d-CepTs doodles

[YihyoungLi]

Nice update. The color and lighting seem spot on--very convincing. I don't mean the sketch has to be more detailed, but the shapes of your brushstrokes could be more informative. The chest/pectoral area and the trapezius are vague/muddy; perhaps simplifying the shapes.

Gogogo!

[Spaggen]

Really nice sketchbook. What an improvement since you started this book. I especially like the studies from the movies and the nightmare guy. Keep up the great work!

[dCepT]

Sorknes: Thanks! Yeah, the movie studies are fun and a great learning experience IMO! I'll definately keep doing 'em.. plan is to do enough of 'em to have the things I learn creep into my work from imagination.. hehe

Onir: Thanks for the crits! Yeah, the hair/temples transition was a problem area for sure.. Maybe I should've worked it a bit more.. I kinda liked that the edge of the hair disappeared against the dark background.. maybe if I defined the hairline against his skin it would've read better?

mariusz: Dood! Been a little while! Hope everything's great in your neck of the woods! I hadn't seen Interview in a while.. definitely cool re watching that.. awesome piece of film! Too bad they really hammed it up with the sequel

YihyoungLi: Thanks! Really good point about the chest and trapezius.. especially the trapezius looking at it now..heh.. definitely something to keep in mind for the next one!

Spaggen: Tack tack Hope I continue making wortwhile stuff! btw: CA kinda bugged out on me when I replied to your PM.. let me know if you haven't gotten an answer!


Do I did another Nightmare character.. they're fun! Less zbrush and more photoshop this time.. I'm definitely a photoshop dood and no 3d sculptor.. Diggin' on painting way more than 3D.. haha.. that being said; zBrush is the most organic and direct method I've ever tried for 3d modelling! Always good to have more tools to work with



Hope ya like!

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[Spaggen]

Oh, that thing is even cooler than the other guy. I can see a small smiling face on his "head", did you do it with purpose?

Keep it up man!

[SMILEFACE]

THAT WOLVERINE IS WHERE ITs AT AN THESE NIGHTMARE CREATURES ARE FREAK'N WICKED ROCK ON BRU'THA MAN

[dCepT]

Spaggen: Nah.. not on purpose.. hehe.. Cool that you saw it though! Happy mistake I guess

Granny: Thanks for droppin' in!! YOU ROOOCCKKK! Glad you dig the Nightmare creatures! They're mad fun.. haha.. here's anutha!

Figured the first two are sorta armour/gear deprived so if this was for a game, those guys would be low level enemies.. here's a slight level up with some bone-ish armour goin' on.. also he's pissed


I'll do my rounds next week and drop by all of you guys' SB's! Gotta head home from the office now, and I haven't gotten the interwebz up at my new place yet. Have a great weekend guys!

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[SMILEFACE]

HAHA YER A LEVELED UP NIGHTMARE mmWWWHHAAAHHHAAAAA!!!!!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Still I have yet to see you on a sunday sketchcrawl. Tsk tsk tsk

I am leaving for the lands to the west tomorrow, but join the gang on sunday and put some lines on paper

-E

[Dile_]

from the last page judging i think you will get a lot from doing a really long study where you focus on planes and form only.. You're putting a dozen of suggestive brushstrokes even when using reference.. be more patient if you need too and try not to be satisfied with the first value/color that you pick from the colorpicker.. there are a billion colors in there so its unlikely that you'll get the right one at your first pick :p but yeah.. spend more times with your planes... you are 'supposed' to spend more time on your studies, so that when you make it from your head.. it comes naturally...!

been a long time since i posted in here.. and you've come a long way! nice to see

[AmbientChroma]

Keep pushin' dude

[hp]

just a crit that the veiny things look a little flat on his tummy

dude your rendering's getting way better!

[Sorknes]

Haha, I can that he's pissed! ^^

Nice ones, keep working that pen, and do more updates!

[dCepT]

Spect: hahah! Yep! Maybe I should do an über-boss-nightmare as well

Mischeviouslittleelf: Are you back yet? I can't this upcoming sunday, but maybe next weekend?

Dile_: Thank you! Really! Awesome crit, and spot on! I'll definately work on it!

AmbientChroma: Pushin!

hp: Thanks! Good point about the veiny stuff

Sorknes: I'll try to update more!

Sorry all for being so infrequent.. lot going on both at work and otherwise.. got a bit of art I can't show yet, but it's a really fun project! Gonna meet with some people about in a couple of weeks we hope.. I hope I'll be back with balloons and cookies for everyone after the meeting.. hehe

[EDIT] Woohoo! New page! [/EDIT]

A little art:

Had this idea of a fantasy setting Gears of War.. Marcus-ish..hehe







And some posemaniacs from this morning



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[Slash]

what's this? AN UPDATE? Dayum. I'mma go outside and shoot me some bacon out of the sky!

Cool stuff! As i was saying on msn, the chick looks kinda retarded with her eyes far apart like that. Also get ref for the ear and make it a little more refined. Her jawline is also quite masculine, and that is reinforced by the somewhat unfortunate makeup job.. sorry to be blunt but it makes it look like a 5 o' clock shadow. a different color might help remedy that assosiation.

lovin' on the stalin!

Pax ex.

[tobbA]

These look great. Major improvement since page one

[dCepT]

Slash: Thanks dood! Great crit, on point and brutal! Dig it! Gonna do a redux of that one and get rid of unwanted facial hair and make that ear look good.. maybe she should stay a tard, though? Maybe a little less chin.. haha.. okokok I'll fix the eyes as well!

tobbA: Thanks man! Glad you like!

