Chate Noire's Sketchbook (4/14)

[Coinpurse]

ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
prrrerrrrfecto!!!!!!!!!!
You and Pat make quite the team!
Awesome work, funny funny funny

[cleos]

very inspiring stuff, chow 114 is my fav., keep the good work .Thumbs up...

[sabin boykinov]

I really like your style and colors!
My favorite are space monkeys, ha ha
Keep this good work and hope to see more and more beautiful characters.

[zeo-x]

Hey there, you've got some really fun stuff here. I love the monkey having his astronaut suit on wrongly, and the 3 goldilocks picture too. Hope to see more fun stuff from ya.

[Chate Noire]

Discoskull - thank you so much =)
Kaffinated - thanks man. I'm looking to get out of the playful phase a bit, but it's always a fun place to fall back to.
Quinn Simoes - thank you. I used a method I learned from Tergete's video tutorials, only digitalized: I started with a more-or-less random scribble with a slanted brush and then went crazy with a very small hard brush to get a pen look. When you hardly think about what you're going to do next you get some awesome, fresh results.
Markito - thanks. I'm glad your favorites are some of the more recent work. Means I'm going somewhere =)
blacky - thanks! Unfortunately I don't study at an art school...last time I studied art was in high school and it was mostly talk and bullshit, so I gave it up.
Johan 79 - many thanks. Colors is something I'm trying to get better at, so I'm glad you like.
Coinpurse We ARE quite the team, aren't we? Thank you plenty.
cleos - thaks!
sabin - Thank you. Throw a monkey into space and you're bound to get something good out of it.. =)
zeo-x - Thanks a lot. I hope to be able to post more stuff, as time permits.

A few more sketches a-la-Targete and a piece I've been working on for a while, trying my hand at some more realistic stuff, color and composition. Deep thanks to my darling Pat (Chuck,Mate) for pointing out a mistake I've been making over and over again - the character's head shouldn't turn towards outside the canvas, but towards the larger space of the drawing. I still feel stupid for never having figured it out myself.

[Delmar]

Grest stuff...Very fresh and dynamic style!!!#

More please!

Cheers

Andi

[Chate Noire]

Thanks Andi =)

Some sketches and a couple of things I've started and hope to finish sometime.

[Quinn Simoes]

Hey Chate Noire,

Yes that is a cool technique, the Tergete's one.

Nice updates! Keep up the great work.

[Gonzossm]

what program do u use to make these in please tell me?

[Chuck,mate.]

you`re a goddess.

love everything in here. that last dude with the sword is coming along
great.


keep at it!

P.

[merl1n]

Hey!!

really charming illustrations here!!!

Keep posting!

cheers

[Hilbruks]

This stuff is really good. There's alot of work to be done, but this is just brilliant stuff. Might I ask how old you are?

[Flavour]

I really enjoy your colors, so warm and bright
I dig that japanese samurai bee sketch.

[Chate Noire]

Quinn - thanks man!
gonzossm - I use Photoshop CS2/3 (home/office) with a Wacom.
Chuck,Mate - thanks, babe =)
merl1n - Thanks! I try to post as much as I can, which is as much as I create, which is - unfortunately - not enough.
Hilbruks - There definitely is, which is why I'm doing it =) Thank you, and I'm 24.
Flavour - I'm glad you think so, I'm actually working on warming and brightening them up right now =) And that's an "Asian Tiger Mosquito". Based on an actual brochure we got in the mail about how to get rid of them.

This stuff is from a couple of months back, and they're all collaborations with my wonderfully talented man. You might know him as Chuck,Mate =)

[Trollfar]

Really liked this SB! Want more!!!!!!! -,..,-

[TheGnoll]

lovely work!
i saw your collabs with Pat in his thread and your two styles suit each other perfectly, the results are pretty awesome.
Loving the animal fusions in here, very nice critters

keep on sharing!!!!!

ciao

[DIMAGYAN]

great. really expressive,colorfull characters and creatures.a lot of personality and life in them...love the animals in here! i enjoy the colours in your paintings.

cheers

[zulu]

Your stuff is great, very expressive!, y loke too much the unfinished man in the horse and the girl, finish that because is exellent, waiting for more, cheers!!

[Chate Noire]

Trollfar - thank you
TheGnoll - I'm glad you like the collabs. They were an awesome experience and I sure hope we'll do more of those.
DIMAGYAN - thanks a lot man.
zulu - Thanks! I plan to get back to the couple and the horse soon. I've learned some very helpful stuff working on this here last piece and I'm eager to try them on the couple.

[Dan Valkar]

very cool sb mate! nice colours and very imaginative character design...keep it up!!!

[maxetormer]

great thumbnails!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...te_small_2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...ete2_small.jpg

[Lakka]

heyo, realy nice stuff all around.

I think that last image of yours could need some more contrast, making the lighting a bit more dramatic!

Post #45 has some impressive stuff!

[Gonzossm]

can u make a tutorial please on this style

[coldrum]

ahahaha wow man these are really good.. great technique. I'm cackling away here haha really funny pics... love the monkeys in space. ***** : D

[Chate Noire]

Dan Valkar - thanks a lot mate.
maxetormer - thank you! I like them too
Lakka - thanks. Maybe I'll get back to it some day, right now I still suffer a bit of leftover "I don't wanna see it ever again".
Gonzossm - I'm flattered by the request Many a better artists than me have digital painting tutorials which helped me a lot. Check out Chuck,mate's sketchbook, for example. He's got some good process images and tutorials there.
coldrum - thanks a lot

A quickie from reference I did between tasks at work. I think it took about 45-50 minutes all together.


and the ref:

[Hyptosis]

great stuff, nice speed paint of the colt

wanted to say that on the guy with the sword, the blade almost looks transparent, like you can see through both it and him, of course the blade is reflecting his surroundings, it only makes sense, just an interesting observation, very cool. Keep it up! =]

[[LITTLE-FEET]]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!
Like Dreamwork!

[The Whistler]

Wow, I love those pieces you made with Chuck,Mate! The zebra(?)girl with the bow is simply too awesome...
also this one
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...cute_small.jpg

and this one...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...atri_small.jpg

[Chate Noire]

Hyptosis - Thanks. I guess you're right about the sword...I like it anyway =)
[LITTLE FEET] - thanks! That's quite a compliment...
The Whistler - I'm glad you like. They were awesome to work on and he's aweosme to work with

Another collaboration with my darling Patri:



A speed paint from a Fifth Element ref:

[MarkWinters]

Nice studies and the collabs are really great! I really dig post #50. Best of luck!