Britt's Sketchbook UPDATE OCT 24th 3D Zombie Hand

[britt]

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[strych9ine]

In terms of concept and execution, the first 2 are stunning brotha. You are on to something great there... I'll be back here often.

[Bruce Pluto]

Hello britt,
very nice stuff dude! Keep 'em coming. I'm interested to see more :teeth:

BP

[ApolloNuevo]

wow, this is really great stuff...i'm glad you've started a sketchbook! your characters really have a great design sense to them...and the one composition is very exciting. would love to see more of those!

keep posting!
-dan

[clogik]

finnaly man. sbeen a long wait!! i dig the samurai redo of my character. luv it!

[codakromek]

Britt!!!!

I'm so happy to see the new shit!!! The work is looking sharp bro...

The first two (esp nemo) have such an ambitious sense of unity.... wonderful style...

The little ninja punk is an awesome reconcilliation of analog and digi,,,,you cold crushed that shit. I feel like you could of investigated more ways to diferrentiate the shiny quality of the armoured bits, seeing as how strong reflections in a shiny surface actually affect the air and atmospheric tone all around them and not just stay in the material, like a non reflective texture... sweet..

All the work is great to see because you have a tendency to make the expression of ideas and whimsy/emotion take the primary role of significance,,,an aproach I think is the most admirable....I guess what I mean is that any number of folks could point out obvious conflicts in terms of realistic treatments and proportions, but it would be a moot point in the context of your product..... There is a highly evolved, seemless feel to the way a lot of imaginative info is infused into a picture that ultimately, (due to it's ability to touch the right part of the veiwers brain),,looks real.

Bravo guy...do you oc????

bye for now

[csteingart]

Wicked stuff in here :)

c

[madplanet]

These are great, especially the first two. Any time someone has some cool Little Nemo in Slumberland influences, it makes my day. All of these characters would be great in some type of children's book, the kind that is more that the adults get. The one with the girl with the crossbow riding the mollusk thing has a nice eerie atmosphere. Nice.

[Teal]

that guy with hammer is strange - no neck and his head seems flat. the rest you showed here is superb. second and thirdone are my fav.
aloha

[OBX]

Rock on solid. Luv this stuff. I like how the last one looks kinda like a panda bear.

[Sorknes]

Wow!

Great work!


Lotsa good ideas, good colours, great linework and light. I want to see more :)

Just a thumbs up, post more. :)

[jrr]

good form and characters here

[loomer]

I'm loving this...
My favorite is the second image...I would love to see that executed in full color. It's a sick composition and has so much energy. Although sometimes pencil renders can be more powerful than paintings...depends ya know.

I just wanna see more... fill this fucker up! ;)

- cheers!!

[bumskee]

I am going for the first one.. nice design, would look great in colour. The second one is beautiful too.. nice lighting on the lil boy.

Loomer is so hyper.. :P

:) hope to see more, *subscribe*

[MisterJC]

those second and third ones really hit the spot.

it feels like i didn't get a fullfilling childhood because my imagination is like british humor compared to you. (i hope you're not british.. if you are. sorry)

[Infinitum]

Hi Britt, This is some nice work you've got. My favorite is the third one. Great use of colour.

[hurricane]

nice stuff britt !
i like the colors and poses !

just simply cool stuff :P


cheers !

[vigostar]

great work Brit.. you have an amazing imagination.. some stuff reminds me of Nicrads.. very nice and unusual.. Welcome to the sketch family..!

[AndreasM]

Theese are truly, truly great! The last one is my favourite. Keep updating :D

[dave from wyoming]

far out man. Very environmentally safe. :confident

[morbidhumor]

Number 1 & 2 are fantastic. Are you going to give them color?

[Tad]

sweetness

[Marie]

oh wow this warrants a

"thank you sir may I have another?"

I really love your use of color and the mood it evokes, and I'm be remiss if I didn't point out the outstanding hermit crab hat... genius :)

post more! please :)

[Quinster]

Nice stuff here, whimsical in appearence. I really like all the detail in your first picture ;)

[Johann de Venecia]

I really love your use of color and the mood it evokes, and I'm be remiss if I didn't point out the outstanding hermit crab hat... genius :)

I enjoyed that hermit crab accessory too. This was my favourite out of that batch of st's. Stylish, yo. Of course nothing can beat the re-do you did of mine :devil: Keep 'em coming, Brittah. I liked your TD piece btw, though its missing colors, you can't deny the chichi factor in the design. Very cool, dude.

