DKOUNIOS sketchpad {final update 12-11-07}

[dkounios]

pg 1 - 3 : old stuff
pg 4 - current : newer, better stuff (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64826&page=4)




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so to start:

http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb001.jpg
http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb003.jpg
http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb006.jpg

thanks for viewing! :yayca:

[Mitchell]

Cool man. You're off to a good start. Keep up with the anatomy and always ask yourself "is this really what I'm seeing?" strive for perfection even if it does take you a long time. Always refine what you are drawing and I gurantee it will help you. You will be able to train your eye a lot better. And draw from life as much as you can. Take your sketchbook with you everywhere, seriosuly, EVERYWHERE. I carry a small one with me like it were my wallet, wouldn't leave the home without it. Keep at it man and draw everyday!

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/enviromentconcept.jpg
did this one in class today. finsihed our projects and had some time to do a little dootle in PS.
kinda working on what im doing in 3d next for a side project.


thx for the comments Skeiff.
you got some sweet stuff in your sketch area. nice work.

did some more drawings this morning too, hope to get those up tonight.

[Smitherines]

Just keep on practicing, your anatomy still has issues. I like the composition to your illustration, But think about edges and planes and how light affects that. Your edge work in the background needs to be really soft...its far off in the distance. When I squint down at your drawing...some of the buildings blend in with the background.

[dkounios]

thanks for you advice Smitherines. i know i still need work on the anatomy, and ill continue to study it :)

took your advice on the speed paint concept.
made sense.

so i changed it a bit. hopefully its a bit better! thanks again!

http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/enviromentconcept001.jpg

[amer-nazri]

hey there. just dropping an advice:

do direct observations of anatomy as frequently as possible, look at the mirror for example.
Keep an eye for the line of the shape; assumption always leads to the object being different than it actually is.

Practice is key, keep it up.

[Matt Smith]

Just keep practicing your drawing. I think on your speed paint, try using bigger brushes first then go to the smaller ones. for instance on the landing pad, it looks messy and confusing, when you could have just used a bigger brush and make it in fewer strokes. And for the highlights on the dome part, dont put them on the edge unless its a rim light from the back. The highlight should be moved over a bit more and it will give the effect of more roundness. Just light any kind of ball to get the idea of what i am talking about. hope that helps.

[dkounios]

thanks for the comments guys. definately something i can build on and
work towards.

doottles yesterday before school (just about 30 minutes worth)
tried drawing my pet lovebird....kinda hard when he wouldnt
sit still :D
http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sbapr1.jpg

and one i did today, focusing on the hand. using mine as refrence.
did these in about 45 minutes.
http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sbapr1_b.jpg

and a quick question,
what are the best anatomy books to have as good reference. i have 2 or 3, and i could use some better ones. just curious.

and i know this isnt a drawing, and ill probably start a 3d thread for it after this pic, but i started modeling the concept i came up with, a floatin city thingy. we'll see how it turns out:

http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/WIP_city.jpg
about 1 hrs worth of modeling. lots to do still.



thanks again.

[dkounios]

hey all:

did this little ditty tonight. just a quick rough idea/concept
im trying to come up with a final project for my 3d/animation corse before i head out into the real world and look for a job. we have about 3 months to complete it, so it should be top notch stuff. well...im hopin mine will be...i need a job/money!

originally i had something else in mind before that would also involve a little animation (our finals are supposed to be geared towards what we want to do.....i know modeling quite well....so im going that route....but i also wanted to do animation...we'll see, maybe if i have time i could animte this/the final)


anyways, im picturing a beast rider of some sort. sorry if you cant read my chicken scratch. :blahblah: a rider ontop of a very bad ass looking creature.
having trouble what i want for the lower body/legs so i left it for now.

any ideas or suggestions on what you would like to see, im very open to a few suggestions!

oy....
also did some face studies but the GF is using the pc with the scanner playing her sims.... :|
upload those some other time then

http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/finalprojectconcept.jpg

[dkounios]

some more ideas coming for my final project.
had some time to work on dootling in school today since some people werent
done their assignments and the prof extended it until tomorrow. god i hate slackers...


good for me!

head ideas
http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/finalprojectconcept002_headconcept.jpg

body ideas
http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/finalprojectconcept001_body_paint.jpg

[dkounios]

havent updated in a while so heres a few that ive done over the last bit.
more practices:

http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/sbapr11.jpg
http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/sbapr11_b.jpg
http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/sbapr11_c.jpg

heres a concept pice i did last night.
i took a different approach to this one and did a technique (i cant remember his name for the life of me) that i learned the other day. one where you make a bunch of abstract thumbs, put them together, and find your images. but he made his out of copic markers (which i want!) i did mine in PS.

i found and made this one out of 6 thumbs i made:
http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/enviromentconcept001_a.jpg

this image is too big so ill post the link:
its for my final project in 3d. these are the 2 things ill be working on (along with a low poly game model) in the next 2/3 months.
http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/wip/mountconcept_version3.jpg

:yayca:

[dkounios]

near completion for my warrior/knight dudes weapon.

wanted to make something different so i combined
a mace, spear and axe into one.

heres what i got so far (modeled in less than a day)
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/wip/weapon009.jpg

i was going for a realistic skull, but i got this different stylized one. since its
going to be a "fantasy" piece, it doesnt matter, and im happy with it. so for now thats what the skull will look like ;)

[Recursive_End]

That 3D model looks great !
It really pops out of your sketchs. The enviros also, though its a bit blurry.
Keep practicing, and keep those studies coming !
:)
D.

