Five large illustrations from a n00b

[balistic]

Hey guys, I haven't posted here in a while . . . actually it's been long enough that my old account got deleted. Some of you might know me from other boards though. I do lighting for CG movies by day, but I like to do some freelance illustration in my free time. These were done for a theme park development company. The vertically-oriented pieces were used as back-lit box office posters about 40" high, and the horizontal piece is being printed on canvas as a 34-foot-wide stage backdrop. If they aren't deemed concepty enough I'll take no offense to having them pulled.


Character sketched by Jose Saenz, electronic paint by me.


Character sketched by Jose Saenz, e-paint by me


Same credits as the others. Click HERE for a detail section.


Same deal. Jose comes up with some fun shapes for me to paint.


Owl sketched by J, rest by me. Click HERE for a big version.

I found it tough to work on a mostly-black background without ending up with the proverbial "velvet Elvis", but it's what the client wanted, and they seemed quite happy with what I gave them. I'm probably most proud of the Hook piece. I cheated the lighting quite a bit in order to amplify the "magical" mood the client was after. These were all 6-12 hour pieces.

Thanks for looking.

[JoshuaTheJames]

Fun stuff!


Is everything about these strictly 2D? Also are there implemented textures?

thanks for sharring,

-Joshua James

[Matt Smith]

These are nice pieces, the first one is my favorite.

[poly_cube]

I remeber seeing this at CGtalk a while back, still some fantastic stuff man! I esp love the pirate figure.

[nicolas]

WOW. Real nice stuph!! I'm diggin the lighting/colors in the first two the most.

the "Suntower" piece on your site is really cool (they're all nice, but that ones my fav.)

Thanks for sharing....

cheers,

NIC

[balistic]

Hey thanks guys. Yeah, these are strictly 2D, done in Corel Photo-Paint 10 (I'm weird like that). I used some reference for the moon, so that it would look like the moon and not just a moon.

My experience in 3D definitely helps me figure out how to cast shadows and handle different surfaces when I do 2D stuff. The two disciplines play off each other quite a bit for me.

Thanks again.

[liquidwerx]

Seen these elsewhere... Still love em. Glad to see you posting here dude.


~Malachi

[enigma]

wow! these are plain awesome, i don't see any flaws in any of them, your lighting and painting is excellent, post more stuff!

[NoUseFrAName]

the flames on the headless horseman one are so awesome.
Great work! don't wait so long to post new art again!

-Rob

[Lost Dragon]

Wow, these are great.

The only thing I wish was that the first one had more contrast on the figure. It took me a little bit to figure out what was going on. Maybe it's just my monitor though..

Anyhow - good work!

[Tad]

go back to hash's animation master

hahaha, no i'm kidding.

seriously though, great stuff, glad you're still at it!
I remember you from 3drender.com way back when, haha.

[flaptraps]

you set some great moods in all of them awesome stuff

[egerie]

I agree on the flames. The smoke is really nice too ! Nice to see you around dude

[balistic]

Hey thanks guys! I don't know why I never posted here much. Kicking myself for it now, seeing all the cool work around.

[Crunch]

great atmosphere on the owl one. im really diggin that one.

[Groover McNab]

Great stuff man. Hope you post more.

[qstom]

Wow.. Balistic..
it would be Great to be able to see the result in the posters...
I am colorist and I like a lot to see the work of the pencil, and later to see the colored final result, thank you to put the link to José's brilliant drawing '''
I would love to see your works, PLEASE I NEED IT¡¡¡¡ hehehehe post more please please please

[lavhoes]

Originally Posted by balistic

Hey thanks guys! I don't know why I never posted here much. Kicking myself for it now, seeing all the cool work around.

Hey man, I figured I'd seen you around here before. Your work seems to fit right in =P

Very awesome lighting on everything. Very moody, lot of contrast to draw the eye. A lot of "pop" in everything. No muddiness at all, which is good. That would've killed these pieces.

Looking forward to more!

[Jason Manley]

good to see you again mr b.

is good to see your stuff for sure. You are growing a lot in your work. You have some nice juicy brushwork and an eye for clean mark making.


Cheers,


Jason

[patternagainst]

Really some great stuff here. You ought to really get back into these forums! I'd love to see some more of your stuff. I'm kind of a newcomer here so I don't quite know anything about your work. Also; If you don't mind, and if you do that's fine, what was the payrate charged for this client?

Peace.

[yerffej]

I'm pretty sure I saw that big pumpkin pic posted at GFXartist,how come you never posted the rest.These are great!

[hito]

wow man. these are awsome!

still waiting for updates on your website.

[cybertm]

this is the most nooob post i've ever seen! good lord man go practice!!

[Pavel Sokov]

i love em, especialy the fire and smoke are nicely done

[Sunny]

hey man i remember yoU! i took a look at your website and i think i remember you from Sijun.com. maybe eatpoo.com. anyways awesome pics man. Can you message me on here or msn i wouldnt mind having a convo with you. I used to do 3d but i could never get realistic lighting. When i started it helped me with illustration as well. anyways keep it up man. later.

[USER777]

that pumpkin looks ultra-nice!

post more, you sweet-ass!

[The Bear]

Excellent stuff man! I especially like the pumpkin head.

[Mort]

very dark stuff but in an childish way.
i like the owl picture with the widescreen thing .
nize work

[balistic]

Hey thanks guys!

Originally Posted by patternagainst

Also; If you don't mind, and if you do that's fine, what was the payrate charged for this client?

I wouldn't be comfortable giving an exact number, but I'll tell you that I made close to market rate on them. A lot of my previous illustration stuff was done for (relative) peanuts, and the work suffered for it . . . I find that when I charge more, I deliver more, and I think that's ultimately better for my development than doing a lot of cheap jobs.

These guys were good clients. I hope they have more work for me in the future.