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[hp]

awesome. your sketching is getting a billion times better.

the red chick piece is awesome. however her face is just killing it. showing that much of her face is not only taking away from some of the mystery factor but it looks like she is leaning backward in a very uncomfy position. i would tilt it down some.

[dCepT]

Spect: Nah.. haven't seen it.. gotta check it out next time I log on..haha

corza334: Thank you!

hp: Awesome! Thanks for a great crit! Something was bugging me about her pose, but I just didn't see it. I'll do something about that one for sure!

Just a couple of quick ones to (try) and keep things rollin' in here :P

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The last one started out as an experiment.. might revisit that one.. or do other/more ninja/robot action.. Don't know.. hehe.. I wanna be real careful with making promises until I really get into being an active part of CA again :P

Thanks for critting and lookin' people!

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[SMILEFACE]

MAN.. dude.. come on..WTF?!? THAT LAST ONE IS FREAK'N E-P-I-C-!-!-!:D:D:D

[hp]

dude the last one is indeed epic....i would fix the right side tho, it's totally throwing off some of the persp and some of the mood as well. (the spotlights and the diagonal rail coming down from right to left)

wanna join my sketchring thing? lol i'm trying to gather some new people because almost everyone doesn't post anymore except farvus/onir.

haha btw i don't really use the ca friend thing that much ^^ just to let you know.

[kikindaface]

Wow, awesome sketchbook ! Crazy improvment ! I really enjoyed watching your work ! Keep it up !

[dCepT]

Spect: Thanks, homie!

hp: Thanks for a great crit (again) :) I'll check it out and see what happens.. I'm reworking the lady in red too.. angling the head down really helped!

Walid: Thank you! Glad you like!

Couple of sketchies.. I'll be back later on today with some Newborn stuff.. I'm hoping to join in on that thing, so we'll see :)

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Note: I have no clue what I was doing with this mech.. haha.. I feel that I'm really lacking in the design language of mechs and shit.. need to do more I guess.. hehe.. If anyone have any hints and tips and such for this type of thing, hit me! :D

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[dCepT]

Newborn sketches :) Entry thread here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=161780)

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[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey D, good to see you are still going strong! Try and do some color studies man, that might help a little on your stuff:)

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[kidult]

Awesome progress since i last came round, really nice lines on the pencil work! Keep pushing! and try bring in some of that nice linework on the digis!!!

[SMILEFACE]

cool BEANS' on the scketches an THE NEWBORNS GUNNA ROCK!

[hp]

good luck on newborn! i think you could push a little more contrast into your latest stuff.

nice mech btw :D portrait sketch in the last last post is really good too!

[Sorknes]

Wee, you're updating again. :)

The action one is really neat, good job :) Newborn sketches looks good as well, push those colours and contrast that you started doing a lil while back some more though! :)

[Eon]

Those updates are rocking! I can't decide if I like the paintings or drawings the best! Very varied but remains competent! Only crit I can give is that the brown pool border in that Red Dress painting looks too much like a solid color shape. Perhaps it could use further light reflections and shadows (from the branches). Anyway, pic is already quite tough with the drapery and water. Wicked newborn concepts!

[dCepT]

Mischeviouslittleelf: Still goin'! Yeah, I totally need that.. I'm gonna try and attend the streaming class on color and light! :)

kidult: Thanks man! Glad you like :)

mr. Spect: Thanks for droppin' in so often! YOU RRROOOOCKKK! Hope Newborn will turn out aight.. haha..

hp: Thank you! Yeah, the contrast could really use a bump.. thanks for the crit!

Sorknes: Thanks for the thoughts! Seems like the contrast thing along with my.. flimsy grip on color is a big issue (that is to say, I know it is.. ) will work harder on improving!

Eon: mmm you're totally right.. If that thing took some shadows from the surroundings I think it'd definately be an improvement.. I've already gotten some good crits from hp on it, so I'm reworking it anyhow.. I'll keep it in mind!

Just a few quick quickies.. birds for a thing we're doing at work :)

Gonna do some workups of a couple of these.. I'll show when I can!

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[dCepT]

Hey guys! Just popping in real quick here.. squeezed in some time on the Newborn competition.. hope I have time to finish :)

I'll drop by all of you guys' SB's asap!

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Oh.. and a little iteration on the birdies from the last post.. less of 'em, but more rendered: HOLY SIZE Batman!! Resized.. they were... excessive :P

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[dCepT]

Crosspost from my Newborn thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=161780).. I'll get back to everyone who's dropped comments in here tonite! Promise! :)

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[Shard]

lots of really great stuff here dude!! keep em coming!!

