\\~ Adam's Sketchbook ~//

[codenothing]

Long time Lurker and fan. Thought I'd start up a sketchbook thread to keep me working. :P

[FabianV]

Holy cow.. great work with the lighting and shading of the demon and the guy next to him. Your use of colour makes it obvious that you have a skilled hand.

I will be watching you! :confident

[j a k e]

Lovely stuff.

[codenothing]

thanks guys! :lineart:


a few more to post today, then Ill get to posting new stuff...

[blanquish]

this stuff is great, very original and interesting!

[codenothing]

two sketches from today, one from yesterday.
One is a study from a painting i found online. An Italian artist i believe.

[Jackwhat]

Touch me!

Whenever i see colored stuff that looks spot on it makes me smile, its like a landmark that im aiming for at the moment. To be able to get colors that look.. right, oh when will my time come.

Keep dumping, really.. do, hell... anything'll do, those pencils and digitals are looking great.

(http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34293&stc=1&d=1160522702)

:heart:

[j a k e]

The face rendering and the skateboard deck are sweet.

[Mag-Neo]

-what a wonderful sketches are..... I really like your colors, lights & shades. Also your sketches are very very effective & quite good rendered..... Keep em up...... STAY COOL....... :yayca:

[silvestri99]

Wacky, eerie, and wo=nderful. Great variety of stuff here and your great grayscale work makes me think of stepping back and working on mine as well!

[codenothing]

thanks for all the comments guys! :wink:

got a new WIP here, not sure if ill finish it. Its more of a practice/warm up for a new project. Havent done figures in a while, and never digitaly. wish i had a cintiq and not a 6" wacom. >:|

[Hendric VII]

You have a lot of great stuff here. And yeah, who doesn't wish they had a Cintiq?

[j a k e]

Good start. The body is looking nice, but I thinkt he face has a few kinks, but I cant quite put my finger on it. Is it from ref? Maybe the neck is at an odd angle.

Oh i just noticed that her right breast is larger than her left. Keep up the good work.

[codenothing]

Hendric VII: totaly. Im gona buy a new powerbook come tax time, not sure if ill scrape enough for the cintiq as well. but i hope so.

j a k e: Yea theres a few wonky things goin on. I have some old habbits to re-eliminate. :dur:

[codenothing]

oops, forgot to update! LOL.

a painting i may do of a friend, and some other stuff. more older work too.

Sorry the figure work is so small. Its the only digital copies i have of em at the moment. My digi cam got lost, and my scanner is too small for em. But ill try and replace these with larger images eventualy.

[Kian]

Ah shit man! This SB is f**king A* well done mate. Dya mind if I add you as a contact on msn if you have it?

[Kliment]

nice character design! :)

[auden100]

codenothing, sweet SB. Keep pushing those designs. My fave's are the bison-thing mount, and the portal concepts.

[Tenelaus]

Wow, sweet sb man, lovely variety, looseness. These lifedrawings are awesome - http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=35347&stc=1&d=1160724895
great controlled use of.. well both dark and light, very economical and effective.

[MrBobMarley]

Dude, your book needs more love. I'm really diggin your pencils and digital stuff. No crits here, just admiring the work. Awesome work so far!

[Mike Dutton]

I like the variety of styles you have going on. The editorial type stuff really does it for me personally. There seems to be more energy and freshness to it and you have a great way of communicating your ideas in that format. My favorite is the girl with the crow on her finger. I know it doesn't reflect your ability to render the human form (which you do quite well in the faces), but the graphic appeal mixed with the photograph thumbnails below is a nice touch. Bulletproof has to be one of my all-time favorite songs (out of several hundred, but hey) by any band. I love what you've done by using the lyrics in the circular headed girl piece.

[Spats]

Marvellous little sketchbook you have going here. I really appreciate you taking a peek in mine so I thought I'd return the favor :)

Hehe it certainly seems you know what you're doing - your lighting is spot on, I love it. Also you have a very cool, distinctive rendering style though you show a lot of variation.

Good stuff mate, I'd love to see more! Keep it up!

[kuroart]

crazy coolness of a sketchbook man
the lighting and colors are very appealing indeed.
keep em coming

[Fishspawn]

Wow, i'm a fan! Thanks for dropping by my book. I'd have to say my favorites are the firey screaming guy at the top and the volcanic woman in the last post. I also really like the thumbnail sillohuettes. Nice handling of light. It's clear from the stuff you've posted that you're way awesome with traditional skills, and applying that to your digis. Only crit-esque thing i can say is that you seem to primarily focus on demented/creepy/outright strange things, which are awesome, but maybe you should step out of your comfort zone and do a peaceful cottage enviro or something in the sunshine.

