View Full Version : CR0M's Artwork (week long paintings)
Not much digital stuff to show, but here it is anyway...
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/newfiresig04.gif
Just finished this, done at print resolution - sorry for bigness
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/marianne.jpg
From one of my favourite films. I used to know somebody who looked just like her so she was easy to paint :)
Just took cocking ages.
bliink
12-11-2004, 12:07 AM
Nice job :)
Ta Bliink :)
...and can't forget Charlize...
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/ct_cr0m04.jpg
Sorze
12-11-2004, 12:14 AM
Whoa!
Niiice job mate, really well done!
I really need to sleep right now, but I'll give more detailed impressions later... :P
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/mech.jpg
This is something I did as one of my first photoshop (2.5) self tutorials back in the mid 90's when I bought my first PC - it was built up using clipping paths. If I'd known anything about 3D modelling I could have done it in a fraction of the time, but it was good practice and fun fun fun :D
bliink
12-11-2004, 12:20 AM
No wonder you have such a fancy avatar :p
What can I say, I'm a graphical pimp :P
Some more old sigs - they looked better on the right coloured background:
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/darkcore_sig.gif
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/bone_sig.gif
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/samurai.jpg
Another self tutorial around the same time as the mech - my first digital painting with a pen n pad :D
DiGiTaLiZeD
12-11-2004, 01:02 AM
Amazing stuff... good job! :thumbs:
The Dark Elf
12-11-2004, 07:22 AM
Very cool CR0M, now if you do a tutorial you can be the 2D Guru guy so I don't have to be :E
Thanx doodz.
They're not ALL week long paintings - charlize took an evening. But Marianne De Morangias (Brotherhood of the wolf) took 10 evenings :O
Elf, you need a goatee to be a guru which counts me out ;)
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/painting3complete.jpg
Messed with the levels and sharpened it up a bit, looking much better. Chris Achilleos, eat your heart out.
The Dark Elf
12-11-2004, 01:22 PM
Thanx doodz.
They're not ALL week long paintings - charlize took an evening. But Marianne De Morangias (Brotherhood of the wolf) took 10 evenings :O
Elf, you need a goatee to be a guru which counts me out ;)
week long is easier than explaining all that in a title :p
and draw a goatee on your face then :p
I haven't done a picture thats taken a week in god, years or something now, no patience for it.. take longer than a day and I get incredibly bored of it.
I haven't done a picture thats taken a week in god, years or something now, no patience for it.. take longer than a day and I get incredibly bored of it.
I'm the complete opposite, I can't sketch quick stuff fo' shat - wish I could.
That painting I just finished took ages but I'm happy with every part of it, it kept my mind focussed, and it's eye candy that can be stuck in a portfolio in the future. Even saved it in several stages of development if anyone is interested in seeing the working process.
Asuka
12-11-2004, 02:22 PM
Wow very nice work.
Thanx. Wow very nice post count. :P
Gray Fox
12-11-2004, 03:04 PM
Jezus Freaking Christ, we have here more art talent than Disney.
The Dark Elf
12-11-2004, 03:11 PM
Jezus Freaking Christ, we have here more art talent than Disney.
Yeah.. we should all work together to make a cartoon.
How about one with toys that come to life.. no, ok how about fishes? no.. superhero's? naa.. hmm..
Lets not bother.
Sorze
12-11-2004, 04:38 PM
The only crit I had was that it was too soft/blurry for my tastes, and now you've gone and fixed that too!
I can't say alot of bad things about your art so far! :)
Oh, and I'd be very interested in seeing the working progress...
Edit: Oh, and btw The Dark Elf, are you really interested in HL2? It just seems like you're here for the community, you don't seem to be a gamer... ;)
The Dark Elf
12-11-2004, 05:02 PM
The only crit I had was that it was too soft/blurry for my tastes, and now you've gone and fixed that too!
