Oregano IV :: stuff and things ... and stuff

[LaPalida]

Hey Oregano. I sympathize with you over the job opportunity. I have had that happen to me. Maybe not a dream job that I really really wanted but nevertheless a job that I would have liked anytime over the one that I have now. However I think you struck gold with the children's book illustration idea. I think you really have what it takes for that. I see your sketches and if I was a kid I would have loved to have your art in my books when I read them. I really see you doing that.

[S.C. Watson]

hey folks - thanks for the replies - they always mean a lot to me and do a wonderous job of keeping me going :bashful: . I don't have time to respond at the moment, but I wanted to pop on by and drop off a couple of things for you to check out.

No activity here has been replaced by lots of activity behind the scenes. I'm currently putting together a children's book dummy for submission to various publishers here in the next couple of months.

I also have a new art show at one of the banks near where I live which has been recieved wonderfully. It's the first time I've shown any of my digital and illustrative work publically and the response has been fantastic. I've even gotten a fine art commission out of it!

There's more, but not enough solid yet to post about. So, in the mean time, here's some art.

Cheers, and thanks!
~Shane

[bdfoster]

Shane lives!!

Congrats on the commission, and the push in the right direction. I *LOVE* the kids book page, and can't wait to see more. Hopefully someone picks it up..

Nothin' but love.
-Ben

[chaosrocks]

veravera nice....
glad to see you're not totally MIA

chaos

[masque]

heya, Shane! good to see you keepin' up the profile. the new work looks great, best of luck on its progress to published form, and 'grats on the commission. sometimes the unintended path is the most interesting (pardon the pseudo-zen).

[Undertow]

It's about damn time you showed back up brother! You have to come down and visit us folk in Seattle when you're not too busy.

[dakoscwash]

hey buddy, i miss the good old days (you, van, mike, always posting), hah. anyway, i'm glad to see you're doing well, i really like that last page. i've also been trying to focus and really take my work to the next level and constantly study, so i understand about the posting. i look forward to hearing more about whats going on as well as seeing some stuff, take care man.

[S.C. Watson]

Hey guys, again thanks for the replies :)

Ben - thanks for the support, man. Really glad you like the sample page there - just wait until you see some of the others >:D I'm pulling out some stops for this and having a blast with it. All kinds of goofy fun :bashful: Needless to say, I hope it gets picked up as well. I could get used to doing this type of stuff really fast.

chaosrocks - heyas. Thanks. Yeah, not MIA. More running silent for a while. I'll be popping in and out as the mood strikes. Glads you likes.

masque - hey bro, <homer simpson voice>mmmmmmmm psuedo zens</voice> hehe, too true. This past year has proven that to be far too true in my life. Thanks for the congrats! :rendered:

Mike - heya man. I'm still wanting to head down to Seattle, but with the way my schedule is shapping up, I really don't know when that's going to be. Here in the next week I'll be starting work 6 days a week with two jobs and still trying to handle commissions, family time, eating and sleeping. With any luck, the children's book thing will turn out to be a life saver that I need.

Dako - hey dude! Long time no hear. I often wonder what happened to you. I miss the "old days" as well. There was a good art vibe going on there. I really regret that things came unraveled. Very glad to hear that you are still sticking with things. I'll have to pop over to your sketchbook and see how things are coming.

anyway, for the mean time, here's a digital I did this evening based on a view I see every day driving home. Hope you like.

Cheers all.
~S

[designboot]

nice landskype

[masque]

Shane, that's lovely, evocative without being overstated.

[S.C. Watson]

small dump of unrelated stuff and a couple of photos for gits and shiggles.

Lets see...

there's a page of pencils for the children's book. You can see I'm really being technical about it. That's an 8.5x11 sheet of printer paper with mechanical pencil sketches. There's also a sketch page with a cameo critter for th book - can you guess which one?:bashful: Also, included for no particular reason is my work station and a tree that fell in our yard a couple of weeks ago.

Anyway, cheers all.
~S

[Tommy Thumbscrew]

Nice to see you're still working, buddy! Drop me a line sometime.

[TheGnoll]

cool work in here man...i really like you fantasy character design and illos...strong Sam Wood/Lockwood inspiration it seems...other recent work looks very good too...i just wish i could see more :D

keep sharing, update more often!

ciao

[Qitsune]

Woa, I got an old beat up graphire just like that. Btw, I love the pencil texture on those pit walls. Just rough enough without stealing the show.

[S.C. Watson]

Hey folks - thanks for stopping by.

Dave - especially good to hear from you! Shoot me an email one of these days!

You can check stuff on my blog (http://www.oreganoproductions.com/newsletter), where I'm doing my updates these days. Feel free to leave a comment or whatever.

Cheers all!
Stay focused!
~Shane

[life on the sofa]

hey, nice sketch book you got goin here cant beleive this is the dirst time ive dropped in, ive been missing out:(

[S.C. Watson]

Hey all,

Been a little while. Hope everyone is well.

Here's a couple sample children's book pages that I've done for the SCBWI conference next weekend.

Cheers,
~Shane

[emily g]

The top-down view of those dinosaurs looks great!
Nice colors and very eye-appealing. :)
Glad to see you here.

[Jorge Gecov]

This is really cool:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1046357&postcount=490
And the dino's children book is so beautiful, congrats!



Sketchbook:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=80575

[HunterKiller_]

Those dinosaurs are great! Haha.

[masque]

Shane, the dinos are excellent, lots of fun flowin' off those pics, like you really enjoyed doin' em, second one in partic'lar. thanks for sharing them!

[S.C. Watson]

I was violently reminded why I don't use .rif files with Painter yesterday.

Observe 9 hours of painting lost :$ (yes, 9 hours. I paint slow and these are both fairly detail intensive and actually pretty big - 12 x 19 inches. I don't wanna hear it).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/BlogArt/pages-7---8_test-yuck.jpg

And here's the repaint:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/BlogArt/pages-7---8_test-repaint-2.jpg

Anyway, the goal is painting them as opposed to line art with ink wash.

Phlarg. Grump. Growl.

hey masque and emily. Thanks everyone for the comments!

[dakoscwash]

hey man that really sucks about the corrupted file. i can't even imagine how that feels, sorry. anyway i'm loving your work lately. those dinosaurs are looking great, and your sketches are badass as always. Keep it up man that photo of where you live is absolutely beautiful. i'm tired of this city.

