Post Your Environments!

[`Ryan the DJ`]

aight cool lol... i do actually see where your coming from Mort.

[stine]

hi, amazing stuff in here! just thought i post my little ps-sketch. after doing some environments i realized i had to go back to the fundamentals (esp. light and shadow...) :)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d41/stine17/day02.jpg

[Hideyoshi]

I think this fits nicely in here
Dig the movie...

http://youngmasters.250free.com/Hide/Leon_small.jpg

No ref.

Awesome works: masque, Ben, Theo, tensai, everyone!

[JYun]

Here's a little mixed media piece I did a bit ago... hope you guys will enjoy.
http://www.justinyun.com/images/15.JPG

[JYun]

It is a little abstract but I feel like it's still and environment. So I think it belongs here.

[souleage]

Hi.all:
My Some works/

http://www.cgnetworks.com/gallerycrits/27573/27573_1114478404.jpg

[souleage]

http://features.cgsociety.org/gallerycrits/27573/27573_1137639889_medium.jpg

[souleage]

http://www.souleage.net/images/painting/big/growth.jpg

[souleage]

http://www.souleage.net/images/painting/big/fire.jpg

[souleage]

http://www.souleage.net/images/painting/big/goblin%20pub%27s.jpg

[souleage]

http://www.souleage.net/images/painting/big/luban.jpg

[souleage]

http://www.souleage.net/images/painting/big/trumpet%20shell.jpg

[souleage]

http://www.souleage.net/images/painting/big/jokul.jpg

[souleage]

http://www.souleage.net/images/painting/big/huaguo.jpg

[souleage]

http://www.souleage.net/images/sketch/tree01.JPG
http://www.souleage.net/images/sketch/tree02.JPG

[DFrey666]

Here's a few more.

Stay Hungry
http://www.darkdanceproductions.com/vision.htm

http://www.darkdanceproductions.com/images/vision/conceptart/14.gif
http://www.darkdanceproductions.com/images/vision/conceptart/crab1.gif
http://www.darkdanceproductions.com/images/vision/conceptart/jungletemple.gif
http://www.darkdanceproductions.com/images/vision/conceptart/office.gif

[rondo]

im so impressed with everyones work. all of you guys are truly a motivation to better my skills. thank you. everyones work is great, especially this weeks newest additions.

[Theo]

hideyoshi: neat as always.
soulage: jeez. I stuck em all in my inspiration folder. amazing stuff!

[Shrey]

this is somethin i did quite long ago... i call it morocco...its basically tryin to put hot and cold in one picture

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1364/morocco8mu.th.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/my.php?image=morocco8mu.jpg)

[masque]

beautiful work, souleage, very stylish & appealing.

a tip: you can help conserve bandwidth & speed up loading a bit if you include all your images in a single post.

[asoir]

Souleage, fucking hell! Fantastic!

[Nokill]

super work Souleage only one litle thing your domain is run off so if i where you i would activate it again

*edit*

its .net and not .com ;)

[Shrey]

damn Souleage..the environments look awesome ... it took so long to load i stopped and just posted my stuff... mine looks way outa place here

[Orm]

Not as awesome as some stuff here.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/croes/landskap2.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/croes/landskap.jpg
Souleage, I really like the feeling of those shacks in "Jökul".

[reaxion]

Photek121 ... yours just sticks out for some reason to me. very nice!

[Sept13]

Great show, dudes. Here's something I did a while ago.
http://zaba.tiimipeli.net/img/1aaalowres.jpg

[Ive]

here's my humble entry, more of a sketch, maybe I'll push it a bit further.
http://www.inet.hr/~esvorcin/sunset1.jpg

[Dallas]

http://no-go.dk/Progress02.jpg

For the people who might be interested there are more here:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65460

-Dallas

[masque]

Dallas, thanks for the sequentials! still looks a bit like magic 'cause you got the touch :teeth:, but very instructive. the rainy atmo in the final above is splendily done.

[Theo]

Hey Dallas I love that pic, fun to see how you went about drawing it. What amazes me the most with it are the highlights/reflections in the windows. they look so super real.

O well heres more stuff from the theoman. Im keepin buissy. I hope yall like dune! this piece was inspired by the old dune thread I found lying around here. lots of awesomeness there. Specially liked the different sandworm concepts. GO SHAI HULUD!


http://www.twgrafik.com/visa/wormsign2.jpg

And heres something rather un-theo-ish, twas fun to draw though. Im totally new to green.

http://www.twgrafik.com/visa/forest.jpg

ears are open for feedb.

[mnitschke]

this therad gets sicker and sicker every time I stop by...wonderful work by everyone, but the secon by soulage is great!!

[SapphireZ]

I love your art work, it is really awesome and I love how I can look at it and think in my head what might be going on as your drawing. You inspried me to draw again, I had never thought that if you work hard enough you can actually draw something like that. Amazing. As for critique, I'm not very good at that. I just wanted to say it's all very Awesome. :x

[Seasonreaper]

souleage... sweeet work man

[sparth]

not gonna let that thread disappear ! :D:D
here's an paint i finished yesterday.

http://www.sparth.com/art/stock/2006/feast%20definy%20final%20small.jpg

[Kian]

/God daym Sparth! I just cant figure how you get those shapes to read so well. Nice colours also!

Peace

[Fingers]

Did some environments in my "Black Book" this week... One artwork a day with black markers.

