Sketches & Stuff! Updates daily for a while! :)

[Rolo]

great work man!!! WOW!! HEY LONG TIME NO OPEN CANVAS!!
ROlo

[Dile_]

haha, yeah you have right to be curious about the project
I'll put my soul in it well its mainly done to get our skills into conceptart up
a little bit I cant post in the ssg forum, cause I cant log in
anyways, check out the project link in my sig now, I have done a site update.:
tell me if its slow, cause for me it is, but I have asked my fellas,
and they dont complain //yet, so drop me an line if NOTHING works , you know
we will start putting drawings / sketches and doddlings, modellings
and animations in there tomorrow, we already have alot of stuff
to go on, much thx to wolfbane
and thx for your input darktwin!
Btw, thx for visiting the Project page, we had 210 hits today

Rolo: Thx, again we gotta do an OC session ass soon as you have the time

[Darktwin]

I can't get into the SSG either, something is wrong with the links, its been a few days now since I was able to view anything there. But about Project Exodus, it looks awesome, I know the sight is a work in progress so I won't say much about it other than I think you guys should use a different font for your main type font, but thats just being nit picky. The concept design of the rider on the 4 legged animal is really awesome, who drew that? I like the idea behind your project. Your dedication is really amazing and inspiring for me. Keep up the good work Dile.

[Wolfbane]

The concept design of the rider on the 4 legged animal is really awesome, who drew that?

I did

[Dile_]

Hey thx darktwin, yes the proud member of that concept art is Wolfbane
hm, I had some advice about choosing other front as the 5 standards...
Arial. new roman time, ah you know .. and this font (well Im used to it) is kinda
hard to read...^^
Well, both me and Wolfbane have some concepts ready (well alot of concepts)
we just nned some nice enviroments, and then we will start a thread
(Tomorrow) so keep watching.. We have alot of page hits already, and some (excluded I am) returning visitors also wich is GREAT! thx all who have
visited!

[Kian]

Oi Dile! Stop talking and get some bloody drawings up!!

[Dile_]

ok ok ok
since we alreaady showed one of Wolfbanes concept heres one of mine

WIP

[Darktwin]

Nice, drawing and diving into zbrush, man, I should be playing with zbrush right now, I will definitly be diving into zbrush when this semester is over. I will have more time over the summer to do a lot of different stuff, but as of now working on school projects. Its cool though. I'm really loving Project Exodus, great work you two.

[Qxzi]

It was only a couple of weeks ago when you said, wow 4th page. 5th page now ! Can you see how much you are drawing and stuff, which is good! Nice 3D stuff as well! Thanks for the comment as well !!!

Qxzi

[Dile_]

haha yeah, pretty exactly 2 weeks ago
I guess get more feedback now, compared to when I did started this thread
Thx for your input I try to post some drawings tonight

[Dile_]

Speedpaint/ref

[Ashrumm]

Wow you're on five pages good lord man you are flying!! Playing with a little zbrush huh very cool my only crit is the teeth aren't seperate from rest of the face but other than that you followed your sketch rather nicely great job. Keep up the good work Dile.

and on this new piece how long did you work on the speed painting? Something i need to be doing!

[Dile_]

I started when I got home, the clock was about 06:40 pm and
I posted thise piece 06:54 pm, so about 10-15 minutes..
heres a new one... didnt took long time at all..

Without ref, I will do one with ref, lifedrawing soon
Thx for looking by ashrumm, I apprecate it very much :]

Btw: Your right about the teeath, I will change that in 3ds later, or maybe I'll do it in Zbrush, we will see

Btw2: heres another one,

[Dile_]

ok..heres comes the last Speedpaint / ref painting for this evening..
now over refpaintings SLOW and DETAILED refpaintings

[Kian]

Hi man. Nice new pics What I'd suggest is doing every digi painting from reference, so can hone your technique for the colours and values you want. Doing alot of digi reference studies will help you beyond belief!

Jon

[Dile_]

[Self destructed]

[kais]

nice stuff as always Dile your sketchbook has grown since last I checked
I like your apple, nicely done. and your monster/creature concept on zbrush is really nice too. I wish I had zbrush

keep it going

[Dile_]

I also like apples
heres a new one, I did this one at the same time that i was drawing from ref analog, with pencils you know, so I switched


Thx for stopping by!

