d-CepTs doodles

[max1975]

This one is really outstanding: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/16030602.jpg

Sorry to hear about your friend's mother.

[Slash]

Hey man, you've done a lot since i last visited your sketchbook!! I've seen some of the pieces of msn, and given my crits there, but you've been holding out on me, there are some really cool works here! Your girlfriend and the gerome study are looking killer, perhaps the best i've seen from you, and i think these might be the first in the next generation of d-cept!

Keep rockin man, and get your ass on msn more often!!

[Orozc0]

i love your value range.

[dCepT]

Badger: Digilady will get an update soon! Yeah... it's been rough... but you know... we knew it would happen eventually...never fun to get the message that somones passed on though... Glad you stopped by!

Max: Thanks for the props! And thanks for caring man. Appreciate it!

Slash: Dude! Thanks for the asspat ;) I'll be more frequent on msn... hehe

OrozcO: thanks!

Some papers...

http://www.dcept.com/temp/220306.jpg

http://www.dcept.com/temp/22030603.jpg

http://www.dcept.com/temp/22030602.jpg

This one's a WIP...

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

peace

d-C

[dCepT]

Small update on the fat dude... more after the weekend... have a good one, folks!

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

d-C

[Lunch]

the neck thingy becomes too small on its right shoulder, too extreme perspective. could use more texture to get the right fabrique-feeling.
And the last two or three buttons are a bit to flat, they should be rounded and more to the left side of the pic.

A thing you can do to understand it better is to (on another layer) draw a line along the center of his body to see it more clearly. Like I did with that assassin of yours before.

Anyway, I like this a lot and will check it out later on.

[dCepT]

Lunch: Thanks for the crit! I'll correct it! I can always trust you to push me in the right direction :P

http://www.dcept.com/temp/280306.jpg

http://www.dcept.com/temp/28030602.jpg

http://www.dcept.com/temp/28030603.jpg

http://www.dcept.com/temp/28030604.jpg

digitals tomorrow

peace

d-C

[Badger]

Diggin the Digi!! More solid than i've seen in previous ones.
Lovely stuff. Papers are looking good also.
You seem to be doing hair pretty flat, do it with quick strokes as the outline, hair is pretty random stuff, especially after a few blast of wind!
Keep it up mate!
-B-

[Lake]

interesting stuff dcept - I'd have to say you're concentrating a little TOO hard on your rendering. Try doing some unrendered linework sometime... just outline it and try to make light using only line weight. I think it'd help a lot.

[Lunch]

a thing that popped into my mind is that you have the same 'problem' as me. we always tend to draw characters from the same angle. their heads and bodies always turned left..
well it's not a problem, just flip it in ps.

last creature has some things i'd comment. the visible arm looks a bit too much like a cone. try to give it more dynamic shapes.
same with the legs, give them a more nonregular shape. think peanut instead of melon.

first head of the second sheet reminds me that i'm going to the knife-concert this thursday!

get your ass to sthlm soon, myself - I can't afford travelling.

[dCepT]

Badger: Thanks for the heads up on the hair... I'll definately keep it in mind! Thanks for stickin' with me!

panda: Yeah... you're probably right... hehe... I'll try to get some clean line stuff in the next paperupdate.

lunch: Thanks for the crit, man! Appreciate it as always! The left thing is so very true :) I saw it in your SB as well... hehe... knife-concert?

Right...so I've fiddled with a few of the WIPs that keep addingd themselves to my computer... ;)

Just added some stuff in the background on this one..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/NastyOrcFinalMaybe2W.jpg

Some textures and a bit on his collar
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/crocFinalW.jpg

Spent some time with this chick again... moved her arm.. redoing most of her dress... softened her face... let me know what you think!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/test8.jpg

gonna sleep now...

peace

d-C

[Zaphod]

Loong time no post from me. :)

I like that you're spending time on bigger pictures. Looking good. One thing that I noticed is that they seem a little too monochomatic. What I'm trying to say is that you could try to introduce more tempereature into your highlights and shadows.

Ie. warmer highlights and colder shadows etc. To manage the transition use a more intense version of the color in the core shadow (where light goes over to dark). Not sure I'm making sense. But if it needs more explanation I can give it a try. I'm struggling with this myself at the moment as well.

[Lake]

the first one here is definitely the best I've ever seen from you. Great use of color and composition, and you really haven't overdone anything here. If there's anything to crit, it's just that the ground is too flat and you need to finish detailing. but that's all!

[Cold]

indeed the last posts are really showing your determination, now i know pushing to finish does make a difference:) thx for the tipp

[Badger]

Cool stuff as always, and determined as always.
Maybe try and bring the background into the piece more, like you've done with the last one.
I'm with zaphod on the temperature thing.
Keep on going man. I'll always be back, we are the last survivors of our SSG, we must stay together, he he.
-B-

[maxetormer]

aH the good ol orc dude, nice to see him again :P
the rendering is indeed has improved a lot, would not
mind seeing some line work, I feel that the edges of
your images some times are a bit rougth, you are way
more confident on your use of ligth, but your line work
still hurts the cuality of the images, oh! and the anatomy
studies are looking real nice, good idea mixing mentler with
hogart :^^:

[dCepT]

Zaphod: Thanks for the heads up! I'll try to get some more temperature in my stuff!

Panda: Thanks for the props man! I'll finish it up soon!

Cold: NP, man :) Thanks for dropping by!

Badger: Indeed we are! I'll drop by your SB soon! Thanks!

Maxetormer: Gracias, cabron! Appreciate the kick in my ass ;) Got some ink-stuff where I focus on linequality coming up soon... I don't have access to my scanner for a few days, so I'll put 'em up as soon as I can.

Realized I need to work on my facial expressions, so I'll do some studies... here's the first batch.. I'm most happy with nr.2 there.

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

peace

d-C

[Cold]

very good, i didnt know drawing from ref could make such a difference, i might do that next with colour! Cheers dcept:)

[hurricane]

yupp, nr.2 is the best!

looking forward to more dude!

[Zord]

Hey man, just wanted to say that these facial expression studies are nice. I like how you subtely put in the facial hair without overpowering the face. Now let's see some more! Keep it up, man.

[dCepT]

Cold: Thanks!

Hurricane: Thanks, bro! Here's more :P

Zord: Thanks man! I try to keep 'em loose and quick...

Todays batch:

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

peace

d-C

[Cold]

Heh, i wonder what technic you are using for your faces, because I think im working on something simular; photoshop6 ~ black and white(constant toggle between the 2) with adjusting opacity... Am i close?

[Badger]

Hey D, loving the latest lot, you seem to be learning double there, from drawing from life, and learning facial expression.
Good stuff.
Keep it coming
-B-

[dCepT]

Cold: I work in painter, but basically yeah... I start out with one fairly dark and one fairly light and toggle between them and adjust opacity first.. After I get some of the values down, I go in with the colorpicker and choose values. Last I pop in some darker darks and highlights and such with an opaque brush.

Badger: Thanks, man! Glad you're liking it :) More expressions coming tomorrow. Here's the WIP you said I should post..hehe

Right.. I've been noodling a bit on this one the last two days... wanted to do a horror-ish thing.. Gonna push it more tomorrow, so I'll post another WIP then. I went for a 2:35 ratio on it...wanted to see if I got a cinematic feel from it... lemme know if it works.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Morgue999W.jpg
And a detail at full res.:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Morgue999W2.jpg

peace

d-C

[Cold]

very good on that mate, you cought the atmosphere ina blink, excellent colour choice, just wondering if you could brighten the lights from the sleeling and onto the floor, giving it more contrast? nah actually leave it as it is, i like it!

[dCepT]

Cold: Thanks man! I'll work more on it, though.. might do something with the contrast yet.

Faces for today:

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

peace

d-C

[Cold]

Just letting you know that i was here and looking at your faces, one thing though, can you leave the backround white, or paint them white after you are done with the faces, gives it abit more edge if you like, thank you!

panda is right, and the way to sharpen up is, contrast, put brightest lines next to darkest lines = bobs your uncle!

[Lake]

dude, you've gotten so much better at this digital painting shiz. I'd still say you have room to sharpen up though - your old flaws come back to haunt you!

[dCepT]

Cold: Thanks for the heads up! Will do for the next batch.

Panda: Ever faithful! I'm very grateful you're sticking with me, man! I'll try to keep it sharp ;)

No faces today... been spring cleaning the apartment... noodled a bit on the morguescene, though... Smalltime, but I thought I could update...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Morgue9993W.jpg

peace

d-C

[Cold]

i dont want to be rude but i cant tell much difference between the first and this one:P sry

kewl update though :D

[dCepT]

Cold: Haha... sorry for posting that... there's some difference in contrast and some cleaning up... guess it's easier when you see 'em side by side..

Did some real quick and dirty armour designs...

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

And one I abandoned because it went horribly, horribly awry and I totally lost the vibe with it.. 3CH; "A headless creature with hooks collects a panda at night"...

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

thanks for looking ya'll!

d-C

[Recursive_End]

Those look very good :)
It be cool if you could go further with one of those character thumbnails.
They look interesting.
Anyway, you're doing some cool stuff.
Keep it up !
D.

[dCepT]

Recursive End: Yeah... I plan to take 'em further! Thanks for the props man!

Facial expressions again today... Cold: on white background this time :D

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

peace

d-C

[rsnurkle]

Nice facial expressions! A lot of subtle stuff on the face is coming across well. Did you try any small, pure white highlights on number 2, or were there just none to be had in that lighting? The face does look darker than the others. Your morgue scene is also looking creepy, I think the monochromatic tendencies kind of add to that effect. =] And what is 3CH?

[dCepT]

rsnurkle: Thanks! Well... there weren't any light that came off too bright on that one.. I guess it would've looked better with a few hard lights one there.

Just a speedy here.. Don't know what exactly I was doing here... just slapped some color around.

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

peace

d-C

[Lake]

great face on that guy. next time, think about slapping in some really harsh blacks; they'll make the rest of the body stand out.

[max1975]

Loving the expressions and the armor designs, You're really doing some nice work lately. Favorite is #3 here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/GeneW.jpg more suptle than a lot of the others but full of character nonetheless. Good job.

[dCepT]

Panda: Thanks man! I'll remember my darks :)

Max1975: Hey man! Long time! THanks for dropping in, and thanks for the kind words!

