Inkblot Robots: 03-08-08 Itsy-Bitsy

**Raptor** · March 27th, 2007, 03:32 PM

I have been seriously slacking on art, so heres the deal, im going to see if I cant do 1 Greyscale sketch a day on top of any other thing i might be working on. Feel free to crit, its good for me. Also if anyone wants to join me, I dare you to make cooler robots than me! hehe

03-08-08 Itsy-Bitsy

03-07-08 It lives!

03-06-08 Lets Play fetch

04-17-07 Fly face

04-16-07 The Beast

04-15-07 Peacock

04-14-07 Tormented

04-13-07 Fishky

04-12-07 H.E.R.M.I.E.: reconnaissance crab

04-11-07 Big-badMrMoody

04-10-07 Runawayrobosaur

04-9-07 Donttouchmeodon

04-08-07 ReatheredDragon

04-07-07 Glowworm

04-06-07 OrkinMan

04-05-07 pogogogo

04-04-07 Centaur

04-03-07 Badface.jpg

04-02-07 Arachnaspot

04-01-07 Tall and low

03-31-07 floppydusk

03-30-07 Fixit

03-29-07 "inside it"

Coal Dragon

03-28-07 Cyberdactyl

03-27-07 Manbot

Sixlegs

Spiderface

**deep_set** · March 27th, 2007, 03:34 PM

great work man. you have a nice sense of lighting.

**shyamshriram** · March 27th, 2007, 03:38 PM

Good start mate...interesting brushing

are u using painter for these?

Looking forward to see some more !

**Raptor** · March 27th, 2007, 04:02 PM

Thanks Deep set, lighting is one thing I am really trying to practice, B&W is the way to go for that. I'm taking notes from Citizen Kane and ansel adams.

Yup, good ol' Painter. I'm amazed, 'painter poof' hasn't wronged me in at almost a week! Working on todays as we speak (well right now im typeing)

**designboot** · March 27th, 2007, 06:28 PM

great oils!

keep posting man!

**KromNz** · March 27th, 2007, 06:31 PM

Really good works. Post more

**Anurizm** · March 27th, 2007, 06:33 PM

nice designs.

**Raptor** · March 29th, 2007, 01:44 AM

Hey thanks you guys, more on the way. check every day

**Sirio_Brozzi** · March 29th, 2007, 08:14 AM

Some real nice painter work mate, did a nice job on quite a few of these, dig how you lay down the brush strokes.

**Raptor** · March 29th, 2007, 10:21 AM

a bit early but..

03-30-07 Fixit

**AK86** · March 29th, 2007, 10:47 AM

you do have some sweet robot designs. Iam particulary fond of your Cyberdactyl concept. You can tell straight away that your very talented with painter. I am Photoshop fella.

Have you thought about spending some extra time on your strongest designs, to make the shapes and the overall painting tighter? That would look ace with your already bloody awesome designs.

Keep em coming man!

**Raptor** · March 31st, 2007, 02:06 PM

thanks AK, I do enjoy painter, I still use photoshop allot, I just like the straighforwardness painter can provide, and find that its brush simulation can make the process go faster. I still use photoshop to touch up my pictures when im done though. Allot of the designs lately have been pretty week. I am going to move forward for now, ,and when I have 30-40 pics up, maybe ill choose two of my favorites to work on more. but for now, the goal is simply to get me back in good habits.

**Blade-14** · March 31st, 2007, 02:35 PM

U have a very unique style going on in your pieces mate i like it a lot i really need some help on my painting skills cos they're lil more less than average at the moment. but u my friend are in the zone, even tho they're gray scale they really are super nice to look at.

**B-nine** · March 31st, 2007, 02:44 PM

these look really cool.
I really enjoy the brush work and the spontaneity of all of them. definitely seems like good practice.
Are you using artists oils on these? if so care to share your settings? I've never been able to get them to work right =/

**Raptor** · March 31st, 2007, 03:02 PM

Im flattered you say i am "in the zone". Im hopeing pure bulk of work will make me a better painter. It probly wont help me with skin and organics much though as lighting is different with that. what do you think you need help on with painting?

The samurai pay attention to there swing of there blade, they would practice calligraphy never stopping there brush, so that it would all be completely fluid, with speed came form. they were maximizing the effitiantcey of every stroke to convey the most amount of information in the simplest way.

With my robots, I honestly just paint a shape in black and then use Grey to give it shape, for the first 5 min I don't even know what i'm making. I just look at the inkblot like i do with clouds and wait for a shape to "appear"

I like to use the soft grainy impasto, or the wet oily impastos in the artist oils for these. I tinker with the resat and opacity a smidge, but there pretty close to defults. They blend well and still retain the main color for just the right amount. I really like your sketchbook b-9, soft muted colors are good, how are you doing the "coffie spill" look?

**B-nine** · March 31st, 2007, 09:38 PM

thanks for the heads up on the brushes, I always assume people are using the artist's oils for some reason, probably because I can never achieve a similar look.

Thanks for the compliment, the spilled coffee look is actually scanned in ink drips that I just play with the layer properties. I think I still have the scans somewhere, if you want, send me a message and I can give them to you.

**Looped_Warrior** · March 31st, 2007, 10:02 PM

How long does it take you to make these robots?

**Raptor** · April 1st, 2007, 07:27 PM

b9 - it would be good to see how you did that, i've heard friends who crinkle up paper and soak it in coffee and use it as an aged texture.

loop - it takes anywhere from 15 min to an hour each, but i try to keep them to 30 min. that normally is more than enough unless its not just "happening" with a peticular piece. the ones i most like however took me 15 min, like 6 legs and manbot

heres the latest:

**Raptor** · April 2nd, 2007, 04:02 PM

**Raptor** · April 4th, 2007, 05:02 PM

04-03-07Badface.jpg

04-04-07Centaur

**Raptor** · April 15th, 2007, 02:57 AM

Sorry I was away for so long, diligence i am still learning. this is hard

**OleOlsen** · April 15th, 2007, 11:51 AM

jo man! that is not bad stuf, good sketch practice. some of them have quite a good form i think. keep it up. greetz

**Raptor** · March 4th, 2008, 05:45 PM

I am thinking about stating this back up, I got overwhelmed before and got so backlogged that I gave up but I really shouldn't have.