shiiK's Art Thread

[Deleted member 157129]

I'm doing some quick doodles to practise various stuff - shading, colouring, posing.. you name it. So I figured I'd make a dump. Hey! At least I'm making some more or less finished stuff instead of working at the speed of a snail on some of my more important artworks (which I'll probably never be fully satisfied with).

Art Thread, explanation unnecessary I'd say.

Artworks are sorted in categories (HIDDEN-tags), and within each category each separate artwork or character is put in it's own HIDDEN-tag, in which they are sorted so that the last artwork is the latest.

Random Unrelated Doodles

The images in this category have no relation to each other and are mainly for fun and practise.

DOODLE RANDOM 01

I'll start it off with this head.. began as a speedy sketch yesterday on Tinychat. Picked it up an hour ago or so and applied some colours.

DOODLE RANDOM 02

Mr. Goblin challenged me to paint a goblin with a Christmas hat.. so I did.

DOODLE BROTHER

A rough, fun portrait of TRD. Nothing serious.

DOODLE MEME 01

No comment.

DOODLE MEME 02

No comment.

DOODLE MEME 03

"PREPARE YOUR ANUS"

DOODLE MEME 04

"IMPOSSIBRU"

DOODLE MEME 05

No comment.

DOODLE JAR JAR

At least I tried.

DOODLE RANDOM 03

I guess I tried to make it look a bit like Liam Neeson, but I think I failed at that.

http://fav.me/d4fxivz

STREET DOODLE

http://fav.me/d4hz3ml

Portraits

These artworks are portraits of fictional as well as real people, commissioned or done for fun and practise.

COUNCIL OF WISDOM COMMISH

Batch 1 (3/10 sketches)
Freelance, non-commercial work.

PORTRAIT DOODLE 01

Did this during class today. Lots and lots of faults, I know, that's why I like it.

AMBER HEARD

Still a WIP, worked on it as a warm-up today. Doing some female faces to prepare for painting Mya's face.

http://fav.me/d4gcgd4

http://fav.me/d4gkxli

http://fav.me/d4gkxtg

CONNIE NIELSEN PORTRAIT

http://fav.me/d4gg04p
A disastrous attempt to paint Connie Nielsen, but if you disregard who it is meant to be, I am quite satisfied with the result.

Iniquit

These artworks are exclusively related to my personal demon race, the Iniquit.

INIQUIT PESTILANT

Ranged unit for my Iniquit race/faction (don't want to reveal too much, so I'm not going to classify them properly, yet).
Skins are coming (one is complete, one is in the making and the others are still to be concepted), and hopefully a few models as well if I can enslave a modeller or two.

INIQUIT PROPHET

Some of you might know a bit about my Iniquit race by now, but I'll try to explain briefly. The Iniquit are the result of a virus-like substance infecting already existing species, altering their appearance and mindset turning them into vicious monsters. This is a new WIP for the Prophet.

Poses & Gestures

I do a lot of silhouettes and sketches of various poses, a major bias towards females. Sometimes I share some, and then they end up here.

POSE DOODLE 01

Various references used, quick sketch, might use it for a character concept at some point.

POSE DOODLE 02

Various references used, quick sketch, might use it for a character concept at some point.

POSE DOODLE 03 (x3)

Quick sketches, for practice. (I forgot to crop it, sorry.)

POSE DOODLE 04 (x3)

Quick sketches, for practice.

POSE DOODLE 05 (x5)

Quick sketches, for practice.

GALS IN SEXY POSES

I lie, these are sexy gals in stupid poses.

Ballet/Ballíe

Inspired by Keiji's short story Narrow Escape.

Crash Dump

Occasionally, when I've been going at it for a while, GIMP crashes on me, forcing me to go back to earlier versions or paint over screen captures. If I bother to take a screen capture, I post it here. I will also put updates to said artworks here.

