Finished illustration + details

[the black frog]

Hi people,
I finally got a portfolio on the net...
The official stuff in flash is still under construction but until that's done,
this should do:

www.homepage.mac.com/theblackfrog



See ya

[the black frog]

Did that under photoshop in an evening
hope you like it.



Crits welcome!

B.F.

[Sim]

Shows up a little too dark on my screen. Sure enough, when I opened it and increased the brightness a bit there were all kinds of wonderful details hidden in the darkness. I don't know if this is just my monitor screen but this is the first time I've seen an image where the gamma didn't look right on these forums.

Oh, I forgot to mention I really liked your work!

[Mort]

who is that guy and why is he standing amongst a bunch of scary creatures?
other then that , it looks good!
but isnt he flipping us the bird there.. or is that unintentionally?

[JoshuaTheJames]

My jealousy of your Insanely Efficient Drawing and Painting abilities extend to the edge of a flat Earth. I would like to see you push your design a bit further. Only because your at such a high level with the Draftsmanship that I think your design could hit a bit higher and more unique..but, I'm sure these were also dictated by other forces.


Can you post some more images here? They may attract more attention than the link.

thanks for sharring!

-Joshua James

[the black frog]

Hi, Joshua the James
Thanks a lot for your note, I'm still blushing.
Re: posting more pics, I'll see what I can do.

Here's another one:
(done in painter 5 this time.)



Mort, the guy in the picture that's me.
It was an illustr' for a French magazine. Special article about my collaboration on the film by Christophe Gans 'the Brotherhood Of The Wolf'... About the creatures...
ref' to the kind of job I was doing at the Jim Henson Creature Shop London at the time.

B.F.

[the black frog]

Thanx...
On my monitor it's fine but, you're right, sometimes I tend to push it way dark.

[Mort]

so what about giving them the finger? is that unintentionally?
your portfolio looks very good.
*loved that movie btw*

[el coro]

hey dood, noxizmad showed me your website the other day, and i have been frequenting it ever since. i LOVE your stuff. it is all absolutely amazing. you are one of the best i have seen in a long time. man you french guys are too good! seeing your works makes me realize just how far i have to go with my own stuff. thank you for posting on our humble boards. i hope to see more of you around here!-c36

[JoshuaTheJames]

Btw Welcome to the Boards!


-JtJ

[the black frog]

My pleasure!!

It's good to finally be in touch with the world...
Spent too long in stealth mode.

Glad you like it.

B.F.

[James Kei]

Your site is fantastic!
*adds to bookmarks*
I hope you continue to post here.

[Android]

your work is amazing,
i cant remember the last time i was so overwhelmed by a website. your work is so fresh and rich with energy, i went through every image on your website and im dying for more. welcome to CA!

Andrew

[Android]

the black frog will rule them all!!

[alex_86]

I think your paintings are great but I don't like your site navigation. When I wanna see an image I don't also want to have to click 3 times to get the full sized version. As well the slow loading after you click the initial thumbnail is a bit irritating. I would consider some revision in that area.

[flex mathews]

yeah, dude, great website... super powerful stuff. cant wait to see some more from you.

[jackoilrain]

Did that under photoshop in an evening
hope you like it.



Crits welcome!

B.F.

Good work!
I think you have a great general sensibility...
But this are like an professional sketch.Some architectures are little
they are deformed.
Not there is no defined part, but creed that this is one your choice.
Usually I love to try between the pointed out things something that suggests a shape to me.

anyway congratulations

[the black frog]

meDrawUC,
I'm sorry to hear that the site is not working for you.
What kind of connection/computer have you got?
From mine everything is super fast.

Tell me and I'll see if I can make it better.

B.F

[the black frog]

Mort, the answer is: I din't mean it that way.

B.F.

[the black frog]

Thank you guys for the warm welcome.
It's beguinning to feel like home here.

Take care

B.F.

[Jonny]

I checked out your site and your stuff is beautiful. Awesome style.

[jackoilrain]

Thank you guys for the warm welcome.
It's beguinning to feel like home here.

Take care

B.F.

Thank you for submit your very nice artwork

[Dan Milligan]

I've gone though your site twice....WOW! clean, confident, just wonderful.

thanks
DAn

[I.was.ink]

You have some Sweet artwork mr frog! ribbitt...

btw, will you be coming to the workshop in S.F?

- ink

[the black frog]

Where and when is the workshop thing?
Sorry I am a bit new to the whole thing still.

B.F.

[the black frog]

Another painter stuff. crancked up the contrast under photoshop at the end.
fast and rough.




Hope you like it.


B.F.

[the black frog]

Hi,
This time completelly photoshop 7 - pen sketch scanned underneath -
One afternoon work



Crits welcome!

B.F.

[the black frog]

Painter 5 - can't change now, I love the brushes too much.



Crits welcome!

B.F.

[nephilim]

it looks like a great painting, but its way too dark, as i cant make out much detail. but from waht i can see it looks pretty good. not much mermaid to see though.

mike

[the black frog]

One of the numerous concepts for the beast master of the film.
They didn't go for this one though... I think it looks a bit too much like a heavy metal singer myself with a step back.

The wolf brothers - Working title of the movie at the time.



Painter 5 and photoshop.