[loomer]

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[bumskee]

:) that TD piece is amazing.. nice concept dude.. love the costume design.. bah.. nice rendering too.. it's going to look nice coloured!!. :blahblah: though I wish the dude on the left had some expression, slightly blank.. cheers,

[clogik]

brtt- finnally an update..u still working on that painting u told me about?.....updates are getting scant these days.

your td looks good, but if were to be nitpicky and crit i would have to say that the top space of the illustration just doesnt seem interesting even if it is occupied by the trees and castle...i would prolly have cropped it in more closer and put more of a focus on the guys doing battle. maybe go with a lower angle shot with the guy on the right enlarged to be in the foreground. and the guy ruushing towards him to be pushed back just to get more depth, since both of them are the same size the composition appears to symmetrical. but im just rambling on ... i really would like to see this one colored.

well thats it my two cents.

keep posting, and if you get a chance check out the other guys sketchbooks in our group lots of good artworks in there.

cheers!

[endercoskun]

i'm digging the 1st and especially the 3rd ones in the first post.

nice work overall. keep'em coming.

[codakromek]

This new drawing for the td is ..........

What a beautiful profile,,,what a fantastic balance of classically influenced light and shadow, what a brilliant choice of head proportion, what the fuck!!!

These two mens faces really remind me of Yoshitaka Amato ( the guy who did the character design for Vampire hunter D, Final Fantasy etc...) They have the same Phsycopathic, spiritual sense of calm as his..... The hatchwork is so understated...but it does not lose an ounce of power and intention,,,,, all in all it is a very meditative and knowledgeable drawing, and I am insanely jealous of you for doing it. ha.

I also love how both figure seem lost in their own personal thoughts despite their being locked in what appears to be an (im)mortal struggle,,,, there is something proverbial or analogous about it..a hidden lesson or universal truth buried in the representation......thats what I call art.....

anyways, I hope you know I am completely serious,,( I just read over what I wrote and it sounds like I am waxing like some over-stated fine art critic,,,,{Clemente Greenburgh} ewwwwwwwww.......)

Don't stop now,, you seem to be approaching a zenith of both ability and inference that is like, bhuddist, man.. Just promise you will not forsake drawing and retreat to a mountain cave to practice caligraphy exclusively, okay?

Bye for now,, I am waiting for updates.

[bumskee]

nice Britt, painterly stuff.. I envy that look.. :S I could never have balls to paint like that. sort of reminds me of Clogik's stuff too.. textures and details, looking good man. One thing though, the bottom bit of its body is a bit blend? a faint detail like you did in the tail bit would be good I think. Also if there was a hint of light direction from the top, as the top bit is very shiny.. god I am so shit at giving crits.. :< god damn..

Love your work dude, you should POST MORE OFTEN!! :)

:)

[chris ocampo]

BRITT! thats a really cool concept. i think you could punch up the silohuette more and put a glow on the face. maybe try putting some accent light on the tail coming from the top or back light it a bit?. cuz i think that is a really cool part of the design that you can have a lot of fun with. you might think of giving the tail a more angular shape too now that i think of it (to fit with the rest of the design philosophy. try punching up some green saturation on the surrounding water to really pop the red creature. it looks cool as is but it could look even more amazing.
the other drawing i'm diggin is the kid in the costume (nemo?). the only crit on that would be the symmetry on his face. it think it's working right now cuz the viewer participates in the expression because it's so blank. he could be scared or full of wonder or happy excited. but i would try a couple of different expressions to see what happens. remember that assymetry is very powerful for everything, especially expressions.
i see so much improvement in your work. not just technical drawing/painting, but your understanding of movement and shape. your compositions are becoming more dynamic and powerful. keep banging them out, they're getting better and better.

by the way, are you taking that figure throwing class this semester?
i'm about to hit that up.

[loomer]

cool britt - it seems you've gotten more bold with the painter work too..which is good. Maybe it's the addition of really strong lights and darks, but it seems to really pop now. Cheers to my man- always look forward to new stuff from you

[britt]

bumskee Those are awsome points bumskee... I totally agree with you. Thanks a lot for your thoughts and time. :rendered:

chris ocampo Thankyou so much Chris...I really appreciate your crit. The assemetry of the face idea is genious and I plan on using it accordingly from now on..
As for the figure throwing class...I haven't even heard of a class like that...sounds kind of funny, but I will be taking figure painting. Looking foward to experimenting with some stuff there. Should be fun.

loomer Thanks man..I do feel more comfortable with digital painting now and hope to be using more color in my pieces as a result of my practice. :rendered: :tihi:

[auto_matt]

i really like the underwater molusk, i think your ideas are great ... i also like this light effect on the last one but i think you spend some more time on it und give the body a little more attention...

bye

[madplanet]

I agree with auto_matt in that the body needs some work. The hands look great, though. Really great. The more that I look at it, the more that I like it.

