d-CepTs doodles

[Lake]

hey dcept... sorry I've been a while. Your stuff is showing massive improvement, especially your digital painting. I see in your digital paintings that you've tightened up quite a bit, and I think this helps a lot. Your rendering's still a bit bulbous (I have problems with this myself)... try to let the highlights reach the edge of the objects.

[Qxzi]

hey hey,

o man, i always forget to come to KEEP on coming to peoples sb,
but not now, after i decided to get a sb favourites. Right, back to the
art.

#484 is a great post, i love the expression on the spacemans
face.Your pictures from mind are great! The figures and pencil
technique is excellent. Do some more figures, and you will get
more confident in seconds... :)

Keep it up !

[dCepT]

Hurri: I'm dancin' I'm dancin'!! Thanks for the props! Sent ya a mail, btw.

blog: I'm still in painter..hehe.. just a different set of brushes, I guess :) And yeah.. that's hella inspired by coro's demo..heh

bRØk3n_sPiRiT: Thanks for the props man! Appreciate it!

maxetormer: hola cabron! Thanks for dropping by man! And thanks for your thoughts! I'll definately keep the smudging in mind.. try to find where to use it/not use it and so on.

panda: np, man... Have I missed some updates from you, or..? Haven't seen your name recently.. Your server is ok, now? Thanks for the crit on the shading.

Qxzi: Hey, man! Thanks for the crit and the props!

Bought a copic-marker on a whim the other day.. tried it out.. it's fun! Don't feel I have too much control over it yet, but hey.. I think the gun turned out OK at least :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/231105.jpg

peace

d-C

[Badger]

Hey man, been a while since i dropped by.
Nice stuff going on, the gun 3 pieces up for your guy? doesn't look like a practical/possible design cause the chamber is apart from the stand...
Nice values on the latest stuff, Me like. Are you using marker paper?
-B-

[dCepT]

Ok... I'm gonna post- a bit.. hehe... badger.. these are for you :) Thanks for the crit on the gun! I was just going by the coro-way-of-thought on it: "would I wanna hold that fucker?" hehe..

These two are from some thoughts Hurricane had.. so props for the idea to him! Design is all mine, though :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/Treevillage.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/CitythumbsWeb.jpg

peace

d-C

[Badger]

Thats the shit my good cept.
When working in perspective just occasionally check your parrelels, something koshime and sketchling taught me.
Great ideas, I love 'em
-B-

[Lake]

yeah, my server's ok now, I just quit CA for like a week.... expect more updates from me soon!


btw, that environ is the shit!

[Fellah.]

Nice updates dude! Im digging those inviros with the trees a lot! Yeah markers are cool to play with! Just found mine the other day, but they were all dried out, except the pink one:x hehe cheers man - keep on keeping!

[Lunch]

Had a peek through your thread, progress for sure and I like what I see!
Last update is kickin'!

Inspiring
Makes me think about updating my own thread soon, have some stuff that I should throw into the soup.


--Johan

[Mike Frank]

Really nice improvements lately man!

[Qxzi]

Hey Cept,

Like Some Guy said, you are really improving and im really chuffed
that your trying new things and those perspective drawings are
great. The tree looking down looks good, but the wooden
plank bit to the left doesnt look in perspective. At the moment its
raised up, but i think the end of the plank it should be lowered
slightly, but still super ! :teeth:

That market stand painting( if its not a painting sorry), looks very
funny with the dark background and those bright eyes, like the
simpsons really :)
The Feral-alley looks like an excellent presective peice, love the
dark colours. Overall your works improving and i cant wait to
see much, much, more ! :D

[dCepT]

Badger: Thanks for the tip and the kind words on them enviros! I'm kinda happy with 'em myself..heh..

panda: I'm waiting for the updates! ;) Thanks for the props!

Fellah: Hey man! Thanks for dropping by..and appreciate the asspat :D

Lunch: Dude... I've been waiting for your soupingredients since I was in Stockholm... where they at? :) Oh! btw: what was the name of those acts you said I shoud check out?

Some Guy: Hey, man! Thanks for droppin' by! Swing by some other time as well!

Qxzi: Thanks for your thoughts man! For the marketstand I wasn't going for "real" though.. hehe.. just trying to make myself remember the mood I wanted (probably doesn't come across that good to everyone else :D) for when I'm gonna take that further. Oh.. and they're not paintings..they're copic-markers.

More copics.. gundesigns.. at least trying to...they are hella fun to do! Tried to keep 'em clean unlike the mess I usually make..hehe

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/271105.jpg

peace

d-C

[Badger]

OOOh look at you getting all fancy with your markers!
he he
Try varying the textures you make so that you get a more realistic and more characterful gun. The grip for example.
Keep on rocking Mr D, you mildly dangerous safe old boy!
Later guv'na
-B-

[P E N Ricklund]

Yeah man, long time since I looked in your sb I seems. Loads of new stuff and kewl :D.


I totaly need some people to sit down and just sketch. Promise you tell me when you plan to visit Maya and Leo.
Talk to you om msn.

Hugs!

[max1975]

Hey dCept.

Awesome perspective on that tree picture. I also like that alleyway, and the guns (though maybe you could draw them from some more interesting angles).

No real criticism right now (your stuff looks pretty darn good), just wanted to come take a look and say thanks for your comments on my thread.

[Lunch]

Oh, nice firearms!
Have issues with the sharp upper edge of the energy gun though, looks like something is meant to be attached to the muzzle of it.


You have the direction to my thread in the signature.

Heh, I don't remember the acts we spoke of that you hadn't been listening to already. Maybe Kung Henry?

[Malavon Despana]

YArr!!! I've missed so many updates due to my disorientation and what not...

Even more variation and even more progress can be seen throughout the pages again!! I like the guns, I myself have had those in mind as well, but haven't got myself to draw them just yet.

As always, your strong shadings and figures are really inspiring and evokes some cool ideas for me. The tree picture with the oh-so-intriquing perspective is my favourite, for it just.....has the feel!! Very well done with that one.

Thank you for dropping by my sketchbook as well, dCepT, a pleasure as always ;) .

Keep the pencils flaming and I shall do the same!

[dCepT]

Badger: Thanks man! I'll keep that in mind.. still getting aquainted(sp?) to the markers... I'll try to have some thing else that smooth surfaces next markerupdate! Laters

Pencilator: Yeah, me too! I'm gonna try to make a trip over to see the UK crew after newyears sometime... But I wanna go back to sweden real soon as well! I'll pass you a mail or PM or whatever the moment I'm thinking about visiting ya'll again!

max1975: Hey, man! Thanks for dropping by! Yeah.. I know about the guns..hehe.. I really haven't got a clue about firearms, so I'm just trying to get a feel for 'em at the moment.. I'll get around to interesting angles soon!

Lunch: Thanks for the crit! Like I said before.. I haven't got the first clue about guns.. hehe.. I'll have to do some research on 'em.. Finally got around to dropping by your SB! Yeah.. Kung Henry was it! I've written it down.. I'll try to check it out soon!

Malavon: Hey, man! Cool that you dropped by! You've been out of the loop a while, huh? Busy on the NWN-mod? How's that coming along? Thanks for all the compliments! Appreciate it!

Just a WIP.. I'm trying to get into enviros, so I thought I'd throw it up to see what you guys had to say about it.. A bit sparth-inspiration on it I think :P
Made my first custombrush in painter for the smoke.. fun stuff! :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/goindown.jpg

peace

d-C

[dCepT]

update.. noodled some more on it

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/goindown03.jpg

peace

d-C

[max1975]

Something looks a little off on the smoke...Maybe it's too textured? Maybe too evenly textured, like it needs a few bigger, fuzzier areas in the foreground. The ship on the other hand could use some more definition.

Good atmosphere, and good colors for the most part, but I dunno about the orange on the ship. Maybe the ship oughta be bluish like the rest of the scene, but with some clearly defined orange lines and highlights? Just a thought...

[AndreasM]

Hey man. I see the workshop has done good things to you. :) I'm gonna be the party blooper and crit you right away. (Or at least attempt to.) You seem to have a lot of fun with non-ref drawing, and thats cool, but you could benefit greatly from doing more studies. What I find to be the most rewarding method, is to be analytical when you approach the chosen subject.

Lets say you devote one week to intensively study arms. The first thing you do, is to get alot of info on arms. You have several anatomy books, (both hogharth and loomis are awiable on the net) you know that kChen has some awesome geometric breakdowns of the arms and you are more or less familiar with baboartpage's studies. Besides, you have two arms yourself and, most likely, a mirror. Where to start? Basics. First you get familiar with the proportions. (the scapula is half the size of the humerus, the humerus ends at the lowest rib of the trunk, the radius and ulna are slightly shorter than the humerus, etc etc.) Drawing from life is the most effective way to study, in my experience. You can do some lengthy copies from the books. It will improve your drawing and copying skills, but drawing the subject from life will speed things up. I have seen some of your arm studies here and you chould should would take it alot further. I great way to apply anatomy knowledge, is to draw the subject from life (simple, accurate shapes) and then apply the muscles, connections, movements etc. This way you will go beyond the "symbols" and your drawings will end up more consistent.

It has been said before, and I'm saying it again. Clean up! Stop smudging. I know you can archieve good results with smudging if you do it right, but I bet my 2 cents that most of those artist who is getting good results that way, didn't start out with smudging. Focus on planes. Look at Wes' scetches. Look at Loomis' finnished drawings. They both have smooth surfaces, but if you look closer, you will notice how subtly their knowledge is laid out on the paper/canvas/whatever. They didn't learn that by smudging!

Do you have a kneaded eraser? Get one and experiment! Great for cleanups too. Do you have a mechanical pencil? Get one and push your patience up a few levels. If you want more consistent tones, stop using the side of your pencil for a while, and focus more one depicting the shapes and planes.

Lastly, your colours. What's stopping you!? It's definately not the medium. Using Photoshop is the most forgiving way to experiment woth colours. Just add a gradient here, apply a blending mode to it, and BAM! You got yourself a totally new pallette.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/goindown03_crappy_paintover.jpg

I'd love to write more, but It's late and I'm supposed to get up early tomorrow and clean my room exersise and all those things you should could would do.;)

See ya later.
Andreas.

[dCepT]

Sorry for the bump with no pictures..heh... I just wanted to respond to n0fish's crit..

Dude... you definately don't bloop my party :D That was a very on point crit (or number of crits), they are all things I try to think about, but apparently I don't think about 'em enough, so I'll be focusing more again. I'm heading back to doing studies for a while (well... I'll probably through in some brainfarts as well..hehe). I really don't know why I don't go for adjustmentlayers, but I'll be sure to try it out... I think I get lost in "I gotta paint this thing, and if it's supposed to change; I'm gonna paint it!", but as you're saying, applying an adjustment layer and then painting on top of that might be something to go for. It's probably my own inexperience/fear that has stopped me from experimenting with colors in painter, but there really is no reason.. some digital artist (can't remember the name) said that "the digital medium is a totally consequence free enviroment", now I've quoted that dude, so I better practice what I preach.

In the last picture, though.. I was going for a predominantly blue/cold pallette with a few hits of warms (and ofcourse the ship), but bottom line is...would the image sell? And just that adjustmentlayer you put on made it more exciting to look at, so it was definately something to think about!