Attack of the sky mouse:
http://www.digital-eel.com/scans/ca/0418_mountains.gif

Current place of employment (deployment?):
http://www.digital-eel.com/scans/ca/0419_citadel.gif

View outside:
http://www.digital-eel.com/scans/ca/0420_lakeshore.gif

The Future is Fluffy:
http://www.digital-eel.com/scans/ca/0421_scrapers.gif

[Mr_S_14]

What kind of markers and paper is that fingers ?

[PHATandy]

Man Sparth that is fucking awesome, looks so abstract but structured, love the movement all the swirling shit. Its real hectic.. but pulls together, really do love it.

Erm.. tried to dig some shit out to post here.
Which doesnt suck - mostly Speedies.

http://www.andydesign.co.uk/best/landscape3.jpg

http://www.andydesign.co.uk/best/compound.jpg

http://www.andydesign.co.uk/best/castle3(2).jpg

Meh.. im trying to work up some proper finished ones so i might post em...

Ace stuff guys, Theo, Dallas, Souleage. Keep posting :)

[Fingers]

What kind of markers and paper is that fingers ?

I start with a 0.4mm Artline200 and then use a couple of centropen markers (0.6mm and a big ~3mm) to fill... The paper is 5.25"x8.5" pages of a pleather-bound sketch book, I'd say around 80lbs weight. The book has no manufacturer markings of any kind. Got it at the art supply department of a Fred Meyer store :) It's going to be a cool little thing by summer if I keep up the one a day routine.

[ohjay]

nice PHATandy, especially like the top one.

Ok, it's finally my turn to contribute to this great, great thread. There is some really nice stuff in here.

last EoW entry of mine:
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h40/ojkiel/breeding3.jpg

and some new ones
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h40/ojkiel/alien-breeding.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h40/ojkiel/winter-city.jpg

Thanks guys!

[JustinBeckett]

Souleage, you just pwned this thread :P Nice work man, love the pencils too just as much as i love the digi's.

Sparth, That piece rocks mah socks man.

[photeck121]

Sketches!!

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4357/artexamdesertshipinside4mj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1338/artexamunderwatership7bz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:yayca: :yayca:

[Scoobydoo_lt]

i just wondering, what did you start from your digital painting training?

Guess this fits in here, 'bout 16 hours.

Art deco / nouveau inspired street.

http://img48.echo.cx/img48/1925/deco7ir.jpg

[Scoobydoo_lt]

hi,
same question to you. from what have you start your digital paintig, how long it took you to learn it?

Sketches!!

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4357/artexamdesertshipinside4mj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1338/artexamunderwatership7bz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:yayca: :yayca:

[pringle]

Sparth, very cool!

Dallas, Good to see you again, and tnx for the input mate. Interesting to see your process in the radar image.

R Brown, I like your blue spaceship picture.

scoobydoo. I've been doing these kind of images for around the last 6 years, combined with a lot of pencil drawing.

http://img289.imageshack.us/img289/3401/entrance0bm.jpg

[supersalenco]

great stuff pringle. I lik every much your last update.

[rondo]

hell yes, thank you for posting again pringle. phototeck nice job too, i love the concept for the first one. think will still have diesel in the future or that just some aliens comin to earth after we killed ourselves?

[bearfoot]

just wanted to bump this great thread with a recent matte painting

http://www.bearfootfilms.com/fullres/laketown2.jpg

[photeck121]

scoobydoo- i've been doing digi painting for about 7 months. I saw some of Ryan Churches artwork from the star wars episode 2 art book and i just really wanted to be able to do digi painting. I bought myself an apple computer (which i'd wanted for ages) Painter 9, photoshop CS and kinda just went from there. I think the best way to learn how to do something is to just have a go at it, experiment with different brushes. I bought a couple of gnomon dvds as well www.thegnomonworkshop.com they really helped. Don't try and copy off of other peoples teqniques but try to develope your own style, your own methods of painting and such. Im not saying you can't use other people teqniques im just saying try to find a way in which you feel most comfortable to paint. Some people like to do a tight line sketch before they paint, lol i like to just block in colours and see what happens from there.

My advise to you is to just have a go and see what happens, look at other peoples work, look at a couple of tutorials, learn about different brushes and learn about the program your using. Digi painting isn't magic and it doesn't make you better because its done on a computer, only you can make somthing look good. Digi painting is a tool just like a pencil (well maybe not quite like a pencil)
Hope that helps:)

Rondo- im not sure, this sketch started out as an underwater one like the second one, i imagined it to be a desert that was once an ocean and this was maybe some sunken boat that been there for hundereds of years. These guys where passing by and decided to check it out:)

[Scoobydoo_lt]

thanx photeck121,
i'm trying to do as you sugested, and i really need a big practice and knowlege about programs i use (photoshop and painter)
thanx for the advise. hope it will help me

[Egets]

....(\ /)
<-( O.o)-<<
..c('')('')
..HELLO!!

Photeck 121 you should use dots to get your signature come out well, aawww its cute wabbit, didnt remember to go home after easter <3

[photeck121]

Scoobydoo- no prob man, anytime:)

Egets- lol cheers dude!!!

[Scoobydoo_lt]

i have one more quaetion. when you start drawing a eviroment sketch. you start from pencil and paper, or you instantly draw one digitaly?
i just wanted to know the steps you take then you start your enviroment?

