ccsears sketchbook

[Marian Rowling]

Hi Chris what a lovely treat to see your work, I really like this last one, very powerful I think.

[NickyBeats]

awesome! the last one is coming out nicely!

[ccsears]

still not finished. worked on them some more though.




Marian, Nickybeats--Thanks!

[ccsears]

for class we're supposed to design some vehicles, so i'm choosing to do a "caravan" version of that tent building. nothing against giant attack mechs, but i wanted to do something that would fit into the orientalist aesthetic. i'm thinking it would be fun to do futuristic Gerome paintings.

[ThomasM]

wow I think youve definitely achieved this. No crits from me, but the oriental aesthetic really has come through. I love the simplicity of post 2341 - nothing to add from me I´m afraid but keep on doing what youre doing - definitely going to be scouring this sketchbook for a few days now.

[ccsears]

i'm going to keep posting on CA.org, but I kind of halfway set-up my page on see gee hub. if you're interested it's over at ccsears dot see gee hub dot com.





ThomasM--Thanks!
Mateja, Bartdeco--Thanks to you guys too!

[mrsaforcer]

God, all your lines are so beautiful. I'm very jealous of the control you have. Wow!

Your digital paintings are equally as gorgeous. Nice colours.

[ccsears]

more work. more people, more mechs, a flock of goat-things, a bird-rider. i'd really like to get a big canvas and paint this for real...




mrsaforcer--Thank you! very kind of you to say that.

[NickyBeats]

oh nice job man! this is turning out to be pretty epic!

[ccsears]

It was a busy friday night and saturday afternoon, and I'm f'ing tired now-- happy, but tired. Simon Lee convinced me to go from the sitting bird design to a standing one. Luckily there was a home depot a block away and I showed up for class early. Anyway, I'm finally trying something I always wanted to do.








Nickybeats--Thanks!

[Marian Rowling]

Hey Chris I really like the bird in the standing position. It's got some great shapes going on in it. I am just in the process of doing a long legged bird in paper mâché which has been fun. Looking forward to seeing more of this.

[ccsears]

i know there's more detail to be added, but at least it's fleshed out now. got rid of the bird rider because it was killing the mood. added the skyscraper-tents in the background.




Marian Rowling--Thanks! I am going to try to get that bird rider donw, but it's gonna take a bit of work. trying to double up with that and this portfolio class is kicking my butt.

[ccsears]

more work.

[ccsears]

was trying a quick experiment. zbrush speed sculpt to photoshop in about 45 minutes... i think this stuff can be very fast if i ever learn it right.

[NickyBeats]

oh wow man im seriously loving that caravan image!! very nice lighting! you can feel the dry heat in the air! i also see that your getting into traditional sculpting!! oh by the way i looked up that spider zero guy!! HO LEE SHIT!! that guy is AMAZING!! im jealous that you get to learn from him!!!! keep it up man!

[ccsears]

Nickybeats--Thanks! Simon is indeed a badass

[Greenhouse]

Wow what a cool sb! That caravan and bird images are incredibly good! It's fun to see how you also built the model of the bird.
The light in #2357 is fantastic.
I'll defenetly visit again.
Cheers!

[Marian Rowling]

Hey Chris love this last character, very cute and loveable looking.

[jedininjaman]

Your past work has been super imaginative, really great progress on that front. The concept with the transportable tent caravan is just really cool.

[Sebastian Wagner]

your stuff is freakin crazy good. Just..wow

[ccsears]

quick sketch in clay. it's pretty fast. i just needed to get something done to practice after Simon shows us some detailing techniques.





Greenhouse--Thanks!

Marian_Rowling--Thanks Marian!

jedininjaman--Thanks man, I kinda feel more of a transition away from some stuff. trying to be more comfortable just riffing in my imagination.

Noro--Thanks!

[JakehC]

looks like ur working really hard, keep at it dude!

[ccsears]

Thanks Aryeh!

[Icecold]

Chris just...wow! You've improved so much since my last visit and i consider yurself as a veteran artist already, that only reminds me how much there is to learn in this life

I'm waiting for that desert environment, amazing work man envoronments, bir-creatures , i'm just shocked.

[spitboi7]

WOW - You sir are inspiring me to push myself further, I started on your first page and was instantly awed by your penmanship, then noted it was from 2006!!!

Thanks a bunch man, going to keep updating my sketchbook and hope my penwork improves. I work almost always these days with pens but your style is masterclass. Not only that your concepts and sculps are on a leveled field too!

Hope to see your art on the front page to help my art-heart!

- Spit

[Cameli]

Bhoah awesome skulpts!Love the bird mounts, really nice concept!

[ccsears]

some more work on that one tonight.



icecold--Thanks! I'm kind of pushing myself a bit more on the creative front. i think part of my "problem" was i spent too much time overdoing the traditional stuff. not that you can ever really overdo it, but just that i should've switched gears into doing more creative work at some point. it helps that i've kind of created a world or a story for this project. once there's a story and some mood or something, i can just take it and run with it. without a story, i sometimes struggle a lot more. anyway, thanks for sticking around and dropping by. I will keep pushing forward with this stuff.

spitboi7--Thanks! Very nice for you to say that. I will try to keep it up.

Cameli--Thanks!

[JakehC]

Hey i saw that you're in LA. im actually going to be moving there next summer after i graduate! im either gonna study at Red Engine or CA Acad for a year to get my portfolio in order.

[merl1n]

Very interesting work you have here!

[ccsears]