licking your eyeballs as you sleep

[Beelow]

Platts!!! Where are you man?! In my angry voice* I am pretty sure you are busy so no rush. Latest updates are the tits!

[dhilipsomesh]

great works


My sketch book (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=72098&page=12)


My Blog (http://nullworld-3033ad.blogspot.com/)

[teapo]

i want your character's hairstyle... LOLOL :3 very nice devin.

[B-Man]

I bet your bussy fighting fembots with your giant sword of awesomness but we do need an update here Tex!

[Luckers]

The updates are amazing! You got me drugged... Need more!

[Aveh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-enjcgV1o&t=0m59s
:bashful:

[Texahol]

metal fingers: thanks doooood
oren90: cheers~
untouched24: that one was probably about 4 hours. I'm not really sure how long it takes me for the more finished ones...I think it's somewhere around 8-12 hours start to finish. really depends on if I have a clear idea of what I'm doing when I start.
Knarf: hahaha thanks man ;)
olivepalm: thanks~
auspiciouspanda: thank you! you are too kind :)
jozulus: hahah, maybe a biiiiiit ;) thanks man!
Yor: thanks!!!
Danny: :heart:
squidmonk3j: bittersweetnessssss mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :P
vritra: thank you! you are too kind~
krato: haha thanks man, there's always something to critique~
defiledvisions: moooooo
Placeboast: lol uhh I've been real busy... :S sorry to let you down
Blue Severin: thanks for the backup bro!
cgaddict: thanks!!
thomas_1710: hahah thanks!
jeremygordon89: thank you!!
Beelow: I'm in ...CHINAAAAAAA :wtf:
dhilipsomesh: thanks!!
teapo: I want my characters hairstyle too :( too bad I'm going bald...
B-Man: you know it! fembots are everywhere trying to steal my mojoooo
Luckers: drugs are great! err no wait...drugs are bad! don't do drugs :P
Aveh: hahahahaha that one really made my day man ;D


So I disappeared there for a little bit... I was doing a working vacation in Oslo, Norway hanging out with my good friends slash (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2782129#post2782129) and mischeviouslittleelf (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110284&page=9999999)...and by hanging out, I really mean that I was living with them, eating their food..stealing their girlfriends etcetera...when I got a job offer to work for Gameloft fulltime at their Redsteam Studio, in Shanghai, China. I didn't really think much about it, and said yes. Shortly after I realised how much freelance work I had lined up that I had to finish before I started working there. That's when I fell off the map. I did two months worth or work in less than half the time, and still managed to get drunk here and there...

So after a lot of paperwork, there was more paperwork to be done, and as it turns out, you can only get Chinese visa by going to the country where you have your passport. China is very picky about these things...no one told me. So after going to the Norwegian Chinese Embassy, and finding this out the long way...I hopped on a flight to NYC, USA. something like 7 hours travel time, and I was lucky enough to get randomly screened in my stop-over in Iceland. I got free water and some cookies, but I was pretty hungry and wasn't allowed out of the tiny holding area until my flight arrived.
Flew to NYC, and found out how convenient public transport is in NYC. Had a liiiiiiittle bit of freetime, and met up with Nov (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44021&page=2) and his gf for some dinner+drawing. He helped me find pretty cheap hotel not too far from where I needed to be. I spent an entire day soaking wet from torrential rains sitting in the Chinese Embassy in NYC, then as they were closing, got my passport back with a fancy zvisa to china. Next day, I was on a bus headed up towards Boston...and spent the night at my beautiful bearded warrior friend's place.[aka Dan (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=100047&goto=newpost) ] and saw dave (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=67096&goto=newpost)and chelsea (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=95572&goto=newpost) and their adorable puppies.

The next morning I was on a train and then some more busses, and finally ended up at my parents house. Got to see my family, and grab a few items for my trip..and the next morning I was on a flight to Shanghai. 1 layover, about 20 hours total travel time. It was somewhere around when I got to the hotel, I realised :wtf: I'm in China...and I toooooootally didn't know any Mandarin when I got here. Slowly picking up some basic things, but still a loooooong way to go before I can even really hold a conversation.
So since coming here, I've been working fulltime, and have been doing freelance as well, so my motivation to continue to sit at the computer and do personal work was very low when I had the free time.

