards step today. :(

Please rip it to shreds, I need some hints on exactly where I went wrong with this one...

http://www.updownleftright.net/DSG/DSG421.jpg

[artistanbul]

I am so so so lazy.... I dont know if I'll ever finish this. God knows how much time has passed since my finished last pencilwork...

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistanbul/underwaterreptt.jpg

[Marvin5]

I made a friendly childrens book dragon, part alligator, part chineese dragon.

http://w1.855.telia.com/~u85555958/dragon.jpg

/Marv

[Defunct]

Sorry guys, frustration you know.. ;)

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

Village : Looks cool, would be great material for a finished product (though maby with a different composition/angle?)

[dagreengo]

oh man Defunkt, i love that


beeglebug- as soon as i read 'underseaa vents' i knew what it was, but at first i thought it was a valley .... yeah i think the crack is getting to me.

anyways all i can think of is maybe add something to show scale, like a little fish or a shrimp or something, or attract attention to the worm somehow. like put eyes on it.

[Jebus]

Here's mine


http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/sigma_atf/zeebeest.jpg

Great work everyone!

[artistanbul]

everyone except me great job. I tried going over it with pencil again, but I only became sure that I am lazy :bash: just some blurpy values with big blurpy brush.. ugh.

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/artistanbul/reptiyuck.jpg

one day though! one day I will make a pencil work again...

[mog]

Lazy or not, your pic rocks, Artistanbul! Weird mixture between a dog, a chicken and a whale :)

[S.C. Watson]

Originally posted by beeglebug
I know we're not supposed to say 'I suck', so i'll just let the picture speak for itself. It's supposed to be one of those undersea vents, with some kind of see through worm thing on it. Not even judical use of blur and levels could save it!

I spent nearly an hour on that, and now i'm really downhearted, i've taken a backwards step today. :(

Please rip it to shreds, I need some hints on exactly where I went wrong with this one...


Hey beeglebug,

I don't think it's a bad picture at all. It may not have come out the way that you intended, and that will frustrate you. But I don't think it's a bad pictcure and I especailly don't think that you suck.

I was able to identify exactly what your critter was (transparent worm) around an undersea vent immediatly. That there is an accomplishment: you've gotten across your idea and have communicated it well. And I didn't need to read the description to figure out what it was!

The only thing that remains is to refine it some. You've got the shape and color impressions down, now just sharpen it with some finer shadows and details.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[JABAJAWOOLU]

i agree with oregano. Beeglebug i could tell what it was immediately. maybe a little shadow and hilight to really make it pop, but no need to tear it to shreds. i like it.

artistanbul.. whew, man, awesome fish, erm dog, er.... thing. whether or not it is a blurpy pic, it still rocks.

jeebus... same thought i had with the light. i kinda wanted to go with a little more of the deeper ocean stuff.

defunct... awesome dood. the grain really adds to the composition well.

[Helzer]

Some cool stuff happening today. Special notes to artistanbul and village idiot. My fav so far is Defunct's. That's eerie!

[bbwolf]

Yo yo. Two underwater topics in a row. Missed the mall. Tsk.

Village idiot: Nice work. I LLLLLLLLLOVE it!! My guess it´s gonna be dark again ina few seconds.

Legato: That´s cool fer ten minutes. The sucker at the fin is a fine detail

Beeglebug: I agree with the others. I could tell right away. Add a sharper edge of white(mebee with 70%) right before the shine ceases and a glossy highlight going over the body. At least I would try that.

Aristanbul: Cool to see the "evolution" of the pic. What tools do you use btw???

Marvin 5: Childbook cool. It´s a halfdragon. There´s a german childrens book where one need to cross the land of dragons and get help from a kiddie halfdragon.

Defunct: OOooooooh YEAH! That´s super eerie.

Jebus: Right on.



Well, here´s mine.
SAVE THE WHALE!!!

http://www.highlight-comic.de/conceptart/dsg01/underwaterdragon01.jpg

[zkreso]

A sort of salamander/frog/fish hybrid thing. It started out as a sketch but I scanned it and colored it cause it wasn't too exciting on it's own...

http://zkreso.jamesmusgrave.com/dsg/22-4-04.jpg

Lots of good drawings today too guys. Defunct, your image really scares me, I love it!

[plaf]

ahoy mateys. it's been a while, but i got home early today :)

http://www.skjoldbroder.dk/gfx/24bit/watercreature.jpg

(boring environment, i know)

[dagreengo]

And my quest to violate every single principle of perspective continues...

