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Think I overworked it abit and lost the plot... if I get more time I may try another for this activity

nice work on the colours makes your concept totally vivid! great work.Killa Dee2007-06-15 09:39:50

great use of color, i like this drawing alot for some reason. It makes me think of 80's Saturday morning cartoons!

He needs a yoyo and a water pistol.

Looks great, nice style and colours to it.

Did you mean CS3? Your pic is coming along very nicely, Makk.

Some small changes

Nah, just CS2 Souri. Had it for a while just never really got into it. As much as i enjoy using Painter, i hate the very small colour box, makes it harder to pick accurate colours. So im giving PS a go.

'nother one

The textures on your PS version are great!!.Are you going to use your pencil sketch and use your texture brushes over them?

I like the brush work in your first image, it looks rad. Keep up the great work! Killa Dee2007-05-22 23:29:48

Thanks guys.
Made another one, this time just using the airbrush. Kinda unfinished as i found using the airbrushes rather boring, id much prefer using textured brushes that give it more of a textured/messy look to it.

Want to do one more.

Last one, this one is more abstract then the others...

Spooooooky...Great mood you've got there, I like it

nice variety of moods and techniques Makk. The first on is particularly good with the texture, mood and technique all matching up.

I know what you mean about the colour picker interface in Painter too, but I guess their reasoning might be that you can mix colours on a palette or the canvas mimicking how you work with natural media.

refreshing change in style from normally gets posted! nice work.

As JohnN said, nice change of pace. You look like a super villain from some old strip. Good work

Ah ha ha cazy

great!

hehe, you look like the aussie actor David Wenham

yeah i thought i might give up my acting after my bad proformance in 300..man and i thought i was bad in Vanhelsing ..hhehe

Pretty impressive stuff for 15 minutes. Nice work!

nice clean ..I like lots

That is awesome. Very nice!! That would look great on a t-shirt.

yeah a screen-print! Well done

Very nice

killa is a killer ninja, well trained in the arts of keyboard smashing.

Good work !

killa ninja dee, look out for my crazy whirling keyboard attack, and my flying mouse kick. thanks 4 all the great comments. I'm looking forward to the green alien challenge next month.

Nice work, man .. Are you wearing a brown bag or something though?!

ohh green yay ! It looks like your evolving into a green alien after living in a cocoon ^_^

Nice lighting on the face

really nice work, I love the way you mix your colours togehter.

oww that looks painfull are u stuck in a body bag with a dear ..But you look quite relaxed , maybe the dear is givin u somthing ??(acupuncture)
Nice pic though

another 90mins of painting.

oops! no picture...can anyone gimme a hand on how to upload coz i got an access denied response and the url image doesnt seem to work.

Click on the "Insert Image" button (picture of a camera.
When you do this, a box should come up asking for a URL to your picture. should look something like the one I just posted.

"http://www.geocities.com/peterwade_usf/War3_Dominance.jpg"

If your computer won't let you use the "Insert Image" option then post the URL into the forum and I'll upload it for you.

Yeh tried all of that before and no go so if you could do an upload for me that would be great!

http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/sho-nuffs_portfolio/images/29872/…

And once you posted it you might as well let me know what you think. Cheers.

Yeh, sorry.. since I've moved the forum to the new server, uploading images don't work for the forum. If you want to upload images, you can still do it via your Sumea profile. upload art there, and then copy and paste the location in your forum message here.

Nice work on your illustration sho!

sho's image--->
Killa Dee2007-05-24 19:16:28

wings are so last month :) but nice too!

Off too a nice start there neffy :)

Dodgyville: I know *cry*
Makk: Thanks a bunch :D

Just a little bit left to do and OMG dont look at the hand holding the green alien, i need to fix that =/

Done :) this was surprisingly quite fun ive always found my self the hardest thing to draw in the past. I guess you get too pickey about it.

very impressive

nicely finished off Neffy, I notice you have omitted any cast shadows on the ground, conscious decision?

...and who is that girl behind you?
:p

Wow, that's awesome

[QUOTE=JohnN] nicely finished off Neffy, I notice you have omitted any cast shadows on the ground, conscious decision?

...and who is that girl behind you?
:p[/QUOTE]

shadows ... ahh umm yea I forgot about those XD

I dont know I went to get my picture taken and she just jumped in the shot ...

Souri: Thanks :D

like it

I never thought of doing a self portrait using the upper body in it, so youve given me an idea :)

It's a very nice start. Are you going to finish it?!

Here we go. Progress!!

finally some progress on your first post. Looking suspiciously beyond the realms of 'quick' activity, but is excellent.JohnN2007-05-09 21:13:06

ha, these aren't necessarily ment to be quick activities are they?? Thought the idea was to spend as little or as long as we wanted.. been recently unemployed mine's the latter

Yeah, fabulous!

quick is a relative term so all is okay :D
I was just having a dig, I hope you spend some more time on it and progress it even further this month.