I finished my old sketchbook, but I don't know what happened to it, I think I left it at my parents house in the USA, so no scans of that one, but I started a new one, and have recently started using it again hahah

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some studies, all are about 1 hour or less
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I have been doing some portrait painting at my friend Oyo's (http://oyo.carbonmade.com) place. I'll try to get some pics for my next update of the painting I've done so far. Here is one of a nice Dutch girl I met at a club and she was nice enough to sit for us to paint.
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also a shot of the 'studio' at Oyo's place.
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This is the view from my 27th floor apartment~ :blahblah:
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thanks for looking, and hopefully I'll have some more regular updates in the future!!

[Tigermilk]

Really nice man.
Color stuff is, as usual, fantastic. Really.. just amazingly inspiring.
Cant help but think you could push the pencils though. Lines for instance. Maybe values. Faces look a bit crooked sometimes. haha god i hope i dont sound too douchy. I really admire your work. :)
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edit: quite some stuff you've been through though, grats to the job in shanghai! :)

[Jovian M]

You've had a wild few months. Holy moly.

[Windmaker]

Awesome stuff! Love your sketches from life! Aaand... yeah. Your work in general. But you already know that:)
Thanks for the inspiration!

[Jamie Romoser]

Sounds like the adventure of a lifetime man :mod:
Really inspiring I'm looking forward to seeing more :)
have a good one
-Jamie

[SamC]

Awesome story and awesome work, keep posting :)

[AustenFM]

Man, Devin Platts, Adventurer Extraordinaire! Sounds like you're having a great experience man, can't say i'm not jealous. That view from your apartment,..all the building looks like they're gonna fall over D:

Best of luck with everything going on, can't wait for your next update!

[Dana_T]

Great improvement since your first post, it's really inspiring.
I really dig those movie movie studies. I gotta start doin some o dat, haha.
Keep it up~

[PieMonster]

Awesome stuff man, and it sounds like you've had a really good time, good luck working at your new job! :)

[Metal Fingers]

Very cool, thanks for sharing Devin!!

[Iridyse]

Woaahh, what an adventure! Congrats on the new gig!!
Great sketches as always :D

[Beelow]

Life is full of adventures. Glad to hear that you are working now and got all of that I don't know what to call it, situated. No luck yet with me, gotta do some DandD samples for WOTC. The Senior Art Director liked a couple of my works, so I gotta pull the awesome outta my ass and do something worth his time. Nice Oils paintings I am assuming. I hope that you are having fun doing them. I am withdraws right now, because I havent worked with them in a long time. A year too long... Keep it up though Platts. I hope to see you come back with the regular updates. All in the spirit of fun... *fart*

[Aveh]

Believeable story up until you said nov has a girlfriend....
now I just don't know what part of your story to believe anymore T__T

[DefiledVisions]

Good luck man!

[Jai Kamat]

observation sketches and studies are looking pretty sweet bro, and that's a killer view btw :)

EDIT: Hey man, you asked me in my thread whether or not I do personal work, and I do, but usually its just my assignments from school...that's something I'm trying to branch out into, to become more creative and develop my own ideas. It's like I've got these awesome images in my head and I can never put them down on the page, so I usually just resort to studying to fill the void...think it's about time I actually get over it and try to do something sweet, since you and a couple other people have been asking about it

And thanks for the graph, it really encouraging to know that others feel the same way, not just me!

Thanks again man great work again and I'll see ya round :)

[Geir]

Good luck in China man. Sounds like it could be a wild ride:)

[surus]

You lost your sketchbook? Hope you'll find it soon (or your parents). I was hoping to see some more pencil pages like in post # 1243, the last ones are different (less rendering).

If you want to learn faster the chinese language, try to get some Jackie Chan DVDs with english subtitle or try to get a language DVD called "Rosetta Stone". It's very usefull to learn any language fast.

[Parsakoira]

Strangers yeah! but theres always room for some CA friendship eh mate? still, great fucking art!

[kiwigarbage]

Wowowo!

Lovin those life drawings. Ever better my friend, ever better! Could you do some in ink too?

