d-CepTs doodles

[Hai]

As fooxoo said, your pencil shading is a little weird and flattens the pieces. Shouldn't be too hard to fix though.

Another thing, I'd like to see more of those dynamic poses. An awful lot of the character pieces on this page have both feet planted firmly on the ground. When you do try more dynamic pieces it becomes rather stiff (like the first one on this page). I hope you feel that you bring the knowledge you gain from the studies with you to the imaginated stuff.

Ellers ser det veldig bra ut. Du ser jo ut til å ha god kontroll på det digitale. Er vel bare å stå på i samme retning. :)

[dCepT]

Fooxoo: Thanks Edite! Glad you dropped by, as always! Thanks for the crits and the kind words!

Hai!^^: Thanks man! Dropped by your SB as well :)

Mini update today... I've seen the Carnivále-series season one lately... and I got inspired to do some carnie-stuff... hehe... and this chick came out...

[maxetormer]

GASP!! you have been busy, great to read your getting work ;)
very cool concepts bro, will return with a longer comment later
right now I'm just making my rounds, I'm very impressed on how
fast your developing. Much Respect!!

[hp]

nice and moody piece :D

i would try to use less blacks in your pieces. it doesn't really add to the mood usually and you could use darker versions of other colors that are close to black.

[max1975]

Great texture there. She looks awfully high-breasted though. Maybe the highlight needs to be toned down and/or extended past the crop at the bottom.

[Olof]

Eeey :)
Last batch of digital grayscale works is great! Your values just popped to another level, really nice. Though your coloured stuff needs abit of help I think. Try to stay out of completey black shadows, at least when working with big colourschemes. They do feel dirty, or like holes. I know it's been said before but your stuff would really kick it if you started using some colours in the shadows. Try some secondary lightsources too, I think it'll help!

Anyways. I'm just talking nonsense as usual. Keep working you!

.peace :)

[Sorknes]

Neato stuff here. Nice pencil drawings :) Like your carni piece. Good going, keep at it! :)

[dCepT]

Sorknes: Thanks for dropping by! Glad you like the new stuff!

MorteM: Yeah... thanks for the crits and kind words, man! I'm actively thinking about temperature in colors and shadows now! :)

hp: Really appreciate the crits! Glad you like the mood in it, which was what I was basically going for :)

maxetormer: Wow! Don't deserve such praise man... hehe... You're really shooting speed as well!

Right... I'll make my rounds in you guys' SB's very soon! End of the day, and I need to get home... hehe... promise I'll get back to ya soon!

Some sketches... not too happy with any of 'em, but I'm showing both the f***ups and the stuff I like... hehe... the digital WIP is looking to be something I might be happy with in the end :D

peace

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[jedininjaman]

your lines portrait the figure pretty well but it seems that they lack confidence when you draw if you sketch your lines out -running over them w/ you pencil a few times. Just try going through a pic once w/o back tracing w/ your pencil
Also you have some great shading thats smooth and shows texture rather well but you are only using a few of the tones you can get w/ your pencil make sure even if its just a doodle to try and get the darkest lines possible w/ a pencil that said you have some great progress, keep it up man
-hope this helps, jedininja

[fooxoo]

Good stuff as usual, I have given you my thoughts over msn :P:P

SO just draw more :D

cheers!

[S.C. Watson]

Hey dCept, some very nice stuff happening here. I really like what you have going on.

So. You going to be in this week's CHOW, or what? 8)

Cheers bro,
~Shane

[Crane]

Hey man, long time no speak (its madcat/Tony/Parkour loving dude) lol changed my name again, lost my internet too haha so i gotta use the librarys, anyway, some pretty sweet stuff going down here over at dceptville man, some of the more extreme shading pieces remind me a bit of marko, and some hurricane in there too. the last two pieces on the other page really kicksomeass, keep pumping shit out like that man! lol.

hows the pk going btw? i haven't had much time to do any, and what with winter coming up, gonna slip and break something haha. :$ taking up break dancing instead, and maybe ninjitsu, gonna be a breakdaning ninja, sweet hu.

keep on living!

[dCepT]

jedininjaman: Hey! Thanks for the thoughts! I'll take 'em into consideration for sure!

fooxoo: Yeah! Glad you did! Made the picture better! Update on it soon! Thanks Edite!

Oregano: Hey Shane! Glad you like! I took that as a challenge... hehe.. I'm in on the CHoW... didn't get time for sketchies on it, so I'll just deliver the final :D

frogSweat: 'Sup, Tony! Glad you swung by again! Parkour is going good... amongst the other stuff I do... hehe... Been out with a couple of new guys that are getting into it. All fun! :D Breakdancing is hella cool! Got to know a group of dancers at an event I was filming on Wednesday...I was dabbling before, so I got all stoked to begin dancing again when I saw 'em perform! Glad you like the pics! Thanks man!

Right... sorry ass excuse for an update... I got more pages of sketches as well, but they're tied down atm... I'll post when they get released!

[enthombed]

nice assa allways man, i really like your lines and shade.

keep posting

Cheers

[Olof]

Hey babe!
You need some stronger poses. Most of your characters looks really awkward in their poses, they need some action in them. Even though you're exaggerating proportions it doesn't help cause they're looking stuff with their poses.
Still doing a great job. Post more you!

.hugs

[pencil1]

I like those: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=221383&stc=1&d=1192808321

but the eyes from the one in the right top corner look kinda "too high" btw ;D.

Whatever, very smooth rendering :). are you working with mechanical pencils ?_?.

~pencil1

[hurricane]

nice stuff man, you've cleaned up your process alot, i like it!
way cleaner edges and forms.

keep on kickin' ass!

cheers

[Sorknes]

Agree with Hurri. Cleaning up in your work there, getting better. :)

Like that goblin a lot, and the girl with the cone-ish hairstyle is something I'd like to see taken further.

[Crane]

Sweet, not been able to do much myself, there really isn't many places to do it around here :( though i found out theres an ninjitsu place around here somewhere, i wanna get into that, don't know any break dancers :( but i'll look into it.

anyway, i think your getting a grip on clothes quite well! which reminds me i need to draw more clothes.. and get up and go to uni... and draw in general... imma go draw now..

[dCepT]

enthomed: Thanks!

MorteM: Good crit! I'll work the poses! Thanks!

pencil1: yeah... his eyes are way too high... hehe... I work with both mechanical pencils and "regular" ones :P

hurricane: Thanks bro! Means a lot!

Sorknes: Glad you like! Maybe I'll do a digi of the conelady... haha

frogsweat: Thanks man! Been thinking about clothes... good to know it's getting somewhere! Lemme know if you find a ninjitsu club! I'm gonna go do some parkour when I'm done here now... :D

Right... a few messy sketches and a couple with less rendering like I said I would... hard to stay away from it... hehehe

The profile next to the messy samurai is semi-reffed from an Aleksi-piece... just wanted to give credit where credit is due! :)

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[Stark]

Why isn't the foot in image 2 not touching a plane? I like the update, but that image is off on that one regard. Good stuff and good values, though you can probably push them further by either pressing harder or making darker single strokes for rendering.

[hurricane]

nice stuff man, keep on fighting!

[Slash]

sorry, completely forgot to post! (lok inc..)

Nice update. Your poses are still a little akward and stiff in the nonreffed stuff, but you seem to have gained more confidence with them. Keep em coming! Also i notice you use fewer, more confident and less scribbly lines, good work!

[Crane]

I need a reference book on clothes.. just because i can't be bothered to draw from life... lol and that i like books.. ha.
no luck on the ninja club yet.. shame.. so i'm just practicing punches lol i seriously need to get out more..

anyway, i really like the fetus thingy.. slimey... draw more guns... and mechs!

[dCepT]

Stark: I kinda imagined him being slightly in motion, foot coming down after a sidestep kinda thing... guess it didn't communicate properly... oh well... Better next time! Thanks for the thoughts!

hurricane: Thanks! And I will! :D

Slash: Tell me about it... I'm trying to get poses down... I need to get back to lifedrawing! Glad you think there's progress, though!

frogsweat: Hehe... I'll see what I can crank out :P hehehe... As for reference on clothes, try picking up Bridgman - Drawing the draped figure...

Mini update here... just a couple of speedies... been a lot going on at work... bad excuse I know... :P hehe I'll get to scanning some papers soon as well!

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[Crane]

I'ma counting on you!. and i'll look into getting this book, when i have money...which is never... bah.
anyway, they gasmask dude makes me think of a wombal in a gasmask... what an interesting idea.. but yea, its got good mood!.

[Mindflaw]

Hi looking good no crits atm but just to write something..... since I saw you doing hand studies I must just add something I neglected until just recently and that's that the fingers are not as straight as I thought but they get a lot thicker at the knuckles and that thinner as they get to the middle in between the knuckles...making the outlines like two inwards curves. I had to to feel it with my index finger and thumb to actually be able to see how of curve it really is. I knew there were some but not that much as it is heh.

Anyway keep going strong.

[max1975]

The bird is cool. A little weird-looking, but it looks like a good drawing of a weird bird, not a weird-drawing of a regular bird. Dude in the mask looks a little stiff, but good atmosphere.

The skateboarder below is much less stiff, very nice job there. Keep staying loose!

[dCepT]

frogsweat: Think the book is kinda cheap actually... but yeah... do look into it :) Glad you like the piece! :)

Mindflaw: Thanks for dropping by! Appreciate the thoughts, as always!

max1975: Maskdude.... Yeah... he might've turned out a bit stiff... glad you like the atmosphere, though... I was kinda happy with that as well! :)
The bird was kinda weird lookin'... hehe... which is why I kinda chose that one to paint... :D

One sketchpage and one digi... not much, I know... Hope I got more for ya next update! The digital is from a dream I had the other night...huh... long time since I've done anything from dreams... hehe..

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[Sorknes]

Aw, cutie little thing with light on its tail! :D

Nice updates there, like the bird too. :) Missing some proper contrast and linework in some of your last though. Keep pushing! :D

[dCepT]

Sorknes: Hehe glad you like the newt-thingy... :D Warmup one morning... hehe... Glad you like, and thanks for the kick in the ass about my pencils!

Few sketchies and digis... Just stuff I've managed to stuff in between... hehe.. Trying out ink and brush as well... the first one is kinda crap, but I like the bottom one :) My paper gets all curly when I use it, but it's kind of a hassle to have one SB that handles wet media and one for pencils... :P

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[hurricane]

looking good man, keep on working!
at the moment you don't draw through your shapes. Remember that anatomy worhshop in stockholm? you gotta do that shit ;)

first picture, the guys shoulder and shoulder pad is collapsing together, it doesnt really rest ontop of it (or if the shoulder is really flat but i don't see any suggestion of it in the design.)

keep at it and rock on

cheers
bjorn

[Mindflaw]

looking good

minor detail on the cartridges eh take it in Swedish kanske du kan göra en antydan till ett metallband i mitten av patronerna så att de inte ser ut att svävar fritt i luften. men som sagt en liten pyttedetalj bara för att skriva något som jag kan låtsats vara en konstruktiv kritik :)

keep going :}

[hp]

i think the area around the cheeks on your figures gets flattened out a lot. cool inked stuff though...try opening your sketchbook out and gessoing a page, blowdrying it, gessoing the other side, and then after it's dried put a book on it & sand em. it doesn't really take that long to do maybe 10 pages at a time, maybe half an hr, and then you can ink/paint on both sides of a page ^^

[dCepT]

hurricane: Thanks a bunch man! Glad you kicked my ass on that... haha.. I had an issue with the armour as it was, did a warp-edit (cheating... :P ) and just stuck it back on there without thinking about the underlying structure... hehe... Update on that one below.

