mercenaries and bounty hunters

[sparth]

once again, sorry for the lack of themes. we'll try to have a faster rythm in the near future.

this time, get ready to imagine MERCENARIES and BOUNTY HUNTERS !
no matter their form, their costume, their weapons, the universe they're in, it doesn't matter.
feel free to add basic explanations of the bounty guy you're describing, if any infos are needed, that is.

a few exemples? : boba fett, the good (clint eastwood), bob denard.....

in order to introduce this new theme, i have added a few artworks by benjamin carre. if you don't know this artist yet, pay a visit to blancfonce (http://www.blancfonce.com/), his new site.
http://www.blancfonce.com/galleries/ca/pirate2.jpg
http://www.blancfonce.com/galleries/ca/blade3.jpg
http://www.blancfonce.com/galleries/ca/emilien%20n'goume.jpg
http://www.blancfonce.com/galleries/ca/hamster.jpg

[Grooveholmes]

Ooooh, these are very inspiring indeed.
His site won't load for me though.

[sparth]

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/arth/art/stock/sparthmercenary01small.jpg
"mordikus was the only bounty hunter still alive, mostly because his enemies kept thinking his weapon was an improved hair dryer"

[Coma]

LoL!

[I.was.ink]

LOL as well. Let me guess he can't shoot worth crap but hes got the best hair in the business.

Hey Sparth, did u use a ref. for that speed painting?

[sparth]

iwasink: a ref? what's that??? :D:D:D
naah, i rarely use any reference.

[Sadclown]

Lol. Sparth, you are the shit, man. Kick ass painting.

[I.was.ink]

Damn you Sparth, Your so good and you don't use a ref!!!!:mad:

I wish I coul do that.:( Maybe not now, but later i will, yeah!!!!!!!!! :clapping1

[MindCandyMan]

This one is dedicated to Sparth.

Sorry for all the mistakes Sparth...I am a rookie heheh so I make all the rookie mistakes...but you have inspired me so much to get better...you rock.

Shadow Mercenary (I will let you imagine the back story)

15 minutes


http://www.imagemagician.com/images/elephantdiarrhe/mercenaryxsketch.jpg

[Vhy]

http://66.56.50.49:8080/usr/bencardwell/mercenary.jpg

[sparth]

mindcandyman: thanx a lot m8. you put so much dedication into your own art. you amaze me too. and you're getting better, i can tell you that.

vhy: i just love it.

[davi]

not speedy enough for anything but line art i guess, even that i didn't finish swifty..
Http://www.internalzine.com/davi/modc-002.jpg
..i'll finish it for myself though.

[Kappei]

@davi
like a creature of star wars,
i like it!
only the guy looks a little bit strange :)

c
kappei

[Smeagol71]

10 min pen & ink sketch at work, colored in Photoshop in about 30 min. Merry Christmas everyone!

http://www.imagemagician.com/images/smeagol71/Speed Paintings/Merc01painted_web.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

That's awesome bro i love it...I really like the colored version too man...keep em coming great stuff!

[Hermchen]

I did them both in Painter7

I hope they match the theme.

Have been my first speed paints. They feel more like doodles though.

~15 minutes
http://home.arcor.de/hermchen/postingstuff/speedpaints/bountyhunter1.jpg
~50 minutes
http://home.arcor.de/hermchen/postingstuff/speedpaints/bountyhunter2.jpg

in the 2nd one I erased and redrew the hands a few times...won't do this next time cause it took nearly all the time. dammit

[Blackhawk]

My rendition of a mercenary. I should have used some kind of reference, especially on the pose, but oh well. Took me about 50 minutes to do.



http://members.cox.net/spagina/merc.jpg

[martin]

took me 1h40 to even get this far. i'm too damn slow.
http://lavalampportfolio.de/newhomepage/bilder/other/mercenary.jpg

[Marwood]

About 45 mins in Photoshop..

http://www.c20th.boltblue.com/5.jpg

[HardcorePixxX]

nice theme, once again
http://hpx1.free.fr/modules/My_eGallery/gallery/archi/combatsuit.jpg
and some oldies...
http://hpx1.free.fr/modules/My_eGallery/gallery/rough/biggunzarefun.jpg
http://hpx1.free.fr/modules/My_eGallery/gallery/rough/tueuse.jpg

[I.was.ink]

Wow! hardcore. u've inspire me to do something and post it in here. Great stuff btw!

