Post Your Environments!

[JustinBeckett]

I don't know if there is a thread like this yet, but post all your environment paintings/drawings here.

Here is 1 of mine. Sorry i dont have more but im working on it :) LEts see em guys!

http://img230.exs.cx/img230/2887/mountains18dx.jpg

[mobot]

I had a great time working on this one.
http://ceylon.globat.com/~mobotica.com/images/sketches/sketch16.jpg

here is the link to a bigger image
here (http://ceylon.globat.com/~mobotica.com/html/sketches/mobotica_gallery_sketches_coasttown.htm)

[kidcrucial]

Great idea for a thread. I love enviros. I need a lot of practice, but here are a few that I have done for various reasons:

http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery/Fgallery1-1.jpg

http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery/Fgallery1-2.jpg

http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery/Fgallery1-3.jpg

http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery/Fgallery2-1.jpg

http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery/Fgallery2-5.jpg

http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery/kw_wip009.jpg

http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery/painter.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

Wow, guys these are really sweet :) see thats the type of stuff i wanna learn to do. any ideas how?"

Keep posting people!

[thebluepuppy]

nice environments everyone.... mr. beckett..you sir are an environment fiend :wink:

[JustinBeckett]

Got that right blue puppy! :P

[tgfx]

Impressive as always mr.kidcrucial nice....wanna join my crew... <3

[kidcrucial]

A WIP.....

http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery/spot_1.jpg

http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery/twin_towers.jpg

[pringle]

Guess this fits in here, 'bout 16 hours.

Art deco / nouveau inspired street.

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

[JustinBeckett]

Amazing stuff guys, really love that last one Pringle!

Awsome guys. This is the kinda shit i like to see!

[kidcrucial]

:jawdrop: Pringle- That is just.....beautiful. I am enthralled by this piece and have a million questions. You don't have any tutorials or walkthoughs do you? Again, amazing work.

[/ev]

2 rough environment sketches for more finished pieces...

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ecsdesign/stuff/cityScape01.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ecsdesign/stuff/jungleConcept.jpg

someday ill get them finished...

[JustinBeckett]

pringle, omg man, your like my new favourite artist! I checked out your site, and you have amazing work!


ecsdesign

You also have very good work, very inspiring. VERY :) love this thread already. Hmm, i wouldnt mind seeing work in progress environments either, i donno if it would be ok to post them here or not? Or just there be another thread for that?

[pringle]

Thanks guys,

Ecsdesign, both are great, my fave is the second one, love the txture and colours. Nice!

Here is a progress shot, I sketched some architectual details in my sketchbook before going for the computer.
Always get the big shapes down before going into details.

http://img242.echo.cx/img242/6424/decoprogress8aa.jpg

[kidcrucial]

Pringle- Thanks so much for the progress shots. In between steps 1 and 2 you're physically painting all of the structural details (window "frames" and other extrusions) right? That must be insane! And it all looks so spot on. Simply amazing sir.

[patternagainst]

Awesome thread here... wish I had some time for crits.

[pringle]

kidcrucial, All is painted. As far as the details go, I did a lot of vertical lines to start with. As I only have one vanishingpoint I could hold down the shift key to make sure my verticals were aligned.

[kidcrucial]

Pringle- Yeah, that's what I did in the raining enviro pic above. As for the receding lines, do you use a lasso tool to make sure you maintain the perspective, or do you just have an insanely steady hand and a sharp eye? :)

[Atmospheria]

Well, this is an old one but here you go:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/atmospheria/emrah_in_the_jungle.jpg

sorry if you saw this before.
take care.

[JustinBeckett]

Pringle woah, nice tut! Thanks mate! :)

Atmospheria

Awsome pic man, really crazy imagination you have there to make something like that. I wish i could go there :P

And now a question for you. How exactly did you do the perspective on that piece?

[Atmospheria]

JustinBeckett - Well, it wasn't a big problem to setup a smooth perspective in this pic. Cause there are no architecture or vehicles etc. I gave the perspective with color instead. Tints of green helped me with this. Thats all...
hope it helps

[kidcrucial]

Atmospheria- Very nice work! I love the mood of this piece. I checked out your website too (very nice work btw, and congrats on your Expose 3 inclusion) and bookmarked it quickly. Again, beautiful work.

[al-x]

a couple of months old one...
http://alextornberg.com/art/concepts/redRobe/hive.jpg

this is a couple of years old
http://alextornberg.com/art/concepts/tidstorn.jpg

[Tolgahan gungor]

:^^;:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/tolgahang/Matte-painting2.jpg

[themovement]

:jawdrop:

DAMN!! I love enviros! And THAT is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pavel Sokov]

that last one was AMAZING!
i never did any invorments, i should start out.

[JustinBeckett]

Atmospheria:

Well what i ment, is did you use, 1 point perspective, 2 point etc, atmospheric, or what, for that piece?

Al x - VERY nice design love them, especially the trias!


Tolgahan gungor: That is sooo amazing wow! I think i saw that over at CGtalk somewhere... Awsome work anyhow.

Also, maybe soon or something, a moderator can sticky this thread if its cool.


Justin.

[pringle]

kidcrucial, I used the lasso and the quickmask + my unsteady hand ;)

This is a quick photo collage and paint combo.
http://img102.echo.cx/img102/966/refinery0gx.jpg

[kidcrucial]

Thanks Pringle. This last one is awesome. You have a great way of capturing that vast feel in your pieces. Nicely done.

[Joey-b]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/joeyb/enjoythesilence.jpg

damn pringle.. lovin ur stuff..

[Phattro]

Emrah

...thats a nice piece man. I really like the color. Ever since I've seen your portfolio at the SF workshop, I've always been impressed by your painting skill. It's like an explosion of color. Awesome work. And now Kursad is trying to get me to paint...for a change.


Pringle,

very nice work on both pieces. Great atmosphere.

[hamster]

some old stuff


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/cks/finalwebsiteroomcopy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/cks/finalwebsiteroom2copy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/cks/finalwebsiteopeningpage2copy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/cks/000f89cb.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/cks/lakecopy.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

Great stuff guys! Love it all..

Damn this thread is so inspiring

[arghmisfit]

wow, great work everyone, this inspires me to rock out some scenes

[Hideyoshi]

some quick digital sketches I did lately...
Pringle's work is crazy!

http://www.hideyoshi-ruwwe.com/images/sewer-city.jpg

http://www.hideyoshi-ruwwe.com/images/Alien-aqueduct.jpg

http://www.hideyoshi-ruwwe.com/images/Touchdown.jpg

the last one isn't a real enviro, I know...

[NOOSE]

environment + characters :)

http://sprocketwitch.com/images/batteries2.jpg
tiny dude
http://sprocketwitch.com/images/batteries2detail.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

ooooo some more awsome sketches guys! Keep em coming people, damn i gotta find something new to post :D

[pringle]

Hideyoshi, the middle one is great, nice concept.

Playing around with textures
http://img34.echo.cx/img34/7890/crane2jc.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

holy crap, pringle, i dont know how you do it man :)

[JustinBeckett]

Damn you guys are inspiring.

2hours ps cs

http://img148.echo.cx/img148/8307/volcanoenvironment48wx.jpg

[buttman20]

MAAAn, i'm blown away by all the works! I gotta say, Pringle's one really caught me...

Who here saw Feng Zhu's art!?!

*raises hand*

Yea, i know all you guys too. It's like a Feng Zhu convention here lol

[JustinBeckett]

yeah its great eh :)

[Stoo]

Hello, im new here. First reply :bashful:

or we could call it a feng zhu zoo! :D .