So bottom line; I'mma do some more studies, gonna try to change my pallettes around to see what the different effects/moods I get out of 'em are, and yeah... dude.. I'll clean up.. promise! ;)

And all of you regulars in here (some of you already kick me in the ass on a regular basis), but for the rest of you... kick my ass more! I'd like all of your thoughts on what I do.. of course, if what I've done merits a compliment or an asspat, I don't mind those either ;) But for the most part.. kick my ass as efficiently as n0fish did right there..hehe.. 'cuz now I really DID ask for it :D

peace

d-C

[dCepT]

Yeah... got some pictures this time :) Did a torso-study..gonna try to do some more studies!
On the enviro, I didn't go for totally changing the colorscheme, 'cuz I kinda like it as is, but I DID make some changes to it concerning contrast/saturation.. also I've added some local lights (don't know what they're called...heheh) on the buildings and such.
And finally a brainfart.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/goindown04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/301105_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/301105.jpg

peace

d-C

[Lake]

hey... the colors are looking WAY better dude... although I'd think the orange would be lower than the blue if the local lights were orange.

I'm glad to see you using brushstrokes that are less sloppy. Thanks much for stopping by!

[max1975]

Still not loving the color on the ship, but it makes more sense & works better now that there's more orange in the picture as a whole.

[Malavon Despana]

Hey! Hey hey hey!

The environmental work looks nice, though I mus say as well that the orange kind of a color of the ship doesn't quite tickle my fancies, somehow too colorful to fit in to the rest of the setting. And n0fish gave a good advice of using more of the colors, which you did good work with when updating the latest version ;).

The girl with the skeletal hood has great looks in it, good shading and very nice expression!! I like it. The torso-study looks great as well, but there's something that eludes me, somehow. I am not sure if it is the shape of the stomach area or the other hand, but something catches my eye that doesn't look so vivid =P . But all in all, very good work with all the updates!

Oh, and thank you for asking about the NWN mod. We are doing both fine and not so fine with it. We are in dire need of a scripter/coder, else we are jammed. But otherwise, things are going just fine. Can't wait to unleash the creation upon the World ;) .

Keep up the flames, dCepT !

[Zord]

dCepT, just dropping by to give some props man. Cool seeing the different types of media you work with; digi, graphite, inks. And also doing enviro's, char's, creatures, it's all good!

[dCepT]

panda: You just might be right :) I'll be checkin' on my lights for the next update. Thanks!

max1975: You'll be happy to see that I've changed the colors on the ship :)

Malavon: Thanks for dropping by man! Yeah... I've changed the color on the ship..hehe.. Good to know that your mod is coming along!

zord: Thanks, man!

Joined the Creature Design Process 101 that MikeCorriero is conducting.. this was the first step..thumbs.. They're done in markers and pens, I have larger versions, so if you guys want to see them, holler, and I'll post 'em :)
New update on the scificity-thing as well.. yeah.. by popular demand, I changed the ships color..hehe

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/Assignements/Thumbsheet.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/goindown05.jpg

peace

d-C

[O D T]

woah, you're SMOKING! (as it getting on very well indeed hahaha)
great progress, i admire how many different areas you practice/how much inspiration you have!
keep at it, looking great!
cheers, n.

[Mindflaw]

Hi

long time since I visited your sb, but now I got a working computer and Internet -connection :teeth: so now I´ll make my comeback. Going to sit down and draw all day tomorrow:^^: . You got some nice stuff going on.... ok going to try to give some minor constructive feedback....

In your "goindown05.jpg" pic... I would suggest that you move the ?figure? in the upper window to the lower window....since I feel it disrupts the "eyemovement" (at least my when I started notice the figure) .... like I follow the smoke upwards then the ship downwards, but then abruptly up again because of the figure.... if it would be in the lower window or not at all.... I think my eyemovement would continue down in the direction set by the ship. Also it would put more sense of danger towards the figure. Did I make sense?

Keep going steady :yayca:

[max1975]

yes, but...but now it's too green...ack...feel free to stop listening to me whenever :)

cool waterlopes, esp. 3 and 7.

[CamStatic]

Finally got around to comment some of your stuff aswell, hehe. ^^;;
so..
Wow. your stuff is really awesome. I love how you do those human bodies, and those armory thingos aswell. Armory seems so hard to do, so many details and things and stuff, but it seems like you really got the hang of it!

Now, if I'm gonna try to give you any pointers that will help you, I think you should work a bit more on expressions. So many artists have this "dead" look on their characters. Might just be me, too much into cartoons and the like, but you might know what I mean?

I love that wizard!

-Cam

[Malavon Despana]

'ello!

Ah yes, now the ship looks more....sophisticated by its colors ;) .
Forgot to mention in the last post, though, that the smoke that follows up from the engines to the bypassing ship...it's perhaps too solid, the smoke I mean. It looks too thick and material somehow. Try to add some opacity kind-of-an-effect to it, or scatter it a little around. It looks kind of a tube of black materia. Though I like how it looks now, but too solid for my eyes still.

Ooh, the creature design looks great, I like the very subtle looks of them. So many creatures and so good looking indeed, I just wonder how can you manage them all!?!

Keep posting, I'll be actively lurking in the shadows, for a long time indeed...

[dCepT]

Hey ya'll, I'm heading out so I'll reply later tonight...

Just a speedpaint.. Had some fun with a brushtype I've never used before.. I liked the textures I got out of it... I know it's sloppy and shitty, but it was fun :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Samurai30min.jpg

peace

d-C

[Farvus]

I see lots of progress in your sketchbook. Especially in character drawing and colours.

Farv

[dCepT]

O D T: Thanks for dropping by man! Appreciate the kind words!

Mindflaw: Made perfect sense! I'll move him for the next update..hehe Thanks for the crit!

max1975: dude... there is just no pleasing you is there? :D Haha.. I'll try out some different blues... next update will be final when it comes to color on that damn ship! ;)

CamStatic: Hey, girl! Thanks for dropping by, and thanks for the crit! Did some sketches today where I remembered what you said, and I started doing some more expressions. Update coming soon!

Malavon: Yeah... I know about the smoke.. I made my first custombrush for it, and I guess I went overboard with it..hehe... I'll see what I can do! Always grateful for the props and your thoughts, man!

Farvus: Thanks!

Just to not bump the thread with no picture, here is 20 more minutes on the samurai-dude:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Samurai03.jpg

peace

d-C

[Lake]

hey, those little animal things are kickass! try drawing like that in your digital paints; that's the kind of definition I'm always bitching about.

I'm a panda! listen to me bitch!

Bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch!

[dCepT]

Panda: Hehehe :) I'll try to tighten up more... the samurai-thing was just me slopping colors and a new brush around, though. But I see your point... my speedpaints could probably be cleaner as well.

Here is step two of the creaturedesign.. color and bodyvariations over the third thumbnail:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/Assignements/roughcolor.jpg

peace

d-C

[Lunch]

I'd like to see some rough sketches of the Waterlope in action. Like how it moves etc. The lope obviously has several ways of making its way forward.

Looking good

[Fellah.]

Nice design on those creatures, dude:)

[Petter]

I love this one (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/191105.jpg), the mood in it is excellent.

some cnc,
I find your colour work pretty tame.
Imo, you need to batch some more colour onto your pallette.
More colours makes your work more dynamic and appealing.

cool creature designs indeed.


cheers

//Petter

[Mindflaw]

Hi

This time I just gonna write something cause I just want to fill some space eh? Anyway I know they're just colour roughs but they seems to only have two maybe three values and shading by using black or some variation within the same colour...try to darken using a dark setting of the complimentary colour instead. Maybe by using a low opacity and going over until the shade gets right or starting by creating the pallette you want to use. I think it would make the colours more interesting etc. anyway it's just me rambling about stuff I just started to explore as usual hehe . Well I'm off to bed so goodnight :zzz:

[young paddy1]

good looking critters, I take it you're trying to get a mixture of fish and antelope colour schemes, maybe some stripes? Dapples are more of a young animal thing in herbivores.

really like the look of the big noirish tree, great mood and the croquis sketches are pretty damn good.

cheerio

yp1

[max1975]

Great job on the waterlopes. i think the first color scheme works best for me. The third is pretty decent too. I dunno about the second, but green+purple never works for me. I also think the pose and the form on #2 don't work quite as well as the others.

[dCepT]

Lunch: Not a bad idea! I just did what was in the brief for the activity, but yeah.. that's good practice! I'll have some for the next update!

Fellah: Thanks, bro!

Petter: Hey, man! Good to see you in here! Thanks for the cnc! I'll try to be more daring with my colors.

Mindflaw: Hey.. I'm grateful for all the crits I get! So thanks for your thoughts! And you're absolutely right, I just went for a darker shade of the color I was using for those.. When I get to doing the finished design, I'll be taking more care with the colors (even though that's no excuse for not doing it in the thumbnails..hehe).

young paddy1: Hey, man! Thanks for the insight.. I didn't really ref the marking of their fur... hadn't occured to me..hehe... But I wanted them to be fanciful, but I'll definately keep it in mind for the finished product!

Max: Yeah... I know :) I don't vibe with the second one either... But heck... the deadline for the activity was coming up..hehe.. Thanks for your thoughts! I'll keep 'em in mind for the final!

Couple of sketchbookpages... not too happy about 'em, but you can't win 'em all...hehe... And not every page in a sketchbook is gonna look good.. right?
The digital one is a WIP, but I thought I'd post it and get you guys' thoughts on it. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/111205.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/11120502.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/nastyorcspeedyWIP.jpg

peace

d-C

[Mindflaw]

Hi

Been looking at your wip to see if I could give you some thoughts....thinking... *time passing* It has a little of that posing in front of a camera look you know look at me I'm so cool or badass etc hehe .... It looks like it's going to be a good pic... I like the metal/stone looking skin.

keep going

[hurricane]

dude, i love your stuff, those new pencils is getting better !! just keep working the gradients and "smoothinggroups" hehe ;)

keep at it yo !! killer !!

[mentler]

Your Stew is starting to heat up <> breaking new group here

[P E N Ricklund]

I so miss you my deadly friend. We need to make a trip to the central parts of sweden soon.

Your stuff is getting tight my man.

Talk to you soon.

Hugs!

[Badger]

Hey Freddington, did you ever get much sleep?
I like the stuff, as always. I shall tell the duke.
Keep drawing lots, oh and try some gouche!!
you been sleeping fully dressed or something?
Have a merry snowwy one you crazy beard guy!
-B-

[Qxzi]

Lovely Lovely,

Love the stuff going on here :D Really like all of your drawings and painting. To be quite honest with you, i dont really have a crit for you. Because your doing so good and doing nothing wrong that i cant crit you. Just keep on drawing and painting!!

Peace :D

Qxzi

[van]

Man, it is so cool to see your progression. Your imagination is amazing. :) I am sorry it's been so long since I have been through. Keep rockin, my friend.

[dCepT]

Quick post with step three of the creaturedesign-thing that MikeCorrierio started, and Emily g is doing the last part for.... replies coming later tonight, gang!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/Assignements/Step3web.jpg

peace

d-C

[max1975]

Nice job! I actually still like the colored version better, maybe that'll just give me something to look forward to. I really like the shading though, and getting to see a slightly bigger version of the design.

I might need to show this to my kid sister, I'm sure she'd find it adorable.

[Shin-Akuma]

Ey! The Waterlope turned out very well! good job!
I also like the purple guy a lot! Cool pose, and he sure looks dangerous!
keep it up!

pax ex!

[Mindflaw]

dCepT I was expecting that you would have done a coloured version of that waterlope by now... you know one that screams try to crit the colour on this one BITCH.

ps: sorry for the bad language in this reply...I was under the bad influence of some of the other posts in this thread...eh

keep going :)

[dCepT]

Mindflaw: Thanks for the replies! Glad you like the last ones!

