Daily Art thread
 

I am bored, lets drawing something each day and post them here. I don't care if you think you are no good, it doesn't have to be good, just make a good use of a single page of paper/or digital canvas and post there here. We'll have a little chat on theme as we go, but just post whatever doodle you made "today". :3

3/24/07
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ster_chief.jpg

3/25/07
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ept1_32507.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ept2_32507.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lings/3-26.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...gs/leocopy.jpg

03.27.07
http://www.opimage.co.uk/u/daikon/th_032707-1.jpg
http://www.opimage.co.uk/u/daikon/th_032707-2.jpg

03.28.07
http://www.opimage.co.uk/u/daikon/th_032807-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...wlings/4-7.jpg
and this if you didn't see it over at SB
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...gs/foxwip1.jpg

Wow, Meth. You are an amaing artist, i wish i was as good as you.
The little guy at the bottom reminds me of The YuYu. Very well done.

- Billy.

wow amazing! love your style ^^

Thanks Billy. Glad you like it.

Today:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lings/4-13.jpg

4/14
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ook/041407.jpg

Well damn Meth. I love the textures on that beast. Great job on the lighting.

Man, I really need to take some art classes. You kids are amazing.

4/14~15

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ook/041507.jpg

This ink stuff takes longer than it should.

41507
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...nart_41507.jpg

Yoko from Ehrgeiz. :3 Nostalgia+1.

Yay~ My favourite Ehrgeiz character!
This will be a neat thread to look forward to every day with all these killer sketches ^^

4/16/07
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...or8_sketch.jpg
Just the sketch for today. >w< I posted this late.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ngs/gradea.jpg
Still workin on it.

4/17/07
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...thor8_base.jpg
Trying a different approach to coloring this time.

nice ones Meth those are awesome

Thanks Gunblade, glad you like it. Hopefully the guy I'm doing the pic for will like it as much.

Today:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...otplanning.jpg

Just trying to rough out ideas.

Looking good there Magi. That 4/15 entry has some great action and looks very polished. What specifically are you doing different this time with regards to coloring? Do you usually do an underpainting?

Hmm, the image done in 4/15 is done using a basic cel-shading method. The latter image on the other hand, will be restricting the coloring to one layer and paint in a more directly, and yeah, there is no under painting for the 4/15.

4/19/07
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...6/spartans.jpg

XJ9
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...j9_fanart2.jpg
4/19/07

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ncitu1wip5.jpg
4/22/07
I guess its almost impossible to post on a daily basis.

Its BACK
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...stare_down.jpg

VNew
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...o_23_rough.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...gs/5-7copy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/pharmacy.jpg

I've had this thing for monkeys lately.

Monkey Professor? That sounds brilliant. Turn it into comic strips? :D

:New:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...sword_wip6.jpg

It was for a girl I know who's in pharmacy school and having a rough time with finals.

Next will prolly be Space Monkeys cause I had a great idea for a game about them.

Today and yesterday. :<
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...tou_draft1.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...sword_wip7.jpg

Hey, is that Suigintou? Kinda cool, but maybe too adult.

Kewl...Somehow I just can't seem to think of creating a pic in PS and make it look like those.
Just a question (it might sound stupid)
Is scanning a sketch with a scanner better that taking a picture of a drawing?
Also the name of the thread reminded me of a artist's website this dude has some nice sketches..click here if your interested

Depends. It is generally true, but when it comes to large formate image or image that is done using special medium that sometimes rubs off(like charcoal or pastel) its probably better to take a picture of if. The advantage of scanning over photo is that: 1) It could potentially have much larger resolution, 2) it prevents POV warping that occurs while taking the picture, and you probably won't have too much difficult getting the image to focus when you are working in low light situations 3) depending on the scanner, it sometimes prevents the discoloration through different methods.

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Wow, you can really draw.

Thanks. :3
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...6/tartarus.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ctice52807.jpg

Daaamn. That last one with the man with the sword is gnarly.

"Gnarly"? Eek. ^_^;;

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ketch53007.jpg

Turn into a little bit of a dump.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...erika53107.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ter_sakura.jpg
VNote: Work in progress.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...aven3_wip6.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ttlemode_2.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...peed_paint.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2..._aris60507.jpg

u on uberleet haxx. very very awesome.

This is turning more and more into "Magi's daily art thread", but it's delightful to watch nonetheless. :D

As Krelian pointed out before, the sword guy looks great. Any influences? Looks very much like a character that could appear in the Fire Emblem series. I also like the concept of the girl with the raven(?) cloak. Great stuff Magi, keep it up!

that, is raven from teen titans, hahaha

I see. Rocks anyways. ;(

Thanatos: Hey Thanks. :'D


Hmm, I had kind of hope that wasn't the case. :< But we don't inspire a lot of enthusiasm for some reason.

