The 'Core Sketch Thread!?

looks like it's part of the spine.

i like it :wink:

I got myself a gnomon workshop dvd on speed painting, got inspired by it and decided to do something very random to practise some of the techniques I learned on the DVD. The composition itself is boring as hell, my only real focus was to learn to paint with colors instead of painting with shades of gray and then applying a color correction as I used to do. I learned a lot doing this quick one so I guess it was worth the time!

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Very nice Minus.

the first thing that crossed my mind when i saw those brushes was "TF2" style.

Anyone's with me?

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":1nsm59uz]Very nice Minus.the first thing that crossed my mind when i saw those brushes was "TF2" style.

Anyone's with me?

I'm with you there, HP!

Looks really cool Minotaur, I really like the use of colour. The yellow doesn't stand out too much from the green/brown, which is nice.

i think it has a bit of a lacking background - where's the horizon? what landscape is this?

i completely dig the style though, very dramatic/expressionistic, which i feel most concept art should have, especially art that depicts a scenario/story or a landscape:

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the bigger strokes give it a bit more cartoony look, but overall it's good looking - just finish it

Wow minos, this is indeed a really boring composition !!! Hopefully you learned some stuff from it !

And I can see who is the gentleman inspired you to do speedpaintings of environnements .

Been a while i haven't draw my stuff, it took me the afternoon, and that was strangely refreshing; so here goes

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The right arm/hand looks weird :x Nice stuff though!

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first scribble on my new tablet. done very quick. cant wait to spend more time with it.

i think by tablet you mean MONITOR ! YOU FIEND !!!!

Nice use for a cintiq!

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Nice use for a cintiq!

lol. burn

getting deeper in touch with this awesome device!

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i suck so bad when it comes to free mind hopefully my skills will improve. otherwise i will kill me

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isnt drawing a face pretty difficult for a novice? im no expert but maybe try landscapes and stuff (like peris and mino) for a start?

Nothing come from free mind except if you are gifted and got a great visual memory, work with references if you are into "realistic" drawing hessi, there's not an once of shame in that.

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Nothing come from free mind except if you are gifted and got a great visual memory, work with references if you are into "realistic" drawing hessi, there's not an once of shame in that.

tanks koko. i got referred to conceptart.org. there are some pretty good tutorials / guides / tipps scattered around their forum. as soon as i get my university stuff done, if will hop in

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tanks koko. i got referred to conceptart.org. there are some pretty good tutorials / guides / tipps scattered around their forum. as soon as i get my university stuff done, if will hop in

I highly recommend gnomon workshop dvds, they have been invaluable to me.

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/

Art tutorial (the best tutorial on digital painting ever):

http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm

Various speed painting tuts:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread. ... 222&page=1

I would recommend You to start with pen&pencil first, you will be able to see what you paint and without any lag Cintiq is meant for someone who arleady has a background in 2d, it alone won't make you paint better. Keep training.

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I would recommend You to start with pen&pencil first, you will be able to see what you paint and without any lag Cintiq is meant for someone who arleady has a background in 2d, it alone won't make you paint better. Keep training.

geez. i never said nor expected that. i have 2d texture painting background. drawing things i see right in front of me is no problem either. it's about free minded drawings.

thanks mino for the links.