Mindflaw: Yup... Added links between the cartridges... hehe... didn't figure anyone would pay that much attention to 'em :P

hp: Cool tip! Thanks! I'll definately try it out! And I'll watch my cheeks as well... hehe..

Right... a couple of digis... CHoW#99 and an update on the dude from the last post. I'll dig up some more stuff to share... I've been lazy... sorry...

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[enthombed]

Hey D-Cept, cool updates since my last visit here bro, t's a honnor have you name in my references my friend.

keep posting

cheers

[Jorge Gecov]

Nice improvement! The last image from the post # 1261 is great, you have to finish it!!!
The last post is awesome too.

Cheers!

[Sorknes]

Like your herald in there. :)

Hope you're in for the medusa, would like to see what you could whip up there. :)

I did the herald myself, several times, and the best one I made was like a week after final burning :p

So you're def better on deadlines than me. *lol*

I'l actually really, really like your idea of a medusa though. It seems to be just a little out of your box? :)

*insert badass moves, hateful words and inspiration critics for luring you even further into medusa queen here*

[dCepT]

enthombed: Thanks man :) I was kinda stoked as well as not feeling worthy when I saw that... hehe...

Jorge Gecov: Dude, I had totally forgotten that one... I'll finish it for sure! Glad you like the new stuff!

Sorknes: Yup! I'm in it ;) I started off on the wrong path... completely... but I'm un-derailed myself and I'll be there for the deadline! *Pulls out the Bruce Lee poses for intimidation*

Right... couple of pictures here... Like I said to Sorky, I went off on a totally wrong path on the Medusa-CHoW... I kinda had this idea of a futuristic hacker suspended in air and hooked up to a machine enabling her to connect directly to the web via a brain feed of something like that, so she could code/hack/whatever they do in the future at the speed of thought..hehe... The machine she's hooked up to is called the medusa-device seeing as how there are a lot of cables connected to her head. Evocative of snakes....blablabla :P

Then, of course I realized she was supposed to look like a queen... and I'll post the NEW one in the Final Burning thread somewhere around the deadline (Jan 06)

Did a couple of enviros as well... Enviros are very much outside my comfort zone, so I decided I'd give it a whirl... I've tried to keep 'em loose and speedpainty... so they're in between one and two hours both of 'em... It wasn't intentional, but I ended up doing the floaty mountain thing... guess everyone bumps into those at some point :P

Okeedokee... that was a lotta text... missed hangin' on CA I guess! Hope everyone had a nice christmas! If I don't swing by before new years, I hope you guys have a Creative New Year!!

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[Lake]

getting better mate. I like the ice castle especially.

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey mate. Cool stuff. Like the medusa. The hands and the face works very well. Though I think there is something with the distans between the ribcage and the pelvis. To short. Or maybe not, maybe it's just that the ribcage is to long.

The environments lokk very nice, like the ice castle. I think you could have made it pop a little bit more though. The brush strokes look to much alike the background giving the castle and island to little focus. Maybe taking down the contrast around the castle and background a little.

The last one I think works very well. The simplifying of the foreground is very good, maybe you could give the trees the same threatment.

Take care my friend and kick ass.

[hurricane]

great paintings as always!

the ice painting looks great, som more values and smaller brush work would give it that extra boost it deserves!
same as the forest one... you kinda stop half way through when it comes to the value range... if you'd add a little bit of highlights here and there where it is needed to add focus to texture and focus, it'll do the trick.

cheers buddy and the medusa rocks

[maxetormer]

Truly sweet enviros, I agree with hurri some highlights could not hurt ;)
Gracias for stoping around, your work is chido as well.

[marioucci]

Your digital paintings really stand out man. Your CHOW99 entry is fantasy art as it should be. love it

if u ever get the need for a painter buddy either on opencanvas online or doing some speedpainting in msn let me know. Im looking for a painter buddy to go the next step:)

Cheers man

Mario

[~Stu]

DCept! Cool to see your progress man, its always good to see stuff in chronological order so you can see the development - and working with oil what! I've no idea how to approach oils, and your pieces have turned out really well - do you know of a good resource for how to approach oil painting, or someone on CA who would be good for me to talk to? Alternatively I could put my ass into gear and check out the tutes.... Your characters/sketches have a real mood to them now, as does the digital work you're producing - keep it up man:)

[max1975]

Medusa hacker's a nice job. That pose is harder to draw than it it looks. The background's kinda flat though if it's a finished piece.

Ice castle is very atmospheric and evocative, but on close inspection is a little weird. The big mass on the left appears to be floating in mid-air--not an impossibility in fantasy illustration of course but I just wonder why it's like that. The tallest, distant masses, on the other hand, really give a sense of colossal scale--well done.

The girl with the bleeding eye sockets is both creepy and beautiful. I feel so bad for her!

[Charles Ratteray]

wonderful improvements from the start of things to the last page man!

love that medusa hacker idea-so many things you can do gesturaly with those cables as hair. very cool

blessings

- C






the book o sketch thangs -http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111671

[Sorknes]

Medusa hacker = nicey nice.

The last environment there looks good as well, you're definitly approaching something there, and getting better. :) It still kinda ... gonna do this in norwegian... "ligger litt sånn i bakgrunnen, ingenting springer egentlig frem i øynene..:".... Though. If you understood that at all, I'm having trouble understanding what I myself mean. :P But I think what Hurri and Pencilator is touching in on is the exact thing I mean.

[Niva.]

Wow page 42 is awesome, I love this one: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=201783&stc=1&d=1189696884

Also looking at these (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=150720&stc=1&d=1181343999) you should enter the new event over at pixelbrush!

[Slash]

Føkkings førtifire sider...


Haha, you're making me feel like a slacker! I love those environments you posted up there, but i'm gonna have to echo björn and luis' request for some highlights! :) I also think that you could improve the composition of the ice castle by trimming off some of the right side.

The medusa idea is cool, but you're right, you're sort of missing the "queen" aspect. I saw your new final in the final burning thread, i like it! That hacker medusa image could also have a little better composition, right now it feels like there's a lot of empty space in the bottom and left part of the image.


Actually.. now that i look at it, i really think that ice castle one has potential! Good work! I'd recommend bumping up the value of the ground where the people are standing, to pop them out more. I would also like to see some light bounce back off off the ground and illuminate the underside of the floating rock, right now the blackness flattens it a bit. Give it some reflected light to pop the form. And crop it.. oh nvm i already mentioned that ;)




hmmm.. anything else? Nope, just an asspat for good work!

:asspat:

[dCepT]

panda: Hey man! Thanks for dropping by! Cool that you think there's progress!

Pencilator: Yeah... was kind of a funny angle... hehe... but it's fun with a challenge! Always good to get outta the comfort zones!
Speaking of comfortzones and getting out of them, thanks for the pointers on the enviro! I need 'em! I was kinda happy with that one myself, but after seeing the crits, I see a lot that needs to be done!

Hurricane: Thanks bro! Glad you're diggin' on the Medusa! Means a lot! Like I said to Perre, I'm really glad for the pointers on the enviros! I wanna do a bit more of 'em... get a few pieces under the belt... hehe.. I've actually done some more work on the icepiece, like I said on msn, but it's on my laptop, so I'll need to bring that to work for posting... hehe..

maxetormer: Hola Luis! Cómo está 2008 hasta ahora? Ha conseguido nuevos clientes? Thanks for dropping by! Glad you like the new stuff!

marioucci: Hey! Cool that you found my SB! I checked out your stuff, and you've got some sweet looking pieces in there, man! Glad you like my humble offerings..hehe.. Sure I'd like to OC! Can you host though? 'Cause I can't seem to get the hosting to work :P I've tried the different port thing, but it doesn't seem to work... I can connect fine though! :)

~stu: Thanks! Glad you like! As for the oils... I haven't posted anything I've done in oils in ages :P hehe... just finished up a piece, and more are to come... I should totally get those to a photographer... haha... Starting out, I'd recommend you check out the oils tuts on here, experiment on your own... try to stick to limited palettes maybe first, so you don't get caught up in mixing and end up with muddy colors.... get a set of OK brushes, some turp and some linseed oil and paint away :) Same things apply with form, shadow, light and so on as with digital pieces... Hope to see some oil posts from ya soon! :)

max1975: Yeah... I kinda did the whole floatymountainfantasytrip there... I've reworked it and I'm gonna post a version with some smaller brushwork etc. after reading the crits I've recieved... maybe it'll read better... I hope it does... hehe... As for the why... uhm... I don't know... I just started slopping some interesting shapes around, and there was a floaty mountain in one of 'em :P hehe

Charles Ratteray: Thanks for swinging by man! Checked out your SB as well... lots of hella sweet stuff in there! Cool that you like!

Sorknes: Cool! Whaddaya think about the new medusa? I was diggin' on yours1 You've gotten rid of a lot of the muddy rendering you did before! Yeah.. I gotcha on the enviros... hehe.. guess I was being too catious..hehe... enviros, like I said, are outta my comfort zone for sure... so I best get crackin' with some more of 'em, right? ;)

n1va: Appreciate it! Checked out the pixelbrush activity... might do something for it! :) Thanks for the heads up!

Slash: Slacker...... :P haha... nah man... I know you paint... you just don't... update as often... hehe... You posted some sweet stuff in your SB as well! Thanks for the thoughts and crits on the medusa and the icecastle, man! A crop and some highlights don't take long, so even a lok inc.'er should be able to update those... haha...

Thank you guys! I really really appreciate the crits and love! I've visited all of you guys' SB's in return!

The new medusa (this one I submitted... hehe) and an update on the shaman-dude from page 43 (post #1261) (fooxoo: you spurred the rework! Thanks! :) )

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[max1975]

The new medusa is sweet! I liked the pose on the older one, but the execution here is just perfect.

[dCepT]

max1975: Thanks man! Glad you like! :)

Just a speedpaint for today :P

Oh... and I put a very simple webpage out now.. you can find it on www.dcept.com
(http://www.dcept.com)
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[Mindflaw]

Hi dCepT

Since I made it my thing to remark on little things that nobody cares about anyway just for fun I'll continue in that tradition :P

In the green environment the "template"-painting some of the them are pointing down (in the left) which makes it look more like a pile of "leafs" rather than growing plants since the direction of the "root" becomes wrong. The "line" of "leafs" you do on the right I think is good for the composition and depth of the painting but works negative for the realism (even though you have a stylized approach) all in all the leaf-template stuff looks good. Leaving just a tiny bit if the painting on the left subpar to the rest of the painting is just :nohope: ...:P

I really like the ice environment. You got a nice feeling to it.

In the last speed painting the nose seems to short.

anyway I just started with acrylics so please visit my sketchbook in a couple of weeks,( when I hopefully got enough up there for people to be able to give advices) and give some advice. Pretty please.

[Duq]

Hey man ,thanks for posting in my SB :D Its been a while since I saw your sketchbook and you made awesome progress, keep it up :D

For crits, in your last speedpainting I think that the nose might just be a bit to small. But it can work as character maybe. Second crit is that the green you used for the dark values might be a bit to saturated, but not to sure about that :D

I hope to see some new updates soon!

[Nadiamoon]

lovely! keep updated:)

[Sorknes]

OUt of comfort zone = good ;) God knows I've been trying to struggle my way out of mine... and I'm still unsuccessful... *lol*


Sweet new medusa there. More of the queen aspect, but kinda muddy to be you. *pinches dCepT's ego* Keep pushing!