Thanks, the guy is a character that I have been trying to develop over time. :< There are a lot of different influences. (Its the same character that is like hanging out with that girl).

As Thanatos said, the girl with raven cloak is from Teen Titans. I am doing a little bit of my own spin on the character. :3

And thanks for the compliment. :3

hahaha, don't worry about it, i'll join in with my sketches, once my exams are done.

Cool, looking forward to it. :3
I am working on the raven image, I am tempted to call this completed, but I really don't want to. I also need to do a little more study on the details and background. So I am adding details as I do more study, right on the piece to try to save some time.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...tudy_60607.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...607_detail.jpg

Another Fancy Mel pic. :3 Its more of a sketch.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...fancy_mel5.jpg

Screw you magi and your insanely gorgeous artwork! *stab*

Just wait till I get access to a scanner...

Heheh, I am looking forward to it.

Looking forward to boob, hurry up vemp, we need more of those, hack we need more people posting art in general. :<

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2..._girl60807.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...dius_raven.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...h_61207_01.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...h_61207_02.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...h_61207_04.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...h_61307_01.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...h_61307_03.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...h_61307_04.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...h_61407_01.jpg
http://www.studiomagi.com/sketch_nsf...h_61407_02.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...h_61407_03.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...h_61407_04.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...paint61407.jpg

whoa.

Do you have an anatomy book where you copy those muscle diagrams from? Or you get them from the internet? Or are they from one of your classes?

Just the book, although I am sure you can probably find better reference on the internet, its just that it isn't something that I can carry everywhere.

Edit: oh yeah, namor is an asshole.

Meth, those sketches looks really good. ;3 I love the expressiveness of their expressions.

Meth: I really like how you get all your drawings to look really clean. Mine always tend to be dirty as hell. Well, what can you expect from a novice?

Magi: You ever thought of becoming of doctor?

Hey, I made drawlings at work! I was supposed to post this last saturday, but my internet was down. So meh.

http://www.opimage.co.uk/u/daikon/01.jpg

http://www.opimage.co.uk/u/daikon/02.jpg

Ok, so I downloaded zbrush yesterday and got a chance to screw around this morning. This took about 45mins after I figured out what some of the tools are. I think I have a new addiction.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...gs/zbrush1.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ndian_wip1.jpg
Suddnely, magical girls.

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-_- so many leet stuff. -_-

A quick birthday present for a friend:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...fling/tink.jpg

Oh damn, Tinkle bell. ;3 That's pretty nice. :3
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2..._owl_62107.jpg

Harrier
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ch_harrier.jpg
Raven
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...etch_raven.jpg
...
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ch_phoenix.jpg

Now to make a set:
click for full size
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...omposite_2.jpg

holy shit magi...that's awesome!

(for some reason your "new" art style reminds me of that falcoon guy)

Hey thanks. :3

Falcoon? O.o;; There are some controversy surrounding that guy isn't it?
In another news, shiny mugs. Oooh, ugh, this is useless. -_-
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...shiny_mugs.jpg

More zbrushing and a little photoshop. ~2hrs.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ngs/lizard.jpg

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another one:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/gelfhead.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b9...tuff/okami.jpg

woof woof

awesome okami art. What did you use for the outline?

All opencanvas and a tablet sir.

The guys who make opencanvas need to have a little pow-wow with the photoshop kids and let them in on their brush engine....

immp: WOW, that's very nice image, you capture it just perfect. :D How come I haven't seen your stuff for a while? Maybe its just me.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t_fan_miho.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rld2splash.jpg

So I did a speed color on this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...fheadcolor.jpg

Ooo, I really like the eye shade and the hair ties, very sexy :3.

That Zbrush is amazing it seems... Is that just for creating still images, or could you take that into some kind of 3-d program like Maya and actually animate it? Regardless it's amazing work. I have seen kids work on animations in Maya for weeks that aren't even close to that detailed, but then again they can animate the character... Still awesome work! Another question for Meth and Magi, do you use photoshop and some kind of pen and tablet to do the coloring or "digital painting"?

RagnarokX, Yeah zbrush works in 3D and a deal they call 2.5D which is kinda weird, but you can get some cool effects. You can use zbrush as a modeling program and export models as .obj files which can be opened in Maya and Max to be rigged an animated.

I use a Wacom Intuos 2 that I've had for a few years. It's been great so far. It took me a bit to get used to. At first, I would only use it to color, but i've since gotten the hang of drawing digitally as well. It makes for a quick workflow since it's so easy to erase. I also use the tablet for zbrushing.

Now that I'm done with school, I'm thinking about setting aside some cash and upgrading to a Wacom Cintiq.

