asa's sketchbook

[llex_paul]

nice vehicle-concepts man! keep them coming!

[marcoferrigno]

Looking great, do you do orthographic drawings for any of these ships?

[Flaskpost]

last one is friggin great! seems like you are very very comfortable doing the ships like this, and they are beautiful!
maybe tackle some different subject matters, like figures, and enviros and stuff?

keep it up man!

[llex_paul]

wow man, you had some great heads study there in the post nr #8! what happened? try to do something similar, im sure you can! It wold help you something like that and in time your lines will become more precise and have an overall better drawings with that style. this last lines look good but somehow those from the past looked even better. Hope it helps, i tryed to be objective
( spor la treba si incerca sa mai faci niste desene in genul celor din #8. )

[asa]

HunterKiller - thanks a lot
marcoferrigno - no, I don't because they are personal concepts and I don't intend to take them further, but for projects that I have worked on and the orthographic views were a requirement, I started the design in 3D and made a rough proxy, and then made a paint over on the 3D proxy as the final concept sketch, so the proxy model replaced the orographic views, I never did any orthographic views
Flaskpost - thanks, yes I am working on some enviros that I want to take further than the usual thumbs
llex_paul - I did those when I was in the first year at university, a very long time ago, and they are pretty much the only few studies I have ever done, I know it is sad, but unfortunately that's the way it is
What happened is that I work only a fraction of what I should, and that is why you don't see a spectacular progress from what I did 8 years ago
I don't believe I will do any character designs any time soon, I am trying to find a process to come up with some decent enviro designs in the immediate future and after that concentrate even more on that, I mean enviro design
I will probably do some organic concepts at some point, and in the same way like those sketches, which is a very cool and friendly way to draw
here is some work in progress

[Greenhouse]

These enviros are very creative!! Great constructions and great mood!

[xxshadowedsoulxx]

Hey, those are some really cool environment ideas.

[Zauselbart]

really cool stuff
thanks for the inspiring pictures!

[Flaskpost]

Great environments, dude! Great depth and composition on number 3 and 4. Kickass!

[HunterKiller_]

Yus! Great to see those getting developed. Looking good so far.

[Ricardo Robles]

wow dude, I missed a lot of high quality work. I saw your stuff on Concept ships and I must say its the most original in ages. I really enjoy your stuff and I hope you have a cool job soon, your design skills deserve a big project no doubt. On the previous environments, I specially enjoyed the last one. Top notch!

[maths82]

We have got to see those last four environments worked further, or more similar stuff! The values read so well, the designs look very cool and I can feel a narrative there, would love to see them progressed.

[Staal Sander]

Those environments are solid! Great work!

[asa]

long time no see

[crackpot]

These latest b&w's are sweet as a nut.really nice marks.

[GEB]

Man I've always loved your stuff but these last ones are insane!!!

[kingkostas]

wow man!!! awesome!!! glad you are back to keep sharing !!lovely compositions

[maths82]

Super pro, indeed good to see you back. You kept the energy of those thumbnails... inspiring

[ceddo]

Glad to have you back! Indeed, those enviro concepts are looking damn sweet.

[chevy28360]

Really liking your landscapes. The values are strong and the compositions are very interesting. Look forward to seeing more.

[HunterKiller_]

Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about.

[Overtoom]

Nice work man! Cool enviro's

[marcoferrigno]

well holy shit, ASA done fantastic!

[Flaskpost]

Friggin awesome dude! These two turned out great!

[asa]

Thanks everyone for the kind words.
Here is a little head.

[mike butkus]

Great job!

[Flaskpost]

That´s a very creepy head, man! Looking cool though! is it Zbrush?

[Velocity Kendall]

ya that head is awesome man.

[marcoferrigno]

Really unuual style with the head, is it photo collage and painting in ps?

[asa]

mike butkus - thank you very much, always an honor to have you here, your work is simply amazing!!!
Flaskpost - I guess you wouldn't like to meet him in a dark alley...it has kind eyes though
it is a paint over on a sculptris rough model, the one in the picture attached, and I used lots of textures mainly on overlay mode
Velocity Kendall - hey thanks, I am glad you like it, I can say you are one of the few
marcoferrigno - it is both photo textures and painting, the head is almost entirely textures and the accessories are pained but I used textures for that too
some mechs thumbs