[Eon]

Newborn illo is shaping up really sick. I like the B&W version better due to the harder edges in the foreground. Looking forward to seeing how you finish it!

EDIT: And this was my 600th post! That's a record for me!

[dU5K]

good stuff man. i could see your improving.. keep up the work. oh and uhh.. wes' wes' yall! haha

[dCepT]

Not much time gotta bounce, but I'll get back to you guys soon! Thank you so much for dropping in!

Here's what I got in today on the Newborn piece.

Cropped, added some people in the wombs receding in the BG and some general noodling.

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[My57]

your painting is quite well done. I also enjoy your creatures ^_^

The only thing i have to say is that your faces need work. Usually when the faces are far away. Most of your closer faces look decent. I myself suck at faces from imagination so ya.

By faces i just mean the ones from imagination.

[Onir]

Hey d-cept, really nice sketchbook ya got goin here :) I really like the variety of ideas you've got going here, specifically the newborn ones and the sheet of birds from a couple of posts ago. This recent WIP has a really nice depth to it; you've seperated the fore, middle, and backgrounds quite nicely. Definitely progressing well though, curious as to where ya take it.. keep it up!

[YihyoungLi]

Your pencil stuff is really good and the Newborn WIP looks great. Just an idea: perhaps the Newborn could be paler--he hasn't seen the sun throughout his existence. That could also easily distinguish him from the dark background.

Have you seen "The Machinist" with Christian Bale? He lost 60+ pounds for the role, your Newborn reminds me of the character: http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/stickman.jpg

Keep it up!

[SMILEFACE]

Wicked newborn haha 'good mornig' id be like put me back in keep up the goods!

[zelda_geek]

Hi, I like the first greyscale version best. It looks darker and creepier. You lost some of that in the later versions.

And do more studies man!

[Shin-Akuma]

Ey!
The Newborn wip is looking great.
I like the colours your using here.

The blue and red is nice, and the green in the foreground adds just that little extra!
Good work. And the composition is tight, and there's a great feeling of depth as well.

Here's a couple of crits:

The depth of field going on in the foreground is a cool idea, but as it is now it doesn't work for me. The most subtly blurred insect legs are ok, but the blurred pipe seems kinda wrong. I doesn't feel like it's a part of the picture right now in my opinion. I don't really know how you should fix it. Perhaps make the blur less subtle, or study photos with DoF that you find on the internet perhaps, to get more of a feeling of what it looks like.

Also the anatomy of the guy who is new born is a bit generic.
I guess people who are "constructed" like this might get a generic kind of anatomy, but I think that if you made him really weak, or really strong, that would bring out more of a dramatic effect. You know.. Weak like in very thin and all ribs and such. Or strong with broader shoulders and more muscles. At the moment he looks pretty thin, but he's got muscle as well, so I'm not really sure what is going on.

This is last one is really more of a personal opinion than a real crit though. :)

Keep up the good work! Looking forward to see this one finished.

[dCepT]

My57: Glad you like, and thank you for the crit!

Onir: Thanks! I tried as best I could to get a good seperation, so I'm stoked it worked! :) Need to do more illustrations.. hehe.. they're fun!

YihyoungLi: Hey! No.. haven't seen the film.. guess I'm gonna have to now! I heard that he was advised not to go so extreme by a doctor while filming that thing, though... haha.. Thanks for the suggestion on the Newborn :)

Spect: Thanks homie! Always in here.. hehe.. YOU RRROOOOCCCKKK

zelda_geek: Yep.. totally right.. I need to do more studies... I'll pick it up and post soon! Thanks for the crit on the Newborn piece!

Shin: Damn... you really sat down and thought this one through didn't you? Awesome crit man! Hope everything is good on your side of town :D Done with that summer gig yet? ;)

Ok.. So I got so many suggestions from people not only on here, that the grey scale was way more creepy, so I went for a monochromatic with a kicker for the final.. I'm gonna brush up some more on this thing at some point, but this is what I got in as a final for the competition.. Got a new gig as well I moving into a new apartment while doing this, so I was spread a little thin a while there.. haha..

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[hp]

i would have darkened the foreground even more on the left, and also right now since there is a equal amt of rendering between the two chars, my eye actually kind of goes thru them to the very background. i might add some glow or hazy smoke to the bug bot so that the guy has more focus.

great tho, good luck :D

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey man! THe newborn concept is mint! But do more subtle colours, it is a little to gray and brown now.