Did an enviromentstudy from some conceptart from King Kong... not sure who the artist is... so sorry that I can't credit the original properly... if someone knows, give me a heads up and I'll add his/her name! I don't know shit about doing enviros, so hence the ref. I paused the DVD and sat with a laptop and painted the freezeframe on the tv :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/envirostudy6W.jpg

Thanks for dropping by guys! I'll drop by your SB's tomorrow!

peace

d-C

[Qxzi]

Hey,

nice digis here, lovin most of them! Your enviro digi is great! :) Im liking the perpective on it alot. My suggestion is to just keep it up! :tihi:

Qxzi 8)

[Badger]

Hey man, sorry i haven't posted for ages i've been really busy in places without a net connection. You've been making progress i see :) and trynig out different stuff.
That enviro study is really good, really look at the way it achieves depth. or do 8 more :)
Great stuff though mate and great range of subjects.
-B-

[blog]

Wow man, the recent stuff is really solid, I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more attention. Its fresh and contrary to your previous stuff, keep it up!

[Zord]

Hey man, this stuff's fresh like blog said... nice enviro too. It's good to see the nice mix up of creatures, studies, and the like. There's just one thing though... where's the traditional shiz? Are we going to see some down and dirty pencils or inks anytime soon? Either way, keep it up man, all we can do is keep improving. Cheers!

[Cold]

yep, nice digi, i like the fading of the cliffs the further back they are, kewl note to be making!

[That fat kid]

hey dCept, your edges are tightening up considerably, for the most part....speaking of which, in thise enviroment, a few harder edges on those front rocks would do a lot to bring them foward and give it more depth by having a solid fore, mid, and background. Sweetness

~A

[Jens]

love that enviro dcept
colors are way more convincing than that creature you posted before that

[dCepT]

Qxzi: Thanks man! I'll keep it up for sure :)

Badger: Hey! Yeah... it's been a while.. thanks for the props! I'll do more enviros.. try for some of my own instead of reffed stuff..hehe

blog: Thanks! Appreciate it!

Zord: I'm still sketching..hehe... just that I don't have access to a scanner right now.. so I'll give ya'll some traditional stuff soon :)

Cold: Thanks man! Yup... atmospheric perspective can do a lot!

That Fat Kid: Hey man! Thanks for stopping by! Yeah... I'll tighten it up a bit.. I see now that the edges on the front rocks are a bit fuzzy.

Jens: Thanks a bunch, man!

Yup... worked some more on the morgue scene.. Got some good pointers from MikeCorriero..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Morgue9996W.jpg

Thank you all for the comments!

peace

d-C

[mentler]

Hate Hospitals <> to many sick people <> of morgues are worst fro obvious reasons LOL <> thanks for your support, from time to time, always appreciated

[Cold]

thats what i ment all along:) good work on the contrast! and the seeling lights/reflection floor!

[Carnifex]

that mountain environment seriously rocks. top notch stuff!

[dCepT]

Mentler: Thanks for dropping by man! Means a lot! Yeah... morgues are creepy! Hehe..

Cold: Glad you like man!

Carnifex: Thanks a bunch! Appreciate the asspat ;)

Faces for today... these are a bit rushed... I'll have some better up for the next face-update...

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

peace

d-C

[dCepT]

'nother one today... gift for my girlfriend.. 1.5~2 hours in painter

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

peace

d-C

[Recursive_End]

Hey D-Cept!
those pics look great! Especially the last one. But i think the overall pic is a bit too dark. Try giving it a more bright lighting and some more intense shades.
Besides that, the work on the facial expressions is very good :)
Keep it up!
D.

[Lake]

hey - what gives? my comments didn't show up.

eh - I'll just summarize them for you.

Great colors on the piece with the cavern-gorge looking environment. Easily your best piece to date, I would say. You're worrying less about the rendering and you're concentrating on the form and composition; and it's working. more of that shit, please.

[blog]

I really like the two recent pieces dCept, but are or have youused ref for any of them? If so I would greatly advise you to work a lot more from life, you learn a helluva lot more from life than from ref. I got this advice from cotron and its helped me a lot!

[Qxzi]

Hey,

good digi's buddy! But i have to agree with recursive end, try to make it more lighter. And with the hosue, maybe you could make the path come right to her, leading the eye! ;)

Keep it up!

Qxzi 8)

[Badger]

very cool latest one D. I really like the depth you've achieved.
For the time taken it's ridiculously solid.
Keep it up man!
-B-

[maxetormer]

GOOOD work, but I fell that the mountains are a bit too soft looking,
perhaps suing a hard flat brush giving more efasis to strokes (more
defined brush slices) could make the trick, and imo the clouds look to
regular looking, go more crazy with em think of Mr. Blonde abstract
paintings when doing skys, dam that kid is good! or Jfoster´s texturing
going crazy on the sky is fun cause whos gonna tell ya that cloud
is not looking right :P

[Shin-Akuma]

Woah! That last one is something !
Great enviroment! And the colours! Very different from the colours you usually use! Your horizon is really expanding man. =)

And I like the changes you made on the morgue scene. Nice light colour, and nice textures on the dead guy.

One thing though... the light sources in the ceiling. They're lamps right? Not windows? I think perhaps it might be good if you added some detail to the nearest one and perhaps the second nearest one so that one could see that they are indeed lamps, because it looks sorta flat, if you know what I mean.

Then again, it might not be important. I studied the picture for a quite a long time before I even noticed it.

anyway, keep it up man! You're getting better and better!

[dCepT]

Gotta run, so replies/visits to you guys' sketchbooks later! Until then; thanks for dropping by, ya'll!
Decided to join the COW this week... Blind Hunter... WIP

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/BlindHunter8W.jpg

peace

d-C

[hurricane]

awesome!
my only crit is that the paws or should i say hands are to human like and unpracticalit wouldn't be able to run that fast if it had to walk on its fingertips right?

you need colors to brake the monocroma too! throw in some blues or something... a hard secondary lightsource maybe?

cheers dude and say hi to johanna from me!

[Qxzi]

I agree with hurricane, and it is really good! I really like that effect you did with the pincers, one of them is more faded than the other ! Good work!

Qxzi 8)

[Shin-Akuma]

Dayum!
That's a badass creature right there!
Porfolio material! =)

[max1975]

Sweet...be sure to get more contrast in the final, and this'll be awesome.

[P E N Ricklund]

Looking really good. Long time since I swung by here, sorry.
Hope everything is well with you.
The Morgue Scene was nice, like the dramactic feel in it.

Take care, and say to Johanna.

Hugs!

[Mindflaw]

The blind hunter looks better than your waterlope, even though it was more worked out guess it just shows how important composition are when it comes to make things interesting...and yes I know the purpose with the waterlope was different thus different view etc bla bla eh you know what I mean :)

[Badger]

faces are looking good as ever dCept, i think you are learning a lot about form at the same time!
Latest piece is great, but careful about the sharp value shift, it takes your focus away from the body, and on to those mantis things.
Sunlight really does run from black to white, the whole value range!
Man, whats happening to us, our updates are getting slooooowly longer apart, he he.
Later.
-B-

[gmags]

Hey D-cept, cool sketches in here! That morgue piece rocks. Great coloring. Keep kicking ass bro! :yayca:

[dCepT]

Hurricane: Thanks for the crit, man! Didn't take the feet away, though... hehe... kinda liked 'em.

Qxzi: Thanks for dropping by, man! Appreciate it!

Shin: Hehe... thanks man! Catch ya on msn!

Max1975: Hope I got it right... hehe... update below! Thanks for sticking with me!

Pencilator: No worries, man! Thanks for dropping by! Glad you like the morguescene... it was fun to do :)

Mindflaw: Yeah... I just went for it with this one.. thanks!

Badger: I know... I've been slacking lately... at least with updating here... I was talking to my GF about this yesterday, and she promptly ushered me over to the computer to paint... hehe... I'm gonna be more active again!

gmags: Glad you like man!

These first are preliminary designs for a short me and the guys in Mirror Pictures are gonna shoot in june if all goes well.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/char1Web.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/char2_2Web.jpg

Final on the creaturedesign, for those that didn't see it :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/BlindHunterFinalWeb.jpg

I'll stop by all of you guys' SB's now! Thanks for replying! It means a lot to me!

d-C

[dCepT]

Just a quick little update... This enviro is for the same short the facial designs is for.. WIP... I'll keep you guys updated on it!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/morgue2_004W_004B_newcolorW2.jpg

EDIT: Image was a bit big :)

d-C

[mentler]

Always great to see concepts develop for projects <> kind of like giving birth

[Lake]

Just a quick little update... This enviro is for the same short the facial designs is for.. WIP... I'll keep you guys updated on it!



EDIT: Image was a bit big :)

d-C


ouch - OUCH!

oh MAN. toss in a perspective grid - your rendering and textures are fine, but you need to get some straight lines in there!

[dCepT]

mentler: thanks man! Always glad to see Hurricane's dad in here.. hehe

panda: Yeah, man... I'm aware of it :) But thanks anyway... I've got some straight lines in there now... I'll post when it's worth to see the update... I just tried to lock down the mood and colorscheme first... I've been through three revisions of the colors already... AD is still not happy... hehe.. So I decided not to go anal with the accuracy at first...

Riight... so... here are some sketches... and a WIP oilpainting... finally got a friend of mine to start photographing the things... So here's a taster :) I've had sort of an artists block lately I think... I mean.. I've wanted to paint and sketch, but everytime I sit down to do it, I've just gone blank... so that is one of the reasons I haven't been too frequent in my posting lately... I feel I'm on my way out of the hole, though... so that's good! :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/010506.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01050602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01050603.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01050604.jpg

My girlfriend spontaneously bought a whole bunch of Copic-markers for me the other day! So I'm gonna try to get some more colors and fun in my SB :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01050605.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01050606.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01050607.jpg

I met up with Slash in Oslo a while back... we did a little collabo of his uncle while drinking beer... lines by Slash and a bit of token shading from me :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/01050608.jpg

Finally the oil-WIP...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/SPoilAngry.jpg

More soon, guys!

[EDIT] Forgot one oilpainting... this one is kinda minimalistic as opposed to the usual stuff I do... I made it after I'd been in a slump (not just artwise... but lots of different reasons playing in there...).. there is a term in norway at least (haven't heard it in english... ) that for example a story will have a "red line" that runs through it... i.e. the main plot, or chain of events... if you lose that you lose the story... so here's where I found my red line again...

There are some glares from the surrounding light (presumably from my livingroom window) that can be seen at the bottom right corner and at the top of the image.. sorry about that, but this was the best I could get... photographing oils is a bitch.. hehe

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

d-C

[Miau]

hey!
cool sketches, nice to see you keep posting.
really like the oil sp

more!

[Carnifex]

whoa that oil piece is captivating. i can't stop staring at that mouth. it's like it's sucking me in. damn nice.

edit: other one's cool aswell. great use of contrast.

