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Sketchpost. || Sublimus

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Agreed. My shift clicking got sloppy I suppose.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Hey guys and gals. As some of you know, I was just in Austin for GDC. Here are the images that comprised my portfolio (in this order too). I got a lot of great feedback from some top quality artists and recruiters.


    Some I've posted (some on this very page), some I haven't.


    Hope to have much better work in the coming months! (Not that this work is 'bad' per se, just Im an improvement junkie!)

    Gobby-bankers.jpg

    spike2-2.jpg

    blastership.jpg

    102-Cubone.jpg

    096-Drowzee.jpg

    KillaRobuttWeb.jpg

    genericsoldier.jpg

    sith.jpg

    citystreet.jpg

    hiddencave.jpg


    Crits? Feedback? Love?

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  • beavotronbeavotron Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    great work dude, i might be going to gdc next year, so if you're there, and i'm there, we can discreetly high five while trying to look super professional about it.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Fuck that. We'll get two trampolines and high five mid-air over the whole crowd on the expo floor!

    And thanks!

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  • beavotronbeavotron Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    hahah that is a sweet way to draw attention to us
    "hey potential employers, look at how excited we are about art! WOOOOAH!"

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    And look how high we can jump, too!



    BOTP
    Sublimus wrote: »
    Hey guys and gals. As some of you know, I was just in Austin for GDC. Here are the images that comprised my portfolio (in this order too). I got a lot of great feedback from some top quality artists and recruiters.


    Some I've posted (some on this very page), some I haven't.


    Hope to have much better work in the coming months! (Not that this work is 'bad' per se, just Im an improvement junkie!)

    Gobby-bankers.jpg

    spike2-2.jpg

    blastership.jpg

    102-Cubone.jpg

    096-Drowzee.jpg

    KillaRobuttWeb.jpg

    genericsoldier.jpg

    sith.jpg

    citystreet.jpg

    hiddencave.jpg


    Crits? Feedback? Love?

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  • jpegjpeg ODIE, YOUR FACE Scenic Illinois FlatlandsRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Lot of nice work, there. Some critiques I have would be that the welder lookin' dude with the yak has something funky going with the perspective, especially in regards to his arms. In the one with the welder mask, I feel like the coat pocket on our left should not be as visible as it is, because it makes it seem like it's on the front of his coat almost, whereas the one on the right seems to be more on the side of the coat. With the one with the coat, his shoulders and feet have a slight perspective on them, but his elbows have a much more angled line if you draw a line between the two.

    Otherwise, I love your cubone. You also get some neat colors in your environments, although I think those could use some expansion in terms of the skies/top area of the composition in them (particularly the city one, the cloudless haze works better on the one with the cave, I think).

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    so I just type in this box and it goes on the screen?
  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Wow, thanks!

    Now that you mention the perspective on that character, it feels like such a noob mistake! haha. It doesnt make any sense at all!

    And yeah, need to learn more about clouds...

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    If those are portfolio images you'll probably want to fix the typos in the Pokemon ones, too. There are quite a few.

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I'd like to see you do a few black and white value studies Sub, I think they could really help you.

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  • DeeLockDeeLock Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    What did some of the people at GDC say about your portfolio and what to work on?

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Pete Konig of Valve seemed to like my work, and told me to work on paying attention to different material, and painting them out differently than each other. He also gave me an animal anatomy crit on the pokemon (and basically an all around draw from reference/learn more). But over all I think he liked my work okay.

    The hiring director from CCP (makers of EVE online) told me my space marine wasn't 'real enough'. Which I should have asked her to clarify because that could mean a lot of things. She also said one of my environments would work well for an MMO called pirates of the burning sea, which is pretty bad ass because Im sooo down with pirates. She also mentioned that she does not want to see 'illustrations' (like the goblins and the sith lord)

    And some other hiring directors told the same thing about the illustrations, and then they told me they want to see more iteration, and variation. It seems they are more interested in the process, and not the final design per se.



    Learned a lot of other junk too, but that was the main stuff stressed on my work.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Sublimus wrote: »
    The hiring director from CCP (makers of EVE online) told me my space marine wasn't 'real enough'. Which I should have asked her to clarify because that could mean a lot of things.

    If I had to guess, they meant it looks too "fantasy sci fi". It looks awesome, but not functional, ie. no ability to turn the head, kinda inflexible and boxy below the waist.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    yeah. That's my guess too. - Too much coolness factor, and not enough functionality in the design.

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Jesus, is Pirates of the Burning Sea still in development?

    But yes, a few more palm trees and that'd be perfect for it.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Two seargent studies (100% opacity brush, no blending) and a quick SP (was I really making that face?)

    seargent01.jpg

    seargent02.jpg

    065.jpg

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Quick Alchemy doodle... Not very original.

    DragonHelm.jpg

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  • rtsrts Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I don't really feel like you took those Sargent studies far enough to really learn anything from them.

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    skype: rtschutter
  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I actually feel like I learned a fair amount from them. I have never really done all that many color studies in my day (and consider color to be one of my weaker skills) so this sort of simple study actually took my about an hour or two each.