Meth, the model is really looking good so far. very exrpessive too. :o Zbrush is certainly very nice for those organic detail isn't it? O.o;; It would be fun to see the full character animated.

As for the question. I use OpenCanvas and a junkie brand tablet, it works. <.<;;

The wacom tablets are pretty expensive when you are looking at the higher end models. I would love to get one eventually. As for you Magi whatever you are using works really well for you. I still think one of my favorite creations of yours was the Wise Vivi... I think that was the name. Very lose style, but sometimes that works a lot better than tight renderings. So both of you are really good. I'll upload some of my work on here sometime although most of it is pencil.

Here's a pencil drawing I did for a friend leaving school.

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RagnarokX, nice work. Gotta a great sense of value.

I'd suggest grabbing an Intuos 3 if you can scrape up the cash. I think they're about 300 for the 8x6. Or there's always the Graphire for just over a hundred bucks (I think). It doesn't have the same real estate or pressure sensitivity, but it's still pretty good and it's portable.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b9...f/bangbang.jpg
Bang bang.

@Magi - I switched over to DA after xchange died but I guess that was a few years ago. I also didnt feel like posting here since it seemed to die a lot, reregistering is a pain. Now I kinda just troll the VG forums >_>;
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If you're good at maya and you havent tried zbrush but you'd like to I suggest Mudbox. Its much more maya user friendly.

Wow, I forgot how good you were (even better now). I was thinking of a different person entirely for some reason.

I have a Intuos3 9x12 and I swear it was worth every penny. Vista just makes it god awful to tolerate though since every five seconds it corrupts my drivers. >:\/

(Can't wait for MacBook Pro-chan)

Wow Immp that's pretty sweet, is that almost looks like a straight up painting. Did you do that with the computer or by hand?

Loving that Model you made in Zbrush meth. I've tried Zbrush and it is easier to model out characters there since its like molding clay but I still had not much success in it since I still need practice in it.

Immp, awesome Dante. Ever since Creators cafe slowed down haven't seen much of ur art so its good too see that you still have some great skills.

This is something I created my freshmen year at college using Maya using only nurbs, supposedly polygons are much better for creating detailed animations. I swear I know about 4% of that program and I was able make this. We had to come up with a theme and recreate a room, so I made Bag End... kinda

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immp! you need to post more, says I. it's really nice to see something different pop up in TCC. this is gorgeous. I love it.

<3

Well nothing has been posted in a while. This is something I drew a few days ago. Still pretty rough drawing.
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Hey, that's actually really good. :D Post more. ;3
Here is a quickie, about 40 minutes (WTF)
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...page1_wip1.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...page2_wip1.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...page3_wip1.jpg

hahaha That's awesome. Question for you Magi. Did you go to any kind of college or are those talents of yours self taught. I'm guessing you have had an interest in this kind of stuff for a while now eh?

Well, I have been interested in the sequential story telling for a while now, about a couple of years. I do study art in college. In many ways it helped me a lot, although I still have to work a lot.

ah manga awesome ^^
I tried out open canvas but the trial ran out before I could do some finishing touches to the last pic. My rough outlines are a mess so I envy those with a clean outlining abilities *_*

Anyways this is the last pic open canvas allowed me to almost finish up.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y249/Exiq/tiff.jpg
Tifa :3333:

Hey, that's pretty nice. :3 Although there isn't a very clear light source throughout, its a pretty good looking image. :3

Do you use a tablet? (you gotta post more, I kept forgetting) Try using more then one layer gradually refine your rough drafts. Also remember to use ctrl-z to go back on your strokes if you could, try it sometimes. :3 What happens is that when I make a stroke, I'll make it, if it wasn't the right stroke, I'll ctrl-z and go back and make another stroke, until it finally get the one I want. Its could be a very fast back and forth process.

Yeah I use a tablet now.
I just scrabble all around the screen and create whatever i can and then I just create a new layer to make a cleaner outline.

Although proportion and structure can use some work, I like the line quality of that one. :3
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...beringtime.jpg

Very nice Magi. Always good to have a girl with a gigantic fist kickin ass!

As for Shenlon I would agree with Magi on the light source, but sometimes you go for that effect. To me it has a very air brushy feel to it. That's just me of course, still pretty sweet!

Definitely!

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...xpression1.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ooco_alpha.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...co_alpha_2.jpg

Magi: haha, her facial expression is pretty cool, and that device is badass. Do you have a full frontal picture of that character? I'd like to see more if possible :3

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2585/ceciliadt7.jpg

Color study with a friend's picture. I made her look really ugly in comparison with how she really looks. I'm bad with color.

