-- it's been entirely too long -- MASSIVE dump [56k=esplode]

[Sammy]

EDIT: sorry everyone, my bandwidth got gangbanged to the max ------- things will end up working once my next month rolls arround, so hold tight --- the images still exist, they'll be back shortly ;]

I've been in isolation, but it's good to be back :bashful: -----all personal (good and bad) sketches, concepts, t-dome, and paints:

EDIT: my bandwidth is hemorrhaging in a pile of its own vimit right about now --- i'm going to link some of these in effort to lower the load.

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/drummerboy2.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/drummerboy1.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/C_ENVIRONMENT/4frankenemyweb.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/A_MECHANICAL/4frankplayer1player2.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/civil1.jpg


http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/oviraptor.jpg


http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/A_MECHANICAL/Bsmashmutoidflatlabledweb.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/A_MECHANICAL/unclefengcrab.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/B_CREATURE%20COSTUME/concept%20IGN%20COLOSSUSweb.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/tek%20lighthouse%202%20web.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/tek%20lighthouse%20web.jpg



http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/B_CREATURE%20COSTUME/salamandersketch2web.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/jimee5.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/icet%20backdrop%20web.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/tunnel%20web.jpg


http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/jimeesketch2.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/kelpishwall.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/xp%20lover%20web.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/B_CREATURE%20COSTUME/sammyVSchrisjanderson_TD.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/B_CREATURE%20COSTUME/swampweb.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/flyertake%20flat%20color%202%20web.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/flyer%20flat.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/character%20sketch.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/fallflat%20web.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/mattslayskraken.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/A_MECHANICAL/Bsmashwalkerfinishinglabledweb.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/tylosaurus%20canable%20flat.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/A_MECHANICAL/sammyVSomoplata_TD.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/chrome.jpg

[Groover McNab]

:jawdrop: :bow: :a!:

I tried to come up with something constructive, but then my head started bleeding.

[HugeHarHar]

If I said I love you, you wouldn't take it the wrong way would you?

Because I do.

[bumskee]

stunning... awsome colors, design.. la la la la la.. love them to death!!! .. espcially the last LMS one..

holy cow.. :)

[wesburt]

awesome sammy!

[Craig D]

Awesome dump you've got here.
I was particularly impressed with your use of texture in many of the pieces.

[James Kei]

Fuck yeah!

[oishiiniku]

There's nothing like a massive slap in the face first thing on a Monday morning. I am just blown away by every aspect of these. Wonderful amount of variety too. I'm particularly liking the homage to Shadow of the Colossus. Fantastic sense of movement and atmosphere in that one.

Ta, Nick.

[Tyranx]

Fuck <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[Ink]

Wow, impressive work.
I just love the design on that Semi-aquatic combat runner...keep 'em comin'

[blanquish]

dude, DUDE DOOOOD
This stuff is fresh, 5 stars mate

[cakeypigdog]

OOOOOFFFFF!

amazing post!

[redehlert]

yoinks!
right to the kisser on all of these!
bravo!

[walnut]

In the immortal words of Neo: Whoa!

[hitman]

Done saving all these into my "truely INspiring works" folder....

Thanks for sharing.....:rendered:

[glikster]

wow...effing awesome... and glad to have you back....(esp with these...)

[Ostrander]

These are incredible. I really love the look and feel of the Civil War images. Beautiful work!

[stoph]

i give up.

*snaps stylus*

<3

[Flip]

Your ID shit has always blown me away, but looking at this stuff I think I ruptured my spleen (in the way only fine ID work can). Then you top it off with a myriad of other gorgeous illustrations (I think I feel another organ giving way).

I'm just going to sit here and look at this.
(Do surgeons do house calls?)

[Serpian]

Fuuuuuuuuuuck.....

[viag]

awesome , nice brushes work !

[vigostar]

dude what a way to bitch slap the whole fucking community man.. really amazing stuff... I was actually talking with another Caer about you.. i was like "where sammy at" and then five weeks later.. POOF! massive dumpage.. thank you so much for this early morning dsiplay of awesomeness!

