Lateman SB - dat update!

[zweiDee]

nice first pencilz! do more of that...

cheerz

[Toastermadness]

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You're fucking amazing. Way to make me feel like I need to get my ass in gear. Hardly older than you and I still suck! Jeez. Keep up the work with your pencil sketches, they're lookin' fiiiiiine and sexy. Do you do environments often? I'd love to see you post something like that.

[Rushlord]

Hey geiles Update. Deine Zeichnungen sind hammer. Hättest du vielleicht Lust mit mir und ein paar anderen am Team Chow III Wettbewerb teilzunehmen, wenn du die Zeit findest. Ich sehe es als ne gute Gelegenheit voneinander zu lernen.

[Novbert]

...i think my problem is that i what to be the best, and i go fastly frustradet if things dont happen to me like they should. i think i try realy a lot of workflows without im realy recodnising this. the effekt: i find no own style. im allways jumping arround. no too easy for me thanks alot for your comment.

Well, man, I guess we all get through this kind of frustration from time to time. Wanting to be the best is a good way to motivate yourself - but wanting to create a masterpiece every time you grab a stylus (or a pencil) is just a bad habit. You know that's actually a good reason to go back to traditional - I mean maybe it's just me, but I realized that I don't bother too much if my pencil or pen sketches doesn't turn out so damn awesome. While working with traditional tools you can easily accept that you have limitations unlike digital painting.
About finding your own style - that's an issue I'm also struggling with, but now I think it's not just something that comes to you inevitably if you draw enough. I think you should consciously set a goal and go towards it. Your style defines you in other peoples' eyes so choosing a style equals choosing the way people will see you. And you certaily have an idea of how you want to be seen.
Choosing a style also means that you set limitations for yourself. Limitations of theme, of toolset, of color scheme, level of realism/rendering etc. The only question is: what limits want you to be your identifying ones?
Tough question though...

About your recent stuff: pencils look promising that demon guy also, but it lacks definite light source and it looks kinda flat. I rechecked your previous works and i realized that shading, defining light sources, drawing cast shadows is not your strong point. Maybe you should do more shading studies.
Keep on sketchin'

[Euphemism]

I....

I'm just repsonding to the awesome things I've seen on the first page of this thread, like, like, the scheming aliens, and, and a Zombie Orca Whale.

A ZOMBIE ORCA WHALE.

Mind if I subscribe to you?

[Quinn Simoes]

Amazing progress since I last saw your work!

Looking forward to what you come up with next.

[Dibujio::Guru]

Wow
Lateman ..
What a great SB man you have some great character design man and understand what you have learn and with that you will be even greater in the next year or so.With hard work and more studies you will get that special email and or call from Blizzard(Awesome Dream) so just start marketing yourself and you will get there for sure.

GOOD LUCK MAN!!

[Lateman]

hey guys sry for the big lagg of updates but im very buisy. will comment later. just uploading the "finished" demon thing. cant see this shit-image anymore. looked to long on it. sucks ...

enjoy

cheers lateman

[Gorgoleon]

Woot you got a new sketchbook!? Your digi stuff has come a long way since last i looked! Impressive!

[Rushlord]

Sieht fett aus, auch wenn du das sicher anders siehst. Das ist nunmal das Leid eines Künstlers, dass er schnell die Schnauze voll hat von der eigenen Arbeit, weil er sie jeden Tag sieht . Ich freu mich schon auf weitere Updates.

[Lateman]

so last update for today. how i said will reply later this evening

[Lateman]

replytime

@ zweiDee: Danke! yo ich hab noch n paar freshe auf petto hehe, kommen nach weihnachten über meinen zukünftigen neuen scanner.

@ Toastermadness: thanks alot for stopping by mate! yeah i do some other stuff but at the moment i aint got time for eating ... its 20:34 and i still have eaten nothing... will come for that when i got more time

@ Rushlord: schön zu hören! ja zu dem chow dingsda: siehe pm sry, sonst gerne!

