Paintings, Heavy Metal, and a lot of hard work. Hooahh!!

**carlosranna** · March 3rd, 2008

Check out page 4, now!

I need crits. Please help. Thanks.

Art: Heavy metal and horror work. (update: 12/28/12)
Heavy Metal Pin-up
SketchBook: "Heavy metal parking lot 2: Revenge of the Heavy Metal Parking Lot"
Heavy Metal Help?

**DoktorNo** · March 3rd, 2008

I think that your works a too blurred... Also, exept the last one, they need some more details to elaborate.

**Niva.** · March 3rd, 2008

Yeah the last one is the sharpest but also suffers from a lack of contrast.

This one - is my favorite though, cool dynamic pose, reminds me of the Madonna video from Frozen.

**carlosranna** · March 4th, 2008

Yeah. I guess you guys are right. Most of them are speedies, so i let the brushwork appears. The problem i didn´t realize in the monitor i was working is in the last two images. I see now they have some serious issues as you guys pointed out... Gonna work this out...

Thanks. And more to come soon.

**carlosranna** · March 5th, 2008

Here goes a few position studies for this character. He is my Dominance War entry so far. There is also two of the clothes version i did for him.

**Clochette** · March 5th, 2008

This character is cool, I'd like to see it with colors!

**carlosranna** · March 5th, 2008

Thanks Clochette. Here ya go! This is a watercolor version of the same drawn i painted digitally before. I´m not sure the photo is ok, as i said before i´m working on a tricky monitor... This is a version i made before changing his clothes and props design.

**Trollfar** · March 5th, 2008

Nice character design, show more of him

**carlosranna** · March 5th, 2008

Here goes my last image about him. I made it today. I´m refining some details and creating the weapon and working out some props.

**carlosranna** · March 6th, 2008

The same Space Girl character in watercolor. I made some major changes on the Lizzard design for the contest, but i still have to scan or take a photo in order to post it here...

**carlosranna** · March 7th, 2008

Well, the art director (er... the public opinion, i mean...) asked for a tougher heroic guy. No one liked the nice rounded beer belly i created for Lizziejazzz... So here it goes, a new design for a hero from the same specie. I´m just not so sure about he being a Stalker now... Anyway, i liked the design... What you guys think about it?

Oh, and feel free to visit my Dominance War III thread and leave your opinion there:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=4991898

**carlosranna** · March 11th, 2008

30 minutes speed painting. I´m kinda stucked on my DWIII char now and my drawings of it really sucks at the moment.....

**carlosranna** · March 18th, 2008

Hey guys. I´ve been having some rushed days on the day job... So i´m lacking on some nice sketches now.... Shame on me...

Anyway, here is a new try on a different character for the Dominance War III:

**carlosranna** · March 28th, 2008

Here he comes again.

**carlosranna** · April 14th, 2008

Some comic characters, Dominance war final work, and old and new master studies...

**carlosranna** · May 6th, 2008

Few more stuff.

**DeJakhalz** · May 6th, 2008

Ey man, you dont suck at all! Loving: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/att...1&d=1208187385

**jenzi** · May 6th, 2008

honestly, Id say you do, however you do have something and thats DRIVE, wich will catapult you anywhere you want, so what your stuff is not the best right now, going in head first in DW3 and throwing alot of stuff in here proves you got just that. keep on pushing and you will get awsome!

and I do see some nice anatomy in here wich if studied harder will pay of even more! nice watching!

**carlosranna** · May 7th, 2008

DeJaKhalz and Jenzi - Thanks a lot for droping by!

It´s good to hear honest opinion instead of silent, hehe... It helps us keep on moving. Or at least posting. =]

**RaphaelLuebke** · May 7th, 2008

i totally agree jenzi

this one is really cool! i like the colors and style

**petitemistress** · May 7th, 2008

great work dude! my onlu advice on hose digi paintings wd be to start with bigger brushes and color block basic shapes and shadows, instead of those small-brush strokes that distract the eye from the rly solid lineart you start with!

**ajvenema** · May 7th, 2008

I instantly recognized the Lucian Freud one

I think it can use some more work though, theres a lot more to learn from that guy! ive actually seen it 'live' a few days ago and it has great brushstrokes, which i dont really see in ur reproduction so try to look a bit better and discover the magic

I love your watercolors by the way! i love that they arent too blurry and vague like the ones my grandma makes

**Dan!** · May 9th, 2008

Hey good lookin SB lots of nice studies - I like the loose looking painterly pieces on the previous page- also checked out your blog nice master studies- cheers

**Grafguy** · May 13th, 2008

nice sketches and studies! Its good to see uve practiced on painting with big surfaces, keep doin that ive noticed myself it helps alot

**carlosranna** · May 21st, 2008

Thanks a lot for the replyes, guys! I was waiting till i had something to shown so i woulden´t be just a bumper... But i guess it took me a little longer then expected and now i´m looking like a non polite guy who doesn´t answer people, hehe.....

So here we go:

xbert - Thanks!

petitemistress - Big brushes first. That´s what i´m trying to do. And i also try to use the bigger one possible for the area i´m working on. It´s just that sometimes i forget, hehe...

ajvenema - I´m glad you recognized the painting, man! I´ll just say in my defense that i did the study in about 30 or 40 minutes... And i´m glad you liked the watercolors too!

decypl - Thanks man! Hope you visit the blog often!

Grafguy - Ok sir. I´ll do that! Thanks!

And now for the pic. Sorry about the watermark...

**carlosranna** · August 13th, 2008

So i haven´t been posting, but i´ve been working. There are a lot i can´t shown, because it´s a part of an ongoing project for my master degree in animation and 3D, but there is a sneak peak at it and some other stuff i made for practice. Cheers!

**carlosranna** · September 5th, 2008

Still life. I´ve been having net connections problems... Hard to post this way....

**carlosranna** · September 8th, 2008

Some few fitness and bodybuildings guys from ref photos from the net. My main concern was about colors and skin tones... Hope to get it right someday.

BANNED_For_POOPY_PANTS · September 8th, 2008

Sorry to burst your bubble Carlosranna, but you don't suck at all. This is a really cool sketchbook!

**carlosranna** · September 9th, 2008

Thanks a lot JonathanS, but we must always compare ourselfs with those kick ass guys working out there at Massive Black, ILM, Rockstar, Marvel and stuff like that. There are also the old masters too, hehe... So... I do suck, hehehe....

Let´s keep on working! Hooahh!!!