[Odayga]

Your moleskins, paintings and life drawings are RAD. Definitely looking forwards to seeing more :p

[smokenmirrors]

truly a traveling man, a vagabond with a sketch book... I dont know how I would fare hopping from one spot to another but I admire your penchant for adventure. :) congrats on the full time gig!

[ThomasM]

you have some sweet pencils in here! I am constantly finding that people who reach a decent level of skill with a pencil don't bother to upload their sketches, and only do their digi-paints. You are an exception to that! Great stuff, I particularly like the dino-skeleton ones.

[oren90]

the sketches and studies look fantastic, and that's a pretty awasome view from the 27th floor :) the highest i got was a 6 floors building :)

[Teundeboer]

And when you ask them: "How much should we give?"
They only answer: "More, more, more!"

Give the people what they want. More, more, more!

[ThabisoMhlaba]

Nice work Man! Been a while.

[mike butkus]

Love the dragon sketch, was that from life or your imagination?

[p sage]

Love the dragon sketch, was that from life or your imagination?

I can see through time :O

If Mike says they exist, they exist <3

Devin, great drawings, nice sketches, and Happy Chinese new year. Serious this time.

http://deadhomersociety.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/thecityofnewyorkvs-homersimpson2.png

[Texahol]

Tigermilk: thanks man! I know my pencils are pretty lazy, but I've never really cared about pencils, and I'm drawing in an a6 size moleskine, usually only while consuming alcohol :P
Jovian M: Yes, yes I have. And it's not over yet!!
Windmaker: thanks man!!
OmertA: Thanks Jamie, the adventure is still going on :O
SamC: thanks!!
AustenFM: hahahah...the just might :S
Dana_T: thanks man!
PieMonster: thanks! I'm having a pretty good time, tho sometimes I get a bit stressed for various reasons ;P Still learning a lot tho!
Metal Fingers: woooooord!
Shreya: thanks!!!
Beelow: I think regular updates are still far away...once I stop doing freelance maybe I'll have more free time...
Aveh: lol...he really does!!
DefiledVisions: thanks dooood!
Ixius: thanks man! Everyone's always struggling with something, even if it's not art related...but especially within ;)
Geir: yeah dude. China is fucking nuts.
surus: "lost" my sketchbook...I just don't know where it is, I'm sure it's somewhere at my parent's house with a bunch of other random art supplies :P I was using rosetta stone for a while, but I've been so busy the last few months I've stopped taking the time for learning much of anything. I already know enough basics to get around, and where I fail short...I just call one of the bilingual chinese people I know :P
Paraskoira: STRANGERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS hahahah
kiwigarbage: no ink! NEVARRRRRR!! *cough* maybe in the future, I'm just not a big fan of it
odayga: thanks!
smokenmirrors: I think traveling puts a lot of things into better perspective...there's really a lot to see out there, and it's sad that so many people don't even leave their hometown...
ThomasM: thanks dude! I'm pretty lazy about drawing with pencil :S I don't even know where my current sketchbook is exactly :P
oren90: thanks man! yeah the apt has a cool view, but I actually don't spend too much time staring out the window...mostly just staring at computer screens :P
Teundeboer: hahah I can only post as much as I do. I'm real busy doing freelance when I'm not doing regular work :P
ThabisoMhlaba: thanks dude! it has been a while...
Mike Butkus: thank mike! the dragon sketch was from imagination. I can't really think of anything clever to say as a rebuttle :(
p sage: thanks man!! there's like 1000000000x more fireworks than that...all day and all night long :nohope:


So this is about the extent of the personal work that I've done since my last update. All the rest of my time as been spent working, doing freelance, more freelance, and then when I'm not doing those, I just can't be arsed to draw, so I do fun things like play videogames, or lay on the floor listening to audiobooks and resting my eyes.

