new sketchbook - assimilation-

**phobophile** · February 11th, 2007, 08:04 AM

hey everyone, im pretty new here, and i figured id start one of these badboys up. my name is eric tran, im an art student and im working hard to impress.
ill start this off with my newest design: something that could be seen in the next newest quake game ( my favorite )

I call him the "energizer strogg" because of the amount of energy stored inside his lifeless body that is discharged through his arm weapon.
trying to resolve some rendering while looking at carlos huantes work, as well as puddnhead and im also trying to learn how to combine what both of them do and make my own style of painting. i noticed puddnhead sometimes loses the linework underneath so i try not to lose those important lines

enjoy

**CuBixxx** · February 11th, 2007, 08:31 AM

Hey welcome to CA!

I really like this especially how youve done his skin. I look forward to seeing it finished!

**phobophile** · February 11th, 2007, 08:41 AM

thank you cubix

as far as it being "finished", i consider it finished as a bust concept. all the information is there, if youre referring to the sloppy background i dont think its really important to refine that seeing that the creature is fully detailed. i dont know, but i do thank you! lots of hours went into the textures as they were all done by hand

**Envisor** · February 11th, 2007, 09:02 AM

This is real nice. Was thinking you had a sketchbook here already, but mustve been someone else. Welcome to CA. Cant wait to see more of your pieces.

**Dreamworker** · February 11th, 2007, 09:12 AM

Nice start man! I like your rendering with pencils, I hope to see more drawings soon!
Keep sharing, cheers

**phobophile** · February 11th, 2007, 09:38 AM

envisor - thanks for the input and i plan on posting once a week so stay tuned
dreamworker - thank you! your pencil work is nice too

**designboot** · February 11th, 2007, 09:56 AM

Very nice drawing!
Painting is odd

**phobophile** · February 11th, 2007, 10:13 AM

thanks but im not sure if you should post a comment like its "odd" without explaining further so i understand what you mean. its an odd creature yes, but i dont see it being any more "odd" than your paintings

**phobophile** · February 11th, 2007, 03:57 PM

here are some pages from my sketchbook, random scribbles, sorry for bad scans they are actually digital photos

**kischi** · February 11th, 2007, 06:52 PM

he welcome phobophile! the first one is great, I am a fan of all this quake and doom stuff!

So keep the Monsters coming.

**DARAF** · February 11th, 2007, 11:03 PM

Welcome to CA. Great work sofar. Let's see more.

**phobophile** · February 12th, 2007, 10:38 AM

thanks for stopping by

kischi - thanks man stop by any time, ill update soon

daraf - thanks, stick around

**Envisor** · February 12th, 2007, 12:18 PM

Nice Sketchbook pages. You seem to have a comic style. Would love to see some longer original character studies. Lovin the 2nd page in the sketchbook, that creature/ zombie thing is awesome.

**phobophile** · February 12th, 2007, 01:19 PM

i just wanted to try a different technique. i dont know how carlos huante works and what brushes he uses really. i dont have his dvd unfortuantely because gnomon sent me a defective one and isnt helping me return it. however this is a small example of me trying to figure out the oil technique from scratch. i just took my drawing and tried coloring it a different color. does this look like its similair to the technique?

**asoir** · February 13th, 2007, 06:42 AM

that sucks about gnomon, you're doing a great job on the painting. huante normally works incredibly smoothly, sometimes it actually appears plasticky, so try pushing the smoothness.
the gun-hand guy kicks ass.
peace

**phobophile** · February 13th, 2007, 10:54 AM

yeah i know what you mean. still trying to refine my craft. thanks for stoppin by

**phobophile** · February 15th, 2007, 08:16 PM

i did some drawings that i intend to paint. ill do a step by step also for one of them, heres the pencils

. the ritualist dude at the bottom is just scanned from my sketchbook, i used a mechanical pencil for him

**phobophile** · February 15th, 2007, 08:31 PM

i forgot these dudes too!

quick designs

**Envisor** · February 15th, 2007, 09:32 PM

Still producing some scary characters. lovin all of them.

**hardsoapscum** · February 15th, 2007, 09:37 PM

totally whacked out monster...sick...love it.

**thirdeye** · February 15th, 2007, 09:38 PM

Nice sketches - some of them remind me a lot of Carlos Huante's

**Razorb** · February 15th, 2007, 09:47 PM

v nice style man loving ur hands too!

**phobophile** · February 15th, 2007, 10:06 PM

envisor- thanks for stoppin by always a pleasure

hardsoapscum- =) thank you i always wanted a chick with a pulsating alien attached to her bowels

thirdeye- thanks, thats a big compliment. huante is one of my favorites

razorb- thank you. i try to show expression through body language

**SantaClaus** · February 15th, 2007, 10:58 PM

hi
your stuff is cool. interesting designs. I can definitely see carlos haunte as a influence. He always keeps things so dark and just throws a little highlight here and there. he also tends to have that warmer blue for the creatures and then cooler blue for lighter areas. More please.

**dhilipsomesh** · February 15th, 2007, 11:55 PM

hi thats gr8 mait

welcome to CA

ur massing for some creatures were really gr8

keep up waiting to see more

my sketch book

www.nullworld.com

**themissinglink** · February 16th, 2007, 12:11 AM

awsome drawings, really love those creatures.

**phobophile** · February 16th, 2007, 07:42 AM

thanks so much guys, i have a new painting on the way, i think youll like it. i really appreciate the feedback. its inspiring, really. i thank you all again.
-etran

**benkashmir** · February 16th, 2007, 07:52 AM

really nice! me like it.

**dtran** · February 16th, 2007, 10:57 AM

Really digging your pencils.....this is my fave, the awkwardness of her feet is mint!

Will you be painting this one?

Keep them coming

**phobophile** · February 16th, 2007, 04:57 PM

thanks dtran- youre a great artist. and to answer your question, i do plan on painting her but as of right now im painting my hell grunt. here PROGRESS. slow slow progress haha. more of less finished the head, working on the body now. heres a head-cut-off so you can see it without the distraction of the unfinished body. of course ill go back into it when im done rendering the whole thing.

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