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v159/dagreengo/dsg421.jpg
Not a creature, I know.

love bbwolfs

[Helzer]

http://www.blitzdesign.net/dsg/sea_reptile.jpg

[xbiten]

not quite finish yet. I probably finish it tonight if I get the time.
EDIT: finished....!!!
http://members.lycos.co.uk/xbiten/2D/dsg's/dsg421.jpg

favorites today: bbwolf, artistanbul & village idiot.

[Antilight77]

It was a hot day in the south pacific and Rodger and his friends decided to go for a dive to a sunken temple they heard about… little did Rodger know it was going to be his last dive…

http://www.digitalmack.com/Pages/TempPostings/Dragon.jpg


~Cheers
~TM

www.digitalmack.com

[Railboy]

http://www.atomicagedog.com/art/dailysketch/reptile.jpg
I'm really getting a handle on this underwater thing... It takes lots and lots of layer editing to make it believable.

@village idiot - Awesome color & lighting as usual. The blurring makes it feels very dreamlike.
@Helzer - Terrifying. I'd recommend making the people's heads/torsos just a shade lighter above the water so it's easier to tell that they're floating. (I'm assuming they are because of their poses).

[beeglebug]

Thanks for the advice guys, i'm not going to do any more on todays picture, but I will take it all on board for future stuff.

One of my new resolutions is to not go back to old work and faff about with it, one of my worst habits is not leaving stuff alone. So, while I am here on the DSG at least, when it's done it's done, no matter how bad I think it is.

Oh, and here's my opinions for today:

villageidiot - superb, inspired me to try some limited pallete stuff too
artistanbul - design wise, not one of your best, but dont beat yourself up over the style, it looks good.
Helzer - cool Jaws motif going on there, and I like the colors
xbiten - Nice work, his skin looks like Ben Grimm! (The Thing)
Zkreso - Thats some cool colorwork, I love that style *adds to list of things to try out*
Defunct - top marks for atmosphere!

My winner fot the day though is VillageIdiot, the picture tells a story, establishes a mood, everything, its great.

See you guys tommorrow!

[artistanbul]

thanks people.. bbwolf, I used Aura. Tool: pencil, my intention was to render it thoroughly in pencil, but after a little time I got super bored and took a big so-called watercolor brush, laid some values here and there, smeared it around. repeated about thrice. I did some highlights in white pencil but got bored again. I need a cure..

[Stray]

quicky pencil sketch of a gator-shark-thingy...

http://negativehalo.net/outgoing/art/gatorshark.jpg

[moops]

Haven't posted in a while ... like months.

http://www.pixation.ca/images/seadragon.jpg

[SinisteR]

bbwolf, what`d you use to make that?

[Commander Obvious]

Fav's so far: Helzer (dang dude!), Zkresso (very original for this thread).

Here's mine:
http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v83/Russell_Collins/DailySketchBook/DSG421_UnderwaterDragon.jpg

[xbiten]

Helzer: That's some kickass drawing. really like the mood in it. the colorchoice is superb. keep up with the greatness :D

Commander Obvious: a really nice render as usual.

Railboy: yeah I think so to. I like the atmosphere.

[bbwolf]

@SinisteR: I used an HB pencil and Photoshop, muliplying layer and a little tweaking with the values.

http://www.highlight-comic.de/conceptart/dsg01/underwaterdragon02.jpg

Hey artistanbul! What is Aura???:confused:

xbiten: Thanks :)

[Osmus]

i like my pencil. but i hate my scanner. i like everyones today, especially zkreso's

http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v18/osmus/serpent.jpg

[ninjataotao]

Pencils and PS 7.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/pjg/IMG/Art/seadragon.jpg

[dagreengo]

A CREATURE THIS TIME!

The submissions keep getting better and better: railboy, nija, obvious

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v159/dagreengo/dsg421c.jpg
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v159/dagreengo/dsg421c.jpg

[Jebus]

How cool is that, seriously everybody has great stuff today! I like it all!

[JABAJAWOOLU]

here is my shot for today. worked on it here and there for about an hour to hour and a half. sketched it in pencil, coloured in photoshop 7, added depth and a few touchups in painter 7. was trying for a little guy casting a huge shadow. didnt make the shadow big enough to pull it off tho.
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle7875.JPG
lots and lots of great work today. more takers on this one than i expected.

[dagreengo]

Jaba - conceptually, I like yours the best
needs some work, mostly just some more details to make it interesting- textures, etc.


if you ask me, artistic skill can be learned, but creative ideas like that are the most important thing.

[InterruptingSheep]

Pengurtle!