In other news, it looks like the studio I'm working at is moving from Shanghai to Singapore sometime around march or april! I'm looking forward to another exciting adventure!!!

these are all 2-3 hour sittings except for the failed cast study. that was like 6 hours...and then all 3 of us just kind of gave up.
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[Mr Man]

Interesting to see that your finally rendered images don't stray too far from their initial sketches. I have a terrible habit of completely moving everything around, like clay I suppose.
Nice grasp of colour. Want to see mooooore though.. mwoaaaaaar. :D

Edit: Fuck, you are the pandabat guy right? Possibly met at the san fran 2006 workshop, spoke on ventrilo or something? Crikey, you have come a loooooooooooooooong way mate! :D

[Yor]

loving these oils man, very smooth :)

[AndreasM]

That cast has too many light sources on it to be tackled in 6 hours! I really like the portraits.

[Blastsniper]

Really like the smoothness of your paintings man. Keep the good work up.

[NickyBeats]

good luck with the move bro! love those oils! keep rockin dude, and post some more goodies when you get a minute!

[Velocity Kendall]

i love your sketches from life (including the dragon)
theyre really sweet

[HunterKiller_]

Congrats on the job! Hope you have fun in China. Stay out of the back alleys.
Xin nian kuai le!

[Blue Severin]

Oh neat man, studies lookin good. Hope Singapore treats you right, the view from ur apartment right now is killer though! Freelancin and working, ur a busy guy.

[Texahol]

Mr Man: Cheers man!! I still change a lot while I'm working, but I really try to get most things sorted out in the drawing stage these days, seems like extra work at the beginning, but in the long run really seems to make things move a lot faster overall.

...and yes, I'm the pandabat guy. We met at the san fran workshop in 2006, and I used to pop into vent every once in a while :D

Yor: Thanks dude!
AndreasM: Thanks man!!
Yeah, we never really tried anything like that before, but we sure learned our lesson... :S
Blastsniper: thanks!! I learned a lot watching Coro's alla prima video a few times.
NickyBeats: Thanks! I will need the luck :S
Velocity Kendall: thanks man!!
HunterKiller_: yeah China has been...an experience. Hopefully Singapore will be a bit relaxing ;)
John: thanks man...it's really hard to stay motivated some days :P busy busy, trying to party and have fun as well...gets a bit more difficult~

Nothing much to show here, but a little nugget that's a few months old that I can show. Had the opportunity to do some collaborative freelance with the fabulous Clochette (http://ecartez-vous-jarrive.blogspot.com) for Wakfu TCG :D :D These have been released in the Pandala extension!

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[earthquake]

It was a wee bit rushed, had a little bit too much work and not enough time, but still was really cool to do. I had just started doing fulltime gig, and still had freelance on the side...but I reallllllllllllllllly wanted the chance to work with clo!

I actually ended up having to take a vacation day from my fulltime job in order to finish it on time hahah... :(

It's collaborative work like this I wish I could do all the time, I love to render on top of her lines! hopefully in the future we will be able to do even more, but I can't get too far ahead of myself...need to finish what's on my plate first :yum:

I also want to say that I really appreciate the kind words from everyone! It really means a lot to me

[p sage]

Nice mix of warm & cool colors dude. Congrats on getting it done.

[Dana_T]

Love the last one. So dynamic! :D

[Yor]

Nice update! sweet color reflection, love ur rendering!

[Dope Fiend]

thought i commented on that last batch, those oils look splendid! no complaints, just keep doing your thing, and don't ever stop posting those pencils!!

[Teundeboer]

This is just incredibly awesome ^^ I love how all the bamboo trees are breaking/falling down.

[MeTaL-Mike]

great work man. those oils look awesome!

[Texahol]

ero sennin: thanks man!
Dana_T: yeah, Clo's lines are awesome to work on :D
Yor: Thanks!!!!
Dope Fiend: hahaha thanks man! I need to do more pencils, don't have much to post these days e_e
Teundeboer: thanks man!! It's all clo's magic!! I just noodled on some colors ;)
MeTaL-Mike: thanks! Oils are pretty fun, I wish I spent more time with them :P


I saw this was released on the internet somewhere, so I thought I might post it here. It's from Eternal Legacy. It was a collaboration at the office...I worked on this while waiting of feedback from a different project I was working on. It's also quite old, but anyway...All I did was clean up the 3/4 view drawing and then rendered it for final approval. A coworker did the lines.
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[Yor]

cute pet you've got there! maybe a bit to much of the blue tattoos, but since it's finished work ^^ to the pet store !

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

last one rocks hard! close-up?

