DSG 898: Classic Sci-Fi: ALIEN FIGURE SUSPENDED IN PRESERVING TANK

[William b. Hand]

[ The creature's bodies were recovered at the crash site and, while some of them were dissected, others were preserved fairly intact. ]

:right: Classic Sci-Fi: ALIEN FIGURE SUSPENDED IN PRESERVING TANK
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[Doriguzzi]

20 min in photoshop at 2 in the morning mahahah

http://myspace-058.vo.llnwd.net/00258/85/09/258839058_l.jpg

[Aga]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/Mankha/DSGalien2.gif

William - much more than 5 min ;)

[Aga]

after changes

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/Mankha/DSGalieny.jpg

[karma militia]

another excuse to use the glow brush!

(im just getting some ideas down quickly before i go to sleep. will finish it tomorrow)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/karma_police/dsg898wip.jpg

comming along nicely aga, now take it one step further and draw a whole indoor city of those labs in the background :)

nice work too dori, feels to me like it needs a spot of colour somewhere or slightly more defined figure/s.

[Hideyoshi]

did this on a crappy laptop with a crappy tablet sitting in a crappy position that gave me back aching...

PS 7, 1 hour

http://www.hideyoshi-ruwwe.com/images/alien-tube_small2.jpg

[GunTrouver]

Nice to see your stuff in the DSG Hideyoshi:) I always look up for ur new pictures.
Solid work as ususal, nice colours:teeth:
I should start posting in the DSG too...

[Pechu]

Heres my humble try
http://koti.mbnet.fi/pjg/dsg898.jpg
Cheers

[SimoSK8]

Who's the alien?

http://personal.inet.fi/koti/scar.face/pic/alien2.jpg

[Zeitwolf]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/odinsregen/sketches/cadsg898.jpg
Open Canvas, ~40min

I like these two innocent smiles :D

Aga, Hide, Pechu - nice work!

Like contrasting colours lately, Hide?

[JamesCC]

Dammit Simo! I was gonna take that angle! has the alien on the right got a hotdog?

[SimoSK8]

haha.. if you want it to..:)

[Mdforehand]

I'm just a traditional artist that got a wacom finally. I'm trying to do everything with the pen on purpose, and man it's been humbling.

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1523/dsj1011051dv.jpg

[Amerasu]

Very much a quickie rush job today as I've got the rotten flu and it does me no good sitting on a computer. I'm going back to my book.

http://amerasu.randomleft.com/images/concept/898.jpg

Mdforehand Great idea!
Zeitwolf Looks like they're making friends :) I like the glow.
SimoSK8 Nice work, great idea too!
Pechu Really like the window and the lab look. Good stuff.
Hideyoshi Great angle, lots of detail! Looks like sci-fi is your thing :)
karma police Cool abstract-like work. I dig the style.
Aga Looking good so far, nice concept too.
Doriguzzi Creepy, dark atmosphere, nicely done.

[Hamsta]

Coming in their massive space saucers, and invading all the big cities, they can only be defeated when alone. The humans must find a way to stop them before all life on Earth is exterminated!
painter, 30?
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/7906/898containedalien0pt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Hideyoshi]

thx, Zeit and Amerasu!
Zeit: yeah, always liked extensive lighting...
GunTrouver: Hm...just can't figure out where I know you from...DeviArt?

[goran]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/smogyboy/sketchbook/suspended-alien.jpg

[DarkArtist]

Whew.....at long last I got my lazy rump to the drawing table.

This is 30mins with color Pencil.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/959172/tank.jpg

[JonathanEdwards]

I have been painting these daily sketch thread for a week or two now and figured I might as well post one.

spent around 2-3 hours painting this one.
http://www.3dandmore.com/10-12-05cJE.jpg

[Nottingham]

Lacked time to finish it. The head will have to do.
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/4192/tank8tq.jpg

[squeevey]

http://seaofhats.com/images/DSG_898_alientank.jpg
I broke the rules a bit. He's not in the tank. I do find interesting that many people draw aliens with the stereotypical large eyes (classic alien). Of course stereotypes are able to convey an idea much better.
Anyway.
I'm sick, so pardon the lack of effort/time (although i think i've been doin it for about 1.5hrs) Also, i need to get cleaned for the Mike Doughty show.

