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hey thanks !
Rtype, it's painted digitally,
the poem is hard to describe because it's pretty complex and imaginative, but it's basically about the main character Dante who travels through levels of Purgatory and Hell (most of the way guided by the poet Virgil), and ultimately ending in Paradise. stuff of epic proportions
here's a couple of close up shots.. i paint really really loose..
Rtype, it's painted digitally,
the poem is hard to describe because it's pretty complex and imaginative, but it's basically about the main character Dante who travels through levels of Purgatory and Hell (most of the way guided by the poet Virgil), and ultimately ending in Paradise. stuff of epic proportions
here's a couple of close up shots.. i paint really really loose..
Wow. Wow wow wow.
I love these! The style reminds me a bit of Turner.
As someone who loves the Divine Comedy, I have to say that you really captured something of the poem in your paintings - the different moods or feelings as Dante progresses through each level? Whatever it is, you really nailed it.
Are higher res versions available? I would so buy prints of these. I love Charon taking them across the river Styx!
Edit: Looked at your Digitalart gallery. The waterscapes are all wonderful (I'm a sucker for all things nautical) - very Turner-esque. Please tell me I can get prints of some of these!
I love these! The style reminds me a bit of Turner.
As someone who loves the Divine Comedy, I have to say that you really captured something of the poem in your paintings - the different moods or feelings as Dante progresses through each level? Whatever it is, you really nailed it.
Are higher res versions available? I would so buy prints of these. I love Charon taking them across the river Styx!
Edit: Looked at your Digitalart gallery. The waterscapes are all wonderful (I'm a sucker for all things nautical) - very Turner-esque. Please tell me I can get prints of some of these!
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Good to see this thread end the year on a high note!
Nothing from me though, I just came back from x-mas in Spain and Im playing waaay too much Fable 2, mabbe in a couple of days Ill draw something (I need better discipline, lol)
Nothing from me though, I just came back from x-mas in Spain and Im playing waaay too much Fable 2, mabbe in a couple of days Ill draw something (I need better discipline, lol)
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Just downloaded a trial of sketchbook pro after seeing somebody in cg hub used it for sketching stuff out, so this is like 30 minutes of messing around with it
The program is actually pretty nice! It has some innovative use of the zoom, brush resizing and its ballpoint pen brush is just about perfect. Ill probably stick with Photoshop surely, but its nice to check other stuff out every now and then.
The program is actually pretty nice! It has some innovative use of the zoom, brush resizing and its ballpoint pen brush is just about perfect. Ill probably stick with Photoshop surely, but its nice to check other stuff out every now and then.
Speaking of which, what programs are you guys using? I've been using openCanvas for years now and I'm having a lot of fun with it.Raging Spaniard said:Just downloaded a trial of sketchbook pro after seeing somebody in cg hub used it for sketching stuff out, so this is like 30 minutes of messing around with it
The program is actually pretty nice! It has some innovative use of the zoom, brush resizing and its ballpoint pen brush is just about perfect. Ill probably stick with Photoshop surely, but its nice to check other stuff out every now and then.
Pizza Luigi
Member
Raging Spaniard said:Just downloaded a trial of sketchbook pro after seeing somebody in cg hub used it for sketching stuff out, so this is like 30 minutes of messing around with it
The program is actually pretty nice! It has some innovative use of the zoom, brush resizing and its ballpoint pen brush is just about perfect. Ill probably stick with Photoshop surely, but its nice to check other stuff out every now and then.
I've used Sketchbook Pro once, but I can't find the site to download it anymore, the trial that is. Do you have a link for me?
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
DM_Uselink
Member
I've been absent from this thread for longer than I had wished. Great artwork being posted since I last put up my work!, I hope this thread lives on!
I'm gonna post a couple sketches I'm working on, and one that I consider finished. I might go further with it.
...and a traditional charcoal drawing I did for my life drawing class (I'll post a link since the model is nude)
Nude lady
I'm gonna post a couple sketches I'm working on, and one that I consider finished. I might go further with it.
...and a traditional charcoal drawing I did for my life drawing class (I'll post a link since the model is nude)
Nude lady
Human_Shield
Member
Great stuff from GAF, as always. Something new, as I haven't posted since the old thread:
Finally got a new scanner! To quote Costanza, "I'm back, baby!"
Finally got a new scanner! To quote Costanza, "I'm back, baby!"
Thanks all for looking Turner is actually one of my favorite artists -- I didn't really care for landscapes until a few years ago, when I caught his watercolor retrospective at the Philly museum. I was totally blown away. I also just love looking at Romantic art in general.
Bagels: Thanks for checking out my digital art gallery. Doing prints is something I want to do eventually. I might for the new year! Hopefully!