Sorry -
Jumped the gun, update coming...oco2007-05-11 05:51:13

Defiantly beyond the realms of quick activity now. A lot of work in this one and I pretty board with it.. and as yet its pretty boring. working on something to finish it with a bit of spark

oco2007-05-11 19:12:26

This is where Im headed. Always loved old sea stories so now Im involving myself in one! This is me surfacing in the belly of a whale after been Swallowed like old Ahab. with a little shanty community of old and new ships alive inside

...

Looks very nice man, good job on the painting. I must admit, before reading the description I thought you were portraying yourself as some kind of man-fish jumping out of the water. Not to say there's anything wrong with it, just funny how people perceive the same thing differently.

funny you should mention the man fish idea. Been very tempted to take it that way.. some legend of the deep! Because Im not exactly sure how I can clearly convey the whole whale idea at the mo

Haha, cool, you could take it either way and get a nice result at the end. Personally I like the absurd man-fish idea, but that's just personal preference.

For the whale idea I think your second last image post was going the right way about it. Having the ribcage of the whale painted up behind the ship (I'm guessing that's what those strokes of colour are?). The perspective on the ribs looks good to me, so I'd just paint them up all shiny and veiny. Or you could just put a hook and lure in your guy's mouth and call him a legendary man-fish...

...the legend of man fish. Is this version to dark? I have two monitors and this looks great on one and way to dark on the other, all the cloud detail is lost. Alot of colours get lost. Compare it with the one above and tell me which is closer to the mark.

oco2007-05-15 21:58:33

This has turned out great Oco, particuly the ship. I wanna see a higher res shot, its kinda small. Dark toned images always look really dark here on sumea due to the farily light bg on the posts.

It doesn't look too dark on my monitor, I can see the cloud details fine. Brilliant work!

Looks fine on both my monitors too man, nice job.

Thanks guys!! Here?s a hi res version. Makk The boat is mostly just squiggles except the front section, hope your not disappointed when you see it in hi res!!

oco2007-05-17 03:25:03

amazing work #BUMP#

ohh I love the light effects and colours in this :D

thanks for the comment Neffy :)

Got a bit of an update:

Not to much of an update, but as far as I'm going to take this picture.

Cya all at the next Quick Activity

fast running out of days for this activity! here is my second wip. The pic has somehow gone a bit 'girl-romance-fantasy' without my intending it to. Guess that will keep Neffy happy at least.

Looks like there is one more saturday in the month so I might be able to fit in some more progress.

You get my vote for drawing a wang.

/edit

It appears there is an abundance of wangs in this contest. You lose my vote!! Unless you paint something of unparalelled awesomeness. Sorceror Bob2007-03-25 06:09:17

is that a dare to draw an erect penis Sorceror Bob? ...maybe it's lucky that I finished the drawing before reading you edited post!

anyways- finished drawing. If time permits I will attempt to add some colour.

edit: adding link to a version at 1000x800 as the activity required --1000x800 version--JohnN2007-03-31 19:52:50

Yes happy Neffy :)

You have such interesting wings !! Good work

rofl! i threw up on the canvas!!!

back to the drawing board

STill fighting..

Getting messy and dont know what to do about wings

Makk2007-04-04 03:37:13

needs some wings to finish it off... It might be just me, but this scene seems very strange - a nude man in the snow. no explanation to his been there or why he is nude.

I'm sure a psychologist would have a field-day with you Makk.

lol i dont know where my mind went with this, victoria secret meets men and no clothing.

Looking very nice there, Neffy! Your drawing style is very cool, and your figure's pose is very interesting.

I'm doing a search for a new tablet as mine is broken also. I want to join in of course, but damnit, I can't go back to drawing with a mouse again!

My pen has tissue paper and stickytape holding it together and requires you to press really hard to get a response XD

and cause its not waaaaahcom i cant get a replacement pen easily :(

Because this is the PAINT challenge I decided I was going to use PAINT !!! wooooohoooo and its also alot easier to use my MOUSE atm as well (u have no excuse now Souri muhahaha). I hope his bits look ok, its not like I have the referance on me :(

dam right !

I used to draw with the mouse for years... I ain't going back to that again! (I used to draw using a joystick back in the C64 days as well, and let's just say I'm glad those days are over too). I haven't had the time to hunt around for a new cheap wacom, but if anyone has some links and suggestions, please do send it my way. I want in this activity as well!