Not to say i don't like shadowy stuff, so keep bringing that in daily too! Looking forward to more!

[codenothing]

Kian: sure man my MSN is Codenothing. Though honestly im almost never on. :oP

Kilment: Thanks!

Auden: Thanks!

Tenelaus: That one was a crazy day in class. I just sat down with a pen and a white color pencil and zoned out majorly for a few hours. Is it scarry that all my best stuff was done while sleep deprived? LOL

MrBob: Thanks!

Mike: Bulletproof rocks! LOL. Im happy to hear you like the more graphic stuff. When most people who know me see it they go "huh??" LOL.

Spats: Thanks yo!

Kuroart: Thanks!

Fishspawn: Totaly! I'm always trying to get myself to do a few happy bright (possibly even cute) things now and then. But the projects im doing at work are very dark and demented. I should realy make some more effort to break away from it when i get home. :rendered:



new rough stuff from the weekend.......
So some of these were just free time on the weekend, a bunch of the 'sketchy'er stuff was done in the car while driving in bumper to bumper traffic. (my commute sucks) and the charcoal pieces were done while i was realy realy drunk. figures were all from ref.

[j a k e]

Hey man you're pretty good drunk :)

[Mr Man]

Oh man these are smooth, Really love the demon near the top! I look forward to your next post :D

[crazy3dman]

Oh Yeah! Hey man, great to see you here. Wonderful sketchbook. It's great to see all this from you. Really nice.

[codenothing]

at a workshop, forgot my jump drive, i guess ill just save stuff here. LOL.

[[void]]

Amazing stuff, sorry i've got nothing constructive to say. I love the digital portraits, the first one with the deep green background is my favourite.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=35345&stc=1&d=1160724845 this is great too.

Hope to see more soon, keep posting.

[codenothing]

thanks all! ill try and give some better responces later, for now just saving sketches while im out here...

[SterlingSliver]

Thin lips and a garden gnome? Get with the program dude! ;)

[codenothing]

quiet you! or i wont give it to you when im done! :wink:

[codenothing]

I got a Cintiq at work this week and Painter essentials. Ive never used Painter before, It deffinitely has a more 'natural' feeling to it, which i think im going to like for rough work. But it deffinitely isnt going to replace Photoshop for me. Very nice tools there though.

so the first 2 are just me playing with the brushes and mediums in painter. Im not very good with them yet.

I also have an old guitar that ive stripped down, sanded, and now im going to paint some artwork on it. These are some photoshop Mock-ups of ideas i have. The first one is my favorate, I dont know what im doing on the newsprint one yet. Some sort of graphic....

[Fishspawn]

Fun stuff. Your first painter experiments are great. It almost looks like pen because of all the cross-hatching. That painting your guitar thing is a really good idea... never thought of it before. Keep loading in the sketchbook pages too, those are the most fun in this book. Keep rocking.

[Darksteel]

That pic of a space ship is very cool. it is a spaceship right?
and the paint moc-ups of the guitar are very cool.

[codenothing]

started a matte for fun. This is the rough sketch i did in photoshop.

[Fishspawn]

Looking good. Very nice... everything. Could use a little more contrast in some places by pushing the darks. With your degree of awesome i'd like to see you update more often! Keep it up.

[codenothing]

Thanks Fish! several people have told me to bump the contrast. I sketched this with color, and i tend to loose a lot of contrast when i work that way. I have a tough time thinking about value and color at the same time. :dead:

New stuff. Been on a kick of having too many projects and not enough time. wish i could post stuff from work. It feels like thats the only place i ever finish anything anymore. :P

hmmm.... not much to update... I have more at home. Ill update more later.

[Jens]

you got some nice stuff going on here, nice variation in subjects too

[codenothing]

thanks Jens. :P

some other sketches, my figures have gotten uber-rusty. i guess thats what i get for doing environments for 2 years. :dur: I need a model.

[oma]

love those portraits in here, they are done in painter??

is this allie sin ? -> http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=34920&stc=1&d=1160636716 ^^ :D:D.

[Fishspawn]

That last group of enviros is fantastic man! Definately practice more of those figures. If you can't get a model do some life sketches or bridgeman studies ;)

But, uh, mainly, i love those enviro sketches :) Keep up the good work.

