Katrin....45.

[tekdj]

Hi People

I've been inspired to start this sketch book, by the brilliant work of a good friend and colleague.
salaryman.

The work I'm posting goes back over a few years.
By day I work as a game artist, by night as an illustrator.

When I'm lucky from time to time I get to concept art for projects that the studio are pitching for.
This does not happen as often as I would like and it nearly always involves me working on the concepts in my own time.

I though it would be good for me to get all this work together and maybe some of you will find it interesting in some small way.

Over time you will see that I have had to adapt my style to fit what the art director and sometimes the style of game required.

I'll also try to post some of the freelance illustration work that I've been lucky enough to do.

Any and all feedback is most welcome.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Axe_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Axel_group_04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Joe_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Characters_Concepts_New.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Character_Concept_Group.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Character_sketch_Edge_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Character_sketch_Edge_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/New_Character_sketch_colour_02.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/New_Character_sketch_colour_03.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/New_Character_sketch_colour_04.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/New_Character_girl_colour_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Axel_group_03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Original_Character_Concepts_Set.jpg

[salaryman]

finally!

great to see you posting here, Steve. Can't wait to see how this sketchbook develops.

Such a shame about that project eh? Anyway, keep posting, I know you have so much fantastic stuff to show and this is the best place to share your talent.

Cal

[tekdj]

Cheers Cal.
I'll try to make time to post up as often as possible.
Thanks for the inspiration.

salaryman's private parts are a wonder to behold..!!

[tekdj]

Okay, not many responses.
I guess I'll keep going see what develops.

I was asked to concept some characters for a Manga style online game.
This is the only one I've done so far, been to busy with "other" stuff.

The original drawing was coloured in Illustrator, the taken into PhotoShop
and given the effects.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Manga_Orb_girl_Sketch.jpg

[tekdj]

emmm, maybe I'm spitting in the wind here?
Okay deep breath and go again.

This image was done for a magazine cover titled Wasted.
Pencil drawing scanned then coloured in Photoshop.
The background was taken from another image that I had already done.

I'll get round to posting that another time.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/wasted_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/wasted_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/wasted_03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/wasted_04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/wasted_05.jpg

[salaryman]

bang!

Good to see them process shots, mate.

The solidity of your work has always impressed me, even before I knew ya!

Great stuff as always.

Cal

[tekdj]

Cheers Cal.

This is another one you know only to well.
Another one that got away :(

Still this little lot will show the change in style to "fit in" with the
view about what "concept art" for games should look like by those with the power.

I'll start with the very first image.
One of the designers wanted to do a new take on an old game.

After speaking to him this was the first image.

I'll post the stages as we went through them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Bike_Rider_sketch_V1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Bike_Rider_sketch_HalfColours_V1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Bike_Rider_sketch_Colours_V1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Bike_Rider_sketch_FullColours_V1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Bike_Rider_sketch_Final_V1.jpg

[Dreamworker]

Very nice SB! I like your clean style and in particular the last Portrait, very good work!
ciao :)

[tekdj]

Thanks Dreamworker
For the kind comments and for being the "first" person to post that I don't know :)

Steve

[tekdj]

Right here's stage two of the game concept.
I had to produce an image that the studio could show the publisher.

The image had to give a flavour and feel of what the studio wanted to do with the game.

I had very little time to do the image.
It seemed to do the trick, the publisher liked it :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_shot_01_Sketch.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_shot_02_Sketch.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_shot_03_Sketch.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_shot_04_Sketch.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_shot_05_Sketch.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_shot_06_Sketch.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_shot_07_Sketch.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_shot_08_Sketch.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_shot_09_Final.jpg


The next stage will be some of the bikes and characters.

[tekdj]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_01_Sketch_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_01_Sketch_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_01_Sketch_03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_01_Sketch_final.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_02_sketch_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_02_sketch_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_02_sketch_03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_02_sketch_final.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_03_Sketch_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_03_Sketch_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_03_Sketch_03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/bike_03_Sketch_final.jpg

[tekdj]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_Male_Sketch_Group.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_Male_Double.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_girl_01_One.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_girl_01_Two.jpg


Now the change in style, dipping my toe in a more "painty" style.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_NewGirl_04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_NewGirl_Final.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_NewGirl_CloseUp.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_NewMan_04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_NewMan_Final.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_NewMan_CloseUp.jpg

[tekdj]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Audio_mech_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Audio_mech_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Audio_mech_03.jpg

[sith]

wow. you're really damn good, steve. it is steve right? or would you prefer tekdj? seriously man, those last few pencil renderings, when you finished 'em look photorealistic- amazing. spittin' in the wind? haha, you got nothing to worry about. beautiful lines, amazing coloring job- i can guarantee this will be a five star book in no time. thanks for sharing these. the little bit you've shown is already inspirational. cheers!

oh and welcome to CA!

[o0Dave0o]

Welcome! This is definately some awesome work! you've got real skill and it's definately great to see your work and be inspired by it. I must say my favourite stuff is your more "painty" look, damn so realistic! It's beautiful! Keep going man, this is really great to see!

Cheers,
Dave

[darkchild]

I love it!! Very nice and clean style. But I really like the more "painty" style you have on the last few posts. More like those:) Keep on posting!

[Fishspawn]

What you call "painty" i call rock awesome. Those last designs are looking great. I look forward to seeing all that you can do!

[blanquish]

oh smack, we've found another killer sketchbook!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Concept_NewGirl_04.jpg
that is amazing!
Keep updating with all this shiznat.
5 stars on me!

[tekdj]

I was starting to think, no body was out there :)
But salaryman told me to keep posting.

You guys are just to kind :)
Thanks very much for the positive feedback.

