DSG 1133: Seasonal Fantasy: GIANT, TREE-LIKE BEAST SHEDS ITS LEAVES IN THE AUTUMN

[William b. Hand]

[ 'Just inspired by the tree outside my apartment... ]

[ You should make this a whole scene... ]

[ Maybe make some little people underneath it raking what they can away. ]

[ That sort of thing. ]

Seasonal Fantasy: GIANT, TREE-LIKE BEAST SHEDS ITS LEAVES IN THE AUTUMN
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[Johnnyhorse]

Seasonal Fantasy eh? lol. That's the stuff.

Fortunately my morning was filled with autumn trees. I doubt I'll be able to start on mine until much later though.

[Camara]

OOOOOOOOH....this thread is gonna be maaaaarvelous!!!

[Hamsta]

Autumn isn't easy on Ents, as the weather turns cool, immune systems are weakened and even the tree giants might catch a cold, and sneeze what's left of their foliage.
painter, 30?
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6877/1133treesneezewr7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Horsefly]

Man, been away all week and missed some great topics. Can't wait to have a go at this one in the morning. Me thinks it'll generate alot of cool entries. 8)

[Lizzybeth]

Well this guy it turns out is another of the carniverous plants. After sheding its leaves it turns to another food source than the sun, flesh. Here is has just awakened from its extended summertime hibernation only to see some unsuspecting picnicers conviniently nearby.
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/3760/treateb9.jpg
I'd really like to work on this more, towards finished, but I'm just submitting now as I seriously doubt that I'll have the time to finish this anytime soon.
Being in fl I miss out on all the leaf changing action :/.

[sarillion]

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/nlistrom/personal_or_previous/treegiant.jpg

first post on conceptart.org, crits welcome

[CagedZero]

Even trees panic about losing their hair.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k124/CagedZero/Baldingtree.jpg

first post, just started doing digital

[AlphaDMF]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/AlphaDMF/AutumnTreeBeast.jpg

[Waffle_King]

Listen--

I know you have to go on this "quest" of yours... yeah... yeah I know the future of the village depends on it. YES. I KNOW. Listen! Just listen to me for a second, will you?

I don't care what dark lord you've got to dispatch or who-evers it is you must avenge using some-such ancient blade of long-forgotten power, or whatever. Just don't go into those marshes at night! ...You don't understand- those trees- they're not trees! Yes, I am serious. Haven you ever noticed how fleshy those trees look? Well guess what- that's because they're flesh, numbskull. Nope. Not bark or wood- living flesh. That moss? those leaves? merely decoration!

Yes! Really! They're giant frog things! ... I dunno. I just always call them Tree-beasts. No, I'm not undergoing some sort of "seasonal fantasy." Their leaves- they're the larvae of these things. Like little babies! The beasts shake their branches this time of year- in the autumn, to shake off the little beasties so they can swim away and grow into monstrosities themselves.

And the lights! Surely you've seen them! You've heard the tales of the glowing fruit. Lies! Yes! Really! It's not fruit at all- it's bait! watch and see- when a racoon comes close to paw what he thinks is a deliciously sweet-smelling fruit, glowing softly in the night... Shee-KLAP! That racoon is gone! The sounds of muck and wet earth sluuuurping to fill a hole, and all that's left is the light- swinging slowly, and some "leaves" rustling and falling off.

Listen, I know it sounds crazy. If you have to pass through that marsh- just avoid the lights! No matter how hungry you are, no matter how sweet the smell- don't go near-- hey! Come back here! JUST BE CAREF-- ... hmph. Adventurers. They're all the same.

Good Riddance!

http://artkid.us/DSG/dsg_1133.jpg
PS CS, about an hour. Time for Bed!
LOL, i wanted to do a size comp:

http://artkid.us/DSG/dsg_1133_sizecomp.jpg

OK, I can't promise I can keep doing this always but I'll try and hit everyone:

Hamsta: Fun idea! I think you could better convey the sneeze in a more drastic pose and maybe put the viewer a bit further away to see the tree's reaction. I just imagine a couple walking through the park and hearing a HUGE sneeze- and the only thing around is a big tree. They keep walkinga and then hear an equally huge sniffle. That would be a funny illustration, lol.

