Vesh-a-Sketch - Updated April 30th

**htkpeh** · January 7th, 2012, 06:02 PM

can`t say anything new to you^^
just awesome
well done!!!

**Veshkau** · January 7th, 2012, 08:30 PM

cw: Thanks! I'd recommend just doing some small greyscale thumbnails and try to keep the fore, mid and background sections as different values. I had the same issue not too long ago, it takes some getting used to coming from mostly doing characters.

ginART: Ty!

xbert: Hahah thanks!

htkpeh: Ty! Love your work btw

Been working on another landscape tonight, but this one is from imagination with some very general reference. Still a way to go with these but it's an improvment I think. Trying to avoid the muddy colours, and vary my edges and while trying to commit what types of brushes to use for different surfaces to memory.

**insane lemur** · January 7th, 2012, 08:45 PM

the landscapes/environments are looking great! great surface

**Alrap** · January 7th, 2012, 08:58 PM

Creative... Fantastic... Awesome SB.

**Pedro Ferreira** · January 7th, 2012, 09:19 PM

just pure awesome...
ps:your paintings like in the last post ,have some grain type of texture,how to do you do that?
cheers!

**Veshkau** · January 8th, 2012, 11:03 AM

Thanks guys.

pgf95: The noise texture is from "Filter -> Noise -> Add noise" in Photoshop. I usually do this on a new merged layer and then mask out the parts I don't want. I've just recently started using this, so i'm probably overdoing it a bit at the minute!

I did some metal material studies a while back, inspired by one that Matt Kohr (thanks Matt!) did in his sketchbook many moons ago.. anyways, I've decided to start doing these more often and keep them for reference. I'll add some notes where I can based on my observations which will hopefully be helpful to someone. If I've got anything wrong or you've noticed something I haven't I'd love to know. Here's first one..

Magma

The most molten part gives off the most light and appears slighly blurred due to the heat
The black "islands" are where the lava has started to cool and become more solid. These areas have some specularity and are far more rounded than typical rock. They're also raised slightly above the molten material below, since they're floating on top of it.
The hottest areas have fewer solid formations. As we move away from the hot-spots there are more of them and they begin to join together.
The cooler lava has the highest saturation and is strewn between the black rock "islands". These areas also have the most visible texture to them.

**Veshkau** · January 8th, 2012, 12:59 PM

Magma flow...

**NickyBeats** · January 8th, 2012, 08:10 PM

awesome! crap that reminds me that i had planned to do a bunch of those too when i saw Matt's post as well! i saved a ton of material ref, and of course promptly forgot why the hell i was even searching for them! haha thanks for the reminder!

plus these look bomb dude! very nice.

**Psychobuddy** · January 8th, 2012, 09:55 PM

Well, let me just say...you have beautiful balls.

**Ray Dillon** · January 8th, 2012, 11:05 PM

Awesome work!!!

**Veshkau** · January 8th, 2012, 11:12 PM

Hahah thanks guys, here's a leathery one.

Fairly specular.
The surface is split into a pattern of raised interlocking "rounded warped diamond" shapes with fillets between them.
These shapes are connected together into a sort of web.
Sets of near-parallel lines which run across the material where it's been folded. These lines fit into the fillets between segments.

I'll probably do another version of this soon, I only realised some of my mistakes after finishing it.

**prsnsweeney** · January 9th, 2012, 01:06 AM

holy shit man that landscape at the top looks awsome great colors and really nice texture to it im assuming it was done in photoshop but it has a nice traditional feel to it

**Velocity Kendall** · January 9th, 2012, 01:09 AM

this guy kicks ass!

**Veshkau** · January 10th, 2012, 03:17 PM

Velocity Kendall: Thanks!
prsnsweeney: Ty! Yup, was done in Photoshop.

Quick portrait practice from ref. After painting in colour greyscale is like a big cuddly bear who's had his claws, jaws and gun removed. Nice stress relief...

**Veshkau** · January 10th, 2012, 08:38 PM

Arms! Using some zbrush models as reference

**Nubian_Greene** · January 10th, 2012, 09:08 PM

great portrait,good edge work in there!

**millkito03** · January 10th, 2012, 09:16 PM

hey there, great work! i still love that COW entry! great idea, and comp. lots of dynamism in your work! keep at it!
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**Veshkau** · January 11th, 2012, 09:56 AM

Some mini photo studies...

**gurzy** · January 11th, 2012, 10:41 AM

oh hell no why oh why did I stumble upon ur sketchbook before going to bed. damnnnn uuuu T.T to much AWESOME asfgwhaoihawhoah

**Seaport** · January 11th, 2012, 12:52 PM

Great sketchbook looks like I'm going to have to start from the beginning

**Voodoo_Mama** · January 11th, 2012, 02:08 PM

Great updates! Loving the landscapes and the material studies

**warburton** · January 11th, 2012, 02:19 PM

Wow dude, seriously awesome stuff here. Latest stuff is amazing, i'm very envious of your skills ;D
Thanks for sharing you stuff man.

**Rob Powell** · January 11th, 2012, 03:44 PM

Man, you just keep kicking arse! Keep doing these studies, mate! Great inspiration!

**Nele Klumpe** · January 11th, 2012, 03:58 PM

Uhh, so much eyecandy in here! I really like your brushwork in the portrait. Also the landscape from memory.
And the material studies look very interesting too, seems like a good study, might have to try that as well

**Veshkau** · January 11th, 2012, 09:19 PM

Thanks for all the kind comments - much appreciated. Here's a few more mini-studies. I'm limiting myself to only the round brush with adjusted softness, focusing on the colours, depth and large edges..

**Veshkau** · January 12th, 2012, 08:28 AM

Ragnaros colour study in prep for a piece of fan art I'm planning. Same drill - only hard and soft round brushes and focusing on the edges and colours. Using some in-game and modelviewer screenshots as reference for this. (oh and that's why I've been doing magma material studies of course

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**Darius-sama** · January 12th, 2012, 11:12 AM

Your studies are so beautiful! I really enjoyed looking them through.

**Veshkau** · January 12th, 2012, 01:07 PM

Ty Darius-sama!

Here's some very rough thumbnails for the Ragnaros fan art. Any feedback on these would be appreciated!

**MightCrawler** · January 12th, 2012, 01:16 PM

I'm really looking forward seeing the fanart, all this studies makes me want to see more of the real piece

keep rocking

**Raffix** · January 12th, 2012, 01:37 PM

sick sick sick!! the lizard dude is so rad - one thing i would say is his left foot is turned inwards too much, making the stance look a little awkward and uncomfortable.

really looking forward to seeing the ragnaros piece - my personal favourite comp is number 1. number 2 is sick and would make the scale of of the piece look great but i dont think the above view will show enough of the character.

paintover of my first point - i feel a bit cheeky because you are a lot sicker than me but hopefully it might be a little bit helpful:

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