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**Eytan** · April 30th, 2004, 01:35 PM

That is awsome!!

I have do do a concept like that fro my class, thx for the inspiration!

BTW that cave reminds me of the goonies for some reason, heheh, im must be crazy.

**Dougbot** · May 21st, 2004, 09:43 PM

I'm baaack. Well temporaily. I had an amazingly nutty E3 schedule, a few days of rest and my daughters birth. Being a new parent and finding time to do these is hard. Even toughter is having your kid in your arm and using Painter! never realized what a two handed job art is ;P

I try to keep this fairly regular.

**visualmirage** · May 21st, 2004, 10:10 PM

Wow dude, i'm speechless at your art, they are fairly breathtaking. You seem to have an influence over many people with your style, its very unique. Congratulations on the birth of your daughter dude, i wish you all the best =)

**Dougbot** · May 26th, 2004, 07:49 PM

Hey thanks. Melbourne is one of the few places I have not been in Australia, but I hear it's beautiful. My bud's Aunt lives there. Thanks, again. Here's a samurai bot:

**scottg** · May 26th, 2004, 08:08 PM

WOW!

:shocked: :shocked:

**Zabur** · May 26th, 2004, 09:22 PM

omg....viewing this thread is like i'm having orgasims in my eyes!

**eljay** · May 26th, 2004, 10:10 PM

man ... These just get better dont they! Do you still do these on your lunch breaks? There sooo tight :chug:

**kidcrucial** · May 26th, 2004, 10:12 PM

Great job Doug. You have certainly been on a journey throughout this thread. Love to see the new additions. Speaking of new addition, congrats on your daughter. I have a two year old daughter and she is truly the best thing in my life. Keep up the great work.

**Killer Napkins** · May 26th, 2004, 10:41 PM

shiz these are all freakin amazing!

**Eytan** · June 2nd, 2004, 01:45 PM

dear lord, you came back with a bam, i love em

**aum** · June 2nd, 2004, 08:04 PM

Congrats on your newborn! I hope you can keep up the great work. Ever thought of giving a seminar on how to speed paint?

**killing.people** · June 2nd, 2004, 10:05 PM

these are fantastic. i like your line style and cleaniness. oh crap i am late for class! what the!>?>??

**fresh27** · June 2nd, 2004, 11:38 PM

holy hell. you rock my socks man.

**Luke Mrozek** · June 3rd, 2004, 10:56 AM

First of all, let me say: CONGRATULATIONS of becoming a father, its a wonderful thing, isnt it?? I hope your daughter will make you happiest dad on planet.

Second thing, i love your artworks here, especially the one for 4 horseman.This one rocks, and so i wanted to ask you, do u have some WIP shots of it cause i would really, really like to see the stages of your production of this one.

Once again congrats.

Luke Mrozek

**Dougbot** · June 11th, 2004, 05:44 PM

Hey all thanks, I would reply, but am at work. I'll try to do so later. Here's a bad, but quick drawing. That tube is like fert. to make things grow.

**waronmars** · June 13th, 2004, 08:01 PM

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

**Eytan** · June 13th, 2004, 11:08 PM

hot damn by you saying that is crap, everytime i touch a pencil to a paper it is not even shit, its half a molecule of a speckle of maggot shit.

you rock.

**Dougbot** · June 15th, 2004, 09:06 PM

heh, thanks guys. Here's one quickie:

**ElvisMcVegas** · June 16th, 2004, 12:11 AM

Many of those heads look very Evangelion inspired...but some look truly original and awsome...

**Dougbot** · June 19th, 2004, 12:08 AM

Oh yeah. I don't watch a ton of anime, but Evangelion really stuck with me. I'm heavily influenced by it. There's so much I get influenced by, Terada, Moebius, Feng Zhu, Doug Chiang, Peter Chan, Ed Lee, Dermot Power, Ian McCaig, and the list goes on and on. There's so much talent out there....sigh.

Here's a quickie, under forty:

**one2hit** · June 19th, 2004, 12:31 AM

Hi, quick question. At what resolution did you draw the tutorial image above, and what size pen setting did you have it on?

**one2hit** · June 19th, 2004, 12:38 AM

http://www.dougbot.com/forum/sunGod.jpg

this image. I'm having trouble understanding how you create such a smooth surface with the color. It appears as though you could actually reach out and slide your fingers along his forehead and hear "ssqqqcckkkk"

I mean, I'm partially colorblind here, so maybe I can't see all the colors here but I think it's the way you blend all the colors together from one to the next, sort of like small gradients here and there.

**one2hit** · June 19th, 2004, 01:00 AM

I am sorry to your thread, and I hope you have time to respond to everything, but I really wanted to say one more thing:

[i]Originally posted by Dougbot

Everyone who enters this thread should look at this image. Even if the image was created hastily there was deliberate thought and attention given to every important part. No piece seems to be placed in the vein of "design" yet everything falls into a great balance. The unit on the back of the head seems to be either a battery unit or more space for inner equipment. The two hydrolic shaped valves are robotic replacements for the two tendons in the human neck that allow us to move our heads, up, down, left, or right. There's even a rubber-ish fiber threading right into the face for muscle movement and facial expressions and whatever kind of circle on the side represents an ear to some extent.

I would just like to say this is a great study piece for how form and function need to work to better each other and that you've created something that stimulates my brain for a little while when I look at it. I think all art should strive to make the viewer stay on the image as long as possible and you've done that.

**carterartist** · June 19th, 2004, 02:36 AM

just needed to say, that you have a very good style. I like it.

**Dougbot** · June 25th, 2004, 02:50 PM

one2hit: Hey thanks man. Kent huh? That's up in my neck of the woods. Sorry to take awhile to get back on this thread. I used the guoache brush, 2 up from the bottom. Usually work at about 200 dpi.
As for the second one, I use a gray scale pic, and just overlay with airbrush, and glow fx. Thanks for the compliments.
Here's a quickie.

**Eytan** · July 2nd, 2004, 02:57 PM

wow that' awsome, it looks lik a transformed picture of a baby crying, hehehe.

so how long do you usually spend on your "sketches"? :crazy:

**Dougbot** · July 2nd, 2004, 03:03 PM

Hey thanks. Depends. Nothing in this thread was more than 3 hours. That War Fetus (for a deal on conceptdesignform) was about twenty minutes. Really basic though. Usually about an hour per piece. The ealrier ones were usually under forty, back when I only did them on my lunch breaks. I'll try to post more soon.

**Main Loop** · July 2nd, 2004, 03:23 PM

i havent checked this thread out in a while.. good shit man

**Zeh'Qual** · July 2nd, 2004, 11:23 PM

I know I'm goona sound like a noob, but whats a Wacom? Is it the thing you use a stylist pen and draw on a pad that converts it onto the screen? And did you take any art classes in college/highschool? Because it seems what you are (a concept artist for gaming company?), is what I want to be when I get a little bit older. I still have time to decide what college I want to go to (im going into 11th), and I'd like to know what classes you took / what I should take to improve my skills in that area. And, BTW, AWSOME drawings. Your creativity is amazing. I think I have the mind to come up with monsters/beings like that, but I can't really put it down on paper too good.

**keenerbean** · July 3rd, 2004, 12:45 AM

Zeh' Qual,
Yes, that's basically what a wacom is. It's an incredibly powerful tool. It's pretty much a pen shaped, pressure sensitive replacement for your mouse.