-semtex-

[frostsnake]

-last page will TAKE YOU TO THE UPDATES-

Ok! here is my try at a sketchbook, I would like to try this out, and maybe it wil help improve my skills.:teeth: ok enough talking..


somthing i did yesterday!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/character1.jpg
will do somemore today,and post up!,
And by all means, Critique the hell outa this stuff!

[BANCK]

good colors! the hand and the gun looks great man. go more detailed!

and post more :}

[(c)]

jipp just keep going refining!

[frostsnake]

thanks for the comments!
it could need more detail and refining, tryed to make it lose, like more painterly, and... I suck at detailing, :^^;:

ok this one I used refference for, call it a robotstudy or whaterver..


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/evangelion-red.jpg
I will make the others to..
edit: NOT

[frostsnake]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/evangelion-greenmine.jpg
this one I made(no refference), and isnt in the anime..
I call him -green robocop terminata-
And YES I need to start using layers...had to erease around him and got these nasty white lines...

[frostsnake]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/knight1.jpg

[frostsnake]

a study

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/study1.jpg

edit: gonna watch silent hill now.. hope its good!:}

[frostsnake]

Silent hills was creepy...:)
that mdk guy rocked!
updates will come, so dont start crying people...

[Meatsworthy]

Dig the latest studies. No crit at the moment... keep at it and update often :)

[frostsnake]

Meatsworthy- thanks, Il update soon!
I think I will post up some thumbnail eviroments today!

[Seedling]

Hi Frostsnake!
What are your goals with your sketchbook? Is there anything in particular you want to learn? It's easier to give advice to someone who has a goal in mind.

Keep drawing! :-)

[frostsnake]

seedling- yes I will! mostly concept drawing, coming up with original ideas... but its hard..
for the moment perspective and color study... so anything in that arena will help, also if anyone have exercises for me to do, il apriciate it ALOT!

these environs, first one was used as base for the second one..
pls comment on anything!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/concept_11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/concept_12.jpg

[VoodooPimp]

wow
like your robots
and sketches of guys'n'guns
realy nice, realy good movement in there

[Seedling]

Well, for perspective and color studies, try setting up still-lives with boxy objects, and shining different colored lights on them. For example, draw a chair. Try it from multiple angles; even flip it upside-down and sideways and sketch it that way.

Once you're comfortable enough to sketch a chair in color with accurate perspective, think how much easier it will be to sketch fantastic architecture in color.

[frostsnake]

Thanks to both of you, and -seedling-cool! Il definitvly try that.
also concept design exersises would be cool to know if you have any!:)

[Kalango]

I like your details they're realy well contrasted, the color sketches are nice as well, keep it up.

[frostsnake]

thank you kalango!, I was suposed to do some more environments today, but somehow it ended up being only two...

[armando]

Forms are hard to read on the characters, it's difficult to tell where the light's coming from, also the feet tend to be hidden which looks weird. The cyborg characters look okay, kinda transformers, but either there robot aspects or human aspects could be emphasized more. It's kind of a let down to be vaguely robotic or vaguely human. The terminator looks human, but is undeniably a machine which gives an interesting contrast. Robocop looks and acts like a machine, but still has a bit of humanity left which creates interest. Lightnen the values of the beam of light on that second environment, the mars-like environment has better contrast in the values.

[frostsnake]

WOW thanks for that armano!
about those robots.. they have muscle and flesh, the robotic parts are restraints for there strenght and movment,thet tend to go aliittle crasy without them..also there are humans controling them inside of theyr body..

and the sec evironment, I felt something was strange with it.. thanks!
used ten times more time with it, than the first one..

[Meatsworthy]

I think those environments are a good starting place. They indicate depth and have a overall tonal arrangement going for them. The next step would be pushing the values on things like highlights, reflections, bounced light. I do like how the details on the towers in the first one are implied.

Watch out for the scribbly strokes. There are places where they work and don't. I would guess that in general, the higher the value contrast, the finer your scribbles can be. Try to avoid scribbling in shadows, unless it's a reflection and is high contrast with the base color your painting over. As an excercies, try not scribble for awhile and concentrate on hitting the right values.

Conposition-wise, I don't know if that foreground figure at the corner should be there in the 2nd one... it is competing for interest with the focus.