Lizzybeth: Nice idea- and the critter isn't half-bad. It's just hard to see exactly what he's doing and how he's doing it. Try to think about the composition as a whole instead of just portraying him in profile. That's hard to do- but it's good to keep in mind. For example, I would probably lowered the viewer to the level of the critter and much closer- maybe have a panicking picnicker (try saying that three times fast) running at an angle towards the viewer and another being snatched up by the beast. Having the beast in an up-shot makes him look all the more "huge" and beastly.

sarillion: Welcome to CA! Nice first post, as well- I like his pose. The gesture of walking head-down, slowly plodding along as a cat watches. Hope to see more of your stuff soon!

CagedZero: WELCOME TO CA! Let me begin by saying your post- the beautiful marriage of that freaked out tree and your simple blurb, made me laugh a few times. Very funny! Artistically however, there are some big issues with the horizon, value, and just general construction of the beast. Knowing that you are just starting off, let me encourage you to observe things in your life and draw them! See how forms intersect with one another, how light falls on these. Currently there is no real sense of value or depth- everything is very saturated and that strange "marbleing" in the color doesn't really do anything except add some visual complexity to an otherwise very flat composition. That being said, keep at it, CagedZero! Observe and draw draw draw- leave the tablet alone and go outside with a paper and pencil and draw something, taking note of what is in light and what is in shadow. I am looking forward to your next post! One sketch at a time! :yayca:

AlphaDMF: Nice to see a whole scene- good work on that. The sense of scale is good too- those poeple look tiny! Good job on following William's prompt to- you definitely did that a lot better than I, lol. However- Your creature is really hard to read, I'm afraid- his pose kind of looks like he might be suspended from something- but then again his mass is mostly just scribbled lines, so it's hard to tell exactly what's going on here. You're using mostly "symbolic shapes" as well, by that I mean the sort of generalized "everyone will know what this is supposed to be" shapes of things- the tree looks like an old pat tree, same with the leaves, the legs and claws of the beast, etc. Is this what these things really look like? I encourage you to do the same as I urged CagedZero- go outside and observe. see how leaves really look, how no two trees are alike! Most of all, don't get frustrated- we are all here to learn and get better- and all of us could do with more practice. Just draw draw draw! Keep creating, keep drawing, and most of all keep having fun at it. I look forward to seeing your progress.

Good job, all. One sketch at a time, we'll make it! :yayca:

-Andrew

Edited for grammer... I wanted to make sense. lol.

[burrito]

http://www.entervault.net/an8forum/npb_dsg_1133.jpg

[dan liimatta]

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4820/treemu7.jpg
added about 30 minutes of clean up after feedback
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1880/treety3.jpg
orginal 40 minutes PS CS2.

Edited for grammer... I wanted to make sense. lol.what? you can't mean that, can you? :P

Added:
sarillion I like the naturalistic chaos in your character, something I missed in my own I think. Anyway welcome to the DSG, stick around :)

CagedZero welcome to the DSG.

Waffle_King I like the beast and again stories are ftw, but the landscape feels somewhat flat and stale (perhaps some textures?). & serious thumbs up for all the critique you are posting without getting negative; something I battle with and often loose out to (forcing me to purge the comments)

burrito I really like the design, makes me bubbly inside :bounce:

Knight Vision Please give me shadows :^^:

[AlphaDMF]

Mine was a rushed one today, it started off black and white, but I got too tempted to add autumn colours to shape the mood better, thus reducing the impact of my inteded crosshatching effect, cheers for the comment and advice, I shall have to take observation into consideration more as I usually prefer to let my imagination to do the talking:P

As far as crits go I am fairly rubbish at them, but I think the ent design is too frequented, perhaps it would be better to merge a quadruped creature that consumes the leaves, with a tree, or simiuler, I dont know. anyways good work so far everyone :)

[Knight Vision]

I rushed the "raking druid", leaves, and environment. I'll try to redo/improve this if I get the time.