I can't say alot of bad things about your art so far! :)
Oh, and I'd be very interested in seeing the working progress...
Edit: Oh, and btw The Dark Elf, are you really interested in HL2? It just seems like you're here for the community, you don't seem to be a gamer... ;)
I came for the leak, stayed for the porn
Yeah.. we should all work together to make a cartoon.
How about one with toys that come to life.. no, ok how about fishes? no.. superhero's? naa.. hmm..
Lets not bother.
me and sulkdodds are doing a flash cartoon of the forum getting taken over by zombies! but first we're doung a comic. or more accurately he is doing the comic with his 'l33t skillz and im just doing the trailer for the comic because im shit :)
The only crit I had was that it was too soft/blurry for my tastes, and now you've gone and fixed that too!
I can't say alot of bad things about your art so far! :)
ta, yeah it's still a bit blurry cos it's been reduced from print size. Damn you, 72dpi. The original is sharp though and printed like a dream on glossy photo paper today at work. All the old stuff like the samurai is blurry cos I didn't really know what I was doing :)
I came for the leak, stayed for the porn
There's porn? where?
The Dark Elf
12-11-2004, 05:44 PM
I prefered the first version, second one looks too forced.
yeah, I have to agree - looking at it on my TFT at home now the face looks too hard. Ah well, as close as I can get without posting the original, just have to live with it :P
I'll see what I can do about getting the work in progress files together, Sorze.
The Dark Elf
12-11-2004, 09:14 PM
yeah, I have to agree - looking at it on my TFT at home now the face looks too hard. Ah well, as close as I can get without posting the original, just have to live with it :P
I'll see what I can do about getting the work in progress files together, Sorze.
I liked the original.. didn't find it too soft and the background color worked, had a more stylish feel to it.. the second one like I say, seemed too forced, original had more feeling in it like you'd done it for enjoyment, second felt like you'd done it for a client :)
Ahh, see what you mean - lol I must be too conditioned at work :laugh:
I did enjoy doing it, been ages since I've done something for myself. Just added the usual bunch of after effects I use to tidy up a job. I'll probably play with several backgrounds and compositions before It's completely 'finished' anyway - the brown doesn't print too well.
The Dark Elf
13-11-2004, 12:42 AM
Ahh, see what you mean - lol I must be too conditioned at work :laugh:
I did enjoy doing it, been ages since I've done something for myself. Just added the usual bunch of after effects I use to tidy up a job. I'll probably play with several backgrounds and compositions before It's completely 'finished' anyway - the brown doesn't print too well.
What did you do it in, Photoshop or Painter?
Show some close up sections.. i had to :p hehe (besides its a good excuse to show off ;))
The Dark Elf
13-11-2004, 01:59 AM
Oh and if you use Painter, you got hold of v9 yet? Mine finally got sorted tonight, been fooling around on it, muuuuuuuuuuch nicer than previous versions. A lot faster too. Anry is gonna love it cause the brush he uses (if he still does) works perfectly now :D:D:D
I used PS, but painter will always be one of my preferred art packages.
A great painting I did earlier this year with Painter got lost along other artwork when my old harddrive went tits up :(
The Dark Elf
13-11-2004, 05:06 PM
I used PS, but painter will always be one of my preferred art packages.
A great painting I did earlier this year with Painter got lost along other artwork when my old harddrive went tits up :(
I stopped caring about my art around the same time I lost a few years of work ages back.. More recently I just wiped everything I'd done, reminds me that if I did it once I can do it again and better.
Step by step guide of the areas in the order they went down in the Marianne painting.
Each area is painted on it's own layer so I can concentrate as much as I want on it. It can also be switched on and off whenever I want.
Started with the face - always start with the face, as this is the part that draws the eye and usually needs the most work. From there I build from the farthest objects to the nearest so subsequent layers overlap previous ones giving more depth to the final image.