[Scoobydoo_lt]

ou and one more thing. what programs do you use? and what brushes are your favourite? :)

[photeck121]

http://www.deviantart.com/view/32459678/ these are my brushes i use and it sometimes depends how technical i want to make a piece, if i want someting that has alot of detail in it then i usually make a line sketch first but for speed paintings and sketches i just do it from scratch on the cmoputer.
heres part one of a tutorial i made on DA http://www.deviantart.com/view/28063556/
and part two is here http://www.deviantart.com/view/28063651/

[Egets]

seriously photeck121 I dont know what is wrong with deviantart.com, I dont think they are very reliable congrication, they made me lost 2 years of work I had stored in their database and then they just "banned" me and all of my works has gone flushed down the toilet just like that !!! Weather are the same people also who did stole my username egets and are now using it in Ebay, yes !!! I tried to open an account in that name that I have now used for ages very many years so it looks really unrealistic that anybody else ever could have had that name, there is just no gentlemanly manners in this world anymore, or if its just to disquise the animalistic greedy idiot that is residing inside

Dont rely on deviantart with your artwork, of course it might also be because I did not pay for my account that is why.... well that makes sense too, but if that is the case, its very normal and good business behaviour to fucking contact the owner of the gallery and ASK first before just closing it down, saatana !!!

[Ive]

here's a misc. city sketch I did last night...
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2339/city9ow.jpg

[Theo]

good to see you guys are keepin this thread afloat. Ive been too buissy :/

rock on fellas! nice stuff all around!

[sparth]

did this enviro last year, and my friend patrick desgreniers added the characters on the foreground afterwards.
i'm really proud of pat's work too, as everything blends perfectly in the image.

this damascus souk image has also been selected for that event:
http://www.intothepixel.com/view-art.php?year=2006

oh btw, the image has been done for the assassin's creed project at ubi.

http://www.sparth.com/gallery/albums/userpics/damascus%20souk.jpg

[D.Labruyere]

amazing!!! :x

[staceydiana]

great colab...preatty cool you guys got to toss images back and forth....I really enjoy the pallette...lighting as well. Looks like alot of fun nice loose strokes.

Congratulations.....have you heard anything on how they will be displayed? They were printed last yr.

[Capprotti]

DAMN Sparth!!! Absolutely beautiful. I love it! Really nice work by Pat as well. It's totally seemless.

[JouYung]

Hi everyone, this is my first post...

The art here is amazing :jawdrop: Really inspiring stuff.

Anyway, i thought i'd post this, my very first cityscape to go with my very first post:

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3793/malignant2iq.jpg

[Five5]

I already posted some of these in the finished section but because i am big fan of this thread, i thought i would double post...
enjoy!
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i99/five5design/cactusforest.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i99/five5design/tentacleforest.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i99/five5design/thegas.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i99/five5design/easternhallway.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i99/five5design/robothanger.jpg

[JZA]

Recent speedpainting for some basic exercise in non-hard surface environments.

http://members.chello.nl/j.vandijk52/jungle_speedpaint4.jpg

[grail]

jza--thats speedpaint?thats awesome. gotta teach me some stuff, dude.

sparth--like your man,seen your work in imaginefx and been a fan then.

here's my little contribution, i don't do much environments, actually i don't do them at all :D, so here's my first--
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a107/finfanfoom/speed_paint.jpg

[Sprite]

you've got to be kidding--that's a speedpaint jza??! that atmosphere is amazing, wow.:bow:

[WARHEAD]

Nice stuff guys ! Souleage and Sparth are droppin bombs ! :P

Here is my latest EOW - bit sketchy though, don't have time to spend long on these :nohope:

http://www.war-studio.com/HostedImages/EOW004.jpg

[photeck121]

10 minutes... meh

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/6535/newpaintingteqnique7qx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[syder]

Here's my contribution. Sort of new to this.

http://www.morphicgroup.com/artGroup/teashop21.jpg

[rondo]

wow these are terrific. damn jza and bearfoot your stuff looks so realistic. five5 youve have some really great concepts that also look sick. and sparth, what can i say, thats just an awesome scene with great skill... speechless. well done everyone, i needed that.

[Arne S.]

ink:

http://comicagentur.de/sketches/town.gif

[neilreed101]

Hi every one here is my first post , i havent drawn or painted in ages (on a contemporary art degree .lol) but i receantly got a job as a concept artist on a zombie game mod for the game operation flashpoint. this is my first enviroment work for them , it is a drawing overlaid with actual photographic textures , any feed back would be nice , iam hoping to start digital and traditional painting soon
http://www.magix-photos.com/mediapool02/8A/B5/E4/40/B4/5F/11/DA/97/4C/44/3D/51/6A/3D/42/oma/10/C2F83650DF5211DAA126B28A5166E6E9.jpg
http://www.magix-photos.com/mediapool02/8A/B5/E4/40/B4/5F/11/DA/97/4C/44/3D/51/6A/3D/42/oma/10/1980EA00D18711DAA9B9EC5C5166E6E9.jpg
http://www.magix-photos.com/mediapool02/8A/B5/E4/40/B4/5F/11/DA/97/4C/44/3D/51/6A/3D/42/oma/10/60A09DE0D18711DAADCB23C35166E6E9.jpg

[Scoobydoo_lt]

real good, it like it

10 minutes... meh

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/6535/newpaintingteqnique7qx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[photeck121]

Thanks scooby:)

Sparth, JZA OMG why are you so good!!

[monsi]

Beautiful stuff everyone :)

this is a bit dark yeah, but hey.
http://www.artofsimoncowell.com/Stuff/Material.jpg

[Theo]

Five5 those are really moody! But with a bit more work on your characters the pics would be even better. Come to think of it, my stuff suffers from the same thing. I should practice characters as well:) I rarely ever draw them.

JZA thats awesome.

