Yoshitaka Amano ★

[Randis]

a little Update

2 quick paintings

The Forest God and Mystery happening

Its not as polished, rather rough, hope you like it

cheers

[Sukizan]

o: 5star for you.
I'm not at the level where I can criti you yet, so I'll just say awesome job.

[Randis]

@ Sukizan

Thank you very much! Critic can have many forms, telling someone your impressions about the Images helps the artist already a lot.
Goal is to create art that pleases the viewer, every one, not only some elite artists.

Some kind words are a good thing for a change tho... you get to hear a lot of tough critic from clients...
change this, change that, my wife likes the hair more blond, make the boobs bigger, no nipples, rotate the arm more lol and so on, endless lists of changes


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i found a very old Illustration i did, let me share it with you guys!

[Randis]

Here is a more rough and less polished paint i did today.
Took me about 3-4 h or so.

Please also take a look at the images i updated on the first page, there are 50 pics + already


cheers every one!

[Manga Sprai]

just fantastic. Inspiring.
And you do a lot of styles too!

[Jeremy Worst]

wow dude.... your rediculous....

[Randis]

UPDATE


Hi everyone!
I uploaded a short demo video.
It contains some of my old work, all mixed together, in game footage, MV, paint demo and so on
Hope you like it and don't be too hard on the 3D.. its old

Better watch it full screen or jump to some higher rez, the way the vid is showing here is half the rez i uploaded.


I am always very happy to read new comments!
Thanks for watching!

cheers

VIDEO WILL SHOW HERE! - IT MAY TAKE A SEC TO LOAD THE PLAYER






INFO:

For the game parts i did the art direction, concept art, many of the actual in game models, interface gfx, GUI.
For the MV: some contain real actors (most of the filming was done by a director, I just got the raw data, some scenes I recorded myself too), those were recorded with (green)blue-screen. Then i did the rest: backdrops, 3d, anims, compositing, cut and postproduction.
All the other things you see is my work, including modeling, animation, texturing and so on.

I very much would love to show you some of my new 3D work, i created tons of game assets, characters, animations, objects but we are still in development and i can not show much. there is some concept art for the games my team is developing at the bottom of page 1 tho.

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[Silent Stander]

i have to know!!! what exactly was your contribution to that video??? did you animate the 3-d parts as well as design the robots? it seems like you did but i can't get my mind around it, because its too good. its seems like one person could not do all of that alone....
i'm sure the game parts were just your designs made into a game, but the music video parts seem to include physical props (it looks like real objects , but maybe i should have taken your advice on fullscreening in hd{my comp is too sloow]) did you just storyboard this and do designs or also animation/filming/ect.?

anyway its just mindblowing to see how much talent you have... and even though it can be discouraging because it makes it seem like i have an impossible way to go before i have the skills to be a concept artist, it manages to be very inspiring at the same time because it gives me a goal for how good I (theoretically) can get .

thanks for posting this stuff and please keep doing it, whenever you have time !!

[Randis]

@ Silent Stander
Thanks a lot!

I added INFO right under the movie post, you can read what i did there.
cheers

[Randis]

double post... internet happened.

[Darkside]

awesomeness all around man

[Randis]

@ Manga Sprai
Thank you for dropping by! Please visit again! cheers

@ Jeremy Worst
Thanks man! cheers!

@ Darkside
Thank you for watching!!! Drop by again!

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Lol i am running out of ways to thank you guys and I am very sorry if I happen to repeat myself sometimes. It would be easier if you ask things or chit chat a bit, i do not bite and i love getting to know people or talking about random subjects or at least a bit Smalltalk.


love you all!

cheers
Randis ::

[ferretula]

why the hell aren't you famous?! bastard industry...

[Crane]

why the hell aren't you famous?! bastard industry...

Wtf you on about? thats RANDIS! THEE RANDIS! my wall is chock full of randis nude calenders and posters! i have randis socks, randis pants, even a limit edition randis baseball cap!

and im sure as hell im not the only one who uses Randis brand condoms...

come on man, open your eyes...

[vervex]

Your art is simply insane You clearly have an eye for detail! Just a quick question though: you do use 3D in some of them, right?