[P E N Ricklund]

Beautiful Painting.
I want to see the guy you just torne to pices lying on the ground beneath you. ;)

Sorry to hear about the block. I think it happens to everyone once in a while.
So other than that. What's happening?

Hugs!

[Mindflaw]

Like that last painting nice hand, composition and I have always been a sucker for the black or dark and red combination as a contrast. And :teeth: even I thought of picking up the red thread and of much of what comes with it when I saw the painting 8) Looking at it I can't stop thinking I got only 6 weeks of 24/7 at work then I´ll be back to taste the paint over and over and over oh my..... anyway have to go back and finish some more work before I go to bed...keep going and remember

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/Mindflaw/Mindboggler/gul.jpg

remember also "mr post it" I'm really tired right now :S ... eh well back to work another hour :zzz:

[mentler]

Working the angles and perspective <> datz good <> need to do more of it myself.

[dCepT]

[EDIT]How does the title of my thread read to you guys? I change it on page one... but it seems to keep claiming I updated april 26th... hehe... is there a bug? I see everyone else's thread titles look OK...

Miau: Long time, man! Thanks for dropping by!

Carnifex: thanks for the kind words, man! Appreciate it!

Pencilator: Hey, man! Was good to meet you on MSN today... too long since :) What's going on... well... same old and all good..hehe...

Mindflaw: Cool to see you checkin' up on me! Glad the painting got you thinking... hehe.. hopefully that'll be the effect on other people as well.. Thanks for the words! Definately something to remember.

mentler: Feeding the monkey! Thanks for swinging by again! Always an honour!

So I missed the deadline on the latest CHoW... but I'm having fun with the piece, so I decided to finish up anyway... this is a WIP:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/CHoW23_arcadeCharacter5enviro9W.jpg

and a very quick character that I slapped some color on with the copics I recently was given :)

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

d-C

[Lake]

DUDE. that Oil WIP is so PIMP. the one of you screaming. PIMP. (I think it's you)

[SirGreenSock]

Wip look great so far, especially the background and lighting!
Front figure doesnt quite fit, I think the colours are too bright for the environment. I'd expect more contrast in the shadows seeins as the lightsource is so limited. Punch up the darks and desaturate them more, ground the character into the scene more!
Oh, and the base of the lampost seems to be behind the corner its lighting, im guessing its partially in snow, but that doesnt read too well right now.

[Badger]

This (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/SPoilAngry.jpg) is amazing D!! wow!
Work is getting much more solid mate, i also really like those quick little doodles, very creative, very lively.
Be careful to universalise the amount of texture you use across and enviro.
On the chow i'd bring some warms into the light and really knock back the furthest background using desaturated blues, cause it's competing with that side wall.
Sweet work.
-B-

[Wolfbane]

sykt masse rått arbeid her inne :teeth: Digge den glatte
ps stilen din. Denne (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v
106/dCepT/2dpics/BlindHunterFinalWeb.jpg) e dritbra! samma går med eviorment tegningane dine!


Thumbs up! -WolfBane

[Mindflaw]

Hi yeah I think it will get other people thinking tooo since I'm not very deep you you know not thinking about jungian archetypes and such I´m more like duh most of the time :tihi:

Anyway took a break from work and thought I would try to better my understanding of the illusion of and sense of direction in a painting, so I used you muhaha.... anyway since you got a wip I will try some of my thoughts with you. If you think I'm wrong - please - tell me where I went wrong so I get back on the right track. ok

It look likes she's just about to start the movement where you're about to sit down on a chair or needs to lean on the wall. The thighs have the wrong direction. Not this kind of direction like / or \ , but the third dimension. I did an example the orange painted thighs are a quick overpaint of the girl thighs. It's exaggerated to make my thoughts more clear. Follow link.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/Mindflaw/Mindboggler/hm.gif
as you see the 2d direction are correct but not the third one. The way you show volume is key to get the correct weight to your figure so she doesn't fall over etc.

I think using the simple construction Pernilla showed us in Stockholm would be very useful to get it easier for you to attach the legs correctly in the hip thus getting the right kind of ellipses that show the correct direction. I think the key problem is how you think when you attach the leg into the hip. This because the thigh gets wrong but not the rest of the leg. And finally the ellipses are important to show direction the "ellipses" I "see" in yours show the wrong direction if she's not to lean against the wall that is :)

Well what do you think?

well now I'm in a hurry :^^;: :)

[Zord]

Hey man, i'm liking the oils. It's always nice to see more traditional work after a serving of digital buffet. The WIP is looking nice, makes the viewer wonder what the hell's going on. And nice work with the red line too, i'm liking the sense of mystery in that. For all we know there's a damn monster at the end trying to fish for humans. And the ChoW is nice too, you did a really good job highlighting the bricks being illuminated by the lamp. But keep up the good work as usual man, cheers.

[mentler]

Think in broader strokes <> bigger tones, bigger spots of color, get the large relationships working stronger before getting into details <> if you do this you well find you don't need a lot of the details.....

[dCepT]

Panda: Thanks man! Glad you like... I'll update it soon! Not done... hehe.. And yeah... it's me :)

Sirgreensock: Good crits! Appreciate it! I'll keep it all in mind for the next update!

Badger: Thanks for the crits! I need 'em.. hehe... enviros are hard.. Thanks for the props on the oilpainting :)

Wolfbane: Takker så mye.. hehe.. hva er oddsen for at noen andre norske finner meg inne her... :D Dropped by your SB as well.. thanks for droppin' in!

Mindflaw: Good eye... I knew I had a problem with her legs, but I couldn't put my finger on it.. I'll rework it and let you know my thoughts on it after. Thanks!

Zord: Thanks for dropping by! Appreciate it!

mentler: Noted.. I know I have a tendency to dive into little strokes... I'll put a post-it on the side of my screen sayin "Mentler says big strokes" :D

Right... sketched a little... seems I'm finally finding my way back to my sketchbook... it's been hard putting pencil to paper lately... but as you guys might've noticed there's some more traditional stuff going on now... I'll try to keep a balance og digi and traditional hence...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Example1W.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/example2W.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/060506.jpg

Thanks to all of you for stopping by! Really motivates me!

d-C

[Lake]

dude - just another idea for your digital painting - take an oddly shaped brush, and try to mess around with it for like 5 minutes on a tiny canvas, like 600x600. It's kind of like thumbnailing, but not. Check out my sketchbook (if you want to see some done by a beginner) or check out bumskee's (if you want to see some that are totally badass)

[Wolfbane]

Hey D-C whats up? Awesome update u got there, love the
masked guys, perhaps the fellas in the middle have short
legs? Anyways, the space pirate face is great, as mostly of
ur facials are :teeth:

Keep up the updates, ill b back later :}

-WolfBane

[Shin-Akuma]

Oh! I see big things have happened here!

The Mirror Produtions stuff is interesting!
Looking forward to seeing more of that.
Very neat wounds on that second Mirror prod guy!
The enviro for the project is also cool.
When I saw it, I got one of them "aha" experiences, you know.
"So... That where they got them nasty wounds, eh?" :P

Lots of neat sketches as well.
Y' know I approve of that weapon sketch! :P

Haha! And that Uncle collabo is hilarious! Poor guy :D

And I love the oils! Great stuff! Lots of emotion on the first one. I think those facial expression studies really paid of. ;)
I believe it could do with some teeth in the lower jaw too, though.
I thought it looked sorta fishy, so I tried to scream out in agony myself, in front of the mirror, and teeth were clearly around!

The red line picture is... well. Tight! Very cool idea! I love the lighting and shadow play in that picture as well.

It's cool to see you put an enviroment on the CHoW girl. Bad ass fella she's shadowing there. She's very brightly lit herself though, so if the guy has got henchmen, she's up for some trouble!

I love the weapon of the gas masked fellow!

And I think the Space Pirate lady could make a nice digital painting. ;)


Anyway, you've added a lot of cool stuff since last time I popped in here!
Keep it up!

Ah, and we've gotta hook up and do some rolling sometime soon!
I had a mad good session today with tricks landed, skills refined, and blood splashin' everywhere!

[Badger]

Hey man, You know i said on skype I'd have a play with the girl in the field one.

Hope you don't mind me posting it, just trying to show you desaturation over distance and some other stuff...
Tell me to take it down if it isn't ok, or you think it's crap :teeth:

http://www.badgertracks.net/sketchbook/dCept-badgerplay.jpg (http://www.badgertracks.net/sketchbook/dCept-badgerplay.jpg)

-B-

[Malavon Despana]

WHOAH, I mean just...WHOAH !?

You have done alot of new stuff here and I can see that you have
progressed damn alot!! Great work DcepT on everything, really your
drawings begin to look more and more immensive and has more depth
to them.

Colors and the immersion is awesome as well, new styles and whatnot.
I don't even know what I should comment here, as everything quite the
much pleases that of my eye.

I'll just say that it's great to see you so much in flames with all you do,
keep up the flames and draw more ;) .

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook as well, 'tis been a long while since
both of us visited one another's sketchbooks, wouldn't you agree ?? ;P

Got to follow more of your newest endeavors, AWESOME!

[Summer Pudding]

There's some interesting themes, and obscure historical references running through your environments. There's also haphazard colour choices and inconsistent lighting. I'd advise you to take a bit more time when establishing your palette and lightsources.

I often find that setting a part of the painting aside to be flooded with light and richer detail, leaving much of the rest fairly obscure, helps to establish a focal point of interest. Don't pile on the detail and uniform light all over the painting.

Patronising, incoherant rant ends

;)

Pud'

[mentler]

Big strokes indeed <> these puppies fall off the page like lead weights <> this site has been down as much as up lately <> terrific little b/w studies

[dCepT]

panda: Thanks for the tip... I tried it... and the WIP of the ship below is a result of that... hehe..

Wolfbane: Thanks for dropping in! I know they were kinda short legged... hehe.. Check my website for updated dudes.. ;)

Shin: Dude! Thanks for the lenghty reply, and your thoughts! Appreciate it! Yeah... I'll give ya a holler when I'm in Norway... we'll roll!

Badger: Not a problem at all! If I'm to learn about enviros, I have to take some crits, right? Paintover is great, man! So much easier to see what you mean that way.

Malavon: Hey, man! Long time! Thanks for swinging by.. and thanks for the props.. I'll drop by your SB later.

Summer Pudding: That was everything that is not patronising.. hehe... I'll definately keep your pointers in mind! Your eye for enviros is so strong, so I've got nothing but love for you stopping by and dropping wisdom, man :)

mentler: Bone doc! Always love it when you stop by... thanks for the support!

Few digis...

