something i was messing around with this weekend, crits welcome!

Edit: Here's where I'm at now. Fixed the crop and took the silhouette into account. I'm trying to add more without overdoing it... make more of a story out of the character.



Where I'm at now. Any critique welcome.

S.C.G.C.S (Stereotypical Cool Guy Cyborg Soldier)

Kind of losing sight as to what changes affect this positively. I tried to keep the overall piece loose, but what mostly kept me busy was anatomical problems involving the legs. The background and color came as a later addition, but I thought that in the cropped image they add a good cinematic effect.
As usual, critiques welcome.

New Prompt: Submersible

I thought this picture was funny.

Wikipedia entry: "A submersible is a small vehicle designed to operate underwater. The term submersible is often used to differentiate from other underwater vehicles known as submarines, in that a submarine is a fully autonomous craft, capable of renewing its own power and breathing air, whereas a submersible is usually supported by a surface vessel, platform, shore team or sometimes a larger submarine."

A sketch for the pirate-esque chick for concept class. Didnt make the cut haha

Turtle Guide WIP

this is extremely WIP-y. Please critique the shit out of it.

Archipelago

Getting frustrated. Every time I add a new layer, I paint for 20 minutes, turn the layer off, and realize the painting was better before I changed it. I've tried adding all kinds of boats and structures, but I fail to fit them into the landscape in a way I like.
Mostly I'm failing to get the right value and color, and whatever I add doesn't seem to belong. Probably due to the fact that I'm using a color palette from multiple images, neither of which have any type of structures or boats.

Spirit Guy WIP

I was going with a "golden eagle" theme, and had put the character in a pose where he was to have an eagle landing on right arm. I didn't get to that point yet.
Right before posting, I was wondering why that eagle symbol on the sword looked familiar... Unfortunately, after a Google search I found it's a symbol used by.... the Nazis. (They were some stylish bastards.)
So, needless to say the symbol would have to change, as well as the gesture and size of the right arm. I'm sure he'd also benefit from some legs at some point.

Edit: Wow, it really looks like the arm of a small child..

Had some issues rendering the background, so just the guide for now.

Might try to develop that staff/dagger/skewer(?) a bit more. I drew it with the idea that it'd be used for black magic or other miscellaneous spooky things, but it looks sort of plain right now.

New Prompt: Spirit Guide

You can pretty much take this prompt anywhere, as long as the guide is human or human based (as opposed to a spirit animal). Don't hesitate to add animal features, though, or any other modifications that could make the guide more interesting.

Icy Mountains WIP

I didn't consciously make the decision, but this is definitely Skyrim inspired.

Got heavy handed with the airbrush before I posted, but I'm going to remove the layer to continue working anyway.

New Prompt: Change of the Seasons.

So for this prompt I was thinking that you could personify a season and then show how they change the season. It dosn't need to be a human either, Just make it work :)

Level 7 Sketches

So... Here is mine (Well the sketches) I did the middle ring of the 7th layer. I wish I had been more motivated. :/

Color Study

From the movie Drive.

Level 5 and 9 sketches.

Ehh, cropping so much makes me sad, but it needs to be done. I couldn't find a way to keep the scale I wanted while have figures in there, so I added a torch, and hopefully that brings them into focus a little bit. They seemed too small to notice without the crop, but now I don't like the composition.

I should have worked ALL of this out in the thumbnail stage! I don't know why I keep doing this.

Line/sketch

Super early in sketching some of the characters still.. I don't like all of them. I wanted to do a fun girly after transformation one too but I didn't even start on this one til yesterday, and now my photoshop trial has ended so this is it for right now... :p

edit: worked on leg anatomy, perspective, and design. Not as tight and missing some design things I still wanted to add (wings and back sash), but overall I'm happy with leaving it be. Need to get to the Inferno prompt!

This is where I'm at right now. Working on the legs now. Any critique is welcome.

New Prompt: Nine Circles of Hell

From Dante's Inferno. I had this in mind so that we had some choice and could choose which ever one of the circles we wanted to concept.... or you can paint all nine if you're an overachiever.