Turner is actually one of my favorite artists -- I didn't really care for landscapes until a few years ago, when I caught his watercolor retrospective at the Philly museum. I was totally blown away. I also just love looking at Romantic art in general.Bagels: Thanks for checking out my digital art gallery. Doing prints is something I want to do eventually. I might for the new year! Hopefully!
hookedonritalin
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VERY nice. I'd love to see more of your life-drawings, Uselink.DM_Uselink said:
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Awesome Arcipello, really liked the girl before this one as well, are you working all digital?
It struck me today that were in recession, so I better start working on my portfolio "just in case" you know?
This is the first wip for a new piece I just started, seems like people like seeing progress, so Ill post the colors as I go
It struck me today that were in recession, so I better start working on my portfolio "just in case" you know?
This is the first wip for a new piece I just started, seems like people like seeing progress, so Ill post the colors as I go
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Heres an update
OchreHand said:Thanks all for looking
Bagels: Thanks for checking out my digital art gallery. Doing prints is something I want to do eventually. I might for the new year! Hopefully!
Drop me a PM if you do make prints! I'm a huge Turner fan too, so I love your style. I showed your gallery to some fellow Turner fans and they were all quite impressed. The Divine Comedy paintings blew them away. Are there more paintings in that series?
Incredible stuff, man.
DM_Uselink
Member
hookedonritalin said:
Thanks! These are studies for the same class. One of them is a copy of a master drawing (sorta)
nude lady 2
nude lady 3
nude lady 4
eyes
master copy thing
feet
That's looking good Raging Spaniard, nice atmosphere going on.
That looks cool too Arcipello, The tree looks great (I dig abstract stuff too, I should do some more often.)
Ether_Snake
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Very cool stuff here! Nice work DM, I should draw more, I lost the patience:|
Not much to post but I'm working on this right now. It will probably confuse a lot of you folks, because I work in a weird way, going back and forth between 2D and 3D. So some parts are placeholders, other parts (like the water) are just stretched photos to be later replaced entirely, just to get an idea of where I'm going, etc. Until it is finished it will keep on looking messy. Lots of elements are still missing (people, more pipes, etc.).
Not much to post but I'm working on this right now. It will probably confuse a lot of you folks, because I work in a weird way, going back and forth between 2D and 3D. So some parts are placeholders, other parts (like the water) are just stretched photos to be later replaced entirely, just to get an idea of where I'm going, etc. Until it is finished it will keep on looking messy. Lots of elements are still missing (people, more pipes, etc.).
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Ether_Snake said:Very cool stuff here! Nice work DM, I should draw more, I lost the patience:|
Not much to post but I'm working on this right now. It will probably confuse a lot of you folks, because I work in a weird way, going back and forth between 2D and 3D. So some parts are placeholders, other parts (like the water) are just stretched photos to be later replaced entirely, just to get an idea of where I'm going, etc. Until it is finished it will keep on looking messy. Lots of elements are still missing (people, more pipes, etc.).
Thats excellent snake, you have the colors well balanced so nothing stands out a lot (in terms of being out of place) Cant wait to see it more polished, do you do any of this stuff at work for concept or you just like messing around with it on your free time?
Im close to being done, just doing the polish work now (Im distracted watching the Blazers game, so Im taking my time)
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Thanks RS. I do this in my free time, at work it's quite different (changes based on the project but overall it's just 3D/real-time). I'm hoping to really beef up my portfolio this year, get some stuff actually finished.
About the door, just a tip like that I got from illustrators/concept artists I work with (I have a hard time coloring anything so a lot of my work has often been left as black and white), you should first get the lighting right by working in black and white only. Once your tones are good, you can proceed to add colors. That way you have less variables to deal with, you can really focus on depth and light and get that part nailed down. Try it on your next piece.
About the door, just a tip like that I got from illustrators/concept artists I work with (I have a hard time coloring anything so a lot of my work has often been left as black and white), you should first get the lighting right by working in black and white only. Once your tones are good, you can proceed to add colors. That way you have less variables to deal with, you can really focus on depth and light and get that part nailed down. Try it on your next piece.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Thats good advice, Ill give it a shot next time. Working in black and white is something I do at work often if Im workin on a paintover or doing more photoreal stuff, but I need to give it a shot for my personal stuff as well (I have to figure out a nice way to color the grays, sometimes the overlay layer doesnt do what I want with it :\
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Aight, its done (or at least, Im done with it)
Im gonna try to make another one tomorrow, something that shows some vehicle concept an' shit
Im gonna try to make another one tomorrow, something that shows some vehicle concept an' shit
Benjamin_MFF
Member
Wow. Sweet thread. Great artwork.