[dkounios]

Thx End!


hope to get a whole ton more of anatomy schtuff up soon. got me a book from my cous the other day and am planning on sitting down with it.


heres somethin i did today, u might have seen it in the finished area too.
using Vue and photoshop.

http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/enviroments/passofnahar_finished.jpg




be back later with some real sketchbook stuff ;)

[Gavin Hargest]

Thx End!


hope to get a whole ton more of anatomy schtuff up soon. got me a book from my cous the other day and am planning on sitting down with it.


heres somethin i did today, u might have seen it in the finished area too.
using Vue and photoshop.

http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/passofnahar_finished.jpg


u can check out the roll over of the original image and the hi res here too
http://dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/passofnahar.htm

be back later with some real sketchbook stuff ;)

Amazing sense of height and view, really like this one, bravo!

[dkounios]

alright...been a while for an update...so i figured id get back into it.
seein all the other awsome sketchbooks got me motivated.
so some work ive done in the last while.

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/3d/morgrusvereor001.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/vehiclemachinery/psycherupt_concept.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/dragon_pencils.jpg

[dkounios]

3 concepts done for a game mod:

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/rockdog.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/rockman.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/rockbird.jpg

[dkounios]

did a portrait of evanescence's lead singer, amy lee these past few days.

also got the hi-res version link there too if you wanna take a gander. crits most welcome please n thx :)

- done in photoshop, references were used.

HI RES (http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/AmyLee.jpg)


http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/AmyLee_small.jpg

[sabe2003]

Hey yo, I am diggin the this one >
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/rockbird.jpg
Keep painting!

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/underwatercreature.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/heads.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/weaponitem/guns001.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/weaponitem/weaponry.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/heads001.jpg

[dkounios]

current 3d

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/wip/landingstrip002.jpg

a work in progress of a 3d matte. gettin crits from all over the net so im a tweak it some more...not close to done obviously.

[Fishspawn]

Yo. Much progress in this thread. I really like the Pass of Nahar. I also like the char designs with the digital wash. And are those... by chance.. collosi?

With people, keep focusing on propotion and get in as much life drawing as possible. Make sure to construct with basic shapes first. Looking forward to your progress.

[dkounios]

thanks Fish...with the Pass of Nahar i used Vue. its all 3d and i was learning it...i didnt wanna throw the lens flare in there cuz we all know about the lens flare deal and its over use...so yeah...and yes, i know i have problems drawing people so im gonna keep at it. thanks a lot.

with that..you beat me to it before i can post some feet.

cheers
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/feetsketch.jpg

[character]

hey dude, thanks for stopping by my sketchbook! i'm loving your 3d environments! top notch stuff. lets see that stuff textured! keep rocking those anatomy studies too. the last ones came out reallly nice, just watch those scratchy lines. try using longer, more unified strokes. like a sword slash or something. it's more effective in long slashes that a bunch of choppy ones. hope that makes sense. peace out dude

[dkounios]

thx it does....and i know im bad for it...i try to stop when i know im doing it...i really do... but thx for the comment :perv:


ok. im crackin down on drawing every day starting yesterday (the 1st) so heres yesterdays and todays. prob gonna do some more for today if time allows me too.

bllaaah

some quick line men poses
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb007.jpg

some thumbs! i used to do a shit load of goalie thumbs in high school...should really get back into them.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb008.jpg

a creature concept im still working on and hopefully to do a head bust of it in maya/zbrush
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/creature.jpg

annnnd some quick thumbs 5-10 min not even.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/quickthumbs.jpg

[dkounios]

leg studies from yesterday:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb009.jpg

[dkounios]

lower limb muscle studies from today:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb010.jpg

[dkounios]

and a quick speed model to end the night. approx 30 min:

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/3d001.jpg

[Moai]

I was thinking when I was looking at your earlier life drawings that you needed to do some muscle studies, and now I see that you're doing just that.:rendered: Your foot studies and 3D work are looking great.
I noticed that in many of your digital paintings, like that Triceratops beast (which I'm eager to see in 3D), you're mixing black in to darken the colors. Adding black muddies a color and kills it. Instead, make shadows a cooler, less saturated color. At the same time, make highlights warmer.
Nice sketchbook! I'll be checking back.

