INSECTS and Creepy Crawlies! a speed painting lesson

[Jason Manley]

Hey all...new speed painting thread...this one is BUGS!!

in these speed paintings I want you to include one SIMILE or METAPHOR. ie..the spots on my bug are like falling leaves....my bug has antennae like spears and a river of legs.

now here is the trick...dont be LITERAL...DO NOT BE LITERAL...try to suggest these things in shapes...lines...colors....

the trick to a great concept is to have an underlying metaphor or simile....ie..her silhouette was a curved elegant vase...or "the warriors arms were pythons that choked its prey" or "the robots head was like toaster and its programs were just as smart" or "the creatures head was like a boulder...its eyes sit on top like two small stones basking in the sunlight"

if you give an idea you are drawing a metaphor to describe it then you can push your idea toward something unique. It also helps you communicate ideas if you have underlying metaphor.

Lets see what you come up with.


here is a link to get you inspired!!

http://www.thaibugs.com/bugs1.htm

these are real bugs...they have metaphor of their own...this bug is a leaf...this bug is a stick with deer antlers...this bug is like a rhino...

you see what i mean?



make your own...draw one from life...whatever you are inspired to do with the creepy crawlies!

[redehlert]

Hey all....
This is a good url to see some great beetles, et al.

http://www.living-jewels.com/

Click on photographs for a good selection to choose from to aid in your creation....
Good times, good times!
Thanks for the themed painting idea, Jason!

Cheers!
D

[I.was.ink]

Hey! you did it! I suggested this to Jason and sparth. They actually made it. Yipeee! thanks Jason! I will be contribtuing to this post a lot!

[Deth Jester]

you sound like marshall J.. His trapezius was a highway that wrapped around a skyscraper of a neck! hehehe

peace.. Im off to aussie, Ill do a bug in my sketch book..

[I.was.ink]

He glides over the sea sticking his legs out, signalling his companion of flight; the wind!

http://pluto.imagemagician.com/images/oskar/bugx1.jpg
about 40 min. in painter

This was extremely fun! I will definetely post more!

Allright the first one to post!!:flower: :clapping2

P.S the metaphor thing is kind of hard, but it adds a lot to the pieces Jason. Good Idea:)

[element412]

not so good. trying to learn color.
http://chubchicken.homestead.com/files/speed_p_-_bugs_001.JPG
element

[I.was.ink]

great stuff element. i love it!

http://pluto.imagemagician.com/images/oskar/bugx2.jpg

I had fun doing this one too! :)

I'm sorry Jason, i couldn't think of a metaphor for this one!:(

[element412]

Sry, i didnt read the metaphor thing. will be included in my next one.


tks iwasink. rly like ur first one.

element

[element412]

heres a new one.
hope you'll get the subtyllity. (wow me+english= mispell)

BEERALUS GOTTAPEE

http://chubchicken.homestead.com/files/speed_p_-_bugs_003.JPG

element

[Grooveholmes]

It was black with a red eye!
..............it looked like a pager.

http://www.joshball.com/forums/conceptart/speedpager/images/index.jpg


Well, i didn't use any reference for this; maybe next time I will. From concept to finish was slightly more than an hour. C'mon guys tear it up, i gotta move forward.

[I.was.ink]

im not sure i get it element? i also like my first one a lot more. I tried to hard on the second one. The first one was done on instinct, I'll go on my instinct next time!:) hope to see more posts!

Grrovehomes> I love it. Ur piece inspired me to do another one. I love the metaphor as well!:p

[mcotie]

This is Cranius Rectus Inverticus, better known as the Headupass beetle. It is commonly seen wandering aimlessly. Its awkward leg structure makes it a very clumsy creature.

10 minutes drawing time.

Mitch

http://www.mcotie.com/newimages/headass.jpg

[AfroLaxMan]

yeah, mcotie, thats a good one

[redehlert]

grooveholmes - sweet! dark and rich...love the red! but does it have a tone or vibrate like a pager?
mcotie - lightening quick, hoss! hysterical too! great sketch!....

keep it up guys!
d

[MelaJ]

so green :D
http://www.arab3.com/upload/images/Jan03/ark_0kFhLe.jpg

[Tekura]

http://www.costans.com/temps/beelfly.jpg
Here's ma bug, cross btwn a beetle and dragonfly.

