Robs sketchbook *UPDATED JUNE/26/2009*

[zao75231]

(NEW SKETCHES AT THE END OF THE PAGE)

Hello, my name Robert and I'll be posting up some of my sketches and portfolio stuff so I can share with you guys my ideas and watnot, you know the drill-C&C are most welcome, hope you like my stuff.

I posted this stuff on the wrong thread but I'll go ahead and post it here I suppose.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketches.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/pirateandgeneral.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/piratelynx.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/general1.jpg
this was something I did for friend, she said she wanted a tattoo with my artwork on it i guess but with her name, so I did whatever I wanted to do.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/elvira-sketch.jpg
And this is the final, I did this for free, I should've charged but what can I say, I'm a nice guy.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/elvira.jpg
Here is something I did drawing at the Laundry place, it's cool drawing people there.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketch1.jpg
Here is something that I tried doing out of the book and trying to change it a bit.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketchoutofthebook.jpg
I had fun doing this one :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/funsketch.jpg
Here are some lady sketches from the playboy book: 50th anniversary.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/ladysketches.jpg
Now for the Thumbnails for my portfolio
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/thumbnail1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/thumbnail2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/thumbnail3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/thumbnail4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/thumbnail5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/thumbnail6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/thumbnail7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/thumbnail8.jpg
That's all for today folks, hope you like :tihi:

[Unbreakable]

meow meow meow meow meow:tihi: :tihi: :tihi:

good stuff rob

[zao75231]

Here is a personal from mine and the info about it, just thought I share it with you :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/friday-2-17-06.jpg
http://zao75231.livejournal.com/

[IanE]

Very very cool work... keep it up, man... The characters are lookin' real good.

Are you ready for Demon Hunter, Becoming the Archetype, Zao, and August Burns Red?

[zao75231]

Fuck Yeah I'm Ready!

some roughs on enviroments
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/enviroment-2.jpg

[IanE]

Haha, sweet... yall are lucky in Dallas with The Door... our venues suck so we might go to Austin/Houston/Dallas to see them...

Either way, rock out and sketch it up! Thanks for the comment, man!

[zao75231]

new sketch tonight, I guess I wasn't really feeling this one...no story behind either, just...blah i guess :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sunday.jpg

[zao75231]

a picture for a friend of mine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/Bad-Arss-TaRsh.jpg

[zao75231]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/girl-sketch.jpg

[zao75231]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/Top.jpg

[zao75231]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/mother-nature1.jpg

[Morbid]

Hey, awesome stuff! Great colors on those enviro roughs, love your caracter sketches and this last post is awesome too. As for crits, some characters have a bit wierd anatomy and often they look like they will tip over. You should study more anatomy. (tho its still better than mine)
Keep it up!

[tgfx]

wow wow...Good detail in the designs man.

[damdischink]

digging those pretty flowery decoration on those girls =).

[Dile_]

your last one is superb, like tgfx, alot of great details!

[zao75231]

Morbid-Thanks, I'll study some more anatomy and use more reference for now on.
tgfx-Thank you sir :)
damdischink-thank ya thank ya :P
Dile-thanks, I'm glad you like 'em

Thanks again guys, I'm going to do a final and will post it up tonight :)

[Morbid]

Hey, I spoke to the rest of the group and your welcome to join ssg16.
Just put this in your signature:

- SSGXVI - The Unseen Sixteen -
Morbid (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37280&page=2)-Destinatus (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=61750)-SpazzoLemealn_99 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=758365)-zeeble (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=62732)-blitz (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=62057)-Unbreakable (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=61821)-artificial green (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=760976)-zao75231 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=61779)

[Blitz_]

Your art is very clean, and you are already quite advanced in many areas. You have some of the best clothing I have seen in a while, and it flow's over the bodies very realistically. I would really like to see more but I am sure the art already posted will do good for now :D Very inspirational and good job.

Welcome to the unseen sixteen :P

[Ruinangel]

I really love the character designs.

[zeeble]

welcome to our group =)
pretty much what Blitz said i agree with. I love the thumbnails too!

[Destinatus]

that last image is pretty awsome, it's so detailed and creative. Your women people are very lovely too. Welcome to the Group!

[Unbreakable]

Rob give it up man just give it up!!?! you sUCK, that's right with a capitial uck. no seriously stuff looks good and oh yeah i need some hardware(boxes, barrels,monitors,etc.). Thanks Buuuuuuuuuuuudy

[zao75231]

some photo reference out of a book and bridgman's
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketches1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketches2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketches3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketches4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketches5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketches6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketches7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketches8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/sketches9.jpg

[Morbid]

Nice, these are looking great. I think Im gonna get Bridgemans Constructive Anatomy too.

[damdischink]

damn, those anatomy studies are off the hook

[artificial_green]

Really beatiful studies. Love the paper you draw on, too.

[chr!z]

Love it! ... no crits, all your stuff just wonderfull. Especially the ratpirat and the beautiful womans with this nice clothes!

[Destinatus]

Nice drawings from Bridgmans, I never really got why people try to memorize all of the names. Keep up the good work

[bhanu]

Nudes and the cats are my favorite.In some pieces the dynamics arent that strong though.But still a really cool thread,I have my eyes on your progression .

[cw]

great variety of ideas in your work, i envy it :)

great dynamic figures with such confident but loose drawing, I love it! :D

keep at it!

[zao75231]

Destinatus-thanks, I just put the names cause i'm bored :)
bhanu-thanks sir, yeah you can definitely see where I loose interest in some of my artwork.
Apocalypse Rex-Thank you thank you, I'm trying to build more confidence and be more loose :) hopefully I'll show more of that.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/thumbnails-of-environments.jpg

[Morbid]

Your thumbnails are awesome, very imaginative and great inspiration! Te middle one in the top row rocks. 8)

[Blitz_]

Those hands are damn impressive dude! Your really inspiring me to invest in this bridgmans book! Those enviro thumbnails are really cool too, please post more your sketchbook is one of my favorites!

[Destinatus]

Ah the photobucket resizing bandit strikes again. Each one of these would make a very dynamic environment. The compositions are very well put together. I'd really like to see some of these colored.