[britt]

Some magnificent work here

a quick concept painting I did recently
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Brittain/flattower.jpg

[theabones]

i've been watching this thread for a while but haven't felt man enough to post. there's some really beautiful work in here.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e46/theabones/space1printfinalweb.jpg

[tensai]

theabones - looking real good man. you should post bigger, and some more if you ask me.

britt - love the colour scheme.

[spaghetti016]

Well, this can't compare with all the rest, but they are environments none the less.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/spaghetti016/Marco-Colors-Background-23.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/spaghetti016/The-Bird-bg.jpg


Enjoy!

P.S. I know those are standard Photoshop Duckies that come with the program. I thought it would be cute.

[rondo]

basically its been raining non stop where i live for over a week now. And you know what, i like it. Yup i like all this rain, however, some people don't like it. actually a lot of people, so while im all for it there are people like this sad chap. just a poor mech guy in a city that has seen its fair share of fights, but now the rain has cooled it down and he has nothing to do but stand in the rain with his hefty sword and retractable hand. oh well. hell find somethin to do sometime or another.

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7163/cityinruinrain2fd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[theabones]

thanks very much, tensai. i'll definitely try and get more stuff up soon. how exactly do i make my work show up bigger though? can anyone help me with this? the image itself isn't small...

[nonie]

nethus - love that pic... great handling of the light and the darks look awesome on my extra-bright monitor

[DavidSmit]

Somewhat older:

http://www.davidsmit.com/speed/190306.jpg

[JZA]

David>> looks cool man!

You used some of barontieri's brushes for that? I've been working with some of them lately, they're very good, imho.

Anyway, good stuff, see you in july :)

JZA

[J.Mac]

http://www.mdx5.com/conceptart.org/enviromentspeed/001.gif

rock on people!

-Jesse

[rondo]

don quijote
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/6726/donquijote2bu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Pavel Sokov]

just wanted to bump this great thread with a recent matte painting

http://www.bearfootfilms.com/fullres/laketown2.jpg

could u pleaze private emssage me a link to a high rez versopm of this to make my desktop background?

[Sebi]

pretty new to this, but i'll throw this out there anyway... anything that will bump this great thread can't be a bad thing, right?!:teeth:

http://www.andersfray.com/images/CA/matte.jpg

[4082376]

wo~ 好酷的场景哟~~~

[photeck121]

http://www.mdx5.com/conceptart.org/enviromentspeed/001.gif

rock on people!

-Jesse

haha!! awsome J.mac:party:

[Icey]

pringle - wonderful effects there! Love it! And that 16 hours art deco street is a masterpiece!!
theadbones - little but very beautyful!!
bearfoot - cool mate-painting
Sparth - i'm an fan! :D

mine is...... a little modest :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/IceyLord/b5a33b0e.jpg

[xfar]

i like travelling by train
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h114/xfar/train.jpg
this is chongqing the favorest city to me
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h114/xfar/chungkingfarview.jpg
and detail of the satellite
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h114/xfar/chungkingsatelliteentity.jpg
wish you like them

[theabones]

xfar - i really like your "birds eye view" piece. there's some really beautiful light in there. i think the satelite in the foreground sticks out a bit though. just because the rest of the piece is so much softer.

icey - thanks very much. nice piece yourself, though perhaps you're using more colors than you need to?

[nv43345]

wow! theres some fantastically inspirational pieces in this thread! i'm not normally one for doing environments, but i found this lurking in the depths of my hard drive!

http://www.clive.h.jones.btinternet.co.uk/images/jungle-001FOG2.jpg


peace

chj

[aiRaGe]

http://ragearts.com/albums/userpics/10001/Coreign_day.jpg

Not quite finished... matte painting for a fan project.

[GRMC]

hi guys, this is my the Old fashioned house ihope u guys like



http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/4729/myfhouse1ga.jpg

[J.Mac]

http://www.mdx5.com/conceptart.org/atlantis001.jpg

yeup yeup uh huh uh huh

-Jesse

[Ron]

Love environments in general—too many to comment on! But great work everyone.

[Theo]

Hey airage your gettin better. gotta love cityscapes, eh?
Heres a pic ive been fooin with for some time:

http://www.twgrafik.com/skyline5.jpg

and britt, thats cool, whatever it is!
yall are doing real good. keep the magic comin' !

:yayca: :yayca: :yayca:

[supersalenco]

Theo Great enviroment , has the ambientation of Los Angeles of Blade Runner film :).

[monsi]

really nice pic there Theo :)

[m o я p h o]

amazing Theo!

[Vulgar`]

http://www.souleage.net/images/painting/big/growth.jpg

Goddayuuuuuuuum.

[silentbrain]

This thread doesn't just rock, it OWNS. :bow:

I bow down before all of you and offer my humble environment.

http://venimarolka.com/dump/052106-worldgeo-final.jpg

[Drawing Nightmare]

Great environments everyone!

Here's one of mine, hope you like..

http://www.drawingnightmare.com/Art/MWchinese.jpg

[zao75231]

geez, i've been missing out on all the good shit on here. Amazing!

[J.Mac]

many good ones in here. another one, i need to get better at these. i just lack the abiltiy to slow down and take my time.

http://www.mdx5.com/conceptart.org/enviromentspeed/atlantis002b.gif
^under45 minutes

-Jesse

[photeck121]

Suppose this could be an enviroment, but i didn't spend any time on the actual enviroment...

