Creature Sketches Book by Bobby Chiu. Constant updates!!

[digi]

Hi Everyone! I have a new art book coming out called "Creature Sketches" and I wanted to show some of the stuff from the book here.

I will be updating constantly so stay tuned!

To see more info on any of my art books CLICK HERE (http://www.imaginismstudios.com/books.html)

here's a couple pics
http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/cowbeast3.jpg
http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/flyingcreature04.jpg

[redehlert]

very cute! can't wait to see more!

cheers,
d

[Chuck,mate.]

the 2nd is just too adorable!
its expression is priceless. :)
great job.

[Mirana]

The second one scared the crap outta me. It's so ugly it's cute. :) Love the fuzz and the sunken face.

[A.Cerasoli]

I just ordered a one year subscription to Imaginism Books. I'am looking forward to your Creature Sketches book. Great work as always!

[Pixeldragoon]

I heard about this one! Good luck with it!

[digi]

Thanks everyone who commented! I'm just out the door this morning so I'll reply to everyone later but here's another pic for the Creature Sketches Book.

For more info on my ART BOOKS please CLICK HERE (http://www.imaginismstudios.com/books.html)

http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/black06.jpg

[Alday.J]

Nice works, the second pic is so cute ! :) Congrats for your artbook, B.
J.

[goran]

Love the expression on that flying guy,can I keep him as pet?

[redehlert]

great addition! good sense of motion - reminds me of something that fellow post-er chuck,mate. would do.
....active, dynamic, and yet comical at the same time (teeth and characters in bg). i dig it!!
cheers,
d

[cognition.sb]

Wow, brilliant update image. Great lighting and movement.

[Konstruktion]

Haha that second one is so brilliant! He looks... I don't know, fun? Cool? Happy? Really nice anyway!

[e338]

the last one is by far my favourite. Really good dynamic and designs. Love the way you've managed the motion effect, but for some reason i kinda miss the brushy style of the cape from your CGtalk version (of course, not that rough but...). Almost looks like a directional blur in photoshop now, although i'm pretty sure it ain't :)
Anyway. cool stuff Mr Chiu!

[Clandestine_IX]

Very cool, congrats on the new book, really like that second one, looks like you could just reach right in and grab him!

[monani]

i really like the third sketch painting!

[Idiot Apathy]

Ah so that's you? I saw this last one on Cgtalk, very nice. I do have to say however I liked the composition of the sketch a little more, just felt so fluid as if my head swung with the path of the blade, you know what I mean?

[digi]

redehlert - hey thanks
Chuck,mate. - thx Chuck!
Mirana - aw thank you!

A.Cerasoli - Hey thanks Alex! The Creature Sketches book is looking great! I'll be sending you an original published drawing as well. Comes with the subscription.

Pixeldragoon - thanks Pixel!
Alday.J - thx very much
goran - hehe... i'll see what i can do. Maybe with some spray paint, glue, plastic wings and an ugly puppy
redehlert - oh really? hehehe... didn't mean to but thank you
cognition.sb- cheers
Sarcophagus - hehe.. thx!
e338 - really? oh... hmm ok thx
Clandestine_IX - hey thank you
monani - cheeers
Idiot Apathy - hey thanks! I know where you're coming from but i prefer the new one more.

here's another sketch...
I was in a funny mood when painting this. I was thinking it was kind of a doggy-tiger-mouse-pig but frankly I have no idea!
http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/creature12.jpg

[Alday.J]

LOL ! I want the same !
Nice stuff, Bobby. Very funny and pleasant to see. :)
J.

[redehlert]

hysterical!

[Tom Garden]

theres is a nice blend in your work between exageration and cartoon, and then hinted realism in the way you paint and light it :)

[Pavel Sokov]

amazing animals dude!
you handle exaguration just right!

[AnalogDoll]

Everytime I pass by this page and take a long good look at that first image, I can't help but think, "That's not creamed spinach in his mouth."

Some poor family is missing a pet.

Looking forward to seeing what other creatures are waiting to thrill us.

-AD

[digi]

Alday.J - thanks J!

redehlert - :)

Tom Garden - hey thanks for the kind words Tom

manslauter - cheers

AnalogDoll - hehe... thx AD

"Baterpillar Ferret." :)
http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/caterpillar06.jpg

here's what the cover looks like
http://www.imaginismstudios.com/images/books/creature-sketches.jpg
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO (http://www.imaginismstudios.com/creaturesketches.html)
Thanks for checking in everybody!

[vigostar]

ha those last two are really great.. such personalities..

[Lone Wolf]

LOL, funny creatures Bobby! Great stuff.

[RocketEXE]

Oh now that last one was definately most cute.
I want >_<

[nonie]

Wow, cute creatures! I like the second one in the first post and the last one a lot :)

[young paddy1]

dawbing skill all over the page there, love all the little furry doofers, but I really love the Baterpillar Ferret when it had paws they made it the cuteness overlord.

cheerio

[Tyranx]

lol that last one is awesome!

