3/02 |29 Demo's from an Idiot| *Video's - PSD's - Processes* (Nudity)(56kBeware!)

[Idiot Apathy]

Animated Gif, Extensively Layered PSD!
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Another *cough* figure study from photo reference. Been doing these a lot looser than before, no more measuring! Just getting right too it. Enjoying the freedom this allows me, the extra expression it allows as well, not only in brushstrokes but with a shorter amount of time spent on these I of course feel freer to mess around. I'm rambling, time for sleep I think.

Face is bunk, min told me the texture made it even more bunk too. Lots of other bunkness too... Hehe, o'well all in the name of experimentation.

Crutches used;
Canvas just below reference.

PSD: Lots more steps and other things to see in here, larger too!
http://www.divshare.com/download/20983-cab

[Infinit]

"Another *cough* figure study from photo reference."

that's what it's called when you are looking at porn and you gf comes in, you pretend to draw her and and have to do it now cause she'll be asking for the final piece

great again
but I liked it better without the applied texture

[Idiot Apathy]

SHHHHHH!

Yeah, texture may have been a mistake - but it's through rampant experimentalism that we learn ... about mistakes. And the best mistakes are those we learn from... I think I was trying to cover up some sloppy brushwork actually. But messing with textures is fun too.

[sve]

Very nice tutorials, all of them, I learn a lot looking at them. I'm very impressed. Nice similarity too with the portrait ref. You got it all, Tom, you just need to discipline yourself about saturation . You are overusing it in your enviros and cartoons., IMO. Everything is focal point, you don't allow your viewer to have a moment of rest on something soft and indefinite.
Figure painting from ref and tutorial of enviro, ( although it is still too loud, well, they are nice in this sense.

[Idiot Apathy]

Thanks Sveta! Glad that you are getting something out of them. Haha, discipline with saturation? I like eye burning colors. I do know what you mean though, Mr. Blonde has been on me for the same thing. I'm started to experiment with it more and more, but there is always a place for eye burning colors I think. Cheers!

Update below!

[Idiot Apathy]

Extensively (way too many) layered PSD!
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From my recent love affair with photo montaged robots.



Download: http://www.divshare.com/download/50689-a42

[mrgrumble]

smitten with these robots mate! they're such a fresh use of the media, not to mention inventive step beyond the whole rehash of ashwood popbots around! You make my mustache whiskers go all pointy!!!

[lennon]

I was watching your second demo (probably you have moved forward, and have no interest in this), but I was thinking that it would be great if from that aerial view, you show, blurred, and behind the clouds, some ground. You know, houses and farm deliniations, of the ground far far away.
Anyway, as I said you probably have moved forward.

PS: It's great to see someone that make a real step-by-step, and I apriciated much.
Probably I'll came again to make you some anoynng questions.

[supersalenco]

Hey dude thanks for these tutorials, are very useful to learn and improve our skills.

[Maestro Andres]

Impressive amount of tutorials you have here man. I will be looking at them now, thanks for posting them!

[Jamaludin]

Thanks allot, humongous amount of thanks ! These help so much, they're really really of great use, thanks for your trouble ! Now first step is buy me a new Wacom, do many of you use a tiny one A6 or A5 or is everyone drawing on bigger Tablets ?

[liam.c]

nice man this is great thread !

[Idiot Apathy]

mrgrumble: Thanks tim I've said it before but I'll say it again, so much fun.

Lennon: Yeah, for sure; I can see that. Glad you liked the demos, more than happy to answer any and all annoying questions that I can

supersalenco: No problem man, really pleased they can help some people a bit

armaldon: Thanks man, glad you are enjoying them!

Jamaludin: Great! Really happy people are getting some use out of these. I was worried at first. Tablet? If you have the money go for Intuos3 6x8, bigger is a matter of taste/opinion. If you are broke, buy a Graphire4 - I used a Graphire 2 4x5 for years and didn't have any problems. But I love my Intuos

Liam.C: Hey man! You've really been kicking ass lately, cheers and thanks!



Working on some more videos right now, trying to figure out optimal compression vs quality etc etc. Later then!

[Idiot Apathy]

Demo's By IdiotApathy
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Part One Music by:
Assassin
http://www.livinastro5000.com/
Album: Touche d'espoir
Track: Touche d'espoir
Part Two Music by:
Tycho
http://tychomusic.com/
Album: Past is Prologue
Track: The Disconnect
Part Three Music by:
Loop!Station
http://www.loopthis.com/
Album: Balance on What
Track: Theory of Noise
Tycho
http://tychomusic.com/
Album: Past is Prologue
Track: Sunrise Projector
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Notes: You will need the capability to decompress .RAR files. Codecs are included in each .RAR. For this set there are 2 codecs, parts 1-2 use the CamStudio Codec; parts 2-4 use the msu-sc Codec. Both codecs are lossless however the msu has a smaller file size and better capture I believe. Installation is very simple. Videos are sped up, exact times I don't know. One or two of the files doesn't seek as well as I would like it to, but the issue is fixed in later videos.

