intuso4

at uni we use intuso4 graphics tablets, