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Minos' digital sketchbook

  • Minos
  • April 14, 2008 at 4:56 AM
  • Beck
    • March 20, 2013 at 7:43 AM
    • #141

    I really like that garage, one section of the wall really tricks my eyes into thinking it's 3D when it's actually flat.

    [Blocked Image: http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/2723/42893222.jpg]

    The bit in the red box is what I'm talking about. Looks like the top of it is sticking out from the actual building, but the bottom half of the wall says otherwise.

    Just something I noticed and I can't unsee it!

  • Minos
    • March 20, 2013 at 5:25 PM
    • #142
    Quote from Beck

    I really like that garage, one section of the wall really tricks my eyes into thinking it's 3D when it's actually flat.

    [Blocked Image: http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/2723/42893222.jpg]

    The bit in the red box is what I'm talking about. Looks like the top of it is sticking out from the actual building, but the bottom half of the wall says otherwise.

    Just something I noticed and I can't unsee it!

    haha good call!

  • Minos
    • June 18, 2013 at 9:46 PM
    • #143

    Just a random speed dude, hadn't done a character in like 5 years... read kinda messy in the arms area but what the hell

    [Blocked Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3606004/dude01.jpg]

  • cardo
    • June 20, 2013 at 11:45 AM
    • #144

    Love that warehouse piece. The colours are spot on but was also initially puzzled by the sloped wall section I've been trying to get into a bit of digi painting recently and am actually using some of your brushes you posted ages back! Starting to get the kind of effects I'm after though. Would really appreciate any feedback you have Minos. If you're interested I posted a couple in the totally random concept thread the other day.

  • Minos
    • June 20, 2013 at 6:34 PM
    • #145
    Quote from cardo

    Love that warehouse piece. The colours are spot on but was also initially puzzled by the sloped wall section I've been trying to get into a bit of digi painting recently and am actually using some of your brushes you posted ages back! Starting to get the kind of effects I'm after though. Would really appreciate any feedback you have Minos. If you're interested I posted a couple in the totally random concept thread the other day.

    hah which brushes? I try to use just very simple brushes for most stuff nowadays, I found that helps me focus more on the design and less on the polish (which was a bit of a problem before, I always spent more time trying to render the scene than actually planning or working on the composition).

    Most of the times I use a square brush with rounded edges and a squashed down round brush (when working with perspective). I'd say to leave the crazy brushes to specific situations like effects, plants, texture etc...

  • Minos
    • June 20, 2013 at 6:37 PM
    • #146

    By the way, not sure if I posted this guy's youtube channel before but these are definitely the best concept art walkthroughs I have ever seen. I've been learning a lot by watching his videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/TylerE2284/videos

    Check it out Cardo, I'm sure it will help you too

  • cardo
    • June 21, 2013 at 9:29 AM
    • #147

    Ah brilliant! Watched some of this guy's videos last night and the detail of his paintings is incredible. Inspiring but at the same time depressing how someone can be that good. I watched a few of Feng's vids lately and really like how he does his stuff. This guy's style seems very different from what I've seen but amazing still.

    The old brushes I've been using have a couple of scaffolding style ones in there that look like stacked triangles. They're good for painting radio towers and such. I think they were from you? Maybe Peris though have you got a new collection you wouldn't mind sharing? I'm still at a very much experimental stage when it comes to finding what brushes work well for what and have mainly just been painting with a flat brush which gives the effect of paint spread with a knife.

  • Minos
    • June 24, 2013 at 3:28 AM
    • #148

    new one, will probably polish it up a bit more later so feedback is welcome =D

    [Blocked Image: http://thiagoklafke.com/misc/sketches/sketch04_wip7.jpg]

  • Sentura
    • June 24, 2013 at 9:23 AM
    • #149

    nice composition, but it seems a bit empty (e.g. no people on the streets no cars on the highway - or is this deliberate?)

  • cardo
    • June 24, 2013 at 10:25 AM
    • #150

    Really like all the different shapes and colours you get to gel together. Do you mostly free paint everything or use shape tools? I haven't really experimented with them yet so not sure what you can achieve. The perspective on the far left building and on the right side wall looks a bit extreme but other than that it feels solid!

  • Dejavo
    • June 24, 2013 at 5:36 PM
    • #151

    The yellow car looks a bit off perspective wise and slightly squashed. I really like the lightning and setting though.

  • Minos
    • June 24, 2013 at 6:43 PM
    • #152
    Quote from cardo

    Really like all the different shapes and colours you get to gel together. Do you mostly free paint everything or use shape tools? I haven't really experimented with them yet so not sure what you can achieve. The perspective on the far left building and on the right side wall looks a bit extreme but other than that it feels solid!

    This was all free painted (except for a few selections here and there)... I should really start using more selections but in the end I just free painted most of it. I actually kept copies of multiple stages for this one (since I knew it would be more complex than my last paintings) so I'll post those later when I finish it

    Sentura: Yeah I'll add some silhouettes to help with scale and perspective

    Dejavo: Yeah a lot of people complained about that car, will definitely fix it and the other perspective errors.

  • Minos
    • January 26, 2014 at 11:07 PM
    • #153

    New one, initially this was supposed to be a 30 min painting for the daily spitpaint group but I was having a lot of fun in the process and I decided to take it further


    [Blocked Image: http://thiagoklafke.com/misc/sketches/seoul_wip02.jpg]

  • -HP-
    • January 27, 2014 at 12:14 AM
    • #154

    Nice, awesome shapes!

  • Vilham
    • January 27, 2014 at 3:08 PM
    • #155

    These are really cool man, wish I could draw/paint.

  • Sentura
    • January 27, 2014 at 6:12 PM
    • #156
    Quote from Vilham

    These are really cool man, wish I could draw/paint.


    Never too late to start!

  • -HP-
    • January 27, 2014 at 11:30 PM
    • #157
    Quote from Sentura

    Never too late to start!


    Yeap, there's no time like the present.

  • Minos
    • April 6, 2014 at 9:08 PM
    • #158

    New piece


    [Blocked Image: http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/096/f/b/reconnaissance_submarine_by_thiagoklafke-d7db8g5.jpg]

  • Sprony
    • April 7, 2014 at 9:08 AM
    • #159
    Quote from Minos

    New piece


    [Blocked Image: http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/096/f/b/reconnaissance_submarine_by_thiagoklafke-d7db8g5.jpg]


    Loving your stuff man. Are you available for contract work? Nothing major but I would like to get something made for my wall

  • KoKo5oVaR
    • April 7, 2014 at 5:54 PM
    • #160

    Very cool stuff minos !

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