Sunday, August 15, 2010

A new beastie concept

Hi kiddies. I've been sketching and painting concepts to add to my website in an effort to make myself more viably hireable by some company. Here's a gladiatorial creature I dreamed up. Let me know what you think. Paintings coming soon!

11 comments:

MrGoodson2 said...

So this sketch will become a painting? Very good. this might be what a good modeler can use, but I bet most advice on the type of pieces to create would be to show some attitude. Don't just solve the look of the character. Show some action. Leaning, attacking, blowing bubbles. Something extra that I know you're good at anyway.

MrGoodson2 said...

Mister Know -It-All "where's your Job" Ellis

MrGoodson2 said...

Idea, and I should be doing it too, the moment you get a happy scan on a piece like this, 300 dpi or thereabouts, sell the original on ebay. OR, have the Asian Goddess make an online store for your originals.

MrGoodson2 said...

If you squint when you look at this, that wicked blade becomes an alien wang.

Scotty Buncake said...

Ellis, the Pacific Rim Honeypot will indeed help me set up a store when the time comes.

Yeah, I was doing a straightforward 'here's a monster' thing I've seen in many concept art designs but it probably would behoove me to show more 'character' in the character! At least I didn't 'Ranjo' it up too much, if you know what I mean. That would have ruined it. Just ruined it.

Davis Chino said...

I dig it, Scott. Obviously you have great talent and you've got a lot of sophisticated elements at work in drawing. Shows deep skills.

My only thought is maybe it reads just a little "piece-y?" (This is one of my biggest 'bete noirs', BTW); maybe in a final pass you could do a little more tonal unifying? Right now there are lots of darks and lights popping around...Fer instance, the negative shape inbetween body and far arm was hard to read for me--in painting terms I'd think of 'glazing' the midriff of the torso and the far arm into a single value/tone--I see you're doing that between far arm and leg, but it doesn't seem quite as locked into overall value scheme of drawing as your other pieces on the website.

Please flame Ellis in my stead....

Davis Chino said...

--And Scott, I agree--don't "Ranjo it" too much--at least, not without proper lubrication!

Scotty Buncake said...

Good advice Marty! When I paint it I'll do just that. Thanks!

Davis Chino said...

Will this painting be digi? Or traditional?

Or...tradigi?

I do really like this piece--and dammit lad, you know yr stuff KILLS.

Tom Carroll said...

is that euphemistic? "When I paint it?" ... hurm ...

Scotty Buncake said...

The painting will be digital. Photoshop on my Intuos 4.