Adam's sketchbook // 17th October

[Call0ps]

nice pencilz :D your work is so fluid, like specially the enviro u did. keep it up

[Flaskpost]

Fuck man, mucho nice stuff in here, since last time i checked! Glad to see you´re taking your art to new places!
Keep it up!

[_andreas_]

heihei
first time seeing your thread (i think)
love your pencilwork

[[void]]

thanks guys
a 30 min speedy adding colour to a pencil page just thinking in terms of blocks of colour and light

now that i look at it everythings come out far too 'pastel'

:yawn:

[oalexis]

i think if you gave the sky a little bit more of a vibrant blue it would get rid of that pastelly feel. i like the 4 legged robot in your last post.

[[void]]

Did a study of a skull (thankyou ebay), it kind of sucks but the next one will be better. I need to do more of these I learnt a lot.

[oalexis]

right now my eye kinda gets lost around the teeth...i don't know what the lighting looked like but perhaps inside the mouth between the teeth should be darker so it reads better? just my two cents, otherwise its very nice :) i like ur sketchbook.

[[void]]

Quicker one this time, I want to have another stab at this and spend a really long time on it when i get the chance.

[oalexis]

;) nice gaps between the teeth. is it the same skull? there are subtle difference that lead me to believe they aren't. I like the tonal gradations on your first study tho. I think its because it has a higher contrast.. the darks are darker. I hope you get around to your longer study. btw how long did each of these take?

[[void]]

Haha thats just my inaccurate draughtsmanship im afraid, maybe why i can only afford one skull at the moment. The first was 2-3 hours maybe the second was 1 and a half, now its 6.30 am and i realise i should have left it till tommorow and the result probably would have been better.

Just reading through some tutorials and i already see where im going wrong, I need to simplify at the beginning more and work through my values more sequencially to keep the relationships stronger instead of chopping and changing.

[Coinpurse]

really enjoying this SB [void]
I love your studies and figure drawings,
nice stuff overall :)

[oalexis]

i don't really get what you meant by chopping and changing, but i've heard it helps to sorta squint your eyes when looking at a picture to get your values and stuff right. it blurs everything so you can only see value, and not concentrate on details. (what animal is that skull from? my guess is coyote)

[DannySketch]

you do SO much work! stop making the rest of us look and feel poo:)

really great stuff, liked the photo robot u did a while back alot, i think your visual studies has improved alot as well, your imagination stuff, as always kicks bootay and seems to be feeding off the studies your doing nicely,

you seem to be an all round good egg...

git:)

hope ur good, and keep it up.

[[void]]

Thanks guys i will get to replies later.

Been pretty busy with uni deadlines, its going to get worse before it gets better. Heres a couple of papers from gallery drawing the other day.

[[void]]

a not so quick doodle before bed...

[[void]]

25 min speedie in between uni work

[[void]]

Uni junk.

[Idiot Apathy]

HAAAhahahahaha. Oo nice, http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=124633&stc=1&d=1176864217

[koala.one]

I lost all my reply =(

It was something along the lines of thanks for stopping by my sketchbook. Your "uni junk" is hilarious. I like the mark making in that landscape. Sorry to hear about your course. Sounds shit like. You should do that 1 year drawing course after though. Sounds good.

Take care

and you look spookily alot like me =(

[[void]]

Thanks tom glad you like.

coyan - (thats right i found out!) yeah its pretty lame, but im trying not to think about it because i have a massive deadline in 2 days so im trying to get it all done. We'll have to see how it pans out. As for the looks thing, cai sort of told me when i asked if you were like him and he said that you look more like me.

[Call0ps]

lol ! great stuff void, thx for make me laugh :P cheers

[[void]]

np glad you got a kick out of them

[Jens]

hahaha, man i just made the same hammer in Maya :)

Your sketches are really cool, ref stuff especially, you make the forms and colors really solid.

[[void]]

Jens - thanks dude! Yeah i was going to move onto character stuff but i found it so hard going. Then i remembered the reason i want to do art is so i dont have to do a job i hate, 3d isnt my game i think.

[[void]]

last one for tonight i think

[cartoonfox]

Looks like... Poo

[[void]]

.....just because you painted cher, dont take it out on me.

Resorted to ripping of the supercool windwaker style...

[bhanu]

damn so many posts and I ahvent replied , I am so neglectant.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1318080&postcount=517 this is the best post here, ever.
Great thread man ,Really wish I could put line on paper like you do

[[void]]

Did a bit more to it thought it was a bit bare.

[[void]]

more uni stuff..

[Jabo]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=137234&stc=1&d=1178929692

I think this one makes perfect for a t-shirt or sweater. Awesome!

[Flaskpost]

Love the superman stuff! Great!

[[void]]

Bit of last minute work for the deadline tommorow.

[Molly]

Jeeez Adam, Im always happily surprised at your illustrations/concepts. I love popping in here and always seeing something different. The Superhero cartoons are full of wit, and are executed in an original style. YOur sketches and digi painting have excelled tremendously. Just keep doing what you do best; theres plenty talent in you mate ;)

Keep it up!

Mollyx

[[void]]

Just a speedie, Hopefully now that all the uni work is out of the way I can pick up the pace with my work and get something done.