[raminafshari]

i like your portraits so much , they have that original feeling inside .

[Tigermilk]

clochette colab is aaceeesssss

[Texahol]

Yor: Not my design, I just rendered it...*shrug*
theUNKOWNsketcher: thanks man, I don't have a larger version handy, it's somewhere on the server at work and I'm too lazy *cough*
raminafshari: thanks! I really like painting with trad. media :)
Tigermilk: I loooooooove workin' with clo!!!


So here's something exciting~ I worked on this cover as a collab with a few others[clo, tom scholes, and then designed by fedezz] over at Gorilla Artfare.. It's the cover of our upcoming Gorilla Artbook (http://www.cfsl-ink.com/fr/products/gorilla-artbook):O
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it's gonna be sweet!!

[Chirp Chirp]

Man its been awhile since I last saw your work. Looks like you've been busy leveling up. Love it!

[brentos8]

Daammbb your good, inspired my butt to get back to it and close my jaw, hah!...good luck on your job.

keep postin, love those portraits btw

[Odayga]

REALLY LOVE your characters, creatures and illustrations!! beautiful colors!

[Metal Fingers]

Dang man, all of these updates are pretty boss.

[MatejaPetkovic]

Eh i always wanted to get into Gorilla Artfare, maybe one day. Great cover

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[ryan mcshane]

i hope the majority will be of dirty sundays haha
great work man! :D

[Texahol]

Chirp Chirp: hahaha thanks man!! Yeah, I've been pretty busy the last 2 years :S looking forward to meeting up in Singapore next month :D
brentos8: thanks!!
Odayga: :D :D thank you!!! [I can't really take too much credit for the illustrations, but the collaborations are really fun and rewarding]
Metal Fingers: thank you!!
matejaPetkovic: maybe one day :) thanks man!
ryan: erp:S no dirty sunday, as it conflicts a bit with CFSL's image, they weren't particularly keen on the raunchy stuff. We are thinking about possibly doing a dirty sunday special sometime in the future though :) Dave Palumbo has a collection of his nudes for sale in book format here (http://www.dvpalumbo.com/store/books.html).

I reckon I've forgotten what I'm doing, but here's some work from an indie game that's gone into Beta:

http://blight.ironhelmet.com/ (http://blight.ironhelmet.com/)
Blight of the Immortals is an online cooperative strategy game that pits a host of fantasy creatures against their undead counterparts. Blight of the Immortals is in early beta right now. Sign up and give it a try!

Iron helmet makes indie games, and their last game [Neptune's Pride] was pretty cool. Edge Mag said Neptune's Pride was in the Top 3 indie games of the year, and PC gamer said it was the top web game of the year, and also said it was the 50th best game of all time! Hopefully Blight will be at least as successful!!

Anyway, here's a sampling of some of them [i did quite a few] They're all quite old... :(
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[ryan mcshane]

haha man great zombie goodness! :D
looks like they were fun to paint
thanks for the link to daves quickies book, that'd be a sweet grab if i got the chance
keep posting sir

[Jasper_]

Nice designs man! Love the zombie counterparts of your characters. Interesting using a plain black background. Sweet update, very impressed!

[Metal Fingers]

these bring joy to my heart and tickles to my loins. That elfs got some damn strong fingers :D

[SamC]

strong values :)

[oren90]

really cool way of zombieing these guys, i really like the fairie and archer the most, the trolls look cool as well :)

[Jay Kyburz]

Hey, I'm the developer of Blight. I was super happy with the work Devin did on these. I'll be starting a new game soon. Contact me off line if you would like to help out! jay@ironhelmet.com

[Mr.Delicious]

Ooooohhh, finally :O! I remember watching you, holding you while you painted these. Such an emotional time. Looks good, where the rest?

[Mikko Voipio]

Awesome stuff as always. This (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1188620&d=1299932004) on is my favorite.

[Loathsome]

I really like the zombie versions. Good job!

[timo.]

Amazing character designs, i always love the way you render things.