@ Novbert: Thans aggain for your detailed critique! yeah youre right with some of my paintings. i allways just set some ambientl ightsoure and dont realy bother about it. i think thats the mistake ... i dont think that im not able to work this out. but i realy should watch closer on it and i hope my latest update of that demon isnt that flat anymore.

@ Euphemism: hehe ... youre cute thanks and no, i dont mind!

@ Quinn Simoes: yeah thanks mate, nice to hear that! visit me more often. youre a awesome artist!

@ Gorgoleon: haha nice to see you aggain in my hood yo! hehe. would nice if you been here more often dude

@ Rushlord: danke danke.ya das ist der fluch den man hat ...

@ Dibujio::Guru: thx! im pleased to hear that. and aslo thanks for all the luck you wish me! ill need it

so tomorrow there will be an update on that lizard shit thing. Hold the line!!!

cheers,

Lateman

[Gorgoleon]

I will definantly be here now that ive found this second book!

[Lateman]

still wip

cheers lateman

[HumbleEgo]

Hey man, thanks for the visit.

Good stuff overall happening here.

Couple notes:
On you most recent piece, anatomy feels a little off. Mostly because you applying human muscle structure to a quadraped. I find it helpful to reference other 4-legged creatures for this purpose so your fantasy creature has a realistic base.

For example, you could study the Komodo dragon, or alligator:


But, perhaps that's not buff or dynamic enough for this guy. In that case, looking at canine muscles may help (pitbulls are like good for this since they're so ripped and short-haired you can see what's going on.):




Hope this helps!

[Lateman]

hey guys,

@humble ego: thanks alot for your detailed critique. youre totally right with the anathomie. the photos show me the hard mistakes. but i dont whanted to make it too dogish ... more like a lizard dragon shit.

at the moment im at my old town with my fam. chillin ... cause of hollydays. maybe i get better work down when i just relax my brain a while.

thaks for the support!

lateman

[erdbeerfeldheld]

Heyho lateman, den Drachen könntest du noch ein bisschen besser in den Hintergrund integrieren. Er schwebt ein bisschen davor und sieht an einigen Stellen flach aus (z.B. die Schnauze). Das was weiter weg vom Betrachter ist, könnte eine etwas softere Kante haben.

Nen guten Rutsch wünsche ich!

[Lateman]

hey ho guys ... finally i got sum updates for you people ... im not very happy with it but better than posting nothing

now i will post regulary

cheers lateman (thanks for the critiques)

[Lyno]

Hi Lateman, how are you man? Nice update, really nice. For Lucifer, I think his chest muscles are a bit too high?

Anyway, looking forward to more updates , and yeah, check pm .

[Lateman]

thanks lyno! yeah this pic actually sucks majorballs ... will remove it - dunno know why i uploadet this shit.

but some new enemie design: still WIP

enjoy

cheers lateman

[Lateman]

noone?

[Toastermadness]

I think it looks sweet. I wouldn't want to bump into him in a dark alleyway.. I hope you finish it and let us see.

[Rushlord]

Coole Updates wie ich finde. Ich find ja Skelettkrieger grundsätzlich genial und deinen erst recht. Wirklich gute Arbeit. Ich hoffe du kannst bald mal wieder was von der Arbeit posten.

[ZhouPeng]

so cool you are~ i like your sketches~ they are very strong and give me great expressions~
keep your post up, i just want to see more~~~
cheers~

[Lateman]

hey guys, sry for the big lagg of updates but i where very buisy at the moment. thanks alot for your critiques and comments

lateman

so here sum little updates:

just some equipmentdesigns and a little tauren stuff shit wip

[Sebastian Gromann]

taurus and weapon-shapes are looking awesome thight man ! \/

hope to see some more kev

[Gorgoleon]

Looking good lateman! Your latest digital characters rock!

[Lyno]

Things looking sweet man! Nice.

[Lateman]

hay guys, thanks for the positive feedback!

snobby: thank you mate!

gorgoleon: im glad you like it man

lyno: oh thanks, hope we'll do some awesome work together soon !!

got just a little wip update

cheers lateman

[Lateman]

update