And do more enviros, you're on a good path. The que to everything is to mutlitaltented... or whatever that quote transfers too.

[dCepT]

Mindflaw: Hey man! Always appreciate your thoughts! I used a custom brush and set the direction to pen tilt, so I guess it came out kinda random... hehe... Guess I coulda refined some of 'em to make the illusion stronger... Totally right about the nose :P Bit too short that one... wanted to exaggerate the mouth a bit, but I guess it didn't turn out too good... oh well... next time... :)

Duq: Yup... that nose :P hehe... thanks for your thoughts on the green... Think you're right! I'll definately keep that in mind! Think I hae a tendency to go a bit saturated in my shadow areas...

Nadiamoon: Thanks! Glad you like! You had some nice stuff in your SB as well! Traditional stuff in particular!

Sorknes: Yuh... more enviros coming up soon! I got me the Whit Brachna instructional.. got a few new tricks outta that I want to try out.. hehe.. None in this update though :P I've got 'em on my laptop... been chillin' out at home doing enviro practice.. hehe..

Aight... thank you guys for replying here! I know I should really keep this thing more updated! I'm a slacker like that :P

Pencils and digis in no particular order.. Some crap some I like.. guess that's the way it goes :)

Thanks for looking!

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[Slash]

Cool stuffs mate! I need to pick up the graphite and bust ass!

I gave you my 50 cents on MSN, so i'll just pat your ass in here.


*pat*

[maxetormer]

KEEP that productivity UP, and don't forget to take
your gestures in the morning :P

[Jorge Gecov]

Great update dude, i like the Bill O'Brian portrait and creature concept in colors too. The skull you did in pencils looks cool!
Great to see you finished the Shaman too, i like this character :P

Just a small crit, in the Cernunnos image i think you could put some darker values in the foliage in the foreground, maybe this piece will be more stronger.

5 stars!!!

Cheers!

[zelda_geek]

Great update, very cool stuff. 5 stars!!!

Takk for inspirasjonen! *sette seg ned og begynne å tegne*

[mysteryofalbesila]

Hello!

Nice anatomy sketches! I like also your fast enviroments, very expressive.
Keep up the good work mate

cheers

[Crane]

Hey man long time no parkour!
i can't remember if the last time i posted here was with my old name 'Madcat' ? ...hmmm, hope you remember anyway haha. really nice stuff here, lots and lots of improvement, makes me wanna get off my ass and eat some peas....i mean draw..
i started up a new SB, since i didn't post for ages.
anyway, how you been man? good i hope.

[Olof]

Rollin' rollin rollin'

rrrrraaaaaaaawhiiiiiiiideee!!
Neeeat digitals. Sweet light in them. But you have to try and put some colder colours in them, if you get some colder tones in there you'll your warm colours to pop out even further. Right now they're abit monochrome with only red-yellowish tones.

keep on posting :)

.peace

[Sorknes]

Wow, big update. :)

I dig the samurai that was the first one, the alien sumo wrestler and the digi tree guy (the creature concept) :)

Nice to see you being so productive, seems I really have to get up the tempo myself, hehe.

I have to say that colourwise you seem to struggle with some of the same that I have. It might be intentional, but some of your latest looks a bit muddy to me compared to some of your earlier stuff. Push those colours! :)

[dCepT]

Slash: Glad you like man! Thanks, as always for the crits!

Maxetormer: Yup! Will do! You need to log on to skype every now and then for some laughs :D

Jorge Gecov: Thanks man! The Cernunnos thing was kind of me trying to get to grips with speedpainting.. hehe.. still am... I'll definately keep your advice in mind in the future!

zelda_geek: Thanks for the stars!! Appreciate 'em! Awesome that I can be of inspiration to someone! :D I'll be swinging by your SB!

Mystery: Dude! Glad you're swinging by! Hope everything is progressing nicely with the movie! Looks like it after seeing your blog!! Gonna be hella cool to see the thing when it's done!

forgsweat: Dude! Yeah.... been a while... hehe... think we've spoken after the name change ;) All good over in my neck of the woods! Been getting some cool work lately.. came back from Iceland little over a week ago... did character concepts and stuff for a client... was an awesome trip! :D How about yourself?

MorteM: Yeah... I got kinda hung up on the browns and shit in those... I'll do another pass with some colorvariation on 'em! Thanks fir the crit!

Sorknes: Hey Sorky! Glad you like 'em! I was kinda happy with that creature myself :) You're totally right about the muddiness... I'm gonna have to keep an eye on myself with that... as always... hehe... appreciate the kick in the ass! ;)

Right... thought I'd try to revive my SB :P Hehe... sorry it's been so long!
I did this gun sheet.. wanted to try out some new shit (thank you Coro! :D)... more segmented way of working, I guess, but it works well for this kinda designs... picked up the pipeline from Coro, like you might have guessed.. I tried not to get into his design sensibilities, though, and make this thing my own... hehe... so... this was the result... I'm posting thumbs, colorpass, workup and the final sheet.. The feel of the gun turned out mad different from the refinement pass, but I think it was to the better... I felt I got a better sense of the decisions I make by chopping the method into these very marked steps!

Hurricane: If you see this, bro; Thanks for the crits on the thumbs and the "art direction"! :D Definately made this thing turn out for the better!!

Hope you like!!

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[Augmenton]

I really like it when people keep using the same sketchbook for a long time. Then it's possible to look at the beginning and see the steady improvement from there. I have to say, I'm liking what I see.

[fooxoo]

Ohh! cool guns! very nice job on the textures!!!

Enjoy doing them?

[hurricane]

great stuff man!!

a lot of strong designs and characters.

the two biggest flaws i see is that all of your characters are leaning too much. Off-centre if you may.

..and that you need to work on your anatomy even more. There is something awkward about your bodies, i can't really put my finger on it. I think you don't draw the rythm of the contours properly. Almost like you're replacing the actual contour with something made up and it ends up looking odd.

other than that, man you're taking major strides. A lot more tidy and better values.

cheers and keep on rocking bro!

[Slash]

Oooh! is that...? i think.. YES IT IS! It's an update!! Lok inc. strikes again!

I've already given you most of my cents on MSN, so i'll just pat your ass. :D Nice work bro! And FSM bless coro! :D

[Meon]

Hei! har snikki i SB'n din lenge nå, har bare ikke turt å reply'e :P

Digger alt du har gjort!

Im suprised aswell, norway is slowly CONQUERING CA..

(i wish) :P

[Lake]

D-Man. It's been quite a while since I stopped by your book, and I have to say your stuff is looking amazing; so much better than anything I'd seen you do.

The gun sheets are really strong, though the handle on the 3/4 view is out of perspective with the rest of it.

The anatomy studies look unfinished - I know you can copy the rendering better than that... concentrate on creating smooth transitions from light to shadow.

Rev. Pestilence and your medusa are AWESOME but in the other digitals I'm seeing a little bit of a relapse into SOFT painting. don't forget to make a couple edges REALLY sharp to differentiate the subjects.

peace, dude.

[Mindflaw]

hey man getting better and better :) like the gun design. Don't think there's that much difference from refinement to finished more like the refinement was how the gun looked when it was new and the final when it been used for a long time.

I think you choose the right thumb to continue my favourite anyway my second fav. was the last gun, but it was to plain to be fun so to speak. I liked those the most cause they seemed to be the ones who would work the best when used... ergonomically and such. Liked the change you did from muffler (or whatever it's named) to silencer.

[Flipnastywebby]

Hey man thanks for coming out with us to six feet under. I was great meeting you. My name is Cory, was the guy with ong hair and copic markers.

good seeing ya and I hope your trip was entertaining.

[Saurus]

awesome progress man!....I saw your last page, then I went to your first one and your progress is amazing...props!

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey Fredrik, long time. Collt stuff, like the gun design. Really tight.

So what's happening other than updating tour sb? How's it going with the workshop the 26th?

Take care man.

[Arrowhead]

Hey man I had to stop by and say how great you did on that gun, I totally at first thought it was a low poly model you had textured and normal mapped...
Looks really awesome, love the grunge!

[hp]

great gun designs! there is a slight perspective issue with the last gun orthos. with the one that is 3/4 view, the diagonal part that dips down above the front handhold/clip area (i have no clue how guns work =P) with the three grooves on it - i think you need to push the three grooves forward .

ughhh i hope you understood what i meant ^^

[maxetormer]

I got a minute :)

Gun design and overall designs look interesting and fun to
me, the thing I think you could focus is dynamics and foreshortening
I would suggest drawing form the comics that you might have laying
around and try to pick apart why the author places the hand on this
or that way, or why the legs look this or that way,
and just keep doing the studies, but NEVER stop doing the imagination
stuff, I think you have a good mind to design monsters and weapons,
keep developing your fantasy world, other wise drawing becomes a chore,
believe me I know :P

[Sorknes]

Very nice guns there! :D

Great work, and something different. :) Really got up a notch there. :)

They're not muddy either. ;)

Did you look at the church ruins stuff? Hehe...

[dCepT]

Augmenton: Hehe... I've nearly started up a new one a couple of times, but I decided to stick with it... Glad you like man!

fooxoo: Thanks, Edite! Yeah! I enjoy doing 'em a lot actually... I figured they'd be handy to have in my skillset, but I found out that gundesigns were fun to do! There are more coming up! Just gotta finalize 'em... I do this stuff in between work shit... heh...

Hurricane: Thanks for dropping by, man! I've started to work more on my anatomy again, so appreciate the kick in the ass! :D I'm trying to pay attention to my problem areas! Glad you like my stuff though! Hope you guys make it over in may!! And happy birthday!!

Slash: Hahaha! Just had one of those moments of lucidity... they're few and far between in Lok Inc. as we both know, but they do happen! :P I saw you put up those futuristic soldier designs on your webpage! Good stuff man! They're tight! (FSM??)

Espenboi: Yo! Fett at du stikker nesa inn her ;) Haha... I hope we don't conquer all of CA... glad for the diversity, but I'm happy to see more Norwegian artists on here as well!

Lake: Thanks man! Been a while, yeah! Cool that you're diggin' on the recent stuff! I'll keep you're crit in mind for sure! (BTW... dude... the linky to your sketchbook doesn't work! Hit me with it if there's a new one, so I can drop by!)

Mindflaw: Yo! Yeah... the shape of the thing didn't change all that much, but the overall appearance did.. it's for a personal project I play with when I'm off work... hehe.. So it had to look real weathered and shit :P

Flipnastywebby: Cory! thanks for dropping by man! It was awesome to meet ya'll, and I'm still bummed that I couldn't hang around longer... shoulda just taken the rental on my own! Hope I can make it over to ATL another time as well! I'll join you guys for more sketching for sure! Say hi to the crew next time you meet up!

Saurus: Glad you like! Appreciate you dropping by!

Pencilator: Perre!! Too long man! Glad you like the gundesign! The meet is going well... you can check out some details online... www.creativenorway.com... I'm gonna have to holler at ya on MSN and kick your ass into coming! :D

Arrowhead: Thanks! I was kinda happy with that one, so cool that you like! Even though the handle is a bit off, but I'll fix that... hehe...

hp: Yup! Gotcha! Hehe... Good call! I'll have to correct both that and the handle... Cool that you think the designs are good though!

Maxetormer: Luis! Happy everytime you do have a minute! Hope everything is well in Mexico, and that you're getting a lot of work! Gonna take you up on the dynamics/foreshortening thing! I'm gonna have to do some more studies.. hehe.. No chance I'm giving up on the fantasy stuff though.. haha... I'll balance it as well as I can! Thanks for the thoughts!