[llothcat]

http://www.llothcat.com/dsg/images/tube.jpg
hmmm I think i need to work on "mood"..my pieces are all bright and shiny...:P

[demdike]

hi there,

sorry I didn't post yesterday, just couldn't make this
small-bodied/big-headed angry fella look good,
tried it a few times and then got mad about it >:{

nevermind, here's mine for today :}
http://home.arcor.de/wildreizehn/fliflaflo/DSG/alien04.jpg

[csteingart]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a133/cstein74/oct_12_sketch_3.jpg

[Phaethon]

Just wanted to do a quick charcoal for this one

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/Phaethon/tank.jpg

[adamharris]

hey.. glad to be back.. yesterday threw me off..
thought i wasnt gunna get to do todays.. got an art test for a fulltime job.. woo hoo..
anyhow
here is my 1h15m scribble
enjoy

http://www.adamharris3d.com/images/DSG/alientank.jpg

boo

[xgabo]

My contribution.

http://www.gabo.ca/alien_tank.jpg

Cheers

[dindon]

I think that most people will look at this and know I'm a beginner at this kind of stuff, and I appreciate and encourage any critiques of my submissions, I will do the same for anyone who asks. I think that the DSG needs a bit more in the way of critiques. Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this, but just in case you do want my (or anyone else's) opinion your DSG piece, please ask!

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/nodnid/alienjar11.jpg

[rudym17]

Hello Everyone. I have seen this sketchgroup progress, and I am happy there is so many creative art here. So I decided to start today.

http://www.ram247.com/sketchgroup/alien.jpg

I know that there is great art posted here. So I hope to draw more and more, so my abilities will get better. So I hope concept counts. lol.
This took 20 minutes. I hope to dedicate more time to my future ones.

Great art everyone. Hope to grow with you guys.

Best.

[karma militia]

spent a little while longer one this, i really struggle with environments/backgrounds.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/karma_police/dsg898.jpg

Hideyoshi awesome stuff man. though the glass covering seems kinda skewed/awkward, letting down the whole picture... for me anyway.

Pechu i love how you've managed the colours in this one. nice composition too.

Amerasu you really nailed the glass effect on this one, well done.

goran orgasmic as usual. though i wouldnt guess he was in a tank without knowing the topic first. the concept for the alien rocks.

demdike i like the colours, they really compliment the kind of alien you've chosen.

adamharris sweet concept, would work nicely has a background object in a fps or something.

dindon the stuff in the background confuses me a bit, they look kinda like a repeditive rock formation (because of the lack of colour). i would probably go for a big symetrical warehouse in the background, to help emphasize the feeling of 'bigness' that you already have going with the foreground tank (from the perspective). solid concept though, keep it up.

rudym17 welcome :) not bad for a 20min effort, maybe try playing around with drawing in blocks of colour rather than in just lines though. hope to see more from you.

[GunTrouver]

@Hideyoshi: You know me from animexx:)

Here's mine:) Am I too late?
Just a quicky with my Copic Markers:
http://mitglied.lycos.de/crow/alien3.jpg

:yayca:

[Aga]

Karma police - I have some problems with enviroments too, and it's the reason that my picture is without it
although you are right and it would be look better with backround ;).
I always focus on characters and haven't got experience with enviroments :bashful: but have just started to exercise it.

on yours - you draw aliens in naturally way with a nice , goodlooking shape but, as you told about, in your background can be seen some difficulties, especially I don't like the floor and the wall in the back.

Zeit wolf and Amerasu - thank you :D

dindon - I totally agree
the constructive crit about both advantages and disadvantages could be useful.
on the other hand it's not always easy to give a good, helpfull crit.
I have such situation today and haven't got idea what to tell about yours but I'll be watching your further works and if I had some advices I would surely write you about it :D

[derelic7]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/CrazyHarij/sleepingalien.jpg

[demdike]

my ftp server's down, don't know why or how long it will take, sorry for the trouble, hope it'll be back soon.

[dindon]

karma police: Thanks for the crit. My intent was to make the tank situated at the bottom of a cliff, like a relic tucked away somewhere. I didn't really know how to create a "rocky" texture, but hopefully it reads clearly enough.

Aga: I'll keep an eye out for you work too :)

[rudym17]

I will definitely work on that for my next project. Thanks for taking the time to critique.