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

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/ship_7W.jpg

thanks for dropping by ya'll!

d-C

[Lake]

panda: Thanks for the tip... I tried it... and the WIP of the ship below is a result of that... hehe..


see?

SEE?

man, that ship is pretty pimp. you've gotten so much better! The first one's kinda weird though, I think you might need to use reference next time.

[dCepT]

panda: Heh... yeah... it was a speedy though.. just randomness taking form :) Glad you like the ship-piece.. Still working on it.

Riight... So I'm at a computer with no painter or PS... so I downloaded OC and artrage... just to try... I've tried OC like two times before or something... and it's my first encounter with artrage... messy and shit... but I thought I'd post. Haven't spent much time with either... just wanted to get a feel for the programs before I settle more or less on one of 'em.. I suspect it might be OC... hehe..

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

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

[EDIT]
Did a quick SP in OC as well... trying to get to know the program... definately like that better than artrage.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/SPW.jpg
And here's the .WEP if you guys are interested: http://www.dcept.com/temp/SP.wpe

d-C

[Ashrumm]

Hey man I like your work ethic, keep plugging away with your tablet you will get there. I really like where you are headed your environments are really nice keep it up my friend definitely keep it up. I'm just now starting to use my tablet seriously, your concepts are nice as well. But remember to watch proportions on some of your characters. Other than that keep painting away.

[Qxzi]

hey,

nice digis. Keep that them! There getting better and i like the SP! oh and thanks for the comment in my Sb

Qxzi

[dCepT]

ashrumm: Yeah... Should do more anatomystudies.... Glad you like the designs! Thanks for dropping by!

Qxzi: Hey man! Heh... the last batch wasn't much though... I discovered that artrage is NOT for me... Not for painting anyway... sketching seemed fun in it, though...

Right... back in painter... sweet... did this while enjoying being back on familiar ground :) Tried something I don't do too often, though... did a grayscale first and then went over with color... felt I had more control of my values that way... Might be trying out that workflow more.. felt smooth.. hehe..

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

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

d-C

[Lake]

OOH! Me likey. See the line between where her cheek is and the hair? THAT is what you've been missing all this time, when I've been telling you to tighten up your digital painting. Sweet dude, seriously.

[Badger]

Woo! temperate lighting!! sweet one man!
Keep watching not to use saturated colour in both light and dark, in one or the other, never both.
SP is really accurate mate.
-B-

[maxetormer]

From what I remember theres a real nice likeness on this last SP
GOOD WORK!!! Im really likeing the varied concepts you are pulling
out lately, rock on!!

[squidmonk3j]

that blind hunter looks great...i especially like the face! some weird bone and muscle-structures in the front leg, but you've really managed to capture a good essence here:D

[dCepT]

panda: Thanks man! Glad you like..

Badger: Heh... I'll keep it in mind! Thanks for the tip.

maxetormer: Dude! Glad you like! Thanks for swinging by!

squidmink3j: Hey man! Thanks for the crit and the props! I appreciate both.

Visited Hurricane... here's some of what came out of it... I'll try to get the other image I worked on up tomorrow... don't feel it's worth showing yet.. hehe.. This one's a WIP as well, though... I'll post the finished version as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/conanbanner8W.jpg

peace

d-C

[dCepT]

Update on the one above, close up at actual res. and another one..

And btw: I change the title of my first post, but the title doesn't change for people to see, it seems... anyone know how to fix the problem?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/conanbanner9W.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/conanbanner9WDetail.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/conan97W.jpg

d-C

[Badger]

WOah man! these are sweet!
Keep remembering form and planes when sorting out your light source.
Lovin it, very impressive progress.
-B-

[dCepT]

Badger: Thanks man! Glad you like, and thanks for the crit! We should skype sometime soon again.

Trying to concentrate more on the designprocess... thumbnails to a couple of variations on the one I liked best.. I'm going to try to do a few of these in between stuff :)

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

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

peace

d-C

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey, nice to see that you're productive.
The ones you did at Hurris place was cool. Conan for life ;)
Cool looking thumbs, don't be like me, do something with them :P

Hugs!

[Shin-Akuma]

Wow! You astonish me! That's a huge amount of stuff since last I checked.
Let's see....

The Ship painting is cool! Different from your usual stuff in both colour and topic.

The one with the guy with the spike piercing is good Stuff!
I love the lighting in it! Looks really good. His hair too, is good shit!
Things look sort of soft and blurred though, but I guess that it is intentional?
His armour could perhaps do with some neat ornamental shit as well. You know. Either that, or scratches and bumps ;)

As for the battle scene, that one looks good as well!
It looks like they have been fighting for a while, and are getting pretty tired. ;)
There's one thing I've been thinking about for a while though.
You seem to use a lot of green light sources everywhere.
Now, there's nothing wrong with green light, but I think perhaps you could benefit from experimenting more with different colour and lighting settings!
That goes for hard/soft light as well. You use a lot of very soft light sources, me thinks. But still! Good shit!

Woah! And those design process characters! Please make something of that first guy, in the robes! That looks like a bad ass character to me! Evil elven mage! Hell yeah!

[taxman]

Woah, some people seem to eat creativity for breakfast. Thumbs look interesting, let´s see where they go. Your traditional works looks solid as well as your digi stuff.

Love this one (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/SPoilAngry.jpg)

[Matt Smith]

Your faces arent looking too bad, but I feel they could use alittle more structure in them. The black and white ones you posted today look cool, would be cool to see one taken further. Keep up the good work.

[Olof]

Yo! Thanks for the comment :]
Really like those thumbnails->sketches. Nice stuff!

I'm nto sure about your coloured stuff. They feel weird somehow, can't point my finger at it ;)
Keep doing them. You're improving alot!

.hugs

[Badger]

Sweet work as always man, loving the silhuettes, infact i think you should do a few more pages to reinforce your work.
Yeah, shout me on skype soon mate.
-Your trusty rambling englishman-

[hurricane]

i thought i already replied, oh well..

hella cool conan pics and silhoutte stuff
do 2 pages of that a day, fast ones, and you start to think differently in 3 months :P

cheers dude, killer stuff!

[bdfoster]

I haven't checked in for a while, and I'm regretting it now. The digipaints are getting better and better. The sillouhette design approach really seemed to do some wonders for you. You should definitely do some more that way. Amazing progress here!

[dCepT]

Too tired to reply... I've stopped by some of you guys' sketchbooks now, and make the rest of the rounds tomorrow when I wake up again.

These are very quick'n'dirty... I'll develop them further, though.

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

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

d-C

[csteingart]

Wicked stuff lately bro, keep it up!!!

;)

c

[taxman]

Looks interesting so far, I like it how you achieve a good sense for those puppies with very simple means.

Let´s see how your studies work out, keep it up. :)

[dCepT]

Right... replies this time ;)

Pencilator: Thanks for stickin' with me man! Glad you like 'em.. and sure... I'll take them further... hehe

Shin: Thanks for the crit! I figured you'd favour the ones that were slender and elven-like... hehe..

taxman: Thanks!

Matt Smith: Dude! Thanks for dropping by! And thanks for the crit! I'll try to follow up on it!

MorteM: Do tell if you can put your finger on it sometime :) I'd be glad to hear!

Badger: Yup... I plan on doing more silhouette stuff... felt nice doing 'em, and you get to focus more on the design part without being distracted with everything else, I found.

Hurricane: Thanks, bro! I'll try to keep doing them silhouettes... and I'll try to do two a day... keep kickin' my ass... hehe...

bdfoster: Long time, man! Thanks for dropping in! Glad you like!

csteingart: Oh MAN! I've totally neglected your SB as well... will check it out post haste!

taxman: thanks! I'll get some studies up soon! Got 'em in my sketchbook... been too lazy to scan.. hehe..

Dropped some very basic color on the latest creature... still a WIP, though... crit away :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/beast1w.jpg

d-C

[Badger]

Hey man, i always find it fascinating that we start off from such different points, you start blurry and clear up and i start stark with lights and darks and work through.
Cool stuff. Careful on the planes and perspective of the creature's head.
-B-

[dCepT]

Badger: Yeah... I always find it fascinating to see how peoples minds work so differently when it comes to painting as well. It's cool to see and every now and then you pick up a trick or two and work it into your own MO..

Update:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/beast4w.jpg

d-C

[dCepT]

Ok... sorry for being such a postwhore today... here's the last for the 26th of may... hehe... Finally got around to scanning some papers..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/26050608.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/26050607.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/26050606.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/26050605.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/26050604.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/26050603.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/26050602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/260506.jpg

d-C

[Badger]

Pencils are looking sweet mate.
this (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/26050606.jpg) one is my favourite.
i'm only gonna say it once more, put that cow on a mid tone background and work up the values. there i've said it.
Keep 'em coming.
-B-

[Mindflaw]

nice lifedrawings

and what's up with this West life thing now it's spread to your doodles too and not only your avatar :wink:

[dCepT]

Badger: Hehe :) Thanks for the kick in the ass! I'll get it updated soon! Glad you like the pencils!

Mindflaw: Dude! Long time! Yeah... westside..haha... Gotta keep it real, yo! More thugish stuff below :D


Mutant thug..hehe
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/mutantthug1_4w.jpg

d-C

[Lunch]

wow, stuff has apparently happened here since my last visit!
I really like the direction your going into in the, of Badger, mentioned pic.
The life drawing from the hospital shines confidence in your pencil, especially the bottom two. And I must say, it looks like you've begun to compromise your style, bringing new fresh elements into it.

The thumbnails of characters are also awesome, good thinking and interesting designs.

But sometimes I see you go back to a more insecure way of drawing. You tend to forget sometimes the things you learned in your studies.
Work on the proportions, both facially and bodily.
Now the ears are to flat and pressed against the head. The skull is more caveman-like with the slope of the forehead, the thickness of the bone area around the eyes and the big lower lip.

Now we must arrange for the summer's week session of countryside-drawing!

Peace!

[Olof]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/26050605.jpg
Like it!
It really pops compared to the other sketches imo.
Try working on proportions!

.hugs

[dCepT]

Lunch: Thanks for dropping by, man! Glad you like the new stuff!

MorteM: Thanks man! Glad you like

Both of you: Yeah... I'll work on my proportions! Been putting it off for too long now.. hehe.. time for some studying!

More mutie-thugs:

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

Saw Blueberry yesterday... did this now... 45 minutes-ish... wanted to do something before I went to bed.. Don't like it too much... oh well..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/cowboyw.jpg

night ya'll

d-C

[P E N Ricklund]

Yeah my mutant babies :D
So I'll never meet you then? You're just trying to keep away from me ;)
I hope everything is well.
Allthough this last one is far from perfect, I like the lightning. Would be cool if you took a posé like this further.
Good work for 45minutes.