[Dose206]

Wonderful stuff man. I'm really diggin your children's book illos. I know a lady in Seattle who illustrates kids books, if you want I could ask her if you could contact her and maybe get some pointers as far as the biz side of things. Anyhoo, keep it up!@

Chris

[S.C. Watson]

Okay, Little Red Riding Hood was too good to pass up. So, here's my chow:

The line art:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/BlogArt/Oreg_CHOW-70_REd-SKETCH.jpg

The finished product. Yes, done. Ain't doin' nuttin' mo.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/BlogArt/oreg_CHOW_70_Little_Red.jpg

Cheers,
~S

[oalexis]

i like the lines. shes got attitude and the wolfs cute. <3

[S.C. Watson]

Yeah, okay. Whatever. I had some time this morning.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/BlogArt/CHOW-70_REd_painting-2.jpg

(edit) The attachment manager is clever. It won't let you post an image you've already posted somewhere else on the forum. :perv:

Just so you know.

[chaosrocks]

I love the dinosaurs!
and red is cool too. thats gonna be one hot CHow

[S.C. Watson]

Hey Chaos - thanks! yer sweet. Hugz.

Okay, here's some sketches from last night and this morning before work.

Cheers,
~S

[S.C. Watson]

"Fin" 5x7, oil on paper. done for a friend.

Cheers,
~Shane

[S.C. Watson]

A squirrell skull my son found on a hike (pencil on acrylic canvas paper, 4x5), and the view of Deer Harbor (still a wip, oil on paper, 7x9).

~S

[Craig D]

Shane
Recent stuff is looking really good.
I really like how the last landscape WIP is looking. Maybe push the atmospheric perspective a bit more in the farthest hills?

[chrishly]

very nice sketchbook, I especially like your oils.

Chrishly

[Osmus]

Deer Harbor= wow!

[Jason Snair]

nice work on this page....very good.

[S.C. Watson]

Ug. I'm sick of looking at it and oh so glad it's done!

10x7, oil on paper.

Cheers,
~Shane

[dCepT]

Cool stuff Shane! Dig the oils! (The horizon seems a bit off in the last one though.... ) Good handle on the medium!!

Keep rockin'

d-C

[S.C. Watson]

just some sketches from the other day when i was browsing the "what does everyone look like" thread. figured i'd put the time to good use :)

cheers all
~S

[Fuse06]

Whoa. I dig the sketches and paints. The Cartoons look really cool to. Love the style of them.

[Pascallo]

Great stuff dude! Was a pleasure looking through your work, especially the dinos are awesome, well done!

[S.C. Watson]

Here's some oils from the past couple of weeks.

Cheers,
~S

[dakoscwash]

wow great paintings. the center one's a beaut. i really need to stop being so lazy and start preparing some panels to paint on. glad to see you at it bud keep it up.

[Undertow]

Keep it up Shane, great stuff!

[m0uS3r]

i like the cartoon drawings ... reminds me of my childhod ... and you got some cool oil paintings ... hm i dont know i dont realy like oils i can work in detail whit them ... my favorite are acrylics i can make details whit them ... soo im happy for ya that you can work verry well in oils

c ya later hope seeing you at my SB

chears

[S.C. Watson]

Another from the "What does everyone look like thread," -- a pic of Molly.

I've got to get better at taking photos...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/BlogArt/08-22-07-Molly.jpg
~Shane

[solorpower]

Hi Shane,

Just wanted to post something in here.

It's been 3 eons since I visited this site.....man, I need to post new stuff!!!

[S.C. Watson]

Had some down time today.

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Really like how the hanging creature turned out, the colors, posing..Its a fun idea. The way the tentacles are drawn and placed is great! Good stuff.

[MeTaL-Mike]

cool stuff! amazing paintings

[MsMaverick]

Whoah, that last one I REALLY like the translucent edges on it. Especially that back appendage draping over the pole; really cool. Your oils are lovely too; they've got sort of a washed out quality that says to me 'this is the way it is'. Especially the middle one; its soft, like there's dust hanging in the air. Great stuff! *subscribes* More please =D

[S.C. Watson]

Sirio_Brozzi, MeTaL-Mike and MsMaverick - thanks :teeth:

I didn't take this one to the CHOW because I felt that ultimately it was sub-par. That said, my thought with the character was that if she was a princess, she probably wouldn't be doing much of the fighting herself - instead she would be commanding her supporters in the uprising.

Meh. Anyway.

[S.C. Watson]

had some helmet issues with the marine guy. The original appearently looked too much like Sarg or Chief or whatever from Halo 3. Reworked it some. Still needs some noodling.

Added the orginal line art. I don't have my scanner hooked up right now, so I used my digital camera to shoot the photo and it didn't clean up very well. So I ended up getting creative with tonal difference - you can see what I did in the final.

~Oreg.

[S.C. Watson]

Chow 91 pencils.

Looking at it now that it's uploaded, her elbow needs to be readjusted so the rest of her arm intersects her shoulder correctly. >:|

~Oreg.

[Blaz]

Hey man!
Love the marine and alien painting!
My favorite is that comic for childrens book with dinosaurs. Very nice pencil works and rendering....

Keep updating! :)

[JustinBeckett]

Cool book man!

[dCepT]

Hey Shane! Long time!! Shit... I suddenly saw your avatar and remembered I haven't paid your SB a visit in... well.. hell if I know how long... Just wanted to stop by, say hi and drop and asspat ;) Good stuff! Dig the Antagonist! And your lines are looking sweet as ever... hehe... /shameless plug: I've actually updated my SB now... drop by if you wanna take a gander... hehe /shameless plug

dC

[JustinBeckett]

Hey Shane,

Whats up brotha. Haha. You need an update. ahh...what can i say, i do too.

Anyways, thank you for your comments on my Acrylics. I really appreciate that coming from you. Yeah, they take time to figure out, i have been using them for a while, and i generally like to paint really fast anyhow. Most of those you see were done in 1 - 3 hrs. So, the drying time doesn't effect me, i usually end up using a blow dryer to make them dry, haha!

So i was looking at your painting, the one you have in the avatar. I really like it man. The alien is top notch, the soldier, i think could use a bit of work. I think you should push it further. I think you should also add a background, like a whole scene behind them, basic, like a landscape or something. It would add a bunch more depth to it and make the image pop even more. What do you think??

Thanks for stopping by my page!

~JB

[S.C. Watson]

I never thought attempting to get 10 simple faces done in a weeks' time would be so freakin' difficult. I'm still down by two - need two self portraits, one from life. It's not from lack of desire or even trying to shirk the assignment. Day job projects have ballooned and instead of spending 8 hours at work I'm spending 10 - 12. (I work for Sound publishing, doing ads and paginating for two papers, and with the Holidays coming up and a passive-aggressive ad rep, things have gotten a little tense).

anyway, enough blather. Artwork:
(Shot with my digital camera)

First page of faces, done in sequence from left to right.
the first one is a travesty, done without reference as a warm up. The monkey was the last one on this page.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/CA%20Sketchbook/faces-1.jpg

Got my stride here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/CA%20Sketchbook/faces-2.jpg

Last page
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/CA%20Sketchbook/faces-3.jpg

Oh, and here's "Demon Princes," my cat scruff. When she uses her Demon Princes Voice she sounds like Tim Curry from Legend. Otherwise her normal voice is something akin to a Disney cartoon. Don't ask. I'm fried from work and thought it was funny.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/CA%20Sketchbook/demonprincess.jpg

[JessiBean]

These are really great, the practice has done good things for you (still waiting on the SPs though :P)

The first face isn't as bad as you make it out to be, it has some interesting stylization, but you need to get away from that tendency in your work for a bit, you can go back when you've got the other stuff down again.