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1480/dsg1133treebeast002ss8.jpg

[grundybug]

sarillion - that is awesome no crit just awesome

[Vermis]

Another first post:

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/5725/murskl2.jpg

A large herbivore from a planet/fantasy world with highly contrasting seasons. When the year swings from baking summer to bitter winter, the creature sheds its heat-radiating scales to reveal frayed, insulating versions.

[laujzhuaster]

2nd Wacom Sketch, Yay!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/llLanseyll/Tree-Monster.jpg

[Jon e.g.]

Hi folks, first post from me I think. Just discovered the daily sketch group and felt compelled to draw!

http://www.idlecreations.com/pics/autumnleaves.jpg

Not very original, but I had fun! Done in Open Canvas and Photoshop, about 2 hours I guess.

[goran]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/smogyboy/CA%20sketchbook/tree.jpg

[ramonsk8]

wow, again another very inspiring thread. it made me think of the Ents from lord of the rings, or even more about the Great Deku Tree, a character from one of my favorite video games!!! oops, that's off-topic haha

[sarillion]

def wont be ale to keep it up, but whatever-- i still have they honeymoon jitters for conceptart.org...

Hamsta: love the concept! waffle_king had some good things to say about composition, and i'd like to see a bit more contrast in shadows.. but it made me laugh :) oh, and your avatar is awesome!

Lizzybeth: nice use of colors. i'd like to see a composition of this with the weight being on the left side of the canvas rather than the right, as the eye is naturally drawn to the right and putting weight on the left will help to balance it better. as with Hamsta, consider pushing your shadows a bit more.

CagedZero: you win the chuckle award (or the laugh out loud award for those who dont yet think lol is overused). what you lack in perspective and contrast you made up for me in expression. that being said, the others are right, check out some real world trees for proportion and think about the perspective you want in a real environment. then go back and tweak the environment to fit your theme.

AlphaDMF: i like the concept of scale. what i dont like is that there's a lack of clear definition in your forms. if you increased the opacity of your paint tool and drew some quick outlines it would solve this problem and still preserve the sketchy style of the composition.

Waffle_King: inspired by deep sea creatures? let me be the one to ask the obvious question ;) love the story. the composition is well balanced because of the glowing tree in the background, the mountain, and the moon (take notes kids). composition is something i struggle with so hats off to you for that. not much to crit as this is just a sketch... if you were taking it further id say put some reflected light on the trunks of all those trees in the background but whatever. i tend to get carried away ;)

Burrito: wonderful. in both senses of the word. are those wings or horns on its head?

Dan Liimatta: excellent job on shadows! i would like to see about a half-inch to an inch more composition on the right side however. the clipping where it is just bothers my eye, and it draws your tree-figure's face out of the 1/3 position which would probably have helped with that. beautifully rendered fingers. i wish i could digitally paint like that.

Knight Vision: i love how the tree creature is trying to sneak away while shedding all these leaves. reminds me of a dog around his master after chewing up the couch. 'i know i shouldnt have, but it chewd up so nicely...' maybe draw the tree closer to the druid on the plane, allowing for more perspective in the background.

Vermis: beautifully (and very cleanly) rendered. extremely original concept. well done.

Laujzhuaster: love the expression. id like to see some background rather than just a grey field. for second time using a wacom this isnt bad at all. mine would be a series of scribbles overlapping.

Jon E.G.: love the color, shadows etc. i just wanted this to be a perfectly symmetrically balanced composition. the pose your tree creature has leads me to that... and then it isnt. consider bringing elements like that dark tree closer to the center next time as its killing the visual balance... either that or lighten it considerably.

Goran: hot dang. how long did this take you? and what medium did you use?

forgive the misspellings... having a deep convo on aim atm ^^

[Johnnyhorse]

crap... i better get my act together.... later this afternoon, lol

[goran]

@sarillion-I did this in one hour ,texture my textures ,some
adjusting in Photoshop and inking in open canvas.
I am cheater.

@Vermis-Very clean line work ,love the melancholic autumn look of the
creature.

[wheezy]

Bravo Goran! The tree looks concerned, hehe.