Ok, so I entered the "When We Left Earth" challenge over at It's Art.. here's a little WIP-y action.. I totally need practice doing environments, so that's why I chose it for the challenge. The ellipses on the rocket are buggin' the shit outta me, so if you guys have any good pointers, paintovers or other goodness, I'm all ears!

Thanks for lookin'!



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[YihyoungLi]

Awesome update. I'm really surprised--those color studies really paid off because the three character portraits are great. Slash pointed out some issues in the second one; the color bones are wonky too it wouldn't hurt to use some references.

The lighting in the environment is great. Perhaps introducing some cooler colors into the shadows. Also, the perspective of the rocket is off right now; double check the where it connects to the ground and where the parts are connected (the three dark lines).

Keep it up!

[hp]

i think the yellow structure is a bit too straight on. you need more references to scale too IMO, at the moment it's looking a bit miniature-esque. also i think you need to decide on a focal point (most likely the rocket) and darken other parts of the piece in relation so it stands out more. keep us posted!

[Junpei]

whoa! over 50 pages and I can really see the improvement!

[Spaggen]

Yea, the improvement since the beginning of this SB is huge, and I can clearly see that in your last updates. Keep 'em coming man!

[Carnifex]

i'd say leave the eyes,i mean,there are women like that...but the rest of the face (or particularly chin) does indeed look very male. the general's looking very good,could use abit finer details on the face though,to contrast with the rather loosely kept jacket (which works very nice in contrast).

[Onir]

Hey dCept! Sorry for not stopping in so much recently that'll change though! Great looking characters, really nice rendering and personality in all of them. I'm with Carnifex honestly, I like the woman's eyes how they are; right now they seem to change and reflect a sterner, more imposing sorta person (not sure if that's what you were going for of course). The only thing I would change about her eyes are the directions of her pupils, they sorta making her look a little cock-eyed. Otherwise great job with them once again, nice gestures too!

Very cool environment, I really like the direction you are taking it. I'm really enjoying the detail you put in spots throughout the piece, the sepia tone and the overgrown vines on the buildings and train are a really nice touch. A crit I'd offer is that the train looks a bit big (at least in comparison to the building next to the rocket); might just be me though hehe. Either way keep workin it, looks good so far!

[SMILEFACE]

HAHA MAN YER KILL'N ME now i GOTTA TRAIN EVEN HARDER TO CATCH UP HAHA WICKED WERKS BY THE WAY FANTASY GEARS OF WAR AN POSE MANIACS ARE HOT

[dCepT]

YihyoungLi: Thanks! Good to hear it's doing some good Appreciate the thoughts on the enviro! I'll update that one soon!

hp: All good crits! Will fix it for the next update! Thanks!

Junpei: Thanks!

Spaggen: Keepin' on! Thanks!

Carni: Dude! Thanks for dropping in! Yeah.. Must definately do something about that face

Onir: Glad you like! Thanks for the crits as well man! The ellipses on the rocket are really buggin' me.. gotta take a proper look at it

Grandmassa: Granny!!! Thanks for droppin' in! YOU RRROOOOCK!

COW #159:



Thanks to everyone for looking in!

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[Bloodsbane]

Tjena Norge!

Very juicy stuff, mate. Really digging the Portsmouth resident. If there's one comment I'd make on that one, it's that you could give his eye another once-over. It's such a focal point, but feels much sketchier and less well-defined than the areas around it.

[YihyoungLi]

Woah nice one! The hair really makes it creepier; makes it seem like some experiment on a human gone wrong.

Just some minor crits: the musculature on the back could be more defined, especially in connection to the armpit.

Great pose gesture and design!

[kikindaface]

yup yup ! What's up ! Some nice stuff as usual ! tho the girl with purple 's stuff on the face looks half girl half man ! Maybe you should more study the difference between male and female heads ! Anyway, keep it up !

[hp]

i think the back and knee area could use a little more structure. nice layout! really pro looking.

[Sorknes]

Ta dam, levelling up yourself! Ping!

Love the COW, simple but yet telling a lot.

[dCepT]

Bloodsbane: Tack tack! Yeah, you're right about the eye.. will definitely have a look at it!

YihyoungLi: Thanks man! Glad you like! Good crit too!

Walid D: Hahaha.. that piece was fail.. Think I'll do another and have you guys' crits in mind for that

hp: Thanks! Yeah, seems I've neglected some areas on that one.. I kinda liked it too, so I'll definitely give it another pass!

Sorknes: Levelin' up yourself these days! Thanks for stoipping by!


Yeah.. been a while (lotta my posts start that way, I realize).. got some stuff I can't show yet, as usual.. some of the NDA stuff I can show in January though.. Lotta stuff goin' on! I've quit my job after much deliberation.. I'll be a freelancer come next year.. wish me luck, gang! I really really needed some change in my situation, so I'm cuttin' loose! Hopefully I'll be a lot more active on here as well.. I feel a bit of the drive coming back, so I'm happy about that!

In other news, if any of you guys are in New York, there are three ink drawings hanging in a gallery New York that I've done! It's called climate/gallery and it's located at 37-24 24th street, Suite 406 on Long Island! I'm super stoked that some of my meager attempts at art have made it into a gallery across the pond! In my daze when I sent the things I totally forgot to scan them though... haha.. If they don't sell, I'll scan 'em when I get 'em back.. haha..

Ok.. nuff talk, more art.. just a few sketches in ink washes and markers.. I haven't paid close attention to anything else than having fun with most of these.. getting back into the joy of creating stuff again!



















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