[mentler]

Just found u <><> this thread has got it going on

[Jens]

Yea me too, this forum is getting flooded by new talent every week!

I love your subjects and the way you give form to them (excepts this last one, but that doesn't really matter :))

I'm going to keep watching this, thx for posting :)

[vigostar]

hey, brit- that last piece is very interesting... i like the glowee colors...!!! i would like to see it more defined.. hopefully, you'll finish it..! looking good dude.. keep it up!

[Magic Man]

Your works have a very enchanting feel to them, your rendering is great, your digital painting has a beautiful understated tone to them - if I had to give a crit about some of them its that you need to blend some of the sketchy lines more to solidify them.

Your tonal work is also excellent, but you may want to invest in some prosmacolor pencils or a graphite box set to imrpove the range to take ti to another level.

I will say that the last piece doesn't really tickle my fancy however, I think a large part is that those glowing arm blade or whathever they are just don't sit right visually.

Kepp up the good work.

[Dan1989]

Great sketchbook. The drawing of the worm monsters with the giant mushroom in the bg is my favorite. Very unique, this is stuff you don't see everyday ;)

[Fayt]

oh, you are great, I thought brit would draw some britney images.

[bumskee]

how awsome is the foreground! :confident good going Britt, underground scenery is so damn hard, you make it look easy man. the hint of pink is working well, though I think the right side could use some definition.. even if it's kinda hazy.. it seems to blend right into background. Sort of losing the depth.. Also maybe the claws are too short? it looks menacing but a bit short to see any threat. :P but what do I know.. hehe

Love the textures on the shell.. what is that black thing in the front?

[clogik]

looking good, im enjoying the saturated blues in this scheme. the values seem to be working well..some crits: i think there should be more reflected pink light on the left claw(our right) of the sea creature, and maybe soften the other side.
the foreground shape looks visually interesting, but i ithink it could use one more extra large solid object just kind of peeking into the composition from the left side... maybe a larger coral. i dunno. also i think the bottom right corner is begging for maybe some smaller rocks just to fill space up...you could do a trail of shells and rocks receding towards the back.. maybe a trail that the creatures are folowing. my two cents.

is this photoshop?

[Zebz]

More, more, more! I've really enjoyed browsing your SB! But I want more! Hook it up, bro and keep that hot stuff comin'! :teeth:

[loomer]

that color study is looking great man. You should blow that puppy up and just start working on it from there. What is that black thing on the front? Looks like it could be a rider of sorts...?

- I do see some of clogik's points. A little added pink light would give it something. Just don't go crazy with the pink..less is more sometimes, ya know?
looking forward to seeing these piece done man!

[madplanet]

I like the update for the guy with the hands. For some reason, I really like the background in the upper left corner. It has an appropriate atmosphere, I can't really say why.

The color study looks great, too. Plus, I like seeing the prelim sketches. I'm guessing that that is some type of rider in the front dangling a lure of some type; kind of like putting the carrot before the horse type thing. Nice.

[Tigermilk]

Hey man.
Nice lightning in that guy with the blue thingies. I allso wanna say that your pencil sketches are pure eye candy. The rendering is great. :)

Keep it up!

[vigostar]

i like the design on the armor.. very cool... his sword however would be rather difficult to take out if he needed to use it..... either way.. very cool.. his helmet looks good as well..

[loomer]

Britter critter - that's a hot concept man!
Man...you kind of remind me of lukavi (on these boards) - your work doesn't look similar, but both of you have such a great sense of costume design. I bet you guys are really badass dressers...always lookin real sharp, and hip...and your $8 dollar t-shirts look like $50 designer Tees....ok, I'm off somewhere.

I'm liking this guy...even if his sword is difficult to get too..he probably just points at his sword and it materializes in his hand.

Is he pointing at some shit clump in the field? "EWWWwwwww...doooodie"

i'm a moron..this was the most useless post ever

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[bumskee]

Britt!!! I love the design.... nice armour dude..oh damn I love armour and stuff.. well done. I do somewhat agree to others about the size/placement of the sword but hey, how can you go past the massive sword.. Hvae you read "berserk"? just curious, love the pose and loomers comment about it.. "dooooodie".. heheh.. good stuff man!!