Take care my friend. Hugs!

[Qxzi]

Hey,

wow, your digis are really coming along, i can see there getting much better. This one has to be my fav, http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/clowngirlCOLW.jpg . Dont ask me why it just is :D Just keep it up with the digis, OK !! :D

Qxzi

[this1]

Hey man, im diggin the sketchbook, went through it and the development was astounding. You work wonders with paint man, its sick. Your imagination is also quite astouding and your ability to sense what is needed to complete each work, perfect example being the painting of the green scenario with the red priest type character looking on from the balcony. Very impressive.

[That fat kid]

hey dCept, looking pretty darned good...only a few things to work on, like the figure ground relationship...see the halo of color around the subjects? I have no idea how to fix that, but its something which painters have been struggling with for centuries....and edges, soft to hard transitions and stuff like that, hard edges in light, soft in shadows, all that crap....

anyhow, silhouttes are sweet, and I hope for more pencils!!

~A

[Mitchell]

Awesome stuff Dcept! I love the guy with the mutant arm. Your pencils are looking mighty fine as well! One suggestion I have about the last digi you did with the mountains, is that the color of the light on his face doesn't seem to go well with the environment. But everything else looks really good. Can't wait to see some more.

[Ryan DeMita]

I really like some of the things going on here. I especially like how you're working in photoshop and still dong some traditional graphite sketches. Keep the good work coming. Try to push the crispness of your photoshop work. Try using some harderr brushes.

[dCepT]

Pencilator: Thanks for the crit, man! Spot on! I'll try to clean up retarded sleepy sketches before posting... hehe...

Qxzi: 'sup? Glad you like it! She was fun to do... hehe..

this1: Hey, man! Glad you like my stuff... I'll rework that wizard-dude someday... hehe...

That fat kid: Hey, man! Thanks for all the tips and crits! I'll try to put 'em to good use! Pencils coming up (with studies and stuff) as soon as I'm back to my scanner... hehe..

Skeiff: Thanks! Like I said to Pencilator... I'll tror to clean up my syuff before posting... I did that dude monochromatically, and added the BG after... but excuses aren't gonna cut it.. right? :D

Ryan DeMita: Thanks! Thanks for the props and the crits. Yeah.. I'll always do pencil and traditional stuff.

Thanks for the comments, guys! I'll reply to your SB's soon... too sleepy now, though... hehe..

Here's my halfassed CHoW... I had to travel the last night I worked on it, so I didn't get to finish it... I'll probably polish it a bit when I get back home.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/ChessknightW.jpg
and colored
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/dCepT_CHOW28_Chess_theKnight.jpg

And a quicky I did today
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/blueredw.jpg

peace

d-C

[hurricane]

niice one dude !!

killer stuff !!

love the last one!
cheer s!

[dCepT]

Hurricane: Thanks bro! Glad you like :) Soon as I get my economy together, I'm coming up to Skövde to visit again! You have been warned... hehe..

Speedy and some thumbs/silhouettes

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

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

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[dCepT]

'nother speedy... from one of the thumbs..

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

EDIT:

WIP... gonna make this one pretty polished I hope.

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

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[camilografix]

good stuff. the paint is looking kind of smudgy though. perhaps you should try and clean up the edges

[dCepT]

camilografix: Thanks! Yeah... I see now that it's totally smudged out... Too much soft brushes... I'll rework it and post an update.

Update on the preacher.. Gonna attack the hand next... he doesn't seem like he's gripping the gun...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/preachercolw4.jpg

peace

d-C

[dCepT]

Riiight... I AM going to deal with the hand, but I realized how boring the design was, so I decided to put on some more bits and pieces... make it a little more interesting to look at. New gundesign for him as well..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/preachercol2w2.jpg

EDIT:
That's the last post from me in a week or so.. I'm going to Hultsfred (music festival in Sweden) to catch some live hiphop acts and shit. I'll be posting as soon as I get in front of a computer again... I'm bringing my sketchbook, so I hope I'll have some Hultsfred sketches for you guys as well.

Until then...

peace--- keep sketching and painting, people! I'm gonna spend some time and enjoy all the new stuff you guys have posted as well when I get back.

d-C

[taxman]

Uuh, I like the monk guy, though I must admit I think he´s even better without the armor, but it´s a matter of taste I guess. That angel speedy´s nice as well, good use of light. Your characters come out best if you add a little backround, like the mountains in the blueberry sketch. Really pushes your figures.
Keep up the good work and have fun at Hultsfred. :)

[Qxzi]

Hey,

really good digis here. I really like the last one! Good one, keep on going!


Qxzi :D

[MasterOfChaos]

Wow, I like a lot of the stuff going on here. I've looked at most of your sketchbook here and you have progressed nicely since 2004:) Yours best skills seems to lie in crafting faces but it appears that your digital skills are on the uprising. My only suggestion is to add some sharpness to your digitals. Good work man, I'll try to check back. Peace.

[this1]

hey man... i absolutely love your silhouettes... and your colored version of one of your most recent ones looks awesome... diggin the preacher... reminds me of the lil show thats always playin in King of the Hill, i wonder what thats based off of... o well... vaya con dios...

[Bloodsbane]

Hey dude, what's up.
So did you catch any cool acts at Hultsfred? Im hoping to see you finish this priest dude. He's coming along nicely, you've got some cool shit going on with the lighting on him.

[dCepT]

Taxman: Thanks! Glad you like. Hultsfred was fun!

Qxzi: Thanks for dropping by! Swung by your neck of the woods as well.. hehe

MasterOfChaos: Appreciate it! I see you're pretty new here... started an SB yet? It'd be cool to return the favour.

this1: 'sup! Glad you like, man!

Bloodsbane: Yeah.. I saw Shabazz, Timbuktu, Gnarls Barkley and a few others... had a great time! Thanks for the props on the priest.. I'll finish him up soon :)

Right... here are some sketches and the latest CHoW:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/25060609.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/25060608.jpg

Art direction on this one was by my girlfriend and a friend of hers.. on our way to Hultsfred... we had a lot of fun with him.. hehe
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/25060607.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/25060606.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/25060605.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/25060604.jpg

From life
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/25060603.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/25060602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/250606.jpg

And the CHoW

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/dCepT_CHOW30_MostUnfortunateLady-1.jpg

and three steps... should've saved more... but I'm trying to see my own process more clearly... don't know if you guys want this... but I'll post it...

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

peace

d-C

[P E N Ricklund]

First of all, talk to an admin and do something about the title. 24th of april doesn't sound to good. "We want to see an update soon!" :P

The buildning from life looks really good. Perspective drawings from life isn't always so easy to draw.

About the digital chow painting. It looks to clean and soft. Almost static. My view of this could have something about my view towards digital painting most of the time. Painting digital you don't have any textures when you begin and the colors from the brushes are placed in a regular pattern and it always flow perfect. So when painting, things can easily look static and almost to perfect. People that I look up when painting digitaly are those who can do this, creat a chaos that is irregular.
Hope this wasen't just rambling and that you can take it with a grain of salt :)

Hugs!

[this1]

hey man, thanks for droppin by my sb once again, i like your latest batch of updates, diggin the creatures, and I hope no animals were hurt in the making of that sketch with the horse... awesome painting for the CHoW...

im not sure if you knew this or not, but you can update the title of the sketchbook thread by going back to the first post and just editing it, renaming the title. you should look into that....

nice update, keep em comin!!!

[Mindflaw]

Looking good :)

[Ryan DeMita]

that digi paint is tight! i really like the eerie lighting. your figures are massively improving! im working on my figures as well, its tons of fun. the perspective drawing is good, keep in mind composition when doing environments. the two posts on either side of your drawing are exactly the same distance form the right and left of the page. its creates a somewhat static composition and chops up the movement (sometimes this is intentional). but i think if you left one poll out the composition might look more interesting and move the eye around the page better. for instance if kept the left poll and got rid of the right one the eye would move across the top of the building, up the poll and then if you through some clouds in for the eye to follow back to the building it would create interesting movement. the perspective is looking really tight though. keep cracking at perspective and always have composition in mind and you'll crank out some sweet shit. keep postin bro!

[mentler]

Always interesting here nice Chow

[dCepT]

Pencilator: You're totally right... thanks for the crit, and the kind words :)

This1: Thanks... and yeah... I know... I've constantly changed the title, but there is some bug with the 3.0 system that fucks up the titles changing.. got an admin to change it to something without dates, though... until it works again.

Mindflaw: Good to see you in here :) Thanks for the kind words!

Ryan Demita: Appreciate the crit on the enviro! Glad you like the rest as well.. heh..

mentler: Thanks for feeding the monkey! Glad you dropped by!

Gonna try out the attachment-thingy now... hope it works

EDIT: Whaddaya know.. it worked :D This is a valuestudy I did from life... small Buddah-statue my moms got me a while back..

peace

d-C

[Recursive_End]

Very good study !
The reflectoins are very well done. Maybe define a bit more his hat.
Other than that, great work on the chow :)

[bengonzalez]

nice work man some of my favorites from this page of your thread are these:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/25060609.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/25060608.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/25060606.jpg

The pencil work is exceptional In them. Keep up with the digital paints they are starting to look very nice.

[Olof]

Heya babe --v

That last Buddha statue is great, the shape reads very, very well with the hard highlights (on the head, knee and arm).
It could probably use some more flipping and rotating cause the shape might be weird, but I'm guessing that you put most time on naling the values. Which you succeded with :)

Like your latest chow. It has nice colours and details, though you should check the weight. She looks as if she's tipping over anytime now :)

Sweet updates, keep 'em coming!

.peace

[P E N Ricklund]

Yeah that buddha statue is great. Reads really well, nice work with the values and pushing the contrast.
When are you going to gbg then?

Hugs my kicking friend!

[dCepT]

Recursive End: Thanks for the props man!

Bengonzales: Glad you like! Thanks for dropping by!

MorteM: Yeah... I didn't stop to check... I was just doing values... hehe..

Pencilator: Weell... Johanna is on vacation with a friend of hers... And I'm in the middle of preproduction on a short film we're doing now... So I'm not sure... At the latest when Johanna gets back from vacation :) Glad you liked the buddha!

Small update.. I know... doing the CHoW... This is a WIP, of course... With a detailshot on full res. Story later ;)

peace

d-C

[Mindflaw]

Some quick-thoughts: To me it feels like the way the CHoW dude has his right leg and foot make him somewhat insecure.

[Dile_]

Hey d-cept! I really diggin' that Chow30 one! damn, I have decided to join
up for those activitys! however, your pencil sketches
is really nice, I cant say much more exept that I just like your stuff, keep it up !