[dkounios]

thank you Moai. thats why i love this site...you post something...if you need to practice/study something, people tell you (and nicely..unlike EP or DA). but yeah...ive been drawin some sort of anatomy every day lately. somethin i been tryin do for a long time.


did some more tonight but ill scan those in tomorrow or the next day.

been playing around in 3d again. kind of a mental block of what to really make then i remembered i wanted to make a siege tower of some sort...just something to practice UV laying out and try to find the best/fastest route to do it...cuz really..laying out uvs stops me from finishing models unfortunately.

so the front the of the siege tower so far. textures/lighting/everything isnt final yet

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/siegewip.jpg

[dkounios]

and some quick enviroment concepts done with Terragen and Vue (about 10-15 min each not including render times)

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/envirorenders001.jpg

[neonnik]

wow very nice work!

[Bartovan]

Some good ideas here. Also nice to see how youuse both 2D and 3D techniques.

[dkounios]

thx guys.

a small update on the siege tower. forgot to turn off pre multiply on the render options thus why theres black outlines...too lazy to rerender the AO pass. so until next time:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/siegewip002.jpg


and a speed paint from earlier today:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint001.jpg

[ArtZealot]

i know it technically isn't conceptart but this http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/wip/bridgeway001.jpg is really nice. reminds me of cerebro from xmen for some reason. maybe the suspended platform. cool stuff tho. keep it up.
-az

[dkounios]

some more enviros (terragen) and more leg muscles
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/envirorenders002.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb012.jpg

[Listing]

Good work and getting better. Always be mindful of the importance of accomplished draftsmanship before and under any mastery of painting.

[dkounios]

some quick eye studies
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/eyestudies.jpg
quick sketch of an idea i had for a vampire lord leadin an army into battle. might continue with this one. used myself as ref.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/quicksketch.jpg
siege tower now slowly coming along. :nohope:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/siegewip003.jpg

[dkounios]

an idea of a city built within the mountains (minas tirith like) except smaller and on the cliffsides of 2 near by mountains, connected together by a massive bridge...i think i have a thing for bridges.. some quick thumbs
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sketchmountaincities.jpg

[dkounios]

thanks for the comment Listing

heres a couple speeds
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/artrage001.jpg

[dkounios]

some feet studies from the other night
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/sketchbook15.jpg

and a speed paint knight. foolin around with some brushes.

[Moai]

Very nice mountain city thumbnails. I don't think you've found the magic one yet, though. Like like the first and last ones the best, so maybe something that's a mixture of the two. That's only an opinion, though. Excellent foot, studies, too. You seem to be getting a thorough understanding of its anatomy. More thorough than mine, that's for sure.:rendered:
Be sure to think about color temperature when you're coloring, though. On that knight, all your shadows, midtones, and highlights seem to be just different values of the same local hue. Try mxing in some warmer colors for the highlights and cooler colors for the shadows. On the red cloak, for example, the lighter areas can tend towards orange and the darker areas can tend towards purple.
Keep practicing! I'll be checking back.:rendered:

[dkounios]

thanks Moai. Ill take your comments and crits into consideration for next time :teeth: . im still trying to find my way in digital painting and speed painting world...but one day hopefully.

heres a few more works from the weekend. didnt get a chance to work on that siege tower.... :upset:

just a female for now. still workin on that (along with everything else in this SB)
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb013.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb014.jpg

[dkounios]

so im trying to get my ideas down for a collab. short in the next few months.

trying to figure out how to approach an orc. so i been dooling them. seem kinda generic and the same to me...want some more different i think. ill what i can conjure this week.

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb015.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb016.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb017.jpg

[Me,Myself & Me again]

Wicked creatures and goblins !!!! amazing.

[dkounios]

quick sketches, playin with brushes, etc.

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/
sketchbook/sb021.jpg

[dkounios]

this isnt a sketch or anything art related, but i thought id give everyone a look at one of my love birds. we didnt buy him like this. in fact he was fine for the first few weeks we had him. then all of a sudden he started plucking his feathers out for no apparent reason.

thankfully he has stopped now and they are starting to grow back in slowly.
he took them all out through his entire body, and parts of his wings on the back. he looked hilarious when he had no feathers. we (me and my gf) only laugh at him now cause we know he will be ok.

oh, our other one is a fat love bird whos quite snobby. this one loves the attention but went "emo" on himself. cant win i guess.
so here he is with his feathers growing in now:

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/mybird.jpg

[Sartell]

Emo birds man, glad he put down the razors:)
Good SB, I am a fan of the 3-d so you hit a spot there, you've got some nice renders too, i'm guessing you use mental ray:)
Anyway, the biggest thing I see is that your colored stuff feels relatively flat, and my suggestion is this:
After you get a set of base colors in an image, darken the areas that are intented or close together (in 3-d its occlusion and is what makes mental ray look so good, places like armpits and creases just don't get as much light:) ) Than add a light source one at a time, remember that no light source can cover more than half the form (like shining 1 light at a basketball, it can only be half covered with that light etc etc) And then add your fill light and ambient light whatever. Its a great way to do a digital painting thinking in 3-d which you clearly understand~* Even if you already know this I just thought i'd casually throw it in:)
Good work its good to see someone who does everything, and thnx for the tag.