[bhanu]

dude you ule what more can I say. YOu kick ass too. DRopped by to say hi .

[[void]]

doodles.. I will get round to replies after some sleep

[Mr.Blonde]

hey dood, this shit is lookin really nice.... I especially like this one (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=105263&stc=1&d=1173406711)

you're really starting to get some nice shit... mad improvement, keep it coming

[Lawvalamp]

hey [void], I browsed through your thread, and it was nice to see your lines/tone studies improve nicely from page one to page nine. I look forward to your next update.

[tensai]

love your pencils man. http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=123940&stc=1&d=1176770597

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=123943&stc=1&d=1176770631

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=123944&stc=1&d=1176770641

and this digi paint - all great stuff.

[bhanu]

hehe nice sketches mate,
the looseness keeps them so fresh and spontaneous. Keep inspiring us man.

[Infinit]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=137161&stc=1&d=1178919070
too damn funny
I had litteraly laugh out loud!

+you deserve the title of the guy with the coolest username imo

for crits: can't say a lot since most pics seem to fit their purpose
only your pencil renderings could use a little more contrast, to help them get more depth

[[void]]

Jabo - Thanks glad you like it.

Flaskpost - Cheers

Molly - :bashful: Glad people think that im actually going somewhere with this stuff. I worry sometimes that a lack of focus on subject matter is just hindering me. Ill keep at it in here hopefully it will be better the next time that people visit. Thanks for dropping by.

Bhanu - thanks very much, I think that there are a lot of artists more deserving of such praise on here.

Mr.Blonde - Thanks very much mate, hopefully i can pick up the pace now that its summer. Hope the atelier is treating you well. Be nice to DC he's only a lad.

Lawva - Ta, see if i can make the rate of improvement a bit quicker. Ill have something decent to post soon.

tensai - Thanks I've been really inspired by lukias lately, looking at his stuff is teaching me a lot and i feel that its helping me out hopefully it shows.

Bhanu - Thanks again, I'll try.

Infinit - Cheers people seem to really like those little doodles, hopefully im working on it. THanks for stopping by.

Just had a go at making a gif, How the hell do you get them down to size but keep the dimensions reasonable. Or do you have to apply for size privelages?

[Lukias]

Hey man, I'm super flattered that you've been inspired by me work and that you're using it to improve!. Don't stop with the rendering but I'd get down with working on the linework perhaps more so. I think some us(myself included) use candy coated rendering to gloss up a sketch.. but its often nice furniture in a poorly constructed house, if you get me. Styln work all round man, keep up with the slick improvements!

[zweiDee]

hi, cool works. your pencil sketches rockz! the superhereos illustrations are funny^^ cheerz

[Idiot Apathy]

Nice man :)
I use Divshare.com to host animated GIF's usually around 1-1.5mb :S

[[void]]

Lukias - Holy shit how did you stumble into here?! Yeah I know what you mean, I think that I will focus a bit more on constructing my figures with lines rather than relying on the rendering to fill in the gaps. I'll keep trying, never know i might get somewhere one day. Thanks for dropping by.

zweiDee - Thanks, glad you like them.

Idiot Apathy - Haha yeah i checked your thread after and realised... :bashful: thanks dude.

[[void]]

Some more sb pages, these are from my a3 sketchbook and i couldnt be bother to double scan so i photographed them which meant a lot of tweaks in ps to make them halfway decent.

[[void]]

oops I forgot one... :bashful:

[Flaskpost]

suuuper slick pencils, these last ones!

[ped454]

i love your line work and your hands are professional

[tensai]

love that last update - tech looking real good, sweet shapes and the life drawing nice and juicy too..
keep it coming man.

[Brendan N]

Hey man, thanks for dropping by my book.

I really really dig what's happening here man. You've improved loads since I last visited. Lukias has a point of course (and yeah I fall in that category more than anyone else) bu overall I think the direction you are taking is pretty damn solid. Looking forward to seeing how this develops because by the looks of things you are becoming one badass artist.

cheers mate, keep posting.

[Call0ps]

long time no visit this wonderful book :( shame on me! that gif looks soooo nice :D u are improving real fast, just keep the great job u doing!

[Yazzman]

Great things around here, I can't decide which I like more, your pencils, inks or your digital stuff. 5* from me, keep up the good work.

[Badger]

Pencils are getting far, far too good man, i'm liking it. Where are you this summer? we need to go for a drink...
-B-

[Kicek]

shit... thats some fucking ace work right there. love it all!! pure dope.

[designboot]

cool sketches!

[Mikko Voipio]

This (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=146182&stc=1&d=1180570292) is simply amazingly beatiful. Love the expression on the girl. Five stars from me too.

[[void]]

Flaskpost & ped454 - thanks

tensai - thanks very much, your life drawings looking pretty good too!

Brendan- no problem dude, thanks im glad you think so. Yeah ive been trying to develop my line work after being pointed in the right direction. Hada I don't know about badass i will settle for ok. Thanks for dropping by.

Call0ps - Cheers I need to get back on doing some more painting the day should be longer!

Yazzman - Wow thanks very much I'll try.

Josh - back and forth between london and hertford yeah dude that would be cool! sit back listen to some mogwai have a beer in the nice weather I recon I could stretch to that.

