Sketchbook 2011-!!!2011 HERE we go (page 91 COLOSSAL UPDATE) :) --->

[jdeegz]

your charaters are sick. your anatomy is comin, i like that you're workin with no ref now to practice your knowledge. I think if you could render the details you come up with in your pencil/pen sketches in your digital work your stuff would be killer!

[alicelefay]

Go go go baby! (LOL)
I particularly like the ink in post #258, that ink and the painting in photoshop, really cool!

[kingkostas]

I promise you guys i am gonna burn my skills now.Just give some time, only some time.
Will only post something i did now(studying some metal reflections +texture)+a very quick composition practice.Not good but i learned something...
Will post pencils later(need to rest)

kidult-Thank you for your support mate!!!
jdeegz-Thank you pal, i loved your industrials!!!thnx for coming here
alicelefay-You are here to boost me up mate!!!i appreciate it very much

See ya all later

[kingkostas]

Understood a lot of things after this whole work
(ALL OF THEM ARE NON REF NON LIFE-just mind)
see ya

[Redfrog]

cool sb! Some great sketches and progression too! Keep up the good work!

[kingkostas]

Redfrog-Thank you very much .I am trying hard to get to the next level


Ok made some training in rendering general face.
All mouse, no ref no presketch scanned or something else.
Also made some variations to see if i made it flexible to become more than one products.
See ya...

[alicelefay]

I LOVE the last one in post #274!!
And those last faces...good work!
Glad to see you are studying so hard!! :=)

[Kalim]

hey! the shadow looks much better in my point of wiew. only try to blure the shadow more in the further part of it and sharpen it in the closer parts of it (if you know what I want to say )

I can see you are studying faces hard and they semm to be better each time. Bat these eyes seem to be too close to the eyebrows. Draw the eyelid bigger.

keep up

[kingkostas]

Alicelefay-Thnx alice !!!
Kalim-Yeah i understand, and i did it in this piece that i am uploading now.Maybe its not clear enough but i did blurred it in its further part.
Thnx for the eyes info.

I need your hard critique to point out more of my faults.Thnx for support

A character study i did today.(entirely in photoshop no ref no nothing)
I need to work a lot harder.
Maybe next time ill try to throw some more collection of quick characters
I'll see...

[AlexTooth]

wow, cool stuff! you've done a lot of work, I really like your mammoth thing.

I saw you coloured it in grey first then coloured it in afterwards? doesn't that mean you colour it in twice? lol as you can see I don't know much about painting, the only thing I painted out my head was 1 character so far!

[kingkostas]

Alextooth-Which one is the mammoth ?
Anyway sometimes i do the coloring without having done the greyscale.But there are times that i do it first in greyscale to indicate volumes, values etc.Its a good way to practice your imagination and understanding.
But mine still in early levels.I need to work harder and i will soon post more quick characters.
After the greyscale there are some fast ways to color it in simple ways.You add a new layer in multiply.But in my case i add some different layers about what i want to color and in what type(like overlay or vivid light etc.) and then a normal layer blending the final details, like reflextions of some colors etc.

Soon more updates

[jedininjaman]

last one is great, the armor is sick
but you really should have cropped the image
-jedi

[kingkostas]

jedininjaman-Thank you very much!!! .Well yes when i finish it then i crop it.You think its a bad that i do this? I started it before some time so it will be easy enough to get rid of it if its a bad habbit.

I did a couple of "damned" characters entirely in photoshop with my beloved mouse lol
if you see them strange, take them to photoshop and in level adjudgment lower the middle one.It must fix the fuking problem my screen have.

See ya thnx for support

[Reject-D]

keep working on them!!

[Jacky-Boy]

These guys look awesome, but yeah what he said
keep working on them!!
Your other no ref pictures are looking wicked too, which shows real improvement.
Keep it up mate

[kingkostas]

Reject-D-Thnx ,i'll do!!!
Jacky-Boy-Thank you jacky, i think i am gonna make a huge collection and then that i will be better i am gonna take some of them in the next level

From the production directly in here, lol.I just made another quick demonic monster.
Its like the demon gate opened in my sketchbook and i am gonna take this far cause it helps me improving the rendering.

All mind and mouse

[shou']

Wooooo. It is Kingkostas from Sketcher! Long time no see. How are things?

Nice studies! Keep it going. Look forward to seeing more!

[kingkostas]

Wow shou i miss sketcher so much!!!I know there is a sketcher in artgrounds or something but thats different.Damn we had fun in there.
I am ok, trying hard to become better and manage to get a job in game industry.
Thnx for passing by !!!
ill soon update

(MAKE THE SKETCHER COME BACK!!!!!!)

[kidult]

Last lot is looking good!

[kingkostas]

Kidult-Thnx mate!!!

Today a creature forged in fire, walked from the gate to my sketchbook.
The dark technomage(fire) (LOL )

Speed mouse character---+quick color in the next
see ya all

[Diverse]

I kike your last techno mage. Your skills in PS rendering is getting better and better.

[kingkostas]

Diverse-Thank you !!!

Ok i made a mini collection of the creations before, to test what i can create with them.I think i just made something for my personal project ;D

[Giorge]

Interesting works but it seems that you have problems with the composition on some of them

[maxetormer]

Youv got some really good character designs, suscribed!

[Kalim]

I wonder how it is possible that you can make such amount of images in such short time! You are improving sooo quiskly. the characters you make are each time more beautiful and more detailed. And the shadow makes an extra effect on it my favourites are this and this

[kingkostas]

flamable-Thank you very much!!!i will try to make some research on composition
maxetormer-Thnx max, you give me more energy to continue!!!
Kalim-Thnx man!!! Well you can read my #273 post and maybe my first post on this sketchbook.I want to make everything to get into game industry and i also have some dreams i wanna make true.I need to work a lot harder and you guys are the greatest motivation!!!


See ya, i will upload soon

[jedininjaman]

nice concept work it all looks pretty cool, shoot for more dynamic art though
-dynamic poses
-dynamic lighting'
-dynamic contrast
just some thing to think about that help keep concept work fresh
thanks for sharing
-jedi

[kingkostas]

jedininjaman-Thnx for that jedi , i am gonna research all the stuff you guys tell me.I schedule them all

Ok as today was actually a full day i didnt manage to do a lot.But i made some rendering study.(mouse and photoshop)
I liked another light direction, but i still need a lot of training, and i will do it
see ya all and thnx for support!!!

[~KJK~]

Very rich and cool looking character designs have you tried Chow yet?

[merl1n]

nice sb!

I wish I could see more of the pencil studies though...