.16/05.2012.Papal.Robots.&.Unicorns.

[Paolo13]

Thx for visiting my SB... your updates are awesome!!! I am in no position of giving critics or suggestions...so all I can say is...THESE ARE NOT ENOUGH! WE WANT MORE!!! Ciao

[Quinn Simoes]

Awesome update! Love that Hell Fish.

[Deadlyhazard]

That Hellfish is genuinely scary. Beautiful specularity on it BTW. And I like the increase in saturation around the gills -- I forgot what that's called...but you can see it in stuff like skin facing sunlight. I think it might be subsurface scattering...

[dan liimatta]

Deadlyhazard
It's vaguely indicated - save the cheeks - but yeah mostly cheap. & Thanks.

Quinn Simoes
It was fun to do - and thanks

Paolo13
Thanks - now todays update feels pretty weak

rumpenstiltzkin
För roboten hade jag en riktig skräp dator - så var typ sai som fungerade normalt använder jag sai för 95% av allt personligt dock (& tack, fast bilden är gammal)

GEB - thanks, and the same.

Trishkell Thanks!




A WIP of a piece for a friend of mine - currently playing around with it a bit - we'll see where it lands.

Current WIP state.

First Sketch.

The latest lost some shapes and I'm still sculpting - just need to do something else today than work/sit at the computer.

Probably all for today - been a bit off and got a massive headache o/

Reference music goes something like.

[Loathsome]

That new piece looks interesting. I'm completely confused about your process but your other stuff looks finished and stuff so I'm sure that's not a problem for you.

[Sickbrush]

hehe love these, Dan, sorry i didn't catch you on gmail yet, it's been crazy around here lately. hope to chat soon man, keep up the sweetness!

[dan liimatta]

Daily sketchgroup DSG 1609: Distortion • FAMILIAR ANIMAL'S RIBCAGE AND CRANIUM ARE CONCAVE, NOT CONVEX qucky.



Loathsome Tackar ~ (och kan visa processen bättre sen - det är inte speciellt invecklat - eller lysande).

Sickbrush
Thanks - and np. & I'll mine you for knowlage later.

[Tawnos]

[QUOTE=dan liimatta;3148522]

& Are there problem with the edges? yes - in most of these they are too hard - and I rarely use soft brushes nor do I smudge areas out.


Can I have this as a pet? This is so awesome, man!

[Ludic]

That fishhead is aaawesome! Great use of light right there, the characters are looking very neat aswell

[The Whistler]

Hey Dan, thanks for the useful info back in my SB

I've been trough your SB, and all I can say is: AWESOME. I like how you handle color, and how everything you paint seems really solid.
I like your portraits the most, the SP on the last page looks great, can't believe it took you only 20 minutes! There was also an amazing one back around the page 11 or 12, I think it said it was your brother. Also diggin' all this recent stuff with the entrails and tentacles and such. Really great work!

[Carlos-will]

Hey dan,

Your sketchbook is awsome! Such versatility in it, top end stuff! I've just started a sketchbook recently, be most wonderful if you dropped by =] by the way I'm subscribing to your thread, aaaooh yeah.

[p sage]

Lol... love the Caribou and "scale" comparison.

And it's great to know the rules so you can bend them, like in this one

You're an updatin' machine!

[Jasper_]

Hey man! Great sketchbook you've got, your brushwork is terrific. I dig that astronaut with all his stufff comin out haha.

[dU5K]

yea nice updates man. reaalllly like the skeletal buck painting. it has pretty convincing anatomy. and the weird zombie with its guts out is pretty cool too. i like how the colors used in it make it seem happy and child-appropriate haha.. i dont kno wat mt mystic was talkin bout or wat the beef is but man like i said before u got ur own style and thats how it shud be; YOUR OWN. he was just being a debbie downer. maybe he had a case of the modays haha. keep up the good work

[Wholewheat_keyboard]

Dan, First - thanks for visiting my SB - and leaving such positive feedback, that really made my day!