[Texahol]

ryanoir: zombieeeees!! yeah man, dave's a good guy. so go buy his books!!!
jasper: thanks man!! I worked the characters clean, so that they could be dropped into any kind of background...
metal fingers: hahah thanks man!! sorry about missing you all the time on aim, but you always seem catch me when I'm gone e_e
samC: thanks :)
oren90:
Jay: thanks for the opportunity!
Dave: thanks for being there for me, keeping me warm with your love <3 here's a few more. I can't manage to sit through the time to post them all in one go ._. there's quite a few~
placeboast: thanks!!
loathsome: yeah, zombies were pretty fun :D
timo: thank you!!! I'm never really happy with it myself ... :S

okay here's a few more!!


http://blight.ironhelmet.com/ (http://blight.ironhelmet.com/)
Blight of the Immortals is an online cooperative strategy game that pits a host of fantasy creatures against their undead counterparts. Blight of the Immortals is in early beta right now. Sign up and give it a try!

Iron helmet is an independent games publisher, and their last game [Neptune's Pride] was pretty cool. Edge Mag said Neptune's Pride was in the Top 3 indie games of the year, and PC gamer said it was the top web game of the year, and also said it was the 50th best game of all time! Hopefully Blight will be at least as successful!!

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[ryan mcshane]

oh wait theres more!? :D
these seem to look like you didn't spend as much time on, well rendering/cleaning/detailing wise
but still awesome dude!
keep rocking devin

[Metal Fingers]

Hahaha s'all good. I love that zombified cyclops. real nice. :D

[devin platts]

ryan: in-game they're much smaller, and I was doing 4 per week on top of other freelance work. some of them are almost already a year old.

metal fingers: thanks man!!!

so I thought I was banned or something, because i couldn't access conceptart.org for the last month and a half. Apparently there is some problem with my old username, and everything breaks when I try to log-in. Not really sure what the issue is, but seems like the new username works fine.

Relocated to Singapore from Shanghai, China. Pretty expensive here, but really nice weather! I'm looking for some more freelance work to do as well! [did I mention it's expensive here in singapore?]

here's another collab I did with clo (http://ecartez-vous-jarrive.blogspot.com/) and was chipping away at in my free time. She did the lines, and I did the colors~

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[midknight523]

sweet colors

[p sage]

she gon chop somethin up

nice design

wb Andabatae ;)

[oren90]

looking cool :)

[Nubb]

Those corrupted versions of your characters are insane. Good arting here :)

[Teundeboer]

traveling the world drawing halfnaked elves, sounds pretty goddarn sweet. I thought artists were supposed to suffer for their art.
^_____________^

[NickyBeats]

havent seen you post in a while, but its good to get all of this awesomeness at once! its a heavy dosage :)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Oh Dev, why do you make it so hard on me (hurr hurr hurr) Now I must go all the way to Singapore to hunt you down and harvest your awesomeness!

-E

[Odayga]

GOD YOUR AMAZING.. keep it up with the beautiful and hard work!

[xinranliu]

latest updates are soo cool

[Reedux]

Cool stuff man, I bet it'll work out just fine in Singapore :)

[DefiledVisions]

That zombie cyclops is really cool yeah! ugh.. maggots :D

[monstertree]

Nice work! The fantasy creature set is really nice, love how they look like kickass toys ;)

[Reika]

Hey. Long time no see. :D
I like how your style has been developing. Keep them coming and I hope you're having fun freelancing!

[FlaviusChis]

Hello Devin!

I hope you re doing well in Singapore! :D
I saw Clo was speaking french on her blog, are you from France or do you speak french also? Anyhow, it must be sweet & inspiring to travel & see new places!

I really enjoy the collab you made with her, the big ears are wonderful. :)
I also LOVE your concept art, could we call the style painterly cartoony?
I may paint in that way & try to achieve that look. It looks lovely!

Keep getting better!

All the best

Flavius

[mad_jojo]

Lol
Awesome!I prefer those zombie versions .

[p sage]

I really like your hairstyle.

[Metal Fingers]

I demand bearded elfs.

[laowang]

taibangle ~more~~haha

[Cold]

subscriiibed x 10!

[Mykro]

Damn
So, I just got done looking through your whole SB. Very cool, and inspiring. I'm just at a point where I need to up my game, get employed etc, and looking at your stuff really pushes me. I really dig your imagination, which is something I think I lost drawing mechanically and from reference a lot. So, thanks for doing what you do and keep up the good work.