[Lox down under]

hey, lox ere...
i jst joined and i love the site!
i need advice on how 2 get my art on site. is it beta 2 copy on a scanner onto the computer... or take a photo?
cheers
lox

[SterlingSliver]

Ok so I'm all about being artsy fartsy and shit. I am how do you say... down with the sickness. BUT WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN DOING! Boy! I'm tellin you. I miss the older more stale unoriginal Adam work. The scenes. Post your tree and your paintings, your website no longer exists. But just kidding man, it's cool shit. I'm liking where you're going with your style. Except for the tentacles. I'm not quite sure about them yet, except in the myspace sketch with "searching for life." That works nicely. Keep up the good work and all that bullshit. I'm going to need your help this quarter. I'm taking a graphics class (just lynch me now. PLEASE!) Ok, go on with that voodoo that yoodoo. :spam:

[codenothing]

Haha, Ash your a dork. But i love ya anyway. For graphic design, Ill help u out. Gotta use the fibonachi sequence, (im quite certain i spelled that wrong). And if your teacher never brings it up, shoot them.

ok, new sketchbook stuff as previously mentioned by ashley. I got a new sketchbook around x-mas, and have taken to painting and drawing in it. Just having fun.

[Darksteel]

cool stuff!

[codenothing]

little update

[kuroart]

uber nice stuff. love that last enviro.
hope to see more soon.
peace

[Darksteel]

the second pic in post #48

OMG :xpld:

way nice.... as always im very impressed with your work.

[codenothing]

Thanks for the comments! :wink:

[cgoz]

cool style and awesome skin paintings

[codenothing]

Long time no post:

[matejkovacic]

I like your portraits and environments. You have a good sense for color. It makes everything very realistic. Keep posting.

[Chris Noeth]

Very good and unique work! I like it very much.

Best,

Chris

[stone.]

great... unbeleveable...

hope i will reach that level one day... but here are alot of reasons why to keep studiying!

how long have you been painting and sketching? and how old are ya?

regards stone, and give us some updates FAST !

[hardsoapscum]

wow. very creative and inspiring work. love your line work. thanks for sharing and thanks for commenting in my SB.

[nevolved]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=36431&stc=1&d=1160980117

I like your art very much, that one is my favorite. Great expression, and I like the pose.

[Darksteel]

yay to new stuff on your page!!! good job on the new postings, always a treat

[j.a.e]

You've got a vision that's relentless. Hot sh!t, man :)

[codenothing]

Long time no post.

finaly get to release some environments that are represenative of my 'real' work. or paying work at least. These are not concepts for real games, as those are still under lock and key for now, but some off-time sketches I did on my own.

and some other stuff.

[Aardvarkphil]

Awesome sketchbook. I especially like the profile portrait above. Thanks for looking in on me. I gotta long way to go so I better go practice.

[davi]

can you explain how you did those environments ? the style is breath taking

[codenothing]

Thanks phil! :rendered:

Sure Davi, (and thanks!).

My process for environments shifts slightly depending on the environment and situation, but for interior spaces I generaly start with a very rough block out of geometry in 3D, and then i do an 'unlit' pass at the objects in the room. blocking in there basic colors and values. Then make a 100% lit copy of the layer. then use a layer mask to paint in the light. once ive got the rough lighting down, i will make new layers on top of that and paint in more detail and add texture to the surfaces. usualy I use at least some sort of photo element in the image. But its always adjusted and painted over to fit in with everything else. Using photo elements can be a slippery slope, on one hand I know I can paint this stuff if I had the time, on the other it is comonly used in digital matte painting, and It saves me a alot of time and brings the work to a higher calibur faster. :shrug: I guess my rule of thumb is dont paint to match a photo, make the photo match your paint.

1: Heres a shot of basicaly what I start with. I left the photo elements in. I Think I threw in this photo stuff as a last minute thing. I knew i had a good shot of the fire hose on the left and didnt want to take the time to paint it. But thats about as much geometry as I built. Basic geometry wires for perspective. (the photo stuff went in later)

2: I block out the basic color and values in a medium to Low key Pallete. Its just a basic block out, I dont imply lighting at all realy, I try to keep it all graphic. I would have painted in more than this, like the doors and the AC ducts, noteboard, etc... But probably would have left out details like the bench and other small props.

3: Basic lighting pass. At this point I paint in the physical lights in the scene white where i want them on a new layer. Then I take my low key block-out layer, and make a High key duplicate of it. I put this layer on top of the low key layer, and give it a layer mask. I fill the whole mask in black, then use white on the mask to paint the light into the scene where it is supposed to be.

at this point everything is pretty quick, rough, and basic. I can take this lighting pass to my client and ask if they like the color pallete, values, lighting, mood, etc.... If they want a completely different lighting scinario, it is just a matter of painting a black and white mask. not re-working a color layer. When I bring objects into the scene (like the AC duct) I can paint its shadow by painting the black shape in the alpha.

also, If I wanted a 'colored' light in the scene, I can duplicate the high key layer, change its color values, then use the same alpha tecnique to cast color perfectly in the environment without me needing to think about it how a red light might effect a yellow wall and a green carpet.