I'm a 'Noob' (rhymes with BooB) and lurve the themed painting thing. Did this at work whilst doing other stuff, not allowed to do this kinda stuff at work, (in da wrong job!) so it has taken from 12:45pm through to argument with the boyf, to beer and stuff to 5:45pm, home time. So, don't rrrreally know exactly how long it took.....
Nevermind...it's done...so there...

T

[davi]

http://www.internalzine.com/davi/oc/sp-inc.jpg

barf i just did a simple and quick one to get me on my way. about 20 minutes, awhile watching lotr :\

[cucaracha]

:eek:

mcotie's bug looks like a person which's eating his head with his ass! :D :D ;)
good work everybody!

[WerxOne]

lol, thats funny

[el_kyrre]

This bug is a lazy one... just too lazy to do anything.
Thats probably the reason it is extinguished.
It happened just last night... and noone even ever saw this bug.
Too sad!
http://people.freenet.de/freak-ee/bug.jpg


BTW
This is my first speed painting ever, and my first cg pic ever...

so be nice! ;-)
some constructive critique is apreciated

forgot to mention: took me round 40-50 mins

[I.was.ink]

good job everyone. I like that one el-kyrrie. At first i thought that the legs were standing on some leaves, before i saw that its a shadow:confused:

davi> lol a the roar. good job. u r definetely getting better

lol at mcotie's pic. ditto on what cucaracha said!

nice job tekura!

mela j.> good job, i think that it could've been cropped to more of just the bug, that way u could have worked on it more!:)

[Grooveholmes]

Mcotie, brilliant! Very imaginative, rendered well, AND funny.:chug:

[davi]

http://www.internalzine.com/davi/oc/sp-inc2.jpg

edit: This bug is compaired to a tank, i actually started of drawing from a tank reference, the big "arms" are where the whells were, and it just formed from there.

[el_kyrre]

"It seemed as if the shadows were moving..."

http://people.freenet.de/freak-ee/bug-2.jpg

My second speed painting...
around 40-50 minutes again.

[davi]

http://www.internalzine.com/davi/oc/sp-inc3.jpg

[el_kyrre]

I got to admit that i came to love your style davi.
It is very stylish and unique indeed (well...at least i don´t know having seen that particular style before).


Anyways... just wanted to comment on that...

el_kyrre

(note: find davi and suck is brains out to own!)

[Fozzybar]

Please don't hurt me...just one question after visiting this speedpaint-thread the last days...

Could it be that a big part of the posted images here miss the point?

It isn't about drawing some insects...

And now i'm ready to get :bash:

[Chonkie]

i have created a killer bug but my stupid video camera couldn't upload the image, oh wellz....post it some other time:bash:

[davi]

ahhh my brains! er i mean thanks ;)

http://www.internalzine.com/davi/oc/sp-inc4.jpg

[cucaracha]

http://www.epm-clan.org/cv/bug.jpg

this guy is making his way trough leafes... or sth else

[chrissdawaller]

This is my first post on these boards...

It's a bit naff, but I want to sharpen up my speed-art + concept sklills so I guess I have to start somewhere...

about 55 mins in painter..

http://xwid.com/upload/sigs/scorp_sml.JPG

[Chonkie]

developed in my basement lab...here is a bug will kill for food!
enjoy 20min
http://chonkie19.tripod.com/bug.jpg

[Chonkie]

ok tripod is ...dfa@#$!@$!@@@!$!@!@$@

http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~bi89389/bug.jpg

[piGfreeZer]

here's a manta I did in OC, collab with a friend:

http://piggfukker.free.fr/arts/manta.jpg

about 1 hour...

[jerO]

freakin' Davi... makin' me join :)

had the idea to do this after seeing the thread for like the fifth time, and decided to take the plunge and become a member.

trying to stick with the metaphor thing.
mmmm 'bout 20 minutes or so?
http://www.valleydweller.com/bedbug.jpg
great stuff here,
jerO

[Dan Milligan]

thought I'd try something...
http://homepage.mac.com/danmilligan/.Pictures/concept%20images/bug01.jpg
Painter 7 30 mins

[Cannibal80]

jerO > 'bedbug.jpg'?! lol :D

I agree with fozzy in that most bugs here don't have nuthin' to do with the point of this thread. (Ya know 'xcept fer that bedbug and the shadow thingy...)