Cheers

[Voodoo_Mama]

I love your sketchbook!
Seeing the huge improvement you have made from the first page gives me courage to keep trying.

Awesome stuff!

[yongs]

Wooow! Really awesome stuffs you got here, the Ironhelmet project look like Tons of fun!! And omg you're in Singapore?!

(and yea stuff here IS really expensive. vehicles and property especially! no,on second thought, i think it's everything)

[devin platts]

midknight523: thanks!
p sage: arigato~
oren90: thanks!
Nubb: thanks!! I like the corrupted ones better as well :P
teundeboer: hahahah! welllllll it's not all candy and sunshine ;)
nicky beats: I've been otherwise preoccupied these days :P
even: awww :heart: miss you too man!
odayga: :3 thank you~
inranliu: I'm glad you like them!
Reedux: well...I think you're right...it's more or less fine here...more less than more...*cough*
defiled visions:hahah dude when I was searching for maggot refs, I saw some really gross stuff that almost made me squeamish for about 30 seconds :O
monstertree: yeah! that was my goal on these :> sounds stupid, but I'm glad that you can tell!
reika: thanks reika!!
flaviusChis: Hey man! uhh I'm not from France [I was born in USA], and I can only speak super broken french~ Clo has pretty good English though ;) I love to do collabs with her, but rarely seem to have the opportunity :P You can call the style however you like...I'm glad you like it!!
mad_jojo:thanks! I prefer the zombie versions too for most of them :P
p sage: dude i wish I had hairstyle :(
metal fingers: lol can elves even grow beards :O
laowang: duo xie~
jew: ebats kotikov!
mykro: thanks for the kind words! I'm glad that having a segment of my little art journey up for all to see can help others!! I guess imagination is why I got into drawing in the first place...I always have 100500 retarded ideas to do :O
voodoo_mama: thanks! again, really glad that my sketchbook can be a source of motivation for others!
yongs: thanks! Working for Iron Helmet was a really good experience :> Super awesome client to work for, and I learned a lot in the process!
and yea I'm in Singapore. Though I'm honestly less and less thrilled about it every day.


So here's some stuff from a cancelled project at work. some infected humans for some kind of something sci fi...and a quick tank study [around 30 minutes]
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[Mikko Voipio]

What the fuck has happened here? These latest ones don't even seem to be painted by the same guy. Awesome leap forward for you. The reflections make these look perfect. Damn you!!!

[Zesiul]

Nice update Devin :]

[Razorb]

love all this blackout stuff! more more moooaar!

[kischi]

omg what great renderings, the arms of the last two almost look like chrome but awesome!

[conte]

Cool stuff, Devin!
Glad you're back :)

[PieMonster]

Awesome designs on those infected humans, really cool to see new stuff from you!

[blazingdimensions]

awesome work, especially likin all the darker stuff throughout your sketchbook
definately an inspiration to me and to others

[p sage]

Yeah wtf? Awesome. Really? Yes.

[Voodoo_Mama]

:O Monsters are looking really good. Very slimy and creepy.

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

super nice last post ;))) <3

[Metal Fingers]

OOOOOH TRA LA LA! of course elves can grow beards, its just most of them don't have the steely determination. those infected humans are awesome, far right in the first image is my fav.

[Broderick]

those infected humans are awesome! Reminds me of a project Im currently working on myself. Maybe you'll see it whenever they approve my sketchbook for posting.

[Cranberry]

awesome, subbed!

[Gloominati]

love the last update man........now that I think of it I might actually come to your house and lick your eyeballs as you sleep.....mmmmh

[MatejaPetkovic]

coooool

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[Featheredface]

All these concepts, man.

[Metal Fingers]

yeah, in hindsight that really is the stuff of nightmares. haha. Last batch of concepts lookin good man. :D

[FranciscoShreds]

aww yeah devin... you're getting too nice!!

[Seage]

Im a true ninja. I keep up with your updates, and never say a word! Hah, mad skills! (I fail).

These latest are just so good though, I had to drop a comment! Keep on inspiring meee.