For color studies, I find copying Sargent's work goes a long way. Also take a color picker over it, and make note of the hue/saturation/value... I've had many discoveries doing that. Rendering form is equally important, and the excercise seedling mentioned will also help with that.

[frostsnake]

Meatsworthy- thanks for the advise, Il try to do some more evironment soon, I feel like on every piece i learn something new! and thats all because of you guys!:)
some sketches..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/creature9.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/creature10.jpg

[BANCK]

good updates!
like your enviros alot, keep working on those!

[frostsnake]

thanks Banck!
doing some 3d stuff at the moment, but gonna do some drawing anyway today, so if scanner works Il try to put something up!

[frostsnake]

one more environment concept with soldier patroling the perimiter..on sandcrawler(big spiderlike machine)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/concept_13b.jpg

[savii]

Oh yeh your paintings are starting to get some real character. get in there with the detail more, sharpen things up to help your eye sit still on the piece. last one is nice, but with more details on the rider it could be a really nice.

good luck.

[Seedling]

Thanks to both of you, and -seedling-cool! Il definitvly try that.
also concept design exersises would be cool to know if you have any!:)

Hmm, concept exercises. . .

Here's something that could help you with perspective and give you a chance to have some concept-y fun. First, pick a chair in your house. Draw it from multiple angles, so that you really get to know it. Then, draw a crazy futuristic version of that same chair. It could be a robot-chair, or a chair that eats people, or whever you want.

Enjoy!

[ruuhkis]

Looking good :) I'd like to see you try traditional media more, study the human anatomy & basics... Your drawings will become more powerful the more you study, because knowledge is the key. Also it's funny how much you can learn by studying other artists' work. Keep it up mang

[frostsnake]

savii-thanks man!, yeas that was the reselution I worked in, should have scaled it up and added some finer details, I feel its kinda unnecesary to add to much detali since I was mainely trying to get a good color pallet. did more than was planed anyway..But your definitivly right I should have put some more detail in the face of the rider, since its the focus point.
I think I need to start using some more differente brushes to get some more texture in there, and variation, and I see now I need differente values in hue, on some of the buildings instead of the sandy ground color on everything...

Seedling- you are to nice!
will try it, maybe not a chair but something else, smaler I guess. will see..
scanner is up and running now pritty soon so i if works Il post something up.:)

Doyle- true, every word! I will try to do some more basics, but it wont look nice..update will come.. it must!

thanks again everyone!

[frostsnake]

got scanner ready! jippei! time to draw..

these are a couple of days old:
comments are welcome
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch03.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/weapons01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch04.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch02.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/environ01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/masterpet.jpg

[Meatsworthy]

Cool drawings. What an improvement on the environment! Try a big brush for the light streaks in the background or lessen the contrast so it looks less busy (unless that was the intent).

[frostsnake]

Meatsworthy- thanks! glad you like em, gonna try out with some more brushes, shapes and sizes for my next one, just gotta finish some 3d, then il make some more.
I learn alot from looking at your paintings!

[BANCK]

those two last pics ar great man. i would like to see those perspective shot with some color in it! keep posting!

[frostsnake]

ok, im back for blood!
an update:
some perspective and random crap

!comments are welcome!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch20.jpg
pls ignore the cars..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch21.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch19.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch18.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch17.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch16.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch15.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch14.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch13.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch12.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch11.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch10.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch08.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch07.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch06.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch05-1.jpg

[frostsnake]

Trying Meatsworthy advice about doing
color studies.
felt it was very helpfull; will do some more of these.
C&C WELCOME
Edit:
I present to you:

-MADAME X CYBORG-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/study-sarge1.jpg

[Meatsworthy]

Two thumbs way up for your all your studies :)

With Sargent's work I prefer to stay away from the portraits he paints like Madame X, there are a few of them in that style with too little lighting information. But it does still help with colors and structure. Do some more, his water colors are also amazing... I was thinking of doing some ink wash studies like Bojee.

[frostsnake]

Meatsworthy-
madame X how freaky is that, didnt know that was the name of it!
yea I found some water color paintings of him..so tomorrows the time!