WHERE ARE THE METAPHORS??? Gonna try to post soon...

[MGH]

This thread scares me 'cause it requires me to think too much.
My brain 'urts!

[miasmak]

and the metaphor was ... glistening like a gumbaby...

http://www.o2w.nl/~maia/speed/b1-6s.JPG

this bug does not need a science fiction story to be scary. Carrier of the lethal and parasitic malaria plasmodium, which feeds, reproduces and hides in your red blood cells (or your liver or your brain for that matter). many die yearly as a result of this bloodsucker's bite.

oh yeah I forgot 3:31 - 4:24

[redehlert]

Hey Dan Milligan-

Love the concept, but more importantly - your work on your web site is slick! Keep up the inspiring work, layouts, color, mood, textures, et al....

Cheers!
Dave

[Hermchen]

My bug is like a string puppet bouncing from leaf to leaf not noticing that his own adornment wraps around it like it was its strings.

http://home.arcor.de/hermchen/postingstuff/speedpaints/bug1.jpg

~1h

[Oblio]

no ref at all - just moving pixels around looking to define a form, add some value.. see what comes out.
My bug is a grass mixer (even that looks like a stupid boulder - bugs are not too smart anyway)

shred me away!

[Jason Manley]

very nice everyone....more more more....Id like to see metaphors that are appropriate to the idea...the above metaphor about it moving around like a puppet is a good one. the animator would know exactly how to do that...what else might one do to suggest that metaphor visually?


oblio...i am very impressed with your progress this year. your value range has finally settled down to looking light light on form. I want to see at least ten more bugs out of you. listen to master...smegoblio must trust master.


j

[MindCandyMan]

The caterpillar crawled along with force and purpose...like a wounded man on the battlefield trying to reach the safety of the other side.



http://pluto.imagemagician.com/images/zwinglifone/caterpillarxwatercolorxpainting.jpg

[Jason Manley]

mind candy...now that was a nice metaphor....but how could you draw the critter to show that without words??

is that possible?

that is the trick....it sometimes works...sometimes is not possible to communicate without animation...but the theory is there. the trick is to use metaphors that you can communicate in the image itself...not just in some beautiful words next to it.

lets see some stuff that does this...


jason

[MindCandyMan]

Good call Jason

[Oblio]

so tall... he thought he'll join our species... yet, so damn slow... "why am i moving like a plant?" "One day I'll.. SPHLASHHH"

http://members.fortunecity.com/afantana/bug2.jpg

You don't want to shake hand with this sucker... actually.. you'll never see him comming and then ... WHOUP - :drool:
Looks big... but is incredibly fast and light... he is just floating in the air if he has the empty stomach.
http://members.fortunecity.com/afantana/bug3.jpg

J - the first one is crappy - if you hate it - don't count it. I'll do one more :D
I always listen to masters. smegoblio?

Oblio

[Tedsuo]

1 min sketch in ink

http://tazmanianhamster.tripod.com/pics/hopper2.jpg

[john blood]

http://www.drawblood.com/images/tutorial/bug1.jpg

30 min. pencil

http://www.drawblood.com/images/tutorial/bug9.jpg

1.5-2.0 hr. couldn't stop, too much fun.

[MGH]

Finally had a go at this.
This is the first one. Took about 45 min in Painter 7
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/bug1LR.jpg
Here's the second one. I think it says it a bit better.
About 20 min in Painter 7
http://homepage.mac.com/mark_harris/.Pictures/bug2LR.jpg

[Chonkie]

tedsuo, you funny man hahaha

john blood, i like your bug, nice rendering!! keep up the good work

[davidheijl]

The Two-Legged Canbug was a sad freak of nature. Dragging itself along on its sturdy forelegs, it could not hope to escape thirsty predators... ;)

http://users.pandora.be/sienar/concept/speedpaint.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

That is absolutely hilarious hehehe...I love it davidheijl

[davidheijl]

why thank you MindCandyMan :chug:

by the way, I'm really getting to dig Painter... I'm a newbie but it really inspires me (and so do you guys!)