[greymattre]

sweet stuff! I like your costume designs a lot, they have an element of believability to them. Keep up the good work

[zao75231]

Morbid-Thank you kind sir :)
Destinatus-yeah, stupid photobucket resizing bandit, I'll catch him one day. I'm glad that you like the enviro's :) I'll see if I can finish one of them.
greymattre-Thanks, I want my stuff to look as real as possible but with lots of flow to it.

Thanks guys :)

[TheGnoll]

wow! really cool stuff, the cat pirate is really cool, the anatomy is great, and the monsters are really "nice" as well (man, for some reason i hate it when they say "the monsters are really nice" to me...but whatever :))

pos more stuff!

[zao75231]

I did some touch ups on the mother nature. Stupid photobucket resizing bandit, I fucking hate you >:{
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/hello-there.jpg

[Lewis]

hoho calm down there :D u can always use imageshack
Really like ur last pic, good shading
I dont like the pose that much tho, a bit stiff

Lewis

[zao75231]

hm, imageshac? thanks lewis :)

[Xaya]

hi zao,
you doing great! Love the last one especially the legs, great lines and cleaness overall!
Don´t really know what to claim, perhabs some more colored works?

About www.imageshack.us u can upload your images instantly without registration or something you get the url ...fin.

Keep it on

Xaya

[zao75231]

Xaya-Thanks for the link :) it saved my life AND my marriage...not really, lol.

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/2566/phsycologysketch7ws.jpg

[Cold]

I like it, i would like to see more coloured stuff, Il b back

[deltron05]

All i can say is that is Good ...A VERY GOOD WORK OF PROGRESSION....indeed...but i can see all the influences of Feng Zhu, Marko ,Ashley Wood .....and many others.........So for reproduction and re-interpretation.is good .but it seems that you are somehow still exporing many grounds.......someone told me once .....if you do a little bit of everything you will never finnish one entierly...so if you want to suceed good in one you have to FOCUS on one thing.in order to master it and then pass on to the next one .............You have a good sense of imagination and shapes ......but focuse more in one direction. ......keep us updated.you got a lot of potential!

[zao75231]

Cold-can do :)

deltron05-your words have inspired me to focus what I need to direct myself as an artist. Thank you very much

[Dimitri]

wow Zao - I love the mother nature drawing - would love to see that in colour! keep up the great work.

[D0M]

I love your stuff, really inspires me. I'm liking those thumbnails, and your mother nature concepts.

I ordered Constructive Anatomy, like, 20 minutes ago :teeth: It looks good, can't wait for it to get here.

thanks for posting

Dom

[zeeble]

mother nature is sexy lol i mean beautiful? i love the bridgeman studies! it looks like a cleaner version of his work =) lovely! keep it up zao

[MattGamer]

oo wow.. i really like seeing your anatomy studies. did you learn some of that stuff from mentler... i see some of the trianglular positioning of the muscles. do you remember them easier by studying them like that?? in groups?

your environment are sweeet! i dont know how you get all the ideas for them. sweet stuff though!

thanks for the tips!

[Destinatus]

Wow that mother nature picture is really detailed, you must've spent a while on it. The anatomy on it is very good.

[zao75231]

Dimitri-Thank you :) I'll color her asap.

DOM-Thanks, Let me know when you get that book, your drawings will turn into magic after you learn that book dude, it's great.

Zeeble-Thanks! Actually, they are the actuall bridgeman's, I stole it :devil: lol :tihi:

MattGamer-nah, I learned alot of the stuff from bridgeman and those dynamic books with that guy with a crazy ass pose on the cover.

Destinatus-Thank you sir! the drawing took me 8 hrs and I had to go over it again with more contrast so like 8 hrs and 30 minutes? I need to get faster :p

[Cordy]

Fuck! I sat here for 15minutes trying to think up a worthwhile comment. That should be compliment enough. This book is badness, four supernovas.

Mother nature's left ankle looks kinda thin and some of the profiles of the heads look squashed.

[zao75231]

Cordy-Thanks man, I'll work on the faces and ankles more, I hate working below the knees sometimes, I just don't find it interesting for some reason, oh well :tihi:

[ThabisoMhlaba]

amazing...

[zao75231]

thanx Oki :) :)

[claudeEGYPT]

Hey..sorry, off topic.. but.. u dont happen to listen to Zao.. do you? Love the band.. go Zao!

P.S.. great sketches~!

[TheGnoll]

So? still no update?Give us some more!
btw, good god, that mother nature sure is sweetly rendered, looks great!
no more anatomy studies, the arm ones looked great.

KEEP POSTING!

ciao

[Shylone_Breath]

nice stuff here , i like your character , you have a lot of imagination with thumbnails. :) keep it up !

[zao75231]

Hey everybody, sorry I have'nt posted anything in a long time. Been busy trying to find a job. Here is some stuff I did for Sin: Episodes Emergence. I think it's ok to post these now that the game is out, so I'll put their logo on all of the art work. I'll just post a little bit of everything and the ones I think are the best. Alot of these drawings didn't make it to final...maybe just 2 or 3.

Thanks,
Rob

This was the very first drawing i did when they gave me the description of the big mutant, i had very little information to work off of.
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/7035/26gl.jpg
http://img281.imageshack.us/img281/8253/032au.jpg
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6079/48ns.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3972/336kt.jpg
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3041/309hq.jpg
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8236/490tu.jpg
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5107/477cv.jpg
http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/1870/530sw.jpg
http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/7600/finalface3dh.jpg
http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/2936/finalmutant3ca.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3357/gib2ow.jpg
http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/9986/jessicamsfinal3qh.jpg
http://img283.imageshack.us/img283/7425/other36aj.jpg
I didn't like this guy too much, but it was what they wanted and it made into the game...it's sad.
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3069/leperkin7yv.jpg
on this one, they said that having this guy with a bigger chest, shoulders and smaller hips would make him more intimidating, It looked better in 3D I thought.
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3730/sintekgruntmodelsheet6su.jpg

[Unbreakable]

I ready for the new stuff sir.

[TheGnoll]

strange, i preferred the earlier stuff...btw, how old are you and which other games have you worked on?

just one thing.I wondered why you drew some of these concepts digitally when we've already seen how good you are with pencil rendering and drawing, they kind of lack depth.But, still very good stuff.

ciao

[zao75231]

Unbreakable-yeah yeah yeah, I'm working on it, keep your DOO rag on, lol.
TheGnoll-The stuff for Ritual was last year from August to December, so my stuff that I posted before ritual is really AFTER I worked at ritual. I'm only 21 (22 on May 25th). Haven't worked on any other games other than that, worked on another project when I was in Ritual but it got cancelled. Thanks for the comments, I'll work on the digital and pencil stuff a whole lot more with full potential, no more half shit for me...well, maybe for some speed painting.

[zao75231]

I'm going to paint this and show my progress.
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/8660/christina18fj.jpg

[zao75231]

Progress
http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/3267/christina27ar.jpg
http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/5392/christina30jj.jpg
http://img278.imageshack.us/img278/7269/christina40ls.jpg

[my_mind_on_my_money]

Thanks for the new stuff. You are really great you know. A real pro. Your skecthes are really good but you seem to have a problem drawing women faces from certain angles maybe its just me tryin to sound really smart but thats hwat I noriced in some of your drawings. Perhaps its cuz its just a sketch.

[zao75231]

my_mind_on_my_moneythank you kind sir, I haven't practiced much on faces lately, but I will do so if you and others think it might look wrong in my sketches, thanks again. I'll see if I can get back in the groove with this piece.

[zao75231]

A quick paint I did in photoshop, just trying to have some fun drawing again.
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/9922/harvestman0ng.jpg

[zao75231]

2nd sketch

need some feed back in what I'm doing wrong and how to make it better, thanks.
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5741/thinker6wg.jpg

[zao75231]

A drawing of a friend. Need feed back on this, thanks.
http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/9116/jennjennlowres4zl.jpg

[zao75231]

creature
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/4615/sketch34sp.jpg

[Ryan DeMita]

Hye bro. You hve some really nice work here. I really dig your sketching style and i like some of the nice details you put in. Keep posting. I saw you did some bridgeman studies a while back, Im studying his work right now out of the orange book he has. Its pretty helpful, Did you find it helpful? Nice work for ritual!! I really like the mutant designs you came up with. I just recently finshed SiN epsidode, I really enjoyed it. Its definately fun. Maybe you'll be doing some work for the next episode? Anyway good SB here.

[zao75231]

Ryan DeMita-hey man, thanks for the comments. I really do appreciate it. I will keep posting for sure :D. I found the Bridgeman extremely helpful, before I knew about him my drawings were looking a little flat even though I put like shading to show roundness but it just wasn't the same, so yes, bridgeman helped alot and I'm still using it today. Ritual wanted me to come back but i had to turn it down because it was just 3 month contract that MIGHT lead to full time, and I already moved back with my parents so I told them that I can do outsourcing work and they said they will see if they can do it, and I never heard from them again...I'm glad you ejoyed the game, I never played it tho, lol. But my friend haves it so I'll play it when he gets into town, wow this is a fucking long reply. I'm just fucking bored and need crits, welp, more drawing i guess. Thanks again man :D

-Rob

[masterpug]

Wow, I would comment but to quote a very famous man in a very famous movie, "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!"

[zao75231]

masterpug-lol, Thank you kind sir.

[zao75231]

Here is a quick drawing I did in 2:12 mintues, hope you guys like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N507iy30r0M

[ivy'sgrandkid]

love the creature, do finish plz, and wow thats wot i call a quick sketch **rubs eyes** ur left handed? or do i realy need to go get my eyes tested

[zao75231]

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/6056/melanie5kz.jpg

[zao75231]

A painting for a friends website header
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/5484/monkeysfighting0vp.jpg

[zao75231]

Another painting for a friend.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5933/stephpo1.jpg

[fedezz]

Hehe, love those chimps.

[Dile_]

Ohh nice sb, dunno if your ready for a job since some of the basics are still missing, all your stuff is pointing with the nose to right... thats annoying, try to
variate it alittle ;) nothing really bad with it.. it just looks funky kind off, I would
love to see you putting down all your effort into one piece, and really giving it a nice modd and a nice rendering, i be waiting ;) keep it up!

[zao75231]

fedezz-thank ya sir, i love 'em too :)

Dile-thanks for your comment sir, every since after I got to work in-house for Ritual Entertainment, I haven't been really putting much effort into my artwork unless I'm getting paid, but I'll put a little more sweat into my artwork for now on. Thank you sir.

[papier_a_dessin]

Very nice work, i like the lighting in the picture of the guy in the lightning storm and i love the movement and expression in the chimp peice. keep up the good work hope to see more.

[Simon.Rain]

those concept on the first page are so nice
the double jaw dude is one of my favorite =)

[zao75231]

papier_a_dessin-Thank you sir :)

Simon.Rain-Thanks sir, I like the double jaw one too :)

[Ashrumm]

Nice sketchbook, I really like your mother nature drawing very tight. I'd watch out for your head structure. Your noses can seem a bit long in some of your works. But you are making some good progress keep it up!!

[zao75231]

ashrumm-Thank you sir, I will keep a look out for that.

[zao75231]

Hey folks, here is a comic cover that I recently worked on not too long ago, I got a ok to post this so let me know what you guys think and strong crits are most greatly appreciative, thanks a bunch.
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6311/comiccover1xo0.jpg
Here is the actual size.
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1764/comiccoverry1.th.jpg (http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=comiccoverry1.jpg)
And here it is on the cover, little changes, but I like it alot.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6317/fiveringscomiccover01fh3.jpg

[Ryan DeMita]

Hey man, whats going on?

Nice illustration you just posted. You have a awesome mix between realism and cartoon-ism (?) Your colors are very interesting and fun to look at. You definately produce some really interesting designs. Keep on pushing your skills to the LIMIT. My only crit for your latest is try messing around with some texture work and see what your can come up with. The original version seems to lack texture the cover version seems to excesive in texture. Granted, you are working on very different scales with the two but i guess just keep it in mind.

take care!
-ryan

[Unbreakable]

hey new stuff looks good just watch your proportions. Lata

[zao75231]

Ryan DeMita-thanks man, i will definitely keep that in mind

Unbreakable-thank you sir, I guess I should do some practices on proportions, thanks for the good eye.