Bojee ink wash studies, that I have to check.

thanks again, for taking the time! Im lazy at posting at peoples sketchbooks..
so tomorrows the time!

doodle before sleep:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch.jpg

[Meatsworthy]

Just thought I would quickly follow up with the mids -> accents -> highs question. You've got it right... first work the midtones in the light and shadow -> really darks, painting them back into light -> highlights. I can't work the way Sargent does (of course), I find myself putting in a highlight or two down early just to test the entire thing... it's a hard to see errors without the seeing the entirety.

[frostsnake]

ok, think I understand what your saying,
will try it out!

[frostsnake]

todays concept drawing!
general taking it out on a soldier for having a bad day..>:|

[(c)]

nice and scetchy man like the style. but i dont understand his pose hmm.. isnt the right arm against the flow of the figure??

[frostsnake]

thanks (c)!
yes that could be,the arm was supposed to go into the jacket.when you say so it cinda looks disturbing, the perspective is also strange on it i guess.

its been alot of ninja, soldier military stuff lately.. that have to change.


anyway, here is some more of them.


How:
basic brush with no opacity, just size sensitivity on.
3 differente light/tone values.

[frostsnake]

just some sketches,:[
used a custom brush I made this time, for the coloring,It got maybe alittle bit to hard edged..
nr1 have to much red in him..

anyway hope someone like, and pls critic anything that comes to your mind!

[Spats]

You have some very cool ideas and designs going on here. Great job on the studies aswell.

Keep it up mate!

[frostsnake]

Spats thank you!

mostly working with colors now and custom brushes.color theory is a pain in the... and I feel its hard to figure out basic rules to follow, If someone reading this, can point me in any direction/tutorials Id be most greatfull!

Humans have joined the decepticons who are mobilising a secret base in alaska, hoping to take out prime and his companions once and for all!!
:dur:

[frostsnake]

it is maybe to dark..

environment concept:
-lost templar of the eagle-

wont refine any more environments before i get some good basic colors in, waste of time to work on something that in the end wont be looking good.

[frostsnake]

some studies.
kind of hard to know what to look for..

guidelines for miself..
for skin:
1red in shadows,and more saturation on edges
2mids orange
3highlights bright yellow
4reflect environment, so for a bright blue sky more blueish skincolor.
5red-orange complements bring out skin.green to blue.

the second one somehow ended up with a filter...

[kuroart]

Looking nice. I especially like the images on posts 44 and 45. That enviro looks really nice.
keep up the sketchbookage

[dCepT]

Good updates on the last ones! The skintonestudy looks good!

I'm looking forward to seeing where you end up on your enviro work in the near future! Looks real promising!

d-C

[frostsnake]

kuroart-thanks dude!

dcept-2senTakk!
Environs are getting better i guess, but I would like to draw some more character concepts.So need to get that anatomy stuff in place, having a hard time drawing hands, heads ..( mostly everything sux) so studies will be in focus for that, I tend to do more environment and color stuff when using tablet.

speedpaint:
color/concept study.
:inject:
-hooktroop-

[frostsnake]

speedie before :yawn: :dead:
could maybe have been more lighter in the dark crack?
note to myself:
dont use sharpenfilter for everything!

[Alexandr Pascenko]

wow this is an promising skbk;)
u got good designs , good colours, perpectives envirous, gesturez, very good , just keep at it.

maybe some little advice , with thoise gestures maybe take a me3chanic pencil with 0,5 just for those thumbnail ones.

cya

[Blue]

Lots of potential here. My biggest suggest is to dedicate more time to each piece. Your work is blurry, and not yet refined. Even the pieces with harder edges feel blurry. Keep 'um comin. :)

[frostsnake]

thanks Blue and GOBLINSHARK
no updates this weekend,think maybe itl be something like Blue`s avatar(edit: not anymore) going on...

yes!! NARUTO Episode 201 here I come!

[frostsnake]

Looking good man ..., keep it up . loved the -lost templar of the eagle-

Mikkel

[dCepT]

Eyh yo... takk for at du droppa innom!

About your characters... try to go for constructionlines on 'em... helps a whole lot! If you can get that bridgman book back from your brother or whoever took it ;) you can use his theories about blocking in major shapes on a seperate layer... helps you visualize the forms and anatomy, and then you can go on rendering after you got that down.