[britt]

A quick study here to break up some artistic monotony
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Brittain/facestudy2.jpg

Vigostar I just figure he had a little squire person following him about...the warrior relys upon him much like Don Quixote relies on his squire. Maybe I will do a design of him later.

Loomer Lol...Doooddie. I don't know what he's pointing at, but your guess is as good as mine...Doodie will do.:tihi:

bumskee I love Berserk. I was a big fan about a year ago and it has been in the back of my mind ever since...Its a shame I haven't kept up on the manga....its too difficult to find.

[codakromek]

ARTISTIC MONOTONY,,,, That is one thing your work will never have man,,,,

that lil' face study is neat-o,,,,,likin' every bit of it,,,,

GLAD THAT THE TIME OF ULTIMATE DARKNESS HAS PASSED,,,,,whew...

Thanks for the stop-by over in my SB ,,,btw, will you tell me the next time there is a thunderdome??? It sounds like a lot of fun and what not,,,,

Really wanted to add to the chorus of voices that just admire your characters personality and the great attention to wardrobe,,,,very good, man,,very good......I am gonna give you stars,,,,hope you post more often, too.

That frightened orc with the energy arms is just making my day for some reason,,,,,can't put the finger on it,,,but it is really narrative,,,,,Do you write????

Also wanted to comment on the huge sword Quixote,,,,,nice,, interesting kind of color up,,,,looks very quick and useful......undersee creatures have a strong illustrative feel,,,,hope you are doing as much work as humanly possible, and feeling good,,,bye

argh*** can't give stars in edit mode,,,,,,clicked submit and not preview,,,,shit!!!!! I am going to post again hahahahahah!!!!!

[codakromek]

....,,,

[vigostar]

yes,, add that squire!!!! i like the last one.... vert nice...

[vigostar]

holy shit dude.. great stuff. i love it!! especially the little kid...!

[loomer]

always looking forward to what you update in here...it's almost like a surprise. I never know what it's gonna be.
Love that digital portrait of that dude...super loose, yet it's all there.

and that kid rules...I love kid characters...I dunno why.
I wanna read the 'Taco Bell Witch" - that sounds hilarious. And I drink too much coffee too - it's all I have.

[El Hombre]

Wow great stuff, Whats that thing on the little man back?

[madplanet]

I was blown away by your 8/25 post. It looks so dynamic. The sword does look ridiculously large, but the figure itself and that sun more than make up for it. Really cool. I like the last ones too. Very creative.

[hurricane]

nice ones !!

keep on updating !

cheers !

[codakromek]

Britt,,,

thanks a lot for the great post over in my SB..... Man you are not kidding about how much speed would help us all attain our artistic ambitions,,,,there is so much good art on this site,, it is simultaneously stimulating and wretchedly depressing,,,all at the same time!!!!! There are just too many things to be good at all at the same time, you know????

anyhoo,, lovin' that new sketch with the black prismacolor,,,,,,It was funny cuz' I was thinking,," If the outlet for that hooka on 'is back is above the mouthpeice wherever it is,,,,wouldn't that start a siphon????" Sure enough,, your brilliant analytical mind had that pegged from the start and you drew the second kid displaying this scientific marvel....Great costume design, by the way.....keep it up man ,,,and listen to the nagging voice in your head that tells you to draw when you should be asleep, operating machinery, drinking, eating, meeting girls, fraternizing etc. You got the skills, the imagination, and the signature style.

[liam.c]

i really like the dsg ,of the armour on the 25th !

[britt]

vigostar Thanks for stopping by...I'm glad you like these sketches and the little kid. I always look foward to your comments. Thanks again:)

Loomer Ah yes, the "Taco Bell Witch." My most successful disaster. As much as I'de like to publish that story...it has vanished, never to be found again. Lost it when my old computer crashed. Here it is in a nut shell...Taco Bell combined with Hansel and Gretel. Replace the candy with Taco Bell food items and there you have it.

El Hombre Thanks man...The thing on his back is an advanced Hooka

madplanet Thanks...I know some people hate the whole big sword thing, but I lov'em. I can hardly think of an movie, anime, comicbook, or manga that has one and causes me to dislike it for any reason.

hurricane Don't you worry your little heart. I will continue posting for as long as possible...or until I get a serious art job. Cheers to you.

codakromek You've got that right.. Tons of stuff to learn...Right now I am trying to learn Maya...and loving it, but the whole learning thing is quite frustrating at the same time.
Glad you see the Hooka resemblence...wasn't sure if it read. Maybe I will add some smoke emitting from it or something. Anyways, you rock man..beyond belief...#1 fan right here.

liamc. The Medieval times rule...glad you like it.

