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**Hideyoshi** · August 27th, 2009, 06:52 PM

ah, those action shots are great! Love the distorted poses!

**meth** · August 27th, 2009, 08:21 PM

Thanks Hideyoshi, glad to see you here

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**forgeman** · August 27th, 2009, 08:29 PM

Beautiful work... I need to practice

**mariusz** · August 27th, 2009, 09:08 PM

Very Very nice work, my favorite are those with Nike

cheers

**meth** · August 28th, 2009, 02:16 PM

thanks Forgeman and mariusz

Hopefully nike series will be continued

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**karikaertan** · August 28th, 2009, 06:05 PM

Good job.I like them all.

**adammelo** · August 28th, 2009, 06:25 PM

The mice fighting the cats are amazingly done, as is the nike piece's Very inspiring!

Sketch back if you'd like...

**_MOTH_** · August 28th, 2009, 06:27 PM

great stuff man
well done

**Lotet** · August 28th, 2009, 06:33 PM

awezome stuff, really love it.

**Ricardo Robles** · August 28th, 2009, 07:11 PM

Wondeful works!!
I love how they come from a fuzzy sketch to a very clean ilustration. the perspectives are amazing!
Keep it up!

**meth** · August 29th, 2009, 09:53 AM

Thanks Karikaertan, adammelo, moth, Lotet and Ricardo, glad you like this works
here is study of 3 point perspective for next concept

and here with texture

now comes painting part

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**Morgado** · August 29th, 2009, 10:03 AM

That's 3d correct?

**meth** · August 29th, 2009, 10:18 AM

No man, pure and beautiful 2d
btw i can show you how, if you are interested?

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**jama** · August 29th, 2009, 01:55 PM

Hi Mateja,

even if i know how to do it in 2D,
you perspective setups drive me crazy))

great work my friend!

**meth** · August 29th, 2009, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by jama

Hi Mateja,

even if i know how to do it in 2D,
you perspective setups drive me crazy))

great work my friend!

He he , J don't be lazy, it's easy, but it's probably easier in 3d.

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**Sept13** · August 29th, 2009, 05:58 PM

Really cool stuff man, your dynamic poses really do it for me!

**Morgado** · August 30th, 2009, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by MatejaPetkovic

No man, pure and beautiful 2d
btw i can show you how, if you are interested?

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Yes definetly! I suppose it is via lasso tool then ^^

**AmbientChroma** · August 30th, 2009, 10:06 AM

Awesome man but the last perspective shot looks kind of flat, I think you exaggerated it to the point where the forms don't hold in 3d anymore hahah. However that might be what you're aiming for so I have no idea, heh. Keep it up bro.

**meth** · August 31st, 2009, 03:25 PM

Thanks Septh13 and AmbientChroma
btw i hope you can "feel" this perspective better now

Morgado here is example of perspective i was talking about(btw i found on this forums same thing. check this link http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=132023)

here is print screen of it

i use line tool(shortcut U) set to 1px and just draw(cool thing is that you can draw on "gray" area outside of image.

Ok, back to nikeman

v.03

Thanks

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**wilkerson** · August 31st, 2009, 03:33 PM

so are the floors on this building made in 3d or painted in photoshop. if the latter how do you keep all the lines straight and clean. this is my problem...

**meth** · August 31st, 2009, 03:57 PM

Wilkerson nothing is 3d, i explained method how you can create perspective in 2d, when you finished with line tool(when you draw with line tool he automaticly create path) then go to path window, right click on it and choose option fill path with foreground color(make sure that you create new layer because once you fill path with foreground color he will do that on selected layer)
After that you just follow those lines or better select wanted area and create mask
Hope this helps, and if you didn't understand feel free to ask

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**meth** · August 31st, 2009, 05:37 PM

update for tonight

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**Morgado** · August 31st, 2009, 06:35 PM

Very cool composition on that last one. The only thing breaking it in my opinion is the far leg. Can't put my finger on why exactly though.

About the perspective setup: I already knew that trick. In fact you can even be more precise if u cross 2 guides where the vanishing point is, and snap the lines on the intersection.
I only thought that image was 3d, not because of the perspective but because of the clean rendering

**meth** · September 2nd, 2009, 05:18 PM

Thanks Morgado
still working on this

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**meth** · September 2nd, 2009, 05:18 PM

Double post

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**Morgado** · September 2nd, 2009, 06:59 PM

Looks much better now

**meth** · September 3rd, 2009, 03:41 PM

update

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**jama** · September 4th, 2009, 07:35 AM

Hey Mateja,

very cool.

**meth** · September 4th, 2009, 02:19 PM

Thanks J, i will finish it tonight

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**DavePalumbo** · September 4th, 2009, 03:51 PM

hey, thanks! checking out your book too, cool stuff. those pieces with the hyper foreshortening are crazy

as far as nudes advice, the thing I'd say is to mind your brush size and strokes. Some areas look choppy where they could have more simplified and larger strokes. Try using the small detail strokes only where necessary in the final stages. Looking at the progression on page 3, there are some areas working better in the middle step than the last step. Also watch those harsh choppy edges. Think of simplified shape, elegant strokes, and gentle warm transitions

I like how you're playing with the color too!