Working on the balance between quality, file size and duration. These three are lossless, 100% quality, working resolution and rather quick duration 5-10 minutes but the file size for each .RAR is between 40-55mb. Give me any feedback you may have, too short? too big? Bear with me, still figuring all this out.
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Sketch by Bumskee:
http://www.minart.net/
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46487
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Part One:
Hair/Beginning of Clothing
http://www.divshare.com/download/92031-175

Part Two:
Clothing
http://www.divshare.com/download/98929-a92

Part Three:
Clothing/Polish
http://www.divshare.com/download/98945-4b2

PSD - For a closer look - 100% Res:
http://www.divshare.com/download/98964-493

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There is also a part 4, but it's perhaps not so interesting and adding a background made the file size go jumbo.

[mrgrumble]

Hey budsky - this is me being sincere for a tick: you have no idea how much these have helped me! i knew pretty much diddly when i started doing digital a few months back, and these have really brought me a long ways! cheers for the new goodies! as helpful as always
timmy

[Idiot Apathy]

Great man, I've very happy they've had an effect. I'll have another one up soon. Cheers!

[Idiot Apathy]

Demo's By IdiotApathy
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Notes: You will need the capability to decompress .RAR files. Codec is included in .RAR file. This is unfortuneatly is only 1/4th or 2/5th's away from being the complete demo. Let's just say, technical error for the last part . Demo is of course sped up again (360%), hope it's not too fast for you; if it is I recommend a video player such as BSPlayer that can slow playback. Still working on the balance between size, resolution, duration and of course quality. So far the MSU codec is king. Cheers!
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Sketch by Bumskee:
http://www.minart.net/
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46487
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Part One: Sketch to Block in to Face
http://www.divshare.com/download/101609-533 (Corrupted?)
http://www.divshare.com/download/109847-783 (New Up)

Part Two: More Face to just about Finished Clothing.
http://www.divshare.com/download/101593-402

PSD: Take a closer look with multiple layers
http://www.divshare.com/download/101618-5f8

Edit: Forgot to add, this isn't how I usually start things; rather using multiply as a sort of glaze is something brand new I tried out during this demo.

[Idiot Apathy]

Snowy Landscape Demo and PSD:




PSD and other Files:
http://www.divshare.com/download/106503-828

MikeCorriero asked me a few questions I'll try and answer them as well as I can;
The brush I used 99% of the time in this was a default round; size, opacity and flow set to pressure. I almost never use the manual opacity and for this particular style I found it best to use 100% flow as I didn't really have to 'blend' much. After the initial sketch I used an abstract brush with many hard edges to sort of lay down a base coat of the primary color I had envisioned for this painting. Directly afterward I used a soft light layer and the same brush to create even more variety in color, overtop of which I also use an overlay layer with the same method. Here I was establishing the general palette I used for the next several rendering steps. It can also be great to use the clone brush with these methods as it adds another layer of grit, grime and variance. Now, next came something I've really been enjoying lately something I saw Andrew Jones demonstrate at the recent San Franciso workshop. Duplicate your layers, or hit ctrl+alt+e. Flip this duplicate canvas, set it to either lighten or darken and experiment with it's position on the canvas, you may also want to enlarge your canvas by 200% in each direction. I think you'll find that some things work quite well symmetrically and others work best if you stretch and distort the canvas. Overall I really enjoy this technique - it's helped me see many possibilites that I would otherwise never see. I think it's also a great tool for conceptualizing. Moving on I used a 'dirt' brush, very low impact with essentially small bristles to add even more grit to the canvas. Afterwhich came one of the most drastic changes done with the editing modes; curves, color balance and selective color. If you have Adobe CS or above you will be able to click on these adjustment layers to view them in more detail. These are very handy tools if you've changed your mind about what colors/values you want as well as changing mood etc. Even if I haven't changed what I have in mind, I will still experiment with these and most often find something that I think works even better. The next steps are just more rendering and in the final just a unsharp mask to help visibility for web as well as tweak some edges.
Thanks for listening to me ramble

[pennington]

wow tom! these demos are fabulous. you're really doing great stuff. thanks a lot

and with music too! you're a busy guy.

[Idiot Apathy]

Haha, thanks scott. Busy? Hehe, I'm not busy - just having fun

Update below.

[Idiot Apathy]

Landscape Demo and PSD:

PSD and Other Files:
http://www.divshare.com/download/171143-3fb

If you'll notice I've stretched the final result a bit, some other changes too probably... hehe. Also, I worked with the canvas flipped around a few times but changed it in the GIF to avoid confusion. Download the PSD for a closer look!




Happy to answer any questions!

[enthombed]

hey Tom, great updates bro, i really like you are the best artist here, show and try to encourage people like me to continue this hard journey.

Keep cool man

Cheers

[Idiot Apathy]

Thanks man, it feels good to help out
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Landscape Walkthrough and PSD:

Okay! Figured I'd write this up while it was still fresh in my mind; happy that you guys are interested!
So, always nervous about sharing 'trade secrets', feels like a rumpelstiltskin moment - that and you find out just how much of a hack I am...