Hurricane: Thanks man! Means a lot coming from you.

Mentler: Look above at my comment to Hurricane :D

Mr. Hugs: Hey man! Miss you guys as well! I'll try to take a trip sometime after newyears. You guys don't wanna join me to the UK? I'm planning on meeting the UK crew as well.

Badger: Hahaha! Nah, I haven't but Atmosphere apparently has... hehe... text from a hiphopartist I've been listening to lately. Have a merry christmasy thingy you as well! :D And, no... I didn't get much sleep... I was a total zombie at work the day after..hehe

Qxzi: Hey! Thanks for the kind words! Appreciate it!

Van: Not a problem, man! Just keep rockin' those oils yourself! How did the show go?

max1975: That step was supposed to be b/w.. color version coming below ;)

shin: Hey, man! Thanks for dropping by! How's my gun coming along? :D

mindflaw: Heheh :) Here's the colored version.. finished it yesterday. Thanks for stickin' with me here.

Final version of the waterlope... just waiting for feedback from Emily on it to get it finalized :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/Assignements/WaterlopeFinalWeb2.jpg

peace

d-C

[mentler]

Just checking in <> for what it is worth I think you have a little to much atmospheric perspective on the far legs <> they seem to be screened back a little to much <> otherwise this work is well done!

[Mindflaw]

HI turned out nicely. Your choice to make it more blue was to the better imo

[Hyaloclastics]

Great sb man!And a lot of improvement since the first posts!I especially love your quick figure drawings(i'm always a sucker for this kind of stuff)and your studies of guns!
Keep it up!

[Qxzi]

Hey hey,

I think mentler has a point there. The far legs look to "atmospheric", try to make them stand out, you dont want just one bit of the animal to stand out, you want ALL of it to stand out! And maybe the two legs could be closer to the "standing out" ones. Overall as a picture, i like it. And you have improved loads ! :tihi:

Keep it up & ill be back!

Qxzi

[P E N Ricklund]

Good work, it's been nice to see your process through this one.
UK sounds expensive, but who knows, maybe I'll get some sponsore money now during the christmas ;)
Would be cool to fly over and visit them.

Take care, and a Merry Christmas to you.

HUGS!

[Miau]

nice update update man!
and your waterlope of the create design procress activity is reeeally awesome!!

so long

[maxetormer]

Hola mi guen!!! merry freaking Xmas dude, you seem to be
getting some real hardcore creature desings man, keep working
on that process, now Im gonna find this thread that you said Mike
was running, I just got all curious; the desing for your waterlope
is looking good, myabe you could spice it up a bit by looking
at some shot of deers running and jumping and to make
a more dinamic posse for your creature, right now it looks to
static (and even tho I get you wanted a shot that was easy to read
maybe for a 3D modeler) I belive you can make it a bit more
natural in terms of weight and balance by looking at how some
four leged animals stand, I think you maked the legs to even,
animals do shift weight on their legs in a similar way as humans
do, you could do some experiments to find a posse that is good
readable and with a nice sence of weigth.
:P Not that I know how to posse an creature very well, this are just
some thoughts I cooked rigth now, dont forget your salt while reading
my posts he he.

see ya later and keep it UP!

[Icey]

you're getting there with photoshop, mate! :) But first of all comes sketching/traditional art ;) The cleaner line with less randering really catches you ;) You should do more line drowings - just the construction with very few randering - see how it goes!

Cheers! Keep up this good work!

[johnny78]

Man, those color combinations on your creatures are really sweet! :)

[dCepT]

mentler: You're totally right about the atmospherics! I'll be sure to correct it. Thanks for the crit!

Mindflaw: Thanks, man! Yeah, well... that was emily_g's suggestion to make it more... aqua-green-ish-sort-of :D Got some more coming with that creature soon... gonna do an ortho and some movementstudies as well.

Polonoid: Thanks for the kind words! Appreciate it!

Qxzi: Yup... Mentler was right indeed :) Like I said, I'mma correct that soon.

Pencilator: Yeah... I'll give you a heads up when I know anything.. Money could be a problem for me as well, but hopefully I'll get to go.

Miau: Thanks, man! Appreciate it!

maxetormer: Thanks for the crits and thoughts, man! Like I said above, I'm going to do some movementstudies of it as well, so those will (hopefully) turn out more dynamic..hehe..

Icey: Thanks for the tip! I'll try that out.

johnny78: Hey, man! Thanks for the asspat :D

I've been out with a cold the last few days (yeah... excuses, excuses), and what little art I've been up to has been in my sketchbook with my pencils... was gonna post those now, but my scanner died on me... so I've ordered a new one, and I'll post as soon as I get that sucker set up :)
So for now, I'll post a WIP of a pic I'm making after seeing one of the DSG-topics... I figured I could make more of an illustration out of it, rather that just a sketch..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Spidergirl.jpg

peace

d-C

[Lunch]

Cept, whud up?

The waterlope came out great, still waiting for those action gestures of it though, heh.
The last illustration is promising, I know it's still a wip but I have to mention it, the face of the spidergirl express fright rather than the nightmare-ish look I would've presumed. I got the impression that she woke up with those spiderleg-fingers and this is her reaction.
Would like to hear your thoughts about it.

[hurricane]

awesome !!

see ya in jan 13th right?

cheers dude and i hope you have a stellar 2006

[That fat kid]

hey dCept, the imagination is the inspiration! hope that scanner gets there soon, but in the mean time, keep that pencil blazing

tfk

[darkgenius]

Hey man, i like that illustration your working on. kinda similar to this oil painting i'm doing. i like the mood you're trying to convey. keep it up, later.

[shyamshriram]

Nice SB dude...i love that waterlope :D

[dCepT]

Lunch: Good call! I've revised the face several times already... It's gone from cute, to scared to happy and back to scared apparently :D I'm getting me some ref. for the next update... I am trying to get the nightmarish feel in there..hehe.

Hurricane: Thanks for the props, man! I'm at least gonna try to get there the 13th. Shouldn't be a problem, though! Have a helluva newyears you as well! Here's to all your dream clients running down your door :D

That Fat Kid: THe damn postoffice f***** up my order today, so I'll get it tomorrow instead... I was so bummed when I SAW the damn thing in their shelves, and they're telling me "No..... you see... I haven't got the number that identifies the package....so you can't have it" And I'm going "DUDE! I printed the release form from the internet a few minutes ago!! HERE is the number you need!" And he goes something like "Appreciated, but the number hasn't arrived HERE at the post office yet..so I can't release it" I'm going "Seriously!!!! I'm holding the frickin' paper with the frickin' number right here!!" And he repeats his inane apologies...in my minds eye, I'm kickin' the guy through the shelves, emerging from the post office with a big satisfied grin and my scanner... didn't happen....damn... I'm bummed.... Sorry about the rant...

darkgenius: Hey man! Cool that you like! Have you posted a WIP of it?

shyam: Oh, dude! Thanks! I'm diggin' on your SB as well!

Just a really badly taken photograph of a charcoal drawing I did of my brother. Tried to get some taken of my oils as well, but that will have to wait until I get a better camera and more light around to my apartment :) I'll update this post with a better picture of this drawing as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/BroWeb.jpg

peace

d-C

[Qxzi]

Hey,

Hope you had a good xmas, well, that last update is great. The light and shade look very accurate, and the little thing at the bottom makes it even better.

Keep it up man, ill be back!

[AndreasM]

Nice! Is it done from photo or from life? I like the expression yuo captured. The areas around the cheeks, including the ear, looks a little flat.

[Shin-Akuma]

Aha! I know that man!
You did a good job on your brother. It looks very good. The mood of the colours and enviroment makes it look like what happened in the picture happened a long time ago. I like that!
The only crit I can think up is that his hair looks kind of.... painted on? You know... like if you made a texture for a 3Dmodel, and the hair is part of the diffuse map.

As for the gun, yeah! I've done more stuff on it. I forgot to show you last time. hmph...

as for that post office guy, you should have gone all Musashi on his ass! ;)

[That fat kid]

hey dCept, I had protocols like that, they can't ever just let life go on....I've had more than my share of fantasis of kicking some guy's ass for being an ass....great charcoal drawing, seems like you really captured the likeness, the sense of light and form is sweet too...I don't like the smear in the background radiating around the head, gives me the impression of catholocism with their halos, but who knows, maybe you got a holy brother?

tfk

[P E N Ricklund]

Impressive. At first I thought it was you :O
I can see a slight resemblance.
How big is it?
It's looking god damn nice.
Happy new year man!

Hugs!

[dCepT]

Qxzi: Thanks man! Had a great christmas.. hope you had a good time as well!

nOfish: Hehe :) Good call.. I know the ear is a little flat... I'll do some more work on it eventually. It was from a photo.

Shin: I was a hairs width from going musashi on him, I'm tellin' ya... hehe... All good now though :) Need to see the gun next time I see ya on MSN :) Thanks for the props, and the crit on the hair! Some information was lost in the photo, but your still right :) I'll see what I can do with it.

TFK: HAhah :) Nah... I think he'd be offended with the holy/halo-comparison..haha... I'll knock it back so it won't look like it. Thanks!

Pencilator: Tjena! Yeah... we are pretty like. It's 50cm x 70cm I think..hehe :)
Happy newyears to yerself! How are things with your gf? Walkin' on clouds and all that good stuff, I hope? :D

Thanks for hanging with me, guys! Got my scanner (amazingly enough) today, so I scanned some pages that I've done lately... More coming up tomorrow or the day after..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30120507.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30120506.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30120505.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30120504.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30120503.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30120502.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/301205.jpg

If I don't swing by before tomorrow;

To all of you guys;

Best wishes for the next year!

peace

d-C

[That fat kid]

hey dCept, glad you got that scanner and didn't have to knock someone's head off to get it! excellent pencils, you can really capture form well..i especially like the creatures, convincing light and antomy really lends itself well to believability....keep drawing, and happy new years!!

tfk

[Qxzi]

Hey hey,

i think tfk stole the words from my mouth, i agree exactly with him, great pencil sketchs and i really like your studies, keep it up man and have a Happy New Year!

Qxzi

[Petter]

Looking good!
I love the spidergirl concept, really creepy stuff, hit my moodspot for real!

I also like the knee studies, loose lines in that one.

keep it up!

//Petter

[Mindflaw]

Well Emily gets the credits for giving you a good suggestion but you get the credits for realising it was a good suggestion etc :) anyway keep going and all that stuff

Happy new year

[maxetormer]

DUUUUDDDE your bro´s portrait is off the freaking hook man!!!
you gave some really nice hightlights on that one, the ear looks
slightly flat, but aside that dam! I nearly falled down my chair dude!
Last update is looking good too man, legs mucles are dam hard
keep doing those, dont give up!!! :D happy new year cabron!!

[fooxoo]

I like your shadin tech. Cool beasts :teeth:

[dCepT]

I'll reply tomorrow... just got guests... just wanted to post the last pic in 2005 from me.. It's a WIP, but hell.. :D

HAPPY NEW YEAR, CA!! Thanks for all the support and crits and asspats I've gotten the last year! Love you guys!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/NastyOrc2_11.jpg

See ya next year :P

peace

d-C

[dCepT]

Fat Kid: Thanks for the props, man! I enjoyed doing those creatures a lot :)

Qxzi: Thanks a bunch! Always happy for kind words!

Petter: Tjena! Glad you like the spidergirl.. Update coming on her soon!

