★ TheDirtSyndicate ★

[jedininjaman]

The space smuggler came out nicely, and most of your character work is posed and stylized wonderfully. Rendering your characters seems to be a bit of a weak point, try staying away from light <> dark and work a little more on the in-between.

[Mawh]

Yeah, these silhouettes are really good.

[lewiston]

Impressive stuff, man. Especially where your graphic design skills meet your illustration skills.. wow.

[NyeAlexandaFrayne]

havnt dropped in here for a while, glad your still posting various pieces and styles, and we get music too. cant top it, keep it up buddy!

[TheDirtSyndicate]

hey thanks!
i guess i should post something eh? haha
i've got a lot of new stuff to post as soon as i get permission. some avengers end title sequence story boards, sons of anarchy promo boards, and a NEW fx show that hasn't started airing yet called "the americans" that i did boards for. some very exciting stuff that i can't wait to post!

i've been freelancing with time warner cable sports for a while now, and instead of getting on Facebook during downtime (renders/ram previews/approvals/etc), i've been opening up photoshop (or illustrator) and sketching.
so heres a few things until i can post the more exciting stuff:

i was inspired by all the sports stuff even though i'm not really into sports, did these sketches. the sketch of Kobe Bryant was from a photo reference... i changed the legs a bit. i'm pretty happy that i was actually able to get a hint of a likeness:

so i photoshopped the fuck out of it:


i want to be Lobo for halloween, so i sketched it out. this is supposed to be ME as Lobo, thats why the hair is shorter and he has a scraggly beard instead of the traditional Lobo design.


i've always envied people who can do caricature work... took a stab at it. bryan cranston was with photo reference, don knotts was straight from my head.
Walter White (Bryan Cranston):

Mr. Chicken (Don Knotts):

[cedule]

cool caricatures! i love the style of them. you would definitley get my money for a caricature when i run into you on the street

haha and i have to remember the phrase "photoshopped the fuck out of it"... probably my second favourite regarding art after "shut up its magic!" when someone tells you something looks wrong.

[magnut]

hey thanks!
i guess i should post something eh? haha
i've got a lot of new stuff to post as soon as i get permission. some avengers end title sequence story boards, sons of anarchy promo boards, and a NEW fx show that hasn't started airing yet called "the americans" that i did boards for. some very exciting stuff that i can't wait to post!

i've been freelancing with time warner cable sports for a while now, and instead of getting on Facebook during downtime (renders/ram previews/approvals/etc), i've been opening up photoshop (or illustrator) and sketching.
so heres a few things until i can post the more exciting stuff:

i was inspired by all the sports stuff even though i'm not really into sports, did these sketches. the sketch of Kobe Bryant was from a photo reference... i changed the legs a bit. i'm pretty happy that i was actually able to get a hint of a likeness:

so i photoshopped the fuck out of it:


i want to be Lobo for halloween, so i sketched it out. this is supposed to be ME as Lobo, thats why the hair is shorter and he has a scraggly beard instead of the traditional Lobo design.


i've always envied people who can do caricature work... took a stab at it. bryan cranston was with photo reference, don knotts was straight from my head.
Walter White (Bryan Cranston):

Mr. Chicken (Don Knotts):

WOW. This is excellent! I really want you to record your process. I want to see precisely how you did this! Beautiful work.

MAKE A DAMN VIDEO OF YOUR PROCESS, ALREADY.

[TheDirtSyndicate]

lewiston, thanks a lot man. that means a lot coming from you. i'm a huge fan of your work.


nye, thanks dude. i didn't know anyone even noticed the music. haha

cedule, thanks man. i feel like a total noob tho. i like it when caricature artists push the anatomy more, but i feel like i completely lose the likeness when i do that.

magnut, thanks mang. i just downloaded a program the other night that will allow me to record my screen... now i just need to get over that super self conscious vibe i have that is causing me to completely freeze when i start recording. haha

[TheDirtSyndicate]

i was LOBO for halloween.

[NickyBeats]

haha awesome!!! great costume!!

[TheDirtSyndicate]

thanks man. yeah, the hardest part was making the stencil for the back of the jacket.
i made it in illustrator, then printed it out a few times on some thick card stock.
i took the card stock and figured out how to make it into stencils, each element was a separate pass.
then i tried spray-painting it... but that was a miserable failure.
got some new denim, and then tried acrylic with a brush through the stencil. that worked much better.
in the end i was very happy with the results.

[TheDirtSyndicate]

i haven't updated in awhile... figured I'd drop something. instead of fucking around on facebook i did some silhouettes.