The second face (the girl) and Bill Murray are quite well done, and nice to see how you can get the face captured quickly and simply (as with the girl) and also how you can get into some serious rendering (as on Bill). His forhead may be a bit too large, though.

On the second page, #7 is my favorite of all of these. That eye is stunning, maybe even haunting. I want to see more of her.

The last one has a great design, he black square framing her and symmetrical composition are top notch.

I'm with demon princess on this... go draw!

[S.C. Watson]

From ref.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/CA%20Sketchbook/figure-2.jpg

...aaand Holy Crap. I'm speechless - looks like my other study somehow violated photobucket's terms of service. Wow. never had that happen before.. the gd prudes - it's a freakin' drawing for pete's sake. >:{

Anyway, thank you CA for allowing us to attach images :yayca:
Her waist is too thin, but just slightly on the right.

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[S.C. Watson]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/CA%20Sketchbook/figure-3.jpg

[Eric Young]

awesome

[JessiBean]

Some excellent progress so far... (where are those SPs, though?)

The first one I like the way it is, really... I just want to see the other hand finished. I like how the form almost becomes abstract shapes.

The woman bugs me (apart from the hand thing I mentioned earlier) because she looks too long -- I think it's because her head begins too high which makes her whole torso/trunk look too narrow and long.

The last guy came out well, only the arm on the left (his right) looks much shorter than the right one (his left) and his face feels too wide on the left side. The rendering is stellar though, I especially love the belt.

More now, please k thanks. :^^:


Oh, yeah... dude, you like, totally rawk!

[S.C. Watson]

go figure

[stoph]

someone needs a big scanner :) good pencils and oils as of late, mate. keep it up! :D

[Vulgar`]

The antagonist is looking to be monstrous.

[Juhani Jokinen]

You've got a really nice thing going here. I really enjoy those last sketches and those oils are pure pwnage! I'm sorry but I don't have any big crits at the moment :(

Just keep going!

-Juhani

[solorpower]

Like your sketches Shane! Makes me wanna get back into my paper sketchbook and do some work!!! :blah:

[JL.Alfaro]

love those studies man, :asspat:
I hadn't been in here in a while, you got some really cool stuff man-you should definitely update more :P

[S.C. Watson]

Thanks for the comments and feedback guys. Really do appreciate them.

love those studies man, :asspat:
I hadn't been in here in a while, you got some really cool stuff man-you should definitely update more :P

Thanks man. I do need to update more. Not having a scanner that works kind of puts a damper on updated (not that that is a *real* excuse, but hey) and I tend to dump most of my energy into the CHOW these days. But, again, not a good excuse.

Ciao,
~Oreg.

[JessiBean]

Not having a scanner that works kind of puts a damper on updated (not that that is a *real* excuse, but hey) and I tend to dump most of my energy into the CHOW these days. But, again, not a good excuse.

No Excuse.
MOAR DRAW!
:ilaekae:

[dCepT]

Cool shit, bro! Very nice penils! There's more to 'em now... think it's the rendering that does it.. but the Shane-ness is still there! I'm gonna step on over to JessieBean with that megaphone and shout a bit with her... MORE dude!! ;)

d-C

[Muzz 2k7]

Keep going, Its amazing stuff, Think I supported a long time ago. Ur shit seems somewhat familiar.

[Flipnastywebby]

i had this vision of this creepy ass pair of hands coming out of the dark square and pulling her back into oblivion......just a thought :scribble:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=243016&stc=1&d=1195506445


always enjoy looking through your stuff broddy
Slainte! :pirate:

[S.C. Watson]

hmmm... somewhere along the way I went form 9 pages to 20.

Oh well...

just a critter. haven't done anything digital in a while.

Still working out the rough spots, of which there are many.

[S.C. Watson]

another sketch :ore:

[Diphallia]

I request Painter Tutorial from you!
Atleast some tips!

You rocK! :ore:

[S.C. Watson]

Sure, Diphallia - just let me know what I can help you with.

Noodle for this evening:

[Diphallia]

Textures is always something that have bothered me in Painter, any textury brushes out there?
Which brushes do YOU use?

Cool zombiewarrior! :D

[S.C. Watson]

Okay, attached is a layout of how I work, with some explanation - it includes all the brushes I use - I tend to be pretty much an out of the box kind of painter - I don't do a lot (or any) custom brushes. I am going to be posting another small smoke/cloud tut a little later today, so that will work in conjunction with this.

As for textures, since you asked, I'm not too fond of the texture options in Painter, though I am sure you'd be able to find someone that is. I tend to be a bit old school in that I actually paint in textures. I haven't been able to bring myself to really use overlays unless I'm doing some sort of graphic design piece. So, any textures you see in my work are actually painted in.

To do that, I rely on the Digital Water Color Brushes, - Broad Water Color and the salt brushes specifically. Once I dry a layer (ctl+shift+L or Layers > Dry Digital Water Color from the tool bar across the top.

Hope this helps!

Ciao,
~Oreg.

[Chermilla]

Haha love that last one...Distortion, 'cheap boob jobs'!

Thanks for posting that, I'm still trying to get to grips with Painter myself, trying to make the transfer over from Photoshop. I tend to steer towards oils and watercolours myself, and some pencils.

I like the snowy dino style character you've drawn in post #577, he's great!

Cx

[Diphallia]

Konfabulator!! (yahoo widgets for you newbs out there).
I'll remember the bulge tips!
Thanks very much!

[S.C. Watson]

I was asked to provide a small tutorial on how I did the smoke for my genie for CHOW (below), so I pulled this together:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/smoke.gifhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/final_clouds.jpg

It's pretty straight forward. I used five brushes to do this:
The broad Water Color brush (# 1 in my painter layout above)
The Pure Water Brush (# 5)
The Tinting basic round (# 11)
The Grainy Blender (# 8 )
and the FX Glow Brush to ad the red glow in (#6)

The basic process was this:
Outline where the body of the smoke (or cloud, or wisp, or fog, etc.) goes.
Lay in some basic colour with the the Tinting Basic Round, blend that in with the Grainy Blender till I'm satisfied with it.

