Chris' Book of Doodles and Things

[wokjow]

Your work is mind blowing, keep it up!!!!love the aliens in particular.

[chriskot]

michaeljared: Thanks a lot for the tip. I'll keep that in mind.

MrChow: Thanks. Glad you like it.

wokjow: Thank you very much!


Here's two recent pages from my pencil-and-paper sketchbook. The first is a group of really quick self-portraits I did in the bathroom mirror a few days ago and digitally coloured up today. Probably 5 minutes each, on average. The bottom one is probably the furthest off simply because I wasn't wearing my glasses when I did it. I underestimated my nearsightedness.

The second page just has a few miscellaneous doodles on it. I did the landscape in post #173 based loosely on that quick scribble in the middle.

[chriskot]

Another little alien bug, step-by-step.

[GoGoJojo]

Aww, it's so cute! Looks like a mite.

[chriskot]

Thanks! Mite-like is pretty much what I was aiming for (with a bit of turtle mixed in).


Alright. So I haven't updated in a while because my video card died and my computer went with it. Luckily it was still under warranty so I managed to get a few hundred dollars off of the price of a new, better computer. I still haven't quite finished reinstalling everything, but I have gotten my tablet and Photoshop set back up.

Scans of the things I drew in my computer-free period will come later. For now, here's a little garden gnome.

[chriskot]

Today I reinstalled all of my favourite Photoshop brushes and drew another spaceship with them.

[Legacy Flame]

Those self portraits look great. But im really liking the spaceship and that bug.

[chriskot]

Thanks!


DSG 1551: SOMETHING WITH A COWBOY AND AN ALIEN

Edit: Touched the image up a bit.

[cgaddict]

Very creative works you have here, the bug is especially well done.

[chriskot]

Thanks cgaddict!

Here's another sheet of hands I did a couple of weeks ago.

[chriskot]

Made some improvements to the ship image.

[chriskot]

A portrait of t i m.

[chriskot]

Spaztastic.

[chriskot]

Quick leporidae studies (rabbits & hares), and a sloppy picture of myself drawing a sloppy picture of myself drawing a sloppy picture of myself, etc., etc. (touched up in Photoshop)

[chriskot]

Another enviro. I don't think I'm quite done with it yet.

[chriskot]

A photostudy and two little still life pictures (an apple on a table and some batteries on a couch). They all feel a little too flat for my liking.

[chriskot]

I did a couple of portraits of my friend Tyler. Ref'd from one of the promo pics for a pretty cool band that he is in.

[Jamie Romoser]

fresh sketchbook you have going here
really dig those still lifes man
keep it up and keep having fun
till next time
-Jamie

[Legacy Flame]

Nicely going Chriskot. Those portraits are looking good.

[chriskot]

Thanks guys!

Here's a WIP for C.O.W. #175 - Great White Carnivorous Worm With Young

[chriskot]

Update on the C.O.W.

[chriskot]

Okay, I think it's pretty much done now. My first finished CA contest entry since COW #103! I think I've improved a bit since then.

[xinranliu]

I really enjoy the rough handling in some of your sketches! However some of your pieces might lack a bit of edge variation (especially with Unsharpen Mask, which eliminates a lot of the nice soft edges).

[carboncillo]

wow, the first painting in #165 is very impressive and i get goose skin viewing it. it reminds me the film 2001 space odyssey.
very cool, very good, go on!

[chriskot]

xinranliu: Thanks! I definitely agree about the edge thing. Recently I've been trying fix that to an extent by going over certain areas with a soft brush after I've sharpened it. Still working on a better solution though.

carboncillo: Many thanks!


Here's a little experiment I did a few minutes ago. Also, the voting is on for C.O.W. #175 now, so get over there and vote for your favourite!

[chriskot]

A city doodle, and my current progress on COW #176: "Red Eyed Woolly Spotted Howler". I still need to add all of the environmental stuff and effects necessary to make it look dynamic.

[chriskot]

My entry for COW176 is complete! Voting should begin either later today or early tomorrow.

[chriskot]

Some sketches for COW #177 (which I almost definitely will not finish), a doodle with a giant octopus, and an alien fish I made last night to test out a very cool little program called Sculptris.

[Gthm/death]

cool creatures man........

[chriskot]

Thanks.

Little things from the last few days: