Sketchbook: bounchfx

[bounchfx]

hey guys, I keep meaning to do more art and now I'm going to. yay. any feedback, comments or crits are of course welcome.

for now, most of the stuff I put in here is either going to be color studies, env studies, or life drawing studies. if anyone has any suggestions of things to do that's great also, but I want to at least try to have some focus.

here's some stuff from the past couple months, with more to come. the mountains are the most recent. I usually spend around an hour or so per piece.

jackwhat was a big motivation for me starting to do these as well. thanks jack.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SUhuSuXDYsI/AAAAAAAAAvM/fU4DKdSnqpo/s400/121608.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SUgMSVyTJnI/AAAAAAAAAug/UG55s9FmNkM/s400/graveyard.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SUgMSAFMAyI/AAAAAAAAAuY/QIl78lVMQ-8/s400/colorpractice.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SUgMSDEpo9I/AAAAAAAAAuQ/B7sTXirIHBI/s400/121508.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SUgMRzgCRvI/AAAAAAAAAuI/WMTCaxSsuok/s400/121108.jpg

thanks again to everyone who took time to check this out.

[bounchfx]

did another. pretty much all around unhappy with this, but then again I'm still trying to figure (HA!) out a decent workflow for doing this kinda thing.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SUmjcjq7QDI/AAAAAAAAAvc/qU-800L8pM0/s400/121708.jpg

do you guys recommend painting in layers when blocking stuff out like this? I'm feelin it out colorwise and in general ways to put it down. this particular ref image had weird lighting that I tried to stick to. ah well. thanks for looking.

[bounchfx]

did one more for the night.. this time starting with four values, one per layer, then after the base was down i merged and added 2-3 more values. smoothed it after (just used the smudge tool.. would appreciate advice on this). not sure if I prefer the smooth or unsmoothed one of this but it didn't come out too bad this time I dont think.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SUm88HqqsxI/AAAAAAAAAvs/Bc6FgEow564/s400/121708_2.jpg

also, my strokes seem to be very wobbly. any advice for this at all or is it just a case of more practice?
next I'm gonna start it the same but paint with like 20-30% opacity and see how that goes. Thanks again!

[Quaggs]

I really like the work you've done with those environment pieces, especially the graveyard its got a really cool foggy/ethereal quality about it and Your figure paintings are showing a steady improvement.

As for critiques i would say, be more conscientious of where you're lighting is coming from, and If you aren't doing it already, it could help to use a larger size brush when you start out to get forms and lighting blocked in, and then use smaller brushes to fill in the finer details later. Of course, the more you practice the more you will improve, wobbly strokes and all.

[Rens]

Blue, green, red figures! haha

If your strokes get wobbly, they might be too long for the type of movement you make. You might need to move your hand more instead of making the lines fromout the wrist.

I mostly use layers to stack progress, blocking things out is just one layer for me. (might be a bad habit..)
The last img is a bit weird, you can try to make some changes by using the liquify tool and push things around a bit, really helps to find the forms your looking for. (use a duplicated layer for this)

Good practice pieces, more!

[whipSwitch]

Yea, drawing from the "elbow" is definitely a good habit to develop. This might be easier or harder depending on the size of your tablet, but it will help take the wrinkles out of your strokes. As a side effect, it also helps discourage "preemptive rendering", which i think we all need sometimes.

[StephenVyas]

I really like the grave yard scene, because of the mood lighting you gave it. Nice job

Also the women in green, first thing I noticed was the proportions were really good. It has a nice flow to the drawing as well.

Over all, sweet work man

[bounchfx]

whew, I hope you guys appreciate this. :) spent more time than any of the other pieces and I had to force myself to stop. looking at it after I noticed I made myself a bit too chubby amongst other things but that's learnings for next time. you can probably tell the areas I didn't render or spend a lot of time on. Oh well. It's 1:30 am and I'm still here at work heh. time to go home and sleeeeeep.

This is a self portrait of me using a picture as reference.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SUs9heuWoyI/AAAAAAAAAwU/zfP0W7EK8qY/s400/121808_2.jpg

Thanks again guys!

[bounchfx]

so I obviously have no clue what I'm doing here but jouste inspired me to try something different so I did. didn't spend much time or thought on this whatsoever I just wanted to get a feel of what the flow might be like following his 6 step mini image tut in his sketchbook.

look. I'm sorry. at least I still did art tonight like I promised myself. no, I don't know what it is.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SUym3lOUXWI/AAAAAAAAAwk/mV2-xkYUSQg/s400/121908.jpg

kinda think it looked better before i whacked out the color of the clouds and bone spider leg things. ah well!

once again, thanks for your time!

[bounchfx]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SU3n0HHn1AI/AAAAAAAAAw0/FcinRbhnj0U/s400/122008.jpg
another quick envo study for tonight

[bounchfx]

another one tonight... this one with no reference, right from my head. and it shows.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SU878FkT42I/AAAAAAAAAw8/CzAD7ubguak/s400/122208_2.jpg

thanks again guys.

[Rens]

Is that a block of tofu?

Nice bounch, i like that you put up a new piece every day or so, keep it up!

[Ged]

nice work on the portrait, yeah its a good effort so far. I like the sunset one.