This stuff just makes my skull implode when I make direct eye contact.
Brilliant work!!!!..nuff said

[look]

Sweet stuffs!! <3
A quick question for you guys, with all those kickass environment designs, do you always lay down the perspective grid when drawing it? or you are just so used to it, you don't need to lay down the grid lines everytime when you sketch?

[kidcrucial]

I don't know about the rest of the guys here, but I always lay down some sort of guidelines. I'm not good enough to do otherwise. :\

[JustinBeckett]

for me, i usually do lay down perspective and composition lines. But i mainly do landscapes and such. So i dont always need them. But its good to put them down at first. It will help. For building's and all that fun stuff, i suggest definetely putting down perspective lines.

[Alexius]

Mountains on pillars.
http://208.49.149.118/Imperium/Alexius/Images/burninaa.jpg

A city envr that I've been working on for a while now.
http://208.49.149.118/Imperium/Alexius/Images/cityaarrr.jpg

Catacomb temple
http://208.49.149.118/Imperium/Alexius/Images/sacelliuma.jpg

[DernierCri]

pringle is tha man... opps pringle might be a girl...
anyway just amazing ones guys... but pringle kickers everyones butts..
gimme mooore!

EDIT: it's a boy! pringle is tha man!
btw i love your digital sketches on your website man!
my fave it the one with the horse...

[Jeff Nentrup]

Cool thread, great work everyone.

This is the fruit of one sitting...
http://jeffnentrup.com/CA.ORG_posts/village5.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

Jeff thats amazing :P How did you do that, what program, looks almost traditional, what brushes do you use?

[Netsu]

just asking. i really want to render my environments well, what type of mediums would you suggest using in painter?

[Jeff Nentrup]

Thanks Justin,
This was done in Painter 6 last year. I'm using painter 9 now. I was fortunate enought to study concept design and digial paint with Ryan Church,
so I've adopted alot of his working methods and brushes. Mostly water color, square chalk, 2b pencil (he actually uses the scratchboard tool) and glow brushes... I belive you can download his painter brushes from his web-site.
Cheers!

[pringle]

Thanks guys, glad you like my stuff.
DernierCri, the horse is my favorite aswell :)

look, Just remember where you're vanishing points are placed, a few grid lines may come in handy aswell.


This is for a project at school. There are a couple of photo txtures in there.
8 hours. It looks a bit dull I think. Any suggestion for making it more exciting?
http://img83.echo.cx/img83/329/street5pg.jpg

[Jeff Nentrup]

All really nice work Pring-
Nice color. Perhaps a little lonely? How about some people or a well placed mystery figure? As a scene the viewer needs a little payoff somewhere, probably needs some attention at or near the VP whether or not you put a first read elsewhere. ie: your first post in this thread would feel similar to this one without those figures... also helps establish scale.

[Summer Pudding]

I might take this pic further at some point.

http://www.summerpudding.com/index_files/01_street_corner_2019.jpg

Pringle: good to see you posting here man. Great stuff as usual.

Jeff Nentrup and Tolgahan gungor: outstanding.

Pud'

[pringle]

Jeff Nentrup, thanks for replying. I'm doing a project where I'm describing different architecturel settings. I wanted to see If I could make them look interesting without doing extreme perspective or stuff like that.

I have a tendency to render everything at the same level. That is something I gotta work on. You are right about attention at the VP.

My goal is to makes these streetscenes look interesting in our world and still be plausible in terms of achitechture and scale etc.


Guess I just have to work harder :painting:

BTW: the plein air section on your site is amazing

Edit: Pudding! We miss you in the speedpainting thread :)
your image is very cool, the colours, light, setting. Nice!

[Dragonspit]

all said before me, this is an inspiring thread. I am on the, just give up-to-I gotta draw something cool and put it in here mode. I think I spend more time looking than doing something about it. Completely kewl.

Hey Hide, nice to see your work here and something other than what ya gotta. :^^: Wish these guys could seem some of your latest, but alas they may not mwahahaaaa.

[Yoonjin]

On monday I have my Interview for HDK (design school in Gothenburg) for the autumn term. Hold your thumbs lads and lassies.

All freehand except the Picasso painting on the wall and the carpets.

http://www.tenjin.se/yoonjin/hdk.jpg



The last one is not as good, tried out another style.
Crits are more than welcome.



P.S. Pringle, love your work man....When you do your handdrawn textures do you have any tips? Just round full opacity brushes?

Some crit for you on your last piece...I would like some falling leafs. =D
and some torn banners hanging down from the sections.

D.S You ppl here got some mad skills, I feel shy to post here. :bashful:

[IanE]

Awesome work from everybody.

Pringle, kidcrucial, you guys are a huge inspiration. I think I'll work up some enviros of my own later on.

Awesome work everyone, keep it coming!

[Jason Manley]

nice stuff everyone.

pringle...you sir are doing great stuff. are you in china? drop me an email here on the forums if you get a chance.

jason

[tensai]

well, i posted these before, but this is turning into quite the environments collection so...

couple of months old now, hope you like. ive got some more but theyre not uploaded yet.

original is around 50 x 70 cm so i post some crops too

some really really nice work in here by the way, keep it coming!

tensai

[kidcrucial]

Tensai- that is amazing! Not to take anything away from this drawing, or your efforts, but this reminds me of the types of puzzles you would see in the mid-eighties. I love this and could look at it for hours. Great work. Must have been fairly painstaking, but I bet your pretty pleased with it. Now, how about some color?!? C'mon, don't get lazy on us! :rendered:

[JustinBeckett]

Everyone, really great stuff! LOVE IT ALL :) Im so glad i started this thread.

Jeez i dont check this thread for 1 day, and its going crazy with all kinds of good stuff :)

Keep postin everyone! Im gonna try to get some stuff up soon.


Justin.

[LeejeN218]

This was my class assignment with Feng Zhu.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/leejen218/ship.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/leejen218/china2.jpg

www.jenleeart.com

[Art B.]

http://artbabayan.com/images/image6.jpg

[Patrick]

Here are a couple of interior pieces I did for Malhavoc Press' book Arcana Evolved. (http://www.montecook.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?mpress_MCAE)

http://www.morgankeithstudios.com/pak/arcana09.jpg

http://www.morgankeithstudios.com/pak/arcana10.jpg

There's some damn nice work from a lot of folks here! Very cool thread!

[MeArOne]

wow tensai. :O thats....unspeakable..lol..

Patrick i luv that second one..for some odd reason...maybe its the monkey looking thing that attracts me.. :confident
nice work ya'll

[balistic]

awful composition, I know:
http://www.bprince.com/ChinaB.jpg

[pringle]

Thanks Jason, I've send you an email.

Yoonjin, thanks for the crit. About textures, I start out with a big brush and then define more and more going down in brush scale as i render the texture. You can try custom brushes, sometime its easier and it saves time.

tensai, very cool. I loved explore those type of drawings when I was a kid.
Patrick, looks good.
Balistic your colours and light is always spot on.

my crap
http://img66.echo.cx/img66/3271/streetscene4ib.jpg

[tensai]

kidcrucial - yeah took quite a while to just do the line work. thats also why i basically colored it with three values. otherwise it would have taken me months..

MeArOne - glad you like it..

LeejeN218 - love that first one.