I designed my own myspace bg for my profile
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8407/myspacebgjb6.jpg

[zao75231]

some marko painting practice
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6928/sketch9jd0.jpg

[zao75231]

I was having trouble starting a digital painting so I thought I share my steps and try a different approach, any help, crits, comments would be greatly appreciated, thanks :)

-Rob

step 1
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6792/sketch10step1wy1.jpg

[zao75231]

step 2
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8176/sketch10step2vu2.jpg

[MattGamer]

real nice stuff lately. you should finish the last dude :) he's rad

[zao75231]

step 3
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7467/sketch10step3xb7.jpg

[zao75231]

MattGamer-Thanks, I'm finishing him up right now actually...well till 11, then it's mimi's for me :)

[masterpug]

Can't wait to see how that last one turns out. I love this gallery, it is in the style that I really like. That sort of cartoon, but real life. I thin that "Steph"'s forearms are a bit short, but those monkeys are f*&$ing awesome. Hope to see more!

[zao75231]

masterpug-Thank you sir, I can't to see how the last one turns out too hehe. I'm glad you like my style :)

-rob

[Unbreakable]

hey, try building up your painting in greyscale first then glaze color over.

[deadi]

love the charactors man great work. the monsters look very cool, must be a amazing feelin to see your charactors in a game.

[MattGamer]

cool lil update. show the finished one :)

[zao75231]

Unbreakable-Oh yeah, I forgot about that, I'll see if I can do it on the next one if this one doesn't go to well. Thanks brosive! you better save up for MASSIVE!
deadi-Thank you sir, it's very rewarding actually :)
MattGamer-Thanks man, I sure will finish the last guy. Here is a little update on him, I'm going to try something new on him if I can't get what I want on this guy.
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3862/sketch10step4at1.jpg

[BradWhitlam]

work on your faces dude, everyone has this half naruto half realistic thing going on, lets see some double chins, sunken in eyes, droopy eyelids, hangovers, vile, cheesy smiles, etc..i think it would really bring some character to your work, i also really like the line art of the most recent druid guy.

[Seedling]

Heads and faces were the weakest parts of your human drawings back on page one, but you have improved. Keep going!

[edit] Yeah, what Brad said.

[zao75231]

Brad-awww thanks brad your so sweet, I'll work real hard on the faces :)

Seeling-Thanks sir, I will :)

[Seedling]

"Sir"? *giggle* ;-)

[zao75231]

Seedling-ma'am?

[zao75231]

Sketch for Fantasy Flight Games

I didn't feel like re-sizeing, too lazy.
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/4421/newalakhaimc0.th.jpg (http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newalakhaimc0.jpg)

[Unbreakable]

Dude, I think you stop drawing with your tablet. You don't get the same level drawing that you do with a pencil. I think that is why some of your paintings aren't as strong as they could be. because the underdrawing isn't as sound as when you do it on the tablet. Use Marko's Marvel covers as an example.His thumbs were fast (obviously) but they still have plenty information in them.If you don't get what I'm saying I'll try and call you .

[Dreamworker]

Hey man, this book is full of cool stuff! You have a nice pencils style, but you must work in the digital painting. I think that sketching directly with tablet is so hard, in particular if the tablet have a little active area, and the results are poor instead of traditional drawing, but is a good exercise.
Keep it up, cheers :)

[hp]

i love this one:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/mother-nature1.jpg

i also agree that your color and shading skills are not quite the same as your crazy nice linework...but still better than me ^^

the last character painting is really interesting, i'm not sure if i agree with the green though.

[zao75231]

hpslashluvr-Thanks yo (I forgot your name, forgive me) I like that one too, but it could've been better. How've ya been? Hope Dallas is treating you good.

Dreamworker-Your kind words keep me motivated and inspired sir and I will definitely keep your comment in mind, thanks :)

Unbreakable-Dude, your so right, that was my first time on pencil since I left school pretty much, yeah, it's that fucking bad. Stupid work. I got 2 jobs now, plus fantasy flight games and band practice...I think I'm a workaholic and I just finished half a bottle of Riunite of Lambrusco wine...I'M SO FUCKING WASTED AND I'M GOING TO FUCKING DRAW!!!!

Thanks for checking out my art work guys, I appreciate it. I'll sketch more pencils and digital painting at the same time...BOTH HANDS, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!














































:vodkamachine:

[zeeble]

I guess being wasted and drawing is more efficient, right zao? Hey sorry for being unactive..ok absolutely dead in the sketch group. Your studies are looking good, especially the one hpslashluvr pointed out. Can't wait to see more pencil sketches!

-dz

[zao75231]

zeeble-Oh yeah, it's so much more fun too, lol. I'll do more pencils, I'm kinda rusty from using Mr. Wacom alot. More digital colors and pencils coming right up :)

[sabe2003]

This last thing of lady sketches is very nice! Keep up the sweet characters!

[zao75231]

sabe2003-Thanks sir, I'm greatly appreciated. Just saw your sketch book and I was deeply impressed, awesome stuff sir.

[TheGnoll]

hey man!
Your chara designs are very strong as usual, andyou've improved your digital skills a lot.
The hooded druid-kinda guy and the fantsy flight games one look really really great, wonderful details, costume design and anatomy ;)

update more often!

ciao

[zao75231]

TheGnoll-Sorry for the late reply, been workin crazy hrs.

Thanks for the lovely comment, I'm going to sleep alot less (maybe) and draw some more. Here is a little update that I'm working on for a band cover, just some brainstorming. The cover description is suppose to be a soldier with a sword standing on top of a hill of demons, the time period is in the future...that's it. I'm going to have a LOT of fun working on this peice.

hope you guys like.
Oh, C&C are most very welcome.
Thanks :)
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1913/roughsketchestb6.jpg

[hp]

gorgeous shading on the face on the bottom right. very dramatic, reminds me a bit of nebezial's stuff but i don't know if you know who that is. awesome concept, sword is a bit boring though...maybe it's to tone down the character though, not everything can be cool and flashy, eh?

