NickyBeats- Wannabe Concept Artist

[lionheartGFX]

wow amazing sketchbook dude you have so much talent!!!! *subscribes* your concepts and overall compositions show attitude and that blew me away!

[Freshfool]

duude sick stuff here man i love your style and your sketches so cool really inspiring

[NickyBeats]

thanks guys! replies next time!

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paintover of one of KingKostas' wip for the latest CHOW.

CHECK OUT THE ORIGINAL! --->

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachm...1&d=1353509500

[NickyBeats]

dimi - thanks man!!

lionheartGFX - thanks a lot man, i really appreciate it! hopefully i can live up to the subscribed level ha.

Freshfool - thanks dude!!

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wip for the current chow, raging elemental titan or something... this is mother nature . sort of. im gonna make her a lot more nature-ey. so yea. enjoy it!

[S Ciaffaglione]

Wow so much work you put my sketchbook habits to shame! I like the last air elemental lady, she certainly has a large pair of personalities. I think with post #2311 I actually like the one with the line drawing more, I kind of like the cooler temperature as well. Keep it up brother!

[NickyBeats]

S Ciaffaglione - thanks man! you mean the version thats painted with the lines still on him? you like that one more? hmm i guess i just felt like it was too sloppy to leave it like that.

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some thumbs for the EOW ROUND 200 !!!!! you can win prizes this round!! check it out!!

[NickyBeats]

assassins creed redesign challenge for the weekly at imaginefx.com. trying out a blade runner-ish, gritty, cyber punk.

rough design sketch

[NickyBeats]

decided to re work my process for creatures. trying it out for the game critter COW in progress.

starting from a cropped bug close up, i think this was a mantas head.

[NickyBeats]

heres an update on that assassins creed redesign challenge thing...

[NickyBeats]

chow sketch

[kevin_]

sick updates, the creatures are looking nice!

[Biomecha_wolf]

Hehe your assassin is hot

[kingkostas]

mate i like the idea you have for this chow. Although he feels very relaxed for the situation he is in. Maybe a "whoa" body language could help, but thats mood related and its personal taste so i am just sharing my opinion hahah. Lets keep up mate

[NickyBeats]

kevin_ - thanks man! yea im trying to switch up the stuff ive been doing lately! thanks!!

Biomecha_wolf - ha thanks man! im not very good at women, but im trying ..

kingkostas - hey man, thanks for stopping by! i started the sketch thinking about distorting his body so much that i didnt really consider his body language, but i think your right, at this point he is beginning to become more accustomed to the new transition, but i think he should still show a bit more expression, thanks man!

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EOW update - the long journey ahead.... still trying to figure out how i can improve this one, any input is highly appreciated! i am very open to paintovers and ideas!

[NickyBeats]

chow update (far from finished)

[kingkostas]

Hello mate
Here a paintover. Keep up pushing

(can also be done with the mountains in the backG but make sure everything you do leads the eye where you want it to go)

[edit: hey now i saw a big object structure in the far background, that will ba an interesting point of interest, make good use of it. Maybe you will need to show more sky but anything is possible, try to think you are there and play with scales and stuff]

[NickyBeats]

kingkostas - damn, awesome! thanks a ton Kostas!! really really appreciate it man! i was actually thinking i was gonna squeeze it down into a longer 3x5x1 ratio or something similar, and yea it does look much better that way! i also like the idea of raising the horizon, it does give it more depth to the land itself, shows more... but seriously thanks man!

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very very very small update on this one...

[idenzel]

you have cool designs, they have some nice life in them

[Lakai]

You really improved since the last time i've watched ur stuff! What makes some of ur work looks somehow messy is the linework that shines through i know its just a sketch but u could just lower the opacity of the lines so its not pure black or color them.
Anyways cool designs, storytelling etc. etc. theres a lot positive things about your work to point out !

[NickyBeats]

Denzel - thank you dude!

Lakai - thanks!! i know dude ha, those damn lines bug me even more than you.. ive been trying out different methods of painting a lot lately, starting from block ins, starting from lines, dropping the opacity of the lines ad paintng over them, locking the pixels on the line layer and painting them... still havent found one that i really like, and one that achieves the look i want... but i assure you, i have been desperately searching for a good answer to this, hopefully one day...

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so heres an update on the EOW, and an assortment of other crap i havent posted yet... enjoy!

-Nick

[Mr. Corlan]

Yeah! Ripclaw & Blockhead!!! Ha ha, these are great. And that's a pretty serious post. You're getting some really nice colors in these things lately. And some quite attractive rendering stuff on that Chinese finger trap tree in the landscape. Gold's Gym dude is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen. I mean, his leg is on backwards! Aauugh!

Keep it up!

[Mr. Corlan]

R-r-r-rripclaw!!!


[Edit] Stupid CA 4.0 edits out my capitalization? What the . . . pld:

[Lightship69]

Seconded on Mr Corlans remarks, but my favourite has to be the creature in the tidal wave, brilliant imagination, fantastic concept and what the hell were you driking to come up with that one!!?? lol

Great SB, all the best and thanks for posting it all.

P.S. subscribed hope you dont mind if I visit more often!!

[NickyBeats]

Mr. Corlan - holy crap Ross your awesome haha! this is sweeeeet man thanks!! and dont worry about the capitolization, i read it with an emphasis on the exclamation haha. im glad you liked Golds Gym dude as well haha, he has been through a lot... always a pleasure to see you drop by bud!!

Lightship69 - oh crap haha, now your probably gonna unsubscribe... that one with the tidal wave was just a paintover of kingkostas' painting for the raging elemental chow. the more i look back at his actually, the more i feel like i kinda messed his up haha, but oh well, hes a good chap that kostas! but thank you very much man! i hope i dont let you down on the sub!

[NickyBeats]

just felt like painting over one of Mr. Corlans sketches because he did the same for me

[Lightship69]

Hey mate do what you like! as long as folks get the credit for their work I cant see anyone complaining.

Dont worry staying subbed as well, I can learn loads rummaging around and you seem to have a laugh as well which also appeals to me, as I can be such a knob head when I put my mind to it !! lol

all the best matey.

[NickyBeats]

Lightship69 - haha i like that, knob head haha. i think i am one as well... i have no idea what it is, but i probably am one haha. and thanks dude! i dont think youll want to learn anything from me though ha, it may do you a disservice...

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Nicky Kringles !!!! why? because i fucking said so!! damn. school is driving me crazy.... no sleep til finals!

[Alexanderjr]

Hey nicky, been a while since I've perused your sketchbook. So much energy in your sketches! that's good! your coloured pieces look good too. I especially like the ones you paint over the sketch lines on. gives them that finished feel. doesn't have to be super tight just getting rid of those sketch lines makes all the difference! really cool! gonna go look at the pages I've missed now.

[Mr. Corlan]

Nice start to your sketchbook, I smell a ton of potential in here.

Unfortunately a spammer, but still funny. Haha. If 79 pages is a "nice start", I haven't even begun yet! I'd say you're doing pretty well. Good luck with finals, keep rockin' man!

[NickyBeats]

Alexanderjr - hey dude! thanks!! ok i know ive said it before, but i swear to the almighty gods of art that i shall seriously work on finishing the line/color sketches!! with CA as my witness!!!!

Mr. Corlan - ahhh thank you so much man! ha i am stressing sooo much about these finals!! gaarh!! haha thanks for stopping by Ross!

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some loosey goosey sketches for the SPEED DEMON COW!!! YAR!