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/8721/shipsinneb1oc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[J.Mac]

http://www.mdx5.com/conceptart.org/enviromentspeed/009.gif

[blexarady]

Edited! thanks Ah.Heng

Man I love Soulage's stuff; he would be perfect for doing the environments if the ever decide to make Solaris properly. And JZA's speedpainting of the steaming jungle is insanely slick.

[ah.heng]

alex, the rule is to post new enviros only.

[sparth]

http://www.sparth.com/gallery/albums/userpics/hundred%20years%20final%20small.jpg

this thread is definitely not dying
cool work guys

sparth

[tgfx]

Dam it Sparth that is a good render...wow...Can u do speed painting?

[Theo]

sparth I think there is something wrong with your brain. sorry.

[photeck121]

J.mac haha love it!! and Sparth dam you making us all look crap:)

[monsi]

nice work sparth :)

[Spoon.takea]

i'm happy to live this century, because i can follow the evolution in painting of such great artist like sparth .

Sparth, merci de ne pas arreter de travailler avant quelques dizaines d'années au moins et surtout aussi de ne pas arreter de nous montrer ce que tu découvres ! ^^

[lui]

http://lui-art.nm.ru/white.jpg
http://lui-art.nm.ru/jungle.jpg

[J.Mac]

lui those are nice.

blexarady - herpies (sp?) are the gift that keeps on giving.

here is mine and after sparth i feel... inferior!

http://www.mdx5.com/conceptart.org/enviromentspeed/011.gif
^ real quick, it is time to change up and do some good work

[Press X To Draw]

http://lui-art.nm.ru/jungle.jpg This one is awesome:lens:

[photeck121]

Blah...
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/3848/mars0015nc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Cthogua]

i'm happy to live this century, because i can follow the evolution in painting of such great artist like sparth .

Yesterday I was wondering if maybe we're at the start of some surge of artistry. There is more easily accessable information about art then there ever has been. You can learn directly from a number of modern "masters" via DVDs, forums, and live workshops. The number of production jobs creating art for the ever expanding world of videogames (especially with the next-gen wave) and film productions have over the past decade, greatly expanded. It seems almost everywhere you turn on the internet theres some other badass concept artist, modeler, or texture artist, and forums like this literally "grow" new talent everyday. I don't think there are any more talented people now than 30 or 40 years ago, just that those people are waaay more connected and have an enormous amount of information directly accessable via the internet. For the younger crowd, forums like this provide inspiration, motivation, and support where otherwise they might not get any (dissapproving parents)

I agree Spoon, I am happy to be living in this time, and not because of Sparth, but because of all this here. Times, they are a'changin.

....right...so I'll get back to painting :P

[Spacetoy]

never tried one of these before - didnt plan it or think about it- just spewed the image on to the page - 30 mins

I must do a proper one at some point :)

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f100/polomint100000/concepts/environment-sm.jpg

[tgfx]

wow some good stuff here. Anyone is interested in a collaboration with the tgfxcrew. We are in desperate need of Environment Artists.

[theabones]

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/2416/buildingswiresweb8ph.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

sparth - as always, your image is really beautiful. i love those sharp edges

[photeck121]

wow some good stuff here. Anyone is interested in a collaboration with the tgfxcrew. We are in desperate need of Environment Artists.

Could give you a hand if you want, might not quite be up to your standard though:S

[pariahrob]

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j144/pariahrob/temple.jpg

A matte painting for a personal project I am working on

[azghoul]

sparth ... that picture just rocks ... i can feel the wind blowing while lookin at it
:lens:

[Sprite]

playing with barontieri's brushes:

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e150/gnielsen12/e7f63d2a.jpg

Sparth rocks this thread

[Temujin]

Awesome works around here!!! i joining the party with these:

http://www.temujin.cz/matte01b.jpg
http://www.temujin.cz/temple.jpg
http://www.temujin.cz/e1.jpg
http://www.temujin.cz/e3.jpg

[aiRaGe]

Theo - yeap indeed, thank you. Some sweet architecture you got there, nice mood :rendered:
sparth - :xpld:
Love this thread!

http://www.ragearts.com/albums/userpics/10001/s_37.jpg

[reaxion]

nice colors airRage... i want to eat fruit roll ups now :bashful:

nice work alll

[tgfx]

Thanx photeck121. I sent u a pm. Any help is great. thanx

[Cyanid]

top quality!

temujin, airage, awesome work!
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c109/Cyanidart/interior3.jpg

[asoir]

lui...that second one is one of the best in the thread...shame about the image size. jeebus. sparth...not much more to say really.

[Ahim]

Temujin
those are perfect !! :o

[J.Mac]

ok i swear i have seen this composition somewhere before... i can't remember for the life of me. does anyone know what this looks like? i just can't place it or i have lost it :p

http://www.mdx5.com/conceptart.org/enviromentspeed/012.gif

-Jesse

[Alex Alexandrov]

oo .........0_o this is awsome uuuu...mhm...you guys ....
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4811/treee58xk.jpg

[Alex Alexandrov]

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4205/forpostinggg6rr.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2343/dorpostingforest5lv.jpg

[Ahim]

wow whiteeeeeee ! more! more!!!