Looking good though!! Keep on keepin' on!

d-C

[frostsnake]

Dceot- thanks for helping me out!
its so easy to drop into it and start defining before having down the construction.

Mikkel- dont log in on my user pls, very disturbing....:)
anyway thanks for the crit!

drawing updates are on theyr way, get ready for a BLAST!!....

[demented]

Sup dude!

great sb, really like where your style is going! not much to crit - maybe just be more careful of black, it tends to destroy easier than it builds. Try using it only to add some dark accents and give punch to the painting. Keep doing what you are doing and you'll go places!

- d.

[frostsnake]

demented- hey dude! thanks for the nice comment!
Im realy strugling to find right values, and use the right colors, I think more studies will help with it, studies are boring...the impatience takes over!:)

little update, dont know what the intention was..
didnt decide on a color palette in the beginning, so I was doing somestuff her e and something else there..

[frostsnake]

some more before bed,
-creature and rider-

they live in the outer rim of anticia,and are said to relate from an ancient culture on a human planet...


sketch and color

[dCepT]

Last concept is sweet! The arm/leg of the rider looses some of it's definition, though... Could use some negative space between the lower arm and the leg. Dig the detailing on the shoulder and stuff! And about the construcion lines, yeah... I have a BIG tendency to dive into detailing and shit before having the structure down... I try to think about it when I draw or paint though...

Keep 'em coming! Where in norway do you live?

d-C

[frostsnake]

JOO dcept!
thanks for the comment,I agree that some of the definition is of, can you explaine the negative space thing a little better?
I come from sør Fåvang... nærme kvitfjell, viss du ikke vet hvor det er så er det ganske nærme lillehammer(oppland)
Du?

No updates lately, but have been drawing some on paper..
If I get the time il post them up.

[asoir]

Yeah, this is a very promising one! Just tighten stuff up and continue studying, peace

[frostsnake]

been a while since i posted here now..so very promising isnt my words+ my tablet has gone to the land of the damned...
asoir-thank you!!

just something i drew on paper and colored in ps, nothing special.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/infectedvains.jpg

[frostsnake]

take a look at this people, if you want to learn how to draw humens from your mind, 170+ video lessons on how...
http://the-structure-of-man.blogspot.com/

[TheGnoll]

incredible improvement in this sketchbook, now keep it up, and update more!

(btw, thanks for the link, very interesting stuff)

ciao

[frostsnake]

thank you!

[frostsnake]

sketch coloured with mouse

[frostsnake]

some old ones i found..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/concept_18.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/swordmaster1-undead-.jpg
a sketch i did yeasterday, ignore the colors!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/collect1.jpg
please let me know what you think!:)

[TheGnoll]

holy crap second pic in last post is really impressive )apart from some issues in the hand holding the sword or the actual perspective of the sword.
Keep sharing :)

ciao

[frostsnake]

hey GNOLL thanks you made my day!:) and thats exatly what my brother said.. the hand and ring is totaly wrong + the handle for the sword seems broken..to bad my tablet is fu*** or else id fix it...hehe

a smal sketch I inked.O_o the fire or speed lines from the space ship is wrong..
I think the landskape came out pritty good.. also the planet I like(not the moons..)
c&c welcome!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/concept_19.jpg

[dCepT]

Jeg bor på skjetten :) Rett utenfor Oslo.. .

Cool sketches... your colors are a bit... intense in too many directions in one piece (sorry.. tired... that must have sounded weird... ) try to find a more unified color theme, and use something to punch out the focus areas (and yeah... I should follow my own damn advice :P )

I'm with TheGnoll... the knight looks pretty damn good!

d-C

[Angroc]

very good stuff around here; but as the rest, I am really fond of that knight pic. you got something sweet going on right there ;)

[frostsnake]

thanks for the nice comment Distant Skies-
update:
since back and tablet is bad, i draw on paper, most of this isnt worth showing, have also been doing some studies, that I wont post:)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/concept_20.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/concept_21.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch15.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch14.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch16.jpg

concept for 3d comp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch17.jpg

[frostsnake]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/theLEGEND.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/SNOW.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/HALF.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/GRUNT.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/GAS.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/MONKEY.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/KNIGHT.jpg

