Phase one: Studio Introduction

**Toxdel** · February 29th, 2008, 03:45 PM

damn everyone! These thumbs are lookin' mighty fine! Lez I love that last page of thumbs, especially the big one at the bottom. Gunderson, awesome colors on those last ones, Maybe work on the readibility though.

as for me I got some stuff I did last night but I also want to get a few more done tonight. I'll post em when I'm finished.

later

**iwantjelly** · February 29th, 2008, 05:26 PM

keep it up Lez, love the bottom right one.

sea themed :

**Gundersen** · February 29th, 2008, 05:48 PM

Iwantjelly: your last image doesnt show sadly.

Good thumbs here people. Lez you where talking about a steampunk idea, Try to check out some steampunk, you seem to lack it in your thumbs

But all in all its great thumbs!

I have stayed loose in my sketches so far, and will keep loose over the weekend, but will start to redefine them a bit more. I want to keep going in a certain line so i know what to research.

**robmorfin** · February 29th, 2008, 06:28 PM

Will somebody stop these guys !!!

Get a job!

Just Kidding, great job everyone, keep 'em coming.

Dead great-uncle

, have to go to LA, will start thumbs tomorrow

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**Lez** · February 29th, 2008, 07:32 PM

yeah Gunder, I snowed in on a more fantasy/medieval theme I guess.

And just realized something great Iwantjelly is doing... Actually numbering the thumbnails! Looks like a very useful solution especially when discussing thumbs since one can pretty much dish out a whole bunch of em and sorting with numbers instead of placement description is a lot better.

Think that's something I'll do too!

**J Wilson** · February 29th, 2008, 09:53 PM

Here's a few greyscale roughs to get started. I have more ideas sketched out in pencil, and even though this is a rough stage I feel like I need to sharpen them up some before I present them.

**Earendil** · February 29th, 2008, 11:46 PM

Really like the strong edges you've got going The Dweller. I'd post more but I've got to keep making mine.

**Gundersen** · March 1st, 2008, 03:45 AM

The Dweller: I guess you mean redscale .. hehe. Dont be affraid to post stuff that is not "straightened" up enough. It doesnt mather at all what your sketches look like as long as they can be read.

edit: I also want to applogize that i will not be very active the next days. Have a MASSIVE hand in on friday next week..

**Gundersen** · March 1st, 2008, 06:53 AM

Ok did some quickies in painter. Wanted to paint the lonely desert mood, two of them has a storm blowing through the desert

**~Faust~** · March 1st, 2008, 11:57 AM

Damnit gunderson and lez! This is pretty amazing whatyou guys cooked up there, I see myself not having any technique at all and just watching your thumbs gives me some ideas how to get those stripes rollin'!

Just some random stuff from me, I am afraid. I'm looking out for a place to stay right now and my current residence doesn't have internet. So I'll post some more tomorrow.

Great job everyone! I would still like to see more sci-fi, or at least more dark stuff. The desert-scheme seems to dominate right now. I'll try to be more diverse, throwing in really crazy ideas.

**Earendil** · March 1st, 2008, 01:04 PM

The majority of mine are dark so far if you were referring to values. Should have something up soon.

**iwantjelly** · March 1st, 2008, 01:24 PM

Some last ones :

**Earendil** · March 1st, 2008, 02:59 PM

Here we go.

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**J Wilson** · March 1st, 2008, 03:31 PM

A few more, color this time.

**Gundersen** · March 1st, 2008, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by ~Faust~

Damnit gunderson and lez! This is pretty amazing whatyou guys cooked up there, I see myself not having any technique at all and just watching your thumbs gives me some ideas how to get those stripes rollin'!

Just some random stuff from me, I am afraid. I'm looking out for a place to stay right now and my current residence doesn't have internet. So I'll post some more tomorrow.

Great job everyone! I would still like to see more sci-fi, or at least more dark stuff. The desert-scheme seems to dominate right now. I'll try to be more diverse, throwing in really crazy ideas.

Thanks for that Faust, appreciate it. One tips is to stay very loose in your drawings, scrible down some quick brush strokes and see what it turns into. I dont realy have a plan before i get 10-15 mins into these paintings..

When it comes to the desert theme I think I am the only one doing that atm

. Will keep going with it atm, since i enjoy it

hehe Gonna paint some castles now!!

Iwantjelly: You got great thumbs!
Eearendil: Good to see you alive again
The Dweller: Nice use of colors, i am a sucker for strong colors. But i think i liked your "red scale" sketches even better!