Kicek & designboot - ta

Placeboast - Thanks I was happy with that! Not so sure about that face now...hmm


Right ive been away for a bit, I finally sucked it up and started to learn maya in earnest because im not really sure that my concepting skills alone are really up to scratch.

Oh and a sketch, cant be bother scanning the rest.

[[void]]

Forgot this.

[Silveraxe]

love the red light thingy! wish you had the still of the finished version.

also the Alice in wonderland looking girl is pretty cool ;)

[[void]]

Silveraxe - I do its on the previous page, thanks for looking.

[[void]]

Ref'd study bout an hour or two. This is actual size.

[Call0ps]

post #560 pencil characters looks great, dynamic and good design :D and again wonderful study, hope to see more of that kind ^^ keep it up

[SeanAni]

Good job!
love your pencil sketches with white chalk:)
keep posting:)

[Dirty C]

Dude, you've come along lights years in the last few months. You're doing really really well on every front. Honestly, don't get down on yourself, your work is seriously paying off.

[[void]]

Call0ps & SeanAni thanks guys.

Thanks christian, means a lot dude, hope your doing well at the atelier.

Another doodle for today...

[Janshi]

Inspiring stuff mate, absolutely inspiring. Why, just looking through this sketchbook has inspired me....got me out of that rut. Fantastic style and lovely pieces, don't ever stop.

[Justin.]

love your sketches void. Very very nice.

[Silveraxe]

shoot! i hadn't seen it on the prev. page :perv:
thanks!

[[void]]

Playing with painter captured bristle brushes to add texture.

[ArtznCraphs]

Decide wether you want your lights to be cool or warm. Right now everything is a cool tone, except the shirt. If he's supposed to be indoors, keep those lights cool but give him warm shadows. The opposite if he's outdoors. I'd say put a light-medium value background to set off the pale focal points (head and jacket) while still making the darks visible. Something two steps darker than the lights.

Otherwise, I like your stuff. You're a sketching machine!

[CTseng]

wow, your sketches are so inspiring! love the progress from 2005 til now... amazing stuff, keep us updated!

[[void]]

Thanks guys, been busy working over the summer so havnt had a lot of spare time, heres some of the doodles i did in my lunch times.

[House Hatke]

You have some beautiful sketchbook pages here. Your creatures and characters are really fun.

[deltron05]

Wonderful work...I can see ur influences clearly...HPX1, Wes, Marko, Phil Hale...Really good...and most striking is you progression.. i love ur work ...keep it up ...i'll kep an eye on ur thread....really nice ....
Respect
D.

[[void]]

Thanks guys just a wip tonight before bed, got uni tommorow so ill finish it later in the week hopefully. Just posting to prompt me to finish it really.

Anyway a sort of mike mignola inspired (ripoff) golem.

[zeitgeist]

hey void, great pencil work! and the mignola esque golem is cute.

[MeTaL-Mike]

dude love your drawings. amazing work

[Molly]

very very very nice Adam. your pencil rendering, and imagination are something to be admired...
Hope to see you and Cai soon,

mx

[[void]]

Thanks again guys, ill get to replies later.

Im too tired to scan so a quick test of toms brushes and progess on the golem.

[[void]]

Janshi - glad you think so, ill try not to.

justin - thanks

Silveraxe - no problem, thanks for dropping by.

Artzncraphs - Yeah ive really still got to work from the very basics with colour, theres not enough hours in the day.

tytseng - thanks, one of the things i really like about keeping a sketchbook at ca, its a really nice documentation of progress. I check the first page when i feel im not getting anywhere. ^_^

House hatke - thanks man.

Deltron05 - I dont think you cant help but be influenced by those guys once youve seen their work! Thanks.

zeitgeist/metal-mike - cheers

Molly - haha thanks very much, yeah we should meet up sometime soon, would you believe cai drinks now!


Some stuff i forgot why i did it in the first place, oh and a cos study i forgot about.

[Idiot Apathy]

oh man, my brushes suck! Why would you use those? You managed to use them really well though, sweet paintings. You should get some real brushes though, try m@'s!

[[void]]

Haha well I think theyre pretty good. M@'s are awesome too, bit too much choice for my taste i get a bit lost when i open the menu. would love to hear some of your thoughts on my lack of technique on the this piece :bashful:

Just finished off the golem, ive been looking at it for a while so i am having trouble seeing it objectively now. Not really sure what i think any more...

[[void]]

..im really pissed now because cs3 just crashed and i forgot to save, all i have is this screenshot from the very start, now im going to bed..

[Idiot Apathy]

"would love to hear some of your thoughts on my lack of technique on the this piece"

Pffft, it's a great piece. I'd like to see more foreground to background gradation as well as gradation on the figure. Would be nice to see probably even white lighting his back just to pop it out in front of the background too. The ground is really nice! Finish those feet!

[Molly]

eeek - CS3 crashed? Man, I had CS3, but it was too alrge a program (and too slow) so I went back to CS2...
Loving the sketches, esp the landscape ones in your li'l sketchbook, very very niiiice...I'm always impressed with the quick progress you make in your doodles, digi work and pencils...:)
keep it up!
Mx

[[void]]

Tom - Thanks man, glad you like the background its courtesy of your brushes ^_^ Yeah i think ill have to touch it up a bit more especially the feet. Thanks for dropping by.