Pringle - very impressive. love your atmosphere and compositions man. and the way you keep m a bit rough.

here are a couple from a quick design i did a couple of years ago when i was graduating in tokyo. its a city hanging upside down, over another city. the space between 'uptown' and 'downtown' was to be mad crowded and metropolic, with buildings amd neons hanging down.

on top of everything you would have a big empty space - sort of like a giant roofterrace / parc in the city. the drawings are abit basic, more to show design than convey mood...

try to upload some more recent work later.


if its too much ill remove some of them..
or i could upload some of the construction priciples i did... :)


tensai

[Pencilator]

Crazy, I had to look trough this thread about 3 times... just couldn't stop :jawdrop:
Great work everybody. Environment are the shit.

[deryk]

LeejeN218: you study under feng zhu!? awww man, you're really lucky.

i'm self studying with his dvds. at the risk of it looking like utter crap with all the work on this thread... here it is:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/kyred/environment-cityfinal.jpg

sketched and painted in painter ix, around 1hr. tried to apply feng's principles of scale and stuff in close up to put the viewer right into the shot.

gotta start from the somewhere. it's usually from the bottom! :)

[Hideyoshi]

this thread is so damn cool...
another 2 concepts, the first one is really old already, some of you might have seen this before somewhere :-P
It's a marker render btw.

http://www.hideyoshi-ruwwe.com/images/setting.jpg

this one is a panel taken from my manga short that will be published in Germany soon:

http://www.hideyoshi-ruwwe.com/images/cityscape.jpg

no ref. used on both.

Hey Dragonspit! Cool, you're here, too.
Yes, I'd like to post some of the Starsiege stuff as well... :-P

[kidcrucial]

Damn guys- this is turning into one hell of a thread.

Hideyoshi- Old or not, I love that first one!

Prinlge- The thing I love about your work is the amount of strength and power in your compositions. Like in the last one you posted- I would have never have been bold enough to force the perspective to lean in like you did, but it works so damn well. How do you know when you can get away with that and when you cannot?

[staceydiana]

Damn...just damn.....can't wait to hop on the band wagon!! Justin B thanks for starting this thread it was excellent decision :)

[Dallas]

Hi fellas.
I once thought I could avoid crossposting, but I'm not producing enough stuff.
Sorry for crossposting and shouts to all the Sijun regulars and Hi to all the wonderful CA'ers :)

Goooood stuff guys!!!!

Speedies and pseudo speedies:

http://www.no-go.dk/ARTWORK/CenturyRADAR.jpg

http://www.no-go.dk/ARTWORK/hulk2.jpg

http://www.no-go.dk/ARTWORK/Zeroes02.jpg

http://www.no-go.dk/ARTWORK/DarkCity.jpg

http://www.no-go.dk/Falcon-City_07.jpg

-Dallas

[kidcrucial]

:jawdrop: Very inspiring Dallas. I love the perspective on the first two.

[deryk]

ok everybody remind me to NOT post here again to avoid embarrassment! wow all the work posted after mine is just too good. :yayca:

my time on this thread is now over. i'm just gonna sit back and observe while i practice to reach the extreme level of talent present in this thread. :)

[Hideyoshi]

WTF??!
Dallas, that's mind-blowing!
You're a master of lighting, no doubt!
The third one is killing me!

[Gilles]

http://home.planet.nl/~ketti175/apollo-fort1.jpg

[pringle]

This is a great thread.
Dallas, love your images and avatar;)

More stuff for school
Not quite done. But I gotta crash right about now.
http://img207.echo.cx/img207/4281/chinanew58cf.jpg

[Jeff Nentrup]

Alright, I wasn't going to post this because it's in progress but the coolness of this thread keeps going way up... Here is a pretty generic castle. I'll put a city on that far hillside when I have time.
Deadlines come first...

Deryk- hang in there man. Drawing all the time, is the fastest way to the next level.

http://jeffnentrup.com/CA.org_posts/Castle_.jpg

[stewart one]

Cool thread! Awesome work dallas. i really enjoy those cityscapes. Pringle, very nice aswell! Infact, cool stuff from everyone!
heres my contriburion:

http://www.robotarm.se/skiss/skiss204.jpg

http://www.robotarm.se/skiss/skiss201.jpg

http://www.robotarm.se/skiss/skiss195.jpg

http://www.robotarm.se/skiss/skiss194.jpg

http://www.robotarm.se/skiss/skiss191.jpg

[deryk]

nice work stewart one! love the last one...that's straight out of a fantasy movie man. really great.


Jeff Nentrup - i take my hat off to that castle. the way it's placed and lighted in the shot is just perfect. and yeah i keep drawing everyday. my eyes are actually red from doing too many environment practice sketches on my tablet. hehe they're gonna have to pry me away from my laptop to get me to do anything else. all this is causing my programming skills to lag way behind. :p

[MAD WILL]

The pics of Alexius is great and colors are amazing, but the pics of Pringles made me :O , it's fantastic man....
PRINGLE IS THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


BALISTIC - VERY NICE PIC i like very much the effect of water

[Space Marine]

Hi everybody awsome work
i just want to participate in this great thread
it's a mix 3d and Photoshop post production about old cairo :rendered:

http://img143.echo.cx/img143/7347/cairo1838ahmedframe28gx.jpg

[Hideyoshi]

another recent speedy. 1.5 hours, PS 7
Extremely cool stuff coming in here...

http://static.animexx.de/fanart02/fanart/54248/gross/481019.jpeg

[Alexius]

superb and marvelous work everybody!
Dallas' and Pringle's stuff makes me want to try out some crazy perspectives.
and stewart one's towers have some damn impressive brush strokes and colors.

Here's my latest piece, inspired by this thread-
(Some of the mountain textures provided by my good artist friend Jeff Rose)

http://208.49.149.118/Imperium/Alexius/Images/systemwars1500.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

Really great stuff guys! Love it all, a question to everyone, where do you all get the ideas for creating such highly detailed environments. Look through magazines, or what..just wondering.

Pringle nice work again :)

Stewart one, you have some very good work! :D

Jeff Nentrup, you just inspire me tooo much man! I wish i could learn from you. Do you have any tuts....

[Jeff Nentrup]

Thanks a lot Justin. There is a lot of inspiring stuff in this thread for me too. I'm trying to figure out how these guys get the Craig Mullens look myself...

I don't have any tutorials put together although that is something I'd like to add to my site down the road. I primarily use Painter 9 but always have Photoshop running for transforms, filters and the amazing file browser. As far as technique most of my method comes from oil painting from models, outdoors and some from photos.
Digitally I tend to design on the fly because it's so easy to make changes. I studied with Ryan Church for 14 weeks or so while at Art Center and picked up a lot of his habits, check out the DVD's on his site if you haven't already. He breaks it down really well.

I'll see if i can put up some work in diffrent stages soon. I'll let you know when that happens. Hopefully my clients will let me show some of my more recent work as well.

Cheers.

[JustinBeckett]

Jeff Nentrup: Your welcome man :) You have amazing work, and i hope someday i can make it to that level, and i am willing to try really hard, to get there. And alot of peoples works in this thread are great.

That would be really great if you posted tutorials/step by steps :)

Anyways, heres one i did tonight guys.

Just painted this from my head. Im not sure if i was aiming to get it exactly like, the aliens, from the movies... kinda thing. But something different.

http://img234.echo.cx/img234/39/alienlair8002tk.jpg

Justin.

[deryk]

here's a render of a futuristic environment i made. still isn't up to par with the stuff on this forum, but hit it with your critiques. this is a finished watercolor render, pretty much my first time working with it. i'm gonna try rerendering it later on with a different medium.

go nuts and help me get better. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/kyred/cyberstreet_ts.jpg

[Arctis]

Some very nice stuff here !
I like a lot environnement, so it's a pleasure to watch this thread.
- Dallas : your work is fantastic, dynamic, beautifully lighted, and elegant. Congrats.
- stewart one : beautiful light and brush strokes on the last two.
- Jeff Nentrup : beautiful scene, though there's something missing on the right, I think.
Well done, guys, and show more !