[Crustacean]

http://www.j-stengade.dk/1133.jpg

[William b. Hand]

Lizzybeth - Nice creature... Good clouds. I wish the background and branches were a bit further fleshed out, but thas okay. I dig the explanation.

burrito - Very cute... It's a bit unclear what's happening in his crotch area, and it's not really apparent to me that he's lost his leaves... Maybe if you left a few more on his branches, and showed a couple in the act of falling, that might help communicate the thing. Background's a bit yucky... A quick fix on that might be a little use of the blur tool to drop it back. Keeping the edges of the creature crisp will pop him forward. Try cranking up the contrast and see if you get some positive effects from that... Upping the hue saturation might also be helpful. Also, tossing in a little person for scale is an easy way to transform our interpretation of him. Just a few ideas.

dan liimatta - Took me a little while to figure out how to interpret this... The surrounding branches are awfully chaotic to look at... I rather think that this might benefit from cropping it somewhat or from expanding the canvas so that it doesn't seem so crowded in there. Cool creature otherwise. ;)

Knight Vision - I wish you'd put more leaveses into the picture... But, I like his face. I know you rushed the figure, but I think it adds a nice narrative to the pic. It doesn't bother me that you have the trunk run right up off the canvas, and there's a very pleasing movement to the limb shapes and placement.

Vermis - Great first post. Although the rear legs seem anatomically confusing, and I wish this was in colour, I love the over-all concept and execution. As I said to somebody else, this would benefit from a little figure or two to have some size comparison.... I appreciate to confidence of your lines, and the character in your creature. Good job, and Welcome!

laujzhuaster - Please spend more time than 10 minutes on these. This might've been decent if you'd put in at least half an hour... a full hour would be even better.

Jon e.g. - I love the purpley grey of the sky contrasted with the amber leaves. Symmetry is your enemy in this pic... in the future, you might try to show a more dynamic pose, or at least some significant variation from right to left. I'm not sure if you were trying to communicate a perspective of looking up at the creature from far below or not... If so try to remember that the viewer would be seeing the underside of the face instead of seeing it straight on, and the chest would probably appear much smaller. Maybe you weren't shootin' fer that, but the huge hands seems to suggest that you were. Oh, and welcome. :teeth:

goran - Good use of textures, as usual... Cute character. I wonder if maybe he's actually upset that the kite, which had been stuck in his branches all summer, has finally blown away? Might make a nice addition. :)

[demdike]

Since Hamsta and dan liimatta were a bit disappointed yesterday, I put some more effort into this one, hope you like. 30 min for sketching, 1 1/2 in PS:

http://home.arcor.de/wildreizehn/fliflaflo/DSG/1133.jpg

Hamsta - funny concept, it gives a lot of personality to the ents. for the painting, your style is always pretty loose (which is fine) but sometimes also a bit vague (where I sometimes crave for a bit more detail)
Lizzybeth - nice senery and good concept
sarillion - welcome aboard:)! excellent sketch, this guy "works"/looks very believable despite it's twinde, asymmetrical body
Caged Zero - Welcome aboard too:)! funny scene. Watch your values, in your pic they're despite some texture very equal, making it appear flat. Keep on drawing, get yourself a sketchbook (analogue, not digital) and post as much as you can:)
AlphaDMF - As Waffleking pointed out, I first didn't notice the creature runs away from me. That's partly becaus of the branches on it's back that alter the silhouette in an unusual way, but also due to the technique, which gives very jittered edges.
Waffle King - beautiful pic and great concept( are you practicing for the Hypno-COW;)?) Great lighting, just like yesterday.
burrito - beautiful. love that silly bunny-ent
dan liimatta - lots and lots of energy in this one and a great face - Kudos.
Knight Vision - Pretty nice pose on the tree. Overall, I find the brushwork a bit blurry, but the rendering on the tree is good.
Vermis - welcome aboard for the third time:D! Excellent linework, your creature's design is fabulous.
laujzhuaster - good expression, not bad for such a short amount of time:)
Jon e.g - welco...forget it, that sketch is to good, you got to leave;) Very nice lighting and design and scene!
goran - I dig your BW-pieces, the tree's expression is great and it looks highly realistic
Crustacean - very nice mood, to me it looks like he's casting a spell/performing magic