Mindflaw: Heheh..k.. in that case; thanks for the props :D

maxetormer: hola cabron! Bueno nuevo año a tu tambien! Thanks for the praise on that portrait.. I'm not worthy of it..hehe.. I'm gonna try to do more studies as well as doing the imaginative stuff.

fooxoo: Thanks! Glad you like!

First two pages of a new year:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01010602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/010106.jpg

peace

d-C

[Badger]

Bloody hell man, values getting really solid!
Try shading round your drawings to solidify the highlights and values.
Grab your 8B too and push those darks!
Happy New Year guv' skype you soon.
-B-

[Slash]

Happy new year! I see there's no rest for the wicked, you keep on pushing yourself. You're doing good. I like the portrait of your bro, i can tell he's related to you. :D I think you can push that digital piece with the spider lady a lot more. the foreground is about the same value as the background, and im not quite buying the foreshortening. You should also think about what parts of the image you want blurry and which ones you want sharp. it looks a little haphazard right now.

I agree with badger, i really like where your values are going in this last piece.

Keep on rockin'!

//edit: I almost missed it, but i really like the bottom left sketch on this page (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30120504.jpg), its full of life, and hit me on places i like to be touched. ;) The character looks like sammy from the hellboy movie. Coincidence?

[That fat kid]

hey dCept, gotta love your pencils...rich value with clean forms....what's the deal with the guy looking to the (our) left with the headdress kind of thing? it doesn't seem like he has the back of his head....might be me though....anyhow, other than that, awesome!!

tfk

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey man, nice to see that you're not taking any holidays :D
Haha, that's so true, I'm puffing around on pink clouds. Can't complain.
I must agree, your values and rendering are getting tight. I love the core shadow on those faces. Yummy.
I must ask, do you change the contrast after you've scanned your pages?

Hope this will be a productive year for you.

Hugs!

[dCepT]

Badger: Hey furry striped-one! Thanks for the kind words and the tip! Skype you soon!

Slash: Sorry about the touching man... got a little frisky.. :D You know... I watched Hellboy not too long ago, so that might very well be influenced by Sammael..hehe.. About the spidergirl; thanks for the crits! I'm basically slopping shit around as of yet.. I'll definately keep your comments in mind when I take it further!

That fat kid: You were totally right about the dude with the headdress.. I've corrected it now, but I didn't care to update for it.. thanks for the crit and the kind words!

Pencilator: Haha..like Slash said; no rest for the wicked! ;) I'm not about to slow down at all... hopefully I'll see some good progress this year, and if I'm going to see that, I can't slack off..heh.. Thanks for the praise, man!
About the contrast, no.. I don't alter it.. I do adjust the levels a bit though, because the scanner usually scans 'em too bright, so I try to make 'em look as close to the actual thing as possible... If I'm to get crits, I want the people to be able to crit from what they actually are as opposed to a photoshopped sketch :) Hope your year turns out productive and sweet as well!

'nother update on the orc/goblin/whatchamacallit :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/NastyOrc2_13Web.jpg

peace

d-C

[Tigermilk]

Hey dCepT! First time I visit here, very nice sketchbook, you've shone alot of inprovment through out your posts.
now, I would mostly focus on drawing from life and doing studies if I were you, I guess you've heard that one like a thousnd times already, but it can not be repeated too often. :) It would improve your concept drawings and your portaits, etc alot.
The painting above is quite good, especially the colours are nice, but for example his legs look very stiff. The anatomy is missing drama and so on.

You've reached far already, keep on pushing!
tigermilk

[SkapeGoat]

I'm totally digging your sketchbook. I see what you mean about being a scribbler your's is taming up though. Nice Job. I love the new color scheme on the ogre orc thingy and the lighting is sweet. I see one thing on the gesture that seems off. I think the way the weight is shifted in his pose makes it seem as if the leg pictured on the right should not be touching the ground. It could be just me.

[Mindflaw]

Looking at your last one I think skapegoat got a point there. To me it looks like his weight is on his right leg and his left as skapegoat says not on the ground. Maybe extend the canvas a little and change the ground going upwards or put in a stone etc or remake the entire leg. Anyway been starting the enviro going very slowly though heh.
keep going strong

[max1975]

Lot of great updates here, I'm so far behind...That colored creature was pretty sweet. Really enjoying the pencil work, especially this one: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30120504.jpg.

The national geographic stuff...I don't understand that dude's hat (helmet?)
On an unusual design like that, it can be really difficult to convincingly portray the form...I think you gave it a pretty good effort though.

[That fat kid]

hey dCept, this WIP has a good sense a light, but his back right foot seems to be facing the wrong direction...actually, maybe both feet are goofy...anyway, glad you updated, gave me a reason to look at the goodies in here again!

tfk

[dCepT]

Tigermilk: Thanks for dropping by and for the kick in my ass :) I need 'em! hehe

Skapegoat: Yeah... the legs have bothered me a bit... trying to shuffle his legs around a bit. Thanks!

Mindflaw: Haha! I need to be gettin' my ass in gear on that enviro myself. Thanks for the crit!

max1975: Thanks for you thoughts and the props! Appreciated! I think my values are messed up on the helmetguy... doesn't seperate the shapes properly.. Also I could've gone for some bolder lines I guess.. I'll keep that in mind!

That fat kid: Hehe... everyone is pointing out shit about those legs... I'm trying to shuffle 'em a bit around.. thanks for pointing it out!

Riight... so I've tried doing something about the legs... just wanted to check with you guys if it looks better now... I suck at doing legs... better do some studies real soon! Also a small sketchpage...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/NastyOrc2_14Web.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/040106.jpg

peace

d-C

[Petter]

Nice update, I like the second one most,
Really like it alot actually.

The first one has pretty good lighting.
Though, What you need to do is to think of how much light that bounch from surface to surface especially when doing that kind of lighting scenario.

or maybe he has killed alot just recently, which made him sweaty?
That would ofcourse make bounching light more obvious and self explained, always take in concideration what material it is that you are trying to illustrate, and what it's conditions are.

Depth is pretty good to, the facial lighting kills some of it though.
But I am drawn to the facial area, which is a good thing, that is were the story is told, so I am half part wrong there, imho it is a lighting issue again.

The reflection on the most visible sword is wrong, think of how the surface in hand reflects, studdy the surface in real life.

This is only in my humble opinion,

cheers, and keep postin! :)

[mentler]

Something very degenerate about this masked dude <> I like it a lot <> normal people scare me

[max1975]

Re: Legs

The bulge of muscle/fat just above the kneecap is convincing, but it looks like it's more sectioned than it should be. There's a line about a third of the way up the thigh that needs to be de-emphasized, I think. Also, the kneecap should maybe be pushed a little more to the inside and should be a bit less circular.

The other problem is going to be tougher to fix. The left leg (his left, our right) looks like it's coming forward, while the right is pointing straight down and supporting the weight. But it looks like the left hip is higher than the right--which means the left leg is too long.

I'm picking nits because you asked for it :) On the whole (probably because of the lighting and rendering) it's a pretty convincing painting.

[csteingart]

YO BROTHA!
Some great pencils on the last page man. Keep that shit up!
That waterlope turned out really nice.
And that drawing of your brother is awesome!

Stay cool bro.

c

[Badger]

Hey ceptty_D, how about doing some of your uber pencil renderings then scannign them in and colouring them from there? Have a play with one, could work.
Otherwise you are drawing well, and all of it is nicely refreshing and original.
Keep on cepting.
Your Favourite woodland animal
-B-

[dCepT]

Petter: Thanks for the indepth crit! Mucho appreciated!

mentler: I know... normal people are creepy! :D Thanks for the props!

max: Thanks! Awesome crit! Hope it looks better now :)

csteingart: 'sup!!?? Damn... I've neglected your SB... Drop by soon! Thanks for the kind words, bro!

Badger: Oh yeah... I've got something coming in that respect soon! Been learning a kickass technique! Got the puddnhead-gnomon-dvd for christmas from my brother... he discusses that exact thing in the demo.
Just let me know if you need some muscle over in the UK :D hahahah

Right 'o... thanks for the crits and asspats guys!
Done some more on the orcdude... changed a lot around after seeing you guys' crits and getting a SICK indepth crit from Hurricane, so big up to him! Love ya bro!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/NastyOrc2_21.jpg

peace

d-C

[AndreasM]

Looking way better, Fredrik! I think you could do some presice arm studies before you move to the next step. Don't forget how the pecs connects to the humerus, between the deltoid and the bicep. There are some mayor connection and forshortening issues on his right arm...I'll see if I can do a decent paintover tomorrow. Did you look up for anatomy book for those legs?

Anyway, suprisingly better. Later!

[sabe2003]

Fun concepts. Like your color peices a lot!

[Mindflaw]

Man your definite on the right track with that orcdude. Overall improvement on anamtomy and lighting.

[dCepT]

n0fish: Thanks a bunch! Didin't check an anatomybook, no... got some pointers from hurricane on various issues with it.

sabe2003: Thanks for dropping by, and thanks for the kind words!

Mindflaw: Appreciated! You going to gbg?

Couple sketches... Anatomystudy from Bridgman.. And a brainfart :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/07010602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/07010603.jpg

peace

d-C

[AndreasM]

Lines are looking better! The rendering is still scribbly, though. It's not har to push that further.

[Mindflaw]

Can't go to GBG :[

Hm the westcoast shaman.... his stomach imho doesn't fit the rest of the character especially where the stomach ends at the (our) right. Heh he could have some weird silicon implant though...even a shaman wants to be pretty although pretty are indeed subjective.

[dCepT]

n0fish: thanks for sticking with me! I'll keep in mind my rendering.

MindFlaw: That sucks... ah well.. we'll be seeing eachother sometime in Stockholm, I guess :) Thanks for your thoughts on the sketch!

Noodlin' some more on this one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/NastyOrc2_21gWeb.jpg

peace

d-C

[Eriboss]

hey man, that orcy dood is comin on great, and your recent pencils are looking sweet... i'll be sure to stop by again soon!
Keep up the good work Mr scaryinperson :p

Cheers

Eri :evilmustache:

[Mindflaw]

Orc dude is coming along nicely... oh and to fill some space...The arm gadget construction works imo ... Are the bottom four leather rings attached to a thinner leather eh.. sock with holes on both sides under the rings on the arm? Hope you understood what I said couldn't find the right word. Are you to keep the brushstroke texture? Personally I like them with some tweaking here and there.

Have a great time in GBG

[buzzz3d]

Orc is coming along really nice.
Nice sharp details.
Watch the silhouette of the legs though, they are now 2 almost straight cylinders.

[taxman]

How long did you spend on that orc concept, a month? I´d never have the patience for that. Looks good so far, I like it. :) There´s something really scary about that spider woman from december 27th (and no, I don´t have arachnophobia), maybe you could work that one a little further. Your stuff is coming along nicely, I´ll come back here. Keep it up. :)

[dCepT]

Eriboss: Doood! Thanks for dropping by! How's the cartoony stuff coming along?

Mindflaw: Thanks! Well... I didn't actually think too much about how they would connect, so I added some stitches... Hope that looks more logical..

Buzzz: Thanks man! Glad you like! I've done a bit to the legs... better?

taxman: Weeelll... I just noodle on it here and there... I don't have all the time I want to paint, so it's taken a while... And I enjoy the process... I learn so much by trying to push just a little further..you know? The spidergirl is next up for finalization..hehe.. keep watching this thread :D

Small update... noodled some more... got some paper as well, but I haven't scanned it yet..hehe.. lazy ass self... ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/NastyOrc2_21kWeb.jpg

peace

d-C

[hurricane]

just keeps on looking better and better!!

cheers dude!