A couple of quick inkwash studies
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Brittain/quicky.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Brittain/quicky2.jpg

[buzzz3d]

Original stuff in your thread, I like it!

[madplanet]

How I laughed... Is the look on his face the pain of carrying a big ass sword or from having to wear that cod piece? Good stuff, Britt.

[codakromek]

Nice render,,, I love it when I see those waggly little lines just floating in space around a figure in a drawing,, cuz then I know that the artist was feeling good and just channeling creative reality when it happened,,,,Sweet markmaking, too,,, that is a really econimical drawing when I look close,,,, when I step back though, and let it read whole,, it looks very detailed,, bravo,,,,, I hope you color that one up soon,,, I see a very nice portrait-ey pallete for that one.....

cheers to you,, *tink*

[mentler]

Squire for hire <> will tote for food <> great little fellow

[bumskee]

hehehe, good solution. :) glad you find something and it works! though I thought it was a littlekid with a snowboard at first. :P the expression is awsome very lively and awsome execution!!!! :) Britt, love your stuff, post more often. sharing is caring dude..

[loomer]

that squire is awesome! I like him so much I think he should be the main man and have the big guy carry around his sword for him at all times, UNTIL the badass little guy wants it and then he goes nutty and cuts off fucker's heads and genitalia!

ok - i gotta calm down..but i love him so much. Adorable and ugly at the same time!

[2100]

You have a twisted immagination. :)

[Steph Laberis]

Hey Britt! *waves*

This is the first time I've peeked into your sketchbook, so forgive me :)

Cute idea with the Brain Sucker; would be kinda neat if when you exhaled, its eyes bulged out and it inflated. I dunno if you want to do toy design, but it'd be good to see a couple drawings showing how it worked (maybe a bug-eyed inflated pic!) ;)

Your armor studies are also very nice, I like seeing how armor is broken up and how it works, same with the spiffy apple slicer!

As far as areas to work on go, some of your poses feel a bit stiff (yeah, I know they're stuck in suits of bulky armor) but even your Brownie-Squire could use some fluidity in his pose. His codpiece is awesome, btw :)

[SirGreenSock]

Great stuff! I love the concepts!

The brain sucker is brilliant! When are you starting production?

[madplanet]

The more that I looked at it the more I liked it, it's not so simple as it first seems. The thin wash background really brings the figure to the foreground. There is depth there.

"Quite normal?" -who are you trying to kid?

[loomer]

very cool britt! Thanks for posting all these extra images...starting to get to see how that juicy wonderful brain works! In fact...I should get one of those cool brain suckers of yours and ask him to retrieve some Britt Brains for me!

- speaking of..brainsucker is very cool. I like that alot...Dinofish is cool too...might be interesting to take that guy to a higher levelof finish.

20 min.? You got alot of info down in that time - that figure painting has alot of energy to it. Did you draw with ink first, and then paint over it? or the other way around?

- great post...be looking for more of these bro!

[clogik]

hey man i like that last figure painting. i havent tried that ink and gesso technique before. interesting approach. is that an acrylic ground?

cheers!

[Summer Pudding]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Brittain/ALANRED2.gif


I'm so in love with her. Where did you meet? Does she have a boyfriend?

<swoons>

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/images/rating/rating_5.gif

:)

Pud'

PS: is your avatar the objectionable village elder from Willow?

[vigostar]

britt- man.. that squire dude rocks~!~ Inm with loomer... he's much more an interesting character then the actual warrioR.. great update!!

[liam.c]

i really liek taht armour from the 3rd mate especialy that sholder plates feather dsg up around the neck is pefect acent and shows the shape hot!

[britt]

madplanet Well...I guess I'm not a very good liar.:dur:

loomer I usually start with an ink gesture and build on that with values.

clogic Naw, that is an oil background...I have a whole bunch oil prep surfaces lying around just waiting to be painted on. So I mix mediums here and there that shouldn't be mixed.

SummerPudding Ya, that is Burgelcutt from the movie Willow..I think he was a village elder, or a loud mouth know it all that had no manners. Guess thats why I use him as my avatar, Not to mention, he is much more handsome than I.
Oh ya, Don't even think about it. She's all mine. :P

Vigostar Haha...alright then....the little fellow takes the lead role in the story after falling victim to a Cinderella like situation. Yeah :tihi:

liam.c Thanks, man. Ill have to agree. It is a cool shape.