[BC1967]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/bc1967/MOON_1600.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/bc1967/dock1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/bc1967/MAPES_BIG.jpg

[orbluvion]

Training with Photoshop.

http://img216.echo.cx/img216/7586/cityscape01affversion3ya.jpg

[tensai]

orbluvion - nice! that light quality reminds me of dusso's first dvd on matte painting (gnomon). did you by any chance see that?



tensai

[Farvus]

Great topic.

Here's my enviroment painting inspired by old amiga game - Perihelion: the Prophecy.

http://farvus.republika.pl/gfxartist/midlight_gfx.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

Wicked stuff guys, heres another from me:

1.5 hrs, PS CS

http://img288.echo.cx/img288/7237/coastcopy8vz.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

"bump"

[subvicto]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/subvicto/house.jpg

[N D Hill]

Awesome work from everyone!

Dallas, I'm simply blown away by your work, man. Incredible stuff!

[Pigeonkill]

Nice works guys, very humbling.

http://www.brianluk.com/gallery/pictures/bestview.jpg

http://www.brianluk.com/gallery/pictures/girlcatch.jpg

[Tad]

Hey if you guys want to see some JAW droppingly incredible backgrounds/environments,

go watch the new Star Wars movie!!

seriously, the opening scene will make you WET yourself!!

Also, everything in this thread is really quite incredible I must say!

[Fahm]

Brilliant work here guys. Many props to Pringle and Dallas. You guys are great sources of inspiration!

Justin, your works mostly seem like speed paints. How about you put some more hours into them and put on some more finished stuff? I think if you stick to your pieces, they can come out really nice :)

[Repta]

gr8 stuff everybody
here is something of my poor work . . .
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/repta/env02_FINAL.jpg

[britt]

HuummDElllaaGuuuyaaa!!!

and there you go...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Brittain/stageinter.jpg

you guys rock :O

[pringle]

Tensai, Your site is fantastic. love those photos and the way you draw is wonderful!

Stewart one, really cool :)

Did this today for school.
http://img138.echo.cx/img138/5458/alley4pv.jpg

[stewart one]

lovlely thread guys! im really enjoying it!

[Jeff Nentrup]

I had some time today to add to this one... Added the city on the far hillside, also added some canvas to the right and bottom to balance the composition.
Probably still needs some people...?
http://jeffnentrup.com/CA.ORG_posts/Castle_2.jpg

[Fahm]

Wow Jeff. Speechless here..

[circlelimit]

Jeff: Amazing!! Really. I don't know what else to say. I'm going to check out your website now.

Gah, I love everything on this thread! So many of you have a perfect combination of imagination and skill :bow:

[Ruds]

some of that is gob smacking,

eek, here i go... not that proud of it, but hey...

http://www.coinop-uk.com/chris_rundell/highres/01.jpg

and I know what you'll say... there's nothing going on! The final version was to have a character placed slap bang in the middel so that's kinda why it falls a little short... and I HATE the mountains :dead:

[pringle]

Jeff Nentrup, the composition is great now. Don't know about people, guess its a matter of taste. I like it as it is.

Ruds, Nice colours.

Did this one this evening. The two pipes on the left are manipulated photos.
I think there are zombies down there.
http://img188.echo.cx/img188/6291/sunshine6ek.jpg

[tensai]

pringle man... the speed with which you cough these up is incredible. i think you owe us a WIP or something though. like i said, love the textures and the way you suggest things, leaving things out rather than banging everything down.

i posted in my own thread cause this one is getting too heavy for me to load on th old pc i use for the web...

glad you like my site...

keep it up!

edit: i　wanna see some more from mr. dallas as well!! godammit those are nice colors man.

tensai

[Ruds]

cheers pringle, will find some time soon to post something a little better...

might I just add, fat-ass goodness for yerself there - big up!

<oh yeah after thought> pringle, a w.i.p would be frickin' A to see if you'd muster the time to show? damn quick !

[look]

All these environment works are so inspiring and so intimidating too.

I'm a bit ashamed to put this up, but I tried my best. Hopefully my next one will be more worthy of posting. ^^;
http://lookie.org/sketchpad/050523.jpg

[pringle]

Thanks guys.

Unfortuantly I don't have the steps for the picture I posted.

But I made this yesterday and remembered to save the steps.
Not sure if it fits in this thread. I'll take it down if its a no-no.
Haven't got much experience in vehicle design, pretty sure it shows :rolleyes:
http://img239.echo.cx/img239/4202/speeder9ei.jpg

You can find the steps here (630 kb).walkthrough (http://img239.echo.cx/img239/7273/walkthrough4vf.jpg)

look, its comming along fine.
Hey Dallas, Show us more stuff if you got the time!

[Summer Pudding]

Yeah, more from Dallas and Ruds would be nice...

Pud'

http://www.summerpudding.com/index_files/01_starship_construction_8.jpg

[tensai]

shit! nice summerpudding. like the colors/light.

tensai

[Ruds]

"Yeah, more from Dallas and Ruds would be nice...

Pud'"
---------------------

right, yer asked fer it pud, :wink:

bit of a cheat this one, had to be pumped out quickly so it's mix of photo ref (backgrounds) and painting (fore) I did use a smart blur filter before hitting painter (which I consider to be cheating, compared to the awesome efforts on display here)

http://www.coinop-uk.com/chris_rundell/highres/outterslums.jpg

a co-worker reckons the dude in the car is being given fellatio while he waits... lol

ruds

[Dragonspit]

Hey Dragonspit! Cool, you're here, too.
Yes, I'd like to post some of the Starsiege stuff as well... :-P

Hi Hide. yeah, I hang around and lurk mostly. I think I posted some stuff in a Girl thread, and the dragons thread, but nothing newer. I usually dont have anything done as talented as ya'll show up with. but it makes me want to try.Besides, most of my art time goes into the SS stuff. With two kids (my daughter is an avid softball player, 2 teams and I coach), I rarely get extra time. so for now I will vicarously through your work :nohope: so keep doin.

[AlpacaMan]

Wow all this enviroment art is just totally awesome.
I love it all=)
Just awesome.

[BC1967]

here's a colder one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/bc1967/oldmountians.jpg

[I0N]

homework assignment... I wish I spent time to make this better...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/I0Nryu/homedn.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

Holy shit guys, this thread is getting pimped out now :) Great work everyone! :D

[JustinBeckett]

Is it possible for SOMEONE! to make this thread sticky?????????

[igorstshirts]

Nice ones!
Rail crossing. Corel/Lightwave...
http://www.igorstshirts.com/temp/tracks.jpg

[BC1967]

gas giant cloudscape

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/bc1967/Neptuneclouds01_Ha.jpg

[Dallas]

Guys, you rock my world! Thanks.
Pudding, Stewart One and Pringle, you guys make my day these days.

Actually I did this one before seeing episode 3.
http://www.no-go.dk/ARTWORK/Raven2.jpg

If you've seen episode 3 click this (BC1967 has propably influenced me, hehe):
http://www.no-go.dk/ARTWORK/EPISODE3.jpg

I know it's not accurate, but it's my take on the ending.

Keep up the work guys. We can build entire worlds with this.

-Dallas

[jmascho]

Dallas, thats some asskicking stuff
I like the latest one, I just wish I could see some more of the buildings. The temperature play is a nice contrast. Kind of like Diablo meets SW...

Pringle, Jeff Nentrup, Pudding...thanks for posting this stuff. I wish there were a few other people posting their enviros also...inspirational thread
Hopefully I can finish something (good) to add to this thread this weekend.