It's a real incentive to keep posting more "stuff"

sith...... It's steve or tekdj whatever you prefer :)

The SB so far it a bit of a journey through my life as a part time concept
artist here at the "studio" with bits of my other life as an illustrator thrown in.

My background and style is originally more graphic and some of the earlier
images are in a style that I was used to working with and what the particular
game publisher wanted.

The more "painty" style has come about as a direct result of what seems to be expected for game concept art, at least here at the studio.

It's been fun stepping my toe into something new and I must admit some of the comments from you guys gives me the confidence to put a few more toes in the water :)

I know from salaryman that this is the best place to show my stuff and get
the feedback that will help me develop as an artist whatever style I maybe required to work in.

It will be a mix of style that I'll be posting.
The cleaner more graphic stuff is what seems to be what I'm asked to do for the freelance illustration work.
The more painty stuff seems to be the way I need to go for the game concept work I'm asked to do.

Maybe when I get time to play I'll try mixing it up :) see what come out.

I'm in "crunch" time on the game I'm working on and it's been a lot of late
nights this week.
In between waiting for builds of the game I've been starting this SB.

It was a real booast to log on this morning and see your mails.
sith
o0Dane0o
darkchild
Fishspawn
blanquish

Soon as I get a little time I'll drop in on your SBs and say hi :)

Thanks again guys:)

[tekdj]

These Sketches have been sitting around for a while.
I wanted to colour them but just did not know which way to take them.

Soon as I get sometime I think I'll have a go at giving them the "painty"
treatment, but for now here they are "naked" :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/combat_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/combat_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/combat_03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/combat_04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/combat_05.jpg

[h2rra]

I love your work! These last pencils are really tight!

[tgfx]

great stuff dude. Love the clean bike pics..yaha

[tekdj]

h2rra, tgfx thanks for dropping by, glad you like the work.
As I said it will be a mix of styles so hopefully there will be something for everyone :)

[-ThePenciler-]

Daaaayum!!! this shit is clean! it does remind me of Salaryman's clean lines too. I got ta ask cuz this is the style i'm trying to develop. how do you get those dark pencils without smudging. Me drawings seem to become a mess if i try and render. holy shit are those characters in post #12 from your head cuz if they are ... wow! I am amazed how you can shade a large area without any change in pressure. whenever i do a large area you can plainly see where i stopped and started. I'm definatley gonna be back to this page often!! Thak you for the insperation.

[tekdj]

-ThePenciler- your too kind man :)
The characters are a mix really, a pose from a photo here maybe a jacket from a magazine or film I've seen, the latest trainers I've bought.
Where ever the inspiration comes from.
The pencil work is just years of drawing ( I use a Propelling Pencil with HB or B lead ) don't push down too hard, let the pencil do the work. No real secrete to keeping things clean, I have a clean sheet of A4 paper folded in half that I rest my drawing hand on.
The only other thing is most of the drawings are done on tracing paper, I really like the surface and if you have to redo anything it's handy just to see what you did before :)

[kaktuzlime]

Wicked S1ck Motorcykle designs m8!

[tekdj]

Okay people, sitting here late, waiting for this game to come to an end.
I found some work that I forgot all about.
This one should have been posted before the last "painty" stuff.

It's a concept that went no further than these images.

They were done in my out of work time and in a hurry.

It's great to have this SB as it's the first time I get to put all this stuff together and look back over what I've done over the last few years :)

Environment concepts first.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/background_Sketches.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Skinz_background_04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Skinz_background_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Skinz_background_03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Skinz_background_01.jpg

[maxetormer]

cool stuff, I really like how you portrait females!
and you clothing design is really impressive as well,
keep the doodles coming! :D

[gigglepixie]

What were you planning to do with the environments then - I lke them, you should use them.

Really like the sketchbook

[tekdj]

Thanks for all the kind words people :)
Here are the characters to go with the environments

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/super_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/super_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/scooter_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/scooter_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/SF_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/SF_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/chopper_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/chopper_01.jpg

[Bartovan]

Great stuff here; amazing characters. Keep on posting.

[sith]

man, i come back after one day, and look at all this stuff you've posted. you even rock the enviros. very impressive. keep it up man.

[tekdj]

sith your too kind :)
It's 2.30 in the morning here in Brighton UK I'm still at the studio trying to get the game out the door..!! in-between fixing things I've been digging back through the work I've done here and finding all kinds of stuff :)

[Beelow]

Impressive renders I have seen enough! Very clean dude! keep posting!

[Goodbye..fromthevoid]

Smells nice with pencil shavings right? I don't know what you need. What could you want me to say. I am posting because you are obviously seeking attention, but I am only posting so that I can receive attention. What could a lowly loser like me offer you as insight.

Well forget about that. Maybe we can start over and deal with problems. The problem is that your artwork doesn't overly appeal to me, and yet I cannot really find fault with it. So what should I say?

Art is something you do because you get paid for it. Or is it something to do because you enjoy it? Why bother at all if neither is applicable. Am I going to ruin my voice, shouting at you? Why would I do that. All I know is that you need to find more inspiration, feel your spirit burning through. Show me your guts, become a genius too. Find an idea that moves you, something that unsettles you and make that your new art project. Either that or devote yourself to pure beauty. I'm done here.

COPYRIGHT TV INDUSTRIES

[tekdj]

Goodbye..fromthevoid

This ones for you.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/summer_breeze_small.jpg

[tekdj]

These go with the Characters and Enviros in the latest posts.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/scooter_bike.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/SF_bike.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/super_bike.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/chopper_bike.jpg

[KuNiva]

Great works mate! You are a talented guy indeed. Dunno if this has already been said but here goes anyway. the characters in your first post were they done for crazy taxi? If they wern't they look damn similar. Looking forward to more from you man. Cheers!