Sorknes: Cool! Great that you like 'em! Uhm... you're gonna have to remind me... the church ruins...? I vaguely remember we've talked about some ruins stuff, but I can't remember atm.. sorry :P

Thank you guys for all the replies! Awesome that people drop by here in spite of my rather infrequent updating... haha...

Pictures 'n' stuff... I'll scan som pages soon and get some pencils up here again!

Studies, a finished enviroment, some weapon-thumbnails, a late night speedpaint from the hostel I was staying at in Orlando, a sloppy troll... some thumbnails for a character... stuff... hehe



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[Lakka]

This thread pumps me up with motivation. Thank you.

Please keep on going for a few more years! ;)

[Saurus]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions man! I'm pretty new to digital stuff (and most stuff) so technical help definitely helps...I wish I could give you some constructive crits but you're much ahead of me that's its going to be hard....I have noticed (I also have this problem) that on some of the faces that you draw from imagination, the faces lack a littlebit of expression, or the expressions are a littlebit ambiguous...I think it can easily be fixed by studying expressions a bit more and figuring out face anatomy a little better but other than that, I haven't noticed anything that has really taken my attention negatively from your work.you seem to be on the right tracks and your work is awesome! also thanks for noticing the graffiti...its soemthing I also love doing and that probably got me into other forms of art, ie caricature, conceptuual, monsters, etc....
good stuff man, I'll update my sketchook hopefully more often and you can jump ocasionally to crit ;)
peace.

[Slash]

Latest update is totally tits! I especially like the row of thumbs, she's a step in a more dynamic direction compared to what you usually do! She still suffers from straight arm syndrome tho, thats a little boring and you know it. ;)

Look forward to kick it with you in may. Keep em coming!


PS: FSM = flying spaghetti monster!

[Sorknes]

Nice update!!!

I really like the thumbnails, you've managed to get a lot of different stuff there in one :) And the interior, like that alot. Both that and the outside one is taking you away from the mud city we were talking about as well ;) I'm way worse than you there though :P

I know it's getting old, but I see you improving sketch dump by sketch dump. Awsome work on your part. Keep going!

You asked if it was Nes Church ruins when I posted some digis I'd made based on church ruin photos I'd taken ;)

[dCepT]

Lakka: Hehe.. I ain't planning on stoppin' anytime soon! Glad I can be of inspiration!!!

Saurus: Totally right, man... hehe... I need to be study facial expressions more... I'll try to crank some out for the next update! Dropped by right now... you need to update, aight? Hehe...

Slash: Yeah... she does... I'll fix that issue with the rendered version... I'm doing the top right thumb without the cape, since it was kinda cheesy... hehe... I'll get that on here with the next update as well! Always appreciate the crits and asspats!! :D

Sorknes: Thanks! Cool you like! Nice to hear I'm getting away from the muddiness... always been a problem, so I'm trying to work my way outta that! Hehe... yeah... I checked out some of the photos we took there... wasn't all that much of the ruins themselves though... we got very fascinated with a dead tree that was there... did some lightpainting on the pictures... hehe.. awesome technique... SLR camera set to "bulb" (shutter is controlled completely manually) and we ran around with flashlights and "painted" light into the scene... hehe...

Right... phototechnical mumbo jumbo aside... WIP of a zombiedude :)

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[Slash]

Cool thumbs! I'm not particularly fond of the backpack design you settled for, the silhouette gets a little anonymous. #3 or #4 sans the weaponry would have been a better choice for a more interesting silhouette. The render looks cool, no complaints there, although his left hand looks a little awkward, the extended middle finger in particular.


Watch those intervals, if you update too often you'll shame the name of Lok.Inc! :D

[dCepT]

Slash: Thanks for the pointed crit! I did actually think 4 and 5 were better silhouette wise, but there was something about the wires and shit on the one I went for... so I stepped in the I-didn't-kill-my-darling-trap I guess :P Did something to it, 'cuz I still like it :P At least the silhouette is more pronounced now... hehe... I'll do a render of 4 or 5 as well when I get this one done! :D

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[Mindflaw]

So it had to look real weathered and shit you got it dead on then :)

I like the character thumbs the April 21 ones. :asspat:

In the wip imho the weight seems a little to even on both leg might look better if you tilt the hip and put more weight on one leg I think that would make the "gesture" part a little bit stronger.

on a side note to me it feels like the evolution of zombies in movies are that they seem to be more agile and quicker and a little bit more dancer like.

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey man, cool to hear that the workshop is the 24th of may. i thought it was now in april 26th. Didn't hear anything so I didn't think more of it. Well check if I can come over the 24th.

Awesome stuff you're producing. Like the environments.
Like the zombiw sesign to. A suggestion. maybe try to put in more variation in the outline. It seems a little to generalised.

Talk to you soon. Hugs!

[dCepT]

Mindflaw: Always appreciate you stopping by! Thanks for being a constant visitor! Yeah... think you're right about the zombies being more agile in movies and such, but I'm thinking about doing some variations of one of the thumbs that are a bit more... heavy and slow moving.. like a fat disgusting dude with a sweat and bloodstained shirt and shit... hehe.. We'll see what I get around to ;)

Pencilator: Would be awesome if you could make it! It's been too long! Glad you like my recent stuff, and thanks for the thoughts on my outlines!

Color version of the black and white dude :)

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[dCepT]

Right.. been fiddling with stuff outta my comfort zone lately, so I wanted to try making a building... this is the result for what it's worth (so far... I've been noodling on it, but at some point I need to move on. Don't know if I'm there yet... hehe... we'll see ;) )

I'm putting the picture, and a version with the perspective lines I've been using, so you can see what I've been doing sorta... hehe... I've been adding and taking away perspective lines during the process, so I don't think they're all there, but that would probably look even messier than it does now :P

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[dCepT]

Started off as a doodle, and evolved a bit... hehe.. portrait and a few expressions for the same dude..

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[Sorknes]

Very nice thumbs again. :) Also, good going on changing the silhouette with the backpack like Slash sais. :)

The enviro is sweet. I can't really tell all what's what with the lines in the first one, but it came out great. :) Only thing that is somewhat bothering me is the statue/tombstone in front, as it tilts a bit and follows some of the lines. My eyes can't decide if it's meant to be tilted, or if it's a kind of accident while doing the perspective. It does make the picture more interesting too though, you might want a better take on that from someone that actually knows what they're talking about :P

The last portrait thing you did is also rather good. For some reason I read the ear as being smashed into the skull though, as it has a kind of a "cave" in the skull. Might want to do something about the shadows there. ;)

[Mindflaw]

Hi quick reply from me today...doodle-dudes likeness shows in them all..I think the texture on the jacket turned out nicely.

About enviros so what do you prefer? Blocking them in with 3d or using perspective lines?

keep going strong :D

[dCepT]

Sorknes: Thanks! Very good point about the foremost pillar/tombstone-thingy! It's meant to be slanted, but it's way too close to the excisting perspective as it is. I'll definately go in and tilt it again :) Right about the ear as well.. was just a quicky+, but I'll see if I go in and fix it again... hehe..

Mindflaw: Thanks man! Glad you like! About the enviros... well... It was a very good experience doing the perspective lines, and I think it felt a bit more... hand made after... When I tried the 3d for block-in I kinda got caught up in doing everything close to the block-in, but then I guess with a little practice and discipline, you choose which parts to follow, and which parts to go off the base with.

Ok... this is an embarrasingly small update, but it's been way too long... I swear I'll get some papers scanned real soon! Sorry guys... heh...

Made a new brush to test out... and a ninja came out... real quick ;)

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[Carnifex]

i really like the head doodles for some reason. the different expressions are a good touch,maybe try to work them out aswell. on the finished piece,something seems akward with the back of the head,i think alittle bit is missing on top,making the whole thing alittle askew.
seems you're doing fine otherwise,although i think i see alot of chicken scratch lines on that ninja,and some other pictures. seems on many pieces you're just using the same hardness/softness of one brush all over the pic. try experimenting with that,e.g. using harder edges in the shadow side,and softer on the light etc. consider more where you want the viewer to focus.
my favourite so far is the character thumbnail sheet from april21st,there's alot of personality in there.

[maxetormer]

I like it, one of your best faces so far
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=367216&d=1210614033

[fooxoo]

Kick some ninja ass Fredrik!!!! Hiyaaa hiyaaa!!! Brush tests are fun!

Good job :P

p.s. i made a dump in my sb ... aftar a loooooooooooong time ..........

[dCepT]

Carnifex: Good point about the scratchy lines! Will keep it in mind... constantly battling to get a bit more clean... hehe.. Glad you like the portrait stuff.

maxetormer: Gracias! Siempre me alegro de verlo aquí! Jeje

fooxoo: Thanks Edite! Hehe... was just a few minutes with scribblin' :P Catch ya online!

Aight... so I scanned some pages... Been such a slacker on here, as usual... Hope I can get a good routine to get back on CA actively!
Token digi on there as well... More of those next update :)
I started doing the digital gesture studies after seeing Hurricanes efforts with 'em (thanks for the kick in the ass! :P ) I'm doing half an hour of 60 sec poses every morning now, but I'm not gonna post all of that shit here... hehe..

On with the show; ranging from crap to stuff I'm kinda happy with.. :)

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[Carnifex]

i'm not sure if the forehead on your figures isn't receding too much...check with photos there.
nice work with the gestures!
(pst,maybe you can stop by some time again?)

[maxetormer]

Gestures are looking better :D keep doing them!
I really like this page, the x ray skull rocks
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=393453&stc=1&d=1213732392
Thanks for droping around!

[dCepT]

Carnifex: I'll check the foreheads :) Thanks!

Maxetormer: Glad you like, bro! Thanks for stopping by!

Study for today from photoref. ... pretty quick, so I didn't polish everything :P

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[Dan Valkar]

nice pencils and very cool geier coyote man!

[dCepT]

Dan Valkar: Thanks man! Glad you like!

The usual "I'msorryIhaven'tbeenhereforawhile"

There.. got that outta the way.. heading home from work now, but I did this speedy.. like 40-50 minutes I think, and figured I'd post it to let ya'll know I'm still around :) I sneak a peek on CA every day, but I've been cut off from internet at my apartment for some time now.. finally getting a subscription again though... You'll probably see more of me on here and msn again when I get it up 'n' runnin'!

Right.. ramble:off show speedpaint:on

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[TheGnoll]

hey man, long time since i last stopped in here!

looking good, looks like you've slowed down now, but you were producing like a madman in page 44! really liked te variety between characters, creatures, and weapons too (looks like this coro thing is really useful, i gotta check it out)

i liked the tentacled dog thingh

keep sharing, don't slow down!

ciao!

[dCepT]

TheGnoll: Thanks for dropping by man! Well... I'm producing stuff for work, and otherwise, but I've been slacking with the updates :P Also I need to find a system for my storage... Or start posting as soon as I save shit... haha... I tried collecting stuff I haven't posted and I'm not entirely sure as to where it's all at...I'll make an effort to organize my HD's, though... I'll be back stronger next time... haha..
Yeah, the Coro instructional video is the most entertaining and enlightening one I've seen of the MB ones... definately worth the price :)

Aight... as you figured, my HD's are very chaotic at the moment, as well as me being a slacker.... Here's a WIP for what it's worth, though...

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[dCepT]

Hey ya'll! Some digistuff :)

Gonna scan pages and post tomorrow (at least that's the plan... haha)

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[Carnifex]

hey,thanks for stoppin by the ole book!
i think you could achieve alot more suspense in your digis if you used complementary colours for figures and backgrounds,and punched up the saturation of some elements. the last head is a good step in that direction,although there's a perfect example: if you used pale green on the background,it would create a much stronger image,along with either more texture or a more pinpointed lightsource (for that,i recommend danielC's work,he's good at creating drama with light).
the locomotive is nicely textured and concepted,but again,it could use more punch. best experiment with an overlay layer,throw in warm highlights,cool shades and the like. you're going pretty black and white with highlights and shadows,and by the look of it,it's because you're using a colour layer on such a picture,right? don't know how far you've experimented with painting directly in colour,but it might be worth a try now that you've gotten better at the basics.
cheers :)

[dCepT]

Carnifex: Thanks for dropping by and sharing your thoughts! I stand corrected. It was just a speedpaint at the end of the workday, but of course, I could've pushed the contrast in hues a lot more...

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[Nopig]

This thread is awsome - Very much insperational to see how far you've come from the first page to now. Love the morbid stuff! Keeeeep posting please!

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NoPig: Thanks! Glad you like my shit! I'm nowhere near quitting :D I'll keep posting for sure!

Pencil, ink, a little markers and some more digistuff;

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[maxetormer]

finish this!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=427218&d=1217689364
I really like this one!!

[Radio24]

wow, righteous sketchbook. The train rocks man! awesome texture, and i like how you've executed the figure.Nice one

also, impressive pencils, keep it up m an

[katinki]

that's a great versatile update! your pencils are beautiful but i'm especially in love with the chimp-boy's arm hair!

[TheGnoll]

whoa holy poop!

remember what i said about you slowing down? i take it right back :D

nice load indeed, the digital piecs have improved shitloads.Did you use a sketchup model or something as a base for the train?
really cool jumping monkeyman too.
btw about markers i only have one lil suggestion, try get some freeform designs with markers, starting really rought and quick and getting it really crowded.blobs and marker strokes can then build up a lot of lil design bits (happy accidents) that can then be cleared in the inking stage...and then off to another marker rendering stage.Just my two cents, worked well with me :D

keep 'em coming!

ciao

[hurricane]

nice stuff fredrik! Looking very good! That monkey is tight man!! Great arms, a bit sloppy hands and other bits but very good non the less!

I think your biggest problem is your faces, as in planes...I'd scan a drawing of yours, print it out vaguely and then draw ontop of it, refferencing and correcting the planes... like lowpoly modelling almost. While doing that try to figure out which edges are heard and characteristic and which ones you can just leave in a suggestive state.

Keep on trucking, badboy

[Carnifex]

woop,see that? instant-interesting. ;)
the train could be pushed even more in terms of saturation,make the green alittle more green,and the orange on the train really strong. (keep expermenting..)
(i hope i'm a good one,rather than bad ;) )
i'll leave the crits on the pencils to guys who know what they're talking about ;) (haven't used pencil in seems-like-forever),although i agree with hurri that your faces still need work.

[max1975]

Hey man. Don't have much in the way of crits for you today, because most of your stuff is looking damn good. So mostly just saying hi.

All right, my one critique (and I'm actually trying really hard to restart my critiquing neurons here) is proportions on faces, where your foreheads are frequently too short. Check that the eyes are halfway between the chin and the top of the head. It doesn't matter so much on the monsters but it'd make the babes look better :)

I'm loving the textures on the recent digital stuff.

[dCepT]

maxetormer: On it! :painting: Thanks for dropping by, man!

Radio24: Thanks! Glad you like! Dropped by your corner in return.

katinki: Appreciate the compliments! :) Glad you like the chimp.. I like him too.. hehe..

TheGnoll: Yeah... I should totally get a bit more wild with the markers... I'd been neglecting them for a long time, so I was just messin' around with them.. hehe.. Also I've gotten Al.Chemy for a digital version of generating weird shapes.. :D Thanks for the push!

Hurricane: Dood! Congratulations on your firstborn! Hope you guys are well! Thanks for the (always) on point crits! I'll definately take it to heart! Expect planestudies in the near future... Good kick in the ass :D

Carnifex: Thanks man.. glad to hear your opinions! I'll see if I noodle more on it!

max1975: Yo! Long time :) Dropped by your SB, and you're crankin' shit out :) I left a little request in there... hehe... thanks for the crit... I know... my faces need work... I'll definately keep it in mind!

Couple of warmups... Got more digistuff lying on the computer at home.. I'll post those soon as well.

Okok... another chimp... but chimps are cool :D
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Reffed pose and whatnot, and I added some details I thought would be cool.
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I've started a tentative sculpting thing with Slash as well... I'm doing a bust, and he went haywire and is going for a full figure thing.. crazy mo'fo'... expect updates with traditional modelling soon as well (just throwing it out there as a means to kick my own ass into pushing it to a finish... haha)

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[ArtZealot]

I really like these bug creatures you did recently: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=444252&d=1219417221
It would be nice to see some of those or some new ones worked up digitally, in full color. Great sketchbook overall. It shows a lot of improvement. cheers'

[monotony]

wow great sketchbook pages, man. seems like you're bursting with ideas.
I think the train turned out perfect. very nice texture and great sense of space.
the chimps are great as well. I prefer the first one though. the pose has a lot of energy. second looks too stiff for my taste which might be because the upper body and the face are completely sideview. also I'd say the rough rendering in the jumping one works better than the halftones in the new one, they they look like pasted lateron.
it's just a thought.
anyway great pencilsketches

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey Fredrik. Nice to see such a big workload from you. Damn. You've developed. Doing all kind of crazy things. And you really know how to do production work.

And as for the face problem, maybe I can add 2 cents. The biggest problem with the planes are often when you're doing 3/4 faces. Try to use the cheekbones as direction for perspective. Beacuse it looks like you end the furthest away part to soon, and sometimes take them to far. I recommend hurris suggestion with doing an overlay drawing.

So when do I get to see you again? Coming to Gothenburg soon?

[Nettle_Mountain]

hello there, really good work here!
Only critique could be maybe you could try softer pencil and draw some lines darker and use shadowing with more confidence, like less lines and more darker lines... hard to explain but maybe you see what im looking here

keep up the good work, mister

[dCepT]

ArtZealot: Thanks dude! Glad you like 'em! I was having fun with those bugs... maybe I'll do a couple of 'em in color! :)

monotony: Yeah... well.. the halftones *were* kinda slapped on after.. hehe... So good call ;) Glad you like my shit!

Pencilator: Thanks for the pointed crit, bro! Been trying to keep an eye on my planes! I hope I'll make it over to gothenburg sometime soon... would be awesome to hang out before the winter sinks its talons in us :) How's your legs, btw? That infammation totally gone? Maybe we could do some parkour? :D

Nettle_Mountain: Thanks for the crit! I totally suck at thinking clearly in lines... I should so get away from my renderwhoring and do some clean lines. Thanks for the kick in the ass :)

Some sketchies and a couple of digis as well... The chick with horns is a collabo with my and Slash... did a pass-the-wacom-session at a gaming conference in Oslo.

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[zelda_geek]

Great update, really like the last one. One thing about the pencils, get some real good quality pencils and don't be afraid to go dark. In some of your sketches 50% grey is the darkest you get, that results in lack of depth. But you're improving:)

Great SB, keep it up!

[dCepT]

zelda geek: Yo! Takk for at du stikker innom av og til ;) Appreciate the thoughts on the pencils! I'm lazy with my pencils, unfortunately... I use only a .7 mech with HB lead... I'll try to pressure myself into using regular pencils with diffferent hardness :D Thanks for the kick in the ass!

Right.. couple of work-related speedies today... Just for some in house stuff... The logo is in blues and a bit of purple, so my only direction was use those colors, and the width height ratio I've used. Might be decided to put something like these on the backs of our cards. I had fun with 'em! (Especially with the monster one, but hey... it's a monster, right? Also the first one acted as sort of a warmup, so I was a lot looser with the second one) The 3d logo there is the company logo.. I did a quick 3d model of the regular 2D one that we've been using for various purposes since.. and now, it's a floaty iconic thingamajig.

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[P E N Ricklund]

Hey man, of course we're going to do some free-running when you come over. Damn an inflamations not gonna stop me. (Think it passed though.)

Damn you had visit by Björn and Edite, lucky bastard. Hope they were nice to you :P

cool that you went through the planes of the face. Know what you should do, find a cast of a head or something similar. And do drawings all around, analyze how the planes and the form changes as you go around the sculpture/cast, and remember that the outline is planes turning away from you. That's why outline describe so much form.

Looking forward to see you again my friend.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Neet stuff here. Loving the last two you got going:D

-E

[maxetormer]

Je je those would def make for some wicked cool business cards ;)

[eparts]

Hei, thanks for dropping by my SB.

Great color compo in the blue monster speedpaint :)

Your chimps look awesome. Drawing chimps is something I want to do more :D

[dCepT]

Pencilator: Thanks man! Great suggestion! Gotta find a head, somewhere... hm... hit the art stores it seems! Hehe

Mischeviouslittleelf: Thanks dood! Glad you like :D

maxetormer: Sup' bro! Yeah, I thought something like that might give them a bit more oomph as opposed to a plain ass looking one in off white and text.. jeje...

eparts: Chimps are awesome! Here's another one :D Glad you like my shit... I'm in Lillestrøm right outside of Oslo... There are a few concept artists in the area.... we should meet up for sketching and possibly a couple of beers! Slash, Al-X, SiggE and myself are in or nearby Oslo at least :)

'nother chimp.. post more soooooon! :)

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[kidult]

chimpalisiscious duder!

[maeshanne]

nice to see so much improvement

[dCepT]

kidult: got more chimps brewin'... hehe... glad ya like!

maeshanne: Thanks!

Illustration this time... Made the monster concept first, and then I went for it in a scene. Comments/crits are very welcome! I'll probably be noodling a bit more on the scene though... I got some very good crits from Hurricane (thanks man!)

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[dboydesign]

Hey man!
Finally got Registered ;)

Like I told you before I really like the alien sucking he`s brain?? image :P
But there is something else that slipped my mind right now..
The Eyes on the creature looks kind of "slack" like he has smoked to much and is like " oh man, Im so lost man, oh man I just wanna go home or something. "
Maybe if you make he`s eyes more open and have that killer "eyes" ( Im gonna !/&%# eat your brains out !%!%!! ) No that woud be brutal!

And when Im on my war path I aslo want to comment on your buildings XD
They are much better now, it looks more sharp, but there is something going on at the balcony. I woud like to see it comes more out from the building, like extruded ;)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

uuuuuuuh skikkelig opplegg det her ass! Mye bra mye bra:D liker apene, dem er skikkelig kule^^ Lurte på om du bor i nærheten av Oslo, i såfall kan du jo komme inn til byen på søndager og bli med å tegne folk:D

-E

[Oksenbrutus]

More monkeys pls, they are awesome.

[Nettle_Mountain]

That monkey is really slick! the digital with the brain eater, i like it a lot composition-colourvise, only suggestion would try to see if the lighted window should be toned down a bit towards backround and street could go a little further into horizon to add feeling of space

more! good stuff

[eparts]

nice oppdatering med über-shrimp monster :) i bildet av monsteret alene er jeg litt uenig med skyggen han kaster. Det synes jeg forvirrer helhetsintrykket og gjør det vanskeligere å oppfatte designet.

som Mischeviouslittleelf nevner må du komme til byn på søndager ;)

[dCepT]

dboydesign: thanks for the crits bro! Appreciate it! I trust your eye when it comes to architecture a whole lot more than my own ;) I'll give ya a holler tomorrow! ('bout time you got your ass on here as well ;) There's a 3d section as well... you should check it out! :) )

Oksenbrutus: Hehehe :D Glad you like man! There will be more chimps for sure!