[BARONTiERi]

:beer: apineuwyear!!!!
http://www.barontieri.com/speedpaint/hunter.jpg

[Loga4]

Heheheheeh,so cool,B!
Keep it coming,please!

[WerxOne]

35 min, painter7
http://www.visualwerx.com/Images/Dump/Outlaw.JPG

[WerxOne]

this is definitly the best way to get familiar
with painter, hella fun, good thread

[MindCandyMan]

werx that is totally awesome...great job

[Smeagol71]

:eek:
Wow Werx...I'm really impressed. Nice job! I think you've captured a lot of tension in that shot!

[Dan Milligan]

new guy here.
40 mins Painter 7
this is fun.http://homepage.mac.com/danmilligan/.Pictures/concept%20images/hm.jpg

[WerxOne]

dan thats beautiful, i love it kepp posting

thanks guys, ill try to do another one around lunch time,
that one just seemed to flow

[WerxOne]

dan after looking at your storyboards, wow

[Dan Milligan]

Thanks Werx
here's another
30-40 mins painter 7http://homepage.mac.com/danmilligan/.Pictures/concept%20images/04.jpg

[WerxOne]

ah just under 1hr 45min


http://www.visualwerx.com/Images/Dump/Hitman.JPG

[WerxOne]

lol, forgot the hat

[Sadclown]

Wow great work from everyone. Hey werx, that one looks like Revolver Ocelot from MGS. very cool piece.

[Deth Jester]

been a while since a post...

quicky I think a hour.

sorry if its too dark its 5am and I am working int he dark
http://home.csumb.edu/p/palleschimichael/world/yo7.JPG

[MindCandyMan]

deth jester that is freakin amazing! I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks totally awesome.

[BARONTiERi]

~ 1H20mn... too long!

http://www.barontieri.com/speedpaint/hunter2.jpg

[I.was.ink]

does anyone use references? Just to base there drawings from, or is eveything straight from your head? Really great stuff everyone!!:)

[Don Wilkinson]

oh geez...i can't believe this. I started doing a quick sketch for this theme but then I remembered what message board it was so it's not worked on very much..sorry this doesn't suit your guys style and if it is not appropriate i will take it down anyways,

http://www.donwilkinson.net/images/speed%2001.jpg

is this image too big?

[Oblio]

Incredible stuff here.
I'm a total noob - here goes something - no reference as you can see. I don't like it but i want to contribute.
I'll make it up one day - just wanted to do something more dynamic.

http://members.fortunecity.com/afantana/speedmerc.JPG

Edit - Later that same day. (Sparth - never say that i don't contribute :p )

http://members.fortunecity.com/afantana/speedmerc2.JPG

Oblio

[Paul V]

Hi guys, this is my contribution for this awesome thread...great works here.

This is a future mercenary, i'm not sure if the tentacles are for attacking or are just sensors attached to the helmet. :confused:

About 1 hour, sketched & coloured in photoshop.

anyway, excuse my english, please comment...

http://www.iespana.es/mental/mercenary03_web.jpg

[Paul V]

I'm not sure if this looks like a bounty hunter but, anyway...i'll post it. :nod:

30 minutes in photoshop.

http://www.iespana.es/mental/big_web.jpg

[MelaJ]

cool work here..
there's mine..
do you think he can take pay back for his work??...

10 min in painter
http://www.arab3.com/upload/images/Jan03/ark_88888888.jpg

[davi]

http://www.internalzine.com/davi/merc-01.jpg

quick speed painting
would have worked on it more but i didn't know where to go with it and it was 10am and i thought i needed to go to bed :P

good night.