[William b. Hand]

demdike Great one, dude! I love the suggestion of something boarish, without actually looking like a boar. Really cool. Knot-work is excellent also. Whole thing's cool. Nice to see the little fellow there for scale. Include a shadow next time. :teeth:

[Camara]

Well!!Late again!!Ok,first,this was going to be a fast sketch,but i liked the concept and I want to spend more time with it.I think i´m gonna spend many hours with Painter to make something good with it.

Dead of an ancient Tree.

http://img273.imageshack.us/img273/1343/treewy0.jpg

Awesome work,everybody!!!

Demdike,I love your concept!!!

[Skolld]

A little late on this one so I just posted the line work. the fantasy headline just popped dragons and gnomes into my head, so I went with it.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k102/skolld/AutumnDragonlineforweb.jpg

Goran- I really loved you b&w, Great movement
and Demdike I like the massiveness or your tree creature, has a good presence to it.

Demdike pointed out that the underpainting was too distracting so I'm posting just the ink.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k102/skolld/AutumnDragonLine.jpg

[burrito]

sarillion: Yes, I meant those to be wings, but I didn't really think too much about the implications of wings and branches coming from the same area of the head.

William b. Hand: Thanks for the comments. I realize that the crotch area is ambiguous but I meant for the character to be sitting with a big round bunny tail in full view. In retrospect, I can see the tail would be flattened under the girth of the character.

demdike: Very nice use of scale and lateral thinking. I find those swirls of round brush dabs in the top right corner don't add anything to this sketch though.

[Waffle_King]

Thanks for the feed-back, fellas.

Demdike: I would love to try out for COW... seems like such stiff competition, but it's all in good fun, right? Also- your pic- DANG! BRINGIN' DA PAIN! Very nice!

Good job, all! :yayca:

-Andrew

[Pixel8]

Here's my belated submission, and MAN! are some of these amazing. You guys simply rule at this.

http://www.steprock.com/illofriday/dsg1133_pixel8.jpg

[demdike]

William b. Hand - thanks a lot, that means much:^^: I added the figure when your post gave me the idea and later the shadow, probably while you answered on mine.
Camara - looks already very good, the whole sad scene is pretty nice, especially love the tired face and his hands. only crit: the two branches on the right are too alike
Skolld - funny scene, cleaning after the old housedragon who receives his charity. Not sure about the colors though, the brushwork looks quite chaotic and distracts from the good sketch.
burrito - thanks; the swirls are the leaves the beast sheds. I didn't find a better way to do them quick. Also liked it in the end.
Waffle King - Thanks for the feedback. I'm currently sneak-peeking at the Hypnotized contest; as far as I saw people are pretty laid back and nice, only problem I see is their level of skill;)
Pixel8 - good sketch. To me, the coloring is too flat/similar, some variation could add a lot to that pic.

[Pixel8]

Right, you are, Demdike. I think I'll jump back into 3D for the next project - hope I have a chance to do it tomorrow!

http://www.steprock.com/illofriday/dsg1133_v2_pixel8.jpg

[dan liimatta]

demdike & You pulled it off with style. for creativity easily my favorite of the day, and with a good render to boot.
Vermis lovely character and clean nice lines & Welcome to the DSG.
Camara the old man radiates a cute melancholy in combination with the compassionate girl - nice body expression and I like the comical horns.
Pixel8 I would suggest that you keep pushing with the 2d - as you seem to be close to a breakthrough with light and depth (you are not there yet though).
Crustacean the best wtf moment of the day :wink:
goran I bet he hates each fall. As for cheating doing the longer haul out of principle seems backwards, and I'm proud to say that I take the shorter path when ever it will do. :evilmustache:
Jon e.g. Aniother welcome & a nice edition to the thread - stick around.
laujzhuaster nice expression and a good 10 minutes.
Skolld Oh I agree with problems with the underpainting, it got much better after you removed it.