Second - Wow! Your work rocks. You put a lot of love into it clearly - love the hyper detail you put in some of your illustrations - like the dissected alien thing from your DSG entry, also like seeing how much you experiment with different techniques. You have so much work here I can't really comment on so much of it - just that I had a lot of fun going through all the pages! I like seeing that you do so many DSG's, I might have to do some now too. The close-up of the texturing on the robot you did recently blew my mind! How? Love your work! - keep goin man, you rock

[dan liimatta]

Just a small update ~ not been doing much for the last 2 days at all. Actually a bit displeased about this - the head is getting too large for the body and I need to add more builk to the top fish and it's neck. Also the lower one is a bit horrid as well - so probably needs some more looking into overall shape wise - esp. the side and the mouth. but oh well once I don't feel sick and tired :/ (probably not, just a bit low).


Tawnos, Ludic, The Whistler, Carlos-will, p sage, Jasper_, Wholewheat_keyboard Thanks to all of you ~

dU5K
Thanks - but it wasn't really that I have good edges or my style is good - I just had a problem with the way it was explained - it wasn't very heplful at all and rather misleading. Anyway we should have our own styles ofc. but doing bad things isn't really one of them

[NickyBeats]

wow awesome updates Dan!! love the dsg sketch! ha! i may have to try that one out. always awesome coming in here! you never dissapoint!

[~KJK~]

totally sick imagination youve got there!

[Jephyr X]

hmmm...well I really like the fish...shape and all...the skin seems very realistic...like something I saw in a dream once!

[dan liimatta]

Jephyr X Thanks - I need to finish them up at some point - but been slow the last couple of days

Parsakoira & NickyBeats Thanks!

A random collection of current WIPS or relax pieces (the later are the strange ones, they justh happen when I got a headache or when bored.

Two landscapes that are on the backburner - should complete both, but a bit toony for what I currentley should be doing.



Creature I should complete.


random face studies and doodling (watched justice if you can recongnize the distorted face to the right)


A DSG I did today. Should have done a different compostion both when it comes to angle but also colour/light. so so :/
DSG 1610: Sci-Fi • REPRESENT A REAL-LIFE BIRD IN HIGHLY ROBOTIC FORM


WIP from last night (just starting out - with process)


Random doodle I did before I took my last break painting (felt, and feel a bit sick)


Two more in the same vein I did earlier - around the time of the last posts but decided not to post - just relax me pieces like the other strangeface above.




Thanks for coming by and for post ~ motivating as I tend to drift once I feel a bit off.

[Jephyr X]

Hi Dan...you're version of "slow" makes me look like I'm not moving.

Digging the enviors and characters but must note the mecha-bird and the second to last "portrait...very cool!

[GEB]

Fuckin awesome updates!

[Sarmati]

I think, I'll start hanging out in here more often. Really awesome paintings.

[hu-ha]

You're incredible, totally one of my fav sketchbooks. So much work and every idea is orginal&awesome. Also #556 reminds me of these

[bhanu]

Jeesus you been working a lot lately... and working great too...
Man you got the steam and the style.....Right on!!!!!!!!!!
Do complete the creature you are supposed to complete. Cant wait to see that.
Cheers and much love.

[wreck]

Some fresh and cool stuff here man, great rending on these as well! im a fan!

[Noa]

whoa awesome stuff!

[{CKL}]

Wicked creations Dan! I really enjoyed flipping through your pages. The only constructive crit I could really give you is to work on your human proportions a touch, things look a little stunted here and there. Anyway, I'll keep my eyes out for your updates.

[NickyBeats]

awwwe those calm down faces are sweeeet man!! love the new DSG too!! i love the details you pack into those twisted creatures.

[Vulgar`]

Very talented man - I see endless possibilities. I'd like to see an enviro full of beautifully grotesque creatures!