Dani's Sketchbook

**thespianmonsalvo** · June 6th, 2008, 05:44 PM

Hi! I'm a student at a video game school in Plano, TX, (specializing in concept art) and I've decided to start a sketchbook here. I'll be posting pretty much everything I'm drawing or painting here, so enjoy and please give me feedback and critiques because I need them to improve.

Here's some stuff I did in my life drawing class:

These are all 3-5 minute sketches.

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These are longer - ususally around 1-3 hours.

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Thanks for looking!

**thespianmonsalvo** · June 6th, 2008, 05:58 PM

Some quick concepts - about 30 minutes each.

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**thespianmonsalvo** · June 6th, 2008, 09:56 PM

This was a portrait that was created for a final project. Worked on this for 200+ hours in Photoshop. Taken from a reference photo of Masi Oka.

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**jonnyj326** · June 6th, 2008, 11:13 PM

wow! 200+ hours! it's very photorealistic.

**Lakka** · June 6th, 2008, 11:15 PM

I dig the shapes in #2

Good job on that Masi Oka portrait, those hours seem to have payed off!

**thespianmonsalvo** · June 6th, 2008, 11:43 PM

jonnyj326: Yeah, it was basically all I did for one whole school term.

Lakka: Thank you very much!

**D@niel** · June 7th, 2008, 04:37 AM

Great start, keep it up!

**thespianmonsalvo** · June 9th, 2008, 03:28 AM

D@aniel - Thank you very much!

This is a concept for a character that I'm currently modeling in class.

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**thespianmonsalvo** · June 9th, 2008, 01:59 PM

Some quick sketches I did recently. Trying to just keep drawing and painting every day in my spare time.

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**thespianmonsalvo** · June 9th, 2008, 08:24 PM

This was a speed painting I did recently. Some reference photos used. 30 minutes.

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And this was another 30 minute speed painting.

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**thespianmonsalvo** · June 9th, 2008, 10:49 PM

Speed painting for today. 30 minutes. Used a reference photo.

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Thanks for looking!

**thespianmonsalvo** · June 10th, 2008, 09:06 PM

Painting of the day. Photo used for reference.

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Thanks for looking!

**nickmarshallvfx** · June 11th, 2008, 08:15 AM

Good stuff, keep it up!

Nick

**corza334** · June 11th, 2008, 08:40 AM

Great figure studies, that portrait of Masi Oka is insane! Only realised it was a paint when I read the description, 200+ hours - thats commitment

Anyway, keep it up! Looking forward to updates

**cout<mecha** · June 11th, 2008, 03:40 PM

Nice stuff. Looks like you are getting some really good skills. And like your character designs thus far.

**thespianmonsalvo** · June 11th, 2008, 05:03 PM

Wow, thanks for all the great comments so far, everyone! I'll keep posting as soon as I get more stuff done.

**thespianmonsalvo** · June 13th, 2008, 09:59 AM

Here is some stuff I did yesterday for a tabletop RPG we're creating for a school project.

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**smuli** · June 13th, 2008, 10:28 AM

Good job with the figures and PS colouring! With PS, working with a bigger brush would make things easier and do good to the look of your paintings though. First block with base colours using a brush that looks way too large and go on from that. That female nude seems to have a pretty inconsistent lighting too. You could benefit from trying to think about the figure as a set of planes like loomis teaches (link, link) and you'll get the light, midtone and shadow in the right places. Pen work and hatching looks great. Keep at it!

**thespianmonsalvo** · June 13th, 2008, 02:49 PM

Thanks for the feedback, Smuli. I'll look over the Loomis stuff and practice that to get consistent lighting. I'll also start working w/a large brush to start with. That's typically what I'll do and then go in after the initial colors are laid down to add some detail.

**thespianmonsalvo** · June 20th, 2008, 12:22 AM

A painting I did in class today. We got to paint directly onto our tablets with a model in front of us, which I thought was really cool.

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And this is a concept for a new game we're working on for another school project. It's a masked angel.

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Thanks for looking!

**thespianmonsalvo** · June 20th, 2008, 05:40 PM

Another character concept for my new project. This is of a demon class.

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**Xinga** · June 20th, 2008, 05:58 PM

Good sense of human anatomy

Good pictures, keep it up!

**thespianmonsalvo** · June 21st, 2008, 07:20 PM

Xinga, thank you!

Here is another concept for the game I'm working on. This is for a heavy demon class.

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**thespianmonsalvo** · June 21st, 2008, 11:59 PM

And this is another angel class concept.

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Thanks again!

**thespianmonsalvo** · July 4th, 2008, 04:28 PM

This is an in-class painting from a model. This took an hour and was a new technique I used in which I started with a black canvas and erased where I wanted it to be white.

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**thespianmonsalvo** · August 25th, 2008, 02:08 AM

This is a weapon concept for a project I'm working on. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. Not sure about colors yet.

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**thespianmonsalvo** · September 16th, 2008, 01:16 PM

I know I haven't updated in a while, so here's a bunch of stuff I've been working on for my DFS. The theme is Sci Fi Incan, and there's some creature concepts, some environment speedpaintings, some character costume mockups, and some vehicle thumbnails, and a weapon modelsheet. Enjoy!
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**thespianmonsalvo** · September 16th, 2008, 06:04 PM

Still messing around with this enviro. Experimenting mostly, but I think I have an idea of where I want to go with this.

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Thanks for looking!

**amlejo9** · September 18th, 2008, 03:21 PM

Your doing great. You have come a long way. The Machu Picchu Weapon is amazing. The environment is getting stronger from your first example to this last one. The only thing I could say to work on is clean lines. It can help make pieces look stonger, and you really want things to stand out when you put this into a portfolio.

amy

**thespianmonsalvo** · September 18th, 2008, 06:29 PM

I worked a few more hours on my environment. I plan on working most of this weekend on this piece. Thanks for looking!

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