...Because sometimes you just need a 10 min break, but don't want to put the stylus down.
[img]http://server5.uploadit.org/files/jistyles-goblin.jpg[/img]
probably add more as I do them [8)]
hehe, yeah the nose is umm... broken in several places? [:D] It was originally going to be thinner vertical slits more closely conforming to the skull, but screwed the bridge and then everything around it up [:)]
JonathanKerr: Stuff like this I just use a flat canvas, 1600x1200. Layed the base brown down then a desaturated green to pull some form out of it (kinda like a sketch using lighting instead of linework - can't remember what that's called? Anyone?), layed down a few more colours for shadows and skin colours, and then it's just a matter of changing brush size and alt+sampling the colours I've got down already.
next one [:)]
[img]http://server5.uploadit.org/files/jistyles-oldbot.jpg[/img]
Don't like it as much as the goblin thingy, but I have a lot of fun with these - hopefully have some more up soon [B)]
that one was a bit longer than the other, two short sittings, I'd say around 40 minutes all up.
This one was an attempt at trying a block+refine method - pretty much lay down your mass and volume with your base colours in a quick couple brush strokes (I'm talking really dodgey stuff here), and the sampling the colours you've just put down, go over it again and refine it a little, then repeat as many more times as you want until it's "done". Since it never started with any sketch or clear idea I think that's why it got so heavily skewed :) think I'll try the same approach but start with a loose lined sketch next time.
got some more time recently to do another - also remembered to do some work in progress shots. I've found these are great to just practice something I feel weak at, and they're a great way to stop thinking too [:)]
[img]http://server6.uploadit.org/files/jistyles-ork_wip5.jpg[/img]
I may end up taking this one a little further and finishing it off.
is cool, but the pose makes me go ouchie.
that is, until I realised that this guy is a ladies man, and at the pub!
[img]http://www.boomspeed.com/sorcerorbob/joelsorc.jpg[/img]
On a more meaningful note - this guys center of mass is pushing leftwards from his hip.. Without an effective counter balance (the bar :D) it looks like he's going to fall over.
Oh, and apply some perspective to the right arm and leg.. The right knee should be slightly higher and smaller - look at the way the hip is, theres no way they'd be parralell.
Anyways! good job for a quickie. I want your skills!!
matt: lol love the improvements [:D]
and in answer to the comments, I could do that... or I could spend more than 2 minutes doodling in a quick shitty sketch to base the rest off of [;)]
honestly, it's got a heap of problems if you want to get into it - main thing I was aiming for in this one was atmospherics - matching surface properties and elements to other things. since these start off as blobs of colour, they only end up as refined blobs of colour, which is the reason why they're all quite... "off" [:)] but hey, that's what I get for spending a real limited time in the design stage I guess [:D]
10 minutes ey. Multiply that by ten and you'll get the time it would take me to draw just the nostrils for that picture. Very Nice