-E

[dCepT]

Hey guys! Too long since I've posted, as usual, but here are a couple of monkeys to make up for it :D

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Hope you guys like 'em!

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[YihyoungLi]

Nice update! The samurai hairstyle is unusual, but the highlights are spot on.

The skintones could be a more consistent. In some areas, the shadows are dull; but there are also very saturated parts--like his forehead. He seems to have been out in the sun for too long. Also, it's not so apparent, but his head shape is strange; notice the area between the bottom of the ear and the black clothing. I believe he's missing some neck/hair over there.

The pose in the second is convincing and the expression is great--I wouldn't want to mess with him. The shadow is a good addition: it really plants him in the space. These are really minor details: The right forearm's shape could be more informative as it's rotation; it doesn't really connect with the hand well I think. Also, it's kinda difficult to tell the pant's texture.

Keep up the good work!

EDIT: 52 pages yeah!

[hp]

don't neglect the ear :D

i love the style of the last painting

[dCepT]

YihyoungLi: Thank you for a really good set of crits! I'll definately have a look at 'em!

hp: Yeah.. I've been hearing about that ear.. hehe.. Rework comin' up! :D

Right.. so I did a couple of light/color/composition studies from movie stills this weekend.. trying to get outta what I usually do. Noted on 'em which movies they're from :) I tried to keep it very loose and not fall into my usual render-whoring.. I'll do more of these and try to strike a balance between loose and rendered somewhere.. we'll see where this ends up :) My definate favourite of these is the one after "From Hell".. Seems the implied detail is sorta working there.. The knife (yeah, the blob in the guy in the foreground's hand :P) could probably be better defined in order to get the point across a bit more.. as well as the chair she's sitting in sorta reads as her leg in between 'em there.. So I shoulda rendered some more there, perhaps..

Thoughts, crits and such are very welcome!

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[Onir]

Ah thought I had this subscribed; was wondering why it wasn't popping up on my list... fixed either way! hehe great updates man, really strong work. I love this one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=750142&d=1250082419), great pose and the technique works really well for it (love the Champ/Chimp thing as well hehe). These movie studies are looking really good as well, nice color and contrast as well as a very solid feel to each character.

Not a whole lot I can see to crit; the knife, as you mentioned, is a little wonky but I'm sure that'd be a pretty quick fix. Otherwise I'd say you might want to try to use a bigger brush to block in larger areas, reduce the amount of brush strokes you use a little. You did say these were meant to be looser though, so that might not be helpful in the end hehe... either way just keep it up!

[dCepT]

Onir: Thanks! Yeah, I'm trying out some new ideas.. hehe.. But a bigger brush is probably good :) I tend to pick at stuff.. hehe..

So I tried a little zBrush today.. got a buddy who is a 3D modeller who's been bugging me about doing some zbrush.. haha.. I made a very rough model and painted on top of it.. Definately a different approach to character design.. Here's the result of my fumbling about today :D

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[dCepT]

Did another quick movie study last night.. from Interview with the Vampire. I've only used a "/" shaped brush with tilt sensitivity and opacity to pressure.. I'm thinking maybe I should bring a soft brush into the equation to get more control over the edges and the rendering. Just put down a few strokes with a soft brush at the end.. These studies are supposed to be fast, but they can be better while still being fast :D

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[Munin Raven]

Some cool stuff in here. The Heavy Attack Crab is seriously awesome... worth the admission fee alone. Also really liking how you are using Artrage, and your pencils are nice too. But where are the DS speedies you promised? ;) I linked here from the setup thread.

You seem to be pushing in all areas so I don't really know what to crit, although I did notice that some of your more finished pieces that feature figures loose a little definition. The different masses tend to become more generic and lumpy? The new zBrush paintover, on the other hand, retains the nice structure, so maybe doing a few more would help the memory retain?

[dCepT]

Munin Raven: Thank you for the kind words, and the good crit! :) Really appreciate it! And I've yet to empty the DS card for my crappy DS sketches.. haha.. thanks for the kick in the ass! Good think you're keeping me to my word :P

Sorry for spamming today.. little in-between study at work today.. from Benjamin Button this time.. I could not get the colors to sit well.. Can't win 'em all, I guess.. Wil be doing more of these! There's a lot to learn from it.. and I'll spend some more time on the next few I think.. try to get some more out of 'em than I already do :)

Like I said though.. this was an in-betweener at work, so I couldn't sit and indulge for too long.. haha..