[tekdj]

Hi KuNiva Can't really say much about the characters from the first post, but I think anyone that knows the game you mentioned will know if you are right :)
What I will say is that I was lucky enough to spend sometime with the original creators of the game that these concepts were done for and the change in style, from pure illustrator renders to a slightly more sketchy finish, was a result of my time spent with them.
They were really happy with the concepts that the studio did for the game, but for reasons I can't go into the project did not go any further :(
It was a great shame as I was really enjoying working on the project and working closely with the such great game designers :)

[J.Peckham]

wow. nice pencils. The "painty" style post is awesome, and very realistic. can't wait to see more. 5 stars from me, man.

[Fishspawn]

Wow, so much stuff since 2 days ago. I LOVE those soldier pencils. I have noticed that all of your work seems to be modern day, maybe try a knight or a spaceship? Or some combination of the two? I'd love to see what you can do with a fantasy setting like those of Fellah and many others. Keep up the good work, i'll be checking back often ~

[Haxxxor]

man this is amazing! your stuff is great and very inspiring.

is it possible that you make a short tutorial how you´ve done the photorealistic pic with the woman.
what settings you used etc.

that would be very kind of you and will help me alot.

ciao

[tekdj]

Thanks for all the comments, you're all too kind :)
Haxxxor as soon as I get sometime I'll do a short tutorial :)

This concept was done as a test for another games company.
I was not really after the job as it would have meant moving to a part of the country that I did not really fancy moving to.

But I really wanted to see what I could do as they wanted a Photo real Painty look. A style that I knew was the way to go for a lot of games concepts. So this image was really the start of me getting into this style. It aint the greatest but it's a start.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/scan_market_lo-res.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/asian_market_concept.jpg

[WBear_nessecities]

Have you had any schooling?
your stuff is the shit keep going!

[tekdj]

Glad you like the work WBear_nessecities
I had a year at Chelsea school of art in London, then spent sometime as
a comic book artist working mostly for the British comic 2000AD featuring Judge Dredd. Now I spend the time between working as a games artist doing a little concept art and as an illustrator working on whatever comes along
with the help of my wife, who is a great artist and inspiration.

[Spats]

Holy lineweight Batman! That's BRILLIANT!

Keep it up, looking forward to seeing more.

[lefran]

hey! your last environment is beautiful, and the characters are fantastic , was inspiring to look through your SB, looking forward to another update

[fog]

WOW WOW WOW mate!
I have no words your skills are awesome man!

Thanks a lot for sharing your SB and looking to see more stuff!

[Cowlander]

real nice vehicles. Your more painter style is beautiful man, and love the clean lines in your "normal" work.

[yeticatcher]

Hey tekdj. Nice graphic style you've got going on here. I'm not real fond of the white outline around some of your characters and vehicles, but otherwise it's a real clean design sense.

Looks like we were looking at the same photo ref for this image:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Character_Concept_Group.jpg
Check the link below and see what I mean: :)
http://www.trubalcava.com/concepts/Alba.jpg

[tekdj]

Spats, lefran , fog, Cowlander, yeticatcher
Thanks so much for dropping in and saying such nice things :)

yeticatcher the white outline is just a presentation thing it's not part of the original artwork, and well spotted on the ref for the female character :)

If I remember right the ref picture was a photo of Jessica Alba,
I really liked the pose.

I'll be popping into all your SB soon to see what all of you have been up to.

[armando]

Why do all the progress shots start with the finished pencil rendering? I wouldn't mind seeing the roughs for the pencils, so I could swipe a new rendering technique.

[Hyperblade]

I'm really diggin your artwork. I'm very impressed by the buildings and landscapes, great attention to neccesary details.

[S.C. Watson]

Man, your pencils absolutely kick. Love the final product, but am especially fond of the pencils.

Cheers,
~Shane

[shadoman]

Sick skills man... penciling is dead on.

[sith]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/asian_market_concept.jpg

...wow.

steve, i don't care what you think, that's gorgeous. oh i forgot to toss you 5 last time "mate." cheers. massive amounts of respect from me

[dkounios]

your "wasted" chick is my fav. love that process. great work all around too of course. no crits from me man!

[Hyperblade]

your "wasted" chick is my fav. love that process. great work all around too of course. no crits from me man!

I agree, that one stands out too. But the backgrounds still intrigue me, though everything looks fine, overall.

[kuroart]

crazy awesome stuff. I really like your designs and characters.
Keep up the posting.

[Dreamworker]

Very nice updates! I love this enviroment
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/asian_market_concept.jpg
ciao :)

[tekdj]

Hi guys just a small update, but first.

armando, I'll sort out some pencil roughs soon.
Hyperblade, Oregano, shadoman thanks guys :)

sith, man I'm going to call you Andrew from now on, and the respect goes both ways "mate."

dkounis, Hyperblade, glad you like the "Wasted" chick it was a fun cover to do. The background was one of the enviroments from a later posting.

kuroat, Dreamwork, thanks guys :)

These next few images are from an on going prodject.
My wife and I went to see a gig and we really loved the singer.

After the show we got talking to her and have started working on some images.

It's earlly days and I'm not sure where we will end up, but it should be fun :)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/kelly_hair.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/kelly_03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/kelly_dark.jpg

[Hyperblade]

Very nice work again. I notice you do the step by step work, which is great to see the process. Have you given any thought to givng a tutorial on coloring, or anything else you do? I'd like to see your process that way as well.

As far as the images goes, they're great, but I like the first one alot. It seems a bit whimsical, or mysterious, and if you're in a dark mood...resembles Medusa. I guess, the context would determine that. But definetely feels a bit magical, really cool look to it.