Nettle_Mountain: Thanks for the crits on the illo! Definately appreciate it! I'll have a look at that one and noodle some more!

Mischeviouslittleelf: Thanks! Glad you like :D I'll try to make it in to hang and sketch!

eparts: Takker! God crit :) Skal sjekke det ut! Back to english... :) Like I said to Mischevious; I'll definately try to hang out on one of your sketchsessions! Sounds like fun :) I might drag a couple more CA people along as well!


Right.. mini-update... Three way 1 hour thunderdome, topic: superdeformed marvel character... I kinda went down the KidRobot/Munny road... was a fun ride :D I did a character that Marko designed for Marvel; Penance.

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[Carnifex]

hahaha,awesome. :D
the "hidden in plain sight" pic is probably too yellow-ish overall to pass off as believable (;) )...pop some saturation on the things you want to stand out :)

[dCepT]

Carni: Thanks for your thoughts, man! Always appreciated :)

Finally got around to scanning a few sketchies... don't do enough pencilwork :P I'll try to grab myself by the neck and churn out more stuff!

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[Oksenbrutus]

Nice pencils, urban-zombie trying to get a ride makes for a good laugh, hehe.

[Slash]

Balle.. lots of new stuff! quit holdin out on me man! :P

Keep rockin!

[Sorknes]

Still churning out great stuff, I see :D

The monster concept rocks, and the setting you put it in was really nice. :)

Just stopping by to browse, really, no great crits, heh. :)

[Tornatozz]

Mhh, your progress from scratch to now is truly astonishing!

[petitemistress]

MOAR please :D

[hp]

i think some of your characters could benefit from some longer legs.

other than that, cool pencil stuff :D whatcha up to these days?

[dCepT]

Oksenbrutus: Thanks man :)

Slash: I'll be holdin' out all I want, cabron! Did I get to see the moleskine stuff from Paris before you posted on here? I think not... :P

Sorknes: Thanks for stopping by! Glad you like :D

Tornatozz: Wow.. thanks man! Appreciate it!

petitemistress: here ya go :)

hp: Hey! Long time :) Thanks for the crit! I'm doing illustrations and previsualization work for a company called Desimal.. Advertising-ish... only now I'm doing more like digital fine art for a customer of them... Construction machines in weird settings and whatnot... it's fun!

A few sketchies... I started out doing a old game redesign thing, and wanted to do "Syndicate" by Bullfrog Games... I used to love that back in the day! Couple of those on here... that was put on hold pretty fast though, seeing as how me, Slash and a 3d-dude has entered the Steampunk Myths and Legends competition over at cgtalk... I'll be posting work from that as we go along :)

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[enthombed]

hey D-Cept, Thanks for stoping in my thread, i work on my weak stuff seriously this time.

A long time i ddin't visit your thread, nice sketchs and colors, hope i start to do something with color.

Keep posting

Cheers

[S.C. Watson]

Hey dCept!

Some nice pencils you have going on here.

I think my favorite is the colored version of the "Big Bunny."

All the best,
~Oreg.

[Oksenbrutus]

Hey, nice update, creepy bunny and cool thumbs, dont know if its the scan, my monitor or just my love for big contrast, but the pencil could use a bit more, well, contrast, imho.

That project sounds exciting, looking forward to next update.

[Sorknes]

Big Dunny looks great! :D

Can't wait to see what you guys cook up for the steampunk thing. 3D guy... Shin?

Keep working :)

[maxetormer]

love the "big dunny", best of luck on the cg challege bro :)

[dCepT]

enthombed: My pleasure, dude! You're improving steadily! Awesome to see! Glad you still like my stuff :P

Oregano: Dude!! So glad to see you stop by, Shane! I dropped by your SB and your blog in return ;) (I got a blog too, actually, drop by sometime if ya want!) Glad you like the Dunny :) Was fun doing that one!

Oksenbrutus: Takk for crit :) I could go for a larger valuerange in general in my pencils. Guess I have to set aside more time for 'em... or get faster :D

Sorknes: Thanks for dropping by, Sork! :) Shin is busy with school I think, we're using another 3d artist from a company called Pixelwork. He's awesome though... really really good at hard surface modelling!

maxetormer: Always a pleasure to see you in here, hermano! Glad you like the Dunny.. hehe... my girlfriend has developed a thing for kidrobot-ish vinyl toys, so it's rubbed off on me, and I do my own Dunny designs.. haha..

Righty... haven't updated in a while, again :P I scraped together some stuff I found at work, and a couple of the steampunk concepts to show you :) I really have to get my ass around to scanning soon... someone kick my ass about it! :D

First few are speedies... warmups and such, the Totoro with the Dunny-girl was for a friend who had her birthday the other day... she's into dunnies, ghibli and scrapbooking amongst other things :P The heads and the underwater enviro sketch is for the atlantis/steampunk contest over at cgsociety. The diggers, thumbs and last images is stuff I did for work. Client of ours that requested them :) They were printed on 140x100cm aluminum plates, and painted in the same resolution in 200dpi.. heavy ass files for sure to be working on when the layers start stacking up :D

At least some stuff to show after shaming myself with being very very inactive on here... sorry guys!

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[Slash]

sett, sett, sett og sett! ;)

good stuff, you've gotten my contstructive thoughts on this before, so here's a pat on your ass, keep rockin'!

[hurricane]

Hey buddy, good stuff but it shows that you need to crack that whip!
If you want some feedback just let me know and I'll rip you a new one ;)

cheers and keep in touch will ya? Haven't seen you in ages.
Bjorn.

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey Fredrik, damn it was a long time since I talked to you.
Finally got my winter holiday, so now I've got some more time on my hands to hang around ca.

You look productive, love the panance redesign, made me laugh.

So how are things, progress, job going?

Quick crit, think you've heard it already, more structure, you need to describe the form and planes more clearly. One brushstroke, one plane. Contrast between atmosphere and solid mass. It'll add more variation into the paintings aswell. Beacuse right now you're letting most of the textures do the variation job.

Cheers!

[dCepT]

Slash: Thanks, man! Good to see you in here :)

Hurricane: Good to talk to you the other day! And many many thanks for the thoughts!! They really made an impact! I'll try to be more online ;)

Pencilator: Congratulations on a finished semester! I'm doing good! I'm trying to be productive, but I've been in a bit of a slump lately... Got a huge kick in the nuts by Hurricane, so I'm getting out of it again :) Thanks for the crits!

Here's a WIP and a 15-20 minute morning speedy

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[mariusz]

hi there!

very cool S/F sketch bro!
can't wait to see next progress!

cheers!

[dCepT]

mariusz: Thanks man! Glad you like :) I'll be posting updates on that one soon! :D

Just a quick in-between-sketch at work today... just liked the idea of the juxtaposition between the sci-fi-ish gun and the simpleness of the girl :P I'm totally aware that there are some value relationships that are out of whack, and it could use some sharpening of her features and whatnot.. that being said though, bring on the crits :)

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[JustinBeckett]

Man, you have improved quite a bit from the beginning of your book. Good work, and keep on going!

~JB

[hp]

that sci fi scene looks great! one crit tho is you might want to add some cleanliness or glow to the white lines on the ship/station thingy.

[bharat]

great....anviorment n all the stuff....awasome...!

[petitemistress]

Merry Christmas Fred!! hope you're having a good one with Saira! :D
your latest sketch needs MOAR cowbell; the way the dress falls off the boob on the right is kinda awkward...
also when working in greyscale, don't be afraid to push those values, it'll translate into a broader set of hues when you swap to color! :D
HO HO HO! :D

[dCepT]

JustinBeckett: Thanks man! Appreciate you dropping by!

hp: Thanks for the crit! I'm getting back into that one on monday... hehe.. I'll do something about it then!

bharat: Glad you like! Thanks!

petite: Happy New Year, Dina! Had a really good holiday seson! Got awesome art gifts from Saira and we've had an awesome time with lotsa friends, too much to eat, movies, DS, Wii and PS3 :D Thanks for the boob-crit! I'm trying to not only say "I'll keep it in mind" when I get crits and "apply it to the next piece", but go back and fix shit, so I'll have a second look at that one!

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!!! I hope you all get a productive and inspired 2009!

Starting out the new year with some pencils and a few thumbnails done for the CGsociety-challenge. Some of these are moleskine (the small one) and some on A4 even though they're scaled roughly the same here :P
I've posted a thought on a door opening mechanism for the same thing.. hope that thing gives off a believability as to function :)

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[Carnifex]

that's some nice costume concepts,some of them even have a little "knights of the old republic" feel to them :) the "vibration creature" is quite a scary bugger too.
p.s.: i have a 2008 revue thread in finally finished...maybe you can bump it? ;)

[petitemistress]

the more i see of the Atlantis project, the more I WANT to see!!
Happy New Year Fred, I was looking over your whole sb thread and you've come a long way (while juggling a full time job, eh? damn.) :D keep going man! I'm gonna try to catch up ;)

A little steampunk train of thought for the Atlantis project... Steampunk involves steam powered machines, like those massive old trains, right? how would steam disperse under water? ;) how would it affect the environment? the clothing? A female leader I suppose has to showcase the strengh of her people, but that did not come through in your current suggestions... their mastery of the power of steam powered engines should show clearly in her costume methinks...

anyways just some things to maul over, I might be completely off the mark mind you... o.o
Have a good 09! :D

[eparts]

yes!happy new year. i like your new sketches. watch out on this one http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=542171&d=1229445537 i think you used to strong color for the wagon. with that much green around it should have a less saturated color reflection (i think so, even if it has a bit comical style)

keep it up and thanks for dropping by. when will we see you sketching on sundays?

[Sorknes]

Happy New Year! :)

The three faces together, and the guy standing with the back to us is really great. :)

Could push some more values though. ;)

The challenge stuff looks like it's coming along, can't wait to see the rest. :) The costume concepts looks good.

[mariusz]

Hi man!

I think there is something courious in propositions 4 and 6 in the "Atlantis Reborn" female leader costume concept.
You should push a bit further those two. Of course I don't say that this spheary helmet is a really 100% good idea but maybe something simmilar to this or a half of this shape... ;)

[bharat]

hi...good stuff... nice....

[JustinBeckett]

Hey man, nice updates. Looking at your work, I think you should add more value relationships, there isn't enough range in your work it seems.

Those last digital paint - character designs are nice. Nicer then the sketches of them.

~JB

[dCepT]

Carni: Thanks man! Cool to hear the KOTOR-comparison... hehe... didn't see it until you mentioned it :P Didn't spot the revue thread, could you PM me the link, and I'll drop by for sure!

petite: Thanks for the thoughts, Dina! I'll run it by the guys and du some more costumes... These are for the leader who don't do manual labour... but I could try to bring in some more steampunky elements as like.. decoration on their clothes or whatnot.. heh... We'll be sharing as we go along on it.. hehe... And I guess you'll see stuff through Andreas too :D

eparts: Yah... you're right about the saturation for sure! They're printed already though, but I could go back and fix just to have it done :) I've been busy during weekends lately, but I'll try to drop in and sketch with ya'll sometime for sure!