[zao75231]

hpslashluvr-Thanks sir, yeah I put the sword there to position it, don't worry, I'll pimp it out real nice and expensive :) and nope I don't know who nebezial is. I'll look him up.

[zao75231]

Here is an update on the cd cover for the death metal band Inferi, it's very rough but after this I will add the color.

I had a dream of a tornado of black birds in front of my house and there was black clouds with thunder and lighting that would stay on for more than a second, so I thought I would add that. There was more to that dream too, lol.

C&C are most very welcome :)

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9696/cdcoverpb2.jpg

[hp]

big ass tight fucking....sounds like you're into something eh? =P

i think he's a bit centered but it's for a cd so it kinda makes sense.

i saw this video on the front page of yahoo a few weeks ago...a mass of starlings. i'm sure if you just search for starlings on yahoo video you'll come up with a better quality one...i don't know if this will help at all as a ref.

http://www.mentalfunk.com/movies/starlingstree.html

edit: ugh, i think there are like adult ads on that site...:) i just realized haha. i'm sure you'll be fine =P

[zao75231]

hpslashluvr-Dude, that video is so awesome. And yeah I was in the mood when I drew that sword, I was listening to the Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest Soundtrack, Davey Jones song is the shit :).

[arechiga_tony]

well well well!!! rob u need to put down that shitty asss guitar and draw some more!!!!!

[Hyver]

awesome book! great sense of design, nice poses, cool costumes, the works!
minor crit: watch out for overly detailed layouts, sometimes my eyes don't know where to look at first - your job is to lead my eyes to where you want them to be (and please don't let it be that big tight ass ;) )

[zao75231]

tony-Yeah yeah yeah, I'm working on it, lol.

Hyver-yeah I keep forgetting that, and what's funny is that I stress that to people alot when I'm the one who should work on my focal point *sigh*.

Well, I'm happy to say I got back to my paper and pencil, still alot of work to do of course but I'll work really hard this time cause I'm going to Insomnia to meet my heros that got me motivated to draw.

This made me draw after seeing that marko DVD trailer...I'll finish this when I wake up...right now, it's mimi's time :)
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/634/megacreatureep5.jpg

[zao75231]

Update on the mega creature, crits and comments are most welcome.

I put like 2hrs in the updated one. I don't know where I'm going with this artwork, I only saw the flow part with a creature and females coming out of it. I'm going to try my best to make an eye flow for the focal point with more contrast and hopefully I don't over do it. Going off of memory here so no reference, just my day dreams and imagination. Got to get ready for Insomania ;).
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4127/megacreature2np9.jpg
Hope you like :)

-rob

[Dreamworker]

Very good book! Original ideas and great pencils, good job man!
Ciao :)

[zao75231]

Dreamworker-Thank you sir, much appreciated :)

[arechiga_tony]

its a bout damn time!!! LOL!!! im glad to see you doing what you do best sir!!!!! keep up the good work and melt some faces!!!!!

[zao75231]

arechiga_tony-Oh i'll do more than that, I'm going to make people poo poo in their levis!!...76 TIMES!!!!!

[Bartovan]

I love your pencil work and the detail you put in. The main thing you should work on is the faces: in general you draw the noses too long. I see you're allready improving on the construction of the heads. Keep on going

[zao75231]

Bartovan-Thanks, I'll do more than my best to work on the faces.

[arechiga_tony]

im not cool enough to be in your signature!!! i have you in mine!!!bitch!!!!LOL!!!!

[zao75231]

send me the signature spainard! GO!!!!

[Chris Noeth]

You have some nice stuff here man.

Best,

Chris

[hp]

i love the piece but i think it could use some lighting...

[zao75231]

Chris Noeth-Thank you sir :)

hpslashluvr-Yeah I knew I was missing something, I'll make sure to put some lighting in there, thanks ;)

[enthombed]

NIce works man, i really like your pencils and creatures, great stuff.

Keep posting.

Cheers

[Listing]

Some good work, do more from life.

[zao75231]

enthombed-Thanks man, I sure will

Listing-Thanks, I'll do my best.

Now that I'm a little bit caught up with my debt, I'm quitting work so I can focus more on my art. I'll be applying at Midway and NCsoft in Austin, Tx. again and call up a friend in NCsoft for any hook ups maybe.

Now for some art. This band cover picture is due on tommorrow and I will keep posting here untill I am finished. I'll post an update to show progress and for any quick changes from crits here.

First, I place the back ground and then make a seperate layer for the soldier, I'm going to flesh out the soldier first so it can keep me interested, so I'm just now blocking in things.
http://img289.imageshack.us/img289/3565/cdcoverprogress1ir3.jpg

[AztcFireFlower]

Hi zao75231 Thanks for stopping by my SB. Just did a quick run through yours. I am taken by your all your pencils. Found every single one of your environmental thumbnails interesting and fun to look at. Great ideas and use of space. Liked the sillhouettes, too. Will come back to study the thumbs here as I'll be taking a course on enviro dev. in January.

[zao75231]

AztcFireFlower-I am honored that you found my enviroments of some acknowledgment, check out the Skillful Huntsman book, it's where I got my ideas from ;). I'll be viewing your sketches as well for a good while :D

-rob

[arechiga_tony]

ahhhhhh some progress,........draw more you indian!!! love ya

[zao75231]

More progress tony ;)
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8108/cdcoverprogress2si8.jpg
close up
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6823/closeup1oz5.jpg

[AztcFireFlower]

Alot of GREAT ideas going on with you, zao75231. Came by to cruise a little slower thru your pages. I really like this post.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/zao75231/mother-nature1.jpg
Stopped me in my tracks. Nicely designed elements using foliage. Organic design with tech aspects is something I'm intrigued with. Veeeerry cool.
Also like the comic cover!

[zao75231]

AztcFireFlower-Haha, Thank you. I like that process of Mother Nature as well:tihi:.