Tekura - I love it, i think that the interface is a lot better and cleaner, plus it runs faster on my mac than cs2 i just need it to be more stable. Thanks, going to have to go to life drawing together ive got a lot to learn from you!


A couple of older pages i hadnt got around to scanning.

[enthombed]

Hey man, nice pencils here since my last isit, i really like so much how you work with your lines and your shading is great.

Keep posting

[armetage]

Nice sketches would like to see more of those!
Some of your art looks kinda Halflife inspired :) which is good !

[Mr.Delicious]

really cool work man, sweet pencils!

[[void]]

Enthombed - Glad you like it!

Armetage - i take it you mean half life the game, I thought that the design sense in 2 was awesome and I loved the environments, although its not something i really think about when i draw but i guess its what you see in it.

Mr delicious - Thanks man.

Just an enviro, couple of hours still learning from toms brushes. :perv:

[ikuru]

ya stuff rock me long time

[Idiot Apathy]

HOOOO snap. That last one is fantastic! For some reason I want to change the top of the door to flat instead of an arc.

Time to start some colors man :)

Hey, do you still have that brush set o mine? Some people have been asking for it but the download link is broken and I don't actually have it around any more haha.

cheers!

[[void]]

Im pretty tired so ill get to replies later. Just a piece for a uni project.

[tensai]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=207105&stc=1&d=1190574034 (oh!)

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=207106&stc=1&d=1190574040
(wow!)

really nice pencils lately. digi paints looking as good in values but lack a bit of the charm of the traditional stuff (just a personal medium thing i guess). keep up the cool work man.

[[void]]

Thanks guys, just heading to bed now its 5am so ill get to replies later. Wasnt having much luck with painting today i would work on something for half hour flick a layer off and realise it looked better at the 5min stage. First ones just colourising the greyscale and playing with the variations function, rest are quick doodles i might come back to, my wip folder is getting ridiculous.

[cmoreland]

Lovin your imagination! I like the guy with the sword and how simple you made the rendering look...

[Idiot Apathy]

hotsauce!
colors look great!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=215832&stc=1&d=1191987398

[Leo Snow]

Mmm, i inspiring of your pencils works, these are outstanding. Really like how you use the shapes there :)

[[void]]

Thanks guys, ive got uni tommorow but I will get round to replies at some point.

A rushed illo for a uni project.

[[void]]

doodle before bed, thought someone might get a kick out of it....

[Justin.]

Hey man, awesome book. I need to look through people's SB's way more! I'm missing some prime inspirational material!

[[void]]

Thought it was due for an update, got some doodles and a lifedrawing. Oh and sorry about the turtle pic, there was a book on reptiles on the desk I drew a turtle in the middle of the page, what else can you do after that?! Just be happy I left out the dolphins and a bald eagle.

[tensai]

that turtle looks so cool and cute at the same time haha. very nice rendering man. also digging the cool enviro thumbnails. keep it cummin.

[[void]]

Environment wip, suggestions appreciated.

[cmoreland]

Suggestions...how about making that distant shadow a giant Battletech dropship. :-D

/mechwarrior geek

[zweiDee]

fantastic drawings, the enviro coming very well. cheerz

[[void]]

Finished off yesterdays wip.

[DanielC]

Looking very nice adam.
I'd still work a bit more on the sky by smoothing a tad the different colors, but that's just me.
Something that could be interesting is adding some texture to the nearest ground area since it one of the only place where we can see some details.
There's somethings about the sunlight's colors that's bothering me. Maybe making it a bit more saturated as it gets near the sun ?
Did you use a ref for it ?
here's one i found:
http://www.geocities.com/kevin20_1981/sand_storm_convoy.jpg
Anyway, it looks pretty good and this comment will be more appropriate for something more elaborate :)

[[void]]

ikuru - I can honestly say thats the first time anyones ever said that to me!

tom - Im trying, its not coming easily! Did you get the brushes ok?

tensai - Yeah i totaly agree, its a conversation I had with my tutor the other day, i'm trying to learn to paint with gouache at the moment but its not going well!

cmoreland - ta, im afraid that i cant take credit for that one its just a study.

tom - thanks monsieur!

Leo snow - Thanks dude, your digitals are great.

Justin Oaksford - thanks glad you like it.

tensai - yeah man turtles are awesome, i couldnt stop thinking of crush from finding nemo.

cmoreland - sorry man i might put some tech elemenst later i still dont think its finished.

zweidee - cheers

daniel - no actually i didnt use ref even though i keep telling myself that i should, I think your right though im going to have to come back to that one. Thanks very much for the crit youve given me some things to think about on that one.

Just some life drawings from monday, i felt that it went quite well until the model sort of got excited. Seeing a man full mast live kind of knocked my concentration a bit still it gave us something to talk about at the pub after.

[DanielC]

very nice work man.
The small dark spots are well done and chosen.
Keep at it !

[MonkeYoakum]

Wow great SB, I love the juxtaposition of seriousness and whimsicality. I eagerly await more.

[bhanu]

I completely second daniel's comment. Great thread brother.

[[void]]

Daniel - thanks

monkeyoakum - ha cheers thats one way of saying it

bhanu- ta

some character thumbs

[SetiRabit]

love ur work

[[void]]

Thanks setiRabit.

