GILCO's HANDYWORK - Updated 08.02.05

[gil]

i'm starting this sketchbook after a long absence....work has been very interesting and demanding...
i'm curently an art director on one of number of films under production at dpsi (digital production solutions israel).
I wish i could unvail some of the stuff i'm doing there but we all know that's a no no!;)
until then i'll try to post a s much personal stuff as i can.

this sketch was done very quickly...most of the time went to figuring out what kind of feel i wanted from my brushes...done in ps.


http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/madmonkey.jpg

[PHATandy]

daaaiiim.!!!!!.. now thats how to start a DSB thread.

Excellent start to ure thread man, looking forward to future posts, should be awesome.

[mentler]

***** First Rate
Great to see you posting here!

[haiku]

Yo gil,
Love that orc, please continue sharing. :)


haiku

p.s:
מאיפה אתה מישראל, ובן כמה?

[gil]

hello people!

10x for the kind words!....
i'm posting some more stuff...things i started and haven't finished (i hate when that happens :dur: )

first image: i had this warlord in mind...so upgraded that he's hardly human
http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/realese.jpg

and some detail
http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/realesedetail.jpg

[Eyal]

hi gil

very nice stuff
i cant say ive seen many ppl in our small country who draw these kind of stuff. not in this level anyway

share some more!

[gil]

hello everyone!

it's been a rough couple of weeks... :dead:
the animation company i worked for "DPSI" was shotdown...160 people...some of which are very talanted...are unemployed...
probably one of the saddest moments i can recall.

anyways...sad or not...i still love to draw!

so here is my latest thing, Njoy...about 3 hours ps7

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/goblin_detail.jpg

[gil]

somthing i did today, 5 hours so far...near complition...some wierd fascination with elk...(i got this image in my head from the comic book "slain" illustrated by the biz, its balor of the evil eye riding a beautiful elk....)

Njoy
http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/elkibelki_wip.jpg

[gil]

hi all

It's been a while...but I got some new stuff to share

the latest batch is from a project i did recently...very quick stuff I only wish i had more time.

C&C's are most welcome so please don't be shy :teeth:

Njoy!

The Idea:
Imagine a world where religious wars are not fought by armies of soldiers but rather by the groups who,
through history, had worked behind the scenes,
the churches, the mosques and the temples.
Armies of priests led by bishops and clergy, muezzins and high priests, for once going out and fighting there own war.

Imagine further if you will a covert Cathedral/train station,
hidden deep in the mountains of the russian republic of sacred church states, pumping out the most precious commodity of the war,
Holy water, Water from an ancient waterfall able to resurrect any fallen man.

Imagine what an army you would have, one that would never tire, die or stop until it is victorious. Praise GOD!

Cathedral Train Station

Each done in about 3 hours, Photoshop7

I wanted to explore the grand structure and visual combination of a church and a train station

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/trainstation-01.jpg

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/trainstation-02.jpg

Russian Cargo Train

Done in about 6 hours, Photoshop7

With this design I was inspired by Russian churches,
the hexagonal boiler, the onion dome chimney and the water vessels used in religious ceremonies
http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/traincolor.jpg


Russian Cathedral Officer and gaurd

Each done in about 2 hours, Photoshop7

I wanted to design white military outfits, white symbolizing purity, which is the Irony of all religions,
preaching purity with the word and yet always holding the sword
I was specifically inspired by Russian clergy robes and russian army uniforms.

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/officer.jpg

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/guard.jpg

[Jokisalo]

Holy shit :D sick staff man really love these!
Just wondering where is rating and replys!!

[gil]

Jokisalo: 10x man... maybe all the lucky SOB's are in the convention so no one is replying hmmmm :rolleyes: I so wanted to be there!!!!

anyways your welcome to rate away man!

here's one in progress... gathering the strength to finish it :teeth:

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/robolice.jpg

cheers

[Nike]

hey gil
great work, all of it!
Love the train and the trainstation sketches...
looking forwards to seeing more of your work! :)

[warlock1234]

im really enjoying your style....keep it up..only one suggest..no crit...drop the shadow down a little harder...but it seems like you like to keep things smooth in texture so it really doesn't matter...insirational work..keep it up..seriously :yayca:

[O D T]

this is one of my favourite threads already, man, as its the little bits of backstory are great fun to read and really add to the picture!!! I love your art of course, too!!

please keep going!

