[ste]'s Sketchbook

[NickyBeats]

great value studies man, and its great to see your stuff again! been a while ha, but like i was saying your values are good, but you need to define a focal point. there is a lot of really subtle value shifts which leads to an overall greyed out look. try to incorporate more black and white into your intital layouts or sketches, then blend with greys. but try to keep that overall areas of shadwo vs light in mind while your building up your scales. hope im not stepping on your toes here. just my thoughts. your work is fucking tight man. i just want to see you really push it into the next level

[kingkostas]

really great values!!! keep up the great work

[BlackDelphin]

Awesome drawings in here, as usual. Lets see some more, and even better ones
I really like how this one turned out. The next one as well, though on
this second one i'd suggest a softer edge for the fog. It would give the overall drawing more atmosphere.

Chya!

[SteFlack]

Cheers for the comments guys.

Added some colour the last creature design and here's something quick I did while trying to learn the basics in ZBrush.

[xNatje]

You are a great example of where practice can bring you to!

[SteFlack]

Thanks Natje.

Did some more work on this little guy this morning.

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Just a few Bridgman studies from the weekend.

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Quick creature wip, done in ZBrush.

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Zbursh is hard to put down once you get the hang of it.

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Worked on this guy a bit more this morning.

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More Zbrush.

[ConnyNordlund]

Your 3d stuff is really good! And improving.
The first sculpture here looks really awesome.

Plans on making any full body sculpts or torso-up?

[SteFlack]

Cheers Conny, I'm planning on pushing things a bit further and trying some torso and maybe full body sculpts.

Quick one from this morning.

[PollyBoffin]

W.O.W. (no, not World of Warcraft, an expression of awe is what I mean)

I've checked your entire thread and I'm stunned by the development of your ability to draw humans! Amazing and inspiring. Only thing I can "complain" about, are your horses. Definitely not on par with the rest (the only reason I can point that out is, because horses are the only thing I've studied almost properly XD).

Keep up the great work!

[SteFlack]

Thanks Polly, Yeah the horses suck, I was trying to practice them for a commission. I should make time to study some more.

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[n1frit]

Well done, realistic!

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[kischi]

dude- crazy zbrush stuff man, really great work!

[SteFlack]

Thanks Kischi...

Here's some crappy hand studies.

[llex_paul]

your Zbrush looks cool! Btw, how many hours did one monster takes?

[SteFlack]

Thanks llex_paul. I think I normally spend around 3-4 hours on them over a couple of days.

[NickyBeats]

hey Ste! wow man, these zbrush sculpts are amazing! really nice progress with your 3D work! love the colored renderings too, i think you should play around in the render settings now, and try to get some leyered effects going like sub surface scattering, and play around with the specular highlights and stuff.

[SteFlack]

Cheers Nicky. I'm really enjoying ZBrush, not sure how far I want to take it though. I might try and play about with colour and lighting once I have something worth pushing a little further.

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[toastcrumbs]

Great sculpts man! Just on this page alone you've improved your lighting techniques a lot, really great sketchbook, keep it up!

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Thanks bread crumbs.

Anatomy study...