[FUSHANDCHUPS]

Nice concepts man, well put down

[NickyBeats]

yo devin! updates are looking sweeter than mr wonkas natural bum pudding! and you can take that one...... to the bank!!!

sorry... i was having a peter griffin moment or something... but everything looks amazing dude. solid progress.

[Engor]

awesome sketchbook!

[jcpahl]

My favorite sketchbook on CA. <3

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

last update is sick :) bravo!

[p sage]

These ladies of yours (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1370890&d=1322200064) are hot <3

[bupaje]

Gosh, this is one of the reasons I love communities like conceptart. So many great pieces. Unique and inspiring.

[William b. Hand]

The variety and solidity of rendering and design in those bullet witches is enviably awesome. For sheer moodiness, I think my fave is the first version of the floaty-skull (sloop-shouldered and sans bracelets), but really... they just all look sharp.

...Your handling of the fabrics and cuts is so strong... Hard for my eyes not to keep going back to that hovering puffy white dress "II" cutie.
... and then that anti-grav dark-haired "IV" draws me rightwards, then down to "VII", then back up to "II".

[Jamie Romoser]

sweet designs and characters
looking forward to seeing more
-Jamie

[Eyecager]

Your updates make my heart sing! The amount of unique variations you create for your concepts is just insane.

[Fernteixeira]

wow great chracters bump bump s__S

[Wheeljack18]

You have licked my eyeballs! Great work and thanks for sharing.

[Zesiul]

Sweet baby raptor jesus!

You have certainly improved! Getting all impressive up in here!!

[devin platts]

First off, I just want to thank everyone again for all of your kind words! It really means heaps to read through all of the comments!!

AND THEN I want to apologize for the reposting of the same shit. There was some confusion on if I could show the cowboy stuff. It seemed like it was fine to post, but then my boss said NONONO TAKE EVERYTHING DOWN FROM EVERYWHERE....and then went OK U CAN SHOW IT NOW shortly after taking it down from everywhere....and when I did this, because I was pissed I just deleted my posts containing the images here, instead of just editing out the image tags [like a smart person would have]

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and then as an apology, something I don't normally show: sketches I did while drunk. I can't sleep when I'm drunk, so when I go back home I'll usually sit at my computer and go on facebook, or wikipedia, and draw heaps in PS...and sometimes I even manage to save stuff... :nohope:
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[rich4rt]

really cool stuff man, can't wait to see more :)

[MatejaPetkovic]

I don't mind looking at them again :)

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[PieMonster]

Hahaha, drunk sketches are awesome. Thanks for sharing man! :D

[Jasper_]

Haha yeah man nice drunk drawings. Sweet designs too!

[Zesiul]

You amazing man!

[yogeshj25]

awesome work devin. Your work keeps on improving!

[Dark_Eyes]

5 stars! Merry christmas! *****

[LtPlissken]

The Witch concepts!
So fantastic.
I want to paint in that style.

[ferrando]

the latest stuff is sweet devin

[Cold]

proud of ur work <3
http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo259/relativity11/devintonian.jpg

[Metal Fingers]

lookin good as usual man! *licking all your pint glasses while you sleep.*

[Voodoo_Mama]

Great Characters! I like the variations of the Witch

[Jaro]

Very impressive creatures and characters Devin, you have a great imagination! Those witch concepts look like they would have been really fun to work on.

[Aragah]

wow great concepts man!

[Nianto]

kind of impressing characters! and also like the cards at the top..

[Meps]

Really stunning concepts--I'm going to have to work hard to find stuff to critique here.

It's cool to read your comments about your job--I have a zillion and a half questions for someone like you who's working in the industry, but I'll refrain from bombarding you with questions in my first post on your SB.

Anyway, fantastic stuff and I can't wait for your next update.

[DefiledVisions]

hahah, draunken drawing devin! :D DDD .. hope you doin' good! looking forward to see some kickass creatures from you soon!

[ThomasM]

great sketchbook you have here - in particular I like the portraits from a few pages back My only crit there would be to try and merge the shapes of the face a little more - giving the form of the face more believability.

I hope that helps a little as feedback.

Looking forward to more!

[danomatic]

Solid stuff man!! I dig the Gorilla Artbook cover you did, very fresh feel to it and really well done!