[BC1967]

Dallas> Nice stuff. I like the scale on the unfinished Deathstar. The color palette of the posted image is great.

[Smitherines]

These are all so freakin insane, great job by everyone. holy shit :D

[Matt Smith]

Very inspirational work everyone. I nearly pooped my pants!!

[I0N]

seriously you guys got talent! anyone got any crits to improve my skills? itd be nice to see how much time was spent on your pieces as well.

about 4 1/2 hours:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/I0Nryu/medevilfin.jpg

[JEZZARTS]

Hey all! was just about to call it quits an hour ago (2:30am) until I came across this thread... it inspired me to go back to the drawing board for this one. It may not be much but this is my first digital using PS... I usually use painter. I've been cowering from PS for years... but no longer!! Cheers - Jez

http://www.jezzarts.com/images/Mill.jpg

[Quick_Sketch]

Hey guys, this is an awesome thread. Hope these count:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/quicksketch/16.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/quicksketch/19.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/quicksketch/18.jpg

:yayca:

[BC1967]

Manipulated photographic enviroment/matte painting.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/bc1967/saucerdown01_again2_blueblue2small.jpg

[xchosun1x]

http://jamespaick.com/images/ent_stuff/environments/paintings/airport.jpg

http://jamespaick.com/images/ent_stuff/environments/paintings/mecca-city-paint.jpg

http://jamespaick.com/images/ent_stuff/environments/paintings/waterfall-fort.jpg

http://jamespaick.com/images/ent_stuff/environments/paintings/catwalk.jpg

http://jamespaick.com/images/ent_stuff/environments/paintings/market_place.jpg

http://jamespaick.com/images/ent_stuff/environments/paintings/garage-final.jpg

http://jamespaick.com/images/ent_stuff/environments/paintings/forbidden-city-final.jpg

[pringle]

Thanks guys.

Dallas the starwars pic is really cool. You are the bomb.

xchosun1x, looking good.

http://img17.echo.cx/img17/9563/sincity0ue.jpg

[pigbelly]

Hi all..

fantastic stuff,
Like this thread, I inspired me to do a city piece.
They told me that it was hard, doing cityscapes…..and they where right:-)
The goal was to push this piece towards a more realistic look…but hey some stuff are meant to be sketches :-) (a nice way to say that I blew it :-)))
Any way, it would be cool if you could throw me some input maybe then the next one will go the distance..

http://www.pigbelly.com/alianattack_02.jpg

Cheers
/Tommie

[joiton]

Great stuff people!
Greeeeeat, fantastic images you posted Pringle!
I fell in love whit your first image!!!
Realy great!!
Inspiring

by the way!
here is mi humble contribution

hope you like it...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Joiton/Pagina_01b.jpg

[pringle]

Joiton & Mikecorrieo, thanks alot!

pigbelly, very cool. nice light and colours, no crit from me.
Where did you attend design school?

Better hit the bed :zzz:
http://img54.echo.cx/img54/7686/darkalley0jj.jpg

[pigbelly]

pringle : Thanks. I have been to diffrent schools here in Sweden.
Your stuff looks reakky good, I like the heavy blacks alot...

/Tommie

[Dallas]

Thaks guys. LP

@Pigbelly

Cityscapes, yeah. Aren't they a b**ch. I would say that you have your values down pretty tight. As far as constructive crits go, I'd say that the horizon is too low. It should propably intersect the giant sphere a little bit higher up as I see it. The city lights could use some work aswell I think. I find them to be too monochromatic, and believe you could do well making some, or even many of them a cold colour to contrast your colours a bit. (ofcourse I do that too mutch but we all have our thing, right?!) But you know bluish vs. yellowish. A yellow, warm city full of cold, icy light would be nice ;)

Cool. I look forward to seeing your next big scape, and I hope you can use the critisism! :)

-Dallas

EDIT: Pringle BTW. Frexxing awesome. I wan't to hang that on my wall. All walls in Copenhagen for that matter.

[JustinBeckett]

Yeah some really great new work, i love them all, pringle still lovin your work man!

Did this in 1.5 hrs - I might try and push it more.

Meadow

http://img295.echo.cx/img295/4746/meadowoilpaintdig9507iw.jpg

[custodian]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/tomacmuni/Designs/newsagent3_small.jpg

This is meant to be kind of in the direction of cel animation rather than the feature film styles of a lot of artist's here - I gotta replace the top of the newstand with a digital display panel saying: The End is Nigh ... client request.

More at: www.livejournal.com/users/tomacmuni

Tom

[Lone Wolf]

Hey everyone great work!

Here's some of my stuff.

http://www.artwanted.com/images/large/7518_179839.jpg
http://www.artwanted.com/images/large/7518_189386.jpg
http://www.artwanted.com/images/large/7518_201131.jpg

[geki]

darn it's impressive.

[/ev]

havnt had much time lately- been flat out.

Pringle, your monochrome stuff is wicked, and Summer Pudding- nice ship. Overall there are some pretty sweet environments comming outta this thread.

Here my latest contribution (all personal stuff and all speedies)....

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ecsdesign/stuff/alienPalace_v01.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ecsdesign/stuff/thePass_v01.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ecsdesign/stuff/prisonPlatform_v01.jpg

[oracrest]

Hot damn! this has got to be the best thread I have seen on CA so far, just fucking rad environments! And all top quality too! Keep em coming guys, truly some huge inspiration happening here.

I have an environment that I finished modelling for an art test just last night. I hope Im not breaking any rules by posting some 3D, just let me know :rendered:

8000(ish) polys
http://www.modelforge.com/wip/RetroRoom.jpg

[/ev]

heres another one done during downtime at work...

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ecsdesign/stuff/mountainPass_v01.jpg

Tried some different techniques in painter. took about 1.5-2 hours, no ref- the looser the better.

[Summer Pudding]

This thread just gets better and better

ecsdesign, those last posts from you are superb. So evocative. I take it you're in the movie biz? If not, why not?

Ah, screw it. By now this has got to be a triple post, but I've not got much environmental inspiration in the tank at the moment.

http://www.summerpudding.com/index_files/fyoocha_cities/Opera_2019.jpg

Pud'

PS: cheers for the props fellas!

[FIG]

Wow, I need to pick my jaw up off the floor. :x

[BC1967]

The towers are 3d painted over a photo that was shifted from day to night.
The towers may look small. They're the homes of a smaller race than humans. High tech elves.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/bc1967/mattechallenge01_lighter.jpg

[dening]

I'm new to conceptart.org, man, why didn't i start visiting a long time ago... the stuff up here is freaking amazing! Makes my day.

http://dening.ca/deningart/posts/05001_PS_LostCity01.jpg
http://dening.ca/deningart/posts/050518_SB001.jpg
http://dening.ca/deningart/posts/050519_SB001.jpg

kick it

[octavian]

hey all,

This thread is so awesome. Everyone in here is kicking ass so I'll wipe my chin now. <3

I have never really done environments. especially any cityscapes. So call this a Craig Mullins/ Pringle Homage since they were the inspiration.
I know its underdeveloped, but it was a speedy test more than anything. I would love to hear crits however, so I can work harder on the next.

http://www.screamingzen.com/rough/craig_pringle_homage.jpg

Lastly, if anyone cares, my sketchbook and website have some environment esque work there. I just don't think its good enough for in here.

Cheers :dead:

[princeofhappiness]

Pringle your work is fantastic. An idea to add to your last piece on page 2 is maybe a bicycle resting against the right wall, a balcony or a market stall somewhere there? Anyways keep it up!