[sith]

haha, thanks man. anyway Steve, dude- this last one is really nice. i'm only wishing the figure stood out a little more so she was more of the focus instead of the design that's in the foreground. don't get me wrong, the white lines are really beautiful (i kinda can't stop looking at 'em), i just wish she was as too. no worries though. i know you probably didn't spend that much time on it. nothing to fret about- just something to think about. keep rockin these out!

[tekdj]

Hyperblade Thanks man. Soon as I can I will do a tutorial on colouring.:)

Andrew as always you are too kind. I get what you mean about the
character being a little lost, this project has a way to go yet. I'm kind of
just playing around when the mood takes me.

I'm planning on doing some more painty stuff soonish I hope, but for something
a little different I thought I'd post up some "doodles"

Some of this stuff was done with T-shirt designs in mind.
The images are just pencil lines inked with a pen, all of them drawn on tracing paper.

Their nothing special, just stuff that springs to mind when I'm sitting half watching the TV or when I'm not sure what I want to do next.


Some of them end up being "worked up" and maybe later I'll post up some of the finished versions :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Sketch_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Sketch_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Sketch_03.jpg

More of these later :)

[Chance.]

I am speachless at your environments. They make me feel like I am there in a way, that no-one else on this site has before. So Cool. Lets see more...

I've givin up on looking to give constructive critisizm. Everyone around here is better than me. :(

[tekdj]

Thanks Q-Caddlewick glad you like the environments. I really need to start doing some more :) Keep practicing man, it's the only way to get better.

Here's a couple more "doodle" pages.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Sketch_04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Sketch_05.jpg

[sith]

strong updates man. i don't know how you do so much, work. i'm so damn lazy. i don't know how i didn't see this one btw

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/kelly_hair.jpg

love this mix of the very illustrative/ realisitc look. very nice. in other news, you should design tee shirts as a late night job. ef sleep. videogames by day, illustrations by night, tee shirts whatever other time there is.

just curious steve. do you have any fantasy type of stuff. everything so far is urban, if that's the word i'm looking for. not that that's bad, just thinking a change of pace might be nice for you.

wish i could give ya some stars again. don't know how it dropped. this book amazes me. maybe you're not even worried about it. you are a professional and all. if you are thinking about that though, just let it motivate you to make something really great.

[tekdj]

Andrew you know your stuff mate :)

Urban is a word that I hear a lot and it's as good as any to describe a lot of my work. I'd love to get into T-shirt and Skate/Snow board design :)

It's all just a time thing, I like to have lots of "projects" on the go at once.

The wife and I are doing a "step by step, how to draw Manga on the computer book" at the moment. We get asked to do a lot of Manga style illustrations, I'll have to dig some out and post them up.

It's funny you should mention "fantasy style" stuff, I really want to have a go
at something along those lines, just need to come up with something to inspire me.

Only just starting getting the Hang of things around here :) Just understood what the stars thing was all about, then I lost one :(

No big deal, it's great if people like the work but just as many people won't like it :)

The main thing for me is hooking up with guys like you and seeing some wicked artwork. I always though that this site was mostly full of "fantasy" style art ( not a bad thing ) and that maybe my stuff was too "urban" :) for people around here.

But it's cool to see there's room for all styles, and seeing some of the lovely artwork around here has got me in the mood to try some Fantasy style
images.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Sketch_07.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Sketch_06.jpg

[tekdj]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Ghy_01_layout.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Ghy_02_layout.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Ghy_03_layout.jpg

[Mag-Neo]

-...GOD LIKE!... /from war craft DOTAA ;)/ I like all of those awesome stuff... Your pencil & comic skills are JUST WONDERFULL... I don't know how can i said everything about what i thought... My english source is not enough for what i said to your sketchbook... I know about comic book "2000 AD GUDGE DREDD", of course i was read some of that comics series.......... STAY COOL......................... :yayca:

......../ apologize if i wrote comment without grammar english... :bashfull:

[sith]

yeah man, i'm sure you could do tees and boards and stuff really damn well. your style fits that perfectly. i can't wait to see you try some fantasy stuff too- i'm sure that'll be amazing.

actually i see that one girl's got one of your t- shirt designs on 'em hah. sexy drawrings as usual Steve. shake off the star thing. you'll get back up there. way too damn talented not to. take care man

[tekdj]

Okay not been around for a while, and just time to pop in and do a quick post.
With a bit of luck I'll be able to post some new stuff in the next couple of weeks.

Also need to make time to drop in on some of your SB and see what you guys have been up to :)

Mag-Neo thanks for the kind words.

Andrew as always thanks for the support and inspiration, hoping to do a "fantasy" image real soon :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/beard_boy2.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/ManHunter_sampson.jpg

[tekdj]

Thought I'd have a go at painting up one of those solider drawings I posted
awhile ago.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Solider_04.jpg


Not sure what I think about it yet :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Desert_scene_01.jpg

[MrBobMarley]

I think it looks too copy/paste at this stage if that makes sense. The perspective of the bg imo is wrong for him. Maybe try to blur his outlines a bit. It would fit the destert theme and blend him into his environment better. Btw, I enjoyed your sb so far, lotsa eye candy!

[tekdj]

Thanks for the observations MrBobMarley You're spot on. :)

I think I just needed to get away from it for awhile.

Here's another stage in the process.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Solider_04_02.jpg

[tekdj]

Something a little different.
Here's a few sketches of some Manga style images I was asked to do.
I'll post the coloured versions later.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/manga_pencil_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/manga_pencil_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/manga_pencil_03.jpg

[tekdj]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/3_flowers.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/manga11_col.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/manga26_col.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/manga09_col.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/manga06_col.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/manga07_col.jpg

[sith]

i didn't realize you had updated so much since i last popped by. lots of good stuff to see too btw. the line work for the beard boy is sick, in fact i actually like that drawing more than the finished colored version. i can't say too much about the anime (it's not my general cup of tea), but to me they look pretty damn good. of the bunch the only ones that don't necessarily appeal to me as much is the gal on the top right, and the one on the bike. but i really can't seem to figure out why. oh well. just keep doin' this stuff, and i'm sure you'll be busting out some crazy pro anime in no time.