    (The latter was sort of a quick painting by seargent himself, so if you meant there is not enough polish, I didn't want to try and supersede the original.)

    I think as I do more of these, I will be able to do longer studies. But as it is, I need to get a better grasp by just doing a bunch of color studies.

    I also feel the second one shows a progression from the first. So I'll do a few more, see what I'm learning, and assess the situation as I go. (And by no means do I mean to say I won't do longer studies, but to form a foundation I'm going to fire a few quick ones off.)

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    oop. been a few days. (took a mini vacation in my old town, Richmond!)

    I think Im getting more comfortable sketching in PS. (And a weird alchemy head)

    mantis_alien.jpg

    alchemyguy.jpg

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    lil UPDATE
    mantis_alien2.jpg

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Pretty freakin cool Sub.

    Watch those values for +2 Depth.
    mantisalien21.jpg

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Im not sure what you mean. More contrast?

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Yes.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Better? Still in progress, of course.

    I feel like whenever I get bored, I go straight for the photoshop magic (adjustment layers)

    mantis_alien3.jpg

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    My progress so far for today...

    mantis_alien4.jpg

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Another seargent study. Probably going to keep pushing on this one.

    seargent03_1.jpg

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  • DeeLockDeeLock Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    It would be nice if you posted the reference as well.

    That being said, this is looking better than your portrait studies.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Thanks Dylan, I'll scan in the refs when Im feeling a bit less lazy. hehe

    I just started sketching and this is what came of it, probably because I've been watching a lot of star wars lately...


    10-06.jpg

    Ninja Update


    10-06_2.jpg

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I know I know, more sargent.

    sargent03.jpg

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Oh yeah, still working on this too.

    10-06_3.jpg

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Small update on this.

    And in case it's not immediately obvious, the idea here was to try and draw three distinctly different bi pedal war units.

    Comments, crits??

    10-06_4.jpg

    Also, there will be a sketch dump in the coming days, maybe tomorrow.

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  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    It doesn't seem like you've researched mechanical stuff enough to make these believable. The way the joints are constructed, and just the overall detailwork doesn't seem to make much sense.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Good call ND. I was sort of designing as I went a long, and stopped too early/didn't really know enough to make them believable without reference.

    I'll try and look some shit up and keep pushing the designs.

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    OMG SKETCHES.


    First here are some ones from more than a week ago.
    066.jpg

    067.jpg

    068.jpg

    069.jpg

    070.jpg

    071.jpg

    072.jpg073.jpg


    I kind of got a kick in the ass about a week ago, and realized I was not working nearly hard enough to reach my goals. So, I have a new goal. I intend to do four sketch pages, and a one hour speed paint a day. I didn't quite reach my goal this week, but I'll get it next week! promise!

    074.jpg

    075.jpg

    076.jpg

    077.jpg

    078.jpg

    079.jpg

    080.jpg

    081.jpg

    082.jpg

    083.jpg

    And the two speeds I got (have a ton to learn about these).

    11-04.jpg

    11-05.jpg

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  • GodfatherGodfather Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Still lovin' that sketchbook.

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  • winter_combat_knightwinter_combat_knight Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Freaking awesome mate! Keep it up!

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  • SublimusSublimus Artist. nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    WEEKLY SKETCHDUMP 02


    Here is what I got done this week (outside of my NDA work), mostly crap. Some too crappy to scan.

    Only got one speed paint done. FAIIIIIILL

    (one hour, from ref.)

    11-12.jpg

    Skeeeeetchessssss.

    085.jpg

    086.jpg

    087.jpg

    088.jpg

    089.jpg

    090.jpg

    live model drawings are rusty bc I don't have regular access to them :(
    091.jpg

    092.jpg

    093.jpg

    ref_sketches.jpg



    Here's the work I got so far on my monthly challenge.
    084.jpg

    hammerman01.jpghammerman01.png

    weapons01.jpg

    hammerman_ill01.jpg

    I think I need to work on the cropping of this last one to pump up the drama... Crits on that one would be sweet. Or anything really, haha.

    CHEERS FUCKERS! (Time to relax and read my book :) )

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  • Angel_of_BaconAngel_of_Bacon Moderator mod
    edited November 2009
    Watch out on some of those muscular studies, they're getting to feel a little bit too Mr. Slim Goodbody-ish, like the lines delineating the musculature are just being drawn on top of a complete human shaped figure, rather than describing the actual forms of the muscles as they function within the body. I don't know if you're using posemaniacs ref for these or not, but it's really not that good for muscle reference for that reason- you don't end up getting a sense of the true form or function of the muscles with it, since the muscles are just a texture on a simple mesh.

    Also, the ones that say "5" and "10" on them...are those numbers indicating the time spent on each sketch, or a description of each person's Hot or Not rating?

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I really enjoy looking through this sketchbook, and I admire anyone who can sketch in ink without leaving a mess of lines. :)

    Also, I <3 those crabs, it really feels like you nailed the lighting there.

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