[bounchfx]

it's been way too long. this took about an hour. I think I went small brush size WAY too fast.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s14/bounchfx/wip/020209.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SYfCr3pqkSI/AAAAAAAAA0A/vSZ5xJRYTf4/s1600/020209.jpg

beh. used photo as reference, and for color picking. gonna do another now and try to keep brush bigger, and use my own colors

[bounchfx]

feelinn like some 3d tonight

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s14/bounchfx/wip/penrender01.jpghttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SZJAZBCu6iI/AAAAAAAAA0c/2eZQ_JyId_A/s1600-h/penrender01.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SZI3bg6ezPI/AAAAAAAAA0U/zVCd5u2BDT0/s1600-h/WacomPen.jpghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SZI3bg6ezPI/AAAAAAAAA0U/zVCd5u2BDT0/s1600/WacomPen.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SZI3bg6ezPI/AAAAAAAAA0U/zVCd5u2BDT0/s1600-h/WacomPen.jpg

yes I would appreciate tips on realistic/mental ray rendering

[Keen]

hmm I can't see your last two posts. :(

[bounchfx]

relinked. I can see em fine now. anyone else having trouble seeing anything?

[Rens]

yes sir, dont see them aswell :(

[Ged]

dont see anything in those last 2 posts

[bounchfx]

Okay! Uploaded to photobucket so now you guys better be able to see them haha, expect more updates tomorrow as well. Been working on a project, might not post it here but it'll go into P&P before wednesday.

[bounchfx]

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s14/bounchfx/lifedrawing022109.jpg

had some life drawing with coworkers, lots of fun!
this one was an hour, camera picture of the newsprint haha

[bounchfx]

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s14/bounchfx/022809.jpg

quick blocky in one while I watched groundhog day.

I really need to find a way to do this faster and get an actual pipeline down.

however, this one I didn't spend nearly as much time blocking out with line for proportions, it was just three quick lines (spine, legs, etc) and I put the color on, i'm fairly happy with the proportions for doing it so haphazardly

[bounchfx]

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/figure030409.jpg

female midsection, value and form study, and definitely practice with traditional rendering. gotta fudge with it more.

thanks again.

[Helixx]

Lookin' pretty good. I should dust off my box of pencils.

[richkid]

looks like you hit the silhouette of your forms pretty solid, but once you start drawing inside the shape you lose sight of the forms that make it up. most of these are lacking a lot of form and anatomy.
i would take a step back and maybe do some hogarth studies. he has a lot of emphasis on exadurating the form of the muscles. in my experience exaduration has been the best way to learn something. take it over the top, then you can always knock it back for more realism

fun stuff man, keep on rockin

[whipSwitch]

DOH! Photobucket censored your last image.

[bounchfx]

Helixx: Thanks :D

richkid: I appreciate the advice. I've heard a lot about hogarth but never actually went and studied his stuff. I'm going to be running through the Stucture of Man DVD's and see what I can learn from that. there's a crapload but it should help. I'm also planning on reading Figure drawing for all it's worth by loomis. thanks again for the crits!

whipswitch: Ah crap! thanks for letting me know. Guess I gotta find a new host for that, ugh. I'll use my dropbox. Should be fixed now. Thank you!!

[bounchfx]

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/apple_030809.jpg

quick apple color study. about time I tried this exercise.

[bounchfx]

did a little sculpting practice and anatomy practice all at once!
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/chest.jpg

still trying to decide whether i want to use zbrush or mudbox as my main. I dig em both, but dom war is coming soon!

any tips sculpting wise on brushes and whatnot is appreciated. on anatomy too, but I did use a ref image for this and I think it came out pretty darn close :D

[bounchfx]

did a head without ref for practice sculpting in general. I need to use ref next time for a head. I have SUCH a hard time with lips and especially eyes, and I think STARTING with ref will help with some of those issues. either way.

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/bust_030809.jpg

thanks again guys. I think three in one day should be sufficient.

[bounchfx]

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/apple_030909.jpg

another apple during lunch. it's the same one, upside down. this time the lights in the room were on.

edit:

only thing that annoys me about this that I just noticed is the colors reflected onto the apple don't match the bg color I choose. it's my desk color though. oh well!

[Keen]

Cool fruit studies. The only thing that looks off are the white highlights, they look overpowering. I did a fruit study recently and I was having trouble with those highlights too.

[A.Kincade]

Your color studies turned out dope. I used to do fruit paintings back when I was in middle school. I really learned a lot about shading and highlighting from those exercises. Good stuff.

AK

[bounchfx]

meant to work on DW stuff tonight but I got a little distracted and did this instead

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/lady_01.jpg

[War_Destroyer]

Nice dunn!! Good job!

[bounchfx]

did a 'color as a value' portrait practice... interesting.

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/lady_02.jpg

[bounchfx]

another, 60 minutes unfortunately haha, gotta improve!

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/lady_03.jpg

[Keen]

Nice Studies Bounch, One thing I noticed (not on your recent post, but the two before) is that the eyes have perspective issues. Take the 'color as a value' character. even though the character is 3/4 view, the eyes look like they would work better for a front view. (hoo I hope I'm making sense)

Anyways, keep it up! I think I'll have to do a head study too sometime soon. :)

[bounchfx]

yeah, the eyes actually really bother me in the two you mentioned, and the entire proportions of the color as a value one haha, thanks for the feedback! :D

another, that took an unfortunately long time.