[Badger]

Really nice man, get a complimenting background colour in, or something to set him off!
Where's his left eye? :O
-B-

[Bengiskhan]

This last piece is going great. I just think you can go with even more contrast on the skin. Anyway, good job!

And thanks for posting on my skb ;)

BGK.

[buzzz3d]

looking better, keep it up!

[Shin-Akuma]

I know I've already told ya, but this one is fiiiire!
You've progressed a lot in a very short time now it seems. I suspect that stat boosting potions are involved!

[spacemanchris]

damn dude! I walk away from your sketchbook for a week or so, come back and you're work is friggin sweet! I love the westside shaman, and your painting in the orc pic is fantastic. Great dynamic light, I'd love to see a background, like a cave or something. Great work man!

[dCepT]

Hurricane: Thanks bro! Had a blast this weekend! Let's hope the next meet isn't too far off!

Badger: Added some color... thanks for the crit! His eye is missing 'cuz he's a badass and lost it in some fight... you shoulda seen the other orc :D

Bengiskhan: Thanks for returning the favour! And thanks for the crit! Always appreciated!

buzzz: Thanks bro!

Shin: Damn straight! Got me some +3 painting gloves..hehe... nah... I don't know... I just pushed a bit more on this one than I usually do... I'll keep that up.. Thanks for droppin' in, man!

Spacemanchris: Thanks for the kind words, man! I'll see if I put him in an enviro... would be kinda cool!

Right... so I went to sweden for the weekend and hung out with a bunch of guys there... had a blast sketching and watching al-x and hurricane kick ass with some digital demos... awesome stuff!

We kicked things off with some lifedrawing...some of these are cropped all wierd like... they're done on A3, and my scanner is only A4... so apologies for that...hehe..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG05.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG06.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG07.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG08.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG09.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG14.jpg

These aren't all of 'em, but I got tiiired of scanning all these..hehe.. I'll try to get some more up by tomorrow...

After the digi-demos we just hung around and sketched...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/17010604.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/17010603.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/17010602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/170106.jpg

Awesome awesome weekend!

And to round things off... some more noodlin' on the orc dood... I'll do something else for a while now... feels like it's time to move on :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/NastyOrc2_21NWeb.jpg

peace

d-C

[max1975]

The life drawings are very nice. This one's my favorite: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/GBG13.jpg

Were there any longer poses? It'd be nice to see some more rendering on a couple...

Love the mohawk head, and the details you added to the orc's arm.

[Badger]

On your orc, sort out his left foot, and unify the design with the right boot.
Some really powerful life drawings here! 3rd and 4th absolutly rock.
Man you are a machine, keep it up!
-B-

[hurricane]

the orc is getting better and better !
its great that you started to define form iwth the motion of the brush too !

you know, the hatching thing we talked about but translated into brushstrokes... wicked, it shows !


more more more! :P

[Erilaz]

Love the life gestures. Very fluid! I'm starting to like the orc more and more... but something about him feels a little stiff. Still, brilliant nonetheless!

[Lunch]

Man you've evolved since Sthlm-croquisweekend, the gestures lookin awesome!

It was fun to hook up with you again, next time chillin' in Sthlm?

[Mindflaw]

I'll do something else for a while now... feels like it's time to move on

No just take a break and then come back to it with fresh eyes so you could fix those little stuff that will make it so much better. Already I think it's one of your strongest digital pieces... If you're afraid of ruin it *makes chicken noises* when you have gotten so far you could always save in another name so you keep this version.

Nice life drawings

ha det gott /mindflaw

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey bro. Nice to see you updating so fast.
Feels like I'm sitting next to you and Lunch while you two were drawings those. :D
And the digital painting turned out really good. Nice work.

Hugs!

[maxetormer]

hey!!! the orc dude is solid as hell!!! It really pops out form the
background and the core shadows and overall atmosphere looks awesome,
keep the quality up man, best of luck cabron!!! man I wish I was there
drawing my ass off with you guys!!! :painting: :D

[Jokisalo]

Incredible improvement man oO, you started almost from nothing and look at you now!! You've done hellofa hard work here! Good luck with it in future!!

[Zaphod]

Oooh, sweet! I hadn't seen these. I like those thick shadowlines on your lifedrawings. I gotta try drawing with one of those next time. The two last ones are Really nice. It shows that you have been warming up for two hours before that!

This shows that we got to have these meetings even more! We'll come to you in Norway next time and all sleep on your floor. :teeth:

[timpaatkins]

Yo ma man! It was great meeting you in GBG, we gotta have more of them!
Nude have a great energy to them, and I like the eye-beast collab you did with Johan.

Oh yea. the difference between the first post and this is so huge, I cant imagine where youll be in a years time!
Cheers Tim

[Zord]

Dcept sir, good work/progress on the orc. Just a small crit, his left boot facing towards us seems a little oddly shaped. I don't know if you were going to continue working on it, but just a heads up. I'm loving the figures a lot. The looseness really suggests the form/shape of the models. I'm digging the ones done with the black/red.

Keep it up man!

[dCepT]

Max: Longest pose was about ten minutes... I was seriously rusty so I had trouble finding a flow so to speak.. I felt I was constantly fighting time on those...heh... Thanks for your comments!

Badger: Thanks, man! I'll get back to the orc soon.

Hurricane: Bro! Thanks for the asspat..haha.. Keeps me going :P

Erilaz: Thanks for the kind words! I'm still working on him.

Lunch: Sho' thang! I probably won't come to the Carmen-meets, but once there is something happening over a weekend, I'm there! Thanks for the kind words!

Mindflaw: That's it... I'm not a chicken!!! :D I'm gonna work some more on it.. just got some other stuff I have to do first. Thanks for swinging by!

Pencilator: Thanks, bro! Looking forward to seeing you next time!

Maxetormer: Duude! Thanks for dropping by with an asspat..hehe.. Would've been cool to hang out and sketch with ya again for sure! Next european workshop, maybe?

Jokisalo: Appreciate it! I like your work as well. Thanks for dropping in!

Zaphod: Hahah :) Sure thing! I've got plenty floorspace! Let me know as soon as you guys got anything planned in GBG too, 'cuz I'm coming over again!

tim: Dude... thanks for the kind words! I've said that a lot in the last post, but I do mean it! Comments like that tend to boost me to draw more! And yeah, we gotta hook up soon again!

Zord: Thanks man! Yeah... I know the boot is all wonky... I'm gonna rework it.. I'll try to have an update on it soon!

kk... The army-dudes are for a project I'm working on... I'll let you guys know the details when I know more.. hehe..The sitting armyguy is a mad quick speedy, just to give me some idea of the mood..So it's all sloppy and stuff, but hey..
The maskdude is just started, but I thought I'd show anyways.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/22010602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/220106.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Maskdudeiiiifj.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/SoldierSpeedy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Key1zZzZzJjJfxXsMall.jpg

thanks for looking, and thanks for all the comments! You guys rock! I'll reply in all of you guys' sketchbooks tomorrow! Gotta go to sleep now, though.. hehe..

peace

d-C

[hurricane]

that rifle is made for giants ? hehe, its alittle big maybe but the rest of the character is great, good depth, the colors could use some work or kill the red :P
you've gotten a much better understanding of direction and depth YAY ! :P

cheers dude and dont be a stranger on msn :)

[Mindflaw]

Hi great to hear that you got much to do since it seems to be with things you want to do.... just so you know I only make chicken noises when theres a strong picture to be even stronger :) anyway I think the "fly guy" is quite cool made me think of slipknot.

keep going

ps: no rush on the enviro I works slow... very slow

[Yoonjin]

Hello man, good to see that you are beeing productive!
School has started again and that sucks, though I got to take some time to do conceptstuff. You are on the MSN far to seldom.


Really Sweet croquis, I didnt se to many of them in gothenburg, diggin das Vilppu style! -"Volume is everything"

[Qxzi]

Hey, how you doing?

Really love all these digitals here. I REALLY love this one http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/NastyOrc2_21NWeb.jpg
Great stuff, the ww2 pictures are also good, i like the guy who got shot, with the blood coming out :P

Ill be back this time, and keep on posting!

Qxzi

[Lunch]

lookin good! we should do more collabs, I'll pm you my msn

hear from you mate!

[mentler]

Here is back at yah <> Like the little hooded SW looking dude <> your pencils have a freshness you seem to lose when you get in the paint <> try not to tightin up <> your life studies have a great feel but your shading seems disconnected from the line work <> remember they are both there to do the same job (describe form)

Thanks for shaking my cage once in a while <> know that it is greatly appreciated

[pennington]

wow! so much greatness. imaginations run wild.

[dCepT]

Hurricane: Haha :) Didn't even spot that... I've taken care of it though.. update coming on that one soon.. Gotta get the other pictures that go with it done first. Thanks for the praise! I'm not worthy!

Mindflaw: Heheh.. Nobody calls me a chicken, goddamnit! j/k Yeah.. I'm enjoying myself.. a little sleepdepraved, but it's all good..

Yoonjin: Dude! Thanks for the kind words... I'll try to hang around on MSN more.. promise..hehe

Qxzi: Thanks man! Appreciate it! I'll drop by your SB soon!

Lunch: We should definately do more collabos! Maybe some digi-goodness as well? Catch ya soon!

mentler: Thanks for the crit, and the tip! I went back and looked at 'em after reading that, and hell... I'll have some stuff to think about for next time I'm doing lifedrawings! Appreciated!

pennington: Thanks, dude! Appreciate it mucho!

A few pencilpages:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/24010603.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/24010602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/240106.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/24010604.jpg

I'll get back to all of you tomorrow! Thanks for the kind words, ya'll! :yayca:

peace

d-C

[Jokisalo]

Man you've done a lot of hard work here.. Increadible improvement from first page!!! oO Congrats for that man, i really like what i see here.
Lot of detication for work, blood and tears. It motivates and inspires me at the same time!!! Thanks man

[That fat kid]

hey dcept, those real loose life drawings are sweet, but mentler made a good point, try not to lose that 'freshen' (guess that's a good way to put it) on your imagination stuff...sometimes the poses are stiff but i like'em all anway, can't wait for some more life drawings!

tfk

[max1975]

Love the color choices here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Key1zZzZzJjJfxXsMall.jpg

I dunno why you wrote "crap" on this one: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Key1zZzZzJjJfxXsMall.jpg ...perhaps because it's hard to tell what kind of animal it is? Whatever the reason, I think that's a pretty sweet drawing...hatching makes the forms very convincing, and the pose is just awesome, it tells a whole story...

also like the recent fish...

like the idea and the body language here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/24010604.jpg but the execution is rather stiff...not sure why, maybe her slight sideways lean seems unnatural.

[Qxzi]

Hey,

Like the pencilpages, like the fish inspired by hurricane. Do more :D
Like everyones saying, u have made excellent progress, so just
keep on posting and drawing !

[Darktwin]

wow I really like your last two digital paintings of soldiers on the field of battle, great stuff, I love the overall gray colors you choose for the palette of the two.
I also find your brush stokes very intersting. Keep plugging away, really good stuff. Your pencil drawings awesome, just remember to keep doing both, drawing and painting. great stuff man

[Farvus]

Fantastic improvement. I like your imagination drawings. With every new update they look more dynamic.
Keep posting :)

[dCepT]

Jokisalo: Thanks, man! Appreciate the kind words! Glad I can be of inspiration..I look in your thread for the same thing :)

TFK: Thanks, man! I'll try to keep the dynamics over into the digital medium. I'll try to get some more lifedrawings scanned soon!

max: Wrote crap, cuz it didn't go the way I wanted it to... I don't know.. I just got this fed up feeling from it.. hehe.. It's cool that someone likes it even so, though.. heh.. The last one with the woman in bed has gone digital since... I think I've sorte4d out the pose.. I'll post that later sometime.