[tekdj]

Andrew man sometimes I think you're the only one out there !!
Thanks for always dropping by and glad you like the beard boy line :)

No worries if anima's not your thing.
The wife and I get asked two do quite a lot.
We have just finished doing a step by step how to draw Manga on the computer, which has been keeping me busy.

I've just started working on an image that's a little more "fantasy".
It's taking it's time and I may do it in two different styles.

A graphics Illustrator style and a "painty" style.

For now here's one I did "earlier".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/dragon_girl_sketch.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Cherry_Dragon.jpg

[tekdj]

Okay this one's kind of "fantasy"
Well more fantasy than anything I've posted so far :)

First the sketches.
I always start off with a line drawing before shading the drawing.
The final image has the drawing worked into the layers.

Maybe my next image will be a bit more fantasy than this one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Left-Hand_Sketch.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Left-Hand.jpg

[MrBobMarley]

Gorgeous! Dude, right click/save as. Only crit is that in the shaded sketch, she's looking at me, and in the colored she's looking off to her left a bit. Awesome job man!

[sith]

haha, don't worry man- just give it some time and you'll get more and more peeps poppin' by. as far as this last one goes... wow.

just don't be afraid to really dive into the fantasy world- dragons, demons, whatever comes to your mind. you got nothing to worry about- i know you can pull it off.

btw i love that thing you do with people's hair- it's like a tekdj trademark, hah.

[bradley]

wow, very impressive range of work you got here, first glance i thought the solider and the recent painting were photographs, absolulety lovely images. ill keep stopping by regulary for my fix now that im hooked.

[oma]

looks super cool!

realy like the collours in the last one. i like the blue stuff :P.

hope to see more stuffy like this.

[kuroart]

This new stuff is nuts. That last one is pure awesome.
the designs are very smooth.
hope to see more soon.

[tekdj]

Bob thanks man really pleased you like the latest post and you're right about her eye line.
I'll take more care next time :)

Andrew what can I say:) total respect to you man.
You always manage to say the right thing and keep my spirits up :)

I maybe taking small steps with the fantasy stuff but I'll get there.

Haaa !! tekdj trademark hair, I like it man :)
Can't really explain why I do that, it's just one of those things.
Just can't stop myself :)

bradley
Oma
Kuroart
Thanks for dropping by guys and glad you like the work.
I am working on a few more images in the style of my last post so pop back soon(ish) to see what I come up with.

[TheGnoll]

great sense of graphic design and excellent CG skills.Anatomy looks good, but you didn't show many non reffed human figures.
Very personal style, keep em coming ;)

ciao

[Hyperblade]

Your newest piece is great to look at. Nice attention to those details. Honestly, I'd like to see your work in comics. Ever given it a thought?

[darkchild]

Good lord!! Love this one: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Left-Hand.jpg

Great work still with your sketchbook, very inspiring!!

[Ferdinand Venter]

Wow, your stuff is wow damn man nice job i especially like your last one.

Will keep a watch on this sketchbook, sigh, got to get myself motivated and stop wasting time and get to work:[

[taves]

Mmmm. Very convincing stuff here. It's good to see you have a range of talent, from almost photorealistic to as cartoony as a saturday morning anime. Keep on postin. Looks great.

[tekdj]

TheGnoll

Thanks.
A big part of what I do is graphic design, so where I can I like to work it into
whatever I'm doing.
You're right, I should do more non-reffed pencil studies, it's something I need to make time for :)

darkchild
Ferdinand Venter
taves

Thanks for dropping in guys and for the kind comments :)

Hyperblade

Glad you like the new post :)
It's funny you should ask about comics.
In a past life I was a comic illustrator.
I worked mostly for 2000AD, the British comic staring Judge Dredd.

I've been in two minds about posting this stuff as it was done sometime ago,
but as you asked I though some of you maybe interested in seeing some of it.

It's all hand drawn and painted.
With a mix of gouache and acrylic paints.

I'm working on a new image in the style of the left hand image.
Hope to have it finished and posted soon :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/abuki.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/andersonpinup.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/angels.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/cullingcrew.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/dredd.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/hershey.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/kaos.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/meanmachine.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/harmony.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/darthmaul.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/drwho-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/seven9.jpg

[bradley]

ah man the geek in me poured out, mean machine rocks, im not liking the lens flare on the last one it kinda kills it and cheapens it a wee bit

[tekdj]

bradley I know what you mean about the lens flare :(
The picture was a commission and the flare was added as a request of the
client, after the painting was finished.

It was fun working for 2000AD.
The main character I illustrated was Judge Anderson.

That Mean Machine image was the only one I ever did of him, shame really
he is a well cool character :)

[bradley]

gotta do what ya gotta do, its a dream to work for 2000AD, i imagine every british illustrator dreams that. one day man ill be doing mean machine, not to this level obviously but we cant have everything

[MrBobMarley]

I love seeing older work. I've always kind of lacked in creativity, but I do get tons of inspiration from books like this. Thanks man, and will keep an eye out for new works!

[sabe2003]

sweet stuff, love how you handle hair. Also the kabuki one is great, I'm really enjoying alchemy..
Keep up the great work!

[Listing]

Some great work. You really tend toward that art nouveau hair. I know it's your business but I'd like to see something not so totally given over to design.

[Mitchell]

damn such a great style my friend. Good work, beautiful lines. and thanks for checking out my book!:yayca:

[salaryman]

Drokk!

nice one Steve, great to see this stuff again!

