added 6 more"old" images (Big DL)

[GONTARO]

hi all, long time no post... got some free time to draw *s*
as always these are unfinished look... I donno when but have to tighten thses soon... c&c welcome

[yipper]

those are awesome! the looseness helps add to the energy in the characters. great work.

[Atmospheria]

these are very rough and cool...liked the composition in the first one...but i cant say the same about the gradientin the second one....anyways....keep it up

[stikler999]

i wanna say these almost look like "watercolor"? i have been playing around with some watercolor brushes in painter, but couldn't quite get the technique down. i love te colors and te roughness of these!! wow, inspiration to get back and practice some more with those watercolors... post more!

[JonnyDOH]

Excellent! Very dramatic!

[GONTARO]

thanx for the reply :)
btw these are done by photoshop, I used to painter before
good tool tho... but TOO DAMN SLOW with my machine:D

again, thanx guys.

I add few more too

[Kambei]

Great work man.. you have a great grasp of color and light. I especially like the last two environment paintings that you have going.

I look forward to seeing more of your paintings!

Very nice....

[I.was.ink]

These are just freakin amazing! I know you say they aren't finished, and I can see that, but I just loooooove them.:hearts: Please post more if you have them.:eek: :hearts:

[mime]

WOW
those environments are soooooo excellent !!!

especially 3 and 6

but i love everything here :)

[Landmate]

awesome scenes, nice character work too, although it seems unfinished.

[davi]

yeah what landmate said.
characters could be alittle more refinied

backgrounds are so extermely good...

[jayceel]

Really great work!! Do you work in videogames?

JayCeeL

[bennykapelli]

great work!
the lights are really powerfull!!!

[sea minus]

Dear Mr. Gontaro,

I was pleased to find you post on the page forum. This pictures at top are my favorites. I use photoshop to, so I know something good. The way you use "muddy" color but make it look good is of most value to me. As if you don't care, but really you do. Oh, how I wish you have a website to see other works of fine art.

Lots of good luck to you. :ranting::nerd:

[endregan]

great work. I really like the way you compose your images and the perspectives..the backgrounds are gorgeous and you definitly have great talents! the 'unfinished' look is pretty cool - you could maybe define some of the characters more- but they are really good as it is..my favourite bg is the second last green one...omg so beautiful. great work gontaro - like the lighting you used as well!

[Rorshach]

The lighting and mood on bg1 and 3 are my favs. Great work all round but i love the mood in these more than anything else.

r.

[balo]

GONTARO!!! I thought you went into hiding or something. These are great drawings. I am so happy to see your stuff again. I checked out your site maybe 3 or 4 years ago.

[AfroLaxMan]

great to see your stuff again. I have become an enviroement artist at my new job, and so I am re-sharpening my pencils again. I haven't really been this fired up to draw since the nineties. Seeing your work again has even furthered my ambition. Thanx.

[Erik]

O_o So much energy! Environments and especially forest are extremely cool

[Dementist]

Wow. Excellent work. the sixth one (forrest w/arch) is by far my favorite. It looks so real and inviting... almost like I've been there before.

[Layil]

WoW
Im honestly blown away.
I love the looseness and watercolor feel they have.... I paint with watercolor on occasion and love the feeling of the medium. I know these are PS, but you captured the quality of paint. Not to mention the gorgeous details and light. I especially love the girls face and hair. And the backgrounds!!

Please post more!!
:D

[GONTARO]

thanx guys, I add 4 more images. enjoy:D

[I.was.ink]

Oh I am, believe me I am! :D

[Yaseck]

I love the clima on Your pics.

[Peter Johansson]

wow, these are great.

[nardfrog]

your textures are beautiful. post more please...

[tyboogie]

mmm---thesea re so yummy!! you have quenched my appetite for the day--thank you! your environments are superb--and i love the perspectives you chose. one question---do you use references for your environments--or do you make up the evironment/perspective and use references for just certain parts? dont tell me you dont use reference at all cus then i will cry.

great work!!!! ----ty

[EVIL]

the last 4 or 5 paintings gave me the same magical feeling as the anime "spirited away" did! Great stuff! you rock!

[creedguytrent]

VERY nice sense of mood, and you rule lighting with an iron fist my friend. I love the loose painted feel. There is a dramatic sense of energy in the sketchie colored work. Definately top notch... in fact i cant find anything to criticise... just praise.

-trent

[GONTARO]

landmate: thanx man. I know... I got less interest drawing characters... it shows doesn7t it.

davi: thanx, love doing enviroments S

jayceel: thanx, yeah I work as a concept artist and modeler in game bizz.

bennykapelli: thanx

sea minus: I used to use painter but as a poor upgrade which
corel made... I use photoshop for most of my work now... and about the website I havn't updated my site since 2k so it7s freakin' old :p I gottta do something about it pretty soon
I'm gonna be jobless from july:(

endregan: thanks for the compliments. talents eh... I worked hard... to get better drawing enviroments. and If it shows on my work thats GOOD!:D

rorshach: thanks man

balo: thanx man I back again *S* i had a tough time when I was in NY... had no job... and homeless (for real) I gotta do something about my site tooo... I havn't updated my site since 2k...

afrolaxman: thanx man good luck to you.

erik: thanx a lot.

dementist: thanks a lot

layil: thanx man it's great to know if it shows on my work

I was ink: thanx man

Yaseck: thanks

peter johansson: mucho thanks

nardfrog: thank you

tyboogie: i do lot of research and look at lots of photo referance sketch lots of thumbnails altho I try to work from my mind when I did those.

hammer stroke: spirited away eh Hayao Miyazaki is my idol
since I saw Nausica(?)

creedguytrent: thanks for the compliments

[GONTARO]

since my site hasn't updated... I put some of my work bet, 2000-2001

these are finished as the way it is, but I'm curious of what you guys think of these too.

thx,

[tyboogie]

i think they are really great. Id love to see the devil samurai finished off with full paint job. I really like that first character you posted--very original. I thought the girl with the red afro looked a little weird

more please---ty

[jmascho]

Wow, I love the fluidity of your character work. The environments are really great too. Great colors, great style. You have a dangerous skillset.

:chug:

[wronghand]

lovely work, my only thought is that posterior of the gal wearing white is too much
for me . It is so very round, with dark shadows underneath and a heavy duty
highlight on top. It pops out so much and conflicts with the lovely flow and
energy of the rest of the image.

W. Hand

[keyth]

absolutely incredible. i do agree w/wronghand about the girls bum. going through these for the first time...it's the only thing that made me go "hmmmm....".

all the material is top-notch and beautifully executed. super nice man. keep it up!!!

[metaphysiks]

amazing stuff, you have become my new fav
i was wondering how you color and can we get some process scans
chris

[Ink]

DRAW, DAMMIT, DRAW !!!!

[Hitsys]

Gontaro, I really, really love your paint, it is very cool:hearts: .
I like the strong of your colors and the undifinided shapes that you have in your pictures.
The landscape are great, but the characater are amazing.

Ains, I think I am depress.... :(