(Far)Quadrant of my Brain

[Farquad]

COW 200! Go check it out and participate!!!! Winner gets their creature picked as the
brand spankin new mascot! http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=203545

[Freddzie]

Absolutely incredible

[Farquad]

Fredzsie: Thanks bro!

Final cow for topic 1:

Edit: oh btw, 6TH PAGE BABY

[jNeumann]

Man these large scale projects are awesome. Keep up the good work.

[APW]

I've been lurking around cow 200 and don't tell anybody but i think u got the land predator in the bag... but shhhhh ! i don't want to discourage the other contestants! haha

[Farquad]

jNeumann: Thanks, I plan on it!

APW: Haha, thanks for the vote of confidence, but don't forget there is
still a few weeks left and hopefully more people will drop in.

Ok, here's my current COW work. Got started on the Guardian.





And the Vrakkore pretty much dunzo:

[NickyBeats]

really sweet work man!! i love how the sceond one is coming out! great pose too!

[Dana_T]

Impressive digital work, keep em coming.

[PaperChaser]

awesome creatures

[Ricardo Robles]

wow i love what you´re doing lately, you are so creative. That rabbit armor is great!
The COW entry is good as well,
keep working like this!

[ranunkel]

Wow, some awesome creatures you got here!

[Lane.]

You have impressive work man! I see lots of wonderful creativity. Where do you go to school?

[Farquad]

NickyBeats: Thanks! I really worked hard on that pose, so I appreciate it.
And thanks for gracing my lowly SB!!

Dana T: Def will.

PaperChaser: Tanks.

Ricardo Robles: Thanks for teh encouragement!!

ranunkel: Glad you like 'em.

Lane: I'm going to RISD. Having loads of fun in my first semester.

Sketches, all over the last day or so:

[NickyBeats]

your lowly sketchbook? dude... this place is my new home for inspiration! last pages of pencil stuff are sick dude!! great designs, really nice detail on some.

[kischi]

man your creatures are just great, the guardian looks fuck..g awesome so far - the colors rock hard. looking forward for more!

[Odayga]

Your insanely amazing. keep it up!

[Jay-Arr]

I love the creature concept sketches in post 163, they remind me of some of John Howe's design from LOTR.

You ain't afraid of using different media, keep it up.

[Farquad]

Nickybeats: Haha, Im glad you think so!! Yeah I'm doing a Sci fi course so that's
where all these creature designs are coming from. It's so much fun.

kischi: Thanks for saying that! Colors are my biggest fear... T.T

Odayga: Thanks! I'm trying.

Jay-Arr: O.o Hmm, never seen them before. Halfta chem 'em out. And yeah,
art school is kinda forcing me to try different media, and I'm infinitely thankful for that.


Update on the Sky Guard:



And random sketch:

[Riox]

Holy shit this is a brilliant thread, definatly bookmarking this . Your C.O.W entires are looking amazing, particulary the Sky Guard creature.

Loving it, keep updating!

[Farquad]

Riox: Thanks for all the kind words! Hope to see you around more!

Mo' Sky Gaurdian.

[Forrest_I]

wow! You're artwork is absolutely breathtaking. You truly inspire me, don't stop posting

[mrd33ds]

ur sketcbook is great my friend. i dont really know what to say except ur a ballar and please keep it up.

[Farquad]

Forrest_I: O.o Such kind words! Thanks.

mrd33ds: Sweet dawg! Hope i can keep this momentum i've got going!

Update. This is taking me so long. T.T

[Acki]

So freaking awesome.... wish I could render things in that way. Keep it up!

cheers, acki

[Nemome]

Hey!

Your creatures are looking really awesome!
I like your use of textures in your digital paintings. They are really looking right placed.

Keep it up!

[Zat]

great creatures, and this last piece, amazing, great use of colors.
really nice job

[kischi]

yea turned out really nice man, I really like the creature and the color of it but I would do something with the backgroundcolor to let it pop some more. and what happend with its wings?
avatar example: http://blaberize.com/wp-content/uplo...paper-blog.jpg

cheers

[Farquad]

Acki: Thanks!

Silwynar: Thanks for that. I always worry they come out looking too formulaic. :/

Zat: Tanks you!

kischi: Haha, the wings were taken out for the time being cuz i didn't really feel
like I had done anything worthwhile for them. I wanted to care about them, you know?
so now I put them back in and I'm happy(er).And I tried your advice on the background.
Lemme know what you think. As for your avatar ref, I'm not sure what you're getting at
(besides the fact that I've stolen many ideas from it lol). Elaborate?

Pretty finished:

[NickyBeats]

this came out awesome dude!! really nice work bro!

couple tiny things that jump out at me. first off, i think the reflection in that small stream, is sort of coming off as almost translucent, like were eeing through the stream? i think the ridge of it could be darker , with maybe a few splashes, to show that its a waterfall. also, i think you could reflect some of his nice colors into the stream a bit.

great job on the rest of it though. nice atmospheric fog, i love the grass, and you kept the focus nice and tight, although i wouldnt mind seeing those wings with a bit of blur over them. but really nice work man! keep it up!

[Odayga]

Diggin it. Came out awesome!!!