Qxzi: Thanks for dropping in again! I'll try to keep ya'll entertained ;)

Darktwin: Glad you like, man! I won't ever give up on drawing..love it too much..hehe..

Farvus: Thanks for the kind words, man! Appreciate it!

Just a small digispeedy for today... I've been working on some moodboardish pictures and a few excerpts from storyboards for a short movie (the first thing with the soldier and the woman on the bed are sketches for that project) I'll post those images as soon as I know more.. It's been a hectic few days lately what with my dayjob, and doing those pics at night, but it's been a fun ride!

Soo..like I started out with... just a small digispeedy for today.. ~1hr

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/300106.jpg

thanks for all the kind words, people! I'll stop by you guys' SB's asap!

peace

d-C

[Lunch]

heh, looks a bit like ted from Scrubs.
I think you'd gain more volume if you used a smaller version of that 'multiple-brushstroke-brush' you used for the hair and shadows. Still, I like the roughness.

[Flaskpost]

hey! great sb here! ALOT of progress since first page, dude. serously. ALOT!
the digitals are looking really good. especially that orc fella, and this http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/SoldierSpeedy.jpg
that last speed portrait looks good too man, but when you´ve used the same brush for the skin as for the hair, it looks a bit odd.
cuz that brush would work fine as just for the hair.
well, just keep it up!
Ha´t bra! :)

[hurricane]

grea t!!

good progress man !

just keep at it bro !

[max1975]

The comb-style brush here gives this a really neat effect...kinda trippy...very cool.

[Fellah.]

Nice orcpainting, man. Keep it up!

[Qxzi]

Hey,

good little digispeedy. I quite like the effect :D

Keep it up and post more!

Qxzi :D

[Mindflaw]

Keep going strong

I'm going to have some days off in february then I'm going full throttle on the enviro.

[Jokisalo]

Really nice new uptade man, you've improved a lot!!
Hard work paids it's back :)
more!

[dCepT]

Lunch: Thanks for your thoughts! I'll resize it next time I use it..hehe.. Think you're right about the volume!

Flaskpost: Dude! Thanks for the kind words! Warms my heart! How come you're not around on the sketchmeets, though?

Hurricane: Always appreciated, bro! Glad you like! (yeah... I didn't go to sleep just yet... figured I'd update a bit..hehe)

max: Thanks man! I like that brush..hehe

Fellah: Haha... Fellow orc-afficionado... glad you like!

Qxzi: Thanks for dropping by! I'll stop by soon! Gonna sleep after I've posted this, though..heh

Mindflaw: Aight... good stuff! It's on in february, then!

Jokisalo: Thanks for the continued support! Appreciated!

Right... so.. I usually bring my sketchbook to my dayjob and try to sketch in between customers.. and now my nazi boss has outlawed me bringing the thing... so I sketched some on post-its with a ballpoint I found... THEY CAN'T STOP ME DAMNIT!! :D

The enviro is very WIP, but I though I'd show.
Enjoyed painting that hand a lot.. hehe.. and the papers are just brainfarts.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01020602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/010206.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Hand.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/GasstationWeb.jpg

thanks for all the replies! I'll get back to you guys soon! Sleepy time now, though..

peace

d-C

[Badger]

Hands are sweet man! keep on them!
Enviro has some perspective probs on the blue bit, right rear side looks a bit too big compared to where you put the other lines, maybe, it looks like a different plane anyway.
But i love the piece and the feeling, reminds me i need to finish my enviros.
Cool hatching on the skull, keep taking a step back to watch your values before you get too into it.
Great update. Love the hands
-B-

[dCepT]

Badger: Thanks, dood! Glad you're still dropping by..hehe... I'm having fun with the enviro! And, yeah... finish some of them enviros your doing.. would be cool to see one fully fleshed out!


My girlfriend and her new hairdo :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Johannafinal.jpg

sorry about the lousy quality... had to resize it in MSPaint at work.. haha... I'll get a better version up as soon as I get home.
better quality... probably not a big difference, but at least the jpeg-artifacts are gone.. hehe..
peace

d-C

[MayaSan]

Sweet <3 <3 <3!
I've heard some rumors about this girl from a secret source (Mr Hugs) and what better way to hear the good news and see an image of her than here in your sketchbook!!! You do live your whole life through the sketchbook, and I honour that comitment with an extra sketch in my own book!

(and congratulations to the great improvements!)

Hug and :muscle:
/Maya

[Badger]

FOOOKING HELL!! thats damn awesome man!!
Seriously, one of your best pieces of rendering. Love the graphical bit flowing in.
++engage englishness++ rather! what a fabulous piece of greyscale artistry. I particularly enjoy your attention to placement and composition. Now i must take my leave, for i must travel from my estate here in the country to my georgian dwelling over yonder. Good day Freddrik. ++disengage englishness++
-B-

[Jokisalo]

Nice portraits lately from you, good good..
more?

[Mindflaw]

Did she pose for you or did you paint from photo?

Keep going and may the love prosper :teeth:

[dCepT]

MayaSan: Thanks! Cool that you dropped by! So... rumour gets around, I take it..hehe.. We gotta hook up soon again! I think me and Hurricane might visit Sthlm for a reggae concert in february (a bit dependant on which half of the month..hehe) We should hang out and sketch! Miss you and Leo! Oh.. and thanks for the kind words!

Badger: Dude! Thanks for that huge asspat! Jeez... I'm all flushed over here..hehe.. And thanks for the british rant.. I love 'em.. haha..

Jokisalo: Thanks man! More coming up..hehe..

Mindflaw: Photoref/pose... THe photo was all burned out, so I looked at her live here and there for the form.. wierd combo, but it worked, and I'm happy with it, so :) Thanks for the wishes..hehe... I'm very happy nowadays..heh..

did a post-it at work today... Like I said... ban my sketchbook all they want, but damn if I'm going to be stopped!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/020205.jpg

peace

d-C

[Shin-Akuma]

Woah! You're still improving like a madman aren't you?
Shit! Those hands are looking great! Especially the painted one! Mad props yo! And I'm excited about that enviro! Seems like it's going to develop into something most worthy of solemn nods from the elders.
As for your girlfriend on the painting? Is that the same girl you had with you when you attacked me in Oslo the other day? heh.. Anyway, great painting. I love the hair.

Oh, and just to let y' know: I've been pretty busy myself lately too, even though I haven't posted anything anywhere in a while. Demand to see "the fortress" next time where hollering at MSN.

[max1975]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Johannafinal.jpg LOVE this one. She's adorable. Great rendering. Are you gonna do more with it?

[Lunch]

Haha, yeah I thought I saw something going on between you guys when we were in Gothenburg! Congrats, and say hi to her from me!
You're becoming more and more swedish you know?

The portrait is awesome, keep that line quality!

Hear ya!

[Eriboss]

hey man,
shit - stuffs really looking GOOD since I last popped in!
Enviro's looking cool, good studies and that last portrait of your girl is Wonderful!
great to see such progress, i'll pop by again soon for sure :)

Cheers Dcepticon

Eri :evilmustache:

[maxetormer]

Hola guey!! your GF portrait its one of your strongest to date,
the way you pulled the volumen on the cheeks is tasty!! he he,
funny to har you boss banned your sketchbook, hell yeah you are
one unstoppable drawing machine!! good compo on your GF portait as well,
nice crosshaching tecnique, your getting better and better at interpretaing
the model, KEEP IT UP!!

[Sorknes]

LTNS!

Somebody has been improving while I was away! Good work! :)

[Zaphod]

Cool stuff. I like that last portrait!

[buzzz3d]

Great portrait dude, and nice composition as well.

[Zebz]

Wow! That Digi of your GF is awesome, Dcept!! More of those!! ;) I'm sure it was fun to do. Great work. Keep at it!

[mentler]

Your Lady looks very well done <> look forward to better quality scan <> last small face is interesting as well.

Thanks for feeding the Monkey

[bdfoster]

Wow. Some great stuff in here, and it just gets better. The greyscale of your girl is fantastic. Makes me want to go home and get on some portraits.

[MrBobMarley]

Lotta damn nice work in here! Girlfriend piece is looking promising, I really like your technique. I got in trouble drawing on the job too, back in h/s. So I started drawing on the back of the receipt paper. Good times......

[timpaatkins]

Lovley stuff, and the portrait looks spot on ( I knew I recognised her!When the hell did this happen?! All the badboys get the girls, all the sissymen like me masturbate...)

Nice update, what a pisser your boss took your SB away. You should go ninja on his ass.

[dCepT]

Shin: Dood! Thanks for dropping by! You need to render out that fortress... I wanna see :) Oh... and thanks for the asspat!

Max: Hey, man! Thanks! I'll probably noodle a bit more on it...

Lunch: Haha... you're not the first one to say that. Yeah... I'm happy as can be these days! I know I'm turning swedish.. damn you guys!! :D Thanks for the props!

Eriboss: Hey, man! Thanks for the kind words, man! You're comicstuff is looking hella good as well! Are you gonna publish?

maxetormer: Hola hermano! Gracias! Yeah... he said I couldn't draw when I'm in the store... "doesn't look good for the customers"...fucker.. :D

Sorknes: Heey! How you be? Hows the tribute to HMM coming along? I've forgotten to ask Shin about it lately..hehe

Zaphod: Thanks man! We need to hook up soon again.. We didn't talk all that much when I was over for some reason.. Let's have a sketchmeet soon, aight?

buzzz: Thanks, bro!

Zebz: Thanks man! Yeah... it was a lot of fun!

mentler: I'll feed your monkey any day... that came out wrong... eh... thanks for feeding..my..monkey... yeah... :D

bdfoster: Glad you like! I'm thrilled that you're inspired by my stuff.. hehe

MrBobMarley: Actually, yeah... you know... it feels good in a very vhildish way to be sneaking around and sketching..haha. Thanks for the kind words!

tim: I'll tell the story next time we meet... haha.. My boss didn't take it away... just said I wasn't allowed to have it out when there are customers around. I'm ninja-sketching now, so it's all good..heh.

Aight.. wanted to do a speedy... and I ended up here.. put more than one hour, though..hehe.

http://www.dcept.com/temp/FlymanWIPweb.jpg

noodled some more on this one:

http://www.dcept.com/temp/GasstationIiiIixXxxXxXxiiIXxXFxweb.jpg

aaand a paperpage:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/060206.jpg

thanks for all the replies, guys! I appreciate it!!

peace

d-C

[Zord]

What do you get when you mix a mermaid and Bloody Mary?.. Your sketch. The gas station reminds me of the ones in Malaysia; because of the trees, vines, etc. The digi. of the girlfriend's done really well too. Have you thought about putting it in color? Just a suggestion because the gray background is dulling the piece a litle bit. But good work! Cheers!

[Sorknes]

Nice speedy you have there. For some reason I started to think about the "Akkar king" fast food store in Ernie, though ;)

The gas station have the promise for some nice atmosphere going on even if all sunny and bright (me and sun.... heh), you gonna continue on that one?

[thief]

progress indeed! like recent girl painting and that gas station realy exotic place 8)

[Lake]

Hey dCept -

after a hiatus, I come back and you're churning out marvels! Your color sense has improved dramatically and you've CERTAINLY sharpened up a lot! The edges of your forms are so much clearer and they feel more alive... You've made some serious progress in the last two months.