I seem to be procrastinating doing my DW fairly productively lately:

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/lady_04.jpg

[bounchfx]

another
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/lady_05.jpg

man this is hard. i need a real workflow, the one i have doesn't feel right.

[Keen]

I really like the portrait right before your last post. Something is going on with the highlights on the cheek in your recent one, looks a little bit droopy.

I don't know what your workflow is but I would imagine it's similar to most artists.

1. sketch
2. block in colors
3. blend and add details.

Here's a couple links that might be helpful to you:

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107217

and that figure drawing dvd at the massive black site would be helpful too I'm sure:

http://media.massiveblack.com/

Anyways, I don't claim to know much, but I know those links are helpful to me :)

Edit: are thes last 4 portraits all the same person?

[bounchfx]

Thanks keen!
yeah, that's pretty much my workflow, but I always get lost at the block in colors phase. I never know how many to block in, is it only the big shapes, some colors are so hard to see etc. so I'm trying to try new things but blah I always give up and start blending too soon I think. I'm getting better at the sketching and proportion part at least I think. I know that boosting the contrast and levels in the images I use for ref would probably help me see shapes better but for some reason my mind tells me that's cheating, that I need to be able to see it naturally.. so for better or worse I've been doing them without color picking or contrast tweaking.

and yes! the last FIVE actually were all the same person! though you can probably only tell a resemblance in the last three, or perhaps the two before the latest one - the cheek does come across as droopy! so hopefully you see in the latest ones at least better proportion in regards to a likeness.

also thanks for the links. I've read through the bumskee one actually, but I definitely need to read it again and analyze what he does more.

also, I've been really wanting to watch the digital figure drawing massive black video.. I'll probably pick it up because it'll most likely benefit me.

you're doing pretty awesome stuff consistently in your sketchbook too, so it's nice to have these back and forths :)

thanks for the reply!

[bounchfx]

another one, this time i took caps along the process, maybe someone can give me feedback on it. did this for my cousin. Unfortunately Photoshop didn't want to work with pressure sensitivity so I had to manually adjust the size every time, much less efficient than when the tablet works, bleh. oh well.

here's the ones leading up, followed by the final. props to anyone who can tell me who it is.

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/mayer_process.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/mayer_06.jpg

thanks!

[bounchfx]

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Marion_Davies.jpg

soft round brush, as suggested by jackwhat. I like this one. about 2-3 hours again haha

[Keen]

Nice bounch! Soft brushes definitely give the skin...well...a softer look. These keep getting better and better, good job dude.

[bounchfx]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZdirIWXJdxM/SfKmkX6oSWI/AAAAAAAAA5c/-ohO1hAd0wA/s400/connery.jpg

quick one, I've decided I'm going to just work on being able to draw a likeness in a shorter amount of time (or at all!) then once I can do that, get back to painting. ok, well, still some painting, but it's definitely something I want to focus on, so I don't have to worry about stuff other than painting while painting haha.

[bounchfx]

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/locke_04.jpg

anyone wanna guess who?

...gotta do something during the 7 month downtime.

Thanks again for looking!

[bounchfx]

had done a couple more figure studies..
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/052709.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/052309.jpg

and a portrait of a co worker for a little event we're having... heheh..
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Moore_s.jpg

thanks again guys, thanks for looking. I appreciate your support.

[bounchfx]

another, much quicker one of my friend alex. he told me to draw him haha. had no idea what to do for the bg though for him so I just did some gradients :)

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Alex.jpg

Thanks!

[Ged]

nice portraits haha

[Mark Dygert]

I've never checked your thread out until today, awesome stuff, great progression! Lots of useful info, thanks for keeping it going its not just useful for you but it helps the rest of us out too, here's to many more!

[bounchfx]

hey guys. I'm not sure why I haven't updated this, because I have been doing stuff. maybe to spite vig. just kidding :D

here's a couple things.
colored my friend's eye
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/danieye.jpg

quick drawing of a dwarf for the hell of it
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Dwarf_rough.jpg

another fantasy type elf paladin thing that I never finished - practicing linework:
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Paladin_Line.jpg

apparently never finished or posted this so what the hell:
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/062409_03.jpg

my first idea for comiccon challenge, Blink in the 50s, that I didn't go with:
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Blink_50s.jpg

the blink i DID go with, but have yet to model:
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Blink_Alt_Colored.jpg

I think that's all for now. I'm coloring my friend's drawing right now for practice, and I wanted to post it, but I think i've put enough for now, plus it's not done.

Thanks for looking guys! I hope this makes up for my absence.

[bounchfx]

ok I'm calling it done. time to move on to more stuff.
*I DIDN'T DO THE LINE FOR THIS, ONLY THE COLORING*

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/commanderColored.png

the drawing itself was done by a friend of mine, Todd Pickens (http://www.shapesandlines.com/), who is a fantastic artist.
I did all the coloring and stuff, so please if you're going to give me any 'good job, dude!'s' please let it be for the coloring, haha!