~Dile

[mentler]

really nice work <> like the way you have done the dudes back

[MrBobMarley]

Solid stance on the chow. Looking good!

[Fellah.]

Really dig the Buddha, man! Good work! I got alot of those in my house - love it!

[Badger]

Sweet stuff D, know you are a busy man, hope it's all going well.
I'm gonna agree mindflaw, but also say you could really add a striking part of the image by making much harder edges around the focal point, like the head and hands or something.
Love that cast shadow under the arm.
Great studies, sweet progress.
-B-

[P E N Ricklund]

Great work one muscles and painting the form on the back, big props for that one :) And it looks more rough when you played around with custom brushes.

How's the preproduction coming along then?

I'm thinking losely about coming down to Göteborgsfesten 6-12 august, partying with you and Johanna :D

Hugs!

[dCepT]

Mindflaw: Mmm... see your point... might change it around later... deadline's past now... Thanks for your thoughts :)

Dile: Thanks for dropping by, man! Swung by your SB... your speedies are looking sweet!

Mentler: Always a pleasure to see you in here! Thanks for the props! I've cleaned up a couple of edges on him... like the scapula closest to the viewer... came off a bit too loose.

MrBobMarley: Thanks, man! Glad you like!

Fellah: Hehe :) Yeah... they're nice! He usually sits overseeing my painting...

Badger: Thanks man! I've cleaned it up a bit... Like I asked in your SB... you coming out of the slump? Your latest batch of sketches was really good!

Pencilator: Glad you like! Preprod is coming along good! We've worked our asses off, but we've gotten together a kick ass team as a result... gotten some sponsors who spit in more money than we initially dared hope for... so we're happy! Would be cool to see you in gbg! Johannas b-day is the 9th of august, so a party sounds about right!

EDIT: Ehhrrrr... forgot picture.... hehe

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/dCepT_CHOW31_NonSpanishToreador.jpg This one is ofcourse posted over in the CHoW forum as well..

d-C

[Mindflaw]

The ChoW turned out nicely it feels alive :]

I got a theory that if you had made the little highlight in the eye one perhaps even two nuances lighter the contrast would have lead the viewers eye toward the eye in a way that would enhance your frog-perspective and make him a little bit more mightier. Well just some thoughts don't know if it would work but couldn't you test and let me know? Anyway thanks for the crits in my sb :)

[Ryan DeMita]

nice one bro. the muscles on his back turned out really good. i also liek the lettering down the side of his pants. it has a good sense of color and speed. also like the title. lol. my only suggestion is maybe using his cape in a more interesting way to lead the eye around the composition. otherwise, really nice job here.

[That fat kid]

hey dCept, your stuff is getting stronger and stronger, I especially like that spanish ChoW, you milked that pose for a lot of attitude, plus the push/pull of the edges is a lot stronger than normal. which brings me to my crit about edges, don't forget about them when working digitally. I'm sure you're already aware of the types of edges and why they look the way they do, but here's a thread (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51913) by elwell that gives some brief rules. Draw your ass off, you're getting better and better!

~A

[blanquish]

wow, a lot of improvement
the chow looks great- unfortunate lady
best of luck

[mentler]

Lovely

[this1]

I actually thought your toreador was quite strong, but unpolished, and at first glance I wouldnt have noticed that hes non spanish, I mean hes not completely decked out in the classic uniform, but I could see a Spanish toreador wearing that... also like some1 else already mentioned, theres not a place for the eyes to sort of zone in on, what actually stands out the most is the guys back and his ass, and where his shoes and pants meet. I mean thats what your showing us, but it would be nice if you would have lead our eyes a bit more towards the cape, or head, or even the lettering on his pants.

[Malavon Despana]

Damn it took me alot of time to get myself arsed back here !!

I plunged through all the new stuff of yours and all I can say is
oh mother of God, so much new kind of stuff, variation, style,
improvement and what not.

I just got to love this thread and the things you put on the canvas/paper.
I am unable to give any critics sine I am so crappy with such and I
really can't because there are so much great things to be seen here to
which I cannot even begin to imagine to give critics about, hahah.

The latest work looks awesome, good pose, muscles and use of colors.
Really vivid !!

Keep them coming, DcepT, love your works!!

...got to be more active henceforth....

[dCepT]

Sorry for being so infrequent, people! I'll get back to you all tomorrow... I've been in production of a short film lately and I've been swamped in work... done concepts and storyboards... I'll show you guys as soon as I have the opportunity! Just to show I'm still alive, I'll throw in a semi speedy I did today... gonna finish it up tomorrow and update.

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

thanks for stopping by everyone! Comments tomorrow as well.

d-C

[bdfoster]

I've realized I've been following the thread for too long without actually replying. Lovely stuff, man. Your skills have been growing in leaps and bounds. I love the matador and the latest speedy. Can't wait to see that one finished. Cheers!

[van]

Spinning out some fine work, my friend. Great to see your work again. It's been way too long.

[Mindflaw]

Great to hear you've been busy with such fun stuff :) anyway waiting for your update..hope you don't have to much problem updating. The site been very slow to me when I'm logged in.
Keep going

[mentler]

Good update seeing lots o Pirates influenced beards LOL <> we are what we see and fortunately we are artists so we see much more than the average bear........

My new thread <>>>>>> Click "Hanging" below I have started a new puppy

[Qxzi]

Hey,

those digis are really coming along! Ill like to see what your like in a couple of months or so!!!!! Cant wait :D Good pencils as well, keep that up!

Qxzi

[MissCeleste]

Pencilator: You're totally right... thanks for the crit, and the kind words :)

This1: Thanks... and yeah... I know... I've constantly changed the title, but there is some bug with the 3.0 system that fucks up the titles changing.. got an admin to change it to something without dates, though... until it works again.

Mindflaw: Good to see you in here :) Thanks for the kind words!

Ryan Demita: Appreciate the crit on the enviro! Glad you like the rest as well.. heh..

mentler: Thanks for feeding the monkey! Glad you dropped by!

Gonna try out the attachment-thingy now... hope it works

EDIT: Whaddaya know.. it worked :D This is a valuestudy I did from life... small Buddah-statue my moms got me a while back..

peace

d-C

If you take requests for practice I'd like to see you do more Eastern Statues.. preferably Krishna or Kali. I love this one! <3

Great stuff all around... Some of these need more depth and the lines are shaky like your nervous.. unsure of yourself... even after all that practice. Do you do mostly digital art and your out of practice with pencil and paper or is it something intentionally stylistic? If it's supposed to be stylistic I don't think your quite pulling of a believable "He's got control of the medium, but he choses to morph it this way" flow to it that allows the breaking of the art foundation rules.. err.. guidelines.

err.. you know what I mean right?

[maxetormer]

Ok, iv got a minute :P
sup mate? is life treating you good, learned any new lenguajes?
I read youv been quite bussy, I hope the work is good and fun,
good work on the main bulk shapes on the toreador, I was
really impressed by the way you handled the back muscles and
the torso twist, and did you used yourself as a ref? he kinda looks like you,
never mind if Im wrong, its just a thought that crossed my mind,
your doing good work man, ill be awaying for you next update,
take it easy mate!

[Crane]

hey fellow pker. the tribal geezer up top is a strong piece, good rendering, think it needs to be a little darker in the dark areas tho, as they say, lighter lights darker darks or something.
i had an idea for poses, i was gunna try drawing from some still pics of people doing kongs and other moves to see how the muscles work, think it would be a good exercise anatomy wise, maybe look up david belle pics, or seb foucan since his muscles show more.

PS don't mind if i have a go at drawing some of them pics you posted in the 'wats everyone look like' thread do ya? nice poses there.
keep it up

[hurricane]

killer stuff bro, insane progress !!

cheers and keep on rocking

[Spade]

great progression through this thread! your digitals have gotten really strong, its great to see, your anatomy seems tight as well, really clean studies. try do some more drawing from life and your set :)

[Olof]

Sup babe

That non-spanish toreador is reaally good :]
Give the feet and lower legs some more love perhaps. Still I really like it!

.cheers

[Dile_]

Arghh, I was going to post here before, but then the lighting came, and
my computer broke for a minute, nothing serious though :P

Very nice work dCept, the improvement from page 1 is beyond explaination :P
Keep it up, I wanna seee where you are in another year :D whoaa

[dCepT]

I'll have to reply later on... I've stopped by everyones sketchbook, though!
Thanks for taking the time to swing by :)

I haven't been around here too much, and I'm sorry for that... a lot of stuff has been happening lately... some good and some not so good...

Anyways... time for an update at least! Some sketches and some digis... The last digi is a concept from the short film we're making now.. more stuff on that on our webpage: www.mirrorpictures.com or directly to the short: http://www.mirrorpictures.com/holdeplass/web/main/main.htm.

On with the show:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30070601.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30070602.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30070603.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30070604.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/30070605.jpg

WIP!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/city.jpg

15min
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/rainyday.jpg

Concept for the short
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Char_karsten.jpg

thanks for looking!

d-C

[fooxoo]

The last image is scary. Very cool sketches, esp the marker ones, I think you need a tiny bit of more defining in digi stuff. Keep em coming!!! :teeth:

[hurricane]

dude, here's a critique that i think will change the appearance of your stuff alot (or something)

your objects doesnt touch ground, or the shadow that is there, the edge against edge form are almost never present.

so i think you need to really define stuff more on certain areas... no core shadows on that electric post thingy leaning against the wall...

think about it, look at all the hard edges/shadows there should be in the last 5 pics.

cheers dude and keep on pushing, your progress is insane!

[Dile_]

The last image is probably your best imho :)
and thanks for looking by my, dead, quite, lonly book ;) I get
more updates later :D

Your sketchbook is way underated imho sometimes
people should try to see what the rateings means...
Your work are above average, and I have seen several "awsome"
in here, so your defiently deserves 4 stars , WITH no doubt..
3 is a little underated..
so here, have my high vote ;) You totally deserves it, 16
pages tell its own story :)

[Crane]

hey, that holdeplass picture is looking real nice. good job on the scars and blood. strong piece.

haha i haven't been able to update my sketchbook for about half a year, due to no internet :( but i'll soon have some shit up! i'll try get some pk pics up, gunna be hard, since its totally moonsooning on my ass..

[dCepT]

bdfoster: Thanks for taking the to reply then! I'll finish up that speedy soon... hehe

van: DUDE! Yeah... it's been waaayyy too long! Your oils are amazing as well!

Mindflaw: See below for updates... hehe...

mentler: actually, I hadn't seen pirates when I did that one, but I definately see what you mean... hehe... stopped by hanging! Good lookin' out!