From there I ad in a couple of other highlights here and there with the Tinting Round, blending those in as I go along. Once I have a basic body, or form of the cloud in place, I start working with the Broad Water Colour Brush. Keep in mind that I work on ONE LAYER, so if you're working on more than one in Painter, the DIGITAL WATER COLOURS* will not work properly.

I block in colour, blend it out with the Pure Water brush, dry the layer (CTRL+Shift+L or Layers>Dry Digital Water Colour Layer), and then continue. At this point, it's just a series of repeated processes - laying in colour, blending it until it looks the way I want.

Using the fx brush, I add in brighter colour areas - in this case red showing through the smoke - on the genie, it was the brighter green areas around her head, and the occasional spark here and there.

Eventually, I added in the white outline, as I did on the genie's pic, which was orange instead. And, I'm noticing that I could have cleaned that up some :bashful:

Anyway, that's about it. If you've any questions, feel free to pm me.

:ore:

*There are also Water Colours, which are NOT what I use. Make sure you've found the Digital Water Colours, which are listed under "D" :P

[S.C. Watson]

rough comp and lousy scan for Shalott

[kidult]

Your genie lady showed great promise any more work on her?

[Amir the night wolf]

Love the walk through ThanX for that :)

[Amir the night wolf]

I question : it there any free trial of Corel paintr IX :( I didn`t find any so can you please help me...:( thank you

[S.C. Watson]

I question : it there any free trial of Corel paintr IX :( I didn`t find any so can you please help me...:( thank you

Hey Amir, try here (http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CorelCom/ProcessLayout&lc=en&ppg=CorelCorp/Trials/Login&pid=1166553885920&cid=1166553988629).

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[JustinBeckett]

Hey man,

I like that critter propped up on that rock! Push that one further, push it, pussshhh it, push it all the way until the critter falls off the rock. haha.

Keep at it!

Cheers!

~JB

[Amir the night wolf]

Oregano ThanX alot man Ime gona check it out right now :) ThanX again

[Amir the night wolf]

I did get the Painter X`s ,3 lesson trail`s before and there was no Painter 12 one`s ...well guess aint any out yet :( THANX again :)

[S.C. Watson]

some doodles from today.

the guy's arm is too long. Still noodling on the other two.

Ciao,
~Oreg.

[S.C. Watson]

an update on the alien guy and a landscape (still in progress)

:ore:

[Quinn Simoes]

great SB Oregano, found your Painter tutorials quite informative, although I am strictly a Photoshop guy, never quite got into Painter.

Quinn

[Amir the night wolf]

I got a stupid question :( Is corel painter X newer than painter IX :(
** Keep up the fantastic works :D ...sorry for the stupid question !!

[S.C. Watson]

I got a stupid question :( Is corel painter X newer than painter IX :(

Heya :) Yes, Painter X is the newest edition. (the "X" standing for 10, "IX" being 9 - Roman numerals and all :) )
----

anyway, some sketches. Nothing very good or earth shattering, but there you have it.

[Amir the night wolf]

Oww now i get it :) thanX , cool work :)

[S.C. Watson]

Oil on paper. A friends daughter. Not done, still have a way to go yet.

[Maridius]

Hope you don't mind opinions from the unwashed beginner type, but I noticed that the oil portrait's eyes are off and either the right eye needs to be a little bit higher (her right) or the left, a touch lower. I'm going by the insides of her eyes to judge and it's just the first thing to strike me. It's a beautiful painting otherwise--the background complements her very well.

[S.C. Watson]

Maridius thanks for the crit. Yeah, I noticed that *after* (of course) I had scanned it and uploaded it. And the bitch of it is that it is oil. I've got some reworking to do there :[

Anyway, a little goofiness for today :geekg:

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[stoph]

naww cute! makes me wanna pick him up by the ears and swing him round and round. muted colours are a good'un

[S.C. Watson]

Hey Stoph, thanks man :P

Okay, some random stuff here.

Another update on the portrait, which besides its faults, I *was* really liking until Emily G posted her gorgeous paintings in the Finally Finished Section. Now I have Portrait Envy :er:

Also, a pencil study of the above, and a quick pencil sketch for Penguin Professor that was never finished.

And that concludes the show for this evening. :ore:

[S.C. Watson]

another couple of goblins

[Quinn Simoes]

Hey Oregano,

That's a very nice portrait your working on, and great goblin designs as well.

I frequently visit the CHOW thread, allot of really nice artwork comes out of those competitions. I just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work in moderating that thread. I hope to submit a CHOW soon.

Quinn

[rodriguez]

Love the Goblins :teeth:

[Maridius]

Goblins have tons of character! I'd like to see what the last one is looking back at. He's obviously pulled a fast one on SOMEBODY. :D

[S.C. Watson]

a couple of sketches from over the past couple of days.

First one from photo ref (though I screwed up on the katana - too short and the curve is incorrect), second from imagination, and it shows :[

[amordecosmos]

I really like that sketch with the girl with the katana, I wish you did the whole body though, it would make it more complete.

[Amir the night wolf]

The one from your imagination is better :)

[Arteater]

Great work in here:)
Your characters are fantastic

[Maridius]

You've got a great expression going on for the second character and all she needs is some double checking with the anatomy and getting her pose to reflect her 'oh no you didn't, biatch' mood. I want to see this finished!

[Izi]

Always a joy to view your works Oregano, hey I like how you did the hair and expression on this third one down here:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1661057&postcount=594

[Mike Corriero]

Shane - that ice berg dragon creature has me all hot and sweaty.. lol Nice, I wanna see it finished.

[S.C. Watson]

Hey guys,

thanks for the comments :) Mike, I'll see about getting that ice dragon finished someday, but I think that for now, it's done :)

Here's a digital from today, still a wip:

[Bai Fan]

Hey guys,

thanks for the comments :) Mike, I'll see about getting that ice dragon finished someday, but I think that for now, it's done :)

Here's a digital from today, still a wip:

I would like to see the big guy in front of some color. The white background is a bit distracting. Pretty cool though.

[Hive_minD]

Dang, I like this wip though :)

Chris

[Amir the night wolf]

Cool work :) add blood some where...like on the blade!!

[Madfishmonger]

Your monsters are awesome.

[Pierce.]

Really nice sketchbook. A lot of very strong content. I like the way you take traditional principles to digital media - that's something I'm working to improve with myself and I respect that a lot. Keep it up!

[S.C. Watson]

some stuff from yesterday and today

[monotony]

your recent pencil pages are top. love the faces you draw and specially this http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=346067&stc=1&d=1208036135 page. also your comic style and childrens books illustrations rock. missing the oils though. do some scenery paintings again.

[S.C. Watson]

Thanks Monotony. It's all cyclical. The landscapes will return.

Another doodle from today.