Okay Dokey, here is a little something I meant to post yesterday, but ran into a problem with photobucket. Its all good now, they were just doing a little maintanenece. But who cares, here is a Bubble Fan. What the HELL is that? Basiclly bubbles are generated in the ring and propelled by the wonderful fan and there you go.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Brittain/bubblefan2.jpg

[vigostar]

hey.. thats pretty interesting.,. you planning on making that.. you know.. thinking about it... you could probably create an attachment for general fans that would work with your concept.. make some dinero man!

[loomer]

that's a great fuckn' idea man. they make all these bubble blowers,that really suck, but if you could devise some apparatus that attached to a regular fan that would be the sweetest. I only know so much, cause my kid loves bubbles, and we tried one of those shitty blowers. I'd buy yours!

[chris ocampo]

i like this one. i think you could still milk it though. his gesture looks a little non threatening. it's a stationary pose. try putting him off balance or have his limbs moving forward. i always try to think "what was he doing before? and what is he doing after the pose?" could try lowering the eye level, it might pump the drama up more. the painting is good. keep it up, i see lots of progress.

and I'm still working on this one
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Brittain/sealife3.jpg[/QUOTE]

[bumskee]

Britt!!!! :) you defintely need to post more dude, it's like you are teasing us, hehe. Awsome update, love the little boy, but waitress is stunning, she's absolutely HOT! nice pose, I would buy that, did you use a ref? That shell thing is turning out nicely.. nice depth, you love under water scenery huh? :) all good, something I would be too scared to paint..show us more dude!!

cheers,

[codakromek]

It is like you are kind of a genius or something,,,,




I love it when you post,, It means I get to write something...

The waitress went straight in to my favorites folder, thank you very much....I am loving the beautiful children you have been painting lately with the faint mongolian eye flaps,,,I love the planar construction with the very stylized subject.... bra-vo

bubble fan, apple slayer, I love...You are a rennaisance man, you know?

the line work on the fan schematics looks like some of the trippy stuff that old italian cubo-futurist used to do,, a little wobbly but accurate,, it is a charming combo....oh well bye

[Kittywolf13]

love your art...its filled with lots and lots of creativity. :) *dances*

[vigostar]

Brainsucker rocks out man!!! freaking cool.. you should have submitted it for the COW brainstealer project...! cool shit.. that large buggy thing in the little city is working out nicely.. I would suggest maybe adding some light in the tower like you did in the background buildings... Also.. i would make your canvas size larger... and not so closely cropped to the top on the creature... extend it upwards a bit... give the drawing more depth.. looks good..

[loomer]

cool!
the brainsucker returns! I totally agree with bumskee . that waitress is a FOXXX ! I'd eat whatever she's serving..

that underwater piece is coming great...I love it. I would have to disagree with chris (no offense man) - the pose doesn't bother me at all. Looks pretty natural for a giant hermit crab looking freak!
can't wait to see it finished

[britt]

chris ocampo Thanks Chris. Those are some great ideas and I agree with many of them. The eye level would definitely make for a more dramatic scheme, especially if 3 point perspective were a factor.

bumskee Hows is goin' man? Ya, I like the underwater stuff, its a good challenge. The atmospheric perspective is tough to nail down.
Oh ya, No ref on the girl...just having fun displaying a product and displaying mood.

codakromek Thanks Codak. I'm honored by your complement. Italian futuristic clubs sound very cool. I will have to look at them for inspiration. I drew this one according to some clubs I use to go to. Sometimes I would take my sketchbook draw what I saw to build up the good ole' memory reference. I think it helps a lot to just step back from those interesting places and absorb their harmony. After that you jump in and see what all the fun is about.

Kittywolf13 Thankyou so much. :cheerleader: *starts dancing like a fool cause he doesn't know how*

Vigostar Good calls on the crit..Thanks for the crit man, I appreciate it very much. Next time you see this piece it will be adjusted accordingly.

loomer Thanks dude... I will probably keep the pose the same. Only because I am too lazy to fix it.hehe. And careful of the waitress...she has 4 kids and a load of credit debt.

[draw]

Great combo - talent and imagination ... now if only I could get me some of that hehe Likee the rollergirl one,keep it up

[Jens]

Love the variety in your stuff, and the brainsucker :D

About your crabshellmonsterthingy, don't forget his castshadow of the monster. He could have a bit more irregularities in his shell, mayby give the shell itself a less typical shape. You also migth consider changing the cropping of the picture. I see you got other crab monsters behind it but it's not showing very well. A bit more water to make it more obvious it's taking place in the sea.