[dkounios]

thx Sartell


heres my wips for the COW 3d due up on monday. hopefully will get it finished by then. started too late...

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/wip/cowwip002.jpg

[borthax]

[QUOTE=dkounios]3 concepts done for a game mod:

are those collossus for the game shadow of the collossus

[dkounios]

dammit i gotta learn to keep this thing updated...bah..

some 3d low poly playing around.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/3d/lowpoly_hockeystick.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/3d/lowpoly_aliengun.jpg

[dkounios]

some speedies:

10 min
http://myspace-584.vo.llnwd.net/01489/48/59/1489139584_l.jpg

hr
http://myspace-194.vo.llnwd.net/01527/49/15/1527725194_l.jpg

[dkounios]

herman:

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/creaturehead.jpg

[dkounios]

and a female warrior girl of some sort:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/warriorgirl.jpg

[dkounios]

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/dkounios/art/witchqueen.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/creatureconcept006.jpg

[dkounios]

alright. finished my witch queen for now:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/witchlord002.jpg


and a another 3D wip...

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/dkounios/art/002wip.jpg

[dkounios]

some quickies and ideas

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/dkounios/art/sketches.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/dkounios/art/Untitled-1-1.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/dkounios/art/Untitled-2-1.jpg

[dkounios]

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/dkounios/art/skullsketch.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb022.jpg

a 2 hr speed paint for some practice.
also posted it up on You tube (7 min long).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtoMe9RyCSc&mode=user&search=

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/speedpaint002.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/dkounios/art/001.jpg

[dkounios]

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/dkounios/art/002.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/dkounios/art/goblinwip.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/dkounios/art/dwarves.jpg

[Pigeonkill]

Your 3d's a nice I like the warrior with the great horned helm. I think your mechs are a bit sketch but they are tighten up I see as you progress :)

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb024.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb023.jpg

couple more

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb025.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb026.jpg

[Dile_]

Hey dkounios!

Your sketchbook is looking pretty good, and its coming along well, my advice
is to try to explain the form with lines "better" You leave a lot of areas empty
for example the Mech-legs! use some diagonal lines to clear that up for example, just try to think of how the form/shape looks in your head.
You do 3D , so you probably have an easy time to visualize things if you have been doing it for a while.. Thats it for now, keep it up dude!

~Dile

[dkounios]

thx man. yeah...i screwed up %100 on that last mech sketch...but
it was a speedy so yeah...practice make perfect!

heres a revised

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/vehiclemachinery/mechdesign.jpg

[dkounios]

entering the Dominance War II contest (low poly game modeling)

i joined the CG Talk side, thus why i chose the santa claus colors...but
that can all change still.

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/stuff/005.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/stuff/005b.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/stuff/005c.jpg

[dkounios]

also redoing the orc, just cause.
no zbrush pass yet. playing around with textures, etc.

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/3d002.jpg



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and this is a map i started workin on for a personal project.
im not to happy with the edges so far. and i hate using the burn
tool and im stayin away from it. any suggestions on how to make this look
more like an old map?

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/map.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/stuff/weapon002d.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/stuff/weapon002f.jpg

some wip images of the weapon so far. playing around with the textures still, etc etc.

[Kronos]

hey man, thanks for the comment in my SB :D

its really good to see more 3d stuff on these forums. keep going with that stuff, i LOVE Zbrush!

these ones caught my eye, here (http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/quickthumbs.jpg), here (http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/sketchmountaincities.jpg) and here (http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/dkounios/art/witchqueen.jpg)

MORE LIKE THOSE! just keep going!

[dkounios]

thx Kronos!
yah, your SB rocks. love the new stuff.


Orc head. dont think ill revisit it. im inspired to do other things now :D
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/3d/orchead.jpg

an idea of a monumental/special place for Elves i have
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/3treesconcept.jpg

progress on that map
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/map002.jpg

progress on that game contest
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/stuff/DWcontest001.jpg

[dkounios]

some more quick doodles and speed paints


http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb027.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb028.jpg

supposed to be an "orc" sillouette.
i dunno. :teeth:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb029.jpg

speedies
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint003.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint004.jpg

[dkounios]

some speed paints

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint005.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint006.jpg

and a statue of what would probably be an ancient demon or beast of some sort...and more stylized perhaps.

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/statue.jpg

[mentler]

Strong Works <> you have to put in the time if you want to do the crime...

