More development of the Alien Character, head and armour detail. Up to this point it’s been pretty much a humanoid, but having reviewed these sketches I decided to make him more reptilian in nature. I did a quick sketch of a lizard type (bottom of page) character that maybe I’ll combine with some of the details already developed.
Fantasy/sci-fi image created in PhotoShop just for fun.
Further sketch work on the Alien Marine. Pencil images scanned from sketchbook.
I’m working on a character design of an alien marine (original I know…). Anyway, as I progress images will be added here. The first two are line and colour sketches done in MyPaint.
Saw ‘Season of the Witch’ tonight and I can highly recommend this movie! Go see it now.
Anyway, couldn’t wait to get home and do a sketch. This image took about 50 min with MyPaint, not supposed to be the characters in the movie, just a couple of lads hunting a witch is all…
Witch Hunt
Hello again, boy I am posting a LOT these days. Lets hope I can keep up this pace!
Today’s image is inspired by a cool landscape picture by Kevin Walsh (found in a landscape photography book in the library). Anyway, I already posted this to my deviantArt page so you can get all the logic and details on my page there, click this link http://robotbash.deviantart.com/#/d37jr0h.
This is a coloured version of the sketch of a robot type of thing I uploaded yesterday. Coloured in MyPaint, and influenced by the game Vanquish and art and artists from around the web and magazines. I used this image to familiarise myself with MyPaint and I’m pretty damn impressed with it’s simple easy to use tools. Looking forward to churning out more painted images with this software.
The ‘Bad Boy’ robot is kinda’ based on the enemy robots in Vanquish. Though admittedly, not as streamlined as those designs, I took the basic shapes from the head and upper body armour and just integrated it into a design based around a strong gesture. The background came last but I had a good idea that I wanted a sort of abstract collection of colours that would help highlight the characters stance. The broken wall and buildings in the background happened organically out of the process of playing with the brush set and trying to create some narrative around the character.
I’m pretty pleased with the finished image and get such kick out of working on concept art that I wonder if that is the route I should pursue for the games industry? Only time will tell! Hope you like it.
P.s. Click this image to see a larger version!
I just had to crack open MyPaint and do some doodling. This is a fantastic tool for sketching and very easy to use.
Inspired by the latest edition of ImagineFX and one of the paint tutorials they featured.
I’m playing Vanquish at the moment and really enjoying the high-speed action and animated sequences (though I think it would have been a good idea to give people the option to skip the movies if they wanted…). This sketch made in MyPaint. I was inspired during game play to create a sketch with the combination of lead character Sam Gideon and the infantry droids he battles.
Elephant sketches (made at Dublin Zoo), 3D Max model and texture. Final piece rendered with bump map.
I modeled this Frog Man a while back but neglected to upload it to this blog for your viewing delight. It’s my first run at modeling with blender and I’m fairly happy with the results. Hope you like.
Low poly biped 3d model
Head texture map for skinning
Reference sketches for characters head model
Maps and textures used in skinning
I’ve been busy with Xmas and then busy being ill with flus and the like so have not done much posting of work recently. I have a few drawings to post from the last drink and draw I was at in 2010 so will put them up soon. I’m working on my 3d skills particularly in regards to modeling. Here’s a work in progress.
This is a model I’m currently working on, obviously quite a bit to do but really enjoying the process. I find trying to model real world forms is extra challenging because if it’s not accurate it looks false.
Gears Of War inspired fan art but taking a different slant and style. Made in PhotoShop using some graphics found on the web. Just for fun.
Oh No He’s Not!… (You get the picture)
Enjoyed Aladdin at the Gaiety with the kids and extended family over the weekend (made the trip to Dublin on train, snow wouldn’t keep us out, the show must go on after all). These two pictures were inspired by the costumes and drawn from memory so probably very different to what the actors were really wearing. Anyhow, I plan to colour the black and white one later with my eldest daughter (she’s 5) so we’ll pop that version up over the next couple of days. Hope you like and don’t be shy to comment.
Had a very productive drink and draw tonight in MacCarthy’s bar Dingle. One of our number was suffering from artist block so we agreed to do some 4 minute sketches to get the creative juices flowing. For each sketch we took turns of picking random or non-associated words to inspire the image. The results were creative and plenty of pictures were lashed out. Here’s most of mine from tonight, drawing with a biro type of pen.
We also decided to a little perceptional work, so we did these ‘blind drawings’ (just look at your subject, don’t take your marker off the page). This was a hit so will be doing more next week with compressed charcoal.
