Brown's Sketchbook of assorted randomness

[Browning]

Hi everyone, I'm André Brown. I've lurked around here for ages, figured it was about time I posted something.
I work in a small videogame company in Portugal, which has been a great learning experience, but it does suck up a lot of time, and I've sorta been neglecting my personal work, I'm hoping this sketchbook will help fix that.

So yeah, this is the first of hopefully many posts.
I'll kick things of with some goblin guys, not sure I'll ever get around to rendering the bottom four.

[AustenFM]

Haha, i like what i'm seeing so far! Even though they're cartoony little goblins, it looks like you've got your anatomy down, and your sense of form in those renderings are really nice as well. Hope to see more from you soon!

[ohucthulhu]

I like these, they look really three dimensional. Post more!

[CRYPT]

oh god i love those littles monsters
iv saved them right now
man dont ever kill ur sb keep it alive more
i SUBed

[Fantillus]

The design for these guys is really pleasing to my eye, they are well balanced and the form and value you have on them is great. I can really get a sense of movement from the line work too. I can't wait to see more. =)

[TheJackal]

Very interesting! nice weight and values they have a nice visual quality to them playful and mischevious :p

[Rhubix]

nice opener. I love goblins as a rule, and really like your interpretation. I like the simple color scheme. Looking forward to more stuff!

[Medusoid]

OH MAH GAWSH!!! These things are freaking awesome man. I can't wait to see more so I give better feed back

[kure-ong]

Wow, looks great! Can't wait to see more from u =D

subscribed!! =D

[Browning]

Thanks for the comments guys.
Here's some random bits and pieces, and some figure studies from imagination.

[Medusoid]

Huh this set reminds me of Portal for some reason. But thats great since it's art rawks.

[Partisan]

maaaaahaaan you got a supercool stile ! I am really digging this ! ..subscribed !...

P.S.: if you find the time please PM me I really would like to talk to you ^^ ....no sexual stuff....get your mind out of the gutter sire !

[HelderPinto]

Go Brown!

This guy is one of the most talented guys I've ever had the pleasure to work with! Can't wait to see what else you'll come up with on your free time man, i'm really looking forward to see your wicked style again!

Cheers

[Browning]

I was asked to to post some wips, so here's a quick example of how my process usually goes.
I'll start of with a quick sketch or thumbnail, I'll build out the basic shapes and volumes from it, and from there I flesh out the figure, refine the anatomy and so on. Once I have some relatively clean lineart, its time to drop down some color.
Occasionally some of the charm, simplicity and spontaneity of the original sketch is lost in the process, at which point I furrow my brow, clench my teeth, and start over, refining the design or exploring different possibilities.

If I don't have a clear idea of what exactly I want, instead of a line sketch, I'll start with some silhouettes, pick the ones I find interesting and build the figure from them. The goblins for example started out this way.

I'll try to post wips of future pieces, seems like a good way to analyze my own work.

[Browning]

I cleaned up one of the ogre thumbnails I posted earlier and started rendering it, here's how its looking so far.
I'll post a full step by step of the render once its finished.

Also, some random shark guys...