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/progress1.jpg
^ Layer 1 - line sketch
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/progress2.jpg
^ Layer 2 - face detail
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/progress3.jpg
^ Layer 3 - hair / scarf
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/progress4.jpg
^ Layer 4 - waistcoat / scarf detail - this layer took the longest, f*ck knows why
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/progress5.jpg
^ Layer 5 - jacket
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/progress6.jpg
^ Layer 6 - gold stuff detail / right arm
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/progress7.jpg
^ Layer 7 - left arm
http://cr0m.homestead.com/files/progress8.jpg
^ Layer 8 - musket detail sketch and rendering
marksmanHL2 :)
13-11-2004, 08:33 PM
That is absolutely incredible in every way imaginable...
:)
thanx marksman. So was the film. ;)
Sorze
13-11-2004, 09:27 PM
Thanks alot CROM, I appreciate it! :)
You did that one in photshop?
You use alot of airbrush, right?
Just wondering, do you use painter as well as PS?
Cheers mate! :cheers:
Gray Fox
13-11-2004, 09:38 PM
A lot of people use PS, how about Zbrush, I personally never used but from what I read on their site it seems really cool, can do what ps does and can even render 3d.
Has any of you here tried it and how did you like it if you had.
Btw thnx for those work in progress, now it would be just complete if you made a tutorial.
no problem sorze.
Nope, I always switch off airbrush - I find it too unpredictable to paint with, just use the basic brushes in photoshop to spot fill areas and the smudge tool to blend colours like a drybrush.
I guess I still paint in a similar way to oils, really.
The Dark Elf
13-11-2004, 09:42 PM
A lot of people use PS, how about Zbrush, I personally never used but from what I read on their site it seems really cool, can do what ps does and can even render 3d.
Has any of you here tried it and how did you like it if you had.
Btw thnx for those work in progress, now it would be just complete if you made a tutorial.
ZBrush soo doesn't replace Photoshop.
and why is there always one person in these threads who have to bring Zbrush up.. it plagued mine for a few pages IIRC :p
:laugh:
Grey Fox, Zbrush is a 3D modeler and displacement mapper, not really in the same field as 2D painting apps like painter and photoshop. Not to say it can't be used for flat images though. And yes, it IS really cool if it's used for the right thing.
and 3D images always look like 3D images no matter how good they are...
But a 2D painting can sometimes look real.
Gray Fox
13-11-2004, 10:32 PM
Aha, see I didn't know that, I'm so so noobie.
Sorze
14-11-2004, 12:57 AM
and why is there always one person in these threads who have to bring Zbrush up.. it plagued mine for a few pages IIRC :p
Haha yeah... That would be me... :o
:imu:
The Dark Elf
14-11-2004, 01:15 AM
Haha yeah... That would be me... :o
:imu:
*slaps Sorze*
lol, stop it :p
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we've all come unstuck. Does this mean a separate forum is imminent or was the glue just not that good?
The Dark Elf
14-11-2004, 05:04 PM
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we've all come unstuck. Does this mean a separate forum is imminent or was the glue just not that good?
one is coming, just not yet.. The stickies were only temporary anyway until a subforum was on its way
Toffee
20-12-2004, 08:31 PM
Whoo, Amazing stuff :O
Really love the Marianne painting. Looks so real and I like the pose :)
Well, my paintings can takes ages,just because I dont know what Im doing. :P
I just continually change the image because its too easy to do it when its digital.
I should maby try also to plan beforehand too before I do anything, lol
thanks :D
Editing and refining is really the strength of digital art - that and the convenience. If it wasn't so easy to correct mistakes or add extra stuff, people would just stick to conventional methods.
BaNDiT
21-12-2004, 06:51 AM
those are amazing. what brush are you using?
Hey TDE I laugh at you when you say you cant work on anything for more than a week. You know what amazes me is how the Masters like Michelangelo during the Renaissance period worked on the Sistine Chapel for years I just find that so amazing and how much he must have liked art.