4: Once the lighting pass is approved, I make new laters above it and paint the finer detail, smaller objects. I also add grunge textures and such with a 'soft light' layer usualy.

[davi]

dudester.

you are the best. thanks for the tutorial man!

*takes tutorial to a dark place and does bad things to it*

[Spiralfish]

Wow.. Very impressive environments and machines..

Your process for developing space is very helpful for a novice like me, and the end rendered results are incredibly realistic.

[SterlingSliver]

Hokay, so you are of the sucking and you are of the needing to be better. Shalom...

[jozulus]

This flying vehicle is very cool, i am on to make something like that (not a copy ;) , just some other futurist "motorbike")

[codenothing]

some new stuff. Including an early concept creature from Silent Hill 5. It was recently published in the latest isue of EGM magazine, which is the only reason I can post this. :P


the last painting was a birthday gift to a friend of mine called "when it rains it pours." both paintings are about 6" high. acrylic.

[Aardvarkphil]

Long time no see. Good to see your post. I love the crazy silent hill stuff. The portraits are wicked too. What did you paint with oil's, acrylics? Haven't really done anything of note since you last popped by. Feel like I'm in a rut but I will keep pluging away with life drawing too.

[codenothing]

yea they are both acrylic (the silent hill stuff is digital)

I havent had anywhere to use oils lately, my room is too confined, and I sleep in it, so having the fumes of terpinoid lingering would be a bad thing. But we recently moved to a much larger building for work so Ive moved all my oil gear there. So hopefully I'll be able to find some time to paint in the evenings now.

[ztazen]

Excellent stuff <3 !
I'm having much fun just by watching your work so I can only imagine how much you had doing it. And that only is a huge motivation for me to get back to my pencil RIGHT NOW!
And thank you very much for the tutorial, that was helpfull.
how long have you been painting and sketching? and how old are ya?
...:?:

[codenothing]

Thanks Ztazen!

im 25 now, been drawing sense I was like 5, but I didnt know what i was doing untill i went to college (ACCD) when I was 21. School realy kicked me in gear and got me a lot better in a very short period of time when i look back on it.

I had never realy painted untill college either, so ive been painting about 4 years now. Untill then I think I had delusions of becoming a Disney pencil animator. :tihi:

[wanimal]

告诉你小子
你丫就话比画多
说实话你的画很垃圾
根本就在我看不起的行列
所以你对我的评价我觉得恰恰证明了
你才是你自己
不要一口一个大师的名字就企图改变你是个低能儿的事实
也不要一口一个艺术的乱吠
这他妈的世界没有人可以给艺术下定义
都25岁了还整不明白这一简单的道理
蠢的没有边界
我不会跟你耗费时间的
你不配做我的敌人
但是我恶心你跟狗一样老来我的帖子里撒尿大便

[codenothing]

告诉你小子
你丫就话比画多
说实话你的画很垃圾
根本就在我看不起的行列
所以你对我的评价我觉得恰恰证明了
你才是你自己
不要一口一个大师的名字就企图改变你是个低能儿的事实
也不要一口一个艺术的乱吠
这他妈的世界没有人可以给艺术下定义
都25岁了还整不明白这一简单的道理
蠢的没有边界
我不会跟你耗费时间的
你不配做我的敌人
但是我恶心你跟狗一样老来我的帖子里撒尿大便


pretty boxes.

[Kicek]

wicked stuff dude:)

[wanimal]

pretty boxes.

你纯粹就是一个小丑

[codenothing]

你纯粹就是一个小丑

Still just boxes. try changing the font.



Thanks Kicek

[wanimal]

呵呵　
低Ｂ

[Mayan]

Nice stuff man! Now I definitely feel like a slacker!

[codenothing]

Hey! Mayan! :}

[silvestri99]

Really nice work and thanks for the great tutorial that is gonna help a lot. Also, thanks for your post in wanimal's book. I'm not in 100% agreement with you but i agree with the monotone nature of the work and a lot more of what you brought up. Your tut shows how an artist should try giving back to the community. And keep up with the kick ass creature design!

[kinnas]

oh shit, that organic mass stuff is enthralling! it's almost like abstract art, reading how the masses and shapes run and align

[razz]

Codenothing, neat stuff in here! Love the hand and mouth salad, great idea. I do like paintings like that, oh yes. Oh, and don't you just hate acrylics? I mean, it dries so fast and then you can't do anything with it.