Oh, you'll be seeing a lot of her, hopefully. >.>;;
I misspelled Sandhya >w<;;
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...06/sandhya.jpg

Ultima: Looks good, you are getting good at color blocks. :D

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VRococo Alpha as in Blow shit up mode
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August 1st 07
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rococo_3d1.jpg
Man, I really suck at this 3D business.

http://www.bio-hazardous.com/random/...an02_inc03.jpg

Not done shading and all that, or obviously erasing what's not supposed to be over the lines. But meh. I'll get to it soon enough.

I don't know. I think it looks kinda cool :D

Hey nwzinc, that looks awesome! :3 I can't wait to see it finished. Are you going to put some type of background there?

Sword Familiar: Hey thanks. X_X;;

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../rococ3D_1.jpg
Not quite ready for her close up yet. >.>;
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2..._reference.jpg
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Look! Its all quads!

Yeah, I plan on it. Whether I'll get to it... who knows. Someone brought up the idea of tossing Lilith in there as well, but I dunno. That seems like a fuckton of work, although the piece could easily benefit from it, and save me the pain of doing a really detailed background, since the way I did this kinda calls for one almost.

Slow and steady there Magi. I know what a pain Maya can be. The most simple things can take forever, if you wanna do things properly. Looks like you're getting the hang of it though.

Here's something I did earlier today for a friend.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...jatheninja.jpg

its not Maya, >w< Its actually a 3D software that I am more familiar with called Anim8or. :< I can't do much in Maya At the moment.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...nning_test.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rph_target.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../Untitled1.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...saygoodbye.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ingchances.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ling/backs.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ling/palms.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ing/oldman.jpg

more to come... stay tuned.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...setup_test.jpg
Testing a 4 lights setup, it took approximately 5 minutes to render this, its a long time for such a small image. Anim8or does not have radiosity like rendering mechanism, so I'll have to "fake it". Parts of it looks somewhat convincing while most part don't, the back wall for example.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...setup_test.jpg
A 5 Light setup, took a bout 6 minutes now. Using a shapes to cover up parts of a local lights within the room.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t_corridor.jpg
Another 5 lights setup, used a couple of different shapes to "contain" the lights and control their directions. It looks very different without the soft shadows.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2..._2006/duke.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...tone_giant.jpg
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Practice sketches

http://www.opimage.co.uk/u/daikon/sunday.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...06/youpass.jpg

August 13 07
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../dontstart.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2..._36minutes.jpg
Longest rendering of a single image by far. 36 minutes. O.o

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...uckwipcopy.jpg

A wip... gotta change the lighting, fix the hands, and a few other things.

More WIPS:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...h/gelphwip.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../diatonguy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ariedogwip.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...sh/birdwip.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...guillotine.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ion_driver.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rming_mode.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...6/rococo_7.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...iring_mode.jpg

Wow. Lots of talent in here!

This reminds me quite a bit of Brian Froud's skeksis designs from 'Dark Crystal'. I guess that is fitting seeing as how your file name involves the word 'gelfling'.

At any rate, good work!

320,000km range lol. I like her mouth :<

Yeah, its suppose to be somewhat of an over the top weapon.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...uby_world0.jpg

Magi, I love your merging of woman + robot. Interesting!

Thanks, its an interesting contrast of subjects in my opinion.
Originally intended as a fan art, but I got the uniform wrong.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...anart_yuki.jpg
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A digital postcard i made for my uncle:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ogPostcard.jpg

YouTube Video

Finished render of my first project in dynamics. No keyframing, except for passive/active rigid bodies. The dropping of the trap after the box falls in the well is kind of a bit delayed, but I can live with it cause I don't want to render this shit again. Ever. My PC wasn't made for this crap.

Nice. How long did it took to render? Although rendering over days and weeks isn't uncommon, do you really need radiosity and reflections? How much polygon can you cut down etc. :o

Only took around 8 hours or so. Most of it was finished while I slept.

And yeah, I do need radiosity and reflections... I was going for making realistic metal and a smooth polished stone for the floor for the reflections.

After all, it was for a school project. If I was just dicking around with dynamics I'd have never put this much effort into something like this.

As for poly count, I'd say it was pretty barebones to begin with. There were probably a few places I could have cut down, but really it wasn't my intent since this is supposed to be a kind of portfolio piece. And, as a personal thing, I usually don't care about my poly count to begin with. I use as many as I need to get the desired result--Granted, I'm not saying I'm just tossing bevels and extrudes everywhere, cause that's just stupid. I'm just saying poly count isn't anywhere near my primary concern.

8 hours isn't very long. >.>; Granted that for most of us, that's a long time while you are awake to not being able to use the computer, but its not like its rendering for 3 days around the clock. We get that a lot at the end of semester when everybody is doing their final projects in the animation lab.