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[Onir]

wow I like that zbrush piece! the pose, colors, and textures all work really well; quite the creepy monster haha ;) movie stills are looking great, especially since you're doing them pretty quickly. shapes are legible and you're getting atmosphere nicely in both pieces. not a whole lot I can see to crit, but I see a bit of soft edge brush in the benjamin button piece and I think it's working well. either way keep at it!

[SMILEFACE]

WICKED UPDATES an even when im not in here im always here :devil::devil::devil:mmmwwWWWHHHAAAHHAAA :devil::devil::devil:

[YihyoungLi]

Glad to see these great studies! The "From Hell" study is really nice. Overall, your colors and values are convincing, but some planes could be clearer. The shirt sleeve in the Benjamin Button screen is kinda vague; it's hard to tell what's going on there. I think more definitive brush marks could help out, or cell-shading to a certain degree.

Keep it up! :}

[Ashrumm]

The movie still studies are a great idea I might have to try my hand at those!! Very cool man keep cranking out the work you have come a very long ways!!

[hp]

ok i thought i commented but i guess i didn't ^^ i would bring back some of the sculpted texture on your zbrush char. on your movie studies i think you could use some more saturated colors in certain areas to make em pop. you're on a roll dude, keep posting :D

[kikindaface]

Yo dude ! What's up ! Your movies studies looks cool, values are good, but maybe you should more work on edges, i think it's the biggest weakness in your stuff ! So keep it up !

[dCepT]

Hey guys! Wow! Lotsa replies! Thank you so much! :D

Onir, hp, YihyoungLi, Walid D: Really good crits and advice! Thanks a bunch!

Granny, Ashrumm: Thanks guys! You RRROCCCKK!!

I'll write proper replies tomorrow! Just got a collegue over here.. we're gonna work on a little side project we got goin' so I gotta be quick :P Sorry!

I'll swing by all of you guys' SB's tomorrow and return the crits and comments and asspats! :D

'nother study.. from "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" this time.. Spent a little more time on it to define areas a little more.. so they're not left hangin' in "couple-of-brushstrokes-land" :D

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[Sorknes]

Nice updates, seems like you're progressing well :) The Zbrush experiment looks nice, and keep doing those captures, I used to them myself and as more people seems to get back into them again, I keep thinking I should them again myself. Keep at it! :)

[Onir]

hey, looks great! really got the expression, the pose, and the moistness! lol only crit I have is that the top of his head (his forehead area I guess) is flattening out a bit, I guess because of the hard edges along his temples. it is really tough since his hair is dark and it's on a dark background, but you definitely did a great job with it. keep at it!

[mariusz]

Meeeeen! Because of your speedpaint I wanna read again "Interview with the vampire", definetly I'm gonna watch in the first free ocassion.

nice work on Wolverine!

ooohh... i make an overpaint at your work, hope this will help you take this artwork to the next level.



cheers

[YihyoungLi]

Nice update. The color and lighting seem spot on--very convincing. I don't mean the sketch has to be more detailed, but the shapes of your brushstrokes could be more informative. The chest/pectoral area and the trapezius are vague/muddy; perhaps simplifying the shapes.

Gogogo!

[Spaggen]

Really nice sketchbook. What an improvement since you started this book. I especially like the studies from the movies and the nightmare guy. Keep up the great work!

[dCepT]

Sorknes: Thanks! Yeah, the movie studies are fun and a great learning experience IMO! I'll definately keep doing 'em.. plan is to do enough of 'em to have the things I learn creep into my work from imagination.. hehe

Onir: Thanks for the crits! Yeah, the hair/temples transition was a problem area for sure.. Maybe I should've worked it a bit more.. I kinda liked that the edge of the hair disappeared against the dark background.. maybe if I defined the hairline against his skin it would've read better?

mariusz: Dood! Been a little while! :) Hope everything's great in your neck of the woods! I hadn't seen Interview in a while.. definitely cool re watching that.. awesome piece of film! Too bad they really hammed it up with the sequel :P

YihyoungLi: Thanks! Really good point about the chest and trapezius.. especially the trapezius looking at it now..heh.. definitely something to keep in mind for the next one!

Spaggen: Tack tack :D Hope I continue making wortwhile stuff! btw: CA kinda bugged out on me when I replied to your PM.. let me know if you haven't gotten an answer!