01

Quick sketch, for practice. Threw some colour on it hoping to actually make something out of it, but then GIMP crashed, so all I have is this PrntScrn capture.. [edit] .. redrew the same character from scratch in Photoshop, hoping Adobe won't crash on me. :v

02

03

Orthographic

As an aspiring concept artist with a little experience with the process from indie game development, I like to do orthogonal projections of characters. They represent a character from various angles and are mainly used to give the modellers something to work from.

ORTHOGRAPHIC 01

Had to put together a quick orthographic of a character I'm working on, and have been working on for a while, called Hammath. It's the redesign of an earlier character I started working on last year. Anyway, I needed it for a Flash exercise and I'm working on making a vector out of this at the moment.

Note: Planned to post this in my old concept dump thread, but it's closed and I figured I might as well keep everything in one thread.

Original Characters

Here's the interesting category. Works in progress, experiments, various concept work and everything related to my personal characters go here. Beware of large images and, more importantly, many images in one hidden tag. They are sorted by character, and within each tab the first image is the oldest.

Hammath

Journal: http://fav.me/d4fi95s

http://fav.me/d4fnj0j

http://fav.me/d4in5al

Amber

Journal: http://fav.me/d4fi95s

http://fav.me/d4f5ygn
There's a little bit of character information in my journal.

Mya

Journal: http://fav.me/d4fi95s

http://fav.me/d4f7fqk

A couple ideas for her head I've been fiddling with, nothing I'll keep, just playing around. I'm trying to achieve a look that is as vicious and alien as it is feminine, preferably also a bit mysterious. The body will change according to whatever head I end up with, 'tis just to represent how she'd look were she human.

http://fav.me/d4f7fqk
The face is not going to stay like that.

http://fav.me/d4gdjo2

http://fav.me/d4ghnsu
Yeah, just trying out ideas, deliberately made shins shorter to visit the idea. I dismissed it, though.

http://fav.me/d4ha9ma

http://fav.me/d4hgatp

http://fav.me/d4idg6h

Major Sinclair

Journal: http://fav.me/d4fyidj

http://fav.me/d4fxtff

Garrandé

Journal: http://fav.me/d4ihcdz

http://fav.me/d4ijrsh

56 - Halestorm

http://fav.me/d4ghb0y
56 because she doesn't actually have a name yet.

57 - Rave

Temporary name, coined by Dionesiist.

http://fav.me/d4hxtlc

Icon Artworks

Collection of artworks made for icons.

Feedback, criticism.. comments.. all appreciated a lot!

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

quick doodles

Damn, that's a quick doodle?

 

[fladdermasken]

This is terrific. So, I never got this. Is this all done with an image editing program (outlines and all), or this drawn by hand at first, then scanned in and coloured?

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Yes, I use GIMP2 (free image editing software). I use a Wacom Graphire4 pen tablet, which makes it almost hand drawn.

Thanks.

 

[Dratz]

Pedosmile D:

 

[fladdermasken]

Yes, I use GIMP2 (free image editing software). I use a Wacom Graphire4 pen tablet, which makes it almost hand drawn.

Thanks.

So that's all GIMP. I must say the colouring is stunning. How are you doing that?

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Added a Christmas Goblin! Yes, it's a bit early for Christmas, but I needed to doodle.

A few more, early sketch phase. These were requested, along with a few more, for a Council of Wisdom - consisting of a bunch of weird folks, some less weird and some more weird than others. Not going to put out any details in risk of compromising the project (no, it's not related to WarCraft in any form or way).

 

[NFWar]

The thinrd guy on third sketch have way too big ear, dont you think? But his face looks cool! I should learn some from those.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Ears come in a lot of different shapes and sizes, I don't think it's too large to be correct, but it'd be the kind of guy, when asked to point out a peculiarity about, you'd mention the ears, and laugh a bit.

Just like we laugh at Will Smith's ears from time to time.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Yarr harr, bump and rainbows!

 

[kola]

Prophet seems really tall and really thin.

Btw, +Rep.. 601!!! WHITE GEM WOOT lol

 

[XenoStalker]

Question.

For coloring do you keep the sketched Blk n Wht in a separate layer(s) or simply replace them with a base then add the details?