[S.C. Watson]

just two pages today.

[S.C. Watson]

Two pages from yesterday.

[Quinn Simoes]

Very nice sketches, really like the line work.

Q

[S.C. Watson]

thanks Quinn.
the two from yesterday:

[humanNature6115]

Love the pencil work here.

=================================
:mittenbop: :mittenbop: :mittenbop: Sketchbook:mittenbop: :mittenbop: :mittenbop:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761

[Craig D]

Shane, wow.
You're recent stuff is really nice. Even when you could do it as well before these look so much smoother, less laboured.

[Maridius]

Love that pond creature! It looks both bewildered and curious at the prospect of coming to land and the basic human structure--and your knowledge of it--shows even though you've made major changes.

[S.C. Watson]

humanNature6115, Craig D, & Maridius - thanks :teeth:

Just one page today. A horsespider and "twiggy" :P

[S.C. Watson]

Did this for the COW 115 Predator Predator. Pencil on paper, 8x11. May take it further.

Past couple of days have been kind of slow in the sketch department because of work.

[daestwen]

Twiggy looks absolutely awesome, man. Spot on. (looks like a bitch to model, though! :P)

Keep up the daily work. :)

[davi]

those last creature pages are a huge step up in rendering skills man!

your predator predator puts me to shameeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

*bow!*

[MattGamer]

hello sir! fantastic sb. i don't know
why you have 4 stars. seriously, some
high class art in here that i can only
be in awe at. :)

[Dorkthrone]

I am in love with those creature designs.

[MarkWinters]

These last few renders are KILLAR! Great updates.

[S.C. Watson]

daestwen I'm trying - real life work has a way of getting in the way though >( Glad you liked Twiggy :geekg:

davi - thank you kind sir, though I must disagree. Your's pretty well rocked too. I loved the concept. Far more interesting than a warmblooded spiderchicken looking thing (mine :P)

MattGamer - why thank you. You are far, far too generous with your praise :^^:

ninjacat11 - Thanks!

MarkWinters - Thanks Mark!

Okay, more pages. Though these are kind of sparse - as noted above, work has been getting in the way. I hope to step it up again over the weekend!

All the best,
~Oreg.

[MarkWinters]

Love the water color creature! The eyes are great & I love that you gave him a lizardy pattern. The sketches of people, while good, seem stiff compared to your last few creature sketches. Looking forward to more!

[HunterKiller_]

Yeah, the water colour critter really caught my eye. Nice.

Is it digital water colour or water colour water colour? :) Can't tell anymore these days.

More of these please!

[tsujni]

Love your COW 115 sketch and color entry. nice work!

[Ignominious]

wow! this pics are amazing! keep it up

[S.C. Watson]

MarkWinters - yeah, the last few have been kind of stiff. Lost my groove with work :[ But! I'll get it back again. I find that doing a couple of pages of warms ups really helps. Glad you liked "Froggy" :geekg:

HunterKiller_ - That is digital water colour (Painter IX) on a texture background with the line art over it. If you haven't seen it, the original for the creature is a few posts back. I think on the previous page :)

tsujni - Thanks! :teeth: The coloured version, if you are interested, is here. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/CA%20Sketchbook/04-19-08-cow115-final.jpg)

Ignominious - Thank you :bashful:

Couple more pages:
first page is just doodle warm up stuff.
second page is CHOW 115.
and I've got more faerie designs planned.

All the best,
~Oreg.

[Dan!]

good lookingg pencils and sketches - fun goblins too- i have a goblin phase here n there as well:) cool textures on the troll(?) a few pages back good lookin color, like rusty metal or stained concrete-

[Bojee]

Man, I love that watercolor! :)

[Maridius]

You're making me crave Painter all over again, damnit :D

I thought the watercolor was, well, watercolor and now I'm even more impressed that it isn't! Are you going to finish the foreground? A cute critter like that needs land to explore--he looks utterly spellbound.

[Amir the night wolf]

I like this Sketch book Man :) nice work ;)

[S.C. Watson]

DECYPL - thanks man. Means a lot.

Bojee - I've so got to finish that! :P

Maridius - Painter is a fantastic program. I'm using IX right now - haven't upgraded to X yet, but will sooner or later. Probably around the time XI comes out :P
I do plan on finishing the picture. Work has been getting in the way, so stuff has slowed down a little bit. I'll get back to it :)

Amir the night wolf - Thanks for your kind words :)

Two page update. Mostly just doodles. Playing around with a couple of techniques I haven't used in years. More over the weekend as time allows.

[kidult]

Some hot pencils here oregano - never knew it could be so spicy! I like your linework a whole lot. Once U get the tones at the same level U'l be rocking.

[PuppyKitten]

That last female drawing is gorgeous. I love that style. She's a real cutie too ;p

[S.C. Watson]

kidult - Thanks - the tones'll come. Used to be a lot better at it years and years ago (we're talking almost... a lot. :er: )

PuppyKitten - :geekg:

First thumb for a "book cover" concept. Planning on doing this for the portfolio, so crit away please.

A few notes before you open fire:
I'm keeping the story/composition fairly simple, as I wanted it to read well, and quickly. I chose "traditional" roles for the characters not because I didn't want to spice it up some, but again because I wanted to keep it simple and easily identifiable. I'm thinking about adding in a child in the woman's arms. Also considering having the man looking at the woman instead of the battle over the hill.

Also as noted, this is the *first* thumb, and fairly small: roughly about six inches length wise and about 3 tall. Will do a larger redo as I get closer to it.

Not really satisfied with the fore/middle ground right beyond the house there before you get to the trees, so suggestions would be welcome.

And lastly, *yes* it was directly inspired by Donato's Fortune and Fate (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=124909) - you'll see what I mean.

Anyway, crit at will.
(poor will) :P

:ore:

[DefiledVisions]

Great stuff Oregano! My favorite is the horsespider at top.. Fell for it instantly hehe, excellent pencilrendering!
Very inspiring works, makes me want to draw even more! thanks

[DanielC]

amazing stuff man ! Keep posting please :]

[Hai]

Wow, man. Your pencil style is sweet. Wish I had something constructive to say, y'know? But I've got nothin'. Just real inspirational. You're so good with faces!

[PuppyKitten]

For a first thumb it looks great. You know I have a composition-weakness so take all this with a grain of salt, but...

The way his head hits the underside of the roof bugs me a little. Also, that ALMOST unbroken vertical line of the wall seems to really separate them from the rest of the piece more than I think you want it to. Breaking it with the arm is a good idea, but maybe that's too subtle...

The "traditional role" concept is so rarely embraced these days, that I think you've actually made your piece stand out as original just for doing that, so I wouldn't fret a bit on that aspect of it.