Picture coming along nicely, Neffy, but damnit, why are you hurting yourself like this? MS Paint *and* drawing with a mouse? o_O

Im used to using a mouse, cause when your doing max and stuff its a pain to change from mouse to pen just to add a little highlight to that part of the texture. So being the lazy thing that I am I just keep using the mouse

But wow a joystick ! that would be interesting to use. Did they have Paint back then ??

Here was the first pic i did in paint XD

Well i wasnt able to finish on time so in order to finish at all i took my little paint image into photoshop to finish off... i still used the pencil tool if that counts.

lol that?s great, he?s so oblivious to the fact he?s giving them a peep show.

Ooh, very cool Very stylistic. I can imagine the colouring you'd go for in something like this. Looking forward to seeing how you approach it!

I totally dig the drawing style you've drawn the little guy in! Nice!

Did some work on this this morning.
Last minute job coming up!

We have wings..

much more dynamic wings than from your initial sketch, I like em. looks like you have almost finished too with plenty of days to spare - good work.

not finished but close as its going to get for now!

Sounds good. Its good to be given a task to tackle, especially if its something you wouldn't often attempt. expands your skills. I'd be in!

I'm a bit over my head with stuff to do on the site at the moment, but we'll definitely get this off sometime near the beginning of next year.

I also want to do some sort of "member focus" that I've mentioned around here ages ago. A likely set of interviews on Sumea profile members on their work etc for the Sumea Creative section. We need to get some of the art activities happening back on the site!

Hear hear! @:-D

Sounds good souri :)

Ok, we're definitely doing this start of next month. I've been a bit preoccupied since, well, Christmas, but I'm planning to buy a new gfx tablet and joining in the fun!

Yay :D

Sounds good. Just wish I was a good painter and could find my Wacom. :(

Either way, there is some nice concept work on this forum, so I look forwards to seeing some of the entries.

Ok, I'm starting our new monthly paint activity NOW. This is your assignment for this month. Everyone is required to join in the fun, otherwise I will get *very upset*.

For this entire month, I want all participants to concentrate on this topic. You can spend as much time or as little time as you like. But in the end, I want to see something from everyone. You can provide sketches, you can do a speed paint, or if you have a tonne of time to spare, you could do a full blown complete piece. It's up to you. The thing is, you have to try. If you don't, I will be very disappointed. I don't care if you think you suck or not. Give it a go!

The topic for this month is this: A nude man with wings. Yes, we have a nude figure with wings on the Sumea main page, and you can use that for inspiration if you like, or you can go completely off on another tangent. Up to you! Just make it interesting!!!!

Post your thread in this section of the forum (Sumea Quick Activities). Name it:

Paint Activity #1: (Your name)

The size of your canvas is 1000x800 pixels. At the end of the month, I'm going to compile all the pics and place them in a special viewing gallery on Sumea!!Souri2007-03-01 07:43:59

Dear Friends,
It would appear the gauntlet has been well and truely thrown down!
Regards,
EtaCarinae

How naked does this man have to be? Like can he wear a piece of cloth to cover his wang?

I Neffy fully support this activity and would like to express that people stick to the "nude man" theme and not cover up anything with pieces of cloth.

If it was a nude chick you all would be going full out detail on her chest and don?t deny it.

Thanks Souri ^_^Neffy2007-03-06 14:30:57

You could come up with clever ways to conceal the wang (shadows, one leg over another etc) but if you feel you need to cover it up with a piece of cloth or fig leaf or whatever, talk to Neffy about it

Wow, the theme is right up my alley ! I'll see what I can do.

[QUOTE=Souri] You could come up with clever ways to conceal the wang (shadows, one leg over another etc) but if you feel you need to cover it up with a piece of cloth or fig leaf or whatever, talk to Neffy about it [/QUOTE]

But Neffy is against the covering

what if he has his back to the "camera"?

Do we have to stick to the 1000x800 size? Would 800x1000 be ok?

Stick to the 1000x800 so we can have some consistency. It'll look neater in the gallery that way!

Here's my contrib (yer I'm a programmer, not an artist):

Not gonna put it in its own thread... Should we be keeping all of the paint activity related stuff inside the pain activity thread anyways?

PS: LOL this is the first time I've ever actually painted something in photoshop - I've read tuts and that on it but I never actually went and did it - yays for quick activities.

So how about another topic for April?

The last one got a fair response and I am keen to keep the momentum and go another round. Maybe an environment or hardware design to offset the character based one we have just done?

I agree ... and would not be adverse to another naked man theme!

I will post a new topic on Friday. Can everyone finish off their pieces by then, please? I want to put a gallery up!

err...a new one soon?

Hey, sorry for the delay. I've been busy tidying up Sumea Creative in preparation for saving the work from these activities. I think it's probably better if a different person nominates a new theme at the end of the current one, to keep it interesting. How about you nominate a topic, Makk?

green aliens.