Qxzi: Thanks for the constant support man! Means a lot!

MissCeleste: Yeah... My pencilwork suffers from me being digital all the time... trying to do something about it, though... hehe... Maybe I'll do Kali! I haven't got a statue of that deity, but it ought to be fun doing one.

Maxetormer: Hola mi guen! (aprendo algos de sus palabras... don't know if that came out right... hehe.. my spanish is RUSTY!!) Thanks for the props! You are rockin' as hell over in your thread!

MadCat: Hello, fellow jumper of walls and other interesting objects! Be my guest! Do studies off the pictures! Just let me see 'em when your done... hehe... Thanks for the crit!

hurricane: thanks, bro! That means a lot coming from you! Really!

Spade: Thanks! More studies from life in the next update... too lazy to scan now..

MorteM: Hello sweetie. Glad you like the toreador! I'll brush up the feet for sure.

Dile: Thanks for the props man! Glad you like my stuff!

fooxoo: Thanks! I'll try to define my digistuff... I know what I'm doing to make 'em diffuse now, so I'll stop... hehe..

hurricane: That's what I'm talkin' about! Gotta hook up soon so you can point and crit as well :)

Dile: Thanks a million! It really means something that someone appreciates my art so much!

MadCat: Glad you like! More of those concepts on the homepage.

Just a small digi today... had some fun not thinking about anything... he turned out kinda wierd, but as I said... I had fun :)

peace

d-C

[no.quarter]

a first timer here.....great stuff in your sketchbook....i love the zombie head for the concept short

[Crane]

interesting objects indeed, ever tried konging, or kashing a haystack, or running over them things they have a cover with tyres on to keep the food dry. Hardcore farm parkour! i've refrained for konging a cow so far.

sweet, thanks man, once i've done studies i'll have them up and posted, along with some hogarth studies.

nice piece, sure he turned out weird, but weird is good, i like the solid feel of the nose though.

pk away!

[TheGnoll]

great improvement in this thread, i like it.
The zombie head looks great, and the last head is so weird its actually cool.
Nice to see some good variety of subjects in a sketchbook, but maybe when you practice enviroments you should try something more abstract, even without actual rendering but by defining individual shapes first and then adding light, mood and the rest.And change perspective too, try different 2 point persp in varrius positions.
Probably once in a while you could try the complete opposite exercise, just practicing detail and rendering in an extreme manner (the last head could be a nice start for something really horribble ;))

keep us updated ;)

ciao

[Ryan DeMita]

whats up d-c?

nice update! im really diggin the holdeplass concept. The expression on his face is pretty interesting. He looks like he got his ass kicked but still has a very confident glare. Nice concept and depth. Its always cool when you can tell whole story with a character concept. One thing im confused about is whether or not he is alive or a zombie. I feel he is still alive, just beat to hell. Really try to hit your point home with the concept. My other suggestion bro, is maybe to work on some hardcore anatomy studies and really beef your characters up! :spam:. Keep in mind the planes of the faces that creat shapes. Your photoshop skills are improving very quickly and combined with a just a little more understanding of anatomy and rendering you'll really push the boundaries.

TheGnoll brought up a good point about environments studies. I have a hard time with using abstract shapes myself, but the other day i just played around in photoshop with shapes and really found some interesting compositions! Check out Scott Robertsons "Creating Unique Environments" if you havent yet. Really nice work and dedication. Keep at it!


-ryan

[dCepT]

no.quarter: Glad you like!

MadCat: Never tried farm parkour... hehe... I'm a city-kid... had a potentially nasty bail the other day.... slammed full body into a wall... hehe... experienced a little second of panic there.. .there was a pretty big drop beneath me... :D

TheGnoll: Thanks for the crit on my enviros! I need 'em! I'll try to go a bit more abstract before I render on my enviros... more exciting perspectives coming up as well.

Ryan DeMita: 'sup! Glad you like the concept... well... according to the story he's a recent corpse :) There's him and another guy that wake up in an autopsy room... so.... you read it pretty good... hehe... I'll try to push more on my enviros!

EDIT: oops... forgot a picture... *slaps wrist*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/040806.jpg

d-C

[Ryan DeMita]

lol, i like the random comments around your characters.

busstopbuildingblock? lol

-ryan

[Qxzi]

Hey,

funny last digi you got there :)! Keep on going with them until it hurts! Keep on pushing and you will move along even more. Try something that with stretch your boundaries!

Qxzi 8)

[Crane]

You really should, running along to the sound of mooing, the sucking of milk machines and the wet smell of shit.
haha dude, was you trying to cat?
everyone bails though, apart from me, i'm awesome.. only not, david belle bails and loves it! have you seen his video of his trying to Kong to cat? quite a bad bail, coulda broke stuff.
Its kinda lonely outside a city, i'm aiming to find some people in chester to PK with, need to practice damnit!.
btw, do you have any workout rountines, stretches and wat not? would love some advice, something to work on if i can't do PK.

and one picture?!?! you should be ashamed!
I've not tried drawing your pose, since i've decided to busy myself with car design, I don't draw enough tutut.

[That fat kid]

hey dcept, the traditional works are looking really good, and its translating straight into the digital stuff. I'm real fond of the markers, and would love to see you experiment more with them....Your anatomy is loosing up too, really helps the life of your concepts....keep pumping out!

~A

[oma]

cool shit in here. have to watch this one more often!

Holdplass owns!. plz post more. plzzzzz?
for me? :P

[mentler]

Just dropping by to check your chart <> happy to say you are getting better.

[dCepT]

Ryan DeMita: Hehe.. well.. I was sitting at a busstop sketching those... and I was listening to Dutchmassive... coincidentally the song is called busstopbuildingblock... so it seemed appropriate :)

Qxzi: Thanks for the push!

MadCat: Yeah... ofcourse I've seen the bail..hehe.. it's pretty insane that he just bounces right back up like that. More sketches and stuff below :)

That fat kid: Dude! Thanks for dropping by! Glad you like! I'm falling in love with markers... hehe

oma: Drop by anytime! There's more stuff from the short movie on www.mirrorpictures.com... click "news".. Glad you like!

mentler: Thanks man! Means a helluva lot coming from you! I'll drop by your book soon.

Ok... some stuff... sketches and digis... the enviro is based on some guys' technique... can't remember the name of him for the life of me right now, but Hurricane gave me a one minute demo last time I hung with him... and I decided to see if I rememberd... hehe.. So the thumbs are markers, and I brought them into painter, put the different thumbs on different layers..had some fun with adjustment layers, and then I painted on it for like.. 20 minutes or so.. It was fun, so I'll be doing more of that... hopefully some more finished enviros as well...

Oh... and the last one is a WIP... but I thought I could share..

EDIT: Brainfart... real quick... these aren't supposed to look at all finished.. just thought I'd post some stuff I do when I don't know what I'm thinking about...hehe

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/Brainfart120806W.jpg

d-C

[White Rose]

sweet..paintings.. icant tell if its digital or not..but int he second one.the shadow on her upper (the arm closest to the person.. throws me off)

[Ryan DeMita]

damn d these are looking good. the shadow on the girls arm is very interesting. looks like some scott roberston style environment stuff before that. i love the colors you got out of it. those saturated red on the right side are really nice, id like to see more! always fun.

take care,
ryan

[Crane]

How stupid of me, duuuh of course you woulda seen it.
But ya, great guy, really admire his 'its nothing special, and i'm still only human' attitude.

btw I updated! awesome hu!.

Sweet update from you, makes me wanna back out the wacomness.. using a wacom is hard though lol. i wanna cintuq so i can draw right onto the screen because i'm a pussy. come crit me! lol

[Miau]

damn - your latest color peaces are nice!

keep posting! - i`ll be watching ;)

[buzzz3d]

Good to see you're still going strong bro.
nice variation of subjects.
My fav is the value study from life.
Keep it up!

[Spade]

hey again man! Love that last digi, strong brushwork, has a really solid feel to it. I like the portrait from the 31st, it has strong value which is awesome, just keep in mind the structure of the cheek bones when you render, other than that it looks good, dude. Keep it up!

[maxetormer]

nice stuff mate, I still feel that your colors are a bit washed out,
I really like the ideas, and the daring angles like on the last
painting, do more of those, I belive that the harder the
foreshorteing the one learn about how the human body works,
KEEP PUSHING IT!!! and thanks for the inspiration!

[mentler]

Digitals are picking up stream <> many thanks <> visit us at the BoneHead Nation

[dCepT]

White Rose: Thanks a lot! I've been trying to make my digitals look a bit less digital if you get my meaning... hehe... good to know it works! I'll check the shadow... it's supposed to come from the hand not holding the knife..

Ryan DeMita: That's the guy!! Scott Robertson.. hehe... not sure if I use it the same way... but the process is at least derived (sp?) from him in some way.. glad you like the new stuff!

MadCat: Yeah... I would... hehe.. Saw your update.. gonna swing by soon again! Glad I inspire.. awesome to know!

Miau: Long time! Thanks for dropping by! Glad you like!

buzzz3d: Even longer, I think... hehe.. Good to see you around here! I'll drop by your SB post haste! Thanks!

Spade: Thanks for the crit and the kind words!

maxetormer: Damn, cabron! I'll make you a supersaturated picture.. hehe.. Yeah... foreshortening is hard as hell, but then you really have to concentrate on doing it right... Glad I can inspire you a bit... you're a huge inspiration yourself!

mentler: Thanks for dropping by, and will do!

Now for some stuff..

sketchpage.. I'll scan more soon :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/170806.jpg

digis..

This one's just started... I'll clean up the soft edges soon... I've only been working with the Chunky Oil Pastel so far on this one. It's a friend of mine's character in WOW... don't take this as fanart, though... hehe... I'll do something about the face as well.. too anime now for my taste..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/padmavatiw.jpg

And a 15 minute sketch from a quote I got from a dude I know.. we're gonna do more of this... quotes and pictures :) I'll finish this one up as well.. The quote reads "Life is just a smile on the lips of Death"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/Leende_small.jpg

twoface.. this was for a freelance gig that got killed... so I guess it's OK for me to post it now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/dual_small2.jpg

And an update on this chick.. now with blood and a more dynamic dress :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/dCepT/2dpics/PoisonwomanNewColor5w.jpg

Thanks for stopping by ya'll! I'll drop by all of you guys' SBs tomorrow!

peace

d-C

EDIT: Saw Jason posted that we should use the attachment manager rather than IMG-tags... so here goes with that..

EDIT2: Uhm... can't get 'em to not be thumbnails... back to IMG-tags for the time being at least...