[Stephan_R]

Really sensational stuff. Lots of humor and pleasant colors, but also impressive details. The fur is amazing, did you use the "twisting the pen "method in Painter to follow the contour of the body?

These creatures have my favorite detail in them "personality" :) keep it up please.

[Mr. Visions]

Man, I gotta grab my copy. I love the cover, very cool. I dig the concepts, too. Great stuff, Bobby.

- Visions

[digi]

vigostar - hey thanks for checking in!

Lone Wolf - thanks wolf!

rocket exe - hehe.. thank you rocket

nonie - hey cheers

young paddy - thanks for the suggestion!

tyranx - thank you T

Stephan_R - thanks for the words. I did everything with custom brushes in Photoshop

Mr.Visions - hey thx Visions

here's a new one. It's the rarest kangaroo in the world and lives in deep dark caves all it's life. Barely ever seen by man, I was lucky enough to see one on a recent trip and did a painting of her and her baby standing outside her cave.

Meet the Kanga-mole-bunny.
http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/moleratkang06.jpg

[Pavel Sokov]

Hahaha wow, that is awesome, you exagurated perfectly yet again.

[redehlert]

that is officially my favorite from this set. a riot!
thanks for the new image to enjoy!
cheers,
dave

[Nexus]

Digi have you ever considered making some models of these creatures. Any one of them would be really great little sculptures. For example, the little furry green flying chubby lizard. You could get some sculpy and really get in all those nice little wrinkles and skin effects and even get some acetate to make little wings with. Then add fur and whatnot. Itd be a nice piece.

[VashTheStampede]

i really admire your style and brushwork. its comical, yet convincing. sick, but fun. =)

[Main Loop]

pretty cool.. some of these fooled me into thinking they were acrylic

[digi]

manslauter - :)thx

redehlert - hey cheers! thanks for the comment

Nexus - People have asked to make the characters into 3d models but never thought of making them into actual real models

VashtheStampede - thx

Main Loop - hey thanks

The book will arrive from the printers next Friday! I saw the proofs today and it's looking great. Some wonderful guest artists as well. CLICK HERE TO ORDER (http://www.imaginismstudios.com/books.html)
http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/reading.jpg

[asoir]

That rabbit is hella tight...amazing style.

[m o я p h o]

amazing !

[Geophillyx]

these are just adorable!!!!!!!!!!!

[rawwad]

Yeah, your funny creatures, haha. I like all, last one is very cute, that´s pretty big tail.:confident Congratz Bobby!

[digi]

Asoir - hey thanks

morpho - cheers

geophillyx - thank you

rawwad - Thanks for visiting rawwad. and thx for the nice words :)

CREATURE SKETCHES BOOK (http://www.imaginismstudios.com/books.html) comes out this Friday!
http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/watercreature.jpg

[digi]

here's some more images from CREATURE SKETCHES (http://www.imaginismstudios.com/books.html)
http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/sketch.jpg
http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/caterpillar01.jpg

[Moreha]

Hello there!
Very, very nice creatures and Kanga-mole-bunny make my day:wink: I must to say, that you have alot of original ideas and realy coool style!

Keep posting:}

[undergroundsean]

the first one ! is that a dog or a cow ? interesting creature .

I LOVE THIS ANIMALS !! thay so cute ..

[rWDrk]

Like like like and i like it.

[Pavel Sokov]

aaaw poor bunnies :(

[One Down]

wow great stuff, my fav is the battle scene

OMG a white monkey! awsome ^^

[Oddo]

Oh the poor bunines. Is the monkey gonna eat them? :)



The Kanga-mole-bunny is by far my favourite :). Good background, lighting, nice colors, composition ... the works :).

Post more :).

[zao75231]

lol, man these are so fucking cute, I love these alot. Keep it up please :D

[Doomgriever]

your art is very cute :) and that bunny sure looks scary 0___0 no crit

[digi]

Moreha - thanks very much!

undergroundsean - hey thx. I was thinking it's a cow from hell :)

rWDrk - :)

manslauter - hehehe...

White Monkey - ^^ guess it does kinda look like a monkey

Oddo - first he'll probably crack their heads open with a rock and slurp up the insides. Then he'll eat them ;)

zao75231 - thanks

Doomgriever - cheers

here's a new one... fun with textures
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/820/1636/1600/textures.jpg

[deltron05]

That is too cute ......nice and refreshing work ! thanks

[Dreln]

I've had the Baterpillar Ferret as my bg for awhile now so I figured I'd reply to this thread:)

These creatures are really a treat and a great break from the all serious stuff around here. They are all well done and I love the sofness to your paintings!

The new batch of cartoony (more so even than the others:) are slick and the textures on them are simply great.

Gotta love sideburns on a fish!

[digi]

deltron05 - thx much

Dreln - hehe.. thanks for replying. Fish and sideburns just seem to go together well don't they :P

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/820/1636/1600/textures02.jpg

[Ragnar X]

i love em! theyre all super cute -nice to see some cartoony stuff! well done :)

[Pixeldragoon]

This (http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/reading.jpg) and this (http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/caterpillar01.jpg) are my favorites.... I will definitley try to get the book!