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Depends a lot on what style I'm using, most of these sketches are done using different styles. I always use different layers, though, and almost never delete an old layer, so I can go back. Every time I do a "drastic change" I make a new layer over what I'm going to change.

Anyway, for colouring, I use mainly two styles. The first doodle (the head) was made using my fastest style, or the one that yields the most presentable outcome fast. I sketch that entirely in grey tones, make all the shading and most details. Then I apply colour with layer effects, I mostly use Overlay (and adjust the settings), but Multiply (often used to colour pencil drawings as well) often produces a much nicer outcome (you just have to apply highlights manually afterwards). The tattoos are simply brown shapes in Overlay mode, which I've later touched up with a Normal layer on top. I also made the eyes in a Normal layer on top. One thing to remember about this style, is to use different colours in the main colouring layer, a lot of people pick one colour (ie a basic middle tone for skin and paint all the skin with this colour) and it ends up losing depth and realism, not to mention it gets much less interesting. One way to fix this for lazy people, though, is to use Colour Balance adjustment filters to make the dark shades different tones than the bright shades, etc.

As for my most common style, I sketch something in either black or a dark shade of the tone I need for each part - ie the portraits are examples of black sketching, while the Prophet is coloured sketching. Then I just build up and build up on top of that, often in new layers. I collapse layers as I go buy if I'm not necessarily changing anything, so I don't end up with 500 layers in the end (at that point, my GIMP2 dies). I feel more content with finishing artwork in this style, and it gives you a few more opportunities to experiment with the shading.

Anyway, yeah, I always work in layers.

 

[XenoStalker]

Thanks for the tips.

I understand the basics, was just wondering the small things inbetween. The overlay was something I've never thought of using before. I'll go try it out. I like how you pointed out that people paint certain regions one colour instead of building a "virtual paint pallete" beforehand. Very important, even in traditional art!

Thanks again.

 

[Kostas_necro]

Great, i really like your style. Keep up the good work!

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Yarr harr, bump and rainbows!

New Iniquit Prophet WIP.

 

[MiniMage]

Do you doodle requests?

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Added more!

MiniMage, well, not really, but I like suggestions and challenges, so if you have anything in mind, fire at will. No promises that I'll do any of it, though.

 

[Arowanna]

Haha! xD
The rat-humanoid-thingy looks so grumpy! Would really like to see it finished, shiiK!

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Will see about the rat later, anyway, five new doodles! :v

 

[Mr.Goblin]

My critique is = why aren't you on DA anymore! :O (Burn and die) <3

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Oh, I am still lurking dA (mainly checking out art in my watch-list, though, and not commenting so much), I'm just not uploading everything as it's such a hassle to upload art there.

 

[Sky Green]

Hey Shiik do you take requests?

 

[Chocowaffles]

How long did it take you to draw each one of those "doodles"? :O They look like they take up quite a bit of time! And I think you would doodle a waffle

 

[Skycraft]

These look pretty damn awesome, nice work shiiK.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Hey Shiik do you take requests?

I can't promise I'll do anything, but I do love suggestions.

How long did it take you to draw each one of those "doodles"? :O They look like they take up quite a bit of time! And I think you would doodle a waffle

Ranging from five minutes to just under an hour per piece. A waffle, why not?

These look pretty damn awesome, nice work shiiK.

Why thank you, mah dawg.

 

[Chocowaffles]

Ranging from five minutes to just under an hour per piece. A waffle, why not?

:O wow that's pretty impressive! Do you use a tablet?
and YAYY! waffle c:

 

[Sky Green]

Shiik did you every try making a dragon?

 

[paradise.engineeri]

excellent job shiiK! i might model "Revamped Iniquit Prophet"

 

[Deleted member 157129]

:O wow that's pretty impressive! Do you use a tablet?
and YAYY! waffle c:

Yes, I use a Wacom tablet, have been using it for 6-7 years. Never looked back to using a mouse.

Shiik did you every try making a dragon?

Not really, but I stumbled upon this sketch in my Dropbox:

[Err.. I deleted this.]