[Carnifex]

haven't stopped by for a long time.
on this last piece i would suggest giving the shadows some colour instead of being pure black. on the face f.ex. a heavy red and perhaps a dark lilac on the dress.
love the way you rendered that arm and hand though,the shadows and highlights are incredibly well-crafted there.

[dCepT]

Carni: Thanks for the crit... you're a fast replyer :D I know the shadows are too dark... I'll bring the value up a tiny notch... there is some color going on there, but it doesn't read...

Reason for this post though... I uploaded the images using the attachment manager... and they only show up as thumbs... aren't they supposed to show up fullsize? This'll cause a LOT of clicking when browsing threads...

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[Crane]

Hey, thanks for swinging by, i know it was a shitty update lol.
i was ment to update yesterday, but my scanner wouldn't scan, would not respond at all, but at leasty i can fill the pages more now, Should have them up later today. hoping to get my ass in a SSG too lol.

Great update, good to see more color pieces, shame about the freelance job though, wat was it for?
love the quote too lol. more!!!

[hurricane]

good shit bro !! keep at it and kick ass!!

i have to break your hands soon... :P

c´heers!

[dCepT]

MadCat: The job was for a publishing company... bookcover.. Glad you like :)

hurricane. Thanks man!! Break mine, and I'll break yours :P

Just this one for today.. I'll try to scan some shit tomorrow.. working on some stuff these days that might turn out real interesting.. I'll have it up here when I have something solid to show.

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[Spade]

great mood in that last one, good stuff! you captured a sense of weight really well also. the Aug17 chick with knife is a reall improvement from your earlier stuff- great mood/lighting in that piece also:), keep up the great work!

[dCepT]

Spade: Thanks man! Glad you like!

'nother soldier.. I might fiddle a bit more with this...

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[Meatsworthy]

Solid work! Just be careful not to light planes that aren't facing the light source, or are shadowed from it.

[That fat kid]

hey dcept, your figures have really improved lately. Hit up the studies from life to strength the understanding of light, I think that's holding you back slightly....seems like you could put in more tones and textures to help the fabrics and weapons to make them more convincing....keep at it!

~A

[Listing]

Good work. You have great confidence but your values seem more to emanate from their core without regard to modelling. Remember to wrap them around the forms. Also the darks are sometimes too heavy. Keep at it.

[Crane]

Aw, it woulda been kool to see your stuff on a book lol, shame.
awesome soldiers, wat media are there? they look like chalk and charcol. but i could be wrong

[mentler]

Think about the action of the pose <> feel the weigth of the rifle <> put yourself in his shoes <> think more about what he is doing <> get the truth of the pose before you start to render >< it is about understanding the function and feeling the form....

Tag your it! LOL thanks

[Orifice]

Good stuff! like that bullfighter and buddah alot! Keep em comin.

[Recursive_End]

hey d-Cept!
Mentler got a good point on the weight of the weapon.
Also imo there isn't enough differences on the rendering between the different materials. Like the shoes, for example could pop out a bit more.
Besides that...


Happy birthday !!!! :D

[P E N Ricklund]

Sorry for not been in touch for awhile. Hope everything is well. Your art is well at least.

Many gratulations! Hope you're having a nice birthday :D

Hugs!

[Dile_]

Hello~

Dude, it wasnt long time ago i was here ? was it ? nah, it wasnt, but i have to admit you've done quite some improvment in very short time, keep it up!
Very inspiring :) Btw, wheres the pencil work ? :)




~Dile

[Miau]

nice value sketches
hm what can i add.
try not to shade averything with the same values. some parts need to be darker , with only grey highlights, some lightparts with only grey shadows... try to get a feeling for different materials.
happy birthday ;)
keep going

[Mindflaw]

Hi thanks for the crit in my sb now what you meant the minute I read your crit and getting crits is one of the major reason for posting in the first place so crit away :) thats waht I always try to do not always the best crits but I try :) anyway a suggestion...try to think more about the contraposto (sp) anyway the angles of shoulders and hip related to which leg the main weight is on I think that will make your poses more relaxed and more natural. keep up the good stuff... Oh and a little late but happy birthday :party:

[Qxzi]

Hey,

your digis are getting much stronger, keep that up my man! :D

Qxzi 8)

[P E N Ricklund]

Long time since your last update, have you gotten a new gig? If not, there are no excuses :)

hugs!

[Carnifex]

nice value sketches
hm what can i add.
try not to shade averything with the same values. some parts need to be darker , with only grey highlights, some lightparts with only grey shadows... try to get a feeling for different materials.

i concur here,plus try some more dynamic poses (make some stick figures). the poses read realistic but quite stiff still.
but good stuff all around.:)

[dCepT]

Meatsworthy: Thanks! And thanks for the crit!

That Fat Kid: Dude! Long time! Thanks for stopping by!

Listing: Thanks.. keepin' on :)

MadCat: They're digital. Glad you like!

mentler: You speak true, wise one! Thanks for the crit! I'll think about it for the next batch for sure!

Orifice: Thanks!

Recursive_End: Hehe :) Thanks man! Yeah... I'll try to keep the materials in mind.

Pencilator: No biggie, man! I've been slackin' on CA myself...

Dile: Som pencils below. Thanks for the props man! Appreciate it!

Miau: Yup.. good crit... Seems a lot of people are pointing that out... I'll push harder on materials.

Mindflaw: Just didn't wanna sound harsh... hehe.. thanks for the crit in return!

Qxzi: Thank you!

Pencilator: Hehe... sorta a new gig... I'll let you in on a few details next time we meet on msn!

Carni: thanks for the crit! I'll try to get more dynamic!

Thank you all for stopping by, and sorry I'm so short in my replies here... but I really do appreciate the crits and you guys taking the time out to give them to me! I'll make my rounds to you in a short while.

Couple of sketches and a digi with some attempt at steps... more like the evolution of the thing rather than painting technique.. but hey...

peace

d-C

[Qxzi]

Hey,

i have to say, that your digis are very threatening and scaryish at the moment. How about a peaceful sunset, hehehe :D But its looking good :)

Qxzi 8)

[dCepT]

Qxzi: Haha... I'll try to do some peaceful stuff :) These last few ones were for a purpose though... now we'll just have to see if something comes out of it...

shitty update today... but I'm gonna try to update more regularily... like I always say.... :)

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[artmessiah]

grea t!!

good progress man !

just keep at it bro !

Agree. Just looking at the first couple of pages to the last few I see a strong improvement. Nice work man - Keep it going.

[AndreasM]

Hey dCept! Just jumping in to say: Stop the fiddling around and do more studies! Anatomy, perspective, line quality, rendering...you know, stop pulling those shapes out of your head and take some time to observe them from life! Yes, studies can be rather boring and aren't too entertaining to the average CA browser, but they are cruicial to YOU and your art. I haven't checked your latest updates, besides the last two, but I still see alot of bad habits that has been present since last year, and you know...put three weeks of focused, repetitive and accurate studies on your calendar, and you will improve so much, you might wonder why you spent the last six months on grinding things out of your head.

There. I'll go practicing some martial arts now, just in case I'm unfortunate enough to meet you in person :P

[Beelow]

Major improvement from what you were first doing. Keep at it!

[Marty666]

Hi!

I love your last studies on the face and the comments you put near them. I allways forget so many things, so it's allways nice to look at these almost tutorial like studies.
As promised: some crits on the piece with the chick. Very nicely rendered shadows on the forearm! I really like the overbright light on the hand aswell, even though that hand is pointing out of the painting.
The background is a bit flat and the guy behind her does not seem very relevant. It would be nice to darken the lower side of the background as you did between her arms, which makes the light on them really dramatic.
Her face and maybe arms could use a bit of that blue reflecting off the edges to make her fit into the scene a bit more.
Nice how you saturated the edges of the shadows, but it may be a bit overdone in some areas... It bothers me a bit on her cheek.

[Crane]

hey there mr traucer, loving the girl in gasmask piece, i really need to practice gasmasks haha. the head studies are also very nice, i have to agree, stop fuffing around and draw and update more! (your excused if your pking haha)

I can reverse vault now! awesome hu, and i updated with a small comic thingy. hint hint haha. :D

[Qxzi]

Hey,

its good to se your studying heads! Just do loads more now :D :D :D

Qxzi 8)

[dCepT]

artmessiah: Thanks man!

n0fish: on it! Got a study and stuff from life below :)

Beelow: Thanks man! Got a SB of you own?

Marty666: Hehe... thanks for the crit! I'll have an update on her soon... will post that in the critiques-forum as well!

MadCat: Niice! Feel good to master a new move, huh? Gonna run this weekend... been a little while... gonne be good!

Qxzi: Will do!

Thanks for stopping by everyone! I've stopped by a couple... will return the favour to the rest of you guys tomorrow.

The pencils are from life (besides from the obvious Loomis head and the dude in the cornfield) and the digi is a torso study from ref. Found the pic on a stock photo site.

d-C

[Meatsworthy]

The flying tube fat guy is a huge improvement in rendering over the soldiers before him. Great progress. And good ref study too... when you do these, watch the value in percent when picking colors to become familiar with the range light/mids/shadows should be in when you paint from imagination.

[dCepT]

Meatsworthy: Thanks man! For the kind words, and I appreciate the tip! I tried to keep it in mind today when I did one that is much lighter in values.

Meagre offering today.... a moleskine page and a digistudy from ref... at least I'm being more frequent here than I've been lately... and wanting to keep that up keeps me kicking my own ass into drawing and painting more! Hehe..

d-C

[Marty666]

wow, love the brushwork on the b&w pieces, especially the man!

[S.C. Watson]

Hey - sup cept :P

Love the studies - especially like this one: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=18875&stc=1&d=1157300231 Freaky!

Looking forward to seeing more!

Cheers,
~Shane

[dCepT]

Marty666: Thanks man! Glad you like :)

Oregano: Dude! Long time.. hehe... I'll have to check out your stuff as well! Did you send that portfolio to Irene Gallo? Think I saw you say that somewhere... hehe.. Glad you like my stuff! Means a lot!

Shoulder/pectoral-study-thingies :) From Szunyoghy



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[dCepT]

Right... I've been out and about most of the day... so no anatomy, sadly... I'll do some now though... update tomorrow with that.. However, my brother was out flying his R/C airplane... and a moth decided his ear was a good place to hang out inside... he had to go to the doctor to get the fucker out :D He freaked out pretty bad... so I did the moleskine-sketch after he told me about it... hehe... and the flightsuit study is from ref. My brother is mad into airplanes, so I saw this book with uniforms and stuff at his place. Result below..

thanks for looking!

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