I thought it was bad ass, so I wanted to color it. It's from a project a couple years ago that changed significantly.
here's some.. steps.. I guess. it's basically flat color and then some shaded:
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/commanderColored.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/commanderColored_02.jpg

time to start modeling my freakin' comic con entry haha.

thanks again for looking guys, I appreciate it. Here's to many more :D (and more improvement, hopefully!)

[jouste]

great improvements so far bounch, it seems like you're getting more and more confident with every post.

if i had to say something it would be try loosening up your characters, they seem really stiff and a simple s-curve in their posing could help bring out more character. keep it up pal!

[bounchfx]

@jouste: thanks man! I hope to do some of my own characters soon and I'll definitely try to make them looser and have a more flowing pose!

did some life drawing today... it went okay. hah. yes, I know about his freakin' legs ahah.

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/080809.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/080809_02.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/080809_03.jpg

thanks guys!

[conte]

great studies, dude!
now try to make shadows and volume in drawings
keep up!

[bounchfx]

haha thanks conte - I'll keep that in mind!!

here's the line drawing then colored version of this month's thunderdome here at work - it was to draw one of the ridiculous D&D creatures. I chose the AxeBeak!

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/DND_Line.jpg

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/DND_Color.jpg

I'm pretty happy with the way the body turned out, but I couldn't for the life of me pick a color I was happy with for the beak or skin, so I'm not too fond of those.

either way, it was a good exercise. I think I'm going to get back to more 3d soon. promised my mom I'd do a portrait of her though.. so I gotta do that sometime soon hehe.

Thanks again !

[bounchfx]

iphone camera am suck
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/082909.jpg
some life drawing today.

[bounchfx]

alright. I figured I should update before it gets too long.

last weekend was the first time I've ever attempted any 'art' art. like, fine art, or art for the sake of being whatever, instead of a study or thing for work, so they're at the bottom here. First is life drawings, then a quick env study, then a portrait of my mom, then that stuff!

the last two, or 'art-y-er' ones were flashes/visions i had as I was getting up a few days before. one happened tuesday, the other wednesday. since I was having trouble thinking of stuff to do for the show I was looking for inspiration anywhere I can get it!

most of these aren't sized down, sorry! :P

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/091909_01.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/091909_02.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/091909_03.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/091909_04.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/100309_01.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/100309_02.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/BlueskyBluemountains.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Mom_04.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Ophelia.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Eye_Wall_150dpi.jpg
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/YP_V.jpg

if anyone has any advice on doing actual pieces/scenes that would be cool, I'd like to do more but I never really have any ideas or inspiration for them.

Thanks a bunch for looking!

[Keen]

Duuude, I'm seeing massive improvement here! Really nice forms. The one of your mom looks really solid. I always hear that it's not a good idea to draw friends and relatives because they will notice the flaws and take it personally, hopefully that isn't the case for you :).

Keep it up man!

[bounchfx]

friend asked me to draw him again. started trying to do a caricature then said fuck it.. I gotta try those later. I wanna be able to capture someone with minimal strokes, but damn it's hard, so I did a half hour portrait when I should have been sleeping.

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Alex_2.jpg

I think i'll pass out now.

[bounchfx]

once again i stay up way past my bedtime. I'd really enjoy more than 6 hours of sleep in a given night but that would take some schedule shifting. oy.

this was a quick self portrait, maybe 20 minutes? i have a video for this one too, might upload it. either way, I'm drawing!

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/102109.jpg

Thanks for the support guys.

[bounchfx]

looks like Vimeo was working well for some people, so I chose to use that as well to host my videos. it's better than bloggers compression..

here's yesterdays drawing, sped up of course
http://vimeo.com/7189526

[Emil Mujanovic]

Man! Your progression is huge!
Those portraits are slick, awesome colour work.

More workflow vids! :D

[bounchfx]

Thanks a bunch Emil! I really appreciate it.

I did another self portrait tonight, about 30 minutes or so. video of this one will be up tomorrow as well.

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/17615/Art/102809.jpg

yes, I got a haircut :)

Thanks again!

[bounchfx]

been lazy about the posting lately, actually been doing quite a bit. here's two.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Drew_Barrymore.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Rachel_McAdams.jpg

I take videos of every single one now, so if you want to see any just go to my vimeo page: http://vimeo.com/bounchfx


thanks guys!

edit:
yes jack, I tried the noise filter on the last one. <3

[bounchfx]

finally got back into it after the break. been busy!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Ellen_Page.jpg

video available in the link in the previous post.

[bounchfx]

another quickie tonight.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Still_Life_11410.jpg

no video on this one since I wasn't sure how long I'd be spending or how it'd turn out.

[bounchfx]

tried some sculpting tonight..

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/bust_011810.jpg

Thanks for looking!

[Keen]

Super good Bounch! Your portraits are great. Nice and clean, keep it up!!

[bounchfx]

thanks keen!

here's a real quick one, I'm just trying out artrage. wasn't being really anal about anything, just havin' fun

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Julianne_Moore.jpg

[Ged]

artrage is cool does look quite alot like real paint, it looks odd probably try flippin the picture horizontally to see some wierd skewedness to it/

[bounchfx]

artrage is cool does look quite alot like real paint, it looks odd probably try flippin the picture horizontally to see some wierd skewedness to it/

haha yeah it was pretty fun, and I'm aware how odd this came out haha, she's elongated and has quite a few proportions off, but it was fun to use the program nonetheless. :)

[bounchfx]

alright, I'm calling this done because I want to work on something else now. ZBrush must have crashed on me over 8x as I learned my computers limits the hard way haha. Tried some polypainting too but was too impatient to really go at it seriously.