[blog]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Johannafinal.jpg

really like this man, the digital crosshatching is really effective! Keep it up, and draw 7 hours a day...and update more frequently!

[cartoonfox]

wow dude, awesome stuff.
your digital work is getting awesome, keep it up.

oh, and guess what month it is... yes! it's february!! are you in london yet? hmm?..
:p

peace :7up:

[hurricane]

johanna is a cutie :P good job !

cheers dude and keep at it, MAJOR strides !

[Noë]

So.. I didn't look through this entire sketchbook, funnily enough I came here by changing one number in the URL of my sketchbook. I looked at the last two pages and the first. I think it's very cool to see the enormous progress you made the last two years.
from the last update I especially like this (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/060206.jpg) one.

now I'll go try to be constructive in a way.. *looks for errors*
the only thing I found was that the eyes in your faces sometimes aren't on the same height, but the difference is minimal..

keep it up! (but I think you will :scribble: )
love,
Marleen

[Flaskpost]

just tell me when and where the sketchmeetings are, and i´ll be there! :)

really fine update, man!
i love the color scheme on this: http://www.dcept.com/temp/GasstationIiiIixXxxXxXxiiIXxXFxweb.jpg
your pencils are lookin damn fine too!

keep it up!

[Olof]

Whut!
When did you become that good?
The gas station is awesome man. Really!
Like the one of your gf too. Try not to only use "hard" brushes (I only know oC, so use the watercolor type) to mix the colours on your paintings. I think it will improve some parts.

Keep posting man, it's looking good!

.hugs

[Qxzi]

Hey,

like all this stuff, loving the digi stuff and hands. Do more of them!
Personally, i think that the best digi is...... this one
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Johannafinal.jpg
Great :D

Keep it up man ill be back!

Qxzi

[Mike Frank]

Yo dCept! Talk about making strides, you've been improving like crazy over here! The one of your girl is great! Your hatching and shading is looking really sweet all around too man. Keep it up dude.

[Badger]

MOOOOORRREEEE from the slightly dangerous looking bloke!!
-B-

[rollb82]

the portrait of your girlfriend is awesome. i need to paint like that.

[dCepT]

Zord: Thanks for the kind words, man! Not gonna color it... it was meant to be in b/w.. thanks for the crit, though!

Sorknes: HAha...now that you mention it, it does remind me of the akkarstuff in Ernie! Appreciate the props!

thief: thanks!

panda: you're back! Thanks for the asspat, man! I'll drop by your SB real soon!

blog: thanks man! I'll keep on keepin' on!

cartoonfox: thanks! I know I know... when march has passed I'll have the time to come and visit ya'll! Promise! I miss hanging with you guys!

hurricane: thanks, man! Always appreciated!

Noë: appreciate it! Glad you like the sketch..gonna color it as well.

Flaskpost: I'll send you a PM.. or keep an eye on the scandinavia unite-thread in the local artist group forum. Thanks for the props!

MorteM: Yeah... I'll try to vary my brushes more.. I'm aware of it, sort of.. heh..

Qxzi: Lot of people like that one.. I'm happy with it too.. thanks for your words!

Some_guy: Hey, man! Glad you dropped by! I'll check in on ya soon!

Badger: Hey, mr. looks-good-in-a-skirt-apparently :D I'll try to update more... thanks for kicking me in the ass on msn!

rollb82: thanks man! Glad you like!!

Ok... so here's a small update... I'll scan some more and update tomorrow... got some half-finished stuff as well... I'll put that up as soon as I finish up.

OC-session with hurricane..I'm still workin on that one in painter, so I'll update you as soon as I'm more or less happy with it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/sworddudeweb.jpg

OC-session with lunch...not at all happy with this one... but I'll put it up nontheless.. it looked good in a sketch-state..so I'll go back to that and rework it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/me_lunchweb.jpg

Some papers:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/17020602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/170206.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/17020603.jpg

I'll try to get more up tomorrow. Sorry for being a stranger, you guys. I appreciate it a lot that all of you take the time to drop you cents in here!

peace

d-C

[cotron]

lots of progression in here, the portrait of your girl is really nice.

[IanE]

Hey, man!

I haven't looked in here since June! You've improved a lot!!! Great job, dude. Keep it up! Your figure drawings are looking muuuuuch better!

[Badger]

To get a striking digi try and use a strong light source.
Paper's are looking very dynamic, but allways try and see the whole form before settling in with the rendering.
Good stuff man! lots of feeling in them. Catch ya on tin'ternet
-B 'has hair in bunches' adger-

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey man, nice to see that you're still live and kicking.
Are you often in Gbg nowdays?

Take care, and say hi to Johanna from me.

Hugs!

[Lake]

hehe, my pleasure! =x

looks like you left behind some of the stuff you learned from your muscle studies... what happened? do a few more, I think it'll help refresh you.

I put up some bone structure pieces.

there's no actual update in my sb, but I posted the link to the thread where I have my ring ling app. portfolio (which has a bunch of new stuff, plus some life drawings)

[max1975]

Cool update. Really like the dude at the bottom of this one: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/170206.jpg. Very creepy.

[Qxzi]

Hey,

god digi stuff, cant wait to see them finished and good little creatures :D Cant wait to see more from
you, so keep it up!

Qxzi

[buzzz3d]

The purple one looks great d-C!

[Mike Frank]

Hell yea man your rendering is getting more and more confident!

[Zord]

Hey man, that last creature shooting the beam of light or whatever is pretty bad ass. The thing is though, i'm not sure if i'm right or not, but it seemed like you drew the head first, and it doesn't seem to fit well onto the body. Like it seems like it could be better placed onto the shoulders; as right now it's head is on his chest. But whatever, it's still cool looking. 8) Also, i'm liking the digi. sketch, it'll be nice when it's worked on more. Keep it up man!

[dCepT]

cotron: dude! Thanks for dropping by! Appreciate it!

IanE: Thanks man! Likewise on the dropping by! I'll swing by your SB later!

Badger: Thanks for the crit, bro! Always glad to see you in here!

Pencilator: Yeah... kinda often over here now... sitting in GBG as I type this, as a matter of fact..hehe... I'll try to post more regularily.. I'll tell her you said hi!

panda: Thanks for your crit... always appreciated! I'll check in on ya!

max: Glad you like! Thanks for dropping in!

Qxzi: I'll keep on keepin' on, yo! Check back for more...hehe

buzzz: Thanks, man! Glad you like!

Some_guy: Thanks! I'm having fun with it!

Zord: Yeah... you're right... started out with just the head... and added a body...hehe... I wanted the head that low, though... guess I should've thought more about the anatomy... thanks for the crit!

I'm away these days, so I don't have access to a scanner or painter... so I'm trying out photoshop (PS6... heh) kinda unfamililar to paint in... but here's the result of it so far...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/shrimpboyXxXxWeb.jpg

peace

d-C

[Theo]

youre doin good man. doin good!

[Carnifex]

yep,seems to fit you quite well. personally i'd say make yourself some custom brushes with abit texture to get more interesting results. also,try to think abit more in 3d,make cylinders instead of arms (f.ex.) and lay down a basic grey shading on these,and if it looks 3d already then,then start to work out anatomy and details. i'm just saying that because to me,this creature,while i absolutely love its design,looks really flat. you may want to increase the contrast on some parts,and put in some really hard edges. also i think the bg is pulling way too much attention(saturation),which also really flattens the piece. try putting more saturation into the creature instead,and keep the bg a desaturated green(or multiple). but i think the most important thing is probably the hard edges you yet have to put in,because personally i can't find a place to focus my eyes on really.
keep it up!

[Lake]

hmmm - look's like you're trying to emulate hurricane. that's ok; I am too.

I'd say that besides some anatomical issues that I'm sure you're already dealing with, the background's color scheme is way off. The large dark green patch sucks up all the atmosphere of the picture when used with the brighter strawberry color. I'd suggest something less saturated, like a cool grey or a warm, dark brown.

[Qxzi]

good try with the digi sketch, but i agree with panda :D

Ill be back ;)

Qxzi

[Mindflaw]

I see you keep going strong...me on the ither hand have been in bed the whole week in a d*amn cold... and btw I'm finally going to cotinue that post...enviro tomorrow Had to write it down so you could trash-talk me or something if it turns out to be empty words... :S

keep going

[csteingart]

Fuk dude, awesome stuff.
Glad I dropped by, that one of your girlfriend, dude that's next level shit bro!

Like the alien in the hoody ;)

c

[dCepT]

Theo: Thanks, dude!

Carnifex: Thanks for your thoughts, man! Appreciate it! I'll definately work some more on it... I'll throw it into painter and have some fun...

panda: Yeah... looking at it now after you and carni pointed out the backgroundproblem I definately agree! Thanks!

Qxzi: Thanks... and yeah... I'll work more on it :)

Mindflaw: Good stuff! I'll swing by your SB and check it out... keep at it! I've got some catching up to do on that one... hehe... Thanks for stopping by!

csteingart: Dood! Glad you like! I'll try out that technique I used for my gf on some other stuff as well...

Some pencils... Pencils have been a bit wierd lately... I enjoy it... but I don't feel I'm getting the results I want... gotta sit down and think through what I'm doing with 'em one of these days...

From life
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01030604.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01030606.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01030603.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01030605.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01030602.jpg

From life
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/010306.jpg

digi.. WIP.. got a couple more digis, but they're not on my home computer... I'll get 'em up in the weekend..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/poisonwomanxFwEB.jpg


Thanks for dropping your cents guys!

peace

d-C

[Carnifex]

i hear ya on the pencils. they don't seem strong enough to express the moods and ideas i have anymore.
dig the 3rd pic most,although you seem to smudge abit too much(unintentional i guess?)

[Pesmerga]

Sweet update.

Your girl is NICE btw :P

[Badger]

Sweet piece man, maybe darken her back, especially the small of it to push the forms. Turn her right hand away from us more? adds more depth too.
Pencils are looking extra sweet. Keep on going.
-B-

[Lake]

personally, I really like your pencil work. It's shown a definite improvement since you started, and you're still improving fast. One thing I'd say you should try is to vary your technique. If you're sweeping with your wrist instead of your elbow, try an underhanded pencil technique. Try adding in tons of tentacles and teeth. Try drawing some cute bunny thing. New stuff will make your old stuff better.

by the by, are you attending montreal?

[dCepT]

Carnifex: Yeah I know... That's why I gotta think 'em through a little... Push it further.. :) THe smudging was both unintentional and not... I totally lost feeling with it, and I smudged some parts as I didn't have my eraser handy... and it just turned out like crap... hehe.

Pesmerga: Thanks.. and yeah.... she's hella nice! But then I would be biased.

Badger: Good points! I shall paint some more on it now!

panda: Thanks for your suggestions! Appreciate it! I don't think I'll be attending Montreal... I'll be going for Florence... you going there?

Storyboards... WIP, and photoshop fucked up my values and added some wierdass artifacts when I saved it... but nonetheless... hit me with your crits! I'll post a better version when I get it more polished without the stupidass artifacts...

BTW: If this image is way too large, I'll downsize it... but it'll loose a lot of info if I do... I think...

http://www.mirrorpictures.com/portfolio/portfolioimages/CarScene.jpg


thanks for dropping in, guys!

d-C

[Pootle]

cool SB, loads of variety; life, character, enviros, & more.

I really like the depth you get in your pencil stuff and that portrait of your gf is gorgeous.

[dCepT]

Pootle: Thanks man! Glad you like!