Just a doodle tonight.

[[void]]

Went out with my new macbook and tried painting in a coffee shop, was a lot harder than I thought it would be but I think that once i set my sights a little lower i might get some results.

[Eric Cartman]

i like the nude sketches and also the images,pretty nice enviroment..

[Cold]

Hmm, nice sketching, love the colour break down on the last one. Useful stuff, mate.

[[void]]

Cartman & Cold - Thanks guys

Had another go tonight now im off to bed.

[VanDog]

very nice sketchbook!good pencil drawing!

[ikuru]

whats your setup? A macbook and a smal wacom?

[[void]]

Vandog - thanks

Ikuru - yesh macbook and an a5 intous 3

Painted up an old doodle in my sketchbook, thought that it had promise.

[Badger]

Lovely work as ever captain rugged. You dedication puts me to shame.
Love the guy on the latest one, watch the perspective on the mech's forward right arm, elbow joint is playing havoc with my brain, though you may just need to turn the shoulder a bit more. I'm no sure, it's you mech :P

I will have to come visit you and the crew (hey hey that rhymed) soon!
Love yoouuuu
-B-

[[void]]

You're totally right about the arm on the mech, I had noticed but was too lazy to fix it :bashful: Im going to make it a point not to be a lazy git and go back and fix it. Yes you will come visit, and it shall be good!

Thought i'd have a go at the eow for once, we'll see if i get it finished on time. Posting it here to try and prompt myself to carry on with it. Here it is so far.

[Coinpurse]

hey Adam, those pencils are kickin man! Keep up the experimentation :D

[Alex Alexandrov]

great really nice sb keep rocking cheers :)

[cartoonfox]

I didn't see that one of our sitting room. You captured the light nicely.

[[void]]

Coinpurse - thanks man ill try

Alexander Alexandrov - Thanks

cartoonfox - ta matey

More work on the last wip, I think that ive killed it a bit to be honest. :[

Oh well its all a learning experience.

[Jackwhat]

Realised a while ago that i aint posted in here for over a year, which was a huge headfuck.

Love how things are comin on, your greyscale things in your sketchbook and digital are like comin on tenfold. Although, with your sketchbook things it looks like youre using a hardish pencil? Because the range on the values just isnt quite there for some of them... i guess it could be the scan though.

Good shit anyway mang, I should really be less antisocial on CA, but i really dont have much to offer.

:heart:

[[void]]

Jackwhat - Thanks man, its just an ordinary mechanical hb most of the time.

Piece for a uni project...

[lefran]

well Adam i have not seen you for YEARS ;)
nice environment paints, i like the one of your living room- lighting looks nice
also like the lava scene nice atmosphere and movement with the exploding lava, hopefully a london meet will be arranged soon! i'd like to see your sketchbook! im sure youve filled another one since ive last seen your SB

[[void]]

Hello franigan, thanks yes we do have a nice living room ^_^. Yeah well have to have at least one more big london meet and get everyone down before I finish uni.


Thought that it needed a little more.

[[void]]

Finished this off.. I think.

[Mr.Delicious]

hey there, cool stuff man!

[[void]]

Thanks man.

Character today and added to the enviro.

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[dadushin]

great sketchbook
really good job of getting a lot with very few strokes

[hurricane]

nice one!

i like the resent updates!

cheers

[Augmenton]

I love it, keep it going!

[[void]]

Augmenton - Cheers

hurricane - thanks dude hope to see you guys sometime in the near future

dadushin - thanks

wip for an illustration project, crits apprreciated...

[Molly]

Love these latest adds, esp the character!!!! The illo for school is cool too, nice composition, enviro, colors and the lil character is so cute!
Aw man, serious, you are growing at an exceptionally fast pace....i best keep up...
Mx

[[void]]

Thanks tekura, finished off the last piece and made an alternate composition.


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[Vulgar`]

Aye, Adam, your entry for the inferno EOW was the first that I've seen from you - I voted for it because of the radiance of the carnage it embodies. The time could be futuristic or primordial, earthly or nonearthly, volcanic wasteland of a planetary geyser.

For your WIP in progress, at first glance it resembled a penguin without a black undercoat beneath it's chest plumage. At second glance in your updated version, it could be a lone snowman on his neverending path to reach the winterscape he seeks. As a suggestion, you could draw a little storm cloud directly above his head, raining down on the luggage that strains, drenching the hopelessness of his journey. After looking at each image's growth, I think you could actually expand on this - maybe turn it into a series. "The Journey of the Snowman and his Luggage" or the name of this character. The series could begin with his home, maybe an arctic winterland habitat/Christmas themed utopia where global warming is diminishing what iceberg the race of the snowmen have left to cling their frosty bottoms onto. It starts at home, and then goes around the world, from the 9 wonders to the mountains to the grasslands, to New York City, to the volcanic landscape of the inferno, to the moon, to the end of the universe, and then to his home where he sinks back into the snow from which he came.

It's a possibility - a suggestion from an observer. I hope that anything has helped, [void]

Keep doing you

[[void]]

Some thumbnails, made a change to work with architecture.

[Vulgar`]

I'm liking the progressive sketches, they have an almost Arabian futuristic feel to them. Are they part of an upcoming series?