Lol sorry I just couldn't resist. Green aliens sounds cool.

Ok souri no probs.
Since there is only a short amount of time left, i figure something fairly simple like a self portriat could be it.
It wouldnt have to be a normal SP, you could do one like yourself as a green alien for example.

I think we should keep this topic for the remainder of this month as well as next month.

Also, please post your work in a new thread with the activity #2 header. Also, make the picture size any dimension you like, this time!

So what's the topic? Green alien or self portrait? You crazy froods...

We'll go with Makk's on for the time being. I'm more than happy to go with green alien for the next one. We had a good number of people participating in the previous activity, and I hope even more people at least have a go with this one.

We're not expecting everyone to submit polished pieces that had hours and hours of time spent on them. If you don't have much time, consider doing a pencil sketch, or a black and white paint concept (I wish I had an example handy to show on the awesome work you can do with thick brushes and black + white paint in photoshop). Have a go, people! (and yes, this applies to myself as well, I'm currently on the hunt for a gfx tablet).

LOL self-portraits, my last cruddy submission was a self-portrait, but since I don't have any time to draw anything new because I've got too many assignments to do I guess I can at least post a couple of self portraits I've sketched into my design journal since yer, I'm pretty self obsessed.

For some reason I had to reformat my PC and now I have no photoshop, and I can't use paint , here's the sketches of my self-obsession.

I'm looking forward to green alien month
So I can draw something new

Started the canister tonight, around 1hr or so work. Will do a texture and touch up the normal map. The low poly model is 210 triangles, and the high poly is 2530 triangles. Comments and crits appriciated.

[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/codyalday/200651075120_Canister_…]

[img]http://www.sumea.com.au/forum/attached/codyalday/200651075044_Canister_…]

I thought itd be fun to make it really dingy :D

ill finish it later and do a proper render, this is just a screen grab

[img]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/shika01/ec595835.jpg[/img]

Nice work shika.

Looks really good man :)
Did you do the little dents and stuff on the mesh or did you add them later? Can we see a wireframe of the lowpoly base for the high?
And a bigger pic of the finished piece!!

thanks :) scratched metal is a bit of a cop-out, but its fun to do.

i did the dents and larger scratches in zbrush, the finer scratches were done with the nvidia normal map filter

ill post the finished thing on the weekend, but for now here's the high poly and the wire, the high poly after z brush, and the low poly without the normal map

[img]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/shika01/ac129b90.jpg[/img]

Ok, so this is going to be my high poly base...
[img]http://members.optusnet.com.au/~rowanfamily/crate_high02.jpg[/img]
Might add some smaller detials iwth the PS normal map filter.

Im currently up to the stage that Ive been having the most trouble with, that is rendering the normal map and displaying it in MAX7.
And whatta know I have a problem.
For some reason, shading from the low poly's smoothing is showing up in the normal map...
[img]http://members.optusnet.com.au/~rowanfamily/nm_help.jpg[/img]

Why is this happening?

First thing first - Have you checked the map on the object? If not, you may find that it's visually correct.

Depending on your low poly target, it should be right. The normal map is the resulting difference from the low poly normals to the high poly normals -- unless something's off, this should be correct.

As to why that happens, think of it as compensating for the low poly by putting opposing values to the low polys normals, therefore making it correct in comparison to the high poly source. Since it's tangent space, it's still using the base low poly's normals + the normal map to equal the final normal - another example is if you had a faceted low poly mesh ripping a smooth high poly then it'd compensate in the normal map and it'd still come out visually smooth even if you can see all the faceted crap in the normal map.

Now, that -should- be why it's happening -- if it's screwy with it applied to the low poly then there's another prob

Yup just make sure your high poly teture isn't the same as the low poly texture. ie. make sure its just a default sphere in the materials window away from the one that the low poly is using and not a copy of the low poly texture as well ><.

Also make sure you have your low poly set to one smoothing group.

If you run the normal map on the low poly in both real time and via render, and it still does that then you will have to try and re render it using the methods mentioned already in this thread.

if it still happens post a screen of your render to texture dialog box + option and we will be able to see if its any of those that might be causeing the problem.

Ahh, now I understand. Thnaks for clearing that up :)

I think I have pretty much finished this one...
[img]http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~rowanfamily/crate_final.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~rowanfamily/crate_maps.jpg[/img]

Might tweak some areas of the normal map and spec, but they really wont show much difference.
I will also probably do another one, though it might not be a crate.

count me in Makk, i was going to do one anyway :) ill have a thread up when i do my high poly

hehe I still have my pet normal mapped rock which I never submited.lol at me.:(

Looking nice man, seems like you figured normal mapping out nicely. Nice design of the rock too. Keep it up please.