Do I did another Nightmare character.. they're fun! :D Less zbrush and more photoshop this time.. I'm definitely a photoshop dood and no 3d sculptor.. Diggin' on painting way more than 3D.. haha.. that being said; zBrush is the most organic and direct method I've ever tried for 3d modelling! Always good to have more tools to work with :)

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[Spaggen]

Oh, that thing is even cooler than the other guy. I can see a small smiling face on his "head", did you do it with purpose? :)

Keep it up man!

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THAT WOLVERINE IS WHERE ITs AT AN THESE NIGHTMARE CREATURES ARE FREAK'N WICKED ROCK ON BRU'THA MAN

[dCepT]

Spaggen: Nah.. not on purpose.. hehe.. Cool that you saw it though! Happy mistake I guess :D

Granny: Thanks for droppin' in!! YOU ROOOCCKKK! Glad you dig the Nightmare creatures! They're mad fun.. haha.. here's anutha!

Figured the first two are sorta armour/gear deprived so if this was for a game, those guys would be low level enemies.. here's a slight level up with some bone-ish armour goin' on.. also he's pissed :D
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I'll do my rounds next week and drop by all of you guys' SB's! Gotta head home from the office now, and I haven't gotten the interwebz up at my new place yet. Have a great weekend guys!

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[SMILEFACE]

HAHA YER A LEVELED UP NIGHTMARE mmWWWHHAAAHHHAAAAA!!!!!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Still I have yet to see you on a sunday sketchcrawl. Tsk tsk tsk:P

I am leaving for the lands to the west tomorrow, but join the gang on sunday and put some lines on paper:D

-E

[Dile_]

from the last page judging i think you will get a lot from doing a really long study where you focus on planes and form only.. You're putting a dozen of suggestive brushstrokes even when using reference.. be more patient if you need too and try not to be satisfied with the first value/color that you pick from the colorpicker.. there are a billion colors in there so its unlikely that you'll get the right one at your first pick :p but yeah.. spend more times with your planes... you are 'supposed' to spend more time on your studies, so that when you make it from your head.. it comes naturally...!

been a long time since i posted in here.. and you've come a long way! nice to see :)

[AmbientChroma]

Keep pushin' dude :)

[hp]

just a crit that the veiny things look a little flat on his tummy

dude your rendering's getting way better!

[Sorknes]

Haha, I can that he's pissed! ^^

Nice ones, keep working that pen, and do more updates! :D

[dCepT]

Spect: hahah! Yep! Maybe I should do an über-boss-nightmare as well :D

Mischeviouslittleelf: Are you back yet? I can't this upcoming sunday, but maybe next weekend?

Dile_: Thank you! Really! Awesome crit, and spot on! I'll definately work on it!

AmbientChroma: Pushin! :)

hp: Thanks! Good point about the veiny stuff

Sorknes: I'll try to update more!

Sorry all for being so infrequent.. lot going on both at work and otherwise.. got a bit of art I can't show yet, but it's a really fun project! Gonna meet with some people about in a couple of weeks we hope.. I hope I'll be back with balloons and cookies for everyone after the meeting.. hehe

Woohoo! New page!

A little art:

Had this idea of a fantasy setting Gears of War.. Marcus-ish..hehe
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[Slash]

what's this? AN UPDATE? Dayum. I'mma go outside and shoot me some bacon out of the sky! ;)

Cool stuff! As i was saying on msn, the chick looks kinda retarded with her eyes far apart like that. Also get ref for the ear and make it a little more refined. Her jawline is also quite masculine, and that is reinforced by the somewhat unfortunate makeup job.. sorry to be blunt but it makes it look like a 5 o' clock shadow. :P a different color might help remedy that assosiation.

lovin' on the stalin!

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[tobbA]

These look great. Major improvement since page one :)

[dCepT]

Slash: Thanks dood! Great crit, on point and brutal! Dig it! Gonna do a redux of that one and get rid of unwanted facial hair and make that ear look good.. maybe she should stay a tard, though? Maybe a little less chin.. haha.. okokok I'll fix the eyes as well! :D

tobbA: Thanks man! Glad you like!

Ok, so I entered the "When We Left Earth" challenge over at It's Art.. here's a little WIP-y action.. I totally need practice doing environments, so that's why I chose it for the challenge. The ellipses on the rocket are buggin' the shit outta me, so if you guys have any good pointers, paintovers or other goodness, I'm all ears!