Update on the assassin-woman:

http://www.dcept.com/temp/poisonwomanxXxXxiIiXxXxXxFfWwWfFweb.jpg

peace

d-C

[T-Raktor]

What i really like at this forum is to watch a dude's progres trough his drawings. I like to see the first drawings than the last ones to see if there is any improvement, and then i scroll trough the rest of the page.

Looking at this SB i have a very nice feeling...to see such a progress. Keep it up, i really like this stuff.

[Badger]

On the first panel of the storyboard be mindful that line direction sculpts how the eye sees an object within planes of perspective. IE, slant the lines, cause it's not directly readable as an above shot.
12th panel is hard to fit in the story.
Otherwise really good emotion, i love the car interior, really nice suggested marks. Oh and on the 7th and 8th define the horizon line before i cry.
Nice progress on the lady! I love those little cast shadows!
See what shadows you can add to the hair to make it less hat like.
Good stuff though mate, your dedication is astounding.
-B-

[Lake]

Florence? they already know the place for the next one? JEEZ, they're really shooting along on this thing.... how do I find out about all of this? How do YOU find out about all of this?

[Qxzi]

Hey,

good updates here! With the storyboard, i think that number 1 isn't really obvious. I had to go to number 11 to find out what that pic was trying to show me. Hope you understand, and i hope i wasnt too harsh! :D But i like the "assassin-woman" !! :)

Keep it up dude!

Qxzi 8)

[Zord]

Hey man, just wanted to show some respec'! More digi work? Dayam. Good idea with the assassin woman, just one little bitty crit, her head seems like it's going to fall off. The size of her hair combined with her head makes it seem a little weighty, like how the neck is a little thin. But other then that, things looking good. I like the hand holding the knife; the green glow is a nice effect. Keep it up Ceptzord, we're watching. :)

[looky]

love the pic where you painted your girlfrinde realy nice heard alot about you from pencilator and now i can see what hes saying is ture nice work love it *huge*

[dCepT]

T-raktor: Thanks man! Appreciate the kind words!

Badger: Heh... Dedication... I feel like I'm slackin' my ass off these days... thanks for the crits! Nice to get a fresh eye! I'll try to get an update up tomorrow on the storyboards.

panda: There's a sub-forum called "workshop" or something... it's in there.

Qxzi: Nonono... definately not too harsh! I don't know too much about storyboarding... have to find a balance between what's necessary to put in there, and what I can leave out... speed vs. rendering stuff out... Appreciate your comments! Glad you like the assassin woman..heh

Zord: Thanks man! Glad I'm being watched.. hehe... appreciate the crit! I'll try toning down her hair a bit and I'll see how it looks...

looky: Ya have, have ya.. hehe... Dude... you coming to any of the sketchmeets? Check out the scandinavia thread... Glad you like my stuff!

Some papers... I got me a brushpen... I don't know what the heck I'm doing with it, but it's fun to play with..hehe... I'm guessing you'll see more of that stuff... Diggin' on the way it feels.

The pencil at the bottom is a WIP... study of a Gerôme-piece... I'll keep you updated on it as I go along.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/06030604.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/06030602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/060306.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/06030603.jpg

thanks for dropping by guys, I really appreciate it!

d-C

[Lunch]

A little Sandmanpic? Appreciated!

What I began to think about concerning the assassin is her expression. It makes me wonder why she looks...hm, in lack of other words - stoned.
Her motif would be more clear if you turned her eyes towards the victim, 'cause I believe it's one of the guests in the ball-area(?)
Right now she looks surprised by swallowing something she shouldn't have.

Anyway, nice update I look forward to next one.

[Mindflaw]

good updates keep going

good night :)

[AndreasM]

Hey, Fredrik how are ya doing? Been a while since you showed up on msn....

/Jerk mode on.
I'm sorry, but your post has been bugging me lately. The digital medium will NOT make your art look better if you don't know the basics and have some control over your values. Sure, Hurri has got some pretty crude scetches and his digitals kinda makes up for it, but following his 'ways' won't make you look better. You seem to have fun - and fun is fundamental - but if you choose to stay at one point, you will be stuck there untill you move on. (Duh!) I don't know how far you want to go with your art, you sure have improved over the year, i don't know if you post everything, but I think you can go faster. It's not stressful, it just requires more work and some healthy frustration.

Right now your figures are flat and disconnected, you make assumptions on how the anatomy might look without researching, your heads needs alot of work (construction, proportions, modeling of the features etc.), hands, feet, line quality (imho has more to do with observation than anything), well, you get the picture. And try to work those values in properly as well. I know you can do it well, that charchoal SP looked pretty good. Dare to overwork and ruin some drawings. You may hate the results, but the experience gained is well worth it. I can sit for hours and render, tweak, curse and whine and an hour after finnishing it, i can pick it up again and realize there is alot of work left to do.
/jerk mode off.....i think..

Good luck with that Gerôme study. One thing I have learned from doing master studies, is to get the proportions right. This is the hardest par for me, as it doesn't show any pretty results before the rendering is applied, and well, it's hard and aggrivating to get those subtle lines correct. It saves you alot of trouble later on, though. Remember to work in layers when you render. Drawing with the side of the pencil wil help you cover big spaces quick, but you'll have to apply a cleaner layer to make it consistent enough. And whatch out for those edges. There is alot of hard edges in the study right now and they only reinforce the flatness.

Well, that's it for tonight. I hope I pissed you off...at least a little:P Good night!

[Yoonjin]

Good to see that you are not geting fat on the lazy side.
Keep producing. Like those storyboards...chalk rules!

[hurricane]

fredrick you, you ass :D
i need to tell you some critique, to speak it, because i can't put it into typed words, hard to explain, but to make it simple, manequin + activly checking it while drawing and not just blindly drawing form = key to next step...

more when we meet up :P

cheers dude, progress is obvious!!

[looky]

if perre dont get disturbd by me linking on im game nice stuff // your cuti ;P

[Erilaz]

Awesome progression d-cept. Brilliant studies. The storyboards have a great clarity.

[johnny78]

The portrait of your girlfriend turned out very well. I think it´s one of your best works up to now. And the enviro coming shortly after that is fine as well. Maybe it would get even better if you gave it a light source that is a bit more stronger. Therefore creatings darker shadows... but maybe it´s just a question of taste...

[dCepT]

Lunch: Thanks for the continued support and crits on the poison-chick-piece! Update coming soon... forgot my wacom at Johannas place this weekend... hehe... so it'll have to wait a bit :P The sandman-inspired stuff was a direct result of me buying "A Game of You".. I'm completing my Sandman collection..one each month :)

Mindflaw: Thanks man!

n0fish: No sweat, man! I'm doing more anatomy again now after your post... it did piss me off a bit at first... I don't know entirely why... seemed a bit harsh at the time I saw it, but then I thought about it a bit, and I know you crit me as harsh as you do to push me on, and ultimately, I appreciate it. I guess you wouldn't switch to jerk mode if you didn't think I could take it... hehe... Thanks for swinging by, man!

Yoonjin: Hehe..yeah... I know... the chalks are rapidly developing into some of my favourite brushes... Using different papertextures with the chalks is fun!

hurricane: Bro!! I posted in your SB... we need to hook up soon.... I'm curious to see and hear what you have to say to me! Miss ya, man!

looky: We're not hard to get along with ;) Where in sweden do you live?

Erilaz: Thanks man! Appreciate it!

johnny78: I'll have to up the contrast on that one a bit, yeah... But like I said to lunch above here... I don't have my wacom for a week... so digi-updates will have to wait a bit... thanks for swinging by, man! And keep on rockin' the inks over in your own SB!

Some papers...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/13030603.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/13030602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/13030604.jpg

WIP...gonna do more on this page
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/130306.jpg

And an update on the Gerôme study:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/13030605.jpg

EDIT:
Here's a couple of really bad photos of two oilpaintings I did for my mom on her birthday... I was happy with 'em at the time, and she's happy with 'em, and that's the most important thing about 'em.. hehe... the blue one is of my brother and the other is supposed to be me... I f***ed that one up a bit, though... the one of my brother is the best concerning likeness.. and sorry about the glare, and they're all fuzzy and excuses excuses excuses... :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/bro_oil.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/SP_oil.jpg

I'll try to photograph a couple of my more recent oils and get 'em up... just gotta get hold a proper camera... the two above were photographed with my moms automatic compact camera...

peace

d-C

[hurricane]

wonderfull stuff bro !!

keep at it, looking good !

[Lunch]

Have you been studying faces? 'Cause they look way more solid now!

Those studies and paintings of yours seems to be exactly what you needed.
Keep them coming, if this is the progress you make by just doing a few studies I can't imagine where you'll be in as little as a month!

[Badger]

Sweet work, liking the ink a lot.
As lunch said, seems a lot more solid.
Now update more often ye olde bastardo.
-B-

[johnny78]

The face studies are turning out very well, especially the Gerôme study.

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey my man, those oils look solid.
You're doin' so darn good, err!
Yeah, and you better get online more often :P

Hugs!

[dCepT]

Hurricane: Thanks man!

Lunch: Not studying as much as trying to keep a different focus when I do my stuff... Glad that it seems to be working.. hehe... Thanks for the kind words, man!

Badger: Thanks man! I'll try to update more often... I know I need to..hehe

johnny78: Thanks!

Pencilator: Hey!! Mr. Hugs!! Thanks for dropping by... I'll try to be online more often... hehe... you're rockin' yourself...I stopped by your SB... I was impressed!

Digi-thingy:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/goneweb.jpg

papers tomorrow!

peace

d-C

[Lake]

haha, having fun with the glow tool? I wish there was a way to make a glow tool rake brush.

[Lake]

then again, I'm sure there is, but it's much more complicated than I care to deal with atm.

[P E N Ricklund]

Thanks man, I can only say the same about you. By the way, do you get any free time do draw these days?
Or are you in Gbg every weekend? I know one doesn't get much done due to girlfriends :P
Looking in your sb, I remind myself that I have to do more paintings.

Hugs!

[Shin-Akuma]

Wow!
That new digi-thingie is looking good!
Very cool wings and feathers! They look burning! Phoenix like!
Very cool concept! Looking forward to see it pushed further! =)
The pirate sketches are very cool too!
Keep it up!

Heh, and I'm thinking about your challenge too! Been looking at drops today. The plan is to start tomorrow, after I've modelled a celebrative St. Patrick's Pint!

[Mindflaw]

do your brother like airplanes or is there some other symbolism to why you chose to have that in?

awaits the "paper stuff"

[dCepT]

Panda: Yeah.... the glowbrush is pretty cool... I'll see if I can make a rake-glow-thingy... I'll let ya know if I get it done..

Pencilator: Yeah... I draw all the time... she's got studies as well, so sometimes we sit and work together... works fine! Also I bring my wacom over if I'm staying for more the two days... and now she's addicted to the thing and wants to keep it...haha... Thanks for the props!

Shin-Akuma: Dood! Thanks for the kind words! I'm waiting to see that picture... I think it could rock!

Mindflaw: My brother doesn't only like planes... he lives and breathes planes... he's an airplane mechanic by profession, flies r/c planes as a hobby...he's getting a license to fly small aircrafts... yeah... that plane is his favourite.

Just a couple of papers... one brainfart and a small update on the Gerôme study... I attended a funeral today...my best friends mother... I couldn't get myself to do much today...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/160306.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/16030602.jpg

I'll come back stronger on the next update...

d-C

[Badger]

Sounds like it's been a bit of a tough few days. It was the anniversary of one of my best friend's death 2 days ago. It's a weird place to be.
Keep on with those brain farts, keep on with those studies :)
Howz the digi lady?
-B-