William b. Hand I hear you & I agree. I was trying to push for a 15 minute sketch, and then when it wasn't good enough I worked for an other 5 to save it, then an other 5 etc until I finally decided enough and threw it to the dogs, uh the DSG :)
sarillion I'll probablly fix it

& thanks for the comments.

[Saaruto]

I was thinking I might get a start on this one, but I had a few quick questions first :).

What is your usual process? Is it to sketch it out on paper, and then to scan it in for painting via PS/Painter? Or do you guys stick to the tablet? I ask this because everything I see seems very crisp and clean (like goran). And also...is this the right place to put this stuff (like questions and such)? :)

[dan liimatta]

Saaruto I think it differs from individual to individual what people use.

I for example will often sit down while drinking some tea or coffee and draw compositional lines in thumbnail since to get a good idea of what I should actually use. Then I make the rest in the computer, that is I never scan my DSGs from paper, but others do everything on paper etc. [something I didn't do today]

The same foundation applies though, and the Wiki (http://www.conceptart.org/wiki/doku.php?id=tutorials:how_to_start_concept_art) or various threads on CA and the web might help you get started if you are unsure of how to get the best out of yourself.

In the end though only what we see really matters, the techniques are only there to help you get the result and are not why one draws.

[Skolld]

Skolld - funny scene, cleaning after the old housedragon who receives his charity. Not sure about the colors though, the brushwork looks quite chaotic and distracts from the good sketch.
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thanks I hadn't even thought about it till you said something, That was just some of the underpainting. I edited and posted a pic of just the lines with it so it would be less distracting.

[demdike]

Pixel8 - way better I'd say. nitpicking: the lighting differs from the branches to the body, otherwise, nice. I'd love to see you do some more 2d-pics, 3d may be tempting but drawing/sketching teaches you way more about an object than 3d can. Your three dimensional work will also benefit from drawing, that is, I always found it incredibly helpful to first draw and then move to 3d.
dan liimatta - thanks a lot:)
saaruto - as dan said, it's very different from person to person, I found that it's easier for me to first sketch on paper, then scan it in and do all the coloring/lighting digital.

Helpful little trick:
-make a rough sketch in red, adding cleaned up linework in black afterwards.
-Scan.
-In Ps, delete all channels except the red one, then reconvert to RGB. Now you're left with nothing but clean lines (depends on the tone of red, some work better than others; of course blue or green would also work)
-Start painting.

http://home.arcor.de/wildreizehn/fliflaflo/DSG/workflow

I sometimes also received good results from starting to paint directly in PS, just try several approaches on some DSGs to see which on suits you best.
Skolld - Like it. I'd love to see this in color, maybe next time?

[Waffle_King]

Nice tut, Demdike... I'm gonna try that.


-Andrew

[Camara]

Great tuto,Demdike!!!

[Hamsta]

Waffle_King Hmm, I feel this is somewhat uncohesive, like there are several seperate elements: creature/bg/fg, as opposed to one scene. I think they speak a different language in terms of technique. There are also a few smaller issues, such as the symmetry of the creature, and the way it's mouth is exactly at the waterline, and dry.

Thx for the crit, got me thinking. ;)

sarillion Nice first post, welcome aboard :teeth:
Lot's of character in your character, love the hump. Face is a bit large, and could use some clearing up as to it's expression. The cat is a little lost, but a nice suprise.

demdike Now this is the Demdike I know :P
Super line-art, I'll never look at those trees the same way again. Coloring is also top notch. The circles are interesting as a style choice, but the larger ones are a bit too large, and they don't look as if they are blowing away very natuarally, they are a little distracting. The head of the creature manages to grab most of the focus, which is good.

[Saaruto]

Wow! Thanks a ton! That really helps me out though. I like seeing the process, so I can see what I need to improve on. Alas, I don't have a scanner, but I need to practice on pencil and paper anyways. I think that once I learn basic stuff (Like perspective and value), I can move on to more advanced stuff. The kind of stuff I see here seems a bit far off for me at the moment. So I think that I'll try to do the DSGs for experience, and try to get a grasp on various art stuff. Its always hard to find time outside of school to learn though....