Such a great variety between the swordsman one and these latest one, it ROCKS!

[Nixon]

These are great!!! I gotta get your book! I love the facial expressions on all of them, too!

[Dead Bunny]

If these were any cuter I'd vomit love.

...in a good way.

[Summer Pudding]

http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/black06.jpg

They're all great, but this is superb. Could we see a bigger version please?

Pete

[Charlie_2.0]

I like the Shar-Pei (or how do ya spell it:P)-pig-dog thingy too :D, cool and cute creatures:)
My fav is the bunny marsupial (the rabbit-kangaroo:P)

[viag]

great work , i love the caterpillar ! :^^:

[pogonip]

All your designs would be great for that new will wright game spore ..lol ..good stuff !

[Norwar]

Great works man, love these funny creatures... please post more...:D

[ArtByZak]

My daughter really enjoyed looking at these creatures with me.
alexis <(she wanted to type her name)

[Kalango]

Loved It!

[digi]

Hey thanks everyone! The books were delivered to my house yesterday and are now avalible! CLICK HERE (http://www.imaginismstudios.com/books.html)

http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/sketch02.jpg

[SirGreenSock]

Hehe didnt see a lot of these. Great stuff Bobby!
Gonna have to get a book soon, though I might have to wait until post-workshop me=short on cash. :)


By the way, I dont think I'll make it subway sketching this week either. Sorry, got 8 final projects due the day before i leave for Montreal on top of other school work and exam and trying to get a half-decent portfolio together. Gonna try for next week right before the workshop!

[digi]

Hey Nik! Yeah.. looks like I won't be able to check out the workshop... crappy. no time....
Take lots o pics!

here's another sample image from the book! http://www.imaginismstudios.com/books.html
http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/sketchcreature.jpg

[johnny78]

You´ve developed a very nice style with your creatures.

Some of them look cute, but still have this "I don´t wanna touch this"-feeling. Like the kangaroo for example.

[Gavin Hargest]

These creatures are fantastic, reminds me of the freaky stuff from the Oddworld series of games. Your drawings are both extremely well rendered and humorous, kudos to you.

Hope to see more soon please . . . :)

[monsi]

Awesome stuff! :D

[nutterific]

FAntastic updates!!

[digi]

Thanks so much everyone
Here's another sample from the book
The book can be ordered HERE (http://www.imaginismstudios.com/books.html)
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/820/1636/1600/treemonster.jpg

[chrismagnus]

nice work, very cute

[lorez]

BOB you are amazing.
you are to good to have here worked here at club nevco.
remindes me that some people that work here have any talent!
keep posting as it is always exciting to see your stuff.

[nutterific]

These creatures are looking saweeeeeeeeeeTT!! Fantastic book Bobby

[Tocace]

hahaha nice funny and interesting looking animals, o, man wonderfull stuff at this thread, keep up with the great work ! :)
tell me what is your favorite brush ?
and do you start to draw on a white page or you fill it first with some neutral color ? And could you reveal some of the coloring steps that you take when doing some of those animals could you ?

[digi]

Hey thanks for the replies all.
Tocace - Sorry my friend. No time for new tutorials at this point but I am doing a creature design tutorial for the next ImagineFX magazine so look out for it!

here's another image. Click here for more books! (http://www.imaginismstudios.com/books.html)
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/820/1636/1600/horseface.jpg

[rawwad]

Haha, New creatures! Cool, love most of them, second last looks a bit like ninja turtle :) And also mI love very much your cartoon creatures set, fantastic expresions and colors.

[CleptoCat]

Very slick. Lovin all the variance.

[flaptraps]

these are all rad!! i'm jealous!

[Icey]

brand art, huh? :)

[digi]

Thanks everyone that left a comment!
here's another little guy. Click here for more books! (http://www.imaginismstudios.com/books.html)
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/820/1636/1600/ratman.jpg

[nutterific]

The last one is pretty funny. You should animate a little walk cycle for that little guy! It'd make a great avatar

[Vampires_Shadow]

vigostar - hey thanks for checking in!

Lone Wolf - thanks wolf!

rocket exe - hehe.. thank you rocket

nonie - hey cheers

young paddy - thanks for the suggestion!

tyranx - thank you T

Stephan_R - thanks for the words. I did everything with custom brushes in Photoshop

Mr.Visions - hey thx Visions

here's a new one. It's the rarest kangaroo in the world and lives in deep dark caves all it's life. Barely ever seen by man, I was lucky enough to see one on a recent trip and did a painting of her and her baby standing outside her cave.

Meet the Kanga-mole-bunny.
http://www.artofbob.com/images/books/creatures/moleratkang06.jpg

WHAT IS IT SCARED OF?? looks cool, like the teeth

[Ragnar X]

its been a while now- post some more cool critters please!