6 snom`s have been found so far, but as the legend is told- there exist as many snom`s as you can imagine and that everyone has a snom in their heart..:)

hehe.. ok lame stuff.
anyway c&c welcome

[(c)]

damn man no crits! just keep on running. your paintings getting nicer and nicer! i like how u punch it out

[frostsnake]

thanks (c)!
have to check my tablet if I can make it work again..

just some sketching, also have to come up with a cow, hmm..

warm up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch25.jpg
random braindead sketching..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch23.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/sketch24.jpg

[dCepT]

Lots of cool ideas in here! Some of your characters are off balance... check yourself in a mirror or something... stand like the pose you're gonna draw... there's all kindsa things happening with the hips and shoulders that determine weight...

Keep 'em coming!

d-C

[Spats]

Looking very good, keep it up!

this (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/swordmaster1-undead-.jpg) one is very slick. Me likey.

[frostsnake]

havent gotten this much qritiqe in a year..
thx

dCepT -
you always give some good critiqe man , very much apriciated!

Spats-
thank you very much for reminding me of my tablet being broken..:)

some more linedrawings
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch26.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch27.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch28.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch29.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch30.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch31.jpg
this lates i think il try to color the way Ive seen from some peoples sketchbooks..with my mouse.
c&C welcome :)

[frostsnake]

yay! my first step by step...nothing very original.I hope the cow im making will come out better.

used above sketch as background and a 50%gray multiply layer:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/stage2-1.jpg
filled in darker gray on a new multiply layer( should have been more dark here I guess):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/stage3-1.jpg
here is where most of the work is done I think, painted in the basic values on a new normal layer:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/stage4-1.jpg
highest highlights-new normal layer(just in case):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/stage5-1.jpg
flattened image and used colorize in hue/saturation adjustment:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/stage6-1.jpg
new color layer with redorange and purple added.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/stage7-1.jpg
now I added highlight in eyes(new normal layer) and refined some things:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/stage9-1.jpg
in final I added the frame, name and some saliva..
c&c welcome!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/stage10Final-1.jpg

edit:
shit! now I can see areas that are of a differente value in the green...have to fix that for the final.
so if some on get the same problem like this its because the scan often is grainy..and has gradients so its importante to clean the whole areas around the thing your painting over.

[Spats]

Haha crap sorry, didn't mean it like that :]

That creature is way cool. I love the pencils. Maybe it's just me but the purple vs. red accents look a bit weird. Dunno.

[TheGnoll]

looking very, very, very good.The head of the cow has impoved a lot during the digital process.KEep things like that one coming, and this SB is gooign to look really good.

keep sharing!

ciao

[frostsnake]

Spats- yea I guess, think maybe the color became to purple should have been more redish..color is a pain hehe. thanks for the comment!

the GNOLL- thank you, but no more digitals ina while.. had fixed the tablet but
then it went crasy.. so well well..not much to do about that then to get a new one..

update ,:( all crap!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch34.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch33.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch32.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch35.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch36.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch37.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch38.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch39.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch40.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch41.jpg
the last one i couldnt finnish
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/creature14.jpg

[dCepT]

The green, purple and so on creature looks real good! *asspat* crit ya again when I'm more awake... hehe... .

keep 'em coming!

d-C

[Angroc]

yah rly, hes right. that green creature is the shit. I'd really like to see some more colour works from you! also, on that last wip there, I would consider the placement of the creatures left front-leg. it seems to be more backwards in the scene than what can be possible for it.

keep up the good work, and update the wip soon :)

[frostsnake]

dcept- hey, thanks and il be expecting some serious harrasment here...

Distant Skies - thanks man, the last one I wont update..sorry I know you where looking forward to it....hehehe, Just got a case with my tablet and that mouse isnt very temting to color or paint with. the back foot there is totaly off, I wasnt even close to see that,:) it is standing on some sort of hill side, but still the foot looks like its to far away.

update..juust some tv watching sketches.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch42.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch44.jpg
photorefference-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/hedda2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/hedda1.jpg

[Wolfbane]

Your digital work rocks! Especially your enviorments :D
how old are ya?

Oh yeah, i gave you some stars man. Keep rockin'

[frostsnake]

thanks wolfbane! im 20.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch49.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch48.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch45.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch46.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch47.jpg

[TheGnoll]

stuff is looking good...good to see you're doing some anatomy studies!

ciao

[frostsnake]

grazie GNOLL:)

Arrivederci!

[seth1]

Keep those studys comming there good for you..

Seth

[frostsnake]

seth1- yes will do!:)

been using the most unforgivin pen ever lately meckanical hb pen.. vERy unforgivin.. so have to draw light.wonder if itl make my hand more sensitive. hehe
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch50.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch49-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch51.jpg

[frostsnake]

something for the pirakha prodject..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/plantlifegrey1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/mapideagrey1-.jpg

[TheGnoll]

i'm curious to see what you're going to do with the piraka project...so make sure you keep up the good work ;)

ciao

[frostsnake]

yea, me to:) I was reading abou it , and suddenly I was in..hehe
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/Islandcreatures1-.jpg

[JERI]

With your life renderings (for example those babies), I reckon you can increase the contrast in general. I'm thinking maybe another two shades of darkness + a shade of highlights should do the trick. Not sure if I'm right, have a go.

[BANCK]

Hey man! you are doing progress, I´m telling you.

The "knight" on the second page is awesome. Finish it!

[Wolfbane]

Hopefully you'll get that new tablet of yours soon, cuz i'dlike to see these colored and renedered =)

[invinciblewombat]

nice sketchbook you've got going here, i've had the deception guy from page 1 in my inspiring art folder for awhile and never knew who painted it :p im digging the hi-saturation anime-esque colors you've got going on a lot of these too.

[frostsnake]

JERI- I agree, need to work more on lightning and shadow.

BANCK- just ordered new wacom... a4, guess il put some color on the
knight,and fix some issues..tnx

WolfBane-think il try to scale some of it up and color them:)when my tablet arives..

invinciblewombat- hey, thats the best comment Ive ever gotten,you tha man!
:)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch55.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch63.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch57.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch56.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch58.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch60.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch61.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch62.jpg
me comic style..O_o..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch59.jpg

[TheGnoll]

looking good very good.concept look nice as usual, you should just push them evn further.Anatomy and rendering is improving to, but as usual, all it takes is even more exercise...keep 'em coming ;)

ciao

[frostsnake]

gnoll-done some studies, but not posting all of that. gonne do some more of the pelvis today, maybe il post some..
thanks man!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/falkerionpods.jpg
made with mouse 10min Suxbig time!:(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/spacec-mouse.jpg

[frostsnake]

random silly stuff.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch67.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch66.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch64.jpg

[Mikkel]

hey ! so many posts since last time. you are improving fast, i wanted to tell you that you should try to shade it more .use more time on light/shadow for the realisme , but i can clearly see you have been working on that on your last sketches .i really like your concepts on that project. im looking forward to see more shading with your new tablet. i think its smart to draw variated , animals humans and evirons. Grate work !

[heda]

Über sweet link to anatomy you posten in my sketchbook. Very appreciated!

I found some inspiring things in your sketchbook:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25276&stc=1&d=1158700339
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/study-sarge1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/environ01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/concept_11.jpg

Very nice work, even if they need some minor time spent more on them, they tingle my imagination.
kekeke

[frostsnake]

mikkel- takk! im trying it out as we speak...you should check out olee`s sketchbook-1..:)

heda-no problem;) and thanks for the comment!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch69.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch70.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch71.jpg

[Envisor]

Hey of alot of improvment in here man. Your characters have gotten much better. Still cant believe I havent been here before. Was on your cousins thread, and figured out that he was your cousin, and decided to drop on in. Great work so far. Keep up the good work.

[dCepT]

You asked for it... harassment awaay! :D
You should have a look at your faces.. or that is... heads... the underlying structure is skewed in a lot of 'em.. Check out some Loomis, for example..

Love the Pirakha-designs!... really clean! Kickass

d-C

[JERI]

What dCept said, and don't forget to work up on your figures too.

In general, I think you can afford to have the hatchings finer and more ordered in your sketches, like you did in this one: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/sketch66.jpg.

Keep it up mate :)

[Ryan DeMita]

nice SB bro. lots of cool concept and paints. the madame x cyborg is a great one. your hard work is showing, this stuff is looking really nice. i love the wide variety of subject matter as well. keep up on the anatomy studies too.

-ryan

[frostsnake]

me long time no post!
new tablet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!


Ryan DeMita-thanx bro! done some studies..but wont post em.
JERI-jepp, agreed!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/thumb1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/thumb2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/DMSHADOW02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/DMSHADOW01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/DMSHADOW03.jpg

[TheGnoll]

hey frostsnake last upates are really cool, good job ;)

nice to see you're working on the actual design process and pushing your quality...
but don't forget the studies,a nd always remember balance and basic structure in your figures.But don't worry, you're improving quickly...can you ell me what this dominance war thing is anyway?

ciao

[frostsnake]

CAn always count on the GNOLL! ( nice avatar btw)
thanks!
its a lowpoly/game model contest, nice backstory,where 4 differete race`s.
fight it of in the DOMINANCE WAR II.4 3dsites competing! Im with 3dtotal- and We ARE MACHINES!


the link to the battlefield,DOMINANCE WAR II (http://www.dominancewar.com/)

SO PEOPLE WICH ONE DO YOU LIKE THE MOST??(Will try to do some more)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/DMHEAD01.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/DMSHADOW03v2.jpg

[TheGnoll]

personally my favs are no1 and 5...but 5 is more snake like.the body is very "classic" still.If he's a bot, you could go wild with arm n leg articulations.When you're sure of the helmet design (front and side) you could repeat a similar design on the chest plate, on the legs and on the arms.The repetition of patterns cou lead to an effective design ;)

hehehe gotta thank chuck, mate for the avatar ;)

ciao

[frostsnake]

hehe
thanks for the tip,I agree! the body need some refining, so when I have desided on a head il try to build up a more finnished body.
was thinking red and dark blueish for colorsceme..

please let me know what you guys think would be cool, or if something is strange ugly looking! he need to be the collest meanest mofo ever lived...

[frostsnake]

crystal mountain...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/concept_18-1.jpg

[frostsnake]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/DMHEAD6-10.jpg
wich one is best/coolest?

[dCepT]

Number 7 of the heads... 10 as a close runner up... you gonna model that for the dominance war? Dig the thumbs you started with as well :)

Gonna be cool to see updates!

d-C

[Christian223]

I say, try to mix the best thing of each one into one helmet the gets the best of each one of those.
Also, try to practice with lighting simple objects, im having problems with that too, i see that you also need to get values more accuratelly, have in mind planes. Study some perspective that will help you on that.
K, good look, keep at it, i like your concepts :)

[frostsnake]

dCepT-just doing concepts now, will post here as well,also the 3d stuff..
thanx man!

Christian223-thanks,gonne do some studies soon... maybe after I get the basic idea of this machine. will do some more heads based on nr6..stay tuned.:)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/DMSHADOW04-test-.jpg
think Im happy with the back design now.

C&C welcome!

[frostsnake]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/DMHEAD11-15.jpg

[frostsnake]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/wip1-sketch.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/wip2-basetones.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/wip3-light.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/wip4-smudge.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/wip5-scale-smalbrush.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/wip6-final.jpg
was thinking about giving him some wings or maybe a rider.. to finnis it of..
whadda ya think?

[Christian223]

I was wondering in what thread where those coold helmets i had seen the other day, so here they are :)

I belive the the back of the custome is pretty cool but somehow seems to look like atached plastic things on top of a normal suit, maybe try to fill the other parts of the body with not so much important details?. You really need to study more perspective, flatness ruins it :/

The helmest i belive are the strongest are 12,13,14, my favourite is 12 though, you could make even more helmets, i think you can push it to make something even cooler.

On your monster, you where doing really really good but somehow you managed to flatten it, try to keep those nice values there, the third picture is perfect, but then you inserted more alike values there and made it look flat.

Keep working man, i really like your designs skills.