[kishchris]

hi there !

here is small work of mine took me 30 mins in photoshop

" Its our thought which makes things appear "




http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/kishchris/vwp?.dir=/pixel_smudger&.dnm=beetlegrape.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t&.hires=t

:)

[Oblio]

http://members.fortunecity.com/afantana/bug4.jpg

http://members.fortunecity.com/afantana/bug5.jpg

http://members.fortunecity.com/afantana/bug6a.jpg

5 more to go :)

Everyone - great stuff - MGH, JOhn Blood - i've just seen your stuff. :bow: so clean.. i'm furious.

Oblio

[MindCandyMan]

____________________________________
10 minutes
Windows Paint

I did this just now...I am at work...don't tell my boss...no painter...no photoshop...they can't stop me!!!! I have windows paint! hahahahah

http://www.phantomarts.co.uk/freeimagehosting/escape monster windows paint.jpg

The factory workers never thought their experiments would turn ugly. When the mutated bug escaped it tore through the workers like a rotary ground tiller.
-joe the farmer





- here is a picture of a ground tiller if you've never seen one-
http://www.easternfarmmachinery.com/scripts/catalog.pl?F=D&K=VC753S-2200S&V=Brief&R=H%2FCatalog%3ATurf%20%26%20Landscape%3ARotary%20 Tillers&ID=0121141711130916144

[mojo]

think i can post this in mercenaries and bounty hunters as well? ;) this is a bandito bug.
1 hour - mouse and photopaint.

http://corereactive.com/concept_art/banditobug.jpg

[Fozzybar]

MCM...LOL!

[MindCandyMan]

c'mon oblio where's the rest? hehe

[ummo]

mosquito
http://home.graffiti.net/ummo/mosquito.JPG

[Minks]

Just a plant i drew that is bugshaped :) It was suggest i post this here :) hope it fits :)

http://www.sleepisevil.com/temp/020403-glitterbugplant.jpg

http://www.sleepisevil.com/temp/020403-glitterbugplantclr.jpg

[Waster]

Eh, its really NOT fast drawn(2+ hours), and it never was intended for this forum, but it fits, if we all look past my previous statements.


http://www.home.no/devildefender/Beatle2.jpg

(I did something artistic, but very wrong with the drawing. Can anyone tell me if a beetle IS able to turn its head like that? I went from live drawing (beetles are mostly static) to digital cam. Why? Because when it no longer submitted to my rule, it began to run about and emit baaaaaad smell. After an unsucessful drowning-attempt, I had to try to kill it in a peacefull manner. No details of how, but the incident ended up with open windows and a not-so-good-looking beetle-corpse. )

:bash:

[Immortal Jacko]

My first post and first time trying out speed painting. Used OpenCanvas because i can't afford anything :) Need a pad too using a mouse is nerve racking.

OOPS! took me about an hour.

http://www.customize.org/download/22840

[Fozzybar]

Jason, what are we going to learn through this thread?

Never make a speedpaint-thread to complicated in specifications :p

[Immortal Jacko]

haha, my bug has a underlying theme too it, just didn't do too good of a job rendering it, thats why i put the name in. :)

Big stomach and small mouth, can never satisfy the never ending hunger.. ;)

[bbwolf]

Heya ´all.
Maybe these fit. They were done pretty fast fer me. half an hour each.
We needed some big hideous evil attackers on a small cute furry race.
Our lead artist wanted some "Borgbugs". Thats what I threw up. I can´t show ya the finished Character as it´s a collaborated work with an freelance illustrater and myself. Additional the ink on the contract isn´t dry yet and I figure this is no place fer corporat work.

C&C welcome, fire away.

PS7 btw

Wolf

http://www.highlight-comic.de/skizzen/borgbug01.jpg

http://www.highlight-comic.de/skizzen/borgbug02.jpg

[Zafio]

Go figure out or check the filename to get any clue...
http://perso.wanadoo.es/julio.iglesias/tmp/pureaircontainerlungoraliendildo.jpg

[Fozzybar]

jull, you're sick :p

[oDD]

http://www.sport.wroclaw.pl/~sport005/odd/0368-bug.jpg

[oDD]

another one

http://www.sport.wroclaw.pl/~sport005/odd/0369-spider.jpg

[oDD]

today i made another one

http://www.sport.wroclaw.pl/~sport005/odd/0372-spider.jpg