Good things going on here

[dkounios]

thx mentler for the wise/kind words!

alright..did some speed paints of amy lee...lithium vid is very inspiring.
this one took about 2hrs (gimped next to no nose..i know)
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint007.jpg

this one, the better one imo, took about an hr.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint008.jpg


practice practice practice!


playin around with some markers
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/markersketch.jpg

Dominance War II update - need to fix her stomach area (textures are just fill in for now obv.)
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/stuff/006.jpg

[dkounios]

some more:
dominance update -
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/stuff/007.jpg

fooling around with zbrush last night
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/3d003.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/3d/warhammer.jpg


http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/monument.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/ruintemple.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/sketchbook/wierdos.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb030.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb032.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb031.jpg

[d00dle]

luv evanescence :) I see you have tons of stuffs here. Look like you are very busy. The more you do the better u'll be. I used to do 3D stuffs in Maya and Zbrush and I know how hard it is. it takes a lot of patience and hardwork. Study drawing + painting too will be very helpful to you in the long run even when when you're doing 3D. Both your 3D and drawing are above the average. you also have some pretty good concept/idea here and you will go pretty far.

[HunterKiller_]

Really noticeable improvements! Great stuff.
Diggin' the CG models.

Keep up the anatomy studies. :D

[Boky]

Hey Dimitrios :)

I like your 3d renderings alot! Did you ever use Bryce?
With sketching people (especially people in motion) I find that it's always helpful to use photo reference-or draw people around you...
Keep up the good work!! :)

[dkounios]

been busy...but I still have been doodling and what not...so thats important!
anyways...updates i suppose:


torso studi in zbrush
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb033.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb034.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb035.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb036.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb037.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb038.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb040.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb041.jpg

[dkounios]

a ramming beast i did up this weekend...first time ive actually played with masks a whole lots...gotta say...i dont think ill ever go without using them again. very fun



http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/rammingbeast.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/rammingbeast_b.jpg

[dkounios]

more!

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/weaponitem/banners.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb043.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb042.jpg

[dkounios]

tryin out a non photo blue pencil for the first time. dont mind it at all actually.


muscle study >

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb044.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb046.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb045.jpg

[dkounios]

FYI : alot of the crap in the beggining wont show up...cleaned up my folders for my website so everythings messed up. thats alright, all the better crap is at the end anyways!

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/path.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint.jpg

[Jason Rainville]

Hey man, thanks for the stop-by :blahblah:

Lookin' good so far, lots of study (which looks to be paying off) and lots of fun stuff too. That ami lee portrait is pretty accurate, I knew it was her from the get-go.

I'd say your biggest weaknes right now is colour. Don't worry, it's mine too :\ Best thing to do is colour studies. After I'm done some more faces and hands I plan on doing a lot of references colour studies in PS (no colour picker!) to help develop my sense of colour more. I'd suggest mixing some of that in to your regemin too.

Have a good'un :D

[dkounios]

thx Rhine...yeah...color is a brutal thing of mine. gotta touch on that, thats for sure.

more:

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint007.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint008.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/pittlygun.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/pos_ship.jpg

[dkounios]

:er:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/mountainbeast.jpg
3d version wip
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/wip.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/Untitled.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/healinggardens.jpg

[dkounios]

some weekend stuff. worked a bit more on that 3d beast.
dittled around in PS.
and scratched up my Sketchbook.

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/render001.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint010.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint011.jpg


http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/wip3db.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb049.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb047.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb048.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb050.jpg

[dkounios]

more today

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb051.jpghttp://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb052.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb053.jpghttp://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb054.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb055.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb056.jpg

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpainting012.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint012.jpg

[dkounios]

tweaking that 3d model a bit more.

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/wip3d.jpg

and a photo i took yesterday of my dog, Buddy...a photo that im impressed at none the less. i like how it turned out

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Images/Buddy.jpg

[dkounios]

a speedy for the night!!1!

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint013.jpg

[artmessiah]

Hey man, strong SB you got going on. Really impressed with the 3d stuff, I have yet to get good at doing it - but I will have to real soon for school. Keep it going. :}

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint014.jpg

im wanting to create a watch tower concept, so i slapped down some sillouettes of different shapes (in the general direction of what i want my tower to look like). then i duplicated them and layed them ontop of eachother to get more various types. i came up with these few here:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/warmup001.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb057.jpg

and found some oil pastels in my garage this past weekend.
ripped them open and just went to town. will definately
play with them again!
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/oilpastels.jpg

[dkounios]

small update from tonight:

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb058.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb059.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/wip3dc.jpg

[Chris_S]

Hey Jimmy I like your recent work especially that painting of that creature with the blue eyes and tentacles. keep it up. :)

[Jason Rainville]

Busy busy busy, lots of stuff being pumped out, good show on that!

I don't know how far along that last one is, but don't be afraid to let musculature show through on creatures, and make sure the creature's design actually makes sense. A creatuer with such heft like that would probably have its legs directly or nearly directly under it to support the weight, as having them spread like that would put uneeded strain on the muscles.