- oh yeah, this piece was inspired by deth's sweet piece :)

[Dan Milligan]

thought I'd try onre more, before getting back to the storyboard thing...
you know, gotta earn a living.
http://homepage.mac.com/danmilligan/.Pictures/concept%20images/05.jpg

painter 7 - 1 hour

[Smeagol71]

Wow. Dan, that is amazing! Eerie...too bad, but it kind of reminds me of my boss. :eek:

[Dan Milligan]

Hey Smea,

Thanks man, I based him off my 7th grade science teacher, Mr. Peltz.

[MindCandyMan]

Dude Smeagol! Your boss is Dan Milligan's 7th grade science teacher! Dude!





...sorry couldn't resist hehe.

btw - Dan this one is awesome...and the storyboards you do...oh man they look so awesome. Working for dreamworks too...wow...I am an indie filmmaker and I have tried my own storyboards before......yeah...they are really hard. I have a lot of respect for you and the work you have on your site. Keep up the good work.

[BARONTiERi]

Dan, very good indeed, love your style!
keep posting :bash:

[BARONTiERi]

hell hunter!!!
http://www.barontieri.com/speedpaint/hellbot.jpg

[Smeagol71]

Baron...nice twist on this thread's subject and a beautiful piece!

[Nog]

http://pluto.imagemagician.com/images/nog/bountyhunter.jpg

"It was the enormous reward--and their grossly inflated egos--that kept the Hunters going after the infamous Flufferbun, despite the fact that not one of them had yet returned from the dangerous venture."


By 'speed painting' they mean 'pencil sketch,' right? Bwahahah. I wanted to post something in this thread for awhile but I have no means of painting them as of yet. So I cheated. BAD Nog.

[Phantasm]

been watching for a while and thought i'd try to contribute.

its my first speed painting and it took about 45 min

http://phantasm2.netfirms.com/art/merc.jpg

[davidheijl]

Ok, guys, this is my first attempt so go easy on me...



And it's not even half finished! (sorry 'bout that)

PS, done in 30 mins in a break at work (= why I can't go on)

http://www.geocities.com/davidheijl/Concept/New.gif

tips, comments? I tried to work according to Craig Mullins' tutorial...

David

[MGH]

Kinda late in the game, but oh well...
About 30 min. in Painter 7.
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/merc1.jpg

[akuria]

this is a pic of a character i designed and i colored it in pianter but it was my first time using it so its not very good. but i will get better. oh and its not quite done yet.


http://C:\Documents and Settings\akuria\My Documents\My Pictures\jason pics\komp03.jpg

[PhilHolland]

http://www.artbyphil.com/forum/mecrsp.jpg
@work. around 10min. -phil

[gekitsu]

it's a team of two bounty hunters. i magined them as a trio but don't have a precise enough image of the third one in my head.

opencanvas:
http://www.polycount.com/cottages/gekitsu/pimp/bountyhunters.png

click here for wpe (http://www.polycount.com/cottages/gekitsu/pimp/bountyhunters.png)

[ornicar]

http://www.blancfonce.com/ornicar/bh.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

That is sweet ornicar...awesome stuff.

[Tedsuo]

10min ink + 10min photoshop:

http://tazmanianhamster.tripod.com/pics/Bounty.jpg

[ATOMICsizePENCIL]

look...he could to be a bounty hunter...an albino tiger bounty hunter that collects ancient magical objects from fearless (relatively) tyranical cynical short babies.

like i said. use your imagination
http://www3.telus.net/agpaoa/images/arin/albino-tiger.jpg
under an hour. painter/photoshop

ps, the KID is a PHOTO..but who has to know ;)

[Tedsuo]

Here's another one. Ferget how long, pencil/charcoal/pastel/whatever else was lying around...

http://tazmanianhamster.tripod.com/pics/Wolverine.jpg


Ended up looking like wolverine. Doh!

PS Wazzo your pic provided an interesting experience: laughing while been utterly terrified at the same time.