[Alday.J]

Five stars, best of CA and my personal Hall Of Fame. I really love... sorry, LOVE all the underwater ones. [well, the entire set, in fact]
Bravo.

[Sartell]

Unfriggin believable, what a gift:) And that Shadow of the Colossus piece? will probably never be replaced as my desktop...... Amazing stuff, almost too much I think my ears are bleeding~* Excited to see more!

[Kvick]

Well shit, all of these are very amazing I especially like all the water ones. Heh, wasn't expecting to see anything like this waking up; I'm suprised that I didn't see it last night. Superb work :).

[spudstudios]

holymutherfuckingshit.......awesome. That's just cool as fuck

[Unbreakable]

wow!!!!!!!

[Lazy]

Damn, simply inspiring stuff.
Kinda much to swallow at once but you cover many fields of art, i salute you.

[Victor B]

its great to have you back sammy!

[Kan Muftić]

I hate you from the bottom of my heart:)
This deserves to go straight to "BEST OF CA", damn it!

[Cam Sykes]

I couldnt think of the right words or find the right emoticon to express how I feel so.. I'll just let you know my brain rotated 360 degrees, and my eyes shed a layer of skin.

[BARONTiERi]

:} very inspiring hibernation apparently!! nice job dude keep it up!

[FatherWinter]

Holy mother....I think I had a massive stroke!!! :dead:

Absolutely phenomenal work dude!

[P E N Ricklund]

Glad to see new work from you, truely fabulos.
Seems like the quality time you've put into your isolation paid of :D

Hugs!

[asoir]

You know, there is such thing as TOO good.

[artiphats]

OMG > download images > inspiration folder > saved

[Carnifex]

*just adds his to the asspats*
love that first and fifth one especially,perfect combination of texture and modelled forms. reminds me abit of van gogh.:)

[dem0n]

Oh man I love that oviraptor.
Great stuff, glad to see you're back.

[NathanLong]

You are the Bruce McCall of CA.

[AndrewLey]

...fuck.

[Mandryk]

gorgeous! What a great way to start my day off. I love your looser stuff, and the tighter rendered stuff is a treat as well. Keep it up!

[noiion]

This is too much! I can't comprehend the skill level. :xpld:

[REAU]

you really have some nice work in here, I love it all


-reau-

[Call0ps]

Oh My GOd!!:xpld:

[Shinryu]

oh shit. all of it is amazing Sammy, woah!

cheers

[Tigermilk]

this is sick sick sick. . .
haha, this one is like the coolest thing I've seen
http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/A_MECHANICAL/sammyVSomoplata_TD.jpg
is it supposed to float, or does it like drive on the bottom of the ocean?

super sweet mega clean work.
tigermilk

[Mr.Blonde]

holy cow.. some awesome stuff here man... this one (http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/A_MECHANICAL/sammyVSomoplata_TD.jpg) is incredible... great scale, funny idea, awesome execution!

[Raphael STLouis]

wow THEY. ARE. ICREDIBLE. maybe more than the incredibles ... if that's what hibernation makes i'll take a break too ... seriously i don't think u won't have anyone to say you to stop. really like the way to pictures some marks on the vehiicules like the honda and H1 on the top ones ... really funnny and i like the giant calmar.

[Layil]

welcome back!
:)

[kaktuzlime]

Radical! Sw33t. Solid. Mindblowing. Amazing. And so forth...

[Sept13]

... fuck. :O

[Kurtoon]

Breathtaking. A little piece of me wants to believe you're working on Shadow of the Colossus 2 (or whatever its successor will be) for PS3 and thats a concept image for it.

[Sammy]

wow, thank you all very much ------ it feels so damn good to hear such praise :nintendo: :nintendo: :nintendo: ------------~ i won't ever go away for such a long time ever again ~------------ hibernation is over, i'm here to stay now :] *let us all cuddle*

and if it's cool with you guys, i have s'more paints, sketches, and thumbnails (everything else i can't show :dur: ) but this is all I gots for now and i shall return for other threads in the future:
EDIT: sorry, gonna have to make these links --- my bandwidth is having an aneurism.