Splundig ver, erm, thrig?

C.

[Darktwin]

I really like how you simiply the planes of the face, the way you simply your drawings in the intial stages of drawing is really nice. clean lines, wonderful values, keep up the good work!! I feel a lot of these pieces should be in the finally finshed section.

thanks for showing your process man,

[tekdj]

bradley
Thanks for dropping by man and I'd love to see you do Mean Machine :)

MrBob
Glad you like the "old stuff", it does seem like another life time :) and thanks for the continued surrport.

sabe
Cheers for dropping by and for the kind comments.
kabuki has always been a favourite character so it was fun to do that painting. Maybe I'd have another crack at her one of these days.

Listing
Thanks man.
You have a fair point about my stuff being very "designed"
I'll have to make sometime to do some more traditional work.

Skeiff
Thanks man.
I'll be popping into your SB a lot more :)

salaryman
Thanks for dropping by Cal.
Whatever this SB is it's all down to you.
Anyone that's not seen his SB, do yourself a favour and check the goodness.

salaryman (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1055409#post1055409)


Darktwin
Thanks for the kind comments, glad you like what you see :)


Okay, here's the latest.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/anjo_pencil_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/anjo_pencil_02.jpg





http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/anjo_close.jpg

[Fishspawn]

So much beautiful work! I don't know why i dont come by here more often, its very inspiring. Keep it up.

[bradley]

beautiful man, id personally love the wings to be bigger, im quickly becoming addicted to your work

[strych9ine]

Hot damn, did I ever miss out by not visiting this book. Great work man... the asian market enviro blew me away.

[smarty333]

Wow. The characters and environments are really nice. Keep it going!

[Hyperblade]

Ah, so you DID do comics! Great! Well, as far as your posts go, I'm loving the close up of the females face the most, also in your painted style. Is the bright orange on teh eyes intentional? I notice it isn't as blended as everything else. That is a great image though, I really would like to learn how to do that, I am inexpirienced with digital coloring, and am going to be learning in Novmeber, through help of a friend, I have to meet up with.

Do you know of any helpful tips/tutorials, or have one of your own?

[EVIL]

what do you do? look out for foto's, redraw them and then paste your lineart on top of a lens blurred copy of that foto? some stuff just looks to realistic to be hand painted or drawn totally from imagination

[tekdj]

Fishspawn
Thanks again for dropping in and glad you like what you see.

bradley
Thanks :)
On reflection I think you're right the wings could be bigger.

strych9ine
smarty333
Cheers guys for popping in and for the kind comments.

Hyperblade
Thanks dude.
The bright orange on the eyes was intentional.
I guess it would have worked if the orange was more blended, but that's just the way I wanted it :)
I'm sorry to say I don't have any tutorials.
I'm really just starting to try to find my feet with the painted style.
Up until recently I've always done things in a very graphic style.
But it's become clear at the studio I work for that it would be good for me to
develop a more "painty" style.
I guess we will just have to see how it goes :)

EVIL
I guess no one can please everyone, and the tone of your mail suggests you
don't like what you see.
That's fair enough, there's plenty of styles on this site for everyone to find
something that's to their taste.

I'm taking it that you're referring to the "painty" images in your comments.
Yeah I have used photo ref for these images.
A head from one photo, part of a body from another.
So it's true that the images are not totally from imagination, which I guess from your point of view makes them less valid.

As for the process of colouring these images.
I block the areas of colour out using Illustrator
then import them into Photoshop.
Then I use a combinations of coloured layers and the original pencil drawing.
All of these layers having different effects added to them.

When I'm happy with the results I flatten the image and work in some details
using different brushes and pencils.

That's it, so I'm sorry if you see this as less worthy,
but thanks for dropping by :)

No updates today, I guess I should spend sometime learning to be a proper artist :)

[MrBobMarley]

Wow, the winged beauty is well done. Nothing really intelligent to say today, just liking what I see and letting you know. Like how you handled that rude comment, shows a lot of maturity on your part. Now get back to work, you no talent wannabe, hack, poser, how dare you post that garbage here?!.................;) :P

[Alexandr Pascenko]

hehe first i wanted to say i like your pure linework in your "imaginations" drawings they got a nice unique-style! usually i hate to see artists copying things, but u did it awesome with a nice touch of yours, wich makes it art to me and i know u can draw without ref too , so keep posting :)

ps. i luv how u draw hairs i´ve also tried to do it but most time have no patience for it. reminds me of mucha but in the new generation style. just awesome!

[Darklord101]

Mate your art is out of this world. From vector to photo-realistic.
I looking forward on seeing more from you.

5 Stars + Subscribe :D

[JERI]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/anjo_close.jpg

If you used an actual person for reference, I demand to know the name of this hottie now!

Very cool stuffs man, you're really confident with cel shading and rendering.

I guess one suggestion I'd make in general is to add some more visible variation in line weights to emphasis 3D, as some of your characters appear flat when foreshortening is involved. I think what you did in this one is perfect:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/kaos.jpg

The rendering you do is good so I don't think it's a big problem or anything, but I still reckon your works can benefit from that.

Just my two cents, hope it's relevant.

[-ThePenciler-]

DAmn i never get tires of coming to this thread. I always get inspired. Thank you for that. I just made the last angel girl my desktop bckgrnd cuz it's just damn cool.

[TheGnoll]

ok, you use photo ref, you copy photos, and whatever.BUT it looks damn good and it works...i like the old school style in the judge dredd pics.Lets just say the skills you use for you drawings and painting are completely different from the skills me and other people use, but that ain't a crime, and i don't think it should be considered "inferior"...obviously, some life drawing and imagination drawing can only help you improve, but guess in this field (art) anything you do can only help you improve, so just just keep the thread up!