[BARONTiERi]

http://www.barontieri.com/speedpaint/gunman.jpg

[el_kyrre]

http://people.freenet.de/freak-ee/corleone.gif

about a minute in painter. Came out quite allright, so I thought I might as well post it!

el_kyrre

[MGH]

Not exactly a mercenary but that's where some of them end up (can't give up the 'rush').
Had a little trouble with the pose. Feet are a little big.
About 40 min. in Painter 7
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/Aussi_SASLR.jpg

[MrSmith]

not really a speed paint, but this pic was inspired by this thread so here you go (still needs decent background)

http://mrsmith.virtualave.net/bounty9.jpg

[Cannibal80]

Aaaaagh!

Too cool!

Ornicar: You rock my clock man! Do you use a combination of paint and photo's? I checked the 'making of' on your site, but it's way beyond me!

Please keep posting.

[retro]

pencil doodle, overpaint in photoshop... i just gave up on finishing, probably my lack of knowledge about shading

http://free.pages.at/retro002/covert_001.jpg

[Tedsuo]

Retro that's really sweet. The right side is a little empty, but I don't think it needs to be any more "finished."

[MGH]

Taken from 'Gladiator'.
About 30 min. in Painter 7.
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/barbLR.jpg

[MGH]

Another 'Gladiator' piece.
30 min. in Painter 7.
I'm finding that screen caps from movies are great for studying colour.
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/centurion.jpg

[Oblio]

lunch break stuff!

[MGH]

About 20 min. in Painter 7.
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/hunter.jpg

[soupface]

hate to bring shame upon myself for posting sans-image, but just wanted to tell MGH: your gladiator pieces, for some reason i can't really describe (chic-comic look?), are really cool.

enough outta me

[jkf724]

Female bounty hunter,

this took about 25 minutes in Photoshop 7

http://www.angelfire.com/comics/jkf724/bh2.jpg

[pol]

20 min. in photoshop...

http://www.iespana.es/mental/girl_hunter_web.jpg

[tarwater]

Here's a merc type guy...thing...

http://www.imagemagician.org/images/michaelt/merc.jpg

[ummo]

http://home.ucwphilly.rr.com/pmostardi/cybore.jpg
cyber-punk ninja

[Mr.Magnetichead]

Originally posted by WerxOne
35 min, painter7
http://www.visualwerx.com/Images/Dump/Outlaw.JPG


I knew I had seen that EXACT picture before :mad: :rolleyes: :mad:

http://www.spawn.com/toys/games/mgs2/ocelot/images/mgs2_ocelot_photo_01_dl.jpg

[tarwater]

hhmmm...:hmm:

[tarwater]

I looked at the other painting and recognized the face as jean reno from the professional, did a little google searching and...

more hhmmm...:hmm:

http://www.imagemagician.org/images/ecartman/Hitmanxcopy.jpg

[Mr.Magnetichead]

Looks like weve got a naughty boy on our hands here.:bash:

[Jason Manley]

hahahah....perhaps if an artist is going to behave like that then he or she should work from MASTER PAINTINGS instead.

putting a painting or photo on a lower layer and just painting on top of it wont get you far in an art career.


PLEASE DONT CLUTTER THIS GREAT THREAD WITH FLAMES...keeping the images here in this thread of the photos and such is fine...but at this point I think the best thing might be to simply delete all threads and images that have to do with these paintings (including these paint overs).

I dont want to see our site go the direction of eatpoo...flames and craziness unless its in the lounge.

what do you guys think? PM me if you have a better idea.


good job pointing that out guys.

we should make a topic about what not to do when it comes to this kind of thing. after all, there is a difference between using photo ref and being used BY IT.


jason

[Mr.Magnetichead]

So did I do a GOOD thing or a BAD thing?:confused: :o

[Tedsuo]

I took the liberty of starting a thread in the lounge about this:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4226


I think you most definitely did the right thing, Magnetichead (you too Tarwater), but I agree with Mr. Manley that we should move THAT discussion to the lounge.

[Mr.Magnetichead]

Yeah I saw that thread.

[WerxOne]

I apologize, i should've said they were paint over studies, as i am still learning how to use painter, that said i will finish on the other thread

[ummo]

From Giant Robo the mysterious Koenshaku:
http://home.ucwphilly.rr.com/pmostardi/koenshaku.JPG