Exphrasis' Art

**exphrasis** · June 1st, 2009, 04:31 PM

Hey guys ! .

One of my first posts here

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I'm an 18 year old student from France , living abroad since I'm 7 .
I have been drawing with traditional mediums for about 5 years now , and started digital painting a bit less than 1 year ago.
Here's some of my paintings :

**bestow** · June 2nd, 2009, 03:50 AM

dodge'nburn ftw

**exphrasis** · June 2nd, 2009, 05:11 AM

There's a slight bit of dodge yes , but no burn at all ! .

Should I take this as a negative cristicism .. ? =/

Here's another piece i did recently

**exphrasis** · June 2nd, 2009, 02:58 PM

Still no replies ... ? Mmh ...ok .
I'll post a new one then .

This one was more a sci-fi landscape practice.

**Dahami** · June 4th, 2009, 05:42 AM

You are good and have lots of talent and potential. With the new one, the background really doesn't look finished. Perhaps you did this to achieve a depth of field effect, but it really just looks lazy. It doesn't have to look as finished as the foreground, but it should look more finished than it does. Good luck with your art! You could go far.

**Halvdager** · June 4th, 2009, 05:49 AM

Nice paintings
Especially the last one is amazing.
It reminds me of some WoW:Burning Crusade landsacpes, its really cool.

**exphrasis** · June 4th, 2009, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Dahami

You are good and have lots of talent and potential. With the new one, the background really doesn't look finished. Perhaps you did this to achieve a depth of field effect, but it really just looks lazy. It doesn't have to look as finished as the foreground, but it should look more finished than it does. Good luck with your art! You could go far.

thanks you very much man !

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Actually the gaussian blur was a suggestion by one of my friends , i wanted to give it a shot.
I am not happy with this effect as you can guess and I think i should edit it someday .
Here are 2 recent landscapes concept art i did , with a better depth i hope !

**exphrasis** · June 10th, 2009, 04:01 AM

again another concept art...

**pictor** · June 10th, 2009, 03:28 PM

the last 1 is my favourite
work hard and constant
good work

**exphrasis** · June 17th, 2009, 07:56 PM

Thanks a lot : ).
Will do .

This one is something rather different than what i usually do . It's a mix between 3D and painting. It was a first try for me . I'm rather happy with it , helped me practice, and it turned out almost exactly as i wanted.
About 8-10 hours in total . Blender for the 3D , and photoshop for the painting postwork .

**exphrasis** · June 25th, 2009, 03:08 PM

Thanks pictor =).
Working hard and constant is something I particularly know how to do .

Here's something new again . Please give me some feedback , I really need to progress....

**grue** · June 25th, 2009, 03:19 PM

Nice work all around.

In the last piece it bothers me the fact that the sea looks flat except for the two waves that frame the image and the small one that rises to the burning mast. During a storm the sea looks restless everywhere with waves of all sizes.

Secondly, the fire should be brighter than the hole in the clouds so it will pull your eye to it. And it should reflect on the sea too.

One can see that you invest a lot of time on your pics and that's always commendable but try doing some really quick ones with just the main shapes without concerning yourself with details. After a while you'll be able to build the main forms and the details will be implied rather than be shown.

Keep it up

**exphrasis** · June 25th, 2009, 03:35 PM

Thanks a lot !

I've had some different feedbacks saying the same things about the reflection and the 2 waves.I'll sure keep that in mind for the next paintings.
Also , this aspect of brightness in the sky distracts , you are completly right . =).

Well actually , the last ones were made in about 2 hours ... =) .
Specially this one and the one with the blue crystals.

**exphrasis** · September 8th, 2009, 01:37 PM

been a while since my last post here....

here's my latest one :

**exphrasis** · September 17th, 2009, 02:17 PM

Hey !
Here's my latest painting .

The story this painting tells is about 2 soldiers on patrol on a planet torn appart by war , opposing these guys you see on the pic to us humans in the future . After the destruction of a human base , this patrol will find this baby. The one on the right didn't want to keep it , but the one on the left didn't leave him the choice and saved the baby from what a certain death.
He will then help the kid to grow up , and use him as a mean to stop the war, by showing the others that coexistece is possible.
Then well ....you can imagine the rest the way you want

**Alexander K** · September 17th, 2009, 06:53 PM

Keep it up. You definitely have talent. Just keep practicing and posting.

However, the first image reminds me an awful lot of Vin Diesel from Chronicles of Riddick (the pose and the knives), and the second image is definitely reminiscent of General Grievous. Did you use those are reference?

**exphrasis** · September 18th, 2009, 02:03 AM

thank you very much

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The first one is inspired by riddick yes , but the second one not , it's all from mind.

**exphrasis** · September 24th, 2009, 04:13 PM

Hey all .

painting of the day. Very inspired by district 9 :

Please give me some feedback , I really want to improve.

**Jizu** · September 25th, 2009, 02:26 AM

wow nice works! some of em reminds me of blizzard entertainment

... u know wow and starcraft ... warcraft .... good times ... realy good ...

ok so ... KEEP EM UP!!!

**FightingSeraph** · September 25th, 2009, 12:52 PM

Excellent stuff!
Personal favorite: the one with the two soldiers finding that baby.

**exphrasis** · October 19th, 2009, 03:48 PM

Thanks a lot guys

I'm not sure if blizzard is something my works can be compared to yet ...haha. But thanks a lot , I really do appreciate

Here's something new , about 10-11 hours of work ,custom brushes and some textures used .

**exphrasis** · January 12th, 2010, 03:46 PM

Some recent stuff

Critiques and comments really wanted !

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**Dahami** · January 13th, 2010, 02:47 AM

My only critique at this point... Pretty good stuff.

**Maelstrom78** · January 13th, 2010, 01:28 PM

Hey man.. Some good stuff in here but i would definitely suggest working on your forms first..
A lot of the works feel.. "disjointed" almost.. Like way more attention was payed to detail in small parts rather than an all encompassing focus..
The picture in post 14 for example.. The breast piece doesnt seem to fit with suit.. It looks out of place almost.
Like has been said already tho you definitely have talent so keep at it!

**exphrasis** · February 1st, 2010, 05:04 AM

I see what you mean , I'll try working on that

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Does this one seem better .. ?

Also please tell me if you believe the file is too big and I'll resize it.

Thought It would be interesting to submit at least one with almost 100 % of its size.

**exphrasis** · February 6th, 2010, 01:26 PM

alrighty...some mass effect 2 inspired landscape :

**Traveler** · February 6th, 2010, 02:22 PM

It looks like you're on your way.

Keep moving forward.

No offense intended, but I think your thread may be better suited to the SB forum. More viewers there, too. You can probably get one of the admins. to bump it over if you like the idea.

**exphrasis** · February 6th, 2010, 05:21 PM

Thank you , it means a lot.

However I don't consider those sketches I'm sorry...The idea is interesting though , but those artworks are the most 'finished ' of my stuff at the moment. I know they may not look as detailed and well done as the other artworks on the other threads here , but still I believe they are finished for me. I would rather create a sketchbook that includes only ideas, pencil sketchs and rough compositions ,this kind of stuff . Hope you understand my point of view on it

**exphrasis** · March 23rd, 2010, 07:27 AM

Some creature inspired by blizzard.

My tablet is broken =/ this was done with a bamboo

**exphrasis** · September 26th, 2010, 09:09 AM

Some new stuff

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