Edit: I just wanted to add that I saved that great tutorial! Thanks :)

[laujzhuaster]

sarillion

Laujzhuaster: love the expression. id like to see some background rather than just a grey field. for second time using a wacom this isnt bad at all. mine would be a series of scribbles overlapping.


Thank you for your insight :D . I wanted to see a background too but I was having artist block, please forgive me. :android: I will try better!


William b. Hand

laujzhuaster - Please spend more time than 10 minutes on these. This might've been decent if you'd put in at least half an hour... a full hour would be even better.


...I so sorry :( ...I'm in the military and they tell me when I can go out and when to go to bed, ...just like my parents did when I was 10 years old. But I'll try to spend more time in it. I'm planning to go to a good school once I'm out :D.


demdike

laujzhuaster - good expression, not bad for such a short amount of time


Thank you :D that makes me happy.


dan liimatta

laujzhuaster nice expression and a good 10 minutes.


Thanks, I'll try to cut that down to 5 ^_~, (For that type of quality I mean :) .)


demdike: That boarish tree is damn good. Had me cursing at first. Hopefully I can become that good one day and that cow-like creature looks like it has tumors. Freaken bad...ass, lol...Very imaginative and well compositioned. Btw, thanks for the tips.

Pixel8: Hey, is that a mountain? Not too bad. I think it looks like a brown tree dinosaur chicken creature. A bit sketchy, but cool. I think you can improve on the line quality unless that was your purpose and make more beautiful flowers and grass if you keep working on it.

Skolld: That's pretty creative, such a gentle giant for a dragon. Those gnomes are so cute too, lol... :( can I borrow them to work on my backyard?

Camara: I know the tree is supposed to be dead but when I first saw it... I just started laughing cause I thought it looked so cool. Nice work, some coloring would make it interesting.

Crustacean: The more you stare at the pic, the more things stand out in the picture, I like that kind of element.

goran: ...shit... ....you... ...I can't even say a thing. That's what I think of it :bow: .

Jon e.g.: Nice coloring, I like it. I notice the head area being very sharp and the rest kind of blurry, if you forshortened some of the roots, i think that would bring the picture out more.

Vermis: Great job, nicely done.

Knight Vision: Lol... it looks like the tree doesn't want her to harvest his leaves. Good, I think you can improve on your skills. Try using some shadows...

dan liimatta: You are a very sick man, great job. I love it.

burrito: That bunny looks mean. Nice job on the works. The background kind of lacked detail to it, lol, like the scribbled clouds.

Waffle_King: That reminds me of RE4 and something deep from the sea. Neat. At first I thought there was water splash in the view but then it was leaves, lol, ...interesting.

AlphaDMF: Not bad... Very sketchy, add some weight like if you darken the edges, and added some shadows on the creature, it would stand out more.

CagedZero: Silly tree, not too bad for just starting out digital. I like it.

sarillion: Good job, I like it sarillon. Makes me wanna watch Lotr.

Lizzybeth: Though unfinished, it's a good start. keep it up.

Hamsta: What a sneeze! Right now my skills are simular, so I can't really say anything, lol. But you can improve big time, um, make it stand out by using definition. Lights vs Darks

Last... sorry for making this so long and I know this ds topic is over but I just wanted to comment.

[demdike]

Waffle_King, Camara, Saaruto - Thanks, glad to hear it was helpful.
Hamsta - Thanks a lot, glad you like this one better:) I'm also not completely happy with the leaves, I still lack some custom brushes for such sort of jobs.
laujzhuaster - Being in the military...I can see why it's hard for you to spend time on the DSG. Keep it up anyway, maybe concentrate on just sketching and forgo the coloring, camara's pic for example is highly pleasing to look at, even if it's "only" a pencil sketch.
And thanks for the comments, I think everybody appreciates it.

[Waffle_King]

And thanks for the comments, I think everybody appreciates it.

Absolutely. Good work, not many people can say they serve full time in the armed forces *and* try to get a sketch a day done.