PS: sorry about your job...what may i ask are you going to do now, and does that mean that you can post the stuff you were working on professionally, as it probably wont be released now??

[Odds]

Wow! These latest pictures are so very inspiring. Keep them coming PLEASE!
Oh, and if you're not pro yet, then you will be in the very near future I think!
Great stuff. ;)

[auden100]

Incredible. Excellent story, idea, and conceptualization. You are first rate, bro. I think I'll make a Church of Gil, and we're going to storm the world in your name.
:bow: :bow: :bow: :uzi:

One tiny little crit. The shoulder stock on the cannon the last soldier is holding doesn't make sense for a weapon held only under the arm. Like I said: tiny crit.

Anyway, please keep this stuff coming.

[IanE]

:jawdrop:

This is an insanely excellent start to a sketchbook. I love your style and creativity, I'll be subscribing to this one for sure.

Fantastic work!

[gil]

this is fun!! :teeth: 10x everyone for the replies.

O D T: no worries dude... I'm working hard on getting myself noticed!
I got one positive replay from canada... I'm sure there'll be more :wink:
Sometimes having the studio you work for close down is exactly the swift kick you need in the behind, to get moving and try your luck at something more challenging.
No disrespect to working in israel, the market is very small and my possibilities of bettering myself in this perticular field are very limited to non existent.
But enough whining :bashful: on to better things!!! (and yes... I'll be posting some of my stuff from work real soon)

auden100: you are promoted to general in the army of the lord! congrats ;)
I had this idea of an insane type of assault rifle either held at belt hight as seen or brought to shoulder hight for more precise single bursts.. more along the lines of the m-16 (although mine is much more kickass!!! :devil: )

[gil]

Here are some live nudes I did recently... Apologies people...
I don't sketch nearly enough :[

Each is about 10 min. Njoy
http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/livesk_01.jpg

Crits as always are valued and helpful

[NoUseFrAName]

Intense!
beautiful stuff man!
keep it up!

the first monkey is my favourite

-Rob

[hurricane]

cool stuff, very nice tecnique you got, post some more !

cheers

[gil]

hi everyone!

NoUseFrAName: I love my monkey too! <3

hurricane: 10x

Here's another from this morning...real quick about 30-40 min...hand study/poster :dur:

Njoy

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/hand.jpg

[pvpham]

WOW!! You keep drawing and I'll keep drooling.

[gil]

pvpham: 10x man drool away, just watch out not to go on the art ;)


here's my first sketchbook page in a long while
...am I rusty or what??? :dead:

I'm so exited to see the pro threads of the people from SF workshop...ooooh excitement is in the air!!! <3

anyways... Njoy, and for god's sake give me some crits dudes and dudets! pretty please :bashful:

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/sketchbook-01.jpg

[auden100]

Sheesh. Pull back the badass a little, dude. I'm getting jealous.

The textures and pen work give that last one a very N8 Van Dyke feel. Intended or no?

Checked out your website too. Great stuff all around.

As for crits: as soon as I see something wrong I'll let you know. This shit rocks.

[gil]

auden100: dude 10x!! love that you keep coming back...I feel a bond here man...(long stare, soap opera style <3 )

About the N8 Van Dyke feel, you are 100% on, and being the block head that I am :dur: , I forgot to add that small but very important detail....soooory :^^;: I visited his web site for the first time yesterday and was so exited by his style, I went for a little homage... :teeth:

Stay tuned for the next episode of me sketchbook!

[gil]

managed to do a quick sketch between projects
colored in ps7, about 4 hours from start to finish.

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/katana-bw.jpg

color version:
http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/katana-color.jpg

[Sketch]

I love the last one and your life drawing work. The last one reminds me of an old Image comic book character... Blood Wolf or something. Can't really remember but same sorta hair and face. Can't wait to see more.

[mentler]

Nice thread happening here ~~~~ like what is going on!

[cotron]

wow impressive stuff! keep it up!

[Icey]

verry nice! :)

[gil]

Hello all

Great to see some interest in what I'm doing, very flattering this forum I tell you ;)

Sketch: 10x dude, couldn't find this BloodWolf character you talked about...sounds interesting thou.

mentler: 10x for dropping by again.

cotron: :bashful:

Icey: I think so too :P

been workin' hard the last few days on some art and really got pissed i didn't have anything to upload for my favorite peeps <3

So....I sat down and did this little cute fishy, working from a black canvas towards the light, 1 hour, ps7.