Here is the wiki so that we can get an idea of what each circle represents:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(Dante)

Tag: Inferno

Moon Knight WIP

I tried to move along quickly, and I accidentally did most of the drawing on a layer that already had a fill on it.. Her torso/breasts are not right in perspective, and she has a mans head, but I'm going to start working on the new prompt. Maybe I'll add more later... Maybe.

Sailor Moon

I have no change of concept on this, just drew out one of her transformations. Looks decent, could use some more work, but that's not happening.

Character Sketch

Sketch I've been working on. I definitely want to bring this to a finished stage at some point this week. I could use a new set of eyes though. I'm trying to figure out how to make the lower arms look like they are energy projected out from the upper arm. Oh, and my sailor moon thing will be coming at some point this week, just not sure when.

Um... I hate this...

Ok. I really dislike this for many reasons... I like my design, and that is about it... And I colored it that way because I'm lazy.

Rock-a-billy Sailor moon!

Yankee Moon

Inspired by yankee (thug) school girls. 

There's a lot of weird stuff going on with the perspective here, but I'm pleased with how the design came out, so it's all good. 

Interior Sketch

And now for the boring part...

New Prompt: She is the one named Sailor Moon!

Fighting evil by moonlight,
Winning love by daylight,
Never running from a real fight,
She is the one named Sailor Moon
She is the one
Sailor Moon!!

Franklin the awkward Amphibian

I attempted it haha. Not quite finished but meh. Really wish I could have cleaned him up more and fixed the back fin.

I didn't get as much time for this as I had hoped, worked all weekend. I also scrapped my original idea, as it sucked. This is a sketch, about 1 or 1 1/2 hours in.

Edit: I did more to it, still not where I'd like it to be, but I'm not going to work on it anymore.

Amphibian

Getting frustrated, can't seem to land on a foot or head style that I like. Probably more reptilian than it should be.

Newt... Kinda

My attempt and this Amphibian Prompt.
The lighting situation in the made me go crazy, and even now it isn't right AT ALL! But all in all I like him :)

I need to sleep... I hate work. Anyways, I'm happy with the design, so I'll finish it eventually. Just a sketchy thing right now. This image seems to be more saturated and the dark values are blotchy and darker compared to the actual picture... meh.

Amphibian Attempt

This turned out more cartoony than I originally intended, but it's something, at least.

Glass

Done for Alisha's class. I might clean up the bottom at some point. Probably not though..

Amphibian

New Prompt: Amphibian Creature/Character

Either/or, focus is on practicality. Subject should "make sense" in the world. Try to give the amphibian qualities that a real amphibian would have.

Still largely a WIP... composition turned out a bit awkward... it's proving to be a fun learning experience.

Jungle Outpost

Had to skew some perspective to get a larger composition. It was originally half the height and almost twice the width.

Still could use more TLC but for now it is what it is.

Jungle Outpost

New prompt, something primitive. No technology allowed! Try to post by next Wednesday, under the label "Jungle".

ID Things

I started rendering and the handle, trigger, and butt areas didn't look so hot anymore. Haven't resolved it all yet.

And then there's a cockpit sketch.

Vehicles

Here are a couple of vehicles.  They are pretty badly drawn but hopefully the designs read.

ID

New Prompt:  Something ID


Robby gave me a pretty good idea with his last post.  Since we will be starting Industrial Design this year lets get our minds thinking again.  Create a mech, vehicle, weapon, whatever you want, how ever you want (paint or line).  Focus on a good functional design and perspective.

Lets make it due next Sunday.

Use label - ID

Military Mech

Perspective was my worst enemy doing this. Did a draw over of a silhouette I liked, should have started the drawing new with a perspective grid instead of worrying about ruining what I liked about the silhouette.

LOTR speedpaint

practicing away from lines.

Windshield coming soon...

Sci fi hot rod!

I need a bigger sword...

Hey speedpaint buddies sorry this one took me so long to post... and it was my prompt too!
Feeling good about this one so I may take it further when I get the chance.

Worm?

Pretty much just a big snake.. Could use some more dragon stuff.

Some Space Ships

More from the CGMW Class. The last one is just adding a watercolor filter to the one above, it made a huge difference.