Thanks for lookin'!

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[YihyoungLi]

Awesome update. I'm really surprised--those color studies really paid off because the three character portraits are great. Slash pointed out some issues in the second one; the color bones are wonky too it wouldn't hurt to use some references.

The lighting in the environment is great. Perhaps introducing some cooler colors into the shadows. Also, the perspective of the rocket is off right now; double check the where it connects to the ground and where the parts are connected (the three dark lines).

Keep it up!

[hp]

i think the yellow structure is a bit too straight on. you need more references to scale too IMO, at the moment it's looking a bit miniature-esque. also i think you need to decide on a focal point (most likely the rocket) and darken other parts of the piece in relation so it stands out more. keep us posted! :D

[Junpei]

whoa! over 50 pages and I can really see the improvement!

[Spaggen]

Yea, the improvement since the beginning of this SB is huge, and I can clearly see that in your last updates. Keep 'em coming man! :)

[Carnifex]

i'd say leave the eyes,i mean,there are women like that...but the rest of the face (or particularly chin) does indeed look very male. the general's looking very good,could use abit finer details on the face though,to contrast with the rather loosely kept jacket (which works very nice in contrast).

[Onir]

Hey dCept! Sorry for not stopping in so much recently :\ that'll change though! Great looking characters, really nice rendering and personality in all of them. I'm with Carnifex honestly, I like the woman's eyes how they are; right now they seem to change and reflect a sterner, more imposing sorta person (not sure if that's what you were going for of course). The only thing I would change about her eyes are the directions of her pupils, they sorta making her look a little cock-eyed. Otherwise great job with them once again, nice gestures too!

Very cool environment, I really like the direction you are taking it. I'm really enjoying the detail you put in spots throughout the piece, the sepia tone and the overgrown vines on the buildings and train are a really nice touch. A crit I'd offer is that the train looks a bit big (at least in comparison to the building next to the rocket); might just be me though hehe. Either way keep workin it, looks good so far!

[SMILEFACE]

HAHA MAN YER KILL'N ME now i GOTTA TRAIN EVEN HARDER TO CATCH UP HAHA WICKED WERKS BY THE WAY FANTASY GEARS OF WAR AN POSE MANIACS ARE HOT

[dCepT]

YihyoungLi: Thanks! Good to hear it's doing some good :P Appreciate the thoughts on the enviro! I'll update that one soon!

hp: All good crits! Will fix it for the next update! Thanks!

Junpei: Thanks!

Spaggen: Keepin' on! Thanks!

Carni: Dude! Thanks for dropping in! Yeah.. Must definately do something about that face :P

Onir: Glad you like! Thanks for the crits as well man! The ellipses on the rocket are really buggin' me.. gotta take a proper look at it :)

Grandmassa: Granny!!! Thanks for droppin' in! YOU RRROOOOCK!

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[Bloodsbane]

Tjena Norge!

Very juicy stuff, mate. Really digging the Portsmouth resident. If there's one comment I'd make on that one, it's that you could give his eye another once-over. It's such a focal point, but feels much sketchier and less well-defined than the areas around it.

[YihyoungLi]

Woah nice one! The hair really makes it creepier; makes it seem like some experiment on a human gone wrong.

Just some minor crits: the musculature on the back could be more defined, especially in connection to the armpit.

Great pose gesture and design!

[kikindaface]

yup yup ! What's up ! Some nice stuff as usual ! tho the girl with purple 's stuff on the face looks half girl half man ! Maybe you should more study the difference between male and female heads ! Anyway, keep it up !

[hp]

i think the back and knee area could use a little more structure. nice layout! really pro looking.

[Sorknes]

Ta dam, levelling up yourself! Ping! ;)

Love the COW, simple but yet telling a lot. :D

[dCepT]

Bloodsbane: Tack tack! :D Yeah, you're right about the eye.. will definitely have a look at it! :)

YihyoungLi: Thanks man! Glad you like! Good crit too!

Walid D: Hahaha.. that piece was fail.. Think I'll do another and have you guys' crits in mind for that :)

hp: Thanks! Yeah, seems I've neglected some areas on that one.. I kinda liked it too, so I'll definitely give it another pass!

Sorknes: Levelin' up yourself these days! Thanks for stoipping by!


