CRDESIGNSTUDIO.ORG- STORYBOARD ARTIST Sketchbook - SOME EXTREME VIOLENCE AND NUDITY..

[Chalid]

Pure pleasure

[Charles Ratteray]

[Dan Valkar]

crazy sweet original shit man!...really cool lineart and colour style...wanna see more

[Charles Ratteray]

thanks guys

[Farin]

wierd darkness right here

this one really scares me ... cool

amazing sb

[Charles Ratteray]

[Pawkfox]

seriously amazing gallery, I just love the style you're using.
its very emotive and appealing.
It's got a certian Cartoonish feel but the context takes that right out and gives it a very original look.
Keep it up, Would look too see alot more from you

[Typheaus]

Whoah, those are some nasty pics Charles I really like that comic-like inky style of yours. Reminds me a bit of Tsutomu Nihei's work (Blame! etc.).

Yer awesome man, I hope you'll show us some more viol... work

[rupeshtalaskar]

awesome gallery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

[Charles Ratteray]

Thanks for stopping by everyone




here are some more sketches




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[Charles Ratteray]

[JPC]

Energy..from..these...artworks...overpowering my...senses...

Simply dynamic! Thanks for posting and sharing your amazing works!

[Miles_]

Great energy in the lines. Also it would be interesting to see some more refined pieces from you. Keep on posting man.

[Rabid]

Love the poses, violence is always a good choice, and love the paintovers? Got any specific techniquies you could share? Brushes? Process? Very nice!

[Vigilandus]

Whoah! Cooool. Really nice action stuff mate. Awesome sketchbook.

[PeGGO]

uuff... WOW...!!!

how many power here... your experience leave so evident on your work..!!
simply a master of concept and storyboard design..!!!
my congratulations for you Charles..!!!

[Chris Noeth]

your fast style is looking great. I like watching your new stuff and the dynamics.

Best,

Chris

[Charles Ratteray]

Chris Noeth- thanks Chris

PeGGO- thanks man

Vigilandus- thank you

Rabid Peanut- thanks man- ill get some process steps soon

spazazo- i know-- im itchin to do some super polished stuff soon

JPC- thanks man



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SKETCH

[Iridyse]

Wow, you have some really strong, dynamic sketches here. I love how you manage to portray such a strong sense of motion, it's something I'm trying very hard to do.

All the best and more please!

[BohemianChaos]

Heya Charles I remember first seeing your work on Myspace like two years ago... good to see you started posting here. I'll definitely be checking back.

[Darkwebslinger]

good stuff i really like the wolverine .

[Charles Ratteray]

Thanks much for passing thru guys-

I found some work i did for SERENITY- the movie based off of the t.v show FIREFLY

blessings

- C


MATTE PAINTING STEP BY STEP

here is one of the main planets that will be used for one of the battle sequences in the movie- SERENITY-

they commissioned me to do a matte painting for this particular scene....
my particular approach to matte painting is to collage different pieces of photos ...use them as texture....and paint and seam the rest. Its a relatively straight forward process ... i can get more detailed later...i have included step by step screen shots at all the major points in the creation.


PLATE ..1


THIS IS TO SHOW YOU WHAT I START WITH...JUST A PLATE OR IMAGE OF THE TEXTURE THAT I WANT TO USE......I THEN BEGIN TO RESIZE THE TEXTURE......PLAY WITH THE OPACITY...AND USE LAYERS.....





PLATE .. 2

HERE IS THE FINISHED FOUNDATION PLANET...ALL TERRAIN HAS BEEN SEAMED TOGETHER...RIVERS AND ROADS PAINTED WHERE I WANTED...






PLATE .. 3

I COMPED SOME CLOUD REFERENCE AND PLACE IT WHERE I THOUGHT IT WOULD FIT... PAINTED AN SEAMED IT ON " A SEPARATE LAYER"

VERY IMPORTANT TO WORK IN CLEAR LABELED LAYERS....YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO FIND STUFF AND CHANGE IT QUICKLY LATER ON...






PLATE .. 4

I INVERTED THE CLOUD LAYERS AND PLACED IT UNDER THE WHITE CLOUD LAYER ....OFFSET IT A BIT...TO CAUSE A SHADOW EFFECT....




PLATE .. 5

HERE I ADDED THE ATMOSPHERE AS A SEPARATE LAYER.....USED THE COLOR DODGE TOOL TO CAUSE THE GLOW EFFECT...




PLATE .. 6

ADDED SOME MORE CREATIVE HURRICANE CLOUD FORMATIONS TO ESTABLISH A MORE TURBULENT ENVIROMENT...



PLATE .. 7

AND FINALLY....VOILA!!!

THE FINAL PLATE USED IN THE MOVIE...JUST FINISHED, POLISHED UP AND SEAMED THE DETAILS....





T- SHIRT DESIGNS

i thought id share the t- shirt crew designs

some people dug them some didnt...ah well..cant make everyone happy...haha






REAVER SHIP DESIGNS

Here are some more examples of texturing on an existing surface to create a quick visual...

Ive included the foundational plate they gave me...this was the jump point i worked from ...adding other photo elements..and painting where i needed to.....

this is a fairly simple process...and it lends to some quick visuals and gives the director a lot of different options very quickly



PLATE 1

INITIAL PLATE



PLATE 2

THEY WANTED ME TO DING UP THE SHIP A BIT ....MAKE IT WEATHERED AND PUT TOGETHER FROM OTHER SHIP PARTS WITHOUT GOING TOO CRAZY AND CHANGING ITS SILLOQUETTE TOO MUCH...





PLATE 3

THEY FINALLY WANTED ME TO ADD SOME MORE ELEMENTS TO MAKE IT LOOK A BIT MORE MENACING.




PLATE 4

JUST ANOTHER PASS ON ANOTHER ANGLE




VERY QUICK SKETCH

Here is a veeeeeeeeery quick sketch i did with a brush pen to illustrate creative placement of dismembered bodies on one of the sides of the reaver ship...impaled ala Dracula style.....all that was needed with this project was a jump point for the maya modeler to build this model.

i modified it a bit with the color and all in photoshop

i just dug it for the abstract shape of it all....

[Charles Ratteray]

Here are some concepts i did for a superbowl spot- they wanted a sci-fi geiger influenced piece

[Draniel]

wow, nice ship design, i really like the organic shape it got.

[LuckyDesign]

I just love the shirt! I'd so buy it haha
Keep on posting!

[Matsign]

Not something I'd see with a Raiders football logo. Kickin stuff though.

[IanE]

OK, I was already stoked by the stuff you had posted, until I saw you did work on Serenity.

Wow.

Yea, post more. Yes please.

[Charles Ratteray]

ALTERNATE ARM

[MurdokX]

Inspiring stuff sir!
Can you post progress shot of any ink work?

[Eclair]

very very very Inspiring......

oh... I have no words to say..
This stuff is amazing