[Kian]

30 Minute Sketch//

http://jonmccoy.info/Quicky.jpg

[luxun]

a couple of morning speedpaintings.:)

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2350/platformscopy7dr.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4873/polar8rv.jpg

[photeck121]

another sketch
http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/5153/8004yb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Heysoos]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/Heysoos/paintings/jungle2.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/Heysoos/paintings/oldmill.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/Heysoos/paintings/shantyville.jpg

[lui]

http://lui-art.nm.ru/interior_H.jpg
this is one of my quite quick works for Heroes of Might and Magic 5
sorry for my bad English :)

[Cyanid]

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c109/Cyanidart/conceptlib.jpg

[Vahn]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/Vahnin/forest1-1.jpg

[sparth]

thanks guys for the kind words.
keep it up you all.

s

http://www.sparth.com/gallery/albums/userpics/glissement%20de%20temps%20-%20small.jpg

[alti]

sparth your pallet always just works.. and i can tell you love that orange.

[andreasrocha]

superb paintings everyone
my contribuition

http://ndrock.com.sapo.pt/sketches/SketchA08-FuturisticLandscape.jpg

[Theo]

hey rocha that rocks. that there palette never fails does it? :D you should work some interesting shapes in there, youve got the perfect setup for it.

kian, thats super nice!

keep at it dudes. always a pleasure visiting this thread.

:yayca:

[AngryScientist]

So much pretty.

No, really, this thread is such an inspiration!

Oh but one thing. Sparth, don't you think that that rocket'd obliterate the whole city if it launches? Because imho, that'd be a real shame, it's got so much style :)

[anil6tr]

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3682/enviromentdesign4zc.jpg

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/8118/matte4hu.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8042/mekan068uu.jpg

[Kian]

http://jonmccoy.info/content/images/c/HydroPhonicFarm.jpg

[0shade0]

J'mac hilarious!

[Kian]

http://www.jonmccoy.info/SpeedPaint02.jpg

[dm3da]

Not exactly new but here it is:

http://community.conceptart.org/gallery/I/2005/01/01/9145.jpg

http://www.art.eonworks.com

[Kian]

http://www.jonmccoy.info/SpeedPaint03.jpg

[asoir]

Kian, really nice light knowledge..awesome.

[Kian]

http://www.jonmccoy.info/SpeedPaint01.jpg

[Kian]

http://www.jonmccoy.info/SpeedPaint04.jpg

[Theo]

wow kian youve been keepin buissy and its looking real good. *rightclicksave*

heres a new sketchy environment from me. A bit loose but Im still proud of it, seeing its not my usual subject matter at all.

http://www.twgrafik.com/norden2b.jpg

keep rockin guys.

[andreasrocha]

Kian...you're da man. Your concepts are awesome. Perfect balance and wonderful atmosphere.

http://ndrock.com.sapo.pt/sketches/SketchA09-Shelter.jpg

[Nokill]

wow kian youve been keepin buissy and its looking real good. *rightclicksave*

heres a new sketchy environment from me. A bit loose but Im still proud of it, seeing its not my usual subject matter at all.

http://www.twgrafik.com/norden2b.jpg

keep rockin guys.


ah a line work love those this one has a lovely cumpthy feeling with the roundings and all

[ArtZealot]

my stuff:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b337/TheDingusOfSanDiego/Muddycanal.jpg




http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b337/TheDingusOfSanDiego/Env6.jpg




http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b337/TheDingusOfSanDiego/WtW_Wk1_3.jpg




http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b337/TheDingusOfSanDiego/tree-finished.jpg

[Kian]

http://www.jonmccoy.info/SpeedPaint05.jpg

[SHADOW X]

it so bueatful
:bashful:

[SHADOW X]

ha have you ever thought about doing military concepts.

well i'm trying to start a company for gaming.

the company isn't office yet and it may not happen.

but I thing it would be nice if you try some military concepts.
on the soon to come future.

its a idea. get back to me if your thinking about it

and your work is very good.

[SHADOW X]

im feelling a like akira

[reaxion]

andreasrocha thats an amazing pic.. love how the city is reaching out .... Kian those are so slick man

[Idiot Apathy]

Noodled this one to death, lots of good learning.
I think I'll put process shots in my sketchbook later.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/Ragnarok27/forestpathfinalsmall.jpg

[alti]

sorry if you've allready seen this but i thought it belonged in this thread.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti/landscape3.jpg


painter 9 landscape 35 mins

[sparth]

keep it up dudes.
and thanks for the kind words.

s

http://www.sparth.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dream_state_final_small_291%5B1%5D.jpg

[reaxion]

sparth man im a huge fan of your work/// this one however is competely opposite of the stuff that ive seen before.. so serene.. beautiful man

peace
reax

[yanic]

Beautiful work guys keep posting more

[dm3da]

http://community.conceptart.org/gallery/I/2005/01/01/9143.jpg

[marak24]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g86/marak24/8decb1a1.jpg

A bit old...

[J.Mac]

lots of good work in here! love it :)

http://www.mdx5.com/conceptart.org/enviromentspeed/018b.jpg

-Jesse

[sparth]

http://www.sparth.com/gallery/albums/userpics/guerisseur-recadree-small.jpg

reaxion, thank you :D
dm3da: i remember having played that map in unreal 2 or something


s

[JustinBeckett]

Sparth, really cool last piece. I love how your trying new enviro's, not like the usual you do. And im lovin them dude! Keep it up. Post em all.

JB.

[Theo]

wow kian youve really gotten better. your lighting is looking smooth and awesome nowadays.

[Spacetoy]

This was one of my first bits of concept from earlier this year (already seen here). I was hugely inspired by Sparths web site that I found by chance.

For a living I use photoshop everyday, but not for this kind of thing, and Im really enjoying this new direction.