[anubis713]

What an amazing sketchbook.
I love the amount of detail you give your pieces.
Fantastic.
I wouldn't mind seeing some animal sketches or something though.
I will def. be back to this sketchbook!!
:meow:

[zao75231]

Anubis713-Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy my sketch. animal sketches coming right up ;)...well, not this instant...but soon, heh:^^:

[Scott James]

great stuff love the style and character studies!!! Kudos! keep em' commin'

[zao75231]

Some thumbnails I'm doing for my portfolio.

First one: some sort of building with a bridge.
Second one: cruise ships, battle ships stranded on lands and villages made out of them.
Third one: a lab area that has been left alone for decades and plants growing around everywhere.
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/6351/enviroments1ql1.jpg

[TheGnoll]

long time since my last visit...but this place is still great ;)
pencils kicck ass, just as usual, and the concepts are very good and the rendering...excellent work ;)

about the cd cover, the concept looks very good.But the last step you posted...mmm, i'm not convinced of that head position...but guess its still WIP, so i'll wait.
Keep the update coming man, and make 'em frequent!

ciao!

[zao75231]

TheGnoll-Thanks guy. Yeah, I got some input from the client and he said the head looked too low. I'll try to make the update freguent as possible.

-cheers

[zao75231]

Finished the first batch of thumbnails/roughs. My weakness is perspective and cool ideas for enviroments. I'm pretty slow in doing these as well, so if anyone knows where I can get some great ideas and tutorials on enviro's, send them my way. Thanks :)

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/188/enviromentsthumbnailsry0.jpg

[zao75231]

A little bit more progress on the warrior
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5826/cdcoverprogress3ws8.jpg

[zao75231]

More progress on the warrior, C&C are most very welcome.
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/165/cdcoverprogress4qy1.jpg

[hurricane]

nice stuff!
i like the latest project you got going on here!
be careful of spreading the palette too much!

cheers!

[zao75231]

hurricane-Thanks for commenting on my sketch book, I'm honored, I'm a big fan of your work :)

I'll try not to spread the pallete too much, Thanks!

[AztcFireFlower]

Hey zao, nice piece you're working on. Really cool texture work. Howd'ju do
that?

[zao75231]

AztcFireFlower-Thanks, it's easy, I just got a texture of a cloth with a design that I liked and placed like a linear dodge over it...I think it's linear dodge.

[Unbreakable]

Come on, guy when you reply have some art to post also.

[zao75231]

Sorry brian, here you go sir "The Titan Arum". This drawing took me about 3 hrs and I suppose I can work some more on it but I'd like to get some feedback and constructive crits, Comments are very welcome. Thanks for looking :)

-Rob

"The Titan Arum"
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6892/thetitanarumlowresaw8.jpg

[Nerahla]

just wanted to chime in and say that I love your designs, quite imaginative :) With the warrior, unless it's intended, I would shy away from using white as your highlight color - it flattens out the image and 'deadens' it. What is your light source color? Try that instead. :)

[zao75231]

Runecaster-Thanks. The design on the warrior wasn't intended at all, I just scribbled some sort of design thing and it turned out that way. I wanted the light source to be like a sun light piercing through the skies so I guess a yellow type color source? I don't know, I'll try some stuff out. Thanks so much for the crit, much appreciated :)

[zao75231]

The Yellow Flower Girl

Need some help on this one :zzz:
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6639/flowergirllh6.jpg

[zao75231]

http://www.imagination3.com/LaunchPage?aFileType=&_nolivecache&sessionID=&message=man%20with%20bow&room_email=&from_email=zao75231@yahoo.com&from_name=robert&to_email=zao75231@yahoo.com&to_name=&aDrawingID=20070207_140747369_1534822658_usa&transcript=&_lscid=

[TheBeast]

:O :O :O we want more!!!!!!;) :wink: ;) :wink:

so cool!

the beast,

please help whit my scetchbook:
;) http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=88367

[zao75231]

TheBeast-You got it ;)

This was suppose to be a speed paint but I was too worried about the details...I failed! :confident which is a good thing so I can find what I'm doing wrong. I don't know what it is, but I'll find out sooner or later :D

"The Black Tulip"
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6771/blacktuliphb1.jpg

[zao75231]

10 minute sketch :)
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/2256/kidswithgunsjd3.jpg

[zao75231]

I don't know why I'm doing this, maybe it's cause I think I'm not drawing enough...that's probably it. Anyway, I'll try and put more effort to these without putting too much time into these so they are worth looking at.

15 minute drawing
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2858/queenloveki8.jpg

[Unbreakable]

Somebody was listen to the Gorillaz!!

[zao75231]

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1391/youngfolksro1.jpg

[schlichte]

whats up man its andrew i met you at insomania my buddy and i rode with you all to the museum good stuff man like the last couple of poses they would make cool tshirt designs really like the enviornment quickies to hope to see you in italy

[enthombed]

Hey zao, great updates sice my last visit dude, wow, i need back to working i will save this wonderfulls soon has possible.

Cheers

[zao75231]

schlichte-Hey Andrew :), I remember ya, how you doin? I'm glad you like my stuff man, I want to start selling my art on shirts soon so I'm doing something for that and experimenting with more stuff. I won't be going to Italy unfortunately, let me know how it goes, have lots of fun there.

enthombed-thanks :D, I'll be doing some more tonight so I can sell something at a cafe hopefully ;)

-couplandrob

[Looped_Warrior]

Awesome Stuff here.... i especially love the hands on page one!.... keep it up

[zao75231]

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8510/demonsew1.jpg

[zao75231]

Looped_Warrior-Thanks sir :)

[enthombed]

Nice demons studys.

Cheers

[TheGnoll]

nice stuff as usual man...i still prefer the pencils to the digi's, but i guess it all takes practice.I'm having a hard time with color too...
keep shaing, update more!

ciao

[zao75231]

TheGnoll-Hey thanks man, yeah I don't like my digitals as much either.

Here is some life drawing that I did of my friends. I hope you enjoy :)

This one is my friend Robyn, and it took me about an hour. First time doing life drawing in a long ass time.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8123/drawingofrobynur9.jpg
This one is my friend Kemper, this one was quicker, it was about 40/50 minutes.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5821/kemperze8.jpg

Thanks for looking fellas :)

[enthombed]

Nice stuff bro, this portrait are realyl cool.