Don't forget to post more :)

[madplanet]

Good update, Britt. The brain sucker is cool, but isn't what that kid is doing with that straw self-canibalization? Then again, maybe it's just starving, that kid doesn't look to bright.

The waitress is nice and what everybody said before is true. Tck-tck. She looks like the style of Glenn Barr.

The shellcrabthing doesn't have that underwater feel to it, almost like a hazy night. I could be wrong. It has happened before.

Keep up the great posts, I really admire your work.

[sve]

Hello, Britt, I'm deeply impressed with you work. I have just one note, I wanted to see more, I want to see your work in different moods of yours - when you at ease, when you're down, when you laughing. You actually already did, but I just left with a feeling I want to see more of it. You are a storyteller like a madplanet. Tell us more stories, please.
Regards, Sveta

[Fellah.]

Sweet stuff here man - i like it all! A lot! Keep it up hehe.

[vigostar]

hey, brit- looking good man.. those last few of the mole concepts look very promising... keep up the great work... glad to see you posting again

[mentler]

Love the little critters <> terrific little studies <> shows great affection!

[Art_Addict]

I agree with mentler, those last pages are awesome!
keep it up

[clogik]

very cool sketches, you plan on coloring these crazy critters at all?keep it up.

later man :)

[sve]

Hello, Britt. Charming cartoons. I like that they are rough (not polished as in most cartoon drawings). Little mole is so much fun. He is as individual as Grimm in Sunday newspaper. I looked again through your book and enjoyed so much. And reading was fun too. I like your personality and your friends here.

The most memorable in your work for me are the first and the fifth drawings in first post. Actually this fish eater is my absolute favorite. I love his greedy eyes and his dedication. The pose, fancy hairdo (well, that's a clever idea! :) Who whispered it to your ear, Karl Lagerfeld? :)), his costume, his little meaty feet. He's eerie and adorable at the same time.

Of course, I like the brain sucker dearly. Expression of his face very believable. He has a charm. He looks like a more simple-minded relative of the fish eater, but not that passionate about what he does :). It's nothing new for him. Acute excitement of first sensation is gone :). Not for the fish eater though.

And I like sweet couple of the warrior and his Sancho Panso a lot.
So great, thought provoking, laugh inducing, ass kicking work :yayca:.

Wow, read about you hobby, that's something new, shaving armpits! You are probably dying inside until hair grow up again :)
Post, Post, Post
Sveta Dudetta

[Lusvell]

I like the fact that they (latest sketches) have gigantic forearms :P Pretty original if you ask me. Lets see some more!

[bumskee]

Britt, lovely creatures, so damn cute, but with hint of dark sides to them.. very very full of life and character. Nice studies. :) awsome dude, I really dig the one with the massive arms, kinda reminds me of those characters in adventure games. You know what I mean right? these are so unique.. don't know where you pull them of but thanks for sharing these dude. KEEP on inspiring!

[madplanet]

Britt, you are a many faceted artist, sinister and goofy all at the same time. Can't wait to see more from you.

[Magic Man]

1. You have an obvious faccination with beerhats and incorporate them into as many things as I can see.

2. You have some crazy cute product designs.

3. Keep up the awesome work britt.

:pump:

[AndrewLey]

Really fun stuff Britt - those mole designs are great - looks like he'd be fun to animate.

[loomer]

Awesome britt...absolutely love the moles...
You have so many good designs I could see it being like a Rats of Nimh..ya know..The Moles of Nimh.
They all seem like they have unique personalities and that's just from your drawings. Cool shit man

- diggn' those oil studies too. That's not easy in such little time. Good observation of skin hues..real nice.
peace bruthaman

[madplanet]

So, this is what I make you think of when I post? You're such a prick. They are damn sexy, though. I'd tell you to post more, but who knows what'll happen!

[britt]

Magic Man :O You've unravelled my complex design strategy..crap. I was going to write a book on it, too. Heehe. Thanks for stoppin by

Andrew_Ley Thanks man. Do you like to animate? I would think so since your an animator. I did 2d in school, but absolutely hated the tedious process of redrawing hundreds of pages to make something look right. Things may be different today with 3d, but Im new to the whole thing.

LoomerThanks dude, always a pleasure :hatsoff:

madplanet Haha. You didn't take that as well as I thought you would, but thats O.K. Hopefully this new one will make up for the naked men.