Sorknes: Thank you Sorky :) Cool to hear you like! I'm doing pencil studies regularily now, and I'll push values more! Getting back into using several pencils of varying hardness, so I'm hoping to show a bigger valuerange soon!

mariusz: Yeah.. guess a couple of 'em went by a bit fast... they're painted on top of a rough 3d basemesh though, so the length relationships should be right.. That being said, it could be that I've done something weird to make 'em seem that way :P I'll get it correct when I do the full concept though.. hehe... Thanks!

bharat: Thanks for dropping by dood! Glad you like!

JustinBeckett: I like the digitals better too.. heh... Got a couple more sketches to scan since last with more costumes though... I'll post when I get my ass to scanning! Glad to see ya in here!

Ok.. a WIP for work... do crit and suggest and rip to pieces :) Wanna push myself on this one, seeing as how I'm enjoying painting it!

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[kidult]

Nice, keep going for it! On this last one the characters feet seem to not be at the same perspective as the rest

[TheGnoll]

i you've been up to some cool thing man

i'd try and keep in mind some more "ordinate" composition in stuff like that last one, perhaps even messing about with the golden ratio to make it work better (maybe cropping it a bit)
I think you could have put more importance on the character and maybe chosen a lower horizon, but seems to be a bit too late for that.I'd personally make those columns simples.Vegetation, graffiti, more damage and maybe a broken car could do it some good.If the scene was not so much in daylight a fireplace or something like that could have served as a neat secondary light source

just expressing random thoughts here, great start for 2009, keep 'em coming!

ciao

[Slash]

Balle. More clutter. More mess. More carnage. Make sure not to lose focus on the dude. Maybe keep the dude separated from the rest with his hue.

[hp]

watch the persp on the bottom right. the cracks look great but the ground looks like it's curving up instead of just going into the bg. reminds me of i am legend with the deer.

i think some graffiti and wear/tear would benefit the foreground, but of course it's a wip :D

thanks btw for posting great crits in my sketchbook ^^ <3 <3

[dCepT]

kidult: duly noted! I'll take care of it :)

TheGnoll: Thanks man! Lotta good ideas there! I've started putting stuff in now... Maybe nighttime would be a better way to go... or like twilight.. I'll mess around with it and see!

Slash: Hmf.. no boob-suggestions? Oh well.. those you posted were too, I guess :P Haha... thanks bro!

hp: Yup... I really need to get something done about the perspective issue on the right hand side there... I'll correct it for the next update! Thanks! Glad you dig.. hehe.. The scene is inspired by the place near where I live, and there are deer in the forests here... But reminding you of I am Legend ain't bad in my book.. hehe... I enjoyed that movie!

Update.. didn't get to paint much today... meeting and website solution-shit goin' on.. heh... but I got a little bit done.
Keep critting ya'll! Really appreciate it!

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[hp]

i think the black thing on the right hand side is a bit distracting for now. maybe flesh it out a little more.

i know it's not done yet, but i think with the wear and tear there would be a TONNNNN more graffiti. like overlaid on top of each other.

[Slash]

I wanna see WAY more clutter! MORE MESS! And for the love of all that's unholy will you throw in a pair of boobs? :P It's headed in the right direction tho, just keep churning away at it!

Oh, and since you've been riding me about perspective, i'll throw some right back at you. ;) It seems as the surface the character is standing on is twisted, cuz you see it more from above towards the left side, but then it twists and almost aligns with the camera towards the right. There might be a fancy smanchy booklernin' perspective explaination to this, but it seems a little off to me.

[dCepT]

hp: Good crits! I fucked up royally and saved a flattened websize over my .psd though, so I'm gonna have to get around to repainting parts of that piece... I'll add mo' graff and shit for the next update!

slash: no boobs for this one!! I will add clutter though! :)

Some sketchies... I need to get around to scanning my sketchbook, but here are a few digis... :P

I've migrated my blog from blogspot to wordpress... I'll put the new link in my sig as well, but if any of you feel inclined to drop me a line over there; clicky (http://dcept.wordpress.com)

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[Slash]

balls balls balls balls balls! LAWL! :P

[Jorge Gecov]

Cool stuff, i like the creatures from the previous page.
Keep posting!

[max1975]

I love the inks here: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=572447&d=1232714688, very harsh and, i dunno...tactile I guess? Works great.

While you're adding all the clutter and boobs you need to add to that WIP, be careful not to lose the sense of scale you're getting from the perspective, which is very well done.

[Sorknes]

Love the monkey, hehe.

On your piece that you're working on, I agree with Slash, more clutter. :P It comes off as a little too clean right now. Some textures and stuff will prolly help out on that too, it's a bit too slick. But don't lose the sense of the character nor it sitting alone in a wide landscape like that. :)

[kidult]

thanx for the comments on my sb! updates?

[hp]

great char drawings! you've obviously improved a lot with drawin them ;D

[dCepT]

Slash: Ain't easy bein' a superhero.... :P Thanks for skiddin' by :)

Jorge Gecov: Glad you like, dude!

max1975: Thanks! when I get enough of the chimps I'll consolidate 'em into a series or somethin'... heh..

Sorknes: Yah... thanks for the feedback, and you're totally right :) Haven't gotten the time to work on that lately though... too much other stuff lined up at work atm... I'll get on it as soon as I can and update though :D

kidult: Thanks yourself :) Thanks for kickin' my ass about updating!

hp: Awesome! Glad you think so :) Gracias :D

Ok, so I decided to try out ArtRage, and it was more fun than a buncha monkeys in a barrel! Just got the lite edition though, but I think I'll be buying the full version soon... getting layers and stuff to be able to mesh better with photoshop would be nice.. hehe...
Also scanned a few pages.. messy and shit, but there ya go... I'm getting back into doing more pencils again... which I'm glad for!

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[dCepT]

'nother ArtRage speedy... around 30 minutes. Still getting to grips with the program, but it hella fun to be sloppin' paint around in it :D

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I'm trying to repent for being such a horribly absent poster for a while now ;)

Thank you for looking!

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[hp]

ooh some of that artrage stuff is great! esp the girl with the facepaint.

the portrait of the girl in the hat (assume it's your gf? cuz of the heart :D) i think could be improved. i think you need a more delicate touch near the undercheek shadows. otherwise it looks good.

the last sketch you posted is probably one of the best you've done so far. the guns are slightly out of persp though. you should paint this one up!

[dCepT]

hp: Cool that you like the ArtRage stuff... I'm havin' a tonna fun with it.. hehe.. Appreciate the crits on the pencils! Yeah, it's my gf :) I liked the fedora on her, so I had to.. hehe

Sorry for not posting a few days again.. I lost a couple of days to fever and flu.. gonna scan the meager offerings in my sketchbook asap, and post some more digis I have laying around at home.. until then; here's another artrage speedy.. 20-30 minutes approx. :) Sometimes you jus' gotta do a gasmask piece, right?

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[Carnifex]

hey,nice artrages...bit muddy colours in some (greygreen on that last,could use abit more yellow). did your girlfriend have to sit model for you? her grin's alittle stiff ;)
thanks for stoppin by!

[hp]

totally understand, i did a gas mask piece myself :D

i'm also sick *cough cough*

i like how with artrage your paintings are getting nice and loose.

[bharat]

goodwork ur portraits r cool,thanks for visit on my thred.

[dCepT]

Carnifex: thanks for the crits, Carni! :) I'm gonna put in a little more time on the green dude.

hp: Thank you! Been trying to keep it loose.. heh... good to know it's working

bharat: thanks!

More digis... a speedy, a few quick thumbs and a wip

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[Lakka]

these thumbs look very nice http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=612518&d=1236454906

Especially the big fella with the mace :)

[Slash]

when i get back home were gonna go on a feet drawing rampage! And we're not gonna stop until we can both draw a pair of convincing feet actually being GROUNDED on a ground plane, in any perspective. This has been bugging me in my own work, and its bugging me in your work as well. This is where most of your latest pieces fall through, the foot areas are generally unelegant. I don't know exactly what youre doing wrong, probably cuz i make the same mistakes myself, and if i knew i wouldn't be doing them.. :P So yeah, boot camp when i get back, PUN INTENDED! I also notice that in some of your faces the features don't fit the shape of the face, or vice versa. I did a quick paintover to illustrate my point, although i might have taken the lipo too far.. :P

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I dont know exactly how you do it, but i find it helpful to go through a mental checklist of things to look out for, first the big shapes of the head and how they relate, and then the more superficial features following these.

Other than that, cool stuff bro! I especially like what you have going on with the voodoo priest and the other feathered shaman dude. Artrage looks like a blast, and im guessing it fits your traditional background perfectly. Get well soon, and don't forget to send me the stuff! NUDGE NUDGE! :P


Stay Alpha!

[hp]

oh man, the green bg on the 1st pic in post 1448, it looks awesomeeeeee

your chars are getting so much better, i'm jealous *tear* :D

[Sorknes]

The ones you posted the 7th looks great, I like your shamanistic thingy going on :)

Artrage seems to suit you. You're getting there in colour, but push even a bit more, follow your own advice to me and go nuts a few times. ;)

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Lakka: Thanks! Yeah, I'm gonna do a couple of pieces from 'em.. :) Figured the warrior chick and the brute dude..

Slash: Thanks for taking the time for a paintover, heimegut! I agree you took the lipo a bit far, but I'll definately keep it in mind! I'm gonna take it real serious and start doing balance/grounding studies even *before* you're getting back! BOO YAH! My drawings are gonna be GENETICALLY DIFFERENT by the time you get back, homie!! STAY ALPHA!!

hp: Nah, come on! You've got great characters too!! Glad you like the direction my sh*t is taking now though :) Thanks!

Sorknes: Hehehe... practice what I preach, right? :D Yeah, I'll remember to go wild on a few! (He said and posted a greayscale :P )

A back study for some stuff at work... the study ain't nothing like what I'm aiming at though so I can show :) The final product will be under NDA for a while :P I'll show when I can though!

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The robot-arm thumbs are for a project at work as well. Bit looser on the "don't-show-this-to-nobody"-ness, so there ya go :P I'll be taking 1 or 3 further, according to the client. I'll get updates up on them when I get there!

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[Carnifex]

nice and clean,no chickenscratching...better!
artrage speedy from last post is good too.

[dCepT]

Carni: Thanks, dood! Glad you like!

Sorry to bump the thread twice in a day like that... few minutes with some colors and adjustments on the green guy done i PS :P

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[SMILEFACE]

damn yall go the madd gonzo stlye an the qoute was from Talib Kweli 'Good To You yes/no 'are you gunna do the pic if no i kinda cheeted if yes i kinda cheeted cool diggz

[dCepT]

Grandmassa Mr. Spect: Thanks for droppin' in, and thanks for the props! Like I said in your thread; I did the piece even tho' you a cheatin' bastard! :D

Aight... I was throwin' out a challenge in Spect's thread, and I ended up having to do this one.. hehe.. portrait from ref.
The text might be too much, but I don't know... the whole thing started out over some hiphop quotes bein' thrown around, so I figured I'd get that in there as well.. hehe

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[SMILEFACE]

YEAH thats WICKED' digg the brush strokes' its funny cause i do a madd aesop impression' any way good show lets see some moe

[Eon]

Had to check out your thread after you dropped lyrics from my favorite Kweli track in Spect's sb! Quality portrait! Inspiring progress through your sketchbook!

[Sorknes]

Great robot arms! :D Some of them looks a bit messy (as in too many things going on in them), but that might be according to the brief....