[codenothing]

silvestri99: Thanks! I dont even think I'M in 100% agreement with all I said there, but I think It was mostly honest and something that needed to be said. I try to be supportive and as possative as I can towards the community here, and when I come across someone doing the oposite I think you need to confront it.

Kinnas: Thanks!

Razz: Yes I do hate acrylics! Not only the fast dry time, but they have an opaque quality about them that I just hate. Pluss its plastic.... which just makes me feel cheap when i use em. But I dont have much of a choice at home. Glad to meet a fellow oil fan. ;)

[Diphallia]

I'm speechless, that's all I have to say, seriously.

[Fishspawn]

That silent hill piece is incredible! I just stared at it for like 5 minutes even though i wanted to look away :) You need to post more often - keep up the good work!

[bloodbrush]

@wanimal: why do you have to insult him in chinese letters? i don't get it

@codenothing: your environments are incredibly well done! keep it up

[codenothing]

Wanimal has good reason. We dont get along.

But thanks for the comments! :^^:

[Sirio_Brozzi]

I saw the illustration in EGM, congrats for the published work. :) And thanks for the process on that environment you did, its a pretty interesting (and time saving) technique you used. Looking forward to more.

[alesoun]

I like the Alice in Wonderland design. Is it for something in particular?

[jedininjaman]

hey beautiful stuff in here and nice job for the egm thing, Im 15 and I dream about stuff like that ....:)

[Camara]

Wow,what a great work!!!You are a real artist...not that f*cking wanimal. 100% agreed with what you said in his SB.

Try to update often!!!!!

Cheers!

[Whitevillage]

Very great sketchbook, I like the diversity of the subjects. :)

[GentleFood3]

I love what I see here, man. I never would've thought an office enviro would make for such a cool piece

[codenothing]

Thanks all! :wink:

been trying to get back into matte painting. I think it may be where I want to start leaning for my career.

Just quick rough sketches. Trying to find something good to do for a finished piece.

[codenothing]

002

I didnt start this sketch with anything in mind.... I think it shows... :dur:

[codenothing]

003

this one is getting beter....

[Aardvarkphil]

Dude your skills constantly amaze me. I still have difficulty getting a line wear I want it. I guess it's all down to practice. Thanks for the inspiration. Phil

[Aardvarkphil]

Thanks for popping by my SB. Wicked idea about the skeletal and muscular drawings I will have to give it a go. As for the line thickness, I'm hoping that will start developing when I get my lines in the right place. Still concentrating on that to the exclusion of all else, usually. Can't seem to loosen up always thinking what to do next. Still got so much to learn and nothing is second nature yet. It can be difficult to remember everything everybody tells me.
I can't seem to access that link you left. I would like to have seen what you meant. Cheers Phil

[codenothing]

another quick one:

[codenothing]

an hour sketch. I was bored. It was fun.

[Treks]

im digging your environments alot. ill have to try using actual photos as a basis sometime. i usually just sketch out rough and select areas and build off of them. and then merge them for the entire scene. i really like the sense of imagery that using the real photos gets you though.

good work. really diggin' your SB

[codenothing]

Thanks Treks. :wink:

another sketch in my sketchbook. up too late :zzz:
1-2 hours. acrylic on paper. The pages of my book are funny. they all feel like plastic now. :P

[codenothing]

been goofing around in the sketchbook.

and though my palette ended up more interesting than my painting.

[codenothing]

a sketch I did this morning

[lema]

nice stuff here.. like this one: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=214434&stc=1&d=1191746697

the mattes are very nice too. i should try one myself

[iatriki]

interesting mix. some of them are awesome! Keep it up!

[codenothing]

a couple more quick sketches....

[codenothing]

another quick one.

[codenothing]

Some more matte sketches. Getting closer to something I'll actualy finish....

[codenothing]

NY, I started with just going from night to morning, but had some fun adding things in.
I got the original image here: www.carlheilman.com/screensavers.html

[Kicek]

very nice dood.. looks like your having fun:)

[razz]

Neat stuff Codenothing! Can't say I'm a big fan of matte painting, I just like starting with a blank canvas, but it's always fun to see someone do it. Though I like those non matte environments more. Would be really great to see you finish some of those.
Awesome to see you update often.

[codenothing]

Kicek: I AM having fun! :tihi: It's nice to just do whatever is on your mind sometimes. Been under too much controll lately.