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/C_ENVIRONMENT/sammyVSsummerpudding_TD%5b1%5d.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/triffidprincessfinalweb%5b1%5d.jpg


http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/B_CREATURE%20COSTUME/salamandersketchceratopsflatpaintweb.jpg

sketches sketches sketches ----

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/B_CREATURE%20COSTUME/o-rlyweb.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/sum-e5%20web.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/D_THUMBNAIL%20ROUGHS/somespeed4.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/publicplace2speed.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/more/publicplace1speed.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/D_THUMBNAIL%20ROUGHS/C_hovervehiclesthumbs.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/more/dragonfireteam4.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/more/jimee%20thumbnails.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/more/jimee%20thumbnails2.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/more/jimee%20thumbnails3.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/more/knights%20thumbnails.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/more/somespeed1web.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy//September%20Update/more/trianble%20thumbnails.jpg

some stuff for Stranglehold (that was posted on IGN so i assume it's safe) --- from back when i was up at Midway: photograph textures used on these.

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/more/sendoutsideflatquick.jpg

http://www.cerebral-art.com/Sammy/September%20Update/more/dino%20downstairs%20trex%20colorize.jpg

thanks once again folks --- I'll be seein' ya arround! :lens: :lens: :lens: :lens:

[redehlert]

"if it's ok".....
oh hell no! yer askin' if it's ok? hahahah....bring it! bring it! more!
awesome sammy.
d

[Eric Gerhard]

Hope one day I'm able to make it.

Awesome!

[faxmaster]

I could sit here and look at this thread all day long man. I'd sing my praises, but,really, what hasn't been said yet?

[lewiston]

heureka. lewiston's down. [screen turning red - distant gunfire, slow fade out]
Btw - are these shadow of the colossus pieces actual conceptart for the game, or did you some studies/artwork, inspired by that game?

[Kvick]

Sheesh, you've been busy :P

[hurricane]

all hail sammy, king of thumbs !!

breathtaking stuff !

the latest digi-sketches feels rushed but still they are very good!

cheers and i thought i already replied to this thread...

[m@.]

hehehe

:xpld:

[NURO]

AMAZING works:heart:

[koppa]

awesome dude

[Mitchell]

oh jesus! great great stuff here. nice style. Hooray!

[Justin.]

Ooooooh dang. I know what I'm doin' tonight.

Those first ones are so impressionisticalish! I love it! Though some of the faces look a bit strange, if you don't mind me saying-
This one (http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/September%20Update/drummerboy1.jpg) in particular... It seems a bit to flat maybe?


Good work overall though! Such great knowledge of light! :D

[rothgar]

I've been wondering where you'd hidden yourself. Love the new stuff and can't wait to see more. How's about a few flying thingamajigs while yer at it? One of the first few things I ever saw you post were your flying ships way back when.

[monsi]

Have mercy on my Oh Lord, for you are my master :bow:

oh, and that O RLY sketch with the owl made me lol :D

[S.C. Watson]

Yay! Sammy sketches and paints!

[MasonL]

jebus that is some epic work. Just curious, what was your formal training in?, your ID and architecture stuff are sublime.

[bRyaN]

SAAAAMMMMMMMYYYY...where ya been all my life...

what you been up too bro??!?!

[Killer Napkins]

SAMMY! DUdE.. welcome back man.. love your stuff dude.. you have gotten insane since ive last seen you haha.. and thats good...
did you ever know that youre my hero!?!! hahah

cya around man..

[Idiot Apathy]

Please, never leave me again :( I don't think I could bear it.

Gah... tears of joy. The shadow of the collosus ones especially. Hey hey, how about we get you an exclusive sketchbook and you update, like a lot?!

[banhatin]

wow!I only say wow!awesome works you did!