[[void]]

Right im done for tonight its 8am and I need to go to bed, this is roundabout finished appart from a couple of touch ups.

[DannySketch]

morning adam:)

this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=241821&d=1195356105) one is very nice, and i am glad you opened up the composition in this version gives a sense of immensness that matches the characters backpack.

latest thumbnails are very nice along with the more finished concept, perhaps a touch more contrast could be used on the airship, such as the underside of the balloon just to make it really come alive, then again, what do i know.

hope your well mate, seriously impressed with this stuff.

as always

[joaKimArt]

Hi void! Lovely things. The Airships picture is so cool! Great colour and design.

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Here's some doodles...

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quick study before bed

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[bhanu]

man awesome studies...What more can I say..keep going...

[lennon]

You said that the turtle was because you saw a book on animals? To me it looks as if it were floating in space, it kind of reminds me of Discworld.
Great work men, very pro-like

[Molly]

.....very nice studies Adam! Always a joy to see your updates!
Tx

[AztcFireFlower]

Aaah.. this is sweet! Powerful character concept and solid execution.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=239240&d=1195021459
Love your enviros.
NICE!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=138054&stc=1&d=1179093232
Concepts are a treat......throughout your pages I can see how you use texture to add alot of interest to simple shapes. Good digital painting lesson for me.
Another inspiring SB! Keep on banging out pencil and digipaints.

[TheBeast]

woah, holy shit....you had a awesome progress....like you fireelemantal"study" realy cool.
i know, its just the old song, but i realy wont arrogate to leave you usefull crit...

[Darktwin]

wonderful sketchbook Void, pretty inspiring book you have here, I like what you have going on from all aspects. keep up the good work.!! :)

[DanielC]

Very nice adam ! Keep working !

[Dirty C]

Yup, you're getting better all right.

The steampunk environments are awesome - the thumbs are really very strong and show an excellent design aesthetic both in terms of the elements and the image itself.

Other than that, the character design is strong, and I'd like to see more variants of the same thing. One thing I've had to force myself to do is work from a brief. Starting with design requirements and fleshing out thumbs and roughs from that is the best way to design, showing that you can actually do it. "Just drawing stuff" helps your shapes develop, but actually requires less and less thought and often ends up painting yourself into a corner of self indulgence.

I'm talking about me here, not you - don't worry :)

OK, just took a look at the page before this, and the thumbs really do show promise, and some of the right idea. My suggestion there would be to continue with that and focus your efforts on a specific thing.

Hey is that a kiwi???

[[void]]

Thanks guys, i will get round to replies but im a bit busy atm.

Heres some scans.

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[number777uk]

REally awsome work dude!! love the pencil stuff!!

[wesburt]

hey adam! those are some great new sketches, and those digital pieces on the last page are looking really nice too.
lots of good stuff happening in here

see ya in seattle!

[[void]]

Very quick illustrations for uni without pen or pencil.... well a brushpen isn't reeally a pen.


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Experimenting...

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[IMBass]

Wow. I made it to page 12 then skipped to the last because I have to work in a few hours. I've been browsing through for hours. Beautiful work. Love the pencil work and environments. So so so many great artists on CA. I need to get to work on my own art now. Inspiration. Thanks.

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[Hilbruks]

I love this stuff. Your one colors look relly sweet. Ad there's a alot of life in both your quick sketches and your more finished stuff. love this sb.

[Idiot Apathy]

pro dood pro.
tacocat.

[aph]

Awesome progress Adam =)

Sheesh, I still think of you as Asgardian haha! Hope you feel you are getting somewhere.. ( because you are )

[Dan Valkar]

the last one looks tight man!...great design and grater colour keep rockin'!!

[marioucci]

wicked character thumbs man. love them.

You make it look very easy to paint. One dumb suggestion on the environs on page 21 is maybe give a clearer sense of scale. they do seem a bit like miniatures.. and its due to choosing your camera better. IMO

love this all

Cheers

Mario

[DeKal]

oooo..i like your stuff a lot man

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[grenappels]

that guy on page one holding the knife, the way you rendered his stomach, it influences and inspires me.

though that was years ago and your stuff is god like at this point :D

[Matsign]

Adam, that steam-tech char and the magma beast are superb shit! Lots of good elements coming together in those. You're making it look easy bro. :O

[yoitisi]

That little slideshow of the magma creature is very cool (although the last step puzzles me, does he actually have telescopic arms?). Lovely update as well, but I think the most upper eyes seem a bit flat compared to the other 4.

I think I'll keep an eye on your sketchbook :)

[[void]]

Vugar - Thanks man im glad that you liked the eow. I did do some follow up paintings for the little travelling guy but i dont think ill post them.

The thumbs were just development for the image under your post.

Danny - Thanks for stopping by, I had a glance at your book a while back. Your moving fast man! Yeah I had a bit more time to work on it and made some adjustments, thanks for the crit dude! Hope to see you at a meet sometime.

joakimart - ta

Bhanu - Glad you like them

lennon - haha yeah that sketch was lame! Very chocolate box. Thanks not sure about pro but ill work on it!

Tekura - Cheers lass

Aztcfireflower - Thanks ill try.

TheBeast - haha thanks, still not there yet.