Razz: Thanks! yea I can appreciate the preference for a blank canvas. Matte painting is just one of those "it pays well" kind of things, which is mainly why im trying to get into it. But I do enjoy it a lot too. This last one im working on has been requested to be painting only and no photo elements or textures applied. (except the original footage of course)

But heres my latest update on that. Only had time to work on the first statue. Just been using the brush tool. no copy paste.

[Darksteel]

always a pleasure to check out your sketchbook

[MeTaL-Mike]

pretty cool stuff here man. love the matts.

[codenothing]

Thanks Darksteel! Thanks Mike! :)


I am auctioning a painting for a breast cancer charity walk in San Diego next month. Just wanted to spread the word to anyone who might be interested in donating to a good cause. 100% of the money raised from this will go to the charity. For more info heres the link to the auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESEX:IT&item=180172709350&_trksid=p3984.cSELL.m315.lVI

[codenothing]

heres a shot of the painting

[George Bieber]

Code, your figure work is fantastic, post 46, 102, 104 especially. I am bidding on your piece above and am really keeping my fingers crossed. I am a big fan.

[codenothing]

Thanks so much! :D

Greatly appreciated!

[Diphallia]

Where can I buy it? It's beautiful.
If I coud afford I'd buy it!
Love the black areas!

[codenothing]

The auction can be found here:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESEX:IT&item=180172709350&_trksid=p3984.cSELL.m315.lVI



Thanks for your support! :)

[Diphallia]

How much for shipping to sweden?
Not available? :(

[iSc00t]

I really like your environmental paintings overlayed on photos; Seems like a really fun way to practice.

[codenothing]

Diphallia, I did a little research on it and it looks like shipping to sweeded would be at LEAST 50-100 american dollars. You can bid if you like but I think the shipping is going to be quite a bit. But thanks for your support. :)



I started painting my nephews nursery just before he was born, and finished it a few weeks after. (dont worry, he wasnt sleeping in it at the time. paint fumes + baby = bad.) He was sleeping with my sister for probably the first six months. But aaaaaanyway. I never got around to posting any images of it. They wanted a Neverland theme. We originaly thought of doing just one wall, but I ended up doing the entire room.

[codenothing]

auction sold last week, from someone on CA.org! so thanks so much for all the traffic i got from this site!

quick sketch this morning. The Grudge:

[N1ck]

Hey, soo cool works, im looking in here since months and am always impressed again. Nice to see that you develop in such many directions.

It would be interesting to know what colors you used for the mural and how much you needed. I would be very happy to have had a room like this when i was younger (and even now i like it).

[Darksteel]

wow, awesome job on the room. your nephew is very lucky to have a talented uncle to give him a very awesome gift like that. and your grudge sketch is cool as well. keep it up.

[codenothing]

N1ck: I bought a bucket of red, yellow, and blue, a pint of black, and I think a bucket of white, and That pretty much covered it. I mixed my own colors in smaller cans. I used interior house paint, which I highly do not recomend. It dries extreamly fast and is a pain to work with. If i could go back i'd have done it with cheep acrylics, and probably just one wall. LOL


heres a piece I had set asside for a long time. finaly got around to finishing it. Not enbtirely sure what I'm calling it yet. but for right now "welcome to a hungry world" is what i've tagged it with. Probably for lack of a chance to realy think about it.

But Its one piece for a larger collection I'm trying to get done.

*EDIT oh its acrylic on wood. Just under 6" tall. with the sculpty frame.

[codenothing]

Finaly told myself to stop worrying about the fumes and pulled the oils out again. I got open windows and a screen door. my room is freezing but at least i got some ventalation going.

These are my first oils in..... 3 years?? maybe more. Just warming up. started with rub-outs. I love oils. im so tired of pushing around plastic.

[Aardvarkphil]

Damn you! Is there nothing you aren't good at! ;)

I love the look of those oils. Can't wait to see what you do next.


........well....................I'm waiting!

[Darksteel]

nice paintings.. as Aardvarkphil says, is there nothing you aren't good at?
looking forward to your next entry.

[codenothing]

haha, thx guys. but theres a LOT of things i sure wish i was better at. :P


did an hour master study. digital.

and started a sketch for a colab painting im doing with my friend Jennifer. Right now im not sure where its going. she has it now. she will make it good. lol

[codenothing]

first time in a LONG time i did a daily sketch at CGtalk. "Pretty things"

40 min. photoshop.

*EDIT 30 min later of my friend Jen helping me with the composition. I like it better now.