(hope you can understand what i'm writing ;))

ciao

[DeMoon]

very much very good jobs.I like your style...clean graphic arts..respect! Draw and lay out more works

[rorke]

IM LOVEN IT....ha ha
Really nice stuff man... it just gets better and better

[Hyperblade]

Very cool, I like the orange, I just wondered. I have to admit that I really like your work and the style you've picked up, as time progresses your painterly style will only improve, and then I'll be very happy to see your progress.

I love your artwork, it's very inspirational.

Best of luck to you!

[tekdj]

Hi people
It's been a long while since I posted :(

Work has been keeping me very busy.
I guess firstly I should reply to the last set of comments that were posted.

MrBobMarley
As always you're a star :)

GOBLINSHARK
Thanks man, really appreciate the kind words and "Mucha" has always been an
inspiration to me.

Darklord101
Your too kind :) thanks mate :)

JERI
Hee Hee, sorry mate, don't know the name of the girl whose face the "anjo"
image was based on.
You're comment about "more visible variation in line weights" is a good one and I'll take it on board, thanks :)

-ThePenciler-
Cheers mate and glad you like "anjo" image

TheGnoll
I completely understand what your saying, and I could not agree more.
Many thanks mate :)

DeMoon
rorke
Thanks guys :)

Hyperblade
Thanks as always for dropping by.
Your comments are too kind :)

I'll do my best to drop by all you're sketchbooks in the next few days.
I look forward to seeing what you guys have been up to :)

Okay as I said I've been very busy at work
and it's not stuff I can post up here.

When I have an the odd moment or two I've tried to do some sketching.
It's just bits and pieces, but at least I can post it :)
Not sure if I'll work any of it up but here it is any way.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/dino02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/dino01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/munchies.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/kimono_sword.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/ayumi.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/scarecrow.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Adaga.jpg

[shadoman]

Nice stuff. Your pencil lines are so clean.

[bradley]

hot as usual, good to see you posting again as well. I love how you do you ladies hair, adds that little bit of flare to a already sexy drawing

[vigostar]

you have got such a gorgeous style...

[sabe2003]

holy crap... http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37540&stc=1&d=1161210271
And everything after shows a real growing into your own style.
If I were to suggest anything, it'd be to get a little further away from photo refference. But hot damn that angel girl is my new wallpaper!

Keep it up!

[Bendragon]

Damn these are good. Thanks for those wips, theyre quite helpful.

[Doudou]

WHOOOOWEe, gaddamn dat's some tough ass emo stuff

LOVED UR WORK, Totally flawless

Keep IT UP :)

[SIggE]

cool characters, poor coloring :)

[designboot]

Nice vector art ;)

cheers

[Hyperblade]

As usual, I'm digging the work, I really like your penciled stuff. Great job.

[AztcFireFlower]

Nice bunch of stuff tekdj. Not into manga myself, however, your style is beautiful with it's graphic use of space and wonderful pattern designs incorporated in your work. The motobikes were fun to scroll-scan and see patterns change chameleon-like. Your use of negative space reminds me a little of Mucha as well. Rendering on all your figures is nice, esp. the b/w value comps.
Really fun sketchbook to look through. Wonderful graphic style. Will come back for more!

[Marjolein]

wow, your style is brilliant! i so envy your use of colour and composition!

[tekdj]

Hi Guy's :)

It's been a long time.
Sorry I've not posted for awhile, life has been very very busy.
The games studio I work for has be acquired by one of the worlds
big entertainment companies and for the last couple of months I've been lucky enough to have been working on concept art for a new game :)

Sorry to say I'm not able to post any of this work :(

However when I have had some spare time out side of the working day
I've been doing some freelance illustration and concept work.

One of the jobs was a cover illustration for a game,
which has now been released.


Firstly,
Thanks to
shadoman
bradley
vigostar
sabe2003
Bendragon
Doudou
SIggE
designboot
Hyperblade
AztcFireFlower
Marjolein

Really appreciate your comments guys :)

Okay back to the work.
As I said this job was a game box art cover.


The game is called Wild Earth, Africa by XPLOSIV, Animal Planet and Empire Interactive.

The brief was very tight.
The client wanted a specific composition and chose all the animals
they wanted on the cover.

I had to produce sketches of the animals plus cover mock ups.
This process continued backwards and forwards for a couple of weeks
until the client was happy, then I had just under a week to do the finished
artwork.

I've picked out just a few of the early sketches and mock ups plus the final
sketch and artwork to post up.

I'll try to post some more work as and when I can.
Also when I have time I'm hoping to work on a new personal
concept, so stay tuned :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/wild_earth_cover_wilderbeast.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/wild_earth_cover_zebra.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/wild_earth_style_Elhead.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/cover_mockup.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/WildEarth_Cover_Artwork_Drawing.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/WildEarth_Cover_Artwork.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/WildEarth_Cover.jpg

[Fishspawn]

Great job on that project :) Can't wait to see what your personal project is.

[Ferdinand Venter]

I second Fishspawn. My mind froze so I can't think of something worthwhile to say to you. Sorry and keep on posting more stuff.;p

Cheers

[Call0ps]

great work on the cover. keep it up

[tekdj]

Hi people :)

I can now post one of the jobs that's kept me busy and away from conceptart.org.

My wife and I were asked to do a book.
A step by step guild to drawing Manga on the computer.
Well really it was a guild to colouring a Manga drawing that we did.

The book is aimed at people/kids that have not used a computer very much.
We had to keep things very simple.

The first phase of the project was to produce a number of sketches,
until the client found the image they were happy with.

We then had to colour the image using Photoshop, screen capturing all the
stages and supplying text to go with all the screen grabs.

Posted here are all the concept drawings plus the final image.