[/ev]

heres a quick one, mainly done as a mood piece. Inspired by a great shot i saw on pbase.

technically, there is an environ there.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~ecsdesign/stuff/fieldsofFog_v01.jpg

Thanks for the comments guys. Summer Pudding- but the movie biz is pretty quite over here at the moment.

[look]

Haven't checked this thread for a week and now i'm like :bow:
please excuse me while I pick up my jaw and save all these to my harddrive. :D

[LunatiK]

Oh. My. God. You guys are a wonderful inspiration... Every time I see these startling images, I feel the urge to do something myself. How do you do it? I've just installed my own version of photoshop, so I guess I'll start drawing :]
It's just incredible, some of these images I would like to have on my desktop...

[JustinBeckett]

kickin ass guys! We have star ratings back now, lets rate this thread!

[octavian]

Justin Beckett: You kick ass sir, for starting this thread! ALL hail Justin! Add an ian to your name and you'll have my SECOND favorite emperor! :}

anyway, here's my scribbles.. I'm into speedies at the moment. really wonky, I know. and sort of a hodge-podge of themes but I was just trying stuff out. :bashful:

http://www.screamingzen.com/rough/wtf.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

octavian man your hilarious d00d haha thanks :) Well we did need one :P I was surprised there wasnt already one created, i thought i was the only one that loved enviros :P guess i was wrong.

As for your post great work man i love it, live the flag haha i draw the same types :P I was inspired by warhammer for those flags :P

Anyways, here is one i did tonight.

http://img22.echo.cx/img22/7236/cresentbeachstreet2iy.jpg

Justin

[BC1967]

a speed paint. Done before I saw SW3.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/bc1967/blueroom02_50cent.jpg

[broken lizard]

jesus, bc1967!
that's one incredible cityscape. is it coruscant?
(did i spell that right?)
'cos you mentioned SW, and it might be an influence.
:yayca:

[young paddy1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/hilltopracin2.jpg

really loviing wipeout right now

[JustinBeckett]

another one, 1.5 hrs

http://img279.echo.cx/img279/6138/princegeorge24na.jpg

[mindfields]

http://www.mindfields.us/v3/creatives/creative_images/lost_city.jpg

Just practicing. :bashful:

[BC1967]

broken lizard > SW wasn't really an influnce. I had an idea for a city built on ringed structures. I think I'll explore the ide some more. The structures could be free standing or partialy burried in the ground, or on a larger scale a planetary surface. hhmmmm might be a few more here.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/bc1967/onelast_fullres.jpg

Great work everybody!

[JustinBeckett]

Some new ones, and come on people, wheres all the new enviro's lets keep this thread pumpin!

Justin.

http://img291.echo.cx/img291/9985/cresbeach1fieldwithtrees6wd.jpg

http://img294.echo.cx/img294/1190/hills6um.jpg

[JARhead]

Im loving this thread a lot, some really good work going on here. Ill post something in here soon, try and keep this baby alive like Justin said.

[CCThrom]

I'm pretty new to this forum... but here are a few B/W pics I've done. One is for an e-book site (baegtobar.com) and 2 are Tolkien-inspired illos, done for myself.

Hope you dig,

http://www.ccthrom.com/images/marii_dance.jpg
http://www.ccthrom.com/images/mordor.jpg
http://www.ccthrom.com/images/lonely_mtn.jpg

[kidcrucial]

Nice work Justin. I am really digging those paintings. Very inspiring stuff.

[asoir]

I'm pretty new to this forum... but here are a few B/W pics I've done. One is for an e-book site (baegtobar.com) and 2 are Tolkien-inspired illos, done for myself.

Hope you dig,

First and second rule!

[ArtByZak]

This topic rocks. Now, when I look at my own backgrounds, I cry. Then I wonder what the point is in even trying. Then I go sit in the corner in a ball and bang my forehead into my knees, cursing my inadequacies.

Then, dammit, I go back to my computer and try again. And get a little bit better.

[Main Loop]

this thread is great! shows me how much i still need to work on environments.. here's my contribution:

http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/13/294.jpg

painter/photoshop

Pringle: Any chance of doing a tutorial? Your textures are what i strive for...

[gorvien]

Wow! Great work from everyone. Now that I've spent quite a while scrolling....I thought I could add a piece as well. :rendered:

http://www.torstenkeller.com/images/forums/commuter-tunnel3.jpg

[Slybones]

Hey guys, this is my first post. If this is out of place, then I apologize. I'm a student in level design for games and I've recently become really interested in drawing and painting(just started 6 months ago). In particular, I'm really into environment art for games, especially creating 2D environment paintings like the ones posted on this thread. I was just wondering, if I wanted to focus heavily on environment art, what steps I should be taking to improve to a professional level.

I really don't want to hijack the thread, but I would very much appeciate talking to someone, possibly through email or messanger about the subject. These environments are really spectacular, can't wait to see more.

Thanks,
Will
williamh@ smu.edu
AIM: Slyb0nes

[JustinBeckett]

Kidcrucial, thanks alot man :)

Here is another one, this ones traditional - acrylic, done in 2hrs.

http://img239.echo.cx/img239/5989/meadowfield8tr.jpg

[se7en_]

You guys all rock very much. I am not much of an enviroment painter yet but heres some stuff I have been working on over the past few months for Nuclear Dawn. I wish I had more free time, there is just never enough.

http://weapon-x.net/ca_post/nuclear_dawn_final_72.jpg
http://weapon-x.net/ca_post/reactor_room_1A.jpg
http://weapon-x.net/ca_post/russian_base_wide_angle_72.jpg
http://weapon-x.net/ca_post/dry_dock_72.jpg
http://weapon-x.net/ca_post/overhead_skyway.jpg
http://weapon-x.net/ca_post/warehouse.jpg
http://weapon-x.net/ca_post/metro_station_sketches_72.jpg
http://weapon-x.net/ca_post/metro_stations_v2_72.jpg

[pringle]

Thanks for all the comments! Really cool to know you dig my stuff.

ArtByZak, just keep at it. Getting a little better for each image is the way we all progress.

Main Loop, No time for tutorials these days, sorry.

Dallas, thanks man. Looking forward to join you in copenhagen :)

Silly I know, but my heart is broken :rolleyes:
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6706/brokenheart3rx.jpg


EDIT: ecsdesign, really nice!

[lochnarus]

You speed painters, wow. I cant figure that one out for the life of me, lol. Anyway, just to keep this thread going full-steam I'm posting something of mine.

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9789/ernabyloch8kj.jpg

What can I say about this one? It's not great or even good by any means, in fact it's the product of a tutorial and five hours of boredom. Alas, the dreaded lensflare rears it's ugly head in this one. But you gotta start somewhere right? I love spacescapes, so I'll be honing the skills at it for some time to come. First on the list is to figure out how to make a believable sun, lol.

Cheers!

[mindfields]

You speed painters, wow. I cant figure that one out for the life of me, lol. Anyway, just to keep this thread going full-steam I'm posting something of mine.



What can I say about this one? It's not great or even good by any means, in fact it's the product of a tutorial and five hours of boredom. Alas, the dreaded lensflare rears it's ugly head in this one. But you gotta start somewhere right? I love spacescapes, so I'll be honing the skills at it for some time to come. First on the list is to figure out how to make a believable sun, lol.

Cheers!
Nice to see you painting man, but you'll do many enemies at this forum if you continue using lens flares. hahaha :nohope: The rest is nice!