The anatomy looks really nice on the guy (he has a big hand, but it's just a thumbnail so who cares). I think her pose would look more natural if she were holding something large. A baby like you were thinking would make sense. Or some worldly possessions like she's about to flee the town...

I can't wait to see what you do with that yummy looking bg. I can see some really intriguing atmosphere building up there. :D

[S.C. Watson]

DefiledVisions - Thanks for the kind works :) Keep those pencils close at hand!

DanielC - Thanks!

Hai!^^ - Thanks!

PuppyKitten - Good point about the vertical line of the house. I had wanted that pretty solid to visually separate the "domestic" or "normal" world from the "Call to Adventure" (the war in the background) but I can see how it's a little too solid. I'll break that up some - plus I like the idea of what a more broken line there can mean... Good call - Thanks!

and here's a couple from last night/this morning:

First one is just a doodle - sort of a play off the space trucker / Han Solo/Chewbacca thing.

The second one is a rough redesign for one of the many, many alien races that I have had floating around in my head for the past 20+ years. I'll probably do a full, more balanced shot of them later. I just wanted to get the head structure down. One of the key points is that this species doesn't have "eyes" the way we think of them - no orbs. They have instead a dark patch of nerve bundles on the front of their face that picks up visible light. If you can imagine a sort of rough optically sensitive "mole" on your skin, that's what this would be. Instead of colouring (the optic "patch" is black) each individual would have one shaped differently.

All the best,
~Oreg.

[Aly Fell]

Hi Shane. I'm loving the recent pencil work. I was just browsing your sketchbook with my partner and she's seriously impressed. I love 'twiggy, and some of the sensitivity in the character linework reminds me of Moebius.

[Wasker]

Quite nice, Oregano.

[Salacuis]

I love your work,
i mainly love that shadow balance.
And i was wondering if you could give me
some info about any tutorial of shadow balancing,
cause shadow balancing is one of my main problems

[S.C. Watson]

Poshspice - Hey Aly, thank you for your and your partner's kind words. It means a lot to me :) I *LOVE* Moebius. Simply. Love. Him. I spent far too much time staring at his work as a kid. The man was just a master of line and simplicity. I need to stop now or I'll end up geeking out about him for pages :geekg:

Wasker - Thanks!

Salacuis - Thank you for your kind words, and my apologies for not getting right back to you. The rule of thumb that I use with my shadows is that your darkest area - the shadow core, will be *right* next to the highlight. Take a look at any of my pieces that are here and you can see what I mean. If you would like, feel free to shoot me a pm and I'll give you specific instruction to the best of my ability.

Here's a couple of quick concepts for CHOW 116 this week:
(on the bottom one, the face doodles along the side start at the lower right (first one I did) and end at the upper left (last one). the snagnastie was done first).

[Quinn Simoes]

Hi Oregano,

Both CHOW designs are excellent pencil renderings, hard to pick one, look forward to seeing which one you go with.

Quinn

[RandAlThor]

Awesome as ever Oreg' tell me, how did you get those tones in the latest pencils, was it graphite dust? or just pencil... ;-)

[kidult]

Lovely tonea Oregano - the last one also has a nice sense of design with the heads floating around the chow

[HunterKiller_]

Digging the last creature designs. Noice.

[Salacuis]

I love your creatures, they're awesome...
Why don't you check my sketchbook?
I really want to learn more from your draeing

[Aly Fell]

You bought my book!? Why thankyou! If only I got royalties... sigh... ;)

Yes, Moebius is just... right! His mark making and eye for detail just look spot on, regardless whether he's doing environments or characters. My favourite was The Airtight Garage which I first read in Heavy Metal years a go.

The pencil work on the ChOW's is excellent. I think the first character could perhaps have elongated arms a bit more, make him 'stringier', but maybe that's just me! :)

[Chuck,mate.]

man haven`t been here in a while... you keep rocking those pencils!

this alien/amphibian (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=348821&stc=1&d=1208359236) one`s awesome.

:)

keep at it mate!


Patricio.

[Amir the night wolf]

Holy mother of monster`s !!! :) cooooooooll work`s , keepem commin

[algenpfleger]

Conceptart is broken, it displays only four of the five stars this thread most definitely must have. *votes*

Your pencils are wicked :)

[crazy3dman]

Loving the creature designs you've been doing.

[S.C. Watson]

Quinn Simoes thanks for the comments - unfortunately I ended up not going with either, or any, but they were fun to do regardless :geekg:

RandAlThor - I don't use graphite dust, but I do use a stomp that I've had forever - I swear I could draw with the thing. Plus, I have a chamee? chamoi? (how the f*ck do you SPELL THAT?) A small leather cloth the I use to wipe the line drawing to give it a base tone other than white. From there it's mostly pencil work with strategic erasings. Hope that helps :)

kidult - thanks :)

HunterKiller_ critters are fun :P

Salacuis - I'll swing by and post some crits.

Poshspice - I did indeedy :) Though I'm still waiting for it to arrive :er: A true shame about the royalties - perhaps with the next one? Though I do know with some of the smaller publishing houses, you don't always get royalties - or was this a POD project, if you don't mind my asking (I didn't see who the publisher was).

I discovered Moebius in Heavy Metal as well, when I was about ten, and never connected stories with their titles, so I'm not sure which one you're referencing (I currently only have a fairly hefty collection of cards that a friend gave me, much to my shame - I need to pick up a collection or something!) But his line work made an impression on me that never really wore off.

Drat! I should have thought of the longer arms - you're right of course! that would really ad a nice nasty element to that guy :geekg:

Pat - Hey man, thanks for stopping by! Long time no see :) And than you for your comments, it's means a lot.

Amir the night wolf Thanks for the kind words :)

algenpfleger - Thank you! :)

crazy3dman Hey! long time no see! Thanks for stopping by :teeth:
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Okay, artwork from the past few days...

Um, let's see. Two pages of just general sketches and doodles, nothing serious there.

Three pages of DEEP work. Not going to go into a lengthy explanation of what I have in mind, but rather am going to let it unfold, so hang out and watch what surfaces :geekg:

All the best,
~Oreg.

[Mark Bot]

sweet pencils.
"the wave" has gotten me interested in your deep concepts.
definitely going to have to keep checking back to see more explanation.
keep it up. great stuff.

[Iridyse]

Wow, beautiful concepts and pencilwork! I really like the design of the predator predator and the CHOW 116 sketch. Your gorgeous sketches have me hungry for some colour now :)

[Camara]

Awesome concepts,man!!!!I´ll give you stars!

[stoph]

:ore:, youre gettin gooooooooood *hi fives*

[Goog]

freaking awsome, great inspiration. Keep posting!

[Hive_minD]

Awesome renderings. More god damnit! MORE!