[Randis]

@ ferretula
Hahaha thanks man!. Well i am a small one man Studio, i do not have the capacity to take on the huge jobs. Also i am still young and did not reach my potential.
If i work hard enough and practice more then sure some more people will know my work.
Its not the industries fault, its my.


@ Crane
Thank you! BUT wtf, you don't even have the Randis Tattoo and my ultraman dildo collection?

@ vervex
Thanks man!
Yes some of those have 3D, i use whatever app possible to get the most quick results.

cheers everyone!

[DERICK TSAI]

Hey Randis!

Awesome work man. It's 5:49AM here and you completely woke my ass UP.
Keep going, can't wait to see more.

Derick

[Hard Creation]

Awesome! Greets.
HC

[Randis]

@ DERICK TSAI
Thanks man! Hehe, works like coffee?

@ Hard Creation
Hi man! Good to see you here! its been years!!! cheers



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Some UPDATE

wanna show some other field of work with you guys!

First some info:

Most of those shots are from 2004-2005, closer to the end some are from 2006-2007

I usually work with my Nikon D300 and D80 as a backup body.
I have a bag full of pro quality lenses and a heavy ass tripod to hold the equipment.
I prefer to work with sunlight but also make use of studio lights if needed.

Now when you look at the pics, more than 90% of those have a digital BG and are heavily edited. I sometimes just shoot in my living room or wherever
and then change the images the way i need. Some of the pics are private shots, some commercial.
A very complex editing can take up to 1 day per image.

Note: i never use this kind of shots as a reference for my paintings!
Reference supposed to save time, those would create a lot more work instead.

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I posted more Photos in my Sketchbook if someone cares to see more.

cheers!

[Artofinca]

Great stuff mr. Randis!

[doctor-trone]

amazing,i know u since ur published artwork in Artzmania magazine...

[Silent Stander]

nice photos i especially like the one whith the guy who is sitting (in a wheelchair?) is the "Silly Fools" inspired by bleach?

[Randis]

@ Artofinca
Thank you very much! cheers

@ doctor-trone
Thank you!
Oh... cannot remember when that was...

@ Silent Stander
Thank you! The steampunk chair guy is my old self portrait
Silly Fools is one of the oldest and biggest Rockbands in Thailand

cheers



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UPDATE

Hi People!

I started a new Series of images in one of my experimental styles.

This style has a little background i want to share. About 16 years ago when i was mainly painting with watercolors i was a incredibly huge fan of Amano Yoshitaka (still am). I was working a lot with curvy and sketchy lines, very much inspired by his hand drawings.
Now this is a combination of my own style with the nostalgic memories.

This is Schloss (castle) Lichterloh in Winida Country.
(Not sure how to translate the castle name)
Painted in Photoshop and Painter in about 5 hours.

I hope you like it
cheers
Randis

[LjSketch]

Your work is some of the best I have ever seen!

[JesArt]

Randis, are you that tall dude ? And WOW, so versatile, I love all your work, very gifted. Congrats

[Quike Garcia]

I really like the castle one.. quite lightful, and somehow dark

Which lenses you use normally? I usually have a prime 30mm f1.4 in my D80 (Wish I could afford a D300 ) You'r pictures look really sharp, I guess is mainly from shooting at f16 or 22, but the definition is really great

[Byakko]

Its weird to encounter someone so young that has world class work in so many fields. Do you have a biography or something available? I cant help but wonder what you did to get this good =) But im sure it was alot of work! Kudos!

[Randis]

@ LjSketch
Thank you very much!

@ JesArt
not super tal, 184 cm. Normal i'd say.
Thank you!

@ Quike Garcia
Thanks man!

my fav lenses are AF 20-35mm 1:2.8 D and AF-S 80-200mm 1:2.8 D
i also use a couple of old analogue lenses, those are very crisp and bright.

cheers

@ Byakko
Thanks a lot! I am not that young tho... i'm 31, but for an artists i guess its still young, i have not yet reached my limits in any way, have to learn so much more and i am at it all the time.
There is loong bio post in my SB, dont remember the page tho...

[0zz0]

great drawings!!!

How long do you spend on a drawing ?

[Randis]

@ 0zz0's Avatar

Thank you!

Humm that is different for every picture.
That last one took me about 4-5 hours.
the guy with the kive above about 3-4.
Some of the paintings on the first page up to 2 weeks.