And Kweli looks good as well, there's a sloppy randomness look that you managed to pull through even though it's pretty tight :)

[JailHouseRock2]

Fuck yeah dude, love the ArtRages!
That back study up there's awesome and same with that last one.
robot arms are sweet as too, damn this is a fine sb!
No real crits sorry, apart from with some of the AR painting the colours get a bit muddy,

keep at it man,
matt

[dCepT]

Grandmassa Mr. Spect: See you peepin' the thread right now.. I'm posting, I'm posting!! Glad you like the Talib portrait.. Here's something completely different :P

Sorknes: Yeah.. I wanted to try out a bunch of different stuff.. and some of 'em got a bit cluttered... I narrowed it down for the client though, and they're happy, so it's all good in the hood :D

Eon: One of my favourites too, man! Glad you dig!

JailHouseRock2: ArtRage rocks, man! Dig the alchemy stuff you got goin' on! Thanks for droppin' in!

More artrage.. warmup speedy today... with a little PS tampering :P

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[SMILEFACE]

hey thats wicked' haha i was wait'n i think one of those was lurk'n in my apartment cant tell though i sqaushed it w/ my skateboard... i really dig its design an that new goute you droped is one of my all time favorites' keep ROCK'N

[dCepT]

Spect: So now your bearings are all cluttered up with tentacle goo? :D

'Nother ArtRage.. elephant this time... no idea why.. wanted to paint an elephant.. :P and a zoom to show the sloppy brushwork.. haha.. when I do these, I stay zoomed out so I see the whole piece at all times, so they tend to get a bit.. chunky... that's part of what I like with these though :)

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[Carnifex]

artrage seems to do you quite good...more confidence in there.:)

[hp]

nice! your brushstrokes are getting better and better.

i would next try working on some value studies maybe in artrage with some diff lighting schemes. i think you could improve on value range.

[max1975]

Loving the artrage stuff. Are you still using the free version?

Also love the robot arms.

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Carnifex: Thanks man! It's insanely cool to paint in :D

hp: Yup! Agreed! I'll spend some time getting more value in the next one :) Thanks!

max1975: Yeah.. still the free version, I haven't gotten around to getting the full version yet.. :P Glad you like!


Speedpaint enviro.. both PS and ArtRage for this one.. trying to find a blend.. hehe.. Crits are very welcome! I need to get better at enviros :)

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[Slash]

Sweet lawd! This last one is awesome! Those brushstrokes are totally sex, i want artrage too now!! I mean, i was tempted before, but that latest one really has something going on! A crit to be polite is in order i think.. Some tree studies would do you good i think. They look a little weird, especially where the trunk goes thin, then thicker above the thin parts, which makes the tree look less elegant. I dig the execution of the trees, my only beef is the shape.

Ellie looks dope!

[max1975]

The idea in this one is pretty cool, but I think the artrage brushstrokes are drawing too much attention to themselves this time. Also the rock formations, especially on the left, look too big--like if I was standing next to them, I'd be taller than the bridge. That's a little tricky because it's certainly conceivable they could be that big, but to my eye it's throwing off the scale. I'd try dividing those up into smaller forms.

[SMILEFACE]

yall got the madd action in this one sooooo gggooooooooooooddddddddd i hope you keep play'n w/ it cause yall hit paydirt an i cant wait to see some more enviros' cheers'

[Josef K.]

awesome work man! the latest envio rocks! love this concept (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=615216&d=1236691996)! - keep rockin man! never heard of ArtRage - is it worth a try?

[Eon]

Artrage is giving your digital work a real oil paints look! I think the way the brushstrokes remain unblended on the elephant give it a lot more character than if it had been smooth. Props on the water for that enviro, tough task!

[Sorknes]

That last one is really good, a step forward! :) The orange and blue doesn't have that muddy look at all and the strokes are really neat, you should keep going at mixing mediums :)

[mariusz]

Hi man!

I like your last enviroment paintng. Great feeling of traditional media use. This is the effect I'm looking for in my paintings. I try ArtRage but this program doesn't offer so much freedom in mixing paintng like PS, so I decline. Maybe I must back to this program and try it again.

cheers

[mariusz]

Hi man!

I like your last enviroment paintng. Great feeling of traditional media use. This is the effect I'm looking for my paintings. I try ArtRage but this program doesn't offer so much freedom in mixing paintng like PS, so I decline. Maybe I must back to this program and try it again.

cheers

[dCepT]

Slash: Thanks bro! Just got the full version of ArtRage at the office yesterday.. hehe.. Suddenly I can add thinners to my paint! *geekout*

max1975: Thanks for the crits and thoughts! I'll have a look at dividing the larger shapes and post an update!

Spect: Thanks, homes! Yeah, I'll do more of those fo' sho'! Starting to like doing enviros.. hehe

Josef K.: Glad you like! ArtRage is a soopah cheap program (full version for 25$) that simulates traditional media... and yeah.. definately worth a try! I love it! Here's the URL for the homepage.. they have a free version to download as well: Ambient Design (http://www.ambientdesign.com/)

Eon: Thanks! Yeah, I kinda liked the chunky feel too :)

Sorknes: Thanks Sorky! There's gonna be more ArtRage coming from this corner ;)

mariusz: Yeah, I revert to Photoshop for the stuff that ArtRage can't handle.. so it's often a mix of the two. ArtRage is so much lighter than Painter.. and I kinda like that the options are kinda limited. The full version supports layers and blending modes and imports/exports .psd files, so it meshes really nicely.

Ok.. a few sketches.. was outta country with my girlfriend for a screening of a bunch of shorts on the London Film School.. was an awesome, tight scheduled trip.. Big sorry to the CA people in London.. I wanted to meet all of you guys, but I didn't have time at all.. full throttle all day and we collapsed at the hotel every night.. heh.. Got a few sketches in though.. :)

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[SMILEFACE]

freak'n rad every time tha hac is wicked an the sketches are on piont characters enviros paints sketches yall gunna bring down the house lets see some moe'

[dCepT]

Yeah.. sorry for spamming.. Forgot a couple.. Did these for a client and I can show 'em now.. Kind of a rushjob, but there they are :)

Left, right and an option to combine 'em into a panorama

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[grenappels]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=641928&d=1239296104

damn i love that thing, you're a great painter but that one in particular you take it even further cause its really lovable. something about the colors. alright on second look the colors are fleshy and sexual and maybe... i need to get a grip on my mind lol

[Eon]

Bad Muthafucka! lol. Nice updates. I like the humor in your sketches like the banana and this one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=641939&d=1239296469).

I don't understand what's happening with the hand (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=641955&d=1239298040) on the left side. Did you forget to paint it while rushing or am I totally missing it?

[dCepT]

Hey ya'll! Just poppin' in to post this. Thank you all for the replies! I'll get back to ya asap! :yayca:

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[Carnifex]

like it :) green colour scheme (heh) is more coherent and makes more sense for underwater scenery. perhaps use white stripes on the red for more agressive state? e.g. (http://www.fatturtletravel.com/images/ElGouna271205b008.jpg) since you can't see red itself that well under water. (change to orange?)

[hp]

last concept is really neat. your concepts are getting a lot better.

for some of the sketches of the lamppost and stuff a while back, i would watch the middle parts of your sketches. for instance the outline of the lamppost looks good but the middle is kind of confusing.

[Nettle_Mountain]

Ilustration and speedpainting enviroment shows clear improvement, more 3 dimensional aspect in form i think would make them more better (in perspective)

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[dCepT]

grenapples: Hahaha.. Awesome! Cool to see it resonated that much with ya! Sexual or not :D Thanks!

Eon: Yeah, it's a blooper.. hehe.. Glad you like the sketches!

Carnifex: Thanks for the input, and the image! Makes a lot of sense! I'll try an orange and white thing on it for sure.

hp: Thanks! Good crit! Think it might be my tendency to jump straight into rendering that's the culprit for the centre areas getting a bit.. unreadable.. I'll keep it mind!

Nettle Mountain: Thanks! I'll try to get more stuff in there that describes the perspective better.

Warmup with ArtRage :) It's just a turtle.. from reference.. I'm trying to get a bigger mental library of creatures, so a study seemed appropriate.. hehe..

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[Eon]

I like that vivid palette in that last piece and how you often maintain that painterly look in your digital work. Wicked idea with the war octopus!

[Sorknes]

Busy man! Hehe. I totally love that sea turtle.

Keep a lil eye on your peopleses though. suddenly you have a little of that stiff pose thing on in several of your sketches there.... Keep it loose and build on it! :)

[Chris Noeth]

I really like your work but whenever I'm looking through your sketchbook I have the feeling you should put some more time on each piece. Maybe you are concentrating to much on quantity instead quality. I think some extra time (or slower creation of each piece) could bring your art to a totally new level.

Best,

Chris

[Josef K.]

awesome updates man! hehe the last one makes me happy - sea turtle love! the heavy attack crab is cool as well. thx for the artrage link - i'll definitely check it out! keep rockin man!

[maxetormer]

I'm diging it :D
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=628983&d=1238000594
I'm back in business, will do a more extended post as soon as I can :)

[Augmenton]

I really like that last turtle and the elephant on the next page. Nice work.

[SMILEFACE]

hey where you at hope your have'n fun an make'n wicked art

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Woo man! Keep up the good work. DO MORE STUDIES:D

-E

[hp]

dude what happened to updates? :D

[dCepT]

Eon: Thanks man! The painterly thing is fairly recent though.. haha.. only got that in there after discovering ArtRage :)

Sorknes: Thank you! Appreciate the crit! I need to get into more studies.

Chris Noeth: Yep! You're absolutely right! I'll try to think quality instead of quantity.. I need to make a jump up with my work. Thanks for the kick!

Josef K: Thanks dude! Where have you gone on twitter though? I haven't seen an "Artist inspiration" link in ages :D

maxetormer: Glad you like, hermano! Hope you're settling in nicely up in Canada! I really need to get on MSN and harrass you.. haven't talked to you in ages.. haven't talked to any CA'ers lately.. I suck.. being busy is not a valid excuse.. hah..

Augmenton: Thank you!

Spect: yooooo! Sorry for being away for so long! Been painting :) Can't show a lot of it, but I've got an image dump fo' yo' ass right here!

Mischeviouslittleelf: Thanks for the asskickin'! I'm well aware.. heh.. studies comin' up!

hp: Yeah.. updates have been.. neglected for a while.. :P Been busy (lame excuse)..here's an update to make up for it!

Ok, ya'll.. I'm really sorry for being so negligent of my SB, and CA in general.. I'm gonna make my rounds to all of you as soon as I've posted some pictures! Keep kickin' my ass about updating though! ;)


Right.. this is a mix of a couple of pieces that'll be used (the profiles with the feathers and such, and the red dressed chick), sketches made for my own or for projects and for studies :) Some I'm happy with, some are crap, but I'll just post a bunch for you guys.. heh.. Hope there's something worth looking at! Appreciate any and all crits and comments!

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[SMILEFACE]

ya dropped the KILLER' EPIC' WICKED' update KABLAAAMMMMM !!!!!!!!!!+1 +1 +1 SUPERCOMBO 'LEVEL UP'' my heads gunna ring fer a week!

[dCepT]

Spect: Thanks man! Always quick with the replies!

Forgot one.. tried playing around with the CA BG color.. just a really quick sketch done in ArtRage with the pencil tool :)

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[SMILEFACE]

thats cool ' yall ever see the face' on the forum page right before it louds up ? theres tonz of stuff but ya gotta look quick

[corza334]

Awesome update :)
That ArtRage pencils really cool, nice sketch and it looks close to a real pencil ^_^