[BAKI]

i never did an enviorement before
and i did this to get it out of the way, thats why its so plain and boring
but i never said i didn't like it
enjoy!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/rotosho/C-Final.jpg

ok here it is filters-free except for the castle

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/rotosho/C2-Final.jpg

[lochnarus]

Nice to see you painting man, but you'll do many enemies at this forum if you continue using lens flares. hahaha :nohope: The rest is nice!

Trust me I hear ye, lol. I'm learning how to paint all aspects of outer space...when I've got a few more down better, you'll see better finished results.

@BAKI: Yikes mate. Filters hurt your work, no doubt. If you had done this without using any filters, I would think it wold have turned out much better. Filters tend to make dynamics into uniformities, killing the variety and the cleanness of the picture. I shouldn't talk, what with that big huge lensflare above, lol, but the advice rings true for me as well.

[Saturns Gate]

Thankyou soo much for the inspiration all u guys...some rerally talented artists here. :) well done. Heres my little contrabution which i hope u like.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/seanink/IceScape.jpg

[Oblio]

Boy... great stuff around. Here is one of mine.

http://www.conceptart.org/gallery/files/7/3/pod_v8.jpg

[killing.people]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v668/killnpc/render20b.jpg

[princeofhappiness]

wow this thread is amazing, trying to put my jaw back in place, the works here are mind blowing. !!! Keep the thread goin!

[pringle]

Around 4 hours. Maybe the chroma is to high.
Can never tell with colours. I have a tendency to overdo them.

http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/8232/behindthebushes9sw.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

Pringle man that new one is kickin so much ass, i like it, it differs from your original work. Love it!

[tiger1313]

Umm, nice thread!
Since I didn't have a lot of time to do something more new, I post this little fellow, old, not that much tho :) Keep good work guys!

http://maciejkuciara.com/upload/landszaft8.jpg

[annisahmad]

tiger1313> thats so amazing.

[JustinBeckett]

A speed paint i did tonight in like 1 hr.

The passage to the secret door

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8083/stairwaytotheblackdoor5bg.jpg

[Coda_MaN]

Wow! great work all around! heres a few I did real quick in around 2 hours total: just focusing in on different areas and see how many directions I could branch off the same piece in a short amount of time.
-cody
http://www.codykenworthy.com/Art/conceptart/opening1.jpg
http://www.codykenworthy.com/Art/conceptart/opening2.jpg
http://www.codykenworthy.com/Art/conceptart/opening3.jpg
http://www.codykenworthy.com/Art/conceptart/opening4.jpg
http://www.codykenworthy.com/Art/conceptart/obot5.jpg
and this one-
http://www.codykenworthy.com/Art/THEfinitOMARKET.jpg

[se7en_]

Cool stuff Coda - I would love to see some of those finished out a little further.

This thread ownz : )

[pringle]

Thanks Mikecorriero and Justin!

Tiger1313, cool texture.

http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/6255/gulls9gk.jpg

[Dallas]

OMGF.....I love you guys. Pringle LP soon!

[farmer]

Pringle your stuff makes me cry dude.. such nice mood and design.. you tellin wonderful stories... dont stop the rock!!

made these the last days.. anything before is not showable :bashful:

http://img301.echo.cx/img301/9286/uppercity3xd.jpg

http://img301.echo.cx/img301/4300/dss8hu.jpg

http://img301.echo.cx/img301/2176/cave6br.jpg

http://img301.echo.cx/img301/8782/abs4yv.jpg

[staceydiana]

so happy to see it STILL steaming along this is excellent!! it's great to see everyones different techniques it gets me pumped to post..when my webspace finnally gets back up and running....dangitt :}

[BC1967]

another one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/bc1967/MAPES_BIG.jpg

[pringle]

Farmer- thanks man, kind words. I like the image with the monkey you posted.

Dallas, You bet- I'm leaving tomorrow. Can't wait. It feels like I'm the only one left in this ghost town :)

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4119/bluecastle5ki.jpg

[Cernew]

I guess this is kinda an enviroment!

http://img125.echo.cx/img125/1877/surrealisticroom1lz.jpg

Prismacolor Colored Pencils

(sorry for blurry-ness and warped-ness, its a photo :[)

[octavian]

Pringle: its nice to see some organic enviros from you.

I have to work on composition a lot more.
http://www.screamingzen.com/rough/magotes.jpg

http://www.screamingzen.com/rough/scarred_land.jpg

[mariano]

done for philip straub course on cgnetworks

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/marianorecalde/ANGELES-final-low.jpg

[Kian]

I'd like to post one of my environments but I've posted before ages ago. Would People be pissed off if I posted it in here?

[Stahr]

Here is one I did recently, photshop, without refference
http://k.domaindlx.com/trollsang/station%20of%20sparta4-2.jpg

And This one i did some month ago, terragen and photoshop
http://k.domaindlx.com/trollsang/Research_Valley_by_Failoniir.jpg

[Kian]

Screw it, Ive posted this before but this thread is too good to miss out on

http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/1518/apocalypsecitywip48hb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

[xia]

PRINGLE! :} Damn...I was wondering where you are...hiding in here I see. Lots of freaking great new stuff. You rule bro.

[dreamartisan]

Yeah, great course with Philip. Mariano did some great stuff in there. Here's my final piece from class.

http://www.thomasvincze.com/final_16b_color_sm.jpg

[octavian]

it got quiet around here.

http://www.screamingzen.com/rough/morning_mist.jpg
http://www.screamingzen.com/rough/ancient_temples.jpg
http://www.screamingzen.com/rough/snow_volcanoes.jpg

[Oblio]

Have you guys checked the Game Design area of the forums?
Like.. this thread?
adventure.conceptart.org (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47634 )

Thx :bashful:

[se7en_]

More amazing stuff as usual. Pringle your work is inspiring man - keep at it : )

[Neole]

Amazing works everyone! This made my day.

[kait]

Hello :)

http://pcr.mikare.net/genom/fan5.jpg

http://pcr.mikare.net/genom/fan4.jpg

[animafantasy]

My environment concept designs are belows.

http://www.messstudio.com/albums/ANIMAFANTASY/environment2.jpg

http://www.messstudio.com/albums/ANIMAFANTASY/Ship_in_coast_text600.jpg

http://www.messstudio.com/albums/ANIMAFANTASY/Smoke_in_ruins_750_text_640.jpg

http://www.messstudio.com/albums/ANIMAFANTASY/animarble_800.jpg

http://www.messstudio.com/albums/ANIMAFANTASY/26_900_text.jpg


http://www.messstudio.com/albums/ANIMAFANTASY/27_logo_900.jpg

http://www.messstudio.com/albums/ANIMAFANTASY/anima4.jpg

http://www.messstudio.com/albums/ANIMAFANTASY/animarble5_1000.jpg

http://www.messstudio.com/albums/ANIMAFANTASY/animrble19En6_Logo_900size.jpg

[renderman_00]

Hi all, some amazing artwork on this thread.
This is my first attempt on this forum, please feel free to comment.

http://hem.bredband.net/yanzha/Forest.jpg

http://hem.bredband.net/yanzha/Roburs%20Island.jpg

[Vaejoun]

Shit ! I have to paint something too. Wanna get better ! Better !! BETTER !!!

There are so much nice pictures in this thread, I cant comment them all.
Then the last one:

@renderman_00:
Its a little washed up, but as a base its good. Will you work it yout ? Could be interesting.

[Jeff Nentrup]

Nice to see this thread still going strong. I wish I could post some recent work done for clients, hopefully soon enough.
Here is one I posted on my site a couple months ago... Painter IX
Cheers everyone.
http://www.jeffnentrup.com/CA.ORG_posts/badlandsofmars.jpg

[kidcrucial]

Great stuff. Here's something I've been "cleared" to show, heh.

http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery_concept/world.jpg

[asoir]

Great stuff. Here's something I've been "cleared" to show, heh.

http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery_concept/world.jpg
Dude, that kicks ass.