[Darktwin]

Hey Dile, nice last post, I'm just curious are you apart of the SSG 17 anymore?

[dfacto]

Your last post is interesting, and I like your zbrush guy too. However, I really, really, REALLY, really advise you to tighten up your photoshop renders. You aren't Craig Mullins, and the looseness is doing your work no favors.

Next time you do a PS work, just take your time and smooth out larger areas, make sure to define highlights cleanly, and edge highlights even more so. The way you're doing it now kills the work because the value and color on any given piece of the pic will be all over the place. Without a higher degree of precision you won't convey form and color effectively, which will doom anything you do.

Also, in the pilot pic you haf a good start, but you need to take into account that he is surrounded on nearly all sides by bright blue sky. This would have a large effect on the color of his gear, and on his shiny helmet. http://www.baesystems.com/ocs/shared...s/pilotbig.jpg

Always pay attention to the colors surrounding an object, as they will nearly always effect the color of that object. Disregard this influence and your lighting will suffer.

Keep drawing, and I hope to see some nice solid colored pieces from you.

[Dile_]

Darktwin: yes I am , just just took it away yesterday, to edit my sig, and forgot
to add it again. thx

Dfacto: wow, thx for takeing you your time to write all this
(who is Craig Mullins, I know the name, but I cant seem to see any artwork of in in my mind right now.. )
and about that pilot pic, know when I look at it, it looks dull, and absolutly not what I wanted...I maybe sat down to long drawing yesterday or something.
Thx again for your advices!

[ruuhkis]

Heya Dile, thanks for the supporting comment in my sketchbook. I can see improvement in your posts. I used to make a shit load of drawings after Marshall Vandruff and by just copying them accurately I noticed the forms and the shadows that different masses create etc... If I were you I probably wouldn't do any Photoshopping just yet, at least that's how I've managed; I've just doodled with pencils so far. It's kind of like, the other hand washes the other.
I have just recently started to think about starting to paint, but I will probably just study perspective and all that before I take the big leap...this is all just my own preference
Well, take care yo, keep that pencil of yers sharp --d

[Dile_]

Doyle': Hm first off, I havent copy any other artist if that is what you mean ?
second: I do it in all threee mediums right now, analog (pencils,ink) digital (wacom, photoshop) and 3D ( modelling, Zbrush, 3ds) well, thats what fitting me in my timezone right now, or how ever I could describe it

( sorry if I sound angry, I am not angry at all, I just appreciate your way to help, and Im explaining, how I work for the moment.. )
and btw, I have only done pencil studies (exept for p-exodus)
so Im working on lifedrawing, references and such only studies you know

I dont know, but I use to buy new pencils when my pencil's get to small, or sometimes when I cant find a "sharper" so I'll try
Thx again for your input

[Dile_]

heres one more by ref,
just to keep the drawing mood up

[~Faust~]

Yeah, draw draw draw, You'll rock in no time! In the last one, the perspective is a bit odd with the buildings in the BG, tho. When studying from ref, I'd recommend setting some kind of goal or theme up before you start. With the pic here, such goals could be: understanding of water-reflections, environments with clouds and whatnot. It helps you putting the focus on what you find the most important. Right now, your images still lack that.

[NikitaDarkstar]

I like that last one but the sky fells abit flat compared to the rest.

[Dile_]

hm, I guess I wouldnt have post the last one, since I didnt spend anytime at it..
well I wont make any more speedpaints on this page
But yeah I'll take your advice Faust,
Nikita : Thx ( me also bo nära götet )
heres a line confidence exersice token out of a book..
draw a full figure without letting your pen up. Just 1 line!!!!

[Kian]

Hi bro. The trick with the enviro stuff is lighting! Get that right, and you're on a winner.

[Dile_]

Thx for your tip man, I keep that in mind, same time as I see your great enviroments
you rox man!

[Dile_]

WIP,
I have nothing to do, since my scanner and camera is nonfunctioning so Im doing digital this week untill I can borrow a camera or somethign.
so I hope u aint get tired of my digitals.