This is based off a concept by Dave Phillips

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/DeerGirl_Render.jpg

thanks for the support!

[bounchfx]

my friend is obsessed with ellen page and had me do another

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Ellen_Page_2.jpg

[aesir]

That one turned out really well, although I think a touch of blue in the shadows and red in the cheeks might give her skin a bit more life

[bounchfx]

That one turned out really well, although I think a touch of blue in the shadows and red in the cheeks might give her skin a bit more life

haha thanks man, I agree!
On my other monitor it actually was a little more rosy, and the BG is actually a light blue.. it looks white on my other monitor and this one :\. guess i need to do more color post after doing something on that monitor. I should have pushed it more anyway, thanks for the tip!

[HonkyPunch]

I dig the paintings;
extra love for the astronaut, though.
Good work;
Keep it up, etc

[bounchfx]

thanks dude!
one from tonight:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Zooey_Deschanel.jpg

the artrage demo really kills the quality when I save as jpg.. gotta buy that soon!

[bounchfx]

haven't had a chance to really do much since the last time I posted, I skipped out on a concert tonight so I could get some art done!
this was about 80 minutes in ArtRage.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Christina_Hendricks_01.jpg

edit: here's the video: http://vimeo.com/9577107

[bounchfx]

haven't had much time lately but here's another:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Kate_Beckinsale_150ppi.jpg

Thanks for looking!

[minimari]

i really like your portrait. Your figures are solid :D

[Ged]

latest ones really solid, artrage is nice really does look quite traditional like acrylics

[bounchfx]

thanks guys, I appreciate it.

haven't had much personal art time lately, but here's some. trying to learn how to sculpt better:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Mask_Study.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/greengob_02.jpg

[wizo]

wow bounchfx!
great studies I like the pastel colors. and the shapes are spot on.
Inspiring stuff going on, keep it up man.

[marlfox8]

portraits rule!

[blankslatejoe]

Nice work on that planear face sculpt. I think sculpting with planes in mind is a great exercise!

[man_o_mule]

how have i never seen this sketchbook before? amazing stuff

[bounchfx]

wizo - thanks! I really dig your work, dude.

marl - yeah they do. for some reason I've just been really drawn to them lately. they're a lot of fun and it's cool trying to capture a likeness

joe - thanks dude! it's fun and reinforces the basics of forms, really helps out later on. wish I had known about the planar brush eariler though XD

man_o_mule - I appreciate it. now I feel bad that I haven't kept it up in a while! haha! I have good excuses though.. :)


Been super busy lately with work. In fact, the game I've been working on was recently announced - DJ Hero 3D (http://media.ds.ign.com/media/077/077741/imgs_1.html). Guitar Hero 6 Wii comes out soon too! I did a couple characters on that as well.

In my spare time outside of work I've been doing a lot of character stuff and sculpting, which I'll be sharing soon, mainly trying to get better haha. In fact, I'm taking a class hosted by Jon Rush/Ancient Pig called Modern Game Character Creation (http://workshops.cgsociety.org/courses/000127/) - I've learned a lot so far and definitely recommend giving it a go when another session is open.

Anyway, enough text, time for some pictures. These are from life drawing sessions over the past few months. Sorry about the quality - phone isn't as great as a scanner, plus I kinda hastily pasted these together :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/062710a.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/062710b.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/062710c.jpg

Thanks again guys! I appreciate the support.

[bounchfx]

comic con !?
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/ComicCon2010/RogueActionpose3.jpg

[bounchfx]

finally had more time to work on her model:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/ComicCon2010/rogue_wip3.jpg
thread here: http://www.gameartisans.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16058

"haven't touched the body outside of the face since the second subD, hair is placeholder, gloves still incoming.

I have a hard time getting the face to look 'sexy', no matter how many different reference photos and angles of Gemma I used (my entire second monitor was covered - it was awesome.) I'll give it a little more time later as well as prepare the body to look like it's covered in spandex, not to mention improve her bum.

thanks for looking!"

[bounchfx]

update
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/ComicCon2010/rogue_wip5.jpg

thanks guys!

[bounchfx]

step 1: re install art rage trial
step 2: paint self portrait

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Self101010_2.jpg

took a break to do some 2d after not doing some for wayyyyyy too long. however I'm cutting it way fucking close on my comicon :x

[bounchfx]

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Sienna.jpg

should be working on my comicon. doh.

[bounchfx]

and this is what I look like staring at a computer screen far into the night:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/110110.jpg
about 4 hours, on and off.

gonna do one more self portrait before I chop this bitch off.. the next one will be a little more monochrome. going to try an Analogous colour scheme methinks, will try to learn from one of the masters. Might start it as a value study. We'll see how that goes, hah!

Thanks for stoppin by!

[gibson543]

dude... your beard is epic...

[gibson543]

oh and so are your paintings hehe

[bounchfx]

Thanks gibson543! the beard was pretty crazy, about 7-8 months I grew it out. had to get rid of it though.