[Oblio]

oh boy... welcome back.
is that... scrathboard rake there? got that art marker pen from wacom? pure dope...

Best of CA .. DONE !

[Boom]

wb, sammy. absolutely amazing show here. so much cool stuff to look at and learn from. thanks for showing!

[yonson]

I don't have anything to say that hasn't been said already but I can't just stay silent...
This is awesome.
In the non - exaggerating, true definition of the word.

You are capable of so many different types of finish it's amazing - man, I feel like such an amatuer when I see this.

Highest praise, just keep doin' what you're doin'!

Yons

[BANCK]

amazing.

[simonak]

woooolala! Very nice work! Thanks

[N D Hill]

Sheez. Back in full force, I see. I'll say what everyone else has said at the risk of sounding unoriginal but what the hell. Great stuff, man. You don't know how close I am to resurrecting the Dune thread in hopes that you'd update your URLs.

[razuel]

Wow, you're freakin' sweet. I love how your pieces create an atmosphere, it's not just an image-- you really get a feel when you look at them.

[John]

I missed your art posts :heart:

[Bojee]

all hail sammy, king of thumbs !!

breathtaking stuff !



Definitely.:confident

[Loga4]

Absolutely amazing stuff.

[djobuk]

Very beautiful and stylisticaly very refreshing. Thank you.

[velinov]

Crazy stuff!!!

[Bomba]

You all ready know what I think of you and your work... raw talent in action. Never seen alot of these pieces.. especiallly 'sammyVSsummerpudding_TD%5b1%5d'... damn boy, great visual eye you have. Props to you and know you've worked hard for it.
-J-

[Dutton]

Thank you for the inspiration..... to quit now while I still can.

[Icey]

it's been long since your last stuff here, but it's worth wateing!
wonderful stuff...

[maya_a]

Wow, I really love that tower image with the long beam of red light coming down from it! Shakes my mind with awesome ideas. :D

[Ogar]

Beautiful work! I can see that you love your lines.

[rambhat]

Amazing Sammy. I wish I could be working next to you in Austin, man.

[Migsta]

:aa: :aw: :ae: :as: :ao: :am: :ae: :a!:

[Volles Metall]

BEAUTIFUL!


:xpld: <----------- That is what happened to my head. Truely awesome work. Can't wait to see more.

[Sammy]

(the 2nd page seems to be messin' up ---- can anyone get to it?)

thanks all once again, it feels great to show off some stuff after a good wait ----- I'd respond to feedback, but can't read anything on page 2 --- : \

[Alex Alexandrov]

what the horse .....yes ... yes ...... nice .... cooool fuck... awsome

[shadoman]

This is some god damn inspirational stuff here. Thanks for blowing my mind...

[Art_Addict]

wow, incredible batch of nice work !

[Azrael]

Yeah. what everyone else said. Damn fine work here Sammy! Very entertaining. I dig your natural sketchy style. It apperas that you like to throw down ideas quickly and move very fluid with your sketches. I could learn from that. Your brush strokes are accurate and natural. dig it brother, thanks for sharing!

[fooxoo]

....... just damn

<3

[Dile_]

Whoa, damn those updates are absolutly mind blowing! nice work, of course i saved it all! very inspiring! <3

~Dile

[TheDirtSyndicate]

you fucker.....
i give up.

[magnut]

Sammy,

Words cannot properly express...

Have you ever, or will you ever put together a tutorial on your approach? If you were to ever put together a book of your work, I would hope you include some sort of tutorial in it.

Or, how about a video of you working? I've always learned most when watching others work. Looking over your shoulder, so to speak, would be an amazing learning experience.

[Simon Boxer]

Too long, indeed. What a thread.

[dchan]

nice stuff you got there really inspiring i must say! nice concepts and your style is impressive. ej love your doodles and thumbs. peace keep it up!