[Wolfbane]

awesome concepts bro! Loving the way you render the last one, really shows
improvement. maybe the foot section is a bit flat and the part beneath its
head should be more shaded to give more depth, but it's really tiny things
that doesn't really matter :) nice work mate, would love to see it finished
with a nice pair of wings ^^

[frostsnake]

Christian223- i agree:) thanks for the comment, i dont think il be msking any more helmets, just finishing up nr6...

wolfy boy- thanks man, shal try with some wings, but wont promise anything.

[frostsnake]

:)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/C19wip1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/st-value1-1.jpg

[Wolfbane]

So great to see you posting again! keep up the regular updates please! :P Anyways, really nice float and balance in your pictures as always. The mood on the enviro is great! would really love to see that one finished with a touch of colors. Anyways, thanks for sharing :D

[(c)]

nice nice man I like :) cool creature cant wait to see it finished.

only work more on the backgrounds already while speedpainting. like that the bg is always darker where the figure is lighter etc... just to give it a bit more dephs from the beginning

the last figure compostition looks really promissing!!!

[frostsnake]

thanks guys, apriciated as always!
one more wip:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/wip3.jpg

[TheGnoll]

holy crap man, i think i've missed some updates in here man.Nice studies as usual, i like the enviro in post 126 but...jeez that last update looks really good.Keep working on it.And of course you can model the alien, it would be a pleasure to se if the ortho works ;)

keep sharing!

ciao

[frostsnake]

cool thanks! im doing this 3d warrior for a cinematic at the moment, so when i get some time il model yours for practice. if its ok, let me know when the orhos are finished:)

[MrBobMarley]

Last update looks sweet dude, likin your digital stuff a lot!

[designboot]

nice sketchbook dude!

keep posting, can't wait to see more of yours!

[Caskin]

Wowza, that last update is insane! O.O And your environments are really great when you actually post some, I'd love to see more of those, awesome stuff. :)

[frostsnake]

MRbobmarley: thanks!
Designbot: thanks, il try to do some more:)
Caskin:thanks, environs are realy great to do, dont have to bother with anatomy an dynamic poses.. so me likes.


a small wip from me, notin fancy pancy. I hope this one will turn into a final some day.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/wip2.jpg
also some fish net..didnt realy like it to much, takes away some area of focus..:blah:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/wip4.jpg

[Dile_]

Wow, things getting a long really great in this book! Keep the good progress up :)

[Niva.]

This has a lot of depth:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/wip3.jpg

Great job!

[frostsnake]

just some bad concept sketches..(also bad quality)
pink demon remake in 3d.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/p4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/p3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/p2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/wips/p1.jpg

[frostsnake]

hell, its about time!
please let me know if it looks oversaturated.the monitor i used changes hue and values. never using it again

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/samuRAY.jpg

[(c)]

nice nice like the last ones... the last one is high saturated but I dont think too high it fits together.

keep on roling man the creatures looking good only the first pencel on the last penicil post is a bit off for me. the pose is a bit static and he looks like he would fall


the rest is sweet man !!

[frostsnake]

(c)
thanks for the help!
havent been doing pencil drawing for a while, so i guess i suck at it as much as before.:)

[frostsnake]

CandC welcome!:)
undead video:click me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX4RmesuHsE)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/chow9undead.jpg


speed paint. used some brushes that dile made.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/tbeg_dilebrushes.jpg

[frostsnake]

i have updated u bitches.. give me some!:overhere: :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/snowmountains.jpg

[frostsnake]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/angel.jpg

[frostsnake]

studie more or less..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/wolfmount.jpg

[MrBobMarley]

No replies eh? Weird.....

Last enviro is looking good. I've never done one myself though. Looks very lotr-ish.

[frostsnake]

MrBobMarley- thanks man!

[frostsnake]

some stuff made at work inbetween work:D
mostly wips

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/dom2wip.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/dom1wip.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/dom3wip.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/tilminsiw.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/aliens1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/aliens2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/char1_ninjawithmachiinegunsconnecte.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/mmm.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/env1_scif_magmaplanet.jpg

[frostsnake]

one more. c&c welcome!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/env2_scif_rocketcastle.jpg

[frostsnake]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/desertscout.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/droidmodel412.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/robotcrash.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/heavydemoguy.jpg

[frostsnake]

tried with a more painterly approach.
comments or tips are very welcome:)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/frostsnake/drawings/catmarine.jpg