[dkounios]

thx Rhineville. I understand what you mean (at least i think and hope i do) and it makes sense. I did tweak him accordingly and will post a WIP of him tomorrow if i get a chance.

heres some more stuff after I finally got my OS up and running again after i did a reformat. never fails, i always forget at least one thing to back up when i do those. oh well

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb060.jpghttp://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb061.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb062.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb063.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb065.jpg

[Alex Baer]

You have some very cool 3D work in here dkounios, and I like the improvements in your 2D work. Keep it up man!

[dkounios]

Thanks Dabaers!

here is the update on my mountain beast. these renders were done prior to tweaking his left arm (ill post new ones up next time) BUT I did take Rhinevilles advice. his legs have been adjusted. the WIP::

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb064.jpg

[Justin.]

I want to see more life drawings and more master studies!!!

Go to the zoo or go ride a city bus, or go to a library. Even 3d artists should be really good at drawing, I think it helps ALOT.

Good luck and thanks for your support in the FF section!! I appreciate it!

[dkounios]

no prob Justin :)

yes yes... i know i gotta do more life and master studies. and i will, i promise :)
but right now i gotta focus on 3d stuff:
here is an update on the mountain beast

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb066.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb067.jpg

a wip of the mountain beast. revamped his body as I just didnt like the last version :)
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb068.jpg
a banner/title a relative wanted for something (a blog or something i think). not much to it (web 2.0 ?) blah.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb069.jpg

[Izu]

Yo,
Thanks for typing in my sb. :) Cool stuff here, I especially like the 3D.
Nice to see you did some anatomy studies aswell.
Keep it up! :yayca:

[dkounios]

a bit more to show.

redoing the mountain beast completely so I have begun studying the rhino..
also, a speedy head model, nothing special

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb071.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb071B.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb072.jpg

[dkounios]

more progress on my concept for model #1
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/mountainbeast.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb071C.jpg
weapons
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/weaponitem/axes002.jpg

[dkounios]

more from tonight

mountain beast update:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb071D.jpg
doodle goodness:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb073.jpghttp://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb074.jpg
Hogarth study inspired by a fellow CA-er:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb075.jpg
bridge layout of some sort?:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb076.jpg
heads!
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb077.jpg

[dkounios]

very very small update:

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb077B.jpg
low poly stuff wips:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb078.jpghttp://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb079.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb080.jpghttp://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb081.jpg

[dkounios]

some more updates for the night. i plan on going hardcore this weekend as I begin planning out my next 3d demo reel (the one that will hopefully get me more bites than nibbles) :xpld:

anyways, i plan on doing 5 concepts and using at least 4 of them (2 high poly and 2 low poly game models.)

if you saw before, I attempted some sort of beast thing...it didn't really flow for me (and others). This time around, since I am very into the whole CA.org thing and accepting all harsh crits, I want to make this reel really good. And I believe you guys can help. Cuz if I have good concepts than I can get some good models :D

anyways, stay updated for the other ideas. as of right now, I have been working away when I have time at the mountain beast (the previous model redone). I tweaked the original a bit more (bottom version), did some sort of variation (top version) and grew him a bit more (size comparison).
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb071E.jpg

worked a bit more on the heads. ill be coloring them soon
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb077C.jpg

i figure i'd try out the COW this week (Architect). Did a speedy this morning before work. Combination of a snail with a giant alien sack slowly leaving temples and ancient structures while its devoted bow down to it.
:nohope: lol
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb082.jpg

[dkounios]

update on the mountain beast. almost done i think.
more detail and fixed his feet up.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb071F.jpg

[Jason Rainville]

Rhino :D !

It's getting nice 'n chunky 'n formy, but I think the over-desaturation of the legs pushes them too far back.

[dkounios]

some more work for tonight.


the low poly war hammer. just under 700 polys, 1024x1024 uvs.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/3d/warhammer_lp.jpg

did some more work on the COW092 for this week. just added some color and what not. whole idea is that this giant snail like being were the ones that created the ancient temples that some what remain in ruin today. here I have a few that have witnessed it and begin to bow down to this "god" like creature.
i dunno
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb082B.jpg

and some heads updated
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb077E.jpg

[Darkside]

thx for posting in my thread :D
soooo....coming from your first post here, I see a lot of improvement.
However, there is of course always something new you want to tackle.
For example that EOW, it is really flat right now, you started it in greyscale, which is basically a good thing, but you rushed on way to early. render it completely in greys, than slap on the color afterwards. One thing at a time, otherwise you miss a lot and are overwhelmed by the task.
same for heads...
ähm, sorry for the speech, but it might help you as it did help me. just always take your time until one stage is ready and you can confidently move on ;P

keep on rocking

[AmontilladoAg]

Hey D :)

I'm diggin' your pencil sketches.. especially stuff like that Hogarth study - nice!

