the pit beasts [day 13]

[alti]

every day a new pit beast for 2 weeks-
http://members.optusnet.com.au/altiquex/cryo/lowpitbeasts.jpg

[cartoonfox]

cool stuff. i love creatures. and i love your creatues ^-^

2 weeks? thats 14 pages. can you keep it up? i sure hope so ^-^



peace

[alti]

Hopefully you will be able to see some sort of progression from the first day to the last. i
-i just felt like i was stagnating being away from the traditional media.



-alti

[alti]

http://members.optusnet.com.au/altiquex/cryo/lowpit2.jpg
http://members.optusnet.com.au/altiquex/cryo/pit3.jpg

hehe

[Aerythes]

Looks cool! I like the middle monster of your first pic :)

[mr.right]

Incredible. Simply incredible!

Just 'cos I'm a cat waiting to be killed, what paper and what media are you using?

Again, great linework! And, I hope this doesn't offend you because it might not be true, but, I like how you kept going even after.... you made mistakes...? It looks like, in the post of the beast with the two maces, that you tried two different things with the arms and then just salvaged it.

Again, I hope I'm not offending you because it's meant to be a compliment. I usually stop working on a piece when I think I've ruined it instead of working on it harder. A bad habit I've been trying to break.

Keep up the good work! I'm definitely checking back daily to this thread!

(and if you want me to take down this message, just PM me.)

[nofingers]

awesome work. pen and pencil drawings have always been my favorite. hope that you make it all the way through the fortnight.

btw. nice site

[Brutillus]

Awesome work! I love your monsters. one a day for two weeks? I can't wait to see the rest of them :beer:

[alti]

hey thanks for the critic everyone-

Aerythes > thanks the middles my fave too- i might do the rest of his body in a later version.

mr.right > yeah you were right i did try to salvage the drawing , i just couldn't let it go hehe. oh and i'm using regular A4 sheets from my printer, just cartridge paper i think, and a mechanical pencil with H2 lead. after i scan i add some minor things in Photoshop if i think it needs it- but i do like to keep the raw feel with most of my sketches and characters, makes them more alive i think.

nofingers > hey i hope so too :) fingers crossed lol

Brutillus > i really want to keep to my plan of a monster a day, so if i slack off i give you permission to kick me directly in the balls. - should we ever meet in person.

[eljay]

man ... these are great! keep it up!

[alti]

The further into the pit you get the more you don't want to disturb anything in the dark

http://members.optusnet.com.au/altiquex/cryo/day3beast.jpg
http://members.optusnet.com.au/altiquex/cryo/detailsd3.jpg




-alti

[talmir]

in the first pic.. I see you're drawing on a gray paper.. what do you use to lift the picture? (chalk?)

[nofingers]

that makes for an awesome background.....i like the change in style...variety is life

[alti]

it's regular white cartridge paper out of my printer- i messed with the brightness and contrast then added a detailing layer to give some hylights.

[alti]

you enter a vast chamber on the 4th day- to be welcomed by the flightless pit dragon.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/altiquex/cryo/lorezpitday4.jpg

[Aerythes]

A unique looking dragon; tentacles for the mouth :D But I can't really make out what it's feet are like. ...Hooves?

[Zeb]

Honestly, if you hadn't said, I never could've guessed this was done on printer paper with a mechanical pencil. And that, is amazing.

Solid work man, solid.

Only ten more days, sigh, how sad.

[alti]

Aerythes > yeah the tentacles came in as an afterthought while i was sketching the face, the feet were origionally going to be hooved, but then i added an under folded claw, it's not well acheived there, hmm. thanks for the comment anyway.

Zeb > hey thanks man- yeah ten more days, it's an awsome insentive to keep sketching and working inbetween freelance stuff. (beats watching tv)-

hey if anyone has any freelance work available my land lady would really appreciate it :) - so i can pay her (she don't need the work herself lol )

[Miau]

go for it dude! you are very talented

[alti]

And so we are five days into the pit,- will we survive the rest of the journey ?

http://members.optusnet.com.au/altiquex/cryo/boolorez.jpg

[alti]

Day 6 of the journey into the pit- yep

http://members.optusnet.com.au/altiquex/cryo/lorezpitbeast6.jpg

[Miau]

haha quite cool dude:) you like this teeth, eh? :)

[Zeb]

Wow. You are one twisted, and TALENTED, uh, person.