[chrishly]

awesome stuff!

five from me

[codenothing]

Thanks! :)

Did a tiny oil still life on wood. Im a total dooface, because i set up this still life. sketched it with pencil on the surface, and then realised i need the linseed oil and terp that was in the shot. LOL

but i made it work. it did slow things down to have to re-fasen the oil jar when i was working on it and i needed more. LOL

[Aardvarkphil]

I'm laughing my ass off at the thought of double taking and realising you need some of the subject matter to paint with. It turned out fine though. Again thanks for the laugh. Cheers Phil

[joaKimArt]

Hi codenothing! I like this: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=243035&stc=1&d=1195508032

Are you going to do more on it? I would like to see it finished. Or is it Jennifer that does the rest?, did not get it. Maybe you can post the result? Very nice image! :rendered:

Cool SB dude!

[chrishly]

awesome sb, wicked stuff!

great job on this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=135289&stc=1&d=1178588527) one

[codenothing]

ardvark: Haha, i laughed too. after i was done crying. LOL

Joakimart:It was just a sketch i threw out as a practice for me an her to start handing work back and forth and collaborating. unfortunatly we havent got around to working on that one again yet. But i will post any updates that come of it. :)

chrishly: Thanks!


ok, sketch I am doing for a larger painting. Idealy I'd like it to be life size, but I'm not sure im up for the task. lol. I also may just do the head croped version. Im not sure yet. she hasnt seen it yet, im sure she will have feedback. Conceptualy I think the cool skin and warm fish works with what its about, but i think the other one is more appealing to the eye.... I duno. Ill probably have updates on this soon.

[B-Man]

Hi man!
Im here to return the love!
I really like your digital stuff its nice. The enviros rock! fun thing you do with the pictures, I got to try that. Have you tried to render a enviro to photo realistic. That would be like a crazy step. Try it! I´ll share for you.If not they are awsome anyway. I would like to see more character drawings I think you have it in you.
Cheers!

[razz]

Uuh, nice updates since I last been here. Love the last one. I prefer the first version, with the desaturated skin and warm orange fishies. Would be even more than amazing if you'd paint that life sife! The full figure looks nicer of course. The body could be a little more clear even though it is underwater. Lookie HERE (http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4241/1183811160458352largezo8.jpg) for example. Sorry, I don't remember the artist of this one. Took it from a folder in which I'm saving inspirational works.

[Soul Karl]

dude I fucking love your oil paintings :D

on this most recent post I'm having some trouble with the construction of the head and the neck. The face to me seems to read a little flat, especially around the bridge of the nose and where the eyes lay. Also, while I realize the neck is that small to show that the body isn't really floating and is sinking towards the bottom of this water, and just from the distortion of the water surface itself, its size is still bugging me. It looks like it wouldn't be able to support her head. I'm digging all those fish though, looking very good :]

oh also I'm in love with the frame you chose for that hungry world piece haha - ties it together so nicely.

keep up the good work man I hope that crit is useful :]

[codenothing]

B-man: Thanks, the only matte i think ive completed, was for the EON chellange at CG talk. Its time consuming. and im too busy most the time to get these where i want them. :/

Razz: Thanks for the link! thats good insperation.

Soul Karl: Thanks for the feedback. I agree with some of it, if i do a final version of this ill probably shoot a lot of photo ref. This was all out of my head. :P


Heres my latest project. I have had this blank skateboard for months, and never got around to doing anything on it. I fianly picked a pin-up girl from a book I have and decided to have some fun with it. I cant sell this one, because its another artists work, but I do plan on geting some of my own girls to pose for me and start doing pin-up skateboards.

Not realy the type of thing you would want to use. more like something to hang on the wall. which is what im going to do with it when it dries. Its oil by the way.

[codenothing]

a page in my sketchbook.

[Camara]

Very very good work!The room looks fantastic!I wish it was my room!!Hahahaa.
I love the last one....is so...twisted and strange....

[codenothing]

thanks camara!.....

second page of the night.....
777 spitfire.

im drunk. hey wana know a cool drink?
1 shot absinthe,
1 shot strawberry pucker,
2 shots vodka,
a dash of sour
lots of ice

its one hell of a strong drink

[codenothing]

sigh.... drunk again.... but rum and coke this time. trying to work on a painting for a going away present.... this isnt it. this is a page from my sketchbook.

[Mitchell]

The painting with the skelton and fly is awesome! I wish i had it! You have some really great stuff in here mate.

[codenothing]

Thanks skeiff!

sketch in my sketchbook. bored and drinking wine again....
prismacolors....

[codenothing]

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[B-Man]

Good stuff recently!
Nice alley concept but the white in the end of the alley is wery distracting. It would be nice to se ite even more rendered. What program did you use to make the perspective? :)
Mahalo!

