Spinny Orc :D

Scribbled an orc tonight, will do more to it definitely, but wanted to fiddle around with a site i found called DEPTHY, where you can upload or paint a depth mask and it'll, well, you get the picture. :) Try it out, its super fun, its easy to get a proper depth mask from zbrush BPR renders but i think its cooler for 2d stuff (if harder to get right, which this isnt!)

EDIT:
I'll just update this post as (and if) I do more on this guy, cleaned it up a bit but ways to go:

Another Study before bed

One step forward, Two steps back

I had gone through the process of redoing most of the body and neck for this guy, only to realise that I'd lost the things I originally liked, so ive literally reverted back about FIVE DAYS and continued from the point where I decided things needed to change.

The whole body was sculpted from a blob with no symmetry into the pose it is in right now. so I had ended up hacking it into a t-pose, cleaned it up, projected onto new topology and reposed with skinning for accuracy.

And all that work?...BAM, down the drain. :)

So it doesnt look like much since the last pic, just faffing about with PS again, i like the idea of the bruce lee claw scar, hehe :) ... Also I guess actually most of the work I DIDN'T scrap is still in the lower body, which ironically im not showing here.. hmm.

The red pandas are staying, one will be swinging on that big ring in a pose I already have burned into my head... will be cool.

I need to learn when and where to commit to what I have. I've wasted a lot of time trying to find certain sweet spots that'll make sense later on if I was just a bit more confident. I feel like I'm quickly becoming a 'blockout artist' at this rate... lol.

Quick sketch before bed, trying colours straight away

Windseer W.I.P

I think i have a curse of not finishing things once ive posted them.. but I reeeeeally want to update more often... I'll just update this post once im done with this painting. Having quite a bit of fun and getting used to using more textured brushes.

Still working on the panda dudes! hit a wall for a couple days but think i should be able to get back on track this weekend.

Pandamonium

Still blockout but this is going places, I can feel it, might finally finish something! I will explain later. :P

Long story short it think its immensely important for me to stop approaching personal work like production art.

More very soon!

Bad Hare Day

Quick Sculpt before bed, I felt inspired by beth cavener stichter's animal sculptures. :)

Anatomy!

I took a roughly sketched out torso from Friday lunchtime and decided to make a project out of it this weekend.. I really needed to get back into some anatomy as I haven't really done much lately and was quickly reminded how much it can surprise you and knock you off your feet. I'm definitely learning a lot and have adopted some new sculpting approaches.

This will still need some work though, there are some glaring issues and unfinished areas.. the legs, feet, hands and a considerable portion of the back need a major pass but im happy with the progress so far from. (also some scale issues with the forearm and the face is a whole other story)

More soon™ :P

Blocked out some of his armour tonight and cleaned up the anatomy on the body, still lots to clean but the armor is a nice distraction for now. Didnt bother doing much with the paintover, I should be (and am) experimenting in zbrush more.

SNAKEUUUUUU!

Made this tonight:

This was very fun for me, it reinforced the confidence in my strokes and let me be a bit more reckless than usual. I think it pays off, and this is definitely something I will do more of. :)
edit:
oh and orc update soon, I started doing a paint over armour design as if I stay with the body i wont get anything done, I'll keep going in circles! It's going well, I think it's gonna be pretty fun. :)

Hey there Stranger

Made this guy tonight, quite fun, heh, was gonna colour it but it looks creepy enough like this. :)

Are paintovers a form of procrastination?

The answer is... yes. D:

And its barely even a paintover, lol.

Well i decided to stick with this guy, i need to be a bit more care free. :)

Not a lot of changes, more bulk around the neck and a bit more srs bsns in the face.

Juggling this, the orc and a bunch of 2d stuff atm, which i'd show if i bothered to get anything to a clean readable state before getting bored. :P

Pidgey Lee Jones

I dont know why, but every time i look at the Tommy Lee Jones meme from no country for old men, i imagine a pigeon in his place.

so i drew dat (Also wanted a fun little image for the header maybe)

9th march edit:

probably not enough for a new post but also did this little sketch for a birthday. :)

Not a whole lot to show, bouncing between 3 things atm, This orc, a painting (which i'll show soon ish) and a fun little sculpey animal. I've found it helps keep me productive to swap to another medium when my attention starts to slip. :)

So yeah, no huge progress, just trotting along!

9th march edit:
updated pic as i havent made any real progress just merged the meshes together last night and gave him a neck. (lol) still needs cleanup overall but..

I just started converting all the dynamesh to proper topology, cleaning up zremesher results, hence max ^

For Fish and Glory!

Working on this atm, bit more to do but may as well get a update in this week. :) This was fun, im finally used to square brushes now and adjusting my brush flow for buildup.

Also started on another painting that I think will be pretty exciting but still blocking things out, gotta do it properly this time!

I didn't do much today, although i did come back to my orc before bed and started to clean up some of the upper body and face, also started defining the leg muscles (something i need to practice more often) getting my bearings now, just gotta clean up some more and then I'll figure out a simple armour design. :)

So yeah it doesn't look like much progress but hey, heh. :)

Forgotten character(s)!

I forgot about this guy! made the model for a couple friends' game as a test, unfortunately didn't go anywhere for now so I'll throw it on here. :)

Edit: And how could I forget about the Huntress model I made ages ago. Poop high poly but I think it turned out looking nice, If anything I'll leave it here as motivation to finish and texture another personal character, it's been too long. :)

Studies

I will be doing a bunch of studies, and will update this post with what i end up doing, spending like an hour or so for each. :) need to read shapes more accurately

What an odd thing to follow up that sketch, but here's what I did tonight. :)

Fun and stupid, one or the other. :)

Sketch before bed

Girls are awesome

Sculpted this fella tonight and did a little paintover (probably shouldve spent that time actually refining the sculpt :) )

Fun fun. Will see if it goes anywhere (i feel like i say this a lot and never touch things again.)

Gobbo the Gaaawblin

"Oh yeaaah!? Well big freakin' whoop buddy I got gaawblin things ta do, so SCRAM!"

Didnt finish the bust, got distracted by this, super early but a fun little goblin bust i've started, to get into super sculpey. A lot to learn. :)

EDIT2: update:

Work in progress head study, a lot to do but shaping up, will also be playing with BPR render passes and compositing in photoshop, should do it more often.

Will hopefully finish this tomorrow or the next day.

edit: update, where i'm at:

Old image:

"Are you so eager to meet death?"

"Look then upon the countless faces of your demise!"

I made and have continued to make a lot of mistakes with this, and I have learnt an enormous deal, I dont think the result is that great but im quite proud regardless and enjoyed it immensely. It changed a lot of my sketching habits, my workflow and taught me to be more aware of layering whilst painting.

Next should be super fun (probably way way simpler too, heh)

But for the mean time, I got some sculpts to catch up on. :)

Ahhhhhh, cant go a month without posting something, even if it was over christmas,
Well here's a quick scribble from tonight then, nothing special,

although I am finishing up a painting ive been working on for a while now, which has been super fun. I'll leave it til its done to post though! :D

Edit:

Put painting in new post :)