Tony Hough's New Bits

[tonyhough]

Time to kick off a new sketchbook thread. I'll start with a new sketch I did between clients at the tattoo studio where I'm currently learning that particular medium. This could be the basis of a "biomechanical" sleeve or legpiece, or could be used for something else entirely. Original was done in pencil. This has been refined in Photoshop.

[tonyhough]

First this was a small pencil line sketch worked ou on Photoshop using filters. Either decorative or potentially a backpiece tattoo.
Next a robot scorpion done in pencil.
A little faery creature, pencil again, both of these potential tattoo flash.
My daughter got into anime last summer and urged me to do some cute anime style characters - here's one, but it needs a lot of refining and tidying up.
A friend of mine is creating a tidy little tabletop battle game involving silly model robots with interchangeable heads and limbs. Here's one of the concept drawings I did. Pencil again.

[tonyhough]

A coloured version of those robots....

[oODanyalOo]

Nice creepy stuff! Where do you draw you influences from? The first post is my favourite, I think I can actually see it pulsating on the page . I have to say though I prefer the three robots un-coloured.
I think mainly because a lot of the metallic effect has been lost when you coloured it, it's hard though. I'll be coming back to see what else you have, very interesting.

[P]

I like scorpion thing and that robots drawing.
And that first post - well, thats prety owesome start of a sketchbook.
Keep loading.

[donalfall]

Nice. That'll be a damn impressive tattoo. I think that kind of tattoo is best, rather than random hearts and fairies and other such shite. Hope the person who gets it complements it with other good stuff!

[englishduke]

I really like your pencil work. you have certainly mastered that medium, the first piece is my favorite i keep looking at it to make sure I didnt miss somthing. nice work

[tonyhough]

Firstly a sort of faery creature, pencil coloured on Photoshop.
Then two variations of biomech leg designs that could go on an outer thigh maybe.

[Brun]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/att...1&d=1217852399
---> LOVE THAT ONE!!! ME WANTS COLOUR ON IT


keep at it

[tonyhough]

Here's another illo that could be a tattoo flash design. Original is pencil on paper, but this version has been worked up in Photoshop.

[Kurjuus]

I'm already subscribing to this...
So much creativity you got here apart from the awesome exectution.
Don't dare not to update anymore

[tonyhough]

I scanned up a bunch of stuff from my sketchbook, mostly pencil drawings and worked them up on photoshop. Including the funny little Fey thing from earlier.

[tonyhough]

Another pencil sketch zombie from my little coloured paper sketchbook, which I have scanned and worked up using Photoshop into a kind of finished state...

[Porg]

Wicked stuff, you're the same Tony Hough that worked for [or at least got work published by] Games Workshop aren't you? This was about fifteen or so years ago mind you.
I remember your stuff was pretty dark compared to the other guys like Adrian Smith and Paul Bonner [I was an Ork fan mainly].

Great to see you post on here though, will keep tabs on this thread.

[tonyhough]

Wicked stuff, you're the same Tony Hough that worked for [or at least got work published by] Games Workshop aren't you?

The very same! They were the first people to publish my work and I'm still really really into the whole Warhammer universe.


http://www.conceptart.org/?artist=tonyhough

[Porg]

and I'm still really really into the whole Warhammer universe.

Yeah, I was then but was more into the painting of the minatures rather than the gaming. It just far too pedantic with games lasting days with literally no action.

I was thinking about sending off some work to them for some commission, but then thought you probably have to be a bit of a hardcore fan and know all the ins and outs of the characters. After losing interest in the gaming, I stopped painting minatures, so that was it really.

Did see Paul Bonner's site a while back and he's got some great paintings, though last time I looked it was offline. Shame.