Chris

[Maidith]

Totally seconded. MORE! :D

[Pascallo]

Hey man, you got some nice updates! This one looks damn hot, man: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=365931&stc=1&d=1210435379
keep em coming!

[Jacob Kobryn]

This SB is full of awesomeness...
I much prefer your pencils over your digital art but it's all great.

[Amir the night wolf]

keep em commin man :D

[Bojee]

Ah man, Good work here Shane! :)

[Ash888]

Great work, I love your creatures.

[Salacuis]

Are u alive oregano?
wanna see more!

[solorpower]

Shane,

Your work keeps getting better with time dude! I'm impressed.

[maxetormer]

really good one man!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=365931&stc=1&d=1210435379

[Undertow]

Man Shane, I haven't stopped in here in a while! Your pencil skills with those creatures are rockin! I might have to get you to do the next batch of Tager designs for CTech!

[S.C. Watson]

GusTheRobot Glad I got your interest up :geekg: but I've decided to play this one close so I'll not be posting anything further regarding the DEEP project until it's done/time for poll. :needle:

Iridyse - I haven't gotten quite comfortable with colour yet - at least digitally. I'm thinking about doing some work in oil, which I have more of a background in, but I'm trying to figure out a working process that will suite my needs - also looking at printers that will print larger than 8x11 because I want to be able to take sketchbook pages and move them to the type of paper that I work on. We'll see... :ore:

Camara aw, thanks! :teeth:

stoph thanks man :)

Goog Thanks!

Hive_minD Heres' a poor sampling of s'moar :P

Maidith See above :P

Pascallo Thanks! Glad you like 'em :)

Jake Kobrin Thanks, Jake. That actually makes two of us. I think at this point I can honestly say that quite possibly I've given up digital for good. I won't say that *won't ever* use it again, but I just simply can't get the results that I want with digital stuff. That, and at the end of the day, any artwork I've done digitally is stuck in the computer... :(

Amir the night wolf Am doing so - although a little slower than what i'd like for multiple reasons. Mostly because I'm funneling *A LOT* of energy into the DEEP project, but other reasons as well. (like a day job... :er: )

Bojee Hey man! thanks! :teeth:

Ash888 Thanks, they're a lot of fun to do :)

Salacuis I am indeedy. Still workin' on stuff :P

solorpower Good God, Juan, long time no see! Hope everything is well at your end of the universe. Thanks for stopping by :)

maxetormer thank you, daddy smurf :P

Undertow Mike, any time man. Bring it on.

some lame crap for the past few days/week or so.

[alesoun]

I know that guy in the first pic! He still owes me money....

[S.C. Watson]

okay - so I lied. Here's a couple from the DEEP project. Just a taste, mind you :yum:

[HunterKiller_]

That engraved tablet is excellent! It looks so authentic.

[Giorge]

we want more then a taste, they look good man :), a little like dune or star wars but they still look good , some color wold be nice to see ^^ cheers

[Quinn Simoes]

Beautiful designs Oregano, love the details and the rendering.

[Victor B]

love the latest sketches , truly you are a master of disaster , thanks for posting

[solorpower]

Looks like you got an entire sea culture in the works Shane! Again I am impressed, so now I will need to get my tail in gear and create MY sea world! Diggin those previous sketches!

[S.C. Watson]

HunterKiller_ Thanks! I felt positively stoned (pardon the pun) when I finished. It's only about 3 inches high!

flamable Thanks - We'll see about colour. I'm not quite ready to go that route again, but soon, I think.

Quinn Simoes Thanks Quinn :)

Victor B No, thank you :P

solorpower Hey Juan! Hope things are going well with your designs!

Anyway, small update here: 2 Characters:

[LaPalida]

Oregano beautiful work as always :) Love your characters!

[daestwen]

Damn, Shane, you're showing me up! Nice work, man.

I really like the tile work in the one on the top of the page.

[Mydrim]

that DEEP er,.. mosaic block, or what it is, looking cool. Also, great sb overall

[Hybrid_75]

I like the mosaic stuff, really great sketchbook too dude. Are you gonna pit the mosaic in as enviroment elements?
your thumbnail for this thread is giving me visions, its hypnotic.

[S.C. Watson]

Whelp. Here it is. My Deep entry. It developed a life of its own, and I ended up with something that I think doesn't quite fit the guidelines, but I'm satisfied with it.

[I've got a few stupid typos here and there. I'm aware of them, but don't have time to fix them].

(I'll post replies later).

[wholecar]

Excellent work, Oregano !
Keep sharing !

[destinyapocalypse]

nice jobs i like your characters and monsters desings they are fantastic your last post cool job


take care

[Nkristian]

nice work here!! those are very interesting stuff you did for Deep.

[crazy3dman]

Oregano. You should be very proud of your deep entry. It's beautiful. A very impressive body of work.

[Jamesy]

I second what crazydude just said. I really like how you just keep it to sketches. Those sketches are all very nice and well handled. The presentation of the whole project is well done.

[Saturns Gate]

Your deep entry was great dude. :) You can tell you know your stuff and your renderings are brilliant. Keep up the good work!

[kelly x]

I really like your work - Also I found you through the amazing show and tell about your mom and dad, truly amazing that you have these things and I am sorry too about that entire war! Kelly

[jedininjaman]

Awesome characters they are very animated, beautiful pencil renderings as well, one thing though is make sure you exploit the whole value range of the pencil
but still nice work, Stop by and Ill see you around
-jedi

[stoph]

that tin-man is frawesome, dooder! good to see you still plugging away :)

[Salacuis]

Nice stuff

[Kerberos]

Oregano your version of Smaug was excellent. I really thought his expression and figure really caught the idea that this was a old, deep dragon. And although I liked the body on some of the other dragons better, the head on your Smaug was easily the best. Truly the Dragon of dragons. His head captured the slow to anger look, but incredible power hiding beneath that a creature like Smaug might have known. I don't know if it would have helped to color it, but I thought that the monochromatic version was awesome. Keep up the good work.

[Aly Fell]

I thought your Smaug was fantastic!. You really got his character which is truly what the ChOW is all about. The characters in post 697 are beautifully realised; like some twisted Wizard of Oz Tin man. It's good to see you really refining your pencil technique so much. And as crazy3dman says you should be really proud of your Deep entry. :)

[dogfood]

Shane, your DEEP work is just so profound and... gosh, deep!

That Smaug, though... brilliant.

Well, done, my friend.

Well done.

[Aly Fell]

You're so right about that bow and arrow! Sigh...

[S.C. Watson]

Oof! I really need to pay more attention to what's going on here and update more often!

LaPalida :: Thanks Lap :) Good to see you haunting the forums again! :)

daestwen :: Thanks Daestwen :) Just keep at it!