:)


http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v159/dagreengo/Pengurtle.jpg

[DV8]

quick one..

http://www.mikephillips.ca/dsg/dsg_421_underwater_dragon_reptile copy.jpg

[Calle_]

First water pic ever! it was fun!!!
Railboy great :D never leave the dsg plz!! :p

http://img24.photobucket.com/albums/v71/Calle_/DSGfirren.jpg

[BRANDISH]

http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Brandish/seadragon.jpg

[Seraph]

*stretches and yawns*

Ah, i have awakened from my agelong slumber, hopefully to stay awake.

The artist part of me (if ever there was one :D) is a bit rusty, so I hope to do a better one tomorrow.

Lots of nice entries so far.

Here's mine:
http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v30/funkymunky/DSG421_-_underwater_reptile.jpg

[WoodenWorkhorse]

http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~cflanaga/Down/concept/dsg%20undersea.jpg

Nice work everybody. InterruptingSheep you win in my book, that penguin was way way way too cute.

-ps, this is my first design with my new 6x8 intuos 2 tablet!

[Haichong28]

Nice use of bioluminescence Railboy!

[shadoman]

I did a quick thumbnail of this at work today and had to go home and sktech it out. I got too carried away with the octopus that I think it took over the scene more than that of the dragon, but I like the outcome.

About 1 hour in Painter.
http://www.shawnadomanis.com/dsg/dsg421.jpg

Very good work today guys...

[Sheldon]

http://www.sandturtlecreations.com/art/sea_creature.jpg

[deschamps]

http://www.ericdeschamps.com/ill/imgs/sea_monster.jpg

[Commander Obvious]

Originally posted by MIKECORRIERO
its too generic for my taste.. just a quicky.


Generic maybe, but those buggy eyes are a real change of pace. Dragons are usually much meaner looking if we're still talking "generic." I bet you could push those even further for the effect to really pay off. :D:cool:

[YeeWu]

Argh....Here's an hour and a half's amount of work. I got sick of looking at it and gave up.

http://www.effloresce.com/sijun/april_22_2004.jpg

I really like your underwater effect Railboy. Lots of good stuff here!

[Helzer]

cire600 and MIKECORRIERO great work!

[JABAJAWOOLU]

dagreengo ... thanks that really means a lot. thats kinda what i focus more on, on my dsgs, taking the concept a little further, twisting it to either show something that someone didnt think of, or just to get a laugh. i agree that the skills can be picked up and learned thru practice (practice practice practice) and i am working on that. but nine times outta ten, coming up with the idea of what to draw is where the fun is drawn from (no pun intended). if you can come up with an idea that you are really excited about, then you are going to come out with an alltogether better rendering.

wow some awesome stuff today guys. really cant comment b/c there are so damn many outstanding ones.

well all i gots to go b/c VIVA LA BAM is on then its straight to the slumber mill for me.

ps. Mike C. u really dont post enough on the DSG. miss your work man. great stuff, generic or not!

[Dr. Stevew]

http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~bpeters3/images/crabd.jpg

This is my first post. Yay!

[InterruptingSheep]

Haha, Thanx Wooden!
Whoa, YeeWu, thats so nice :)
DaGreengo, that is a very nice dragon, try colouring it :)

Overall, Great Job :)
See you tomorrow.

[Ideaspark]

This is my first time putting anything in here, I've just recently stumbled over this site and am now addicted. Going to art school in the fall but have done nothing but photography for along while. Trying to get my sketching hands back.

I know it's a little over the suggested limit but this took i guess about 4 hours.

http://photos.imageevent.com/pipmoo/stripshit/musashi/seadragon.jpg

[eygji]

about 20mins, sketch and quick color.. (took me longer to try and find a way to post it....)
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/GAL_200404/GalleryImage655416.JPG

here's url if pic doesn't work:
http://www.geocities.com/eygji/waterdragon.html

[Engine Man]

Hey, guys. First post, first DSG. Lot of great work! Rushed this. 15 minute pencil thumbnail, 1 hour Photoshop.

http://home.comcast.net/~paranormalbob/underwater.JPG

[onionface]

Sorry I'm Late, The global time thing stuffs around with my brain. I drew an underwater dragon.
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/scratchart/

[JABAJAWOOLU]

lotta newcomers. welcome guys. this site is addicting. very addicting. i think i visit this site more than i visit my email lol.
ya'll did great, the hardest part i think was finding a way to post the images. someone helped me out with that and now im all good to go. i use www.renderosity.com if that helps anyone.

[Ideaspark]

Renderosity doesn't mind you hotlinking? wouldn't that steal a fair chunk of bandwidth? I know imageevent has a trial account you can set up and it's not too expensive for space to buy.

[Newbie]

Very sorry for the late reply

http://img26.photobucket.com/albums/v79/GA-Newbie/lochness.jpg

The backround was very rushed and turned out crap. C&C appreciated

[Freakt]

http://www.night-pictures.de/Dragon.jpg