I really like the rhino, too :teeth: -- only thing, seems like the way his hind legs bend, they wouldn't hold up his weight; and his right front leg is going a little too far back, I think.. :bashful:

[dkounios]

thx Amon, i tweaked it up some more. slowly coming along.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/mountainbeast.jpg

thx Darkside, I gotta keep that in mind cause you're right.
anyways, some more stuff from the past few days.

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/enviroments/tree.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/enviroments/hill.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/3d/lowpolyworm.jpg

[dkounios]

few more doodles, ill post more tonight hopefully!

3s: the sculpting was practice and took about an hr..the real issue i was trying to solve was rendering in ZB without them darn jagged edges (anti aliasing). so in all, it took me about 2 hrs to finally figure it out and render (it was just a darn click of a button too....)
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/3d/3d004.jpg

saw an image of a beetle with a smaller beetle. it was supposed to be a speed paint and practice but in about 2 hrs it turned into this sand beetle creature thing. weird.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/sandbeetle.jpg

and, finally calling concept #1 for my next 3d demo reel done.
gotta move on to the next ones (4 more to do at least) so
this is it for now, and thanks to everyone who helped me with it :yayca:

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/rhinobeast.jpg

[dkounios]

some more random stuff.

some speed paints...testing out brushes, duplicating layers, etc etc.

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb083.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb084.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb085.jpg

and some sketch booking stuff. just doodles and what not

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb086.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb087.jpg

[dkounios]

trying to figure out my next model.
some sort of orc/troll lord. he will be fully armored, but I will show the transition from unclothed to clothed. should be interesting if I can pull it off.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb088.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/wip_orc.jpg
some speed paint face practice
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb089.jpg

[dkounios]

fleshing out ideas for model #2.
i still have the orc drawing in front of me..but i thought id try something different.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb092.jpg

a few other doodles.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb091.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb090.jpg

[ChromaticCodex]

Woo! Anatomy studies! Do more of those: very tasty

[dkounios]

stuff while i was at work (some of it even while in the washroom! :O)
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb093.jpg

concepts!
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb094.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb095.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb096.jpg


and that warrior dude from above. trying out different things. just worked really on his head tonight.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb097.jpg

[dkounios]

tiny sketch update!
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb092B.jpg

[dkounios]

practicing some simple low poly work.

a low poly church:

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/3d/lowpoly_church.jpg

[dkounios]

speed paint
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint015.jpg
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I'm working on a personal project, and I want to create a certain environment. Iit's a valley, known as a "pass" in this world that I'm creating. Anyway, it does have a small back story where an ancient race used to live there long ago, but now are extinct and the lands are barren. The Pass is going to lead up into a higher elevated ground leading to a huge fortress. Within the valley/pass, you can see old ruins from the ancient race. Also, since this land has been consumed by evil, tiny rivers of lava flow through on the sides. I'm trying to get this valley big enough to have an army march through/in it. i know i know..your thinking lord of the rings now..but its not! anyways, I'll be speed painting a bunch more ideas for this.
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[Pass Speed Paint 001]
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint016.jpg
[Pass Speed Paint 002]
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint017.jpg
[Pass Speed Paint 003]
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint018.jpg


these took me about 30-45 min each. i don't want to spend to much time on them. also, I may have zoomed in past 100% once or twice. also trying to cut that bad habit down while speed painting.

[dkounios]

another quick one. 25 min.
Pass Speed Paint 004
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint019.jpg

[dkounios]

i believe this guy is done.
I'm happy with it, but I still may go and tweak a few things some more.
He is my 2nd concept for my next demo reel of 4.

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/vampireknight.jpg

[dkounios]

a siege tower I started tonight. about 3-4 hrs worth, maybe a bit less.
speed modeling!
I was thinking it would be used by the dwarfs.and the little slots under that wooden port, would be where their archers or spear men could poke out. I still gotta add the top opening mechanism, and the back to show how it would be pushed, some banners, etc. just for fun :)

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/3d003.jpg

[dkounios]

head hurts. going to bed now.
small update of siege tower.

anatomy studies and drawings up tomorrow!!

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/3d003b.jpg

[ChaoticKnight]

Nice 3d work. Looks like your closing the same gap that i am between sketching and photoshop. >.< Its tough. Good stuff and good progress though. Good luc, and keep going! :)

[dkounios]

some speed paints!
about 5-10 min.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint020.jpg

saw an image on Flickr, loved it, used it as reference. the boys eyes were amazingly huge. love it.
about 25-30 min
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint021.jpg

[Jason Rainville]

Elloh there govnuh :)

Nice 3ds and enviros. Watch those hands! They look a bit like the 'fist, knuckles-all-same-length' type of stuff. Facial features coming along, you're not using 'symbols' for features, just gotta refine them :)

[dkounios]

why hello Mista Rhineville. >:D

thank you for the advice...again... :)
I realized the error in his hand, and may go back to fix up.

