Then the girl said: Less art, more chocolate. (Journey of the 1st CA student)

**Oblio** · June 8th, 2007, 05:32 AM

now.. back to some other stories - around december.. Diana (known as Scarlet on CA) ventured to pay me a visit to Romania. I was SO happy to have her here - but.. in the same time.. due to some strange circumstances... Ubisoft found out that.. i am alsto drawing.painting (i was working as Game Designer... later on Creative Director). To cut the story short - i was asked to make some portraits for Blazing Angels 2.
It would be my very first professional job.
Now.. you see - i never wanted this. I had lots of hobbies that in time become my day job and i found out that most of the time - the job killed the passion in me.
BUt.. it was a nice challenge - and i wanted to take on it - but.. Diana was comming and.. as usual .. things are not comming out simply - life is tearing you appart.
So... while in the small trip trough the country - i started doing the illustration.
The designer i wqas working on sent me great demands - asking me to mix characteristics form several known faces... and he heavily art directed the whole job. By the end of it was sick of hearing him "they are not the same style" and i went on and set almost the same color paletten, same brushwork, same ligh style.. just to please the ambitious guy.
As the storie requires a twist.. all this work.. will not be featured in the final game

Why - actors were hiered for the cutscenes that had no resemblance with the characters we made up.

So.. without other blah blah - here is my first commercial/professional work.

The Spy Girl - first version. Initially started by Dariz.

Teach - wingman - the veteran - father figure

Cowboy - the young, reckless but very tallented wingman.

Max - Archenemy!

Von Kluge - The evil mastermind.

The spy girl - last version.

and .. Matthew
now... i don;t really want to be in the game. But... this one ended up like me trough a funny story.
While i was working with a known acter as reference and some poeple got behind me and said - are you doing your self portrait again?
HUH?
i got scared - like - what if .. every portrait that i'm doing.. ends up like a self portrait?
BUt after even more people came to duscuss the drawings i was working on.. they cam eto the conclusion that.. the actor looked like me .. and while i was traying to modify his features to turn him into someone new... why not.. tunr the whole thing into.. me? I was in a sort of time crisis and i was most familiar with my face. It shounded like a good ideea. So i went for it - i am an actor after all (graduated that school)

So this is Matthew... played by Andrei Fantana

**Coinpurse** · June 8th, 2007, 06:33 AM

seen the first one, haven't seen the second clip.
Thanks for the links sir! great updates, ashamed of myself...
Haven't checked your SB out sooner, keep it up!

**hurricane** · June 8th, 2007, 08:52 AM

hey buddy!
nice portraits!

i hop eyou're doing fine!
cheers

**Jason Manley** · June 8th, 2007, 09:07 AM

well done sir...your self portrait and the figure studies are strongest to me...I am proud of how far you have come...it is a long road!!! keep it up!

**scarlet** · June 8th, 2007, 09:13 PM

AWESOME!!! I love the final portrait of the spy girl.

XXXXXXXXX

d.

**trevor** · June 12th, 2007, 04:40 AM

wow way to surprise us out of nowhere!
love the still lifes and figure work!

**velinov** · June 12th, 2007, 04:51 AM

There is a really eye catching stuff, man! Keep it up!

**Dominus** · June 12th, 2007, 05:19 AM

ALL CRAP!

i like this one

**Reika** · July 19th, 2007, 11:33 AM

Salut, fratioare

Progresul tau este sursa de inspiratie ^^ Just wanted to drop by and wish you unquenched thirst for art!

**Chymo** · July 19th, 2007, 11:41 AM

Excellent stuff! It's an inspiration to see just how far you've come since your early days. Threads like this breath life and hope into a new digital artist. Thanks Oblio.

**Liam Harvey** · July 19th, 2007, 12:42 PM

i had no idea someone could just change their path in life so easily!
that amount of determination is really inspiring to say the least, your art manages to be even more inspiring.

i'm picking my jaw up from the floor now and going back to school work and drawing now.

-GF

**Sickbrush** · July 20th, 2007, 08:17 AM

hehe better and better.
good job frate

**warpy** · August 10th, 2007, 06:18 AM

its realy cool seeing stories accompanied with all of this. keep on going!

**thirdeye** · August 10th, 2007, 06:41 AM

Nice portraits and figure studies

Great to watch your growth as an artist

**kaktuzlime** · August 10th, 2007, 06:57 AM

Wow Oblio! You've gotten much better! Wonderful progress and keep up the great work^^.

**Chermilla** · August 10th, 2007, 07:07 AM

I love that last portrait, the expression on his face is so funny.

Cx

**aIexander** · August 10th, 2007, 10:19 AM

nice thread
felicitari pentru progres si vointa
numai bine

**m0uS3r** · August 10th, 2007, 04:40 PM

hehe like the last one hehe ... changing vectors

)))

chrhhhrhhhhhh ....

) nice man keep on posting like ya stuff

**Oblio** · August 18th, 2007, 04:20 AM

here's a small update.
check out the game "Blazing Angels2"

and here are few more sketches - nothing really finished.

tribute to Glen. ran out of time

oh ... and i started a photo thread. http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...02#post1415002

thx for looking.

**Hive_minD** · August 19th, 2007, 07:14 AM

Oblio... I'm ashamed

I've seen you in the forums several times, but I have never visited you SB! please forgive me!
Your drawings are great, and you have come so far already! Inspiring indeed... thank you for sharing, I'm hoping for more, soon

Chris

**Guilemo** · August 19th, 2007, 08:13 AM

This is a fantastic journey. I find joy in watching you progress. You have improved so much. Your style is so unique and nice! I really like the nazi portraits. I am amazed how you get them to look somewhat evil. Do you use less saturated and darker colours on the "evil" fellows, and more saturated and light colours on the "good" fellows?

You have so nice use of colours in your paintings

I have actually learned a lot from this thread. I now start to do a self portrait every day, and I'll also try to copy some of the old master painting. I think I can learn a great deal from it.

Your work is so inspiring!

Just a dumb question?
Do you work for massive black?

Best
Henning

**spartiate** · August 19th, 2007, 09:54 AM

Frate,
este foarte frumos.
Lots of inspiration and good work^^ Love it

**AmontilladoAg** · August 19th, 2007, 03:24 PM

Sweet progress bein' made in this SB, man

That last pic of "spy girl" pwns the world!... and I really like your tribute to Gangus, too.

Keep crankin' out the super art, Oblio; don't ever stop.

**rdsarna** · August 19th, 2007, 04:17 PM

SUPERB WORK HERE!!
Want more..........

**Shpow.Iain** · August 19th, 2007, 05:09 PM

You've got a really keen understanding on things!

Maybe a little more scenery?

**D@niel** · August 20th, 2007, 06:18 PM

Blaizing Angels 2 looks FANTASTIC! Realy amazing progression in your SB, a real inspiration!
MY SB http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=100235

**Diphallia** · September 4th, 2007, 10:32 AM

That Victory Gal moved my heart somehow.
Almost as much as "help my son, Ted"
Glen Angus will always be remembered.

BA2 sounds like a great fun, gonna check it out!
Great arts! Nothing to critisize.

**Oblio** · September 17th, 2007, 05:28 PM

quick SP. few minutes ago.

thank you all for being here. i will try to come up with more scenery and to take on your advice. i really missed drawing - i focused a lot of photography.. i'm working on building the sets and the props for my next series of photos.