Keep posting

Cheers

[zao75231]

And the project is complete :)

This is a potrait of my friend Zipphora, took me an hour and thirty minutes.
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4905/zipphievi3.jpg

[zao75231]

Some progress on the cd cover. I'm using JK's art, "The Fallen", as reference as to get these clouds to look really good. Crits are most welcome. Thanks.
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/9135/cdcoverprogress6pn4.jpg

[zao75231]

Me as a Spartan, HAhaha!

300 FUCKING RULES!!!!!!!!

[Razorb]

man that cd cover looks amazing so far :o the armour is very well rendered ! and his pose is good and the background is comin along v nicely !... only thing im not super keen on, is how strong that green light from his armour is ;O apart from that it looks ace :)

[Unbreakable]

Nice to see you posting more .

[zao75231]

Razorb-Thanks sir :) I'm not liking the blue lighting inside the armor as well, I think it might be too harsh as well. I'll make sure to fix that, thanks a lot :).

Unbreakable-Thanks Bob! lol. Everyone here in Taylor are asking, "So how's Bob doin?" My sister still wants you to pimp her car, hahaha!

some more recent work :)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3029/environmenttestin8.jpg
a little bit progress on the clouds on this one
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/297/cdcoverprogress7ma8.th.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cdcoverprogress7ma8.jpg)

[zao75231]

Self portrait speed paint. 1hr 30min.

[arechiga_tony]

cool self portrait!!! very fucking cool!!! I just want to say i think the album cover you have going is pretty cool, but if its for your band...........uuhhhh....i think you need to change it. It looks more like a metal album cover!!! You guys are not metal at all. you need to have something waaaaaay more evil and dark looking for your cover. :) other than that i think the head looks weird, but you will fix it. SO GOOOO!!!!! and come over and get your gay ass sketchbook

[zao75231]

arechiga_tony-Yeah the album cover is for another band. The band is called Inferi. Check them out, they're pretty good :). Oh and...Meh! I don't want the gay ass sketch book anymore, lol.

[TheGnoll]

hehehe can't wait to see 300...

cool updates on the cover...nice work on the bg so far.Make sure ambient light reflects on armor and all.I wouldpersonally change the horn design and head placement...keep working on it...its taking its time but its lookin good ;)

keep sharing!

ciao

[zao75231]

Need help with this. I'm doing an art test and would like some opinions in how to make this look better. Draw over would be a great plus, thanks for looking :)

-Rob

[Unbreakable]

I would say just watch your perspective.. there is nothing major just little things here and there. and I would play with the contrast a little bit. Get online or call something guy geez!

[zao75231]

A sketch from the night

"4-21-07"

[schlichte]

that self portrat is nice digging the enviornments

[zao75231]

schlichte-Thanks, I appreciate it. Here's another self portrait for the night.

[Unbreakable]

nice sp

[Jorge Gecov]

Very good stuff mate,
I like the stuff you did for Ritual entertainment and your self portraits.
Keep up the great work!!!




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

[zao75231]

Jorge Gecov-Thanks Mr. Gecov :) I'm trying to make an effort to do a sp everyday. Here's another sp, experimenting around I suppose. :)

-Rob

[zao75231]

Self portrait.

[zao75231]

"Roborant"

[TheGnoll]

nice to see you're getting into this daily sp thing...Andrew jones inspired?
they are lookin' good, and looks like you're playing around with different techniques too...keep pushing!

ciao

[zao75231]

TheGnoll-Thanks guy, yeah definitely Android inspired. Thanks for encouraging me on man, I appreciate it a lot ;)

-Rob

Here's one for Tonight.

"Virtuoso"

[zao75231]

This was done is Pen and I think it took me about 30 minutes...not too sure, maybe less.

"Critical and Visual Thinking"

[zao75231]

Here is more progress on the cd cover. C&C are most very welcome. Thanks for looking.

-Rob

[zao75231]

Self Portrait.

"I Think A Storm Is Coming"

[zao75231]

The cd cover is complete...I think. Anything I need to fix? let me know.

-Rob

[Unbreakable]

I think that you should try and push the bg back a little bit more. Painting seems a little flat now, because the bg is to dark it is about the same value as the guy in the foreground. Watch the value in general you might want to try switching the painting to gray scale. Good job just make a few adjustments.

[zao75231]

Unbreakable-Thanks brian, I'll see what I can do :)

[robomaniac]

wow.. nice drawings.. i like you last painting

[zao75231]

robomaniac-Thanks :)

Another self portrait for tonight. I wanted to do something different this time so I added a real picture that I found on google and I wanted to see if I could make it convincing that I'm in the picture, kinda like that painting that el coro and marko did, pigeon man.

[zao75231]

Self portrait of me rocking out :)

[catface]

hey man really cool stuff. Your anatomy and color is very good. The cd cover turned out really nice and clean good job. I think for the paintover you did on the photo, maybe you could go over the statue with some kinda texture brush for more realism.

rock on.

[zao75231]

A quick self portrait. Learning how to color.

[Praesagus]

Amazing stuff man... I love your pencil work. Very sharp and confident. That cd cover is effin tight too! :D One thing my digital genius friend always nags me about in my PS stuff is to sharpen the shading and really define the planes. Maybe a little contrast could improve it, particularily in the fore/background with the piles of dead things and clouds? Like how the clouds furthest back have that little extra sharp line of highlighting, really making them pop out. I know there's a ton of detail to work on though, and it looks 10 times better than anything I've done ;) Keep updating! :D

[zao75231]

Praesagus-Thanks for the crit, much appreciated :)

Here is some designs that I made for some shirts that I want to get soon. It's for my band, Virtuous. You can check them out on myspace.com/virtuousband

Beware, it's Hardcore/Metal/Indie :^^:

feedback, c&c are most very welcome.

[cblainjones]

Awesome stuff, i really like the cd cover the clouds and bird tornado really help set the mood. I was just wondering if that art test thing you did was for EA games, cause i had to do that test too, same idea and everything. i failed, :] but yours is way better than mine was. good luck with that.