The book is published by Ilex Press Uk and Barnes & Noble US

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/mockup01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/mockup02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/mockup03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/mockup04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/mockup05.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Published_Img15.jpg



http://www.ilex-press.com/publishing/product.php?productid=16295&cat=250&page=1

http://www.amazon.co.uk:80/exec/obidos/ASIN/1905814011/bokfyndnu0e/

[cosmicbeanbag]

great stuff man, and congratulations on the completion of your book. not the style that i like but i'll pick the book up anyway just to get insight into your brain matter.

i'm fascinated by your technique for your fully rendered paintings: using illustrator to define color areas and importing into photoshop. how about a tutorial? i'll give you some candy.

sayot captain!

k

[bradley]

Hey, how you been, missed this thread immensely. great cover work for WIld Earth. Last few updates shown great variety in what you can do which has impressed me, alot. Good to see you back

[tekdj]

B]cosmicbeanbag[/B]
Thanks mate :)
I'll try to do a full on tutorial as soon as I can.

bradley
Always cool to have you drop by :)
Thanks for the kind words.

The day time job at the games studio has been really full on.
The studio was bought by one of the worlds big entertainment companies.
My job has changed from part time concept artist/games artist to full
time concept artist, which is great news for me :)

It's just a shame I can't post any of the work I've been doing.
Hopefully somewhere down the line I'll be able to post a few images.

Over the few weeks, time permitting, I've been working on an image to post here, I've just had a couple of days off which has allowed
me to finally finish it.

I've tried to bring two of my styles together.
The cleaner graphic style with the more painty style.
It's something I want to try more of.

Any way here it is, with some process shots :)

Tennyo.

[J.U.NICE]

All I can say is your work is insane especially the pieces you did back on pg 1 of the bikers with the realistic color tones. It took me a second to believe they started from the sketches. This last one is incredible as well.

[bradley]

the colours are yummy, i can smell those summer strawberries already. what game study you working at, would they be hiring by any chance? ( cheeky sod, sorry)

[salaryman]

I can see her foo-foo!

As ever, nice work Steve!

C.

[tekdj]

J.U.NICE
Thanks for dropping by and the kind words :)

bradley
As always cheers mate.
Drop me a line and we can have a chat :)
tekdj@hotmail.com

salaryman
Haa Haa, Calum, thanks mate.
You know it's a Moo Moo and not a Foo Foo :)

Okay I can post a Record cover I've recently finished for an up and coming
UK band, the grams.

The EP is called Mordern World and the guys wanted a Morden/futuristic city/architecture look. It had to be "clean" and White.

I found some images of the city of science and art in Valencia, Spain.
Really love the architecture and this was the inspiration.

Check out the grams on their myspace page.

the grams (http://www.myspace.com/thegramsuk)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/Grams_Modern_World_White_01.jpg

[TheGnoll]

hey man long time no see :D
i though you had disappeared from the boards ;)

cool work on the wild eath proj, altho for some reason i found the other cover option better.
As usual, very cool work with graphic design etc on the last two updates :)

i hope to see more concept work from ya soon! ;)

keep sharing
ciao!

[sabe2003]

Fucking awesome work! Wow those recent ones blew me away.

[Ferdinand Venter]

Wow i always amaze myself when i see what you can do with vector and raster and to combine them must of been very risky but well achieved

[Flipnastywebby]

shes a hottie...:pirate:
great design, and nice choice for the figure



slainte!

[Tangible]

Your work is stunning, but what amazed me the most -in terms of landscapes- is the African one. The level of detail on the grass is amazing.

[Mikko Voipio]

I really don't understand those four stars that you have. You're one of the most inspirational artist here. Absolutely five stars from me.

[Rax]

Freakin amazing work. :xpld: Want to see more:yayca:

[Chermilla]

Some really nice Graphic work. Good job on the cover design too!

Cx

[tekdj]

Wow! been so long since I last posted.
Sorry to anyone that cares :(

I've been so busy working at the games studio ( BlackRock )
We have just finished our first game....PURE.

http://disney.go.com/disneyinteractivestudios/pure/index2.html

I was lucky enough to do some of the environment concepts as well as work on the game art.

I cant post all the stuff I've been doing but I have a few things to post.
Hopefully this will be the kick start I need to post more often :)

First I had tree concept images published in a book called...
Erotic Fantasy Art

http://www.amazon.com/Erotic-Fantasy-Art-Duddlebug/dp/0061441511

The book was put together by Aly Fell and Duddlebug.
They saw one of my images here on conceptart and asked me to submit some concepts:)
The image they liked was...Tennyo
I Also did two more for the book.

Anjo Do Mal.
O Abate

I've also done a book cover for a children's book called
Dragon's Dance by Deborah S Wallace

http://www.samedaybooks.co.uk/details.php?isbn=9780955429330&s=gb

It's not published yet but will soon be :)

Well that's it for now....it's good to be back :)

[gr4f]

i just wanted to say wow, your work in here is amazing...as a person who illustrates motorcycles too, i was very impressed with all of the work you put into those motorcycle designs-and the new updates that you posted are just wow...keep up the awesomeness, no crits from me at allll... you rock :rocker:

[tekdj]

Katrin.
Illustration for a comic called 45.
To be published later this year by Comxcomics. http://www.comxcomics.com/

http://thefortyfivecomic.blogspot.com/

http://herospy.com:80/2009/forty-five-45-preview/

http://geeksyndicate.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/win-a-signed-copy-of-45/


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/45_Katrin_sampson_Sketch.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/45_Katrin_sampson_Sketch_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/tekdj/45_Katrin_Sampson_Colour.jpg

[WBear_nessecities]

Glad to see you posting, haven't seen your greatness in about two, maybe three years.
Too long no excuses