Exphrasis' sketchbook

[exphrasis]

some thumbnails

Please give me some feedback guys !

[exphrasis]

No feedbacks ? =/

Ok, means I have to work and post more

So here's some anatomy study.

[exphrasis]

Some studies :

[exphrasis]

Quick matte sketch

[exphrasis]

éhello dear community of conceptart.org :p

Here's something new !

[SkyrimBox]

Wow this last environment is incredible, I like it very much...

[Trixtar]

Your environments are really amazing!

Sorry, have no crits for you, but your art is definitely nice looking at!

[exphrasis]

Woops forgot the image in the last post ! D:

[GaHaKnu]

A lot of cool design here. And lovely environments!
Looking forward to seeing more

[exphrasis]

Thanks GaHaKnu

Here's something :

[smuli]

Damn I love those thumbnails, so effortless and confident looking brushing! You seem to be great at achieving a mood and the lightings look very convincing. It's very useful to see what kind of studies you do. The "quick matte sketch" is incredible... You've got yourself a fanboy!

Please keep them coming!

[LastGen]

What a shame I haven't seen your sb before. I love the crispy edges of your environments, there are a lot of cool conceptual ideas in there.

I'd like to see more of your work, you seem to have a good way of learning, applying and improving.

[exphrasis]

Hehe thanks guys

@smuli : As funny as it seems, absolutely EVERYONE is telling me about my colors and lights. It's funny
I need to work more on the other stuff, like composition etc. Sucks that it doesn't come as easily as light.

@LastGen :
I need to do more though, from january till march I used to do one study everyday, but now I have too much projects etc at school, it's eating my time.
Hopefully I can start doing some more everyday at the end of june.

Little speedy :

[exphrasis]

Hey guys !

Here's something fresh new :

Might tweak some little things here and there.

[jedininjaman]

Great work man, some of this is incredibly good. I think the biggest thing you could benefit from is detail management. Your detailing has a tendency to disrupt the space and it can weaken the depth of your work. Same goes for character work, though obviously disrupting the flow rather than the depth. I think the last char you did with 6 arms was your strongest by far.

[exphrasis]

here's a final version, as well as some sketches

[Kapri]

Very good work so far.

Some feedback:
- Do you ever draw / paint environments from life? If not, do so and post some of the results. I'd love to see them.
- Anatomy studies look good. Try to do them from both ref and imagination (if you aren't already ).
- I would also love to see you give yourself a big concept art assignment: start with a written brief for an enviroment and some characters. Then show us your process: thumbnails, roughs, final drawings, color studies and final paintings.

But really, I can't offer any other crits though since the quality of this SB is already very good. You seem to be improving fast, so whatever you do: just keep posting! Good luck.

[Stpete]

This is probably one of the best environment sb's ive seen SOOO bloody sick!! Have you ever tried doing spaceships and robots?

[Xelar]

Some of these are just topnotch!
Loving the crispy edges and occasional crazy colors.
Either you use a whole lot of photos in your matte paintings or you blend in the brush work incredibly well. Looks good either way^^
You tend to use a little too much black but
it might just be part of the "look" so it's not too bad.

Keep up the good work!

[exphrasis]

Thanks guys ! Much appreciated

@kapri:

Yep, I do paint from life. Well more from pictures actually. Here's one from ' pulp fiction ' just after those lines.
I'll do that this summer yes. I really want to get better with characters, you're right I don't do enough anatomy ref.

If you want I have a livestream channel where you can see my whole process
here's the link :
http://www.livestream.com/exphrasis

@Stpete : Funny you say that, actually half of my old artworks are robots and spaceships haha !
on this old page :
http://exphrasis.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=48
There's a couple of them
Thanks again for the kind words !

@Xelar :

thanks !
Actually I do both. I usually start with some picture elements to get some textures and colors, but I really almost never keep the picture elements.
If you want you can also check my last livestream ( in my answer to Kapri), since in the last one I do it at the beginning.
You're right about the black, it's a bad tendency I have because of the thumbnails, I usually put too much contrast in them.



Here's also a little demoreel for you guys !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYUMU...layer_embedded

Here's also a couple of new stuff :

[rich4rt]

cool! Lots of variety, the Paris piece is wicked

[Mila]

Whoa...uhm, nice! Love the environments

[Vulgar`]

Delicious work!

[insane lemur]

nice to see your thread here exphrasis! your stuff reminds me of the 'old' days of like 04' sijun, makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside, keep em' coming!

[exphrasis]

Thanks guys
I really appreciate.

Been doing a couple new livestreams, there you go :

[Stpete]

RAWWWR THEY ARE SOOO AWESOME!!, THE LATEST!! i wanna go draw now!! thanks for motivating me, 2 questions post 55 second picture, you used some photos right? and how much time does it take making one of those environments?

[Mila]

I like the design of the first environment in your latest post. Reminds me of a 40k novel.
Brilliant use of colours in both pieces too.

[LastGen]

Sweet environments, I'm jealous! That thumbnail from #50 contains very promising landscaes, it's very inspiring.

Any chance to show some recent pencil drawings?

[bobtail]

Wow, awesome work!! I'd love to see some works in progress from you to show how you build up a piece. Your work just looks so relaxed and confident!

[Jaik]

*jaw drops* amazing stuff, unbelievable environments, ive bookmarked the livestream and will definitely try and catch you online!