[lumar]

and heres me struggling to draw an egg in order to learn how to use shading

-sigh-

[2kre8]

Hey sammy great to see you back, and of course great great work. It should go up on top. Hey what happened to Chicago I thought you were at Midway, or are you still there but in Austin? Show more!!!!

[ShawnYe]

Hey Sammy, how's it going all the new stuffs looks really awesome. :)

[BobbyD]

Wow! - You have improved so much since I last saw your work in Austin - Thank you for the inspiration

[Frank Stockton]

the best part is the chick bathing with her top off near the golden section of the second-to-last painting.

You're an art factory, man.



frank/m\

[Mikero]

Awesome awesome stuff. Love your vehicles and layouts.

[Riddick]

No critics, amazing work!
I love your talent to mix different subject and modernize them.
The textures of your brushes are outstanding!
Is there any tutorial somewhere?
You seems to be able to fdraw everything you want, it is the best things which could happend to an artist!

[Sammy]

lewiston ---- the colossus thing was done for an IGN contest --- i won a swell japanese art/making of book for the game !RAWK! --- it's one game i can fanart all day long ---

Idiot Apathy ---- that would be fun, i would update lots ;)

Justin Oaksford --- i appreciate the feedback, i have a rough time keeping faces as impresionist as the rest of a painting - a muscle i'll be trying to work on for sure.

Oblio ---- i have a few patterns that i made from some scanned in hatchings/shading techniques --- with some tweaking they go over as brushes pretty good.

rambhat --- soon enough you'll find a way down here -- i'll see you back in alabama this winter bro! also very nice works you last posted.

magnut ---- i'm working on some ways to do tutorials -- i'd want to make something complete, and show just about all the tricks i can ----- but i never really work the same way twice, but we'll see what i can come up with - i would hope it can be helpfull.

ShawnYe ---- it's really great to see you back here too -- send me an email, i'd like to catch up and see what you've been up to these last years.

_-_-_- you guys are very kind - thank you all -_-_-_
who's up for some tripod love?
!FAREWELL THUNDERCHILD!
http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/September%20Update/farewellthunderchild.jpg

[bwkeough]

dood, great work sammy! loving the personal development, excellent the whole way around. I'll be expecting some kickass Metroid stuff soon, too!

have Matt buy you a beer on me, but only if you make him eat a triple-bacon-lardburger first! He tells me he got all skinny and stuff after leaving CT... :D

[Kresh]

Incredible dump sammy , Those thumbs of those see creatures here (http://www.modelforge.com/sammy/September%20Update/more/jimee%20thumbnails3.jpg) reminded me of the time I met up with you and a few other guys from CA. Was pretty cool and wished we could have all gotten together again but I sucked so bad at that time i was so intimdated by all your pro skills I was embarassed.

Anyway, I really like those impressionist style peices you've done! those bright colors are really a breath of fresh air around here and that cool looking pattern is well....really cool.

Keep the good shit going and good luck to you.

[AC_HAO]

jaw droping skill and volume... truely amazing.... these babes cover almost all ground of concept art... Im shaking my fist to cheer you on

[voraz]

Fantastic work!!!

[axeman61]

I can't see the pics.

[Emile]

Bandwidth Limit Exceeded :[
why?

[Eric Gerhard]

Sammy,

I can't even see your work through the links.

Peace!

[Joey-b]

crap :'( use the freakin attachment manager ;) that would solve it

to bad really wanna c them

[Xpose]

yea your bandwith got raped! I'll just have to wait until the thread cools off some.

[Theo]

All this stuff is boner. Always loved your shapes. keep em comin man!

[black_nomad12]

the boxes are x's and the links are dead. its official your bandwidth got raped

[EVIL]

:'( I want to swee teh pwics.. can't you just attatch them?

[Ninjor]

Bandwidth overload, as said the past few posts. My suggestion is uploading images to http://www.imageshack.us when you have the time.

Then use the direct link they provide you and surround it with the tags. Wala!

I want to see the work here :D!

[Sinix]

Hoping for a rehost... I must have missed this when it was posted, but I really want to see new stuff from Sammy.