**Form** · March 1st, 2008, 10:20 PM

Adam stands up from his desk, and wanders over to Jean-Yves station. He hands him a completed request form for a working file of the FAKE logo. At the bottom is a link to the file.

He then wanders around the room, pleased with the consistency of the work. Although you are not due for review yet he gives a few pats on the back and says that things are 'looking good'. However he is a bit concerned that Milo Christensen and Daldbaatar are asleep at their desks. Not a good way to impress the boss upstairs! Adam heads back to his desk and gets to work on what look like a bunch of temp. contracts. Hmmm....

**Gundersen** · March 2nd, 2008, 05:32 AM

/me passes out

omg Adam have invtended a paper with a clickable link...

**Gundersen** · March 2nd, 2008, 06:29 AM

here is two castle sketches, The "muslim" one is made in Painter, and the "christian" one is made in Photoshop

**~Faust~** · March 2nd, 2008, 08:36 AM

Wow dweller, those are mad nice! I also liked the grayscale ones! Very simple, yet effective!

Gunderson: Sorry, but I do not see the big difference between the muslim and the christian thumbs, regarding the architecture. You kept those much better in the quick lines the other post. And thanks for the tip!

Earendil: wow those are indeed very dark. So dark that I can hardly make anything out

**J Wilson** · March 2nd, 2008, 11:14 AM

A few more, just pencil this time.

If I get a chance I'll probably do a few more very rough just in greyscale. I've been incredibly sick all week so we'll see if I can manage to get them in before tomorrow's first review.

Thanks everyone for the comments. I think I'm going to wait until tomorrow to make any comments, just so everyone has a chance to bring together what they are working on.

**Lez** · March 2nd, 2008, 11:44 AM

Good going everyone... Got a question actually - can you borrow concepts from thumbnails that your co workers have done and do something with it yourself?

So I tried a more post apocalypse theme... Damn fun doing with a lot of sharp shapes.

*edit*
couldn't help it, just had to draw a couple of extra lines here and there >.<

**Gundersen** · March 2nd, 2008, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by Lez

Good going everyone... Got a question actually - can you borrow concepts from thumbnails that your co workers have done and do something with it yourself?

So I tried a more post apocalypse theme... Damn fun doing with a lot of sharp shapes.

I guess you can borrow as long as you say you have used another persons thumb. But i dont see why you would borrow a thumb. Get inspired by one and paint one yourself

**daldbaatar** · March 2nd, 2008, 03:10 PM

sorry guys....this is a nasty start....man...im deeply sorry for this...and i want to tell adam i wasnt sleeping...i was processing....but will catch up in no time..i swear.

**Killroy** · March 2nd, 2008, 04:15 PM

Oh shit I slept through my alarm again! *leaps into desk, whips out wacom and begins scribbling like a madman*

**J Wilson** · March 2nd, 2008, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Gundersen

I guess you can borrow as long as you say you have used another persons thumb. But i dont see why you would borrow a thumb. Get inspired by one and paint one yourself

I tend to agree with this. While you can certainly see something and get inspired and give an offshoot idea a go, but at this stage it's more about bringing out a variety of ideas rather than refining any of them. Just my take on things.

**Earendil** · March 2nd, 2008, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by ~Faust~

Earendil: wow those are indeed very dark. So dark that I can hardly make anything out

Doh!

I'll do some compensating, and keep that in mind on my next set.

Very nice edges Lez! I see someone has been watching his Whit Brachna.

I agree with Gund and Killroy, let's just create and sort it all out later.

**Lez** · March 2nd, 2008, 05:13 PM

oh, think my choice of words were more than clumsy - think borrow should be replaced with inspired as Gundersen said

and the Dweller certainly brings up a good point, these are after all - initial sketches.

Clarifies a lot, thanks!

Earendil: hehe yeah, he and a lot of other great artist really opened my eyes to the potential of the marquee tool in photoshop

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**Gundersen** · March 2nd, 2008, 05:43 PM

useing the Marque tool is the same as useing maskeing tape on a traditional painting... its a great tool! hehe If you check out the blog of IdiotApathy he also has some insane skills with this tool

**Toxdel** · March 2nd, 2008, 06:15 PM

Ok, I wanted to post more by now but things didn't go quit like I wanted. Here is my first three though.

**Killroy** · March 2nd, 2008, 09:41 PM

Here's something. Friggin amazing stuff so far... I'll be honest I'm feeling kinda inferior xD. But I'm learning juts by looking at y'alls stuff so its all good. =D Only have 3 done so far. I had this big idea to do like a native american themed game... like shamans could travel to the spirit world and stuff and then fight eachother with animal spirits or something. but I only have three so far. =/