Njoy

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/fishy.jpg

[Eyal]

hey gil

very nice stuff!
the light around the pole fish (?) give it a lot of atmosphere
glad to see you posting,
keep it up

[auden100]

aww, I want one.

Nice atmosphere in the back. Not too shabby for an hour's work. Thanks for keeping us in mind through you're hectic schedule. I'd been wondering where you went.

[brkofdon]

you have some strong work here. the guy with the sword illustration, his chest feels way to stretched out the anatomy looks funky.

anyways keep posting! you got skillz!

[steak-tron]

wow! killer stuff gil. I wish I could give you said requested crit but I'm comming up with nuthin'

So instead I'll just say thanks for posting. Once I get some time I'll write something with substance :)

-k

[gil]

Last one for today :yawn:
It's ok I guess... Good ol' devil dude, always had his charm

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/devil.jpg

Eyal: It's probably a pole fish I'll take your word for it by the way your name sounds very israeli...could it be?

auden100: no prob dude, for a regular visitor like yourself I'm always ready ;)

brkofdon: Thanks, your a 100% right on the chest remark
I noticed it but decided to go on to the next one,
this sketch was supposed to be very fast and I didn't want to get into stuff too much.

steak-tron: 10x for dropping by, glad you liked it!!, do come again :wink:

[Eyal]

pole fish u know.. "dag haka", isnt it?
ye im israeli,
im studying in the usa right now though
drop me a pm if you feel like it

[gil]

hi everyone

Didn't post for a while...apologies :^^;:

Here are a couple of new ones i did last night just for some Rn'R:

I call him sleepy
http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/blackman.jpg

Alien Environment
http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/Alien-Enviro-01.jpg

[auden100]

Glad you're back. Nice little additions.

Little comment: The lighting on the devil is really nice, with the exception of his eye. the reflection is in the completely wrong spot. you've given the eyeball a top light. It definitely draws attention to that focal point, but perhaps the wrong kind of attention.

later

[gil]

hi everyone

hmmmm...not to many comments...
nevermind, I love you all anyway :heart: :heart: :heart:

auden100: Thanx man, for both your frequent visits and insightful comments! :bow:

Here's another quickie done in about 2 hours after playing Ratchet and Clanck...I wanted to do more of a "kids" oriented character. got carried away on the colors, a well you live and learn.

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/kaboom.jpg

[Jokisalo]

love the new ones :) more please.

[gil]

hi all

I felt I was neglecting my drawing skills with all this photoshop work, so for balance to be maintained I added a sketches (http://www.gilrimmer.com/sketches.html) section to my website and I'll try to do as much of them as possible. Here's my latest:

Seamother, A sea giantess. She's so large that barnickels have settled on her course whale like skin.
The sea always conjures up fantasies of the perilous unknown,
in this case the terror of the seas fell victim to a much more terrible foe!

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/seamother.jpg

Jokisalo: Thank you.

[Eyal]

good one gil!
i think u could be pushing ur values a little more in some areas where things seem to somewhat blend
id like to see more traditional stuff like that, very nice

[gil]

Hi again

Put Up a new sketch (http://www.gilrimmer.com/sketches.html) section on the website.

here are a few pieces I did lately:
http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/smile.jpg

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/birdi.jpg

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/mr.-pigi.jpg

[gil]

Hi all

Here's some stuff I scribbled Recently...I'm so rusty it borders on the criminal :^^;:

I like the chubby soldier dude...I think I'm gonna go into designing him a bit more...

http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/sketch-03.jpg

[Eyal]

haha
lovely stuff man
that soldier with the gun is ridiculous

[auden100]

hey, man. looking good. that chubby dude definitely has character. Is he for the theocracy world concept you were developing earlier, or just a random idea?

That central masked figure is creeping me out. Anyone sportin' a chin that long has to be pure evil.

[gil]

I've rediscovered the pencil! :cheerleader:

For the last couple of month's I'v been working hard on photoshop...so hard in fact, I got so frikin' lazy my pencil work began to suffer!

I'm having so much fun the last couple of days since I've been forcing myself back into drawing shape.

Anyway, I'll be trying to post more pencil work.

Eyal Thanx dude...I love the little guy too.

auden100 my man, you gave me a great idea...maybe I will place him in my churchyverse...good one!

here are a couple I did tonight:

wasp
http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/wasp.jpg

Viva la chimpa you can see the finished photoshop version here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=401614#post401614) :
http://www.gilrimmer.com/images/vivask.jpg