David Perteet's Sketchbook

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 05:50 AM

First some older stuff. Apparently I did this piece back when I was color AND saturation blind. Hopefully it will make for a compelling thumbnail.

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 05:56 AM

I was working at a creature fx shop that was doing stuff for "Xena". I'd heard that we might be doing a "Island of Dr. Moreau" type of episode with half human/half animal characters. I did these on my own to try to extract some design work. The episode was never realized, but I did get to do some fun stuff for other projects.

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 06:02 AM

quickie

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 06:05 AM

A quick alien concept to help a buddy try to sell a script.

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 06:07 AM

Quickie

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 06:20 AM

CA is getting a bit ornery...third attempt to upload this.

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 06:25 AM

Charcoal from a class.

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 06:29 AM

Concept for a TV show.

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 06:32 AM

Another concept for the same character.

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 06:34 AM

Quickie from the pre-Photoshop days.

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 06:45 AM

This is one of my first complete color photoshop pieces. Man, I struggled and struggled on this one. I just didn't feel like I had any control with the tablet. After "completing" it (in disgust and frustration), I realized that my Wacom wasn't configured to the aspect ratio of my new monitor, so I was constantly trying to compensate for skewed diagonal strokes. So here it is, in all of its unfixed glory.

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 06:54 AM

Last one for tonight. This one is on my 'to be color finished in Photoshop' list.

**Alexey Chubrikov** · April 12th, 2011, 07:12 AM

Nice stuff, man!

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 10:18 PM

A bit more recent, trying to push past conventional-looking creatures.

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 10:21 PM

Quick concept for an alien character for a now-defunct TV show.

**DPFX** · April 12th, 2011, 10:25 PM

I might fix the problems on this guy and finish him in Photoshop one of these days.

**warburton** · April 23rd, 2011, 06:37 AM

Nice stuff man, you have good knowledge of form and lighting. Your portrait stuff reminds me of Chet Zars - http://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1...w=1259&bih=576

Keep up the good work

**DPFX** · May 5th, 2011, 01:26 AM

Originally Posted by logistic puppet

Nice stuff man, you have good knowledge of form and lighting. Your portrait stuff reminds me of Chet Zars - http://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1...w=1259&bih=576

Keep up the good work

Thanks, man! Chet is actually a work acquaintance of mine. He's a really gifted artist, so that is quite a complement.

**Dana_T** · May 5th, 2011, 01:38 AM

Dude really nice pencil work and fantasy portraits. Hope you keep posting more goodness!

**Feil Magnus** · May 16th, 2011, 04:55 AM

Great creatures, there is a nice freaking mood in them.

**IdyllicHorrors** · May 18th, 2011, 11:28 PM

I like your creatures.

**DPFX** · June 24th, 2011, 06:15 AM

Ah...my first COW fail...I was so innocent back then...

**DPFX** · June 24th, 2011, 06:18 AM

A golem from one of my drawing-for-fun sessions with my 7-year-old.

**The_Flying_Dutchman** · June 24th, 2011, 06:37 AM

Hey, good start. Some pretty nasty stuff in here, but that's not a bad thing. Good texturing on the pencils.
Would like to see more fast/loose work like the charcoal/soft pencil sketch at near the top of this page.

Keep posting!

**DPFX** · June 24th, 2011, 06:49 AM

CoW Sound Round submission. Painting the culvert was WAY harder than doing the creature.

**DPFX** · June 24th, 2011, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by The_Flying_Dutchman

Would like to see more fast/loose work like the charcoal/soft pencil sketch at near the top of this page.

Me, too! Do you know where I can steal some nice, loose stuff and pretend its mine? Seriously, I sat down on a Wacom stylus years ago and haven't been able to loosen up since.

I do appreciate the input.

**Valyavande** · June 24th, 2011, 07:28 AM

Man, I liked the fantasy portraits. Very good pencilrendering. They look better than the complete characters, maybe a sign that you should work a bit more on bodies to get them on the same level.
And I believe you, that in the last painting the culvert was hard, but you've made it good! It's just a bit irritating that it looks so blurred. That'll be okay if the dirt is blurred too to have an effect of depth. But now it just doesn't fit together. At least, that's my thought.

**DPFX** · July 5th, 2011, 04:02 PM

A character concept for a TV show from way back in the proto-Photoshop days.

**bish0p2004** · July 5th, 2011, 09:05 PM

Very good stuff you got here, man. The alien floating in space with the other baby aliens sends chills up my spine. Damn creepy crawlers.

**DPFX** · July 17th, 2011, 02:38 AM

So, apparently makeup fx is dead.

(Aww...you're just saying that because you're going through a dry spell.)

Nope. The world is a big dirty sock of despair.

(Aww...should we call the WAAAmbulance for ya, big guy?)

Big guy? Like I'm fat?

(Did somebody find out today that the project they were counting on getting has been awarded to a shop that isn't likely to hire you?)

Hrmm. Maybe.

(Why not use this uninvited free time to expand your skills? You know...skills that are increasingly important in the entertainment industry?)

FINE.

Early stage of the 'door knocker' tutorial from Scott Spencer's Zbrush Character Creation book:

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