The best part about these is that, while many of them share some common features, they are all very unique. That, and they would scare the life out of anyone that found one.

Solid man, keep em' coming.

[WillSchnevel]

man these are cool. I love day 5's monster. that layered head is awesome.

[alti]

day 7 pit critter :)

http://members.optusnet.com.au/altiquex/cryo/loezzatday7.jpg

[corky13]

Wow ^^
You should make a Comicbook based on the Story of a unnamed hero who explore the "Pit"
;););)
very cool

[$ilence]

amazing work keep at it
tis so hard to set up a very steady drawing sceduals life never wants you to make any thing

[nofingers]

reminds me of another artist, but i can't put my finger on a name. keep up the great work

[alti]

Day 8


you hear a clacking of bone and bulbous armour in the dark then you see it rear up - the first of the pit bosses

http://members.optusnet.com.au/altiquex/cryo/lorezpitbos1.jpg

[alti]

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/studio/chart2.jpghttp://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/studio/charts.jpghttp://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/studio/DSC_0001.JPGhttp://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/studio/DSC_0002.JPGhttp://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/studio/DSC_0005.JPGhttp://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/studio/DSC_0006.JPGhttp://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/studio/DSC_0013.JPG

[alti]

and the next section of the pit-

http://members.optusnet.com.au/altiquex/cryo/hall.jpg

[alti]

any thoughts ?

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/futurevamp/lofuturevamp.jpg

[alti]

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/futurevamp/lohittheheart.jpg

don't miss their hearts- or they keep coming-

[alti]

DAY 11


The pit lays out a gauntlet of enemies that you quickly dispurse with your sword. - can we be stoped so close to the end ?

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/futurevamp/lowizard.jpg
http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/futurevamp/lospree.jpg


-alti

[Zeb]

Those last two are completely freaking amazing.

Hands down, my fav. is that last one.

Damn.

Out.

[nofingers]

that is looking awesome...great colors...3 more days....maybe try a different set of drawings for another two weeks after this

[alti]

DAY 12

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/futurevamp/lorider.jpg

DEADLIGHT STUDIOS - link (http://www.deadlightstudios.com/home.htm)

[Aerythes]

Ooh, this last one is really nice! That white warrior works very well here :)

[alti]

thanks Aerythes-
yeah i blame that to lack of imagination on my part- i left it white for a while then thought when i changed it there was something not quite right- this way he stays pure, a cool contrast against the enemies.

[alti]

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/futurevamp/comm1.jpg
sketch -

[alti]

bad thing about working out of contract- NEVER DO IT.
the plug can be pulled at any time .


i'm looking for any freelance work there is ..

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/futurevamp/lopg1fin.jpg

[alti]

A character project in Pit- Hi Fied - if that makes sence.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/studio/loepic.jpg

thanks for looking, critic welcome :)

-alti

[Balton]

you've obviously got the skills to do a comic out of your pit monsters... DO IT!
keep that day1 day 2 .... day 12 timeframe, and stuff... uhm... not the person to say much today but if you'd set it up loosely like nihei's "blame" where some adventurer wanders through some dungeon it'd be lots of fun to read... well... yes ;)

[alti]

Something is not quite right- there is a precence lurking in your wake as you enter one of the final hollows of the pit-
something stalks you from the mirky depths, it has been with you for a while- most likely picked up your scent from your beasts of burdone that carry your supplies.


An arrow splits your party in two and skewers one of your beasts- the hunter is revealed.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/studio/loexppaint.jpg


a little more fun :)



-alti

[alti]

hahahaa i just made this for an intro to my site- WARNING -


might scare the uber noob -

connect me (http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti3/studio/DATAWORMANIMAT.swf)

[skid]

i just saw yur adress and all i can say is that it's wicked...
and the pit journey kept me breathless until the last day.
i was gaping in front of the computer...:jawdrop:

[alti]

skid > i thank you for the comment, this pit beast journey has been alot of good practice for me- i think the next 2 week project will take us far out of the pit and into the sky,
or i might wright up a small story and just go with it.

- i'm open for suggestion but i really need to step out of the pit for a week or 2 and into another project. need a catchy title.
thanks for checking my site too. -


-alti

[matt1138]

Alti! Hey man, looking for artists over here too EPIC bro! EPIC!!!