So I would like to say thanks to Sparth for inspiring me :) (I guess you must here that alot)

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f100/polomint100000/concepts/largevessel2-sm.jpg

[burymewithit019]

my first enviroment attempt. i think i may redo it and try to . . .mellow it out a little bit.
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j197/Burymewithit019/crashscenebettercopy.jpg

[burymewithit019]

a slightly quieter version:
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j197/Burymewithit019/crashscenemellow.jpg

[sparth]

http://www.sparth.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dalma%2004%20small.jpg

Spacetoy: it's a pleasure :D
JustinBeckett: doing my best. from the moment it's fun to do it's a success.

[Sammy]

damn Sparth these are hottt! i love the open scale

[Idiot Apathy]

@Sparth: Seems like a cool new direction for you, at least from an outsiders perspective. Really enjoying it. I was wondering if you've ever considered releasing a brush pack - I'm not naive enough to think the brushes make the picture, but I've been going through some guys like BaRONTiERi's brushes and have really learnt a lot about photoshop techniques, settings and the like. Would be cool to see how you set things up. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/Ragnarok27/cliff6.jpg

[micahhenrie]

Some beautiful work here...my small contribution from today.

http://micahhenrie.com/tmp/renewD04_1k.jpg

[darkos]

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4306/2592/1600/20060618_mecha.0.jpg

@Sparth: je t'aime !

[efhx]

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8430/15bx3.jpg
first speedpaint/environment so lookin for all the tips i can get :)

[Kan Muftić]

Ok, now my pants are tight cause i dare to post my stuff too:

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/cruiser.jpg

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/gallery_0004_prison.jpg

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/gallery_0015_airport.jpg

Awesome works here in this thread...

Cheers,

[Kan Muftić]

And the "Scout" which has been selected for the new "D'Artiste:Concept Art book":

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/scout.jpg

Cheers, fellow Conceptieros!

[Kan Muftić]

Done in about 30 min.:

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/peer_27.jpg

[Kan Muftić]

Done in about 15 min. That's why those little ships are ugly and there seems to be no horizon:

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/harbor.jpg

[Kan Muftić]

And now to more realistic looks:

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/Power_plant.jpg

[Kan Muftić]

This one took me about two fucking weeks! Not one single 3D-Element, just if you wondered why it's so dead...

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/city_entrance.jpg

[Kan Muftić]

A Matte for a music video (sorry for low quality):
http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/upshot.jpg

[Kan Muftić]

And the Superstage:

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/Superstage2.jpg

That's it from me for the moment. Please keep this thread rockin'.

Cheers,

[J.Mac]

Chupacabra - nice set of work

________

http://www.mdx5.com/conceptart.org/enviromentspeed/skytrip.jpg

-Jesse

[tensai]

really nice stuff you got there chupacabra, especially these:

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/cruiser.jpg

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/gallery_0015_airport.jpg

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/peer_27.jpg

great colours, compositions and atmosphere man.

[vigostar]

you know theres no reason why you guys are this fucking good at this shit really.. There should be some kind of law against it.... ahhhhhh.... Hats off to all you folk!

[TheWalt]

loving your stuff, chupa! is there a chance we get a link to the actual video?

[photeck121]

Great work everyone, shame i can't contribute anything decent.

Crappy sketch, 10 mins, Painter

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5856/rockformationsketch5zz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Kan Muftić]

Hi there,

J.Mac: Thanks man, i like your stuff too.

tensai: Thanks. These are the newer concepts, i forced myself to paint as fast as i can without loosing the point.

vigostar: hehehe, look who's talking...:)

TheWalt: Thanks mate. This is for members of the UK Band Asian Dub Foundation. I co-directed the video, painted all the mattes and made zillion of animations and VFX. You can watch it on my homepage (the link below):
http://www.streamatica.ch

Thanks to everyone again,

[Mr.Blonde]

some beautiful works in this thread! rawk!
http://alduar.iseenothing.com/06june/watery1low.jpg

[Main Loop]

mr. blonde - very cool, looks like you got something out of that ubisoft demo huh?

[JustinBeckett]

Mr.Blonde, love the brushwork and the colours in that last.

[sketchling]

Whoah...lovely stuff goin down here! Especially Sparth man... damn. Stopped my scrolling on every pic.

got a few to add to the fray:
Based on a pic I took in the pantheon
http://www.sketchling.com/artwork/2006/pantheon.jpg

http://www.sketchling.com/artwork/2006/marrakesh1_2.jpg

http://www.sketchling.com/artwork/2006/entry_gate.jpg

Will add a few more soon.

[Kan Muftić]

Kim: you're rock'n'roll!

Here, a practicing sketch, done in about 15 minutes:

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/snowy_ruin.jpg

Cheers,

[Ben Mauro]

ummm....its IN and environment....studio...

http://www.artofben.com/HOVER_classic_FINAL.jpg

[meddling kid]

Ben,

and a lot of you guys - How many of you are on software, rather than canvas/ board ie pencils and paints?

the work here is fabulous, but I'd like to know more about everyone's various techniques....

JJ

[L. Scott Knight]

Ben,
say, what did you make that in?

[Frank Wade]

Speedpaint.First Environment.30mins.Need tips on making these more interesting and on a general/common process, please!

http://www.ninja.oceansend.com/6/speed_forest.jpg

[Ben Mauro]

um..
1. i sketched some thumbnails
2. picked the one i liked
3. did a larger more accurate perspective drawing, then a refined pen drawing on top of the messy form drawing,
4.scanned that in, rendered it in photoshop....

thats bout it...not very exciting i know.