Raging Spaniard
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I feel like I'm spamming, so if this gets annoying lemme now
Got the pencils done for a new piece, dunno how much coloring Ill get done tonight though, Im gonna do the values in grey like Ether Snake suggested so well see how it goes
Got the pencils done for a new piece, dunno how much coloring Ill get done tonight though, Im gonna do the values in grey like Ether Snake suggested so well see how it goes
Hey Raging Spaniard it's looking good. It's cool to see environments from youf. The only crit I can see is to add more contrast to your edges, perhaps adding some harder edges towards the stuff you want the viewer to focus on.
Bagels: wow thanks again. plus its always nice to hear from a turner fan (he was a genius and an innovator) sadly no more images in my dante series. but i guess ill make that a resolution for me, is to push out some prints
Arcipello: that's a really striking image, it's nightmarish and beautiful at the same time. i like the little ripple by the figure's elbow joint. it adds a lot.
Bagels: wow thanks again. plus its always nice to hear from a turner fan (he was a genius and an innovator) sadly no more images in my dante series. but i guess ill make that a resolution for me, is to push out some prints
Arcipello: that's a really striking image, it's nightmarish and beautiful at the same time. i like the little ripple by the figure's elbow joint. it adds a lot.
I still don't think this falls under 'off topic,' but
I was fooling around at Caribou Coffee, testing out some new brushes on the old' tablet.
Here's the obscenely huge 3840x2160 version. For, er, I have no idea why.
http://modusproductions.com/neogaf/wallpaper/rocketkight.jpg
But it gave me the opportunity to throw some detail in there:
I was fooling around at Caribou Coffee, testing out some new brushes on the old' tablet.
Here's the obscenely huge 3840x2160 version. For, er, I have no idea why.
http://modusproductions.com/neogaf/wallpaper/rocketkight.jpg
But it gave me the opportunity to throw some detail in there:
Raging Spaniard
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Thats a good piece Modus, great atmosphere!
Heres how my new piece is shaping up so far, dropped some greytones as a base and now Ill go in more detail and then add color
Heres how my new piece is shaping up so far, dropped some greytones as a base and now Ill go in more detail and then add color
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
'nother update
Raging Spaniard
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And done
DM_Uselink
Member
That looks great Raging Spaniard! Very good sense of depth. I need to start doing scenery.
Bumping this thread with a self-portrait.
Bumping this thread with a self-portrait.
Prax
Member
Awesome coming back to see great stuff for this year!
That is one handsome self-portrait, DM-Uselink. All it needs is an animated wink!
As for the rest of youz.. you think you're so great with your ability to make backgrounds...!
Well, I made one with no references--I mean--a background too!
Look, It's Adult Link!
Just kidding! It's an original character, Prince Dafydd Defleuse. People just call him Daffodil though, cuz flowers are awesome.
I was trying to translate this into semi-anime-realism:
I know you wanna see my awful process:
I was a little too ambitious trying to do this, because not only am I newbie to shading faces, but this whole armour, clouds, and plants thing was way over my head. XD
So in the end, that hurt the cohesiveness of the image--and it looks way more generic than my New Year's Eve one.
Next image.. maybe learn to use:
- References
- Smudge Tool
- Different Layer for Background
- Maybe not use Paint Shop Pro
I think I'm done my "try to be better at art" quota for this month though, so you'll be seeing my ballpoint pen crap returning shortly.
That is one handsome self-portrait, DM-Uselink. All it needs is an animated wink!
As for the rest of youz.. you think you're so great with your ability to make backgrounds...!
Well, I made one with no references--I mean--a background too!
Look, It's Adult Link!
Just kidding! It's an original character, Prince Dafydd Defleuse. People just call him Daffodil though, cuz flowers are awesome.
I was trying to translate this into semi-anime-realism:
I know you wanna see my awful process:
I was a little too ambitious trying to do this, because not only am I newbie to shading faces, but this whole armour, clouds, and plants thing was way over my head. XD
So in the end, that hurt the cohesiveness of the image--and it looks way more generic than my New Year's Eve one.
Next image.. maybe learn to use:
- References
- Smudge Tool
- Different Layer for Background
- Maybe not use Paint Shop Pro
I think I'm done my "try to be better at art" quota for this month though, so you'll be seeing my ballpoint pen crap returning shortly.
RoyalSimonBoobs
Member
m0dus said:
My background is usually just a blank black screen but I couldn't resist dropping your image in as my desktop. For how awesome that OBSCENELY huge version is I feel it's a disservice to just have it as my background but, without a printer, I couldn't make it my real life wallpaper. Thanks.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
I got some really good crits from conceptart, so heres the image after messing with some contrast values for a while
Raging Spaniard said:I got some really good crits from conceptart, so heres the image after messing with some contrast values for a while
yeah getting the right balance of contrast really helps the mood of the artwork, i love playing with the Curves in photoshop when im done with an image just to push it that little bit further.
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Those dune illustrations are great