Here's a self portrait I did in tribute, along with snapshots along the way:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Farewell_72ppi.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Farewell_Process.jpg

thanks for stopping by!

[Jackwhat]

That beard and that pose is so fucking epic, really lovely rendering too man... good fucking job.

Whats your setup for these? Big mirror or something for that last one?

[Deformeds]

Really dig that sculpt you posted on post 84. Love the lines.
post 95: the thing I miss the most is the shadow of your huge beard. It would have looked much more believable.
But you made up in your last post :) that just looks awesome
Keep them comming

[Neolight]

the drawing itself was done by a friend of mine, Todd Pickens (http://www.shapesandlines.com/), who is a fantastic artist. )

Oh wow, I sort of indirectly know that guy. He used to be art director at Garage Games or something, but I interned shortly after his time there.

Anyway, cool studies and sketches, keep on slaying.

[bounchfx]

jack: thanks a bunch man! the beard was epic lol. I took some pictures beforehand, just a standard light, though it was SUPER bright in the picture, I tried to tone it down a little.

deformeds: thanks dude! I appreciate it. I agree, the shadow went missing, not sure what's up with that... the PC monitor had a strong ass light though, so that's my excuse. :)

Neolight: yeah! he was my lead artist while I was interning at GarageGames back in 2008. Thanks for your support!

did a real quickie tonight, little less than an hour. I actually skipped the drawing stage this time and went straight into painting!

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/marioncoltillard.jpg

thanks again everyone for stopping by.

[bounchfx]

another, portrait of my friend Danielle:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Danielle_h.jpg

[bounchfx]

started one tonight, back to playing with color more. hope to finish tomorrow if I can, though I'm going to a show at night.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/dave_wip_1.jpg

[bounchfx]

and wound up here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Dave_b.jpg

[bounchfx]

wasn't too happy with how the last one came out, let's see if I can redeem myself. here's a rough start:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/alex_wip1.jpg
edit: update

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/alex_wip2.jpg

[bounchfx]

alright, that's enough for tonight. converting to color and adding a bg when I get a chance, hopefully tomorrow
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/alex_wip3.jpg

[Spacey]

Love the chunky and colorful paint in this (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Zooey_Deschanel.jpg) and this (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Self101010_2.jpg) one. And this (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Farewell_72ppi.jpg) self portrait rocks!

[bounchfx]

Thanks Spacey! the chunky feel is ideally where I would like to take more of my art, as I feel I 'refine' way too much, and it's a side effect of me using photoshop that I need to get away from. the first two you mentioned were done in ArtRage, which I quite like. gotta find enough courage to not try to make everything overdone going forward, haha. Thanks for the support dude!

and I'm calling this one finished
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/The_Alex.jpg

[Builder_Anthony]

Defintely have talent.

[bounchfx]

Builder_Anthony: thanks a bunch dude! that's what I'm aimin' for!


Dom War 4 is returning up in here!
concept wip so far. gonna add a good amount to her still but you get the idea:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/ice_conceptnew.jpg

holy crap does that hand of hers look freaky elongated. I'll get to that, and more!

next time on.. my sketchbook!

thanks for looking!

[achillesian]

nice beard sir

[bounchfx]

thanks dude. tis' only a memory now, though.

some color studies, as well as some portraits I started but probably won't take any further:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Color_Practice_010311.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Audrey_Tautou_painting_h.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/barrymore.jpg

thanks guys!

[bounchfx]

just playing around a little tonight. I'll probably take this one a tad further later, but alas it's time for sleep.

I still don't like my workflow.. I'm not sure how to change that. gonna try a couple by jumping straight into painting, then a couple with a lot of line.. I don't know.

and I REALLY don't like the color difference between my monitor and my cintiq. :( gotta figure out how to calibrate it, eventually.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/olivia_wip1.jpg

thanks guys

[Makkon]

Your portraits are fantastic, I wish I could get that sort of accuracy.

[Uly]

fansmastic portraits bouncho, im gonna have to do some. making me feel inadequate

[bounchfx]

makkon: thanks dude! what bothered me was that I couldn't get a likeness for shit.. so I set out to change that. if you look at my first couple pages you can see I was struggling. I just kinda kept doing them and paid more attention with each one, you start to notice the defining features a person has much quicker each time. now if I could only handle my line like you! :)

uly: thanks! you should absolutely do some. anything, actually. you got some killer work in your sb.

here's some small updates to the last one. I didn't do much more but I corrected the things bothering me the most.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/olivia.jpg

[Eoq]

Cheers mate, I see that you're comfortzone lies in portrait painting and I see it's really improving : ) But how about you push yourself and make full-figure drawings with focus on hands and feets (barely seen anything of that in your thread), I believe you'll become even better once you can draw the whole human and not only parts of them : )
Keep it up dude!

[Nerf Bat Ninja]

Wowza! Inspiring stuff!

[Jackwhat]

Youre comin on strong yo!

Whats your workflow at the moment? always similar to the approach you take in your selfportraits?