-B

[Helium Macaroni]

Just a'fuckin' around.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/mmaurino/traininteriorfinish.jpg

[TheWalt]

ben: the precise rendering is really nice, design is a little bland though

h. macaroni: design is looking good, but the composition is not very exciting

[Grooveholmes]

Hey what's up Helium Mac. Not bad at all dude.

Here's my latest painting attemp since returning from the workshop:

http://www.joshball.com/imagedump/dwntwnnght_09.jpg

Cheers!
:nintendo: :confident

[michael see]

great stuff all over,some really great ones every now and then
here's mine,some of my old pieces,thought it mainly focus on environments and so i post it here:)
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/5931/1837951140082578submedium7gr.jpg
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7692/thejourneyhigh0ix.jpg
again great stuffs everyone

[Dizon]

AWESOME, Helium. Thats the kind of shit i like

[dm3da]

One of the concpets I did for Unreal 2.

http://community.conceptart.org/gallery/I/2005/01/01/9146.jpg

[reaxion]

still workin slowly on this... jungle facility... or so I think
this thread is sick

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h251/reaxion13/skhillsideFACTORYcopy.jpg

[sup_ben]

Great works here!

http://digitalben.com/forum/handwerk_color_flat.jpg

[meddling kid]

great concept man - as an Architect, I'd hate to be the one who had to put the drawing set together for that - ooof

[Zhiwang]

All your works are amazing for me!!
I want to learn how to make arts like that!!
My skills are so low...

Can you tell me with wich prog you did it??
Photoshop or Painter???

[Tomato]

you all must die!!! :P

[Jabo]

here's mine,some of my old pieces,thought it mainly focus on environments and so i post it here:)
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/5931/1837951140082578submedium7gr.jpg
again great stuffs everyone

Woah, me likes! Very atmospheric, great lighting and particles on the balloons.

[Gryphon]

Just a quick cathedral...

http://www.nicolecardiff.com/gallery/gothic.jpg

[CodeWodka]

great pics, keep it up.

[dm3da]

sup_ben: this is great! I love the colors and the idea, not to mention the brush work. Looking forward to see more :)

[sup_ben]

Thanks, dm3da, Meddling kid.

So cool, Michael See.

Zhiwang, PS9 in my case.

Keeping this thread alive
http://digitalben.com/forum/hanging.jpg

[Helium Macaroni]

Finally... 'finished' this one. Didn't wanna beat it to death. For some reason it gets really desaturated when posted in the interweb.. go figure.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/mmaurino/sniper9flat.jpg

..and some thumbs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/mmaurino/thumbs2.jpg

[reaxion]

real nice work Helium.. damn man

[michael see]

thanks jabo and sup ben~ur comments are very much appreciated:)
sup ben- nice watercolor effects on that piece of urs
helium - thats a very tight one u've got there
again~awesome stuffs everyone

[The Dream Walker]

Man, since i spoted this thread all i do now is practice environemnts. Because i before this thread, i couldn't do a branch on a tree! All i did was people.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/TruthWalker/Environment.jpg

[asoir]

Chupacabra, love the last one, very Giger.
Keep posting!

[Ben Mauro]

Classwork.....boring i know, next will be more exciting, promise! still learning.

http://www.artofben.com/hovercar_08.jpg

-B

[Dr. Tyrell]

Ben.........

amazingly perfect.

[bearfoot]

its 3d / 2d composition but here goes


http://www.bearfootfilms.com/fullres/ramp.jpg

[Hideyoshi]

Michael, Macaroni, Ben Mauro, bearfoot: incredible!!!!!!! o_O
sorry, only got my last E.O.W to post...some might have seen this already... :-/

http://www.hideyoshi-ruwwe.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/prototype-facility_small.jpg

[richard1214]

Here's an old one....I love this thread !

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f165/pimpudottcom/conservatory8-flat-web.jpg

-Richard Lee
concept artist . 3d Realms

[Zhiwang]

Amazing works one more time!!!

So i join the party, it s just a poor forest, but it s my second Enviro.

I swear, i will try to let my brain work with some madness, cos it s too wise, a bit boring forest :P

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/531/forestspeedpaintingfinalga9.jpg

other one
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6404/env3mv2.jpg

[photeck121]

silly sketch
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5543/untitled61na5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[alti]

hope you dig these, critics welcome


http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti/citadel.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti/loWarRoom.jpg

[alti]

http://members.optusnet.com.au/alti/losewer.jpg

yep

[Hideyoshi]

http://www.hideyoshi-ruwwe.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/shanghai-street2_small.jpg

[Kan Muftić]

Hi there,
I posted this already in another section but i'm sure it fits here much better. I can kill it if it douesn't fit in here.

This is THE thread for all enviro-fans like me. Keep it up fellows.

These are some of my recent daily trainings. The goal is to paint under limit of max. 10 minutes (no coloring though). I'm not sure if it really fits the subject, so excuse me if it doesn't. Here they are:

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/sketch_0.jpg

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/sketch_01.jpg

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/sketch_02.jpg

http://www.streamatica.ch/sketchbook/sketch_03.jpg

Cheers,

[Kian]

Classwork.....boring i know, next will be more exciting, promise! still learning.

http://www.artofben.com/hovercar_08.jpg

-B

Dude, I'm doing transport design here in the UK, and i WISH!!!! that was my classwork. Compared to what I'm "not" learning, this is gold dust! I've had to teach myself the same technique from Scott's "how to draw cars the hotwheels way" book. Cool ass pic and design Ben!

[sup_ben]

not much activity in this "activity" section lately.

http://digitalben.com/forum/pencil_town.jpg