I'm pretty bad at painting non-humanoids.

excellent job shiiK! i might model "Revamped Iniquit Prophet"

That would be incredibly awesome, actually, be sure to let me know if you decide to do so and/or if there's anything more you need.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

I've added more doodles, Jar Jar and the rest following further down.

 

[Arowanna]

Y u no crop image, lazy?!
*drains anatomy knowledge from shiiK*

Mohaha, now I'm ze master!

Well, enough random stuff.
I'm just here again to tell you that I still love your art, mate

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Hah, all of a sudden I'm super effective productive. Added another doodle, from class today. The square around the head is because I did a copymerge-layer and adjusted the colour balance.

Yes, Arowanna, I'm lazy! Problem?
Thanks, I appreciate the praise. :')

 

[fladdermasken]

I'd like to issue a request.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Added another batch of poses, .. [edit] but wait, there's more .. [edit] and even more!

 

[Mr.Goblin]

Added another batch of poses, .. [edit] but wait, there's more .. [edit] and even more!

sometimes... I reaaally wonder... where you take your picture for your studies..

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Posemaniacs, lots of other artworks and photography. For these latest poses I've been using fashion advertisements as reference to get a kind of modelling look.

Putting my trust in Photoshop to carry me through the artwork that came to a halt yesterday, thanks to GIMP.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

As a celebration of merging all my concept art threads, here's an orthographic I did earlier today for a character called Hammath. It has been in development since last year, but I've decided to use him as the protagonist of a story of mine - actually, it's not much of a story there yet, but there's a universe in development. Furthermore, I need to design a protagonist and an antagonist for my concept art class, so he'll fit into that. On the other hand, this orthographic was done because I needed a character for a walk cycle I'm doing for animation class. Talk about efficient concept usage, eh?

Because the first post has so many images now, I will be posting updates both in the bump post and in the first post so it's easier to keep track.

 

[The World Is Flat]

Hi, orlando bloom.

 

[Arowanna]

W-Will you finish that orthographic, shiiK? I'd love to see the finished result; because juding from this early WIP, it looks awesome! ^-^
And just a random question, is he supposed to wear a mask of some sort?

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Yes, I will finish it, and yes, that is a mask.

 

[Arowanna]

 

[The World Is Flat]

And can we see the fruit of your walk animation work here?

 

[Deleted member 157129]

The fruit as in the beta product?

 

[SexyZwonne]

Looks great so far, I realy like what you did with the legs! But I think his arms should move lesser.. But that's just my opinion

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Just dropping by to slap some more stuff in here, I'm more or less avoiding this place until I've had my exams and handed in my artworks for the year. If you want to keep track on the art I do, I suggest you check my deviantArt profile instead, it will be much more up to date the coming two months.

http://fav.me/d4f5ygn
There's a little bit of character information in my journal, her name is Amber.

http://fav.me/d4f7fqk
There's quite a lot of background story on Mya in my journal. The face is not going to stay like that.

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http://fav.me/d4fnj0j
Some information about who Hammath is and stuff in my journal. This is the same character as the Orthographics 01 I put up earlier. "Flagship" of this semester.

I'm writing some bits and pieces of information on the universe these characters belong to in my dA journal, for anyone interested.

 

[The World Is Flat]

a little sexy aren't they?

 

[Deleted member 157129]

A few more..

http://fav.me/d4fxtff
Read my journal to find out more about Sinclair.

http://fav.me/d4f7fqk

http://fav.me/d4fxivz

 

[Deleted member 157129]

And some more..

http://fav.me/d4gdjo2

http://fav.me/d4gg04p
A disastrous attempt to paint Connie Nielsen, but if you disregard who it is meant to be, I am quite satisfied with the result.

http://fav.me/d4ghb0y

http://fav.me/d4ghnsu

http://fav.me/d4gkxli

http://fav.me/d4gkxtg

 

[Deleted member 157129]

You guys really hate me, huh.

http://fav.me/d4ha9ma

I aim to beat Mr.Goblin in multi-posting, by the way.