Try painting with massive chunks of colour/value perhaps? That always makes for a nice change - I've strayed from line for so long as i end up getting bogged down with details and placement from the offset D:

<3

[bounchfx]

eoq: yeah man, I completely agree. I definitely plan on getting back into the full anatomy very soon, as well as other things. I mainly do portraits because they are relaxing. when I want to learn I'll usually try something different or push a piece further.

nerf bat ninja: thanks dude! glad you like

jackwhat: hey dude! my workflow varies occasionally, but most often it's still: draw rough outline first, capturing likeness of the person or shape, lay down base colors on a layer underneath, block out 3-4 of the shadow colors, then merge the lineart down at a low opacity (sometimes I colorize the line), and then just paint on that. It's crazy how different stuff can look if you keep or clean up the lineart.

lately, I've been trying more of a 'just paint' approach of laying down the colors without line first. this is a bit too haphazard for me, but it's fun and gives me the more paint-y feeling that I desire.it just makes me struggle with proportions more as I have no 'guide' made beforehand (even if that guide is wrong)

here's one I just did this morning - no lines on this, just started painting. it's also not a face! I thought it'd be fun to try something different. maybe 30-40 minutes total?

one thing I noticed I do, is that since I don't have proper anatomy knowledge (or even attempted to decipher it while painting), I mainly just placed the color notes as I saw them - there's no understanding shown of the underlying figure, even though I'm happy with the result, it's not ideal.

Thanks again guys!

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/deer.jpg

[bounchfx]

quick milla in the morning

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Milla.jpg

[JR]

Beautiful studies. Your sense of lighting is becoming stronger and stronger. I like specially the BW portraits. Keep it up the good work!

[bounchfx]

thanks jramauri! :D

did another quick value study of the beautiful milla. I'll be doing different subject matter soon I promise! :)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/milla2.jpg

[bounchfx]

figured I should step into the next dimension, and practice one of my favorite subjects.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/Scarlett.jpg

[bounchfx]

I figure the only thing that can follow scarlett is more scarlett!

WIP

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/scarlettwip1.jpg

[Jackwhat]

really nice renderin on that, fo sure!

I wish youd push the saturation on the colours just a little bit, for the most part all your colours are on the left hand side heading towards grey, which feels just a tad too washed out.

http://www.kindgirls.com/photo2/femjoy/hayden_25881/hayden/12/4/0/

I guess depending on the reference it does kind of work, but saying that, the colours in that picture are a little bit more saturated than yours overall, then you get shit like;

http://www.kindgirls.com/photo2/metart/eufrat_56203/eufrat/16/4/01-2011/

Where theyre way more saturated, but then again i've no idea what your reference is and how fitting this is at all...


Eitherway, fucking ace rendering.

[bounchfx]

jack: thanks a bunch dude! I agree, I need to learn to take advantage of a full range more often, I'm getting better on doing that with values so far though.

as you mentioned, I do tend to stick closer to what the reference's colors are. I'd ideally like to break away from this, but I'm such a scared puddy tat.

Thanks again man, it means alot.


callin it quits on this lady:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/scarlett2d_72ppi.jpg

Thanks for looking!

[bounchfx]

tried one of the speed sculpt things over at GA.. here's one result.. beh. just about an hour.. fighting with zsphere topo the whole time. gonna give it another go later. hope to do more of these soon.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/QuickSculpts/orc_result.jpg

[ebagg]

Awesome sketchbook dude! Great seeing your progression over the years, the babe studies are really well done.

A quick way for speed sculpting to eliminate that zphere topo trouble is early on hitting the ReMeshAll then ProjectAll in the subtool tab..it'll remake your mesh with evenly distributed polies in a pinch.

[bounchfx]

ebagg: Thanks man, I appreciate it. I'll give the remeshAll-ing a go next time, it sounds like tat would help. my biggest problem is the fact that there's pole's / 5 sided's, so hopefully that reduces those.

quick color study tonight, been very unproductive compared to how I should be. I'm not very happy with this nor the fact that there's apparently a huge difference in reds/pinks between my monitors. nooo! :(

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/020811_02.jpg

any tips are always appreciated. I've been reading a LOT about color lately and it seems none of that has rubbed off. I learned a ton about picking colors and mixing them for TRADITIONAL painting but I don't yet have a method of translating this to my digital stuff considering colors mix differently on a pc :( :(

[bounchfx]

almost destroyed my wrist doing this but it was a fun little sketch, my cousin's girlfriend:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/ally1s.jpg

there will be a lot more art soon.

[wake]

post it bounch, I want to see said art now not soon. Immediate gratification dammit!

Anyway, nice work-- your cousin has a cute girlfriend :D

the one thing I would say is that (though correct me if i'm wrong this may just be her anatomy) it looks like you've exaggerated the space between the nose and the upper lip.

[bounchfx]

Ahah, Thanks wake!

The art will come after I move. I start my new job (38 Studios, woo!) this Friday, and won't have my own apartment until a month from now, so I'll be quite busy in the meantime. I promise I'll be doing art after work hours though :).

And yeah, it's exaggerated a tad, good eye!

[wake]

congrats on the job! what position / where in the world did you land?

[bounchfx]

Hey wake! I got a job as an Environment Artist at 38 Studios. We're in Providence. It's a bad ass mini-city. I'm loving it so far.