Cr0m you have loads of talent im just curious how long have you been painting digitally and such and do you goto school for this? Anddddddddddd do you have any no digital stuff (traditional) you can share :D it looks really nice man
nofx - Got my first PC mid 90's - been using photoshop since version 2.5, then painter, then 3D max, then all the web design stuff I use for work. Before that I was a freelance illustrator using pen 'n ink mostly, and alkyd oils - before that - 3 years at art college which taught me absolutely nothing. Some of my skill is self taught. The rest I was born with; my dad has been an illustrator all his life and has published stacks of books.
BaNDiT - Digitally, I don't use any special brushes, just the default PS ones - I paint like I do with oils, light colours onto darker ones from the background forward. the blending is all done with the smudge tool, edges sharpened with the eraser or marquee/delete. Why bother emulating conventional paint techniques when you don't have it's limitations? as long as the piccy looks good there's no point trying to make it look like it's been done on canvas. :)
blue_specv
21-12-2004, 07:08 PM
they all look good man ... keep up the good work ...
so how many layers in PS did you use ?
around 15-20 in the end is about average for me. Individual layers can contain anything from the main focus (usually the face) down to tiny details like earrings or buttons. Once it's finished they all get merged down - except for the background, which can be messed with afterwards - and exported as a bitmap.
solid snail
21-12-2004, 10:14 PM
WOW thats really really good, keep it up
Phisionary
21-12-2004, 10:38 PM
holy cow. How did I miss this? CROM that is incredible. Definitely one of the best digital art I've seen... The shading, on the face and the coat in particular, is awesome. :D
nice work mate! :cheers:
I tried painter a couple times. It seemed very diffeicult to use. Anybody else have that problem? How long did you use it before you got good with it.
Obviously you have more art background than I and probably got used to it faster because...
ta
I never really got along with painter as much as I did with photoshop, but it's a great package nevertheless. Took me a year on 'n off using photoshop and Max to be competent - But only cos I was unemployed and had nothing to distract me :)
I just sat and played around and got a decent portfolio together. That was such a great year, sometimes I think about quitting my job and doing it again just to get some cool artwork done, but rent and bills slap me back into the real world.
Druckles
10-01-2005, 07:04 PM
Ok... uhm, may I be the first to say this in the year 2005. Very nice :).
What is you current job?
thanx :)
I'm a web designer.
Druckles
11-01-2005, 07:41 PM
Now that would make sense.
Have you got any websites I could gain inspiration from? :D
Not that I have done, but my favourite designers by far are www.fantasy-interactive.com. If you want to be ahead of the rest, follow them.
For other cutting edge sites go to www.favouritewebsiteawards.com (I'm one of the interviews and award winners but I'm not telling you which one :P )
The Dark Elf
12-01-2005, 02:42 PM
Not that I have done, but my favourite designers by far are www.fantasy-interactive.com. If you want to be ahead of the rest, follow them.
For other cutting edge sites go to www.favouritewebsiteawards.com (I'm one of the interviews and award winners but I'm not telling you which one :P )
teeheehee your as bad as me with the identity secrecy :p
I'll find out one day we probably worked together years ago lol
Yes. I'm your boss. Get back to work.
Elkhound
12-01-2005, 09:07 PM
That's just ... How did you ...
wooooooow thats really cool. :E
I wish I had your hands
hmm sorry. But I've got a kidney going spare if you want, low mileage
Phisionary
13-01-2005, 10:03 AM
oh, well in that case, can i have one of your eyeballs, and maybe a rib. if you're, like, up for grabs. :cheese:
Raziaar
13-01-2005, 10:52 AM
Wow, very nice work! <cheers>
Druckles
13-01-2005, 06:26 PM
Now I like that site!
baron insig
13-01-2005, 08:55 PM
Thatss amazing! :P
keep it up ( also likes the drawings / paintings at start of thread
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