Yeah.. been a while (lotta my posts start that way, I realize).. got some stuff I can't show yet, as usual.. some of the NDA stuff I can show in January though.. Lotta stuff goin' on! I've quit my job after much deliberation.. I'll be a freelancer come next year.. wish me luck, gang! ;) I really really needed some change in my situation, so I'm cuttin' loose! Hopefully I'll be a lot more active on here as well.. I feel a bit of the drive coming back, so I'm happy about that!

In other news, if any of you guys are in New York, there are three ink drawings hanging in a gallery New York that I've done! It's called climate/gallery and it's located at 37-24 24th street, Suite 406 on Long Island! I'm super stoked that some of my meager attempts at art have made it into a gallery across the pond! In my daze when I sent the things I totally forgot to scan them though... haha.. If they don't sell, I'll scan 'em when I get 'em back.. haha..

Ok.. nuff talk, more art.. just a few sketches in ink washes and markers.. I haven't paid close attention to anything else than having fun with most of these.. getting back into the joy of creating stuff again!


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[YihyoungLi]

Good to see you posting again!

Nice and clear arrangement of values with the marker sketches, especially in the second and fourth ones. Double check the 3/4th profile for the first: more of the cheek needs to be shown on the right side of his face. Perhaps looking in the mirror to solve that.

Also, the samurai seems kind of stiff. Maybe pulling up his left shoulder to counteract his lower left hip.

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HAHA WICKED UPDATES an DIG THE CHOW BOOK EM DAN'O KEEP W/ THE GOODS

[dCepT]

I'll get some more digital stuff up on here soon! I'm still internet deprived at home.. Anyway.. I was watching the end of a Crimson Daggers session with Dave Rapoza, so I joined in.. he was doing a color study after a photo of an Indian dude.. I opted for an aborigine with face paint.. hehe.. so I'm posting both the photo I found online somewheres and my study.

I was focusing on the colors, and eyeballing them correctly (lotta back and forth.. haha), so the face is a little wonky..and the colors of course.. but I'll keep doing them and hope I get better at it! I often do like a greyscale version and then color it, but I wanna start doing colors directly.

Photo: (Sorry don't know the photographer's name)
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[SMILEFACE]

wicked study man an i dont really know what im talk'n bout cuz i thought it up right know but the stretching skin on th shoulders might need a bit of attention to help balance the color composition aspect of study the color of the head shoulders an belly kinda create a diamond shape or tilted square that rotate the eye in a clock wise motion from ''red'' to i geauss ''light bronish'' to ''red an light brown shapes'' to ''dark brown'' back to red that shorta serve as a pedestal to show off the face ......haha i know thats not quite what yer study'n lol ill be quiet now haha stay good dc

[dCepT]

Here's todays Crimson Daggers study! N.C. Wyeth this time.. spent a lot of time figuring out the colors on this one! It's hard, but I feel I'm learning a LOT! Like I went with blue first for his coat, but it was screaming way too much.. after a ton of painting over and over I found that desaturated reds and oranges read like a blue-ish that was a lot closer to the piece I was studying from.. Knowledge +1! Also the fact that he's wilfully used lower saturation on the colors of the dude, than the clouds in the bg was pretty awesome!

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There will be more of these! :) Join us over at the Crimson Daggers (http:///forum/showthread.php?t=1704) thread over at CGHub!

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[dCepT]

Just swinging by with a piece done for the Desimal Group over here in Norway. I know the guy is a little confusing, lookin' like a blacksmith and holding a wrench, but hell.. that's what the brief read :P I was thinking I'll maybe add some grit and dirt smears on hus face and arms and such as well (and maybe change the wrench to a hammer, or something like that.. more blacksmith-y)

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Anyway.. not much, but I felt I should do a little update ;)

If I don't get on here before Christmas; Happy holidays everyone! Have a peaceful Christmas! I'll definately swing by before the new year! See ya soon!

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[YihyoungLi]

Sorry haven't been posting in here lately--keep forgetting to do so.

It's great to see the studies. In the Wyeth one, more blues could be incorporated into the shadowed areas of the jacket and pants.

The warm/cold play in the mechanic/blacksmith is good. His forehead is bit flat; a highlight could help that out. It's good that the background has asymmetrical lighting, because the front/symmetrical pose in the middle of the canvas can be boring sometimes. Maybe a more interesting set-up next time.

[Bloodsbane]

Looking good mate!
I'm especially digging the NC Wyeth study.. good stuff!