Darktwin - Thanks for dropping by, I caught a glance at your stuff at the workshop its looking really good.

Daniel - Thanks mate, that last digital you did in your sketchbook was great I cant wait to see more.

Christian - Was good to see you in seattle dude. Glad you think its coming along.

Number777uk - Cheers for dropping by.

wesburt - Thanks man, was good seeing you again. I managed to see a couple of your demos the robocop one was awesome. Hopefully ill have some better work to show at the next one.

IMBass - Cheers, im happy it inspired you.

Hilbruks - Thanks, keep checking back for a chance to win big prizes!

Tom - Fisticuffs ay! Thanks, it was good meeting you.

Aph - Thanks, your stuffs pretty badass. Keep updating or ill cut you!

Dan Valkar - Thanks

marioucci - Yeah my enviros need a lot of work, thanks for dropping by.

dekal - ta

grenapples - actually that wasnt painted on that post date, I edited the 1st post to include it to get a thumbnail i should have resized. Maybe you should check the top bar for 'god like'.

matsign - Cheers dude

yoitisi - Cheers yeah, I'm not really sure it was an afterthought. But hey he's made of molten rock, why not!? I think ill have to have another go at the idw soon.

I will have some images to add but i cant get my scanner working so im going to restart after I post this.

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Right puters all better now, here some scans.


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[Brendan N]

Damn, I'm way overdue on a comment in here. Pro stuff Adam, you've shot up to pro level in no time, I'm loving the sb pages especially. Fun and professional at the same time - love the playing around with shapes you got on some of them, some really cool design opportunities you got going.
The digis are great too, but I'm digging your pencils more right now.

nothing major to crit here as far as I can see, keep updating dood!
cheers!

[Call0ps]

agree with brendan_N, funny and professional! i think those words said pretty much everything, btw the .gif u did ? Its insane! i love it ><
keep it up

[Idiot Apathy]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=280939&d=1200341880
:O Fisticuffs ay indeed. Damn those are nice. I hate you <3

[emily g]

Hey Adam! So nice meeting you in Seattle--thanks for hanging out and talking with me. :)

Very nice pencil drawings you have here. I really like your shading technique.

[[void]]

Brendan - haha ill be the first to let you (everyone) know if i ever go pro. Glad you like it, I think ive got some studies to get back to to be honest.

Call0ps - ta, that gifs been quite popular actualy, i was thinking about having a go at modelling that character in 3d. The problem is knowing how.

Tom- Aww I hate you too dude! Keep at it with the pencil im looking forward to seeing more.

Emily - Hey, no problem it was nice meeting you too. I didn't know that I had a technique to be honest I think i might have to start picking your brains and borrow some of yours.


Been pretty busy with uni lately, had to write a 6000 word dissertation etc but its all done now and I can get back to doing art again.

Anyway heres my LMS piece, didn't have as much time as i would of like so some important elements are still unrefined.

[Envisor]

The LMS piece looks great, love the contrast. Your pencil sketches are a favorite of mine. Would love to see more studies though. Cant wait to see more.

[[void]]

Envisor - Thankye, I might have some studies coming soon.

A wip from today, I want to put a background in but nothing seems to work.

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[Form]

dude! awesome work man, how did i miss this shiznit up till now?

you are kickin it in style. Loren directed me to your shit and im glad he did. nice to make your acquaintance bro! ill check back for sure

-adam

[Kan Muftić]

Too good... Too good...
GreetZ,

[tensai]

the little sketchpages are stellar man, they communicate really well. love 'm.
specially these (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=263657&d=1198205568) and these (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=280939&d=1200341880)..

word.

[Exquisite Beast]

Really fun stuff... full of personality!

[[void]]

Form - cheers dude, did loren also tell you that he's my love bitch?

Chupacabra - thanks

tensai - glad you like them dude, you always make interesting choices with work, rarely seems to be the things that other people pick out. Thanks for stopping by.

exquisite beast - cheers

Just a quickie about an hour I think, im pretty please with it. Its closer to where I want to go with my digital work, plus it was a lot quicker.

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[Flaskpost]

Whoa man! Damn impressive values on that last one!
Would love to see you put some more detail and some highlights on his/hers head, make it pop out a bit.

Keep up the lovely work, dude!

[monotony]

duuude, love your sketchbook. colored pieces and digital works showing a lot professionality. everything's looking alive.
but I like your pencils even more. awesome handling of the medium.
all the sketches on that last page were so sexy.
olaf is great. keep at it.

[Jens]

awesome stuff void, love the diver on page 23

[JailHouseRock]

Great...

[[void]]

Couple of bits i've been working on.


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[cartoonfox]

Nice creature, plus I haven't seen that guy with the gun and beard before... Keep it up, yo!

[Dirty C]

These are nice dude. Your values have got really good over the past year, as I keep saying. Keep on developing those silhouettes as you go. Though of course these are already good. Nice one.

[Idiot Apathy]

Ver nice dood. ver nice.

[0kelvin]

Great stuff man. Liking the character in the last post.


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[alice_]

seriously love that guy with the gun!

[[void]]

Thanks guys..

A quick enviro for today.

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[UnSharpened]

Tremendous progress!! Simply impressive!!:D
The interesting aspect is, it seems to me that you are inspired by Idiot Apathy a lot, sorry if I guess wrong:P, but that's probably my first impression when I saw your latest post. Anyway, these are just awesome.