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

thread rating sucks! >:{ it only lets you rate for 5 stars...I wanna give this thread a gazzillion stars goddamnit!

great work everyone!

[yonaz]

pringle you have such good imagination and composition technique! :)
all the rest is very good too, this is great source for all environment freaks, including me

[Smeagol71]

This environment stuff is new to me, haven't been doing it long but I'm trying and learning! The stuff in this thread is inspiring to say the least! Great job everyone, keep up the good work!

http://www.radikinstudios.com/Env_CS02.jpg

http://www.radikinstudios.com/Env_CS03.jpg

http://www.radikinstudios.com/Env_CS05.jpg

http://www.radikinstudios.com/Env_CS06l.jpg

http://www.radikinstudios.com/Env_CS07.jpg

http://www.radikinstudios.com/Env_CS08.jpg

http://www.radikinstudios.com/Env_CS09.jpg

[kidcrucial]

Asoir- Thanks man. I'm a little embarassed to show it here what with the likes of Pringle, Dallas, and all the rest (way too many to mention) in this thread but I'm glad you dig it. Here's a linky to a little animated gif I made showing the progress on this junk:
click (http://www.rockpillow.com/gallery_misc/world.gif)

Smeagol71- I really dig those bottom two. Great stuff.

[ozan]

pringle! that "bluecastle" is f-ing nice. you rawk! :muscle:

[Dallas]

Thanks peeps.

This one goes out to Mr. P (pringle) LP soon?

http://www.no-go.dk/ARTWORK/Dock.jpg

-Dallas

EDIT: I had to spiff up the image a bit after I saw ECSdesigns cool subhangar below :). Hence the slight change.

[schowalye]

Never should be together, that much of great works...
We cannot show enough appreciation for all of them...
This thread is getting huge, we are under heavy fire...

Tolgahan gungor
Dallas
Pringle
Seany D
Jeff Nentrup
Alexius
Stewart One
Ruds
BC1967
igorstshirts

that's my pick

[Saturns Gate]

Thanks man...well as were picking favs here.

I absolutely love the power, emotion and raw look to pringles paintings.
They have life in them. I allwas tend to go for the crystal clear perfected look in my paintings but what pringles paintings has different to mine is just that...LIFE. :) amazing work to quite a few of the others too. well done.

SeanyD

[/ev]

Good to see alot of variance in style and subject. Heres a quickie from today...

http://www.ecsdesignvfx.com/personal/images/dock_v01.jpg

[Alexius]

noooo...
must keep thead alive.
inspired by all the wonderfull artists in here:
:^^:

http://208.49.149.118//Imperium/Alexius/Images/apotheosis2.jpg

[HordePrime]

10 hours...Photoshop CS

http://features.cgsociety.org/gallerycrits/15532/15532_1122518093_medium.jpg

[voraz]

This is a great thread. I decided to post some of mine even though they aren't as good as the other stuff.

2 rough pastels
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/voraz/imagens%20CG/barcopastel.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/voraz/imagens%20CG/barcospastel.jpg

some oils/acrylic

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/voraz/imagens%20CG/oleoquinta.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/voraz/imagens%20CG/oleoneve.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/voraz/imagens%20CG/OleoDouro.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/voraz/imagens%20CG/oleoapulia.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

Voraz, love that last painting you posted :)

Good to see someone else around here doing traditional paintings.


Justin.

[JustinBeckett]

1hr

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8835/explosion1hr7zd.jpg

[Sunny]

this was inspired but the evironments here. i am not very good at doing environment concepts so i thought i would try my hand at it.

http://www.bestofthebeast.com/NMRIH/footballconcept2.jpg

[Kent Caldwell]

My feeble attempt, 12X18 with pastels, environments are DEFINITELY one of the most challenging areas for me (but can be the most rewarding, definitely.) The pastels didn't make this one any easier, but gave me some nice colors.

Underwater Doorways

http://www.geocities.com/gymnastkc3/WEBDoorLake.jpg

[mindfields]

I've already posted this in another section, but you know... to keep the thread going. I'd hate to see the thread dead :frustrated:

http://www.mindfields.us/v3/creatives/creative_images/racing-team.jpg

[slaine978]

Did this for Damagecomics.com I just built on a low quality photograph and added pretty colors :blahblah: http://www.o-scar.com/work/online/graphics/alley_shot_full.jpg

[John Uibel]

Hey everyone I am new to this site. have been doing environment design for some time, but I never have the opportunity to move any of these illustrations to a more refined, finished state -- clients never want it to go that far. So, I would like to know HOW to do that. I could really use some specific information on what to do and how to do it.

http://photos21.flickr.com/29672621_6c4f3505a5_o.jpg

Thanks for any help you can give me!

John U

[1-thought]

http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/9408/larrigans1mk.th.jpg (http://img60.imageshack.us/my.php?image=larrigans1mk.jpg)

for a HL2 mod.

keep up the great work. loving this thread

[mayshing]

I need to sharpen my skills, but this is what I have thus far:
http://www.altarstudio.com/2masters/StoneGrave.jpg
http://www.altarstudio.com/2masters/SpringValley.jpg
I can do better on coloring.

This kind of sharing is very inspiring, appluse to everyone, your work has set my heart on fire to improve.

[goatrape]

http://joncolvin.com/Images/2dWork/LargePics/Layout2Large.jpg
done in pencil

[orbluvion]

I made it after seeing the movie, and before seeing Church works. My tripod designs are not bad finally :)

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/8166/waroftheworlds2tw.jpg

[John Uibel]

Orbluvion:

Very nice work and control of the color. I just finished yesterday reading the original H.G. Wells War of the Worlds (takes place in and around London), but your interpretation is much as I imagined it (ok, with some help from the latest movie). I'd like to see someone's interpretation of the book's vision, in other words, an 1895 take on the subject. Wells describes them in some detail, and it would be interesting to see how y'all do to visualize it.

Do you have stages saved on this piece, I'd be interested in seeing it develop.

Thanks for the inspiration!

JU

[kait]

ref image (http://pcr.mikare.net/genom/mattref.jpg)

http://pcr.mikare.net/genom/matt3.jpg

[Yan]

I had a great time working on this one.
http://ceylon.globat.com/~mobotica.com/images/sketches/sketch16.jpg

here is the link to a bigger image
here (http://ceylon.globat.com/~mobotica.com/html/sketches/mobotica_gallery_sketches_coasttown.htm)

I think its good pencil stuff but Im really having trouble with the perspective. The house on the bottom of the paper appears to have an eye level as for the rest has a birds eye. Know I know the house on the bottom could be on a hill, but it still seems akward. CAnt wait to see a color comp.

[Yan]

http://joncolvin.com/Images/2dWork/LargePics/Layout2Large.jpg
done in pencil

Kewl stuff! the only problem I have is the barrel. I dont think it can stand like that on an incline. Oh..and I think it would be nice if the cart isnt completely aligned with the vanishing point, just to give some variety.

[GunTrouver]

Wow, very nice paintings in this thread!^^

This was a birthdaypresent for my granny:)
I used aquarellcolours. It's not my best environment, but in a way I like it.
In addition I dind''t had much time, and I needed a Present for my Granny:P

http://mitglied.lycos.de/crow/landschaft1%20Kopie.jpg

:yayca:

[Damster]

This one isn't very good compared to what you guys hae been posting, but I'm learning new stuff every day :)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/damster/spiderslairpb1.jpg