Full Res PSD: (A little small actually haha!)(14mb RAR file)
http://www.divshare.com/download/173777-7c9

Notes: Final result is flipped horizontally. I actually worked back and forth at times, I felt it worked best as flipped in the final. Brushes used; default round brush! hehe. Settings; size at 70% minimum diameter, size to pressure, flow and opacity to pressure. Manual Opacity always at 100%, manual flow at 100% or 60%.


1 - Previous image used as resource, normally the borders would be transparent but saving as a JPEG doesn't allow this.


2 - Something a little new for the process, just adding in some backdrop. This is a previous version that didn't pan out.


3 - Check the PSD for more steps; here I am just playing with shapes some more. Duplicating parts of the canvas, flipping and transforming sometimes and using darken/lighting layer modes to combine.


4 - More shape play, I have some idea of what I want at times and other times no clue; just experimenting until something catches my eye. Note the crappy sihoulettes of that man popping up :|


5 - Clone Stamp and repainting. Covering seams and fleshing out the terrain a bit.


6 - Refining, painting. Note the cave in the bottom right, was again just playing with shapes but later decided against it.


7 - Oo, big change. This layer is actually a duplicate of all that is above, stretched out and transformed on a lighten layer. Take a closer look in the PSD if you please


8 - Little bit more refinement and then a higher value slightly warm 'glaze' using a multiply layer. I did this not only to change the palette a bit but also I wanted to paint in some clouds and had lost my upper value range.


9 - Started the clouds, still taking it easy on my value range and not really committing to any firm shapes at the moment.


10 - Refining the clouds and 'glazed' a bit, this time with a soft light layer. I had felt that the eye wasn't too contained in the composition and was experimenting with a bit of a vignette.


11 - Adding more form to the clouds and giving them a base. I always struggle with giving clouds perspective. The offkey patch you see on the right is where I decided to make a new layer to experiment a bit before committing.


12 - More refinement on the clouds and another 'glaze'. Colors are really out of whack at the moment but I wanted to explore another feel.


13 - Again, refining and cleaning up the out of key color from the previous edits.


14 - Added a strip of blue, this is something I think was directly influenced from my weekend trip


15 - Refinement, pushed the end of the clouds back a little (I hope) and a slight color balance it looks like.


16 - Lots of color edits; color balance, curves, selective color. If you have Photoshop CS or higher you can take a closer look at the adjustment layers in the PSD.


17 - A few more tweaks and *gasp* a little dodge tool. Maybe that was a mistake I don't know

And here is the final; Looks like I toned a few things down.

[mc2mc2]

Hey Idiot Apathy...do you know if theres any way to play the bumskee sketch videos on a mac?....i can't seem to find the right codec. Btw its alright if there isn't, I can switch over to windows. I just like my mac .

Thank you so much for putting your time and effort into helping other artists out.
YOU ARE AWESOME.

[Idiot Apathy]

Ah bummer, I had thought the mac vs. pc wars were over; never thought for a second that it wouldn't work on both. I'll look into other lossless codecs, or maybe just use xvid in the future. Really wish I had a clue to what I am doing haha.

Anyways thanks and you're welcome, glad to help out

[Jackwhat]

I'm totally in awe at your color usage, the way you do people with so much fucking vibrance makes me happy in my pants. Tis slightly intimidating to go back to color, tis probably why im shying off to Greyscale at the moment, but i guess itll help me.

Tis nice to watch your process

[Idiot Apathy]

Thanks man! You might be surprised to know I still do lots and lots of grayscale paintings and even start most things off in grayscale.

Value is 1/3 of color and the most important part of readability I believe.

[Idiot Apathy]

Two Portraits, Process and PSD's:
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Two portraits from reference. Crutches used: side by side with photo reference; use of level lines when needed to check proportions.

Portrait One PSD:
Check for many more steps and a more in depth view, 100% Resolution.
http://www.divshare.com/download/204667-b9f

A little more love put into this one than the second




Portrait Two PSD:
Check for many more steps and a more in depth view, 100% Resolution.
http://www.divshare.com/download/204690-1ff

This one was a real struggle! Faces are harrrrrrrrd!

[bhanu]

subscribed.

[naomiful]

Sorry didn't read the whole thread if you posted this but.. so you're using both hard and soft fuzzy edged brushes in photoshop? I have this huge problem of when I work in photoshop, I use a hard edged brush mainly and it just ends up most of the time looking too "thin" or something, 'cause of the opacity being on pen pressure. Should I not do that? Blending takes FOREVER when it is like that, but I'm not sure how to do another way..

Painter I use the charcoal most of the time, and it achieves the look I want so far closest. Hmmm - something is just not clicking for me ! A lot of images now I go in and put down colors in painter, and then do a little bit of color tweaking and/or smaller details in photoshop.

Sorry if this is vague, I'm not sure what I'm asking, haha.. if it's unanswerable I'll go and demo what I mean in photoshop.