[codenothing]

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Thanks B-man. The program I used for the perspective was Maya, but any basic 3D geometry program would work. I just use the wire shot to get basic perspective down. and block out some basic shapes.


Heres the process i use to paint. I'll probably add step by step comentary on my website once i get off my butt and work on it.

[rytango]

ah, codenothing! so we meet again!

the step by step is very helpful. i completely forgot about using maya for painting reasons. makes total sense. i'll get on that today. :yum:

oh and the happy cake world of deviantart misses you!

[codenothing]

New big painting. not sure what else im going to do to finish it. but its deffinitely not done.... hmmmm......

[codenothing]

another alley concept.

[codenothing]

another for the same environment...

[Hive_minD]

nice stuff. Would crit more, but no time, thanks for the inspiration boost though!

Chris

[dadushin]

hey man those alley concepts are awesome
reminds me of the great work from Tekkonkinkreet

[codenothing]

thanks guys. :hugsmile:

a quick one before i go home.

[FreeLiner]

stunning. Thanks for showing the progress pictures, seeing the process really blows me away.

[Darksteel]

those last environment posts.. WOW!! I am always being impressed with your work. such great attention to detail, I wish I was that good.

keep it up. A++++++++++++++++++++++ to you!

[codenothing]

Thanks guys. :)


a new oil painting i started. Its gona be a colab piece with my friend.

[codenothing]

More concepts for the asian slums environment. Store front.

[codenothing]

quick sketch before lunch. : Charlie

[codenothing]

a matte exercise, about 9 hours of work.

[codenothing]

larger version.

[UCT]

dude, i still keep looking at the portal concepts on the first page. They are classic!
the Asian slums are inspiring, very compitent and colourful, more detailed than a dream.
did you use a photo in the last picture? its too good, i cant accept its completly generated but if not im speechless. 9 hours well spent.

[MonkeYoakum]

I can't tell if that last landscape is a picture or digital, but Im pretty sure its digital, looks amazing man, Got to keep an eye on this thread.

[codenothing]

UCT: Thanks! yea the previous image was hand drawn untill the 6th WIP shot above. I had the composition and painting down at that point, then started using photo reference to cut and overlay onto the painting to make it photo realistic in a very short amount of time.

MonkeYoakum: It started as a digital painting, then I use photo overlays on top. Thanks for the comments!

[mecos]

hey, i've seen some of this on cgtalk :P

nice to see other stuff from you. i love the guys with the round heads.
your anatomical drawing of the arm muscles is very effective and clear.

[codenothing]

thanks Mecos. :)


Ent Wife:

[crazy3dman]

Wow! Very cool! You going to take this one farther? (I hope)

[Darksteel]

code, you are an extremely talented artist. always a pleasure to see when theres an update to your thread.

post # 168 and #173 are awesome

[Farin]

the enviroments are amazing .. thx for the step-by-step tutorial

looking forward to see the last oil-painting finished. looks very promising to me

[codenothing]

crazy3dman: Thanks! yea its actualy a concept for my girlfriend. she is a special effects make-up artist and is doing this little project. so were gona be developing it further and eventualy she will be making the prosthetics for the piece.

Darksteel: thanks!

Farin: thanks, yea i was actualy working on finishing that one this week. hopefully ill have an update soon.


new sketchbook page from last night:

[codenothing]

dominance war thumbs

[crazy3dman]

Cooooool. Love those thumbnails! Great details.

[MeTaL-Mike]

really cool concepts in the last post man. very awesome!!!

[codenothing]

Thanks guys! :yayca:

[themissinglink]

awsome sketchbook, i love those character thumbnails

[codenothing]

thanks link! :batgirl:

rough color comp. I think this will be the final design.

[codenothing]

meh...

[MonkeYoakum]

Man your work for this Dominance War is really nice to look at, especialy those last ones. Nice stuff!

[flamable]

Oh very nice work , got a good look at it all . But i saw a canvas painting to, do you paint on a angle desk ... its kinda weird , of course, but is more conformable if you use a easel , even for the back ... and you can see what you are doing bather . Leave the desk for smaller and cleaner things like concepts , comics , designs you know ... anyways keep painting and sketching and feeling art. :)

[sketcheth]

I really enjoy your digital portraits and the character sketches, you also have a very interesting technique for doing your environment paintings. My only critique might be that the forms of the figures in the recent character designs seem to be lost underneath the baggy clothing, they sometimes look a little bit short-legged, althought it could just be an illusion. I'm enjoying the work and the critique you gave me was excellent, thank you!