what do you mean by symbol features? :$

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its only 11pm tonight and its raining cats n dogs outside.
just recently bought a condo and got engaged too. quite the week.
me and the gf (now fiance) have been living at my parents to save up some cash while looking for a house. we weren't strapped for cash or anything at all like that...but we realized how much we could save in the 3-4 months and did it.
and, its been 7 and a half years so I figured why not level her up from GF to Fiance. now another 7 and a half for the wedding!! :bashful:
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anyways, speed paint...again!
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint022.jpg

[dkounios]

early morning speed - 10-15 minutes
ref used
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/speedpaint023.jpg

[dkounios]

bah...busy week/end so far, working on a computer game, working in general, got engaged, bought a condo, and having difficult sleeping at night. makes up for some blahness of sketchbook crap.

on a positive note, I have officially started my next 3d demo reel. huzah!
the rhino!

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/3d004b.jpg

and some sketches. random 5 min quickies.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb098.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb099.jpg

speed paint of my sisters dog, then i tweaked it a tad.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb100.jpghttp://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb100b.jpg

[dkounios]

update on rhino.
that is all for now :(

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/3d004e.jpg

[DARAF]

I enjoyed looking at your work. I think the rhino beast is cool. You should try doing another version with the backlegs and thighs being thicker and shorter. This way the weight is on the back leg and he has a slope instead of straight across. Just a suggestion, it looks cool though.

[dkounios]

thanks man.
i did do what you said, and I got this.
I kinda Like it.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb071h.jpg
before i start laying out his uvs, ill see if i can make it look like that and if i like it, i might keep it ;)
heres a wip of the 3d version:
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/3d004f.jpg

and here is a matte painting. just trying it out last night after i found this image of Switzerland on the web. its simple, and just playing around really. I forgot to add birds near the tower so I still gotta do that. any crits? suggestions?
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/matte/matte001.jpg

[dkounios]

tis been a while, longer than what I would have liked, buuuutttt, here is a small update..
city speed painty concept.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/enviroments/city001.jpg
some design stuff
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/design/logos001.jpg


started playing around with after effects. just some ways of showing off text and design/graphic stuff.
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[dkounios]

woa long time no update.... :(

anyways, some work! hopefully this dry spell will snap :D

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/design/design01.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/3d/siegetower.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/enviroments/wall_c.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/tower.jpg

[Alex Baer]

hey man the 3d work is looking great, and i like the landscape speed paints. i think you could play around with color a little more though. that matte painting is interesting but the perpectives on the photos are all different so it looks like that tower's about to topple over. anyways congrats on the engagement and keep posting!

[dkounios]

thx Dabaers for the comments.
heres 2 doodles from tonight. just playing around. very tired.

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb101.jpg

[dkounios]

my god...my last post was in September??
somebody kick me in the ass. please.
I have no excuse, other than the typical working jobs etc etc.

anyways, I don't have much unfortunately but I do have something and
I plan on getting more, daily! any who, concept and 3d work coming right up!
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb100c.jpg
Just some quick sketches of some sci fi creatures
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/charactercreatures/creatures.jpg

the last one there interested me, and for some reason I was thinking about those big vases people have as decorations. why not place 2 of those vases on the back of a ugly weird looking creature, where alien eggs come out of? And what if this creature was a palm walker, had a short stumpy tail, drooled alot, and was kinda fat?
so using the last concept from the previous row, I started going 3d on it. WIP with a paint over following.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb102.jpg

[dkounios]

happy december everyone!
some speed b/w paints. both about an hours worth.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb103.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb103b.jpg

[dkounios]

a 1 hr digital paint
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb104.jpg

a very quick sketch
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb105.jpg

low poly speed modeling. about 1 hr with modeling, another hr for texture and bump.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb106.jpg

[dkounios]

alien pig. sped up.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb107.jpg

[dkounios]

well. had a rough day at work, my cat was pissing me off, and my birds wont shut up. So I thought I'd blow off some steam by tweaking the oil drum.

There are actually 796 Tris, and this render is without a bump or anything else. just a diffuse. I'm tweaking one thing at a time :O
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb106b.jpg

[dkounios]

annnnd complete.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/3d/oildrum.jpg

[dkounios]

http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb108.jpg
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb108b.jpg

[dkounios]

that flying fish thing was an hours worth of speed paint.
this newer one is the result of 1hr-45 min.
on both of them, I've kept from zooming in past 100%.
Also, I tried to stick with just one layer, other than duplicating them
to record the history for end product.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb108c.jpg

[dkounios]

trying to practice environments a bit more. this was a speed drawing but then spent about 2 hrs painting it. some good practice I suppose
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb109.jpg

some characters, the one on the left was a speedy.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/sb110.jpg

and holy crap...the rhino from long ago! finally re-opened it and put some good hours into it. feet missing. tail missing. mouth not done. still gotta tweak it after all that.
http://www.dimitrioskounios.com/Portfolio/conceptart/sketchbook/3d004g.jpg