[dCepT]

Keep getting timeouts on the page.. crap.. I haven't got internet at home right now.. still waiting for the internet guy to come hook me up. And I need to scan a lotta sketchpages.. and I should totally post more on here.. Been hella busy is all.. working on a point'n'click adventure these days, and I can't wait to show you what's cooking with that when I can! :) Here are some Crimson Daggers studies to show you I'm alive at least.. I'm doing daily studies now, even though I can't follow the stream.. daily studies rawk!

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Can't shake the feeling I've posted these before, but I couldn't find them in the last three pages of my SB at least.. oh well.. Did some interior illustrations for Catalyst Game Labs and their Shadowrun 20th Anniversary rulebook a while back.. The book is out, and I know Hurricane has posted the cover he did a while back so I guess it should be OK for me to post these on here as well :) Had a lotta fun with these!

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Once I get the internet at home again, I'll be more frequent! To all my SSB-compadres; I'm sorry for not being in your SB's and critting and whatnot.. I'll get around to a proper round once I don't have to travel and hour to and from having access to the internet :P

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[Carnifex]

the woman's face on the middle one is fantastic

[mariusz]

AAAAAAAA! LOve this one!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=815001&d=1256847588

great rendering on the creature and layout! eye candy!

[Junpei]

Oh, I noticed your thumbnail (appears to be) from the reference I posted on cg society. I'm honored ^:)^

[bjornehoff]

Long time no see!

I'm digging your studies! They look great and will definately do you a lot of good. :)
Especially digging the Rockwell and Wyeth studies.
Forgive me for giving you a harsh crit, but when you design your own characters from scratch you have a tendency to give them a bit generic faces.
While overall anatomy and poses are great, I sometimes feel that the faces are lacking a bit. The face and the eyes are mirrors to the soul, so I think you could benefit from giving them a bit more attention. In your studies however, there are great emphazis on faces, so they look great!

This doesn't ring true for all of your pictures of course. Some of them have some nicely detailed and animated faces. Like the blacksmith/mechanic for example, and the sketches of the guys in turbans. Make-up lady and marine Stalin both have good faces, and the summoner lady (I think I know that face!) from the shadowrun pictures also have a very good face!
But the rest of the guys from the shadowrun pictures do look a bit generic.

Another crit is regarding the moustache mech-hand guy.
Sword blade looks a bit too flat and too shiny.
I know the sword isn't really that important in the picture, and when you have to work fast you have to simply things a bit, but a few more lines could give it a lot more "beef" and make it look a lot more vicious.
Have a look at these pictures for reference. Really look at the blades!

http://www.nihonto.us/HIZEN%208.jpg

http://www.nihonto.ca/morokage/page-l.jpg

I really like the summoner illustration btw.
The "strings" and the wireframe kinda look on the summoned guy are very cool,
and I dig the lighting. Good mood. And the guys grilling a dog in the city look cool.
Really like the reds and yellows in it.

And I'm looking forward to seeing more of those colour studies! They're a delight to the eye.
Keep it up! :)

[Parsakoira]

great stuff!

[JustinBeckett]

Really nice update man! That blacksmith kicks ass!!

[poetry man]

cool suff. I like the blind hyena hunter thing. Well, that's the last thing I saw from jumping around pages anyway. Keep doing those master studies. I have yet to, but just take my word for it lol.

peace.

[dCepT]

Wow guys.... I have been insanely not on the ball lately with forums and online presence.. I've been posting stuff on my blog though.. and I'm on twitter.. if any of you guys are on there as well, give me a follow and a holler, and I'll follow you back and we can like.. show each other art and stuff :D Lots of other cool artists on there as well!

Twitterlink (http://twitter.com/#!/dcept_art)

And there's more stuff on my blog: dcept.com/blog (http://www.dcept.com/blog)

Anyway.. figured I'd give a cursory attempt at getting back into it at least and post a couple things.. hehe..

Carnifex: thanks man!

Mariusz: thanks! I had a lot of fun making that one!

Junpei: I wasn't aware, but yeah, that turtle is awesome! Did a study in ArtRage of it.. hehe.

bjornehoff: Thanks for the feedback! What are you up to these days?

Parsakoira: Glad you like!

JustinBeckett: Thank you!

poetry man: Yeah, I know! They help a lot! I need to get back into doing studies though. Been a while where I haven't had the time with work and freelance :P

I'll get back to all of you! Thanks for stopping by!

Some personal stuff and some work. The last three are concept art from a project we're working on called "Hogworld" here at SnowCastle. Those images are copyright SnowCastle A/S.

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