[zao75231]

cblainjones-haha, yeah it was for EA, I have a signed contract with them now :^^:, I'm glad you like my stuff sir. I see on your profile that your movin to Austin soon? we should draw some bums in downtown sometime :D

Here is another art test that I did and never got time to finish, no thanks to 512mb Ram >:{...say hello to 2gigs!:)

[TheGnoll]

yeah man this is the kinda stuff i like seeing from ya, nice concept work , i'll like to see more of these.Good graphic design experiments too, and as usual its cool to see someone experimenting with its own style ;)

keep sharing, i'll be back for more ;)

ciao

[cblainjones]

Draw bums! Brilliant!! we could draw 'em and touch 'em and squeeze 'em.....:evilmustache:oh wait, you mean homeless bums, ah! we could do that too.:bashful:

[zao75231]

TheGnoll-Thanks man, your encouragement gives me motive to draw a project I'm working on ;)
cblainjones-You know what?...let's squeeze everyone and say it's for drawing reference, lol.

Here is some stuff that I worked on back when I was in Ritual (I've posted this in the employment area a while back, heh). Brian and Tony, I know you've already seen these, but for new fresh-eye artists, here you go. It was pretty cool working with Ritual and having to use Massive Black notes. Oh and this was done 2005.

Cheers,
Rob

[cblainjones]

sounds like a plan. Awesome Flesh/mech drawings by the way, you integrate the two very nicely.

[zao75231]

small update :)

hope you enjoy.

-Rob

[Unbreakable]

I like that chick with the leaf hair, you should finish it.

[theEQUINOX]

damnit rob! good stuff here, im glad you are back in the mix....now I gota get back in it, lol. been too busy working havent had time to really kick stuff out, but you're making me feel lazy so its back to the grind for me...lol. good stuff man real no-ice

[hp]

cool stuff, you have a really good sense of design. i like the black/white band proj best :D

the majestic piece is amazing. o.o;;

[Jorge Gecov]

Great art test! I like a lot.
You did a cool Ritual Entertainment stuff, very sick!
Cheers!



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

[TheGnoll]

cool work for ritual...the flyers look nice too ;)

cool concept process...keep sharing man ;)

ciao

[zao75231]

Unbreakable-Thanx guy, I sure will ;)

theEQUINOX-hehe, thank you sir

hp-Thanks ma'am :D

Jorge Gecov-Thanks

TheGnoll-Thanks man, will do.

Thanks again guys, here something for mothers day, sad thing is I did this today, lol. I wonder if I can post the stuff I'll be doing for the Big and Huge art contest...

[damdischink]

nice improvements Rob

[catface]

most recent stuff rocks. post 223 is sick.

keep going :)

[zao75231]

Here is a tattoo design that I designed tonight. I'll be getting the tattoo Wed. Can't wait :)

I'll have a small update of some stuff I've been recently.

but for now, my first tattoo!!!
http://aycu22.webshots.com/image/17661/2001486306813374226_rs.jpg

[Gangus]

Hey dude,
I went through your entire thread.

You make sketching look like sooo much fun. Very inspiring. Much of my work as of late is always so tight and focused on a specific goal. It was very
refreshing to check your work out.

Not a crit but more an observation and a personal opinion- You have an incredible range of style and applications here. My favourite pieces are the loose pencil sketches that turn into more sketch collaged composition stuff.
ie- that piece you did when you were inspired by Marko's intro or someth'n.
I like your raw colour sense- You tend to tighten up and loose me when you start giving your figures that (forgive me for quotations) "anime" flair. But that is just my humble opinion.

Keep up the great work.

Gangus

[zao75231]

Gangus-I'm glad you like my stuff, I'm deeply honored.

I strongly agree with your opinion, I am indeed a strong anime fan and it was what I studied before I switched to concept design when I went to school, old habits die hard and some people don't like anime in the "Art world", lol. I don't really have a tight and focused goal of what my works will be so I will focus on my goals on a more higher level.

Thank you sir :D

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The Sound God

[Niva.]

Hey Rob!

You're the lucky winner of 5 stars!

I just finished looking through your book here, I really like your ideas of combining photos with paint overs - definitely want to try that myself hehe, might be good for some great laughs at work too.

This one is my fav though: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=127203&stc=1&d=1177229808

Keep up the great work and thanks for visiting my corner on CA! :)

[StarbonesCoffin]

One dangerous thing you got here, omg 5 star by me, i totally love it.More fantasy drawings please !

[zao75231]

n1va-Shweet, 5 stars :) I'm glad you liked my stuff. That drawing is my favorite too ^_^.

StarbonesCoffin-Thanks sir. The stuff I have coming up soon is my recreation of the Thundercats and a tribute to Gangus. The stars go to him.

Here is a small update. Some freelance stuff and 2 self portraits.

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Some inspiration from Bumskee, random stuff and wip...gosh, that Min is amazing!

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wip and another for tonight.

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Trying to get back into the groove. Here are my rough sketches, took me about 2 hours. I'm recreating the Thundercats in my eyes, so hopefully it goes well. I think I'll do a couple of more, these kinda feel right but I want to see what else I can do and push that as far as I can. I also notice I'm leaving empty spaces in some designs, need some more reference.

[StarbonesCoffin]

Thundercats ! lol, great still, i love em ;3 You made them thinner lol.

[Unbreakable]

Nice to see you finally gettin' back in the swing of things! I would say that you need to watch your proportions a little closer. Other than that great work, sir!

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StarbonesCoffin-Thanks, I'll see if I can beef up Lion-O ;)

Unbreakable-Thanks Brian, I'm getting sloppy everyday now, it's back to Anatomy studying...fo LIFE! lol.

Here is a quick sketch of my little brothers friend, the colors are so fun!!!...for this peice.

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Sketch of a girl with some photo reference. About 2 hours. I realized it was close to brokencows stuff when I started, I tried to steer away from it. Maybe if I do something with color later on...hm, maybe.

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Me in a cafe. 1 hr and 40 minutes.

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Retarded captain, 20 min.?

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Some crates for a friend and a doodle.