You ever get that feeling that you have to sketch something no matter how busy you are?

[Nutter]

I love the little critter studies, very cool.

[sve]

Hey, Britt. What a strange girl. Looks like a mechanical toy. Eerie :)
Sveta Dudetta

[madplanet]

Ok, you made up for the naked men, you're little less of a prick :teeth: . I like her, she reminds me of something that belongs in Sebastian's genetic toy room in Blade Runner. Dare I say, I can't wait to see more?

well, lookee there, I made a page 3 for ya.

[loomer]

was there an image here? why what who when whoa?

[sve]

Bri-i-i-i-itt, where are you-u-u-u-u-u? Come on. I wanna see new stu-u-u-uff. (Crying)
Sveta Dudetta
I'm angry at your Maya lessons :( :).

[sve]

Hey, Britt, very nice bubble fan, but that's cheating.
I was expecting a huge update. I actually lost my the vocal chords screaming. I want some compensation. And where is the striped girl. Did you kill her??? :O . I liked her very much. She did add very nice eerie touch to your work. Oh, well... Sigh
Sveta Dudetta

[shyamshriram]

LOVELY Sketchbook !
5 stars obviously :D Update MORE !!

[TBUI]

Hey britty.

Pretty. Man, when have you been busting out all these drawings? Good stuff. Later. \w/

[loomer]

cool Britt! I didn't know you dabbled in 3D - Maya ? I've never done 3D - I'm completely stoopid on the whole thing...perhaps I should take a class one day

It looks awesome...I'll buy three!

[Dreln]

Cool fan. Once there are textures on that bad boy it'll look damn cool. I'm scared to go back to the previous pages due to naked men...couldn't resist:P Good stuff man, keep it up.

[clogik]

cool as hell. cheers u sick mutha :)

[pennington]

Hey Britt, your moles(and everything else) have beautiful rendering. what do you think was the most important step to you getting such a handle at shading?

BTW, I really like your knights, squires and jesters!! Top. notch

[chris ocampo]

sup britt!,
the bubble fan turned out nice. having concept work to finished 3d will look great in your portfolio.
one thing about your figure paintings: try and paint on toned ground. painting on white background has only been around since the last century. up until then, everyone painted on toned ground. and when i say everyone, i mean all the masters...it makes it easier to establish your 3 value system. paint your dark value shadow shapes on your toned ground. get your shadow edges exactly right. then pop in your highlights, still paying attention to the edges (which are usually sharper than shadow edges.) it's easier to establish value relationships this way. you can "key" your painting with the darkest dark and your lightest light, because you have a middle value to judge it by (the same you did your b+w rendering in clapp's class). john clapp put it to me like this- in musical terms, if you played the note "g" all by itself, then i could not guess what note it was. but if you hit "middle c" then played "g" after, i could guess the note you played because of relationship between them. how much higher/lighter or lower/darker they are to each other. i hope this helps.
some of those mole drawing have really nice shapes and personality. i wish i made it to that class to see what everyone did...cool assignment.
you keep on getting better britt!

[madplanet]

I can't really comment too much on the technical stuff other than it looks cool. I like the ones done in blue the best. nice to see some new stuff from ya.

[hurricane]

nice thumbs !!

in the latest digital one, it looks boring and flat, and i think the perspective is off between the foreground and background...

great stuff though!

keep it up!

[shyamshriram]

Great update Man...love those thumbnails too !! keep Inspiring ! :D

[madplanet]

Like the update. the second one has a model railroad feel to it. That's given as a compliment. My grandfather was huge into model railroading and as an artist, I was always amazed at the amount of creativity that he put into his craft. It was a work of art in itself, so this reminds me a bit of that. Thanks for sharing.

[ApolloNuevo]

those are some really great location designs...especially the one from oct 15th. some of your perspective is off, but the concept is very entertaining to look at.

keep em coming!
-apollo

[Johann de Venecia]

Britta! How are you? Last updates were tight. Jealous of your enviros, I need to do more of those. My favourite is the building witht he orange domed roof and the elevated freeways running around it. Real nice. Noticed you've been doing 3d as well.

Looking forward to more stuff, man.

[madplanet]

Hey Britt, you captured the light, I'd say, but I don't know about that rug thing. the hand looks like it is floating above it instead of resting on it. Was this intentional? The rug actually has the effect of movement, like it is flowing. Nice to see the experimentation.

[BAKI]

I love youe character developing process starting with a rough silouete and redrawing it untill its right