Hybrid_75 :: Heya - thanks. Actually, I think the mosaic went into the IDW ... I think. I don't remember now :S

wholecar, Nkristian, Mydrim, Salacuis and destinyapocalypse :: Thank you!

crazy3dman :: Hey man, thanks for the kind words! The whole Deep thing took on a life of it's own, but more on that later :geekg:

Jamesy :: Thanks :) I appreciate that.

Saturns Gate :: Thanks man. You in CHOW this week?

kelly x :: Kelly, thank you for your kind words :hugsmile:

jedininjaman :: Thanks for your comments. I typically doing go as dark as I could out of personal preference, but I've been experimenting with going darker (see below) - also, I need to make sure to adjust my images once they are scanned because it seems that they lighten considerably once prepped for the web ... But thank you!

stoph :: Hey stoph! how's it down under? Thanks for the words, man :) Still pluggin!

Kerberos :: thanks for your thoughtful words. I must have redesigned Smaug at least six, seven times trying to get that look :) In retrospect I think I should have spent more time on the body as well, but I really wanted to capture that expression! :geekg:

Aly :: thank you! The pencil work is proving to be rather addicting, to be sure. RE: The bow/arrow incident - It looks better the way you did it, though! That's got to count for something! doesn't it?

Tim :: Thanks Tim - I'm really pleased you like the new stuff!

Um ... ART!
A couple of these are cross posted from either CHOW or My Finished Thread or both, so.

These three sketches are companion pieces to the Two Gents (Tin Man & Bughead above). The whole thing has sort of morphed into an Alice in Wonderland sort of story. (Chris Bennet was the one that initially planted the idea in my noodle, so I'm sort of running with it). So, those three sort of move in sequence (Tin Man & Bughead would go after the Kiwi Gardener).

The Whale Wall Pencil
420206

The Kiwi Gardener Pencil
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untitled Pencil
420204

Smaug (CHOW 117) Pencil
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John Carter of Mars (CHOW 119) Digital / Painter IX
Someone had asked about colour work a ways back, so ...
420203

Thanks for taking the time to look!

All the best,
~Oreg.

[clanlord]

Hi Oreg! I want to say that your art is very artistic and interesting! The rendering is very accurate! Nothing more to say just keep going mate!

[Quinn Simoes]

Love your Deep entry, very well thought out and beautifully rendered!

Your Smaug design is Great, nice to see traditional work there, in fact all your pencil work is top notch.

Look forward to seeing more.

Quinn

[chippie]

Your work is so inspiring - great sketchbook!! - also see your mention of lemuria - i'm trying to put a graphic novel based in the same theme!

[kingkostas]

Your deep work is very interesting.Nice sketches combined with good concept.
Also loving all your characters :D Keep up

[S.C. Watson]

Just popping in long enough to post this.

roughly 11x17, oil on paper.

451926

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~Oreg

[rebelionature]

thanks much for the process shot! very cool outcome.

[Eclair]

5stars...
and
subscribing

[S.C. Watson]

A study I did of a statue of Joan of Arc - from photo. I would love to see the actual statue at Notre Dame, as I am in love with it.

Anyway, I blew the study as I ended up enlongating her face - the statue's face is far more "boxy." But aside from that caveat, I think it came out fair.

Pencil on paper.

455610

All the best,
~Oreg.

[Quinn Simoes]

Really nice rendering of Joan of Arc, great presentation as well.

Thanks for sharing,
Quinn

[Hideyoshi]

Strong pencil renders dude- very tight and accurate! Your creatures rock! :)

[Moai]

Oregano, your sketchbook is an absolute inspiration. Especially the work you did for DEEP; that's a fascinating world you created. Great rendering skills, and very fun designs. I'm subscribing.:rendered:

[Envisor]

Beautiful work here Oregano!. Truly inspirational body of work. Loads of improvement is easy to see from the beginning of this thread. You should be proud of your achievements. Keep posting, i would love to see more of your studies.

[Chate Noire]

Lovely pencil work Oregano!
I really like those two jester/alien characters from the previous page. Awesome designs.

[S.C. Watson]

Thanks guys.

Here's one that I did originally on a sticky note at work, and then redid in painter last night after working on the mermaid for Chow.

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All the best,
~Oreg.

[dogfood]

That one is particularly engaging, Shane. The simplicity and complexity are woven like a fine silk. Like a chunky strawberry-banana smoothy.

[MJ_Alcazar]

I enjoyed peeking through your sketchbook, some really amazing work in here. Your pencil work is amazing!

[Undertow]

The improvement over the last couple of years is awesome Shane. The one thing I'd like to see you work more on is presentation/graphic design skills. I think that a break through in that area will help your work immensely. We need to get you down to Seattle one of these days.

[S.C. Watson]

The improvement over the last couple of years is awesome Shane. The one thing I'd like to see you work more on is presentation/graphic design skills. I think that a break through in that area will help your work immensely. We need to get you down to Seattle one of these days.
Thanks for the comments Mike.

Interesting thing is, I am a graphic designer by trade - that's my day job right now. I tend to avoid it when I'm doing my artwork, because I do it all day long.

You can see some of it slip out if you troll the Chow threads - I did all the header graphics and buttons there.

But, you're right. I should spend more time on that than just slapping the stuff on the page. Jason got on my ass about the the same thing.

Cheers,
~Shane

[daestwen]

Yo, Shane,

I TOTALLY love that mask thing. It is creepy as hell! Awesome!

[buffichar]

okay that was fun. Going back to draw draw draw. I'm not intimidated.. :davi:
Oh well i'll just have to get over it and do what i have to do
It was looking through your sketchbook :D

[stoph]

ohhh looking forward to that oil being finished! that mask character has a lot of.. character! :D would love to see him developed more and maybe have some mask friends.. build a franchise of creepy critters!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Gooood stuff here man! That oil thing looks tasty, looking foreward to seeing that finished:)

-E

[dCepT]

Awesome mask character! I'm with Stoph on that one.. do more of those guys! :) Thanks for dropping by my thread! I'll post something real soon! Promise! :P

Stopped by your blog.. you've got more mask dudes! Post 'em on here as well! :)

dC

[m.j.]

Great stuff! Five stars from me! Cheers!

[JustinBeckett]

Nice work man!

`JB

[Craig D]

Shane??
Come out, Come out,
Wherever you are.

[S.C. Watson]

Been a little while.

Did this for ArtOrder (http://artorder.blogspot.com/) a couple of weeks ago.
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Anyway, I'm around.

~S

[Mebiusu]

Intense and beautiful designs. I also love the Joan of Arc. I am fascinated by her. Hope we will see more work from you soon. Cheers

[S.C. Watson]

A couple of things from my blog, mostly wips, also Erica, Zombie Slayer for CHOW.

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best,
~Shane