Keep it up!!

[enthombed]

hey Void a lot of cool stuff and concepts here bro, i really feel inspired see all this stuff.

keep posting dude

Cheers

[AsaB]

Wow, how come I haven't check by here earlier! Been browsing through some of your pages, your work is very inspiring. Will definitely come by again. Looking forward to see more of your stuff!

[Maidith]

Scary dude, creepy monster, beautiful landscape :) You handle color really well. Nice sketchbook! Keep it up :D

[[void]]

I've been really busy lately with work and uni so I havn't posted a lot lately, heres a few things i've done recently. Some 20 min speedies and a wip character.

Its late so ill get round to doing replies another day.


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[grenappels]

the textures on that character are amazing, how did you do it?

[Dirty C]

Dude, that armour is SWEET!

[James Wolf]

love the speed paintings, :) ive been trying to figure out the whole speed painting thing lately so these are very helpful for me to look at :) thanks for the great work and inspiration!

[Muscari]

this is one amazing SB man, i'm getting a lot of great info from here... keep at it :D

[Miles_]

Not like a stab or anything but were you using photo textures for the shield and such in the last picture, its a cool idea, looks like a bit of pattern on an ornate ceiling or something. Keep on updating the environments are really coming along. Keep it up.

[krossj]

Great stuff! I like the 20 min speedies in the last post would be cool to see them taken further, character looks great as well.

[TOOLED!]

shat man your ps skillz are growing by leaps and bounds!!! great stuff, i'll be back for sure

cheers

[enthombed]

great enviroments, keep posting Void!

Cheers

[DannySketch]

mate, these last few updates have been somewhat awesome.

i'm glad that things seem to be working out for you, you really do deserve it.

thanks for sharing.

[[void]]

Thanks guys heres a couple of bits I had on my desktop, I will get round to replies soon.

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[Prophet of Death]

pretty inspirational stuff here man. good work.

[Blythe]

Your tiny sketches are so great, I must find my brush pen now.

I am not sure if it is just me but the perspective of your knight guy's belt buckle seems a bit weird?

[BRINKMAN!]

Void, that armor from #707 is soooooooo badass! How did you construct that bad boy?!?

[MeTaL-Mike]

love those gestures man. nice stuff.

[aph]

Sweet stuff Adam! I love those thumbs, couple of real gems in there.. dare I say more? Hahhaha MORE!

Catch ya soon dude, sure you are progressing as always!

[InFlame]

I got nothing more to say: I AM YOUR NEW FAN! :D

[[void]]

Thanks guys, still really busy atm but heres some speedies/thumbs.


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[dameningen]

awesomeeeeeeeeee!!!

[tensai]

great sense of space in the last one, with spot on values and shapies.
cool stuff man.

[oishiiniku]

This latest batch of value sketches is fantastic! You're really starting to get a precise handle on your tones. I would suggest lightening the ground planes a little in the top few studies in order to make the forms a little more instantly readable. The staircase pic is very well achieved - the forms recede very believably. It might've been nice to see the statue's shadow cast down the stairs (depending on how high or low your light source is). I think it would add a little more personality to the scene.

These are minor points, though. You're making great strides at the moment.

Keep it up!

Ta, Nick.

[[void]]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

More of the same, tried painting straight colour.... wasn't so good. Too many variables for my brain atm.

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[Sublimus]

Fucking sick man! The greyscale ones are tops, and the color ones will catch up Im sure.

[Justin.]

Awesome speedies bro... try lowering the eye level and really pushing the perspective like nuts.. using atmosphere and contrast to play up depth alot more... lookin super cool man. Keep it up!

[Idiot Apathy]

You are scaring me adam.

[zweiDee]

top enviroments, keep on rocking!

[Call0ps]

woahhh! those environments are looking good man... keep up the wonderful work sir =)

[TheGnoll]

beautiful work man, some of the designs are really wicked, the techique is great and..wow, your stuff rocks.

:D

ciao!

[Dynamike]

Yeah... the stuff rocks!

Every place seems real.

[[void]]

Thanks guys.

Quick 30min study

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[Sellis]

Just happened upon this SB, Cool stuff man. Ive subscribed, loving your enviros.

Stu

[[void]]

Been pretty busy with work and uni, heres a couple of bits.

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[EKOes]

the last character and thumbnails are really great! Cool stuff!

[eskanto]

Is that a bug man on top of a mechanical walking chair? Great. Cool chracacters. :)

[Kan Muftić]

hey adam,
found your sb here!
great work, keep it up.
regards,

[[void]]

Thanks guys, heres something from tonight.

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[0kelvin]

Great work, man! That dude in the walking chair is awesome.



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[[void]]

Crap from tonight.

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[Jorge Gecov]

Cool enviros and really nice guns!
Keep posting.

Cheers,

[Sublimus]

I adore those thumbnails you posted!

[[void]]

Thanks guys. Heres some other stuff, i imagined this guy as a grumpy giant that wears the face to scare away 'little people'.

I painted a quick scene illo and theres the speedpaint that i used to help assemble it.


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[Beelow]

Nice jump in progress Adam. Keep posting. I am watching like a fan right at the moment.