Thanks for your hard work,

-Andrew

[Saaruto]

Shading...meh. I wish I hadn't put that stupid shading in. Its on a separate layer, so I can remove it.Well. I wasn't sure how to incorporate the "face" yet, so this is a WIP:

A tree basking in the sun:
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4685/dsg1134jm8.jpg
PS,1 Hour

Edit: Took off the img tags, and I decided i didn't want to finish it...:(

[PelleTM]

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1342/treefullne2.jpg

[iwantjelly]

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/8058/hommearbrexa5.jpg

[skekTec]

Is it still "speed painting" if it took 4hrs 30mins?:bashful:
I thought I would take a more National Geographic approach;

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/skekTec/Carno-tree.jpg

This is the Carni-tree.

Every autumn this tree is the terror of the forest. The carni-tree feeds once a year for about a month. First the leaves exude a sticky and highly corrosive substance. Then they fall into the 'bowl' shape of the trunk, thus creating the carni-tree's stomach. To attract prey it uses a fruity type smell. When prey is within its reach, vines grab it and quickly drag it through the sides.
When the feeding time is over, the leaves become dorment and fall showing itself to be just another tree until next autumn.

[Mitze]

skekTec your sheep need more love i mean painting wise. thats a speed painting if you are like me and take a week to do a normal painting.
nice pic.

[Hamsta]

laujzhuaster Similar skills, eh? I'm a little hurt, this is your 2nd digital, and I have been doing DSGs since 499 :\

Looks like you could benefit from some ref, I'm mostly refering to those lumpy branches and a clearer idea of what foliage should look like.
A more obvious light source would be easier to figure out, and would make for a more dramatic piece.
Are you using white for the highlights?
The reddish brown over the face is distracting.
How about a bg next time?

[.adamb]

Silence enters, leaves fall.

http://img277.imageshack.us/img277/4311/dsg1133am9.jpg

[dan liimatta]

Answers.
demdike Nice tutorial, seeing as I never scan things it did teach me a thing or two and I might just take it to heart. & Credit given with credit is due, now keep it up ;)

laujzhuaster thanks, but damn can't I be healthy? :P

Crit.
iwantjelly I like the organic feel you pull of in your drawings, it gives the tree really nice lines and character. On the other hand the colouring feels somewhat flat due to little atmosphere and shadows (the tree is in front, then the leafs feel like they are all behind and notintegrated with the tree it self). & as for the topic I miss the autumn feel.

.adamb Poetic, and if see what happens right you entered with a grim concept indeed - but my problem is that I can hardly see what does happen, and I have a topic - so some moreclarity would be nice for the future ;)

skekTec damn you beat me in length, and as said sketches is not speed paintings and shouldn't be considered as such; so I wouldn't worry as for that relation in here. As for the piece I wish you would have worked over the leafs more. Some areas where the leafs and tree meet are blurry and hard to make out, as is it feels that you have two focus points. Still I like the concept, and the tree trunk, branches and mouth.

[.adamb]

.adamb Poetic, and if see what happens right you entered with a grim concept indeed - but my problem is that I can hardly see what does happen, and I have a topic - so some moreclarity would be nice for the future ;)

Thanks for the crit! I do have a problem with making things clear. Maybe I should've done some more rounds with a smaller sized brush. I'm not sure I follow you with "and if see what happens right" and "and I have a topic". But sheers anyways!

[JakkaS]

Hey guys.... there was so many interesting sketches that I couldn't resist :D
Here is mine...

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/JakkaS/Drzewo-bestia_a.jpg

[Johnnyhorse]

JakkaS, I think my favorite part is the grass ;) I think I get the impression of wind on that more than the leaves

[skekTec]

Thanks for the crits!
Mitze I know, I know sheep always need more lovin :wink: !Seriously, I just drew quick animals to show what the tree does before the subject goes away. Your right though, if I,m going to the level of detail with one part, why not the rest?
dan liimatta Thanks, I always have a hard time with leaves in Photoshop without going crazy doing one leaf at a time. Can anybody tell me how (if possible) I can make custom brushes in Photoshop 6 :shrug:? I think that would help me in this subject.