Anyways, finally getting around to doing stuff on the side again, here's a study I guess? just trying to make myself do arts. I'm still going to be tackling scenes soon! but right now I needed something to zone out to.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/060411.jpg

[bounchfx]

Wow, so I guess I neglected this for a bit! You can disregard my previous post... since 38 went under I am now a Senior Environment Artist at Trion Worlds in Redwood Shores! Having a lot of fun so far.

I've done some cleaning up of my Dropbox folder so some old images may not be there anymore... but wait! I brought more. Here's just a random sampling of the stuff I've been doing in whatever free time I can scrape together. I've been trying to focus on my color use and whatnot so you'll see some of that and some palette building practice. Also, sketches. :)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/quicksketch/sharkman.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/quicksketch/lifestuff60112.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/quicksketch/figure041712_2.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/quicksketch/treesquid.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/quicksketch/seacreature.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/quicksketch/colorstudies060512.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/sketches/mountainshit.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/sketches/050212_02.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/sketches/7.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/sketches/050212_01.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/sketches/050212_03.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/sketches/050312_02.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/sketches/sand.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/sketches/axe_concept_070412.jpg


continued..

[bounchfx]

I don't consider any of this stuff 'finished' as there's quite a few of these I'd like to do more on, but I figure it doesn't hurt to show.


https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/sketches/thumbs_100911.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/sketches/face_021712.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/sketches/sketches_080512.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/palette_practice_070112.png

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/wip/050112.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/wip/newforest_062312.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/wip/shroomscene.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/wip/Ice_Mountain_wip.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/wip/Shipwrecked_wip_062612.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/wip/stilllife052712_02.jpg

Thanks again everyone for stopping by!

[AimBiZ]

It's a sketchbook, nothing needs to be finished! :)

Digging the color palettes overall. Studies are getting better and better so just keep at it. You should do a similar approach to the zbrush stuff, do some generic heads to get some routine in constructing them. I think it's important to get the planes down first rather than making them smooth and realistic directly, like a Loomis head.
http://www.enliighten.com/guts/reference/asaro_head_ref.jpg

[bounchfx]

Thanks for the feedback and advice AimBiZ! Definitely gonna use that as reference for some people sketching and sculpting, I need to get those forms memorized post haste!

did a little environment sketch tonight based off a picture my mom took in new zealand:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/091512.jpg

Thanks for looking!

[bounchfx]

did another tonight

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/091612.jpg

gonna try doing some thumbs of different color comps next

[bounchfx]

a few more over the last couple days

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/092112.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/092212.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/092412.jpg

[bounchfx]

another one tonight. I'm really bad at contrast.. might need to work on that a little. all my images always come out super low contrast, I need to work on my color with a greater range of value.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/092512.jpg

thanks for looking!

[bounchfx]

small study today

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/100712.jpg

[AimBiZ]

Oooh, I always like seeing cool and warm on white pulled off well.

Your enviro-studies has greater artistic integrity than your previous made up stuff but obviously you're expanding your visual library so it'll be interesting seeing you create new imaginary pieces in the future.
Only crit on the studies is that I'd like to see them more finished/detailed. Right now you have them sort of in a thumbnail state which doesn't put your ability to define to the test.

[bounchfx]

@Aimbiz - Good call, my biggest problem with doing art right now is I'm 'afraid' to tackle stuff, and recently I've accepted the fact that I really need to stick with stuff from life (at least mainly) to improve my memory and visual library as you've mentioned. I definitely want to take a few further as right now that's my biggest weakness, especially for environment pieces. I gotta put a plan together for myself to follow and really decide what I want to focus on - I love drawing both people and environments so I want to learn both, but at the same time I feel that I should pick just one focus for a little.

Anyway, finally starting to get some free time again, so here's a study from tonight and one from a month or so ago.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/111712_01.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/121512.jpg

Thanks guys!

[AimBiZ]

@Aimbiz - Good call, my biggest problem with doing art right now is I'm 'afraid' to tackle stuff, and recently I've accepted the fact that I really need to stick with stuff from life (at least mainly) to improve my memory and visual library as you've mentioned. I definitely want to take a few further as right now that's my biggest weakness, especially for environment pieces. I gotta put a plan together for myself to follow and really decide what I want to focus on - I love drawing both people and environments so I want to learn both, but at the same time I feel that I should pick just one focus for a little.

Anyway, finally starting to get some free time again, so here's a study from tonight and one from a month or so ago.

Thanks guys!

I can identify with that. With so many cool things to learn it's easy to spread oneself a bit thin, although for the same medium I think you should give characters and environments equal attention as one strengthens the other. Personally I'm too focused on characters and tend to forget environments for some reason.
Although it depends on if you want to do this professionally and what kind of work you want to get. For concept work I would assume some specialization would help to quicker build up a portfolio. For illustration, particularly in a story-telling sense you'd probably need to show of full narrative images with characters in environments.

It's a good idea though that you're thinking about a focus, will make it easier for people to give advice.

Pretty good values in the new studies. The knight one might be a bit too much on the brighter side. Looking good non the less.

[bounchfx]

been a while, and been quite busy with work and Dota 2 item stuff. took a break from that this evening for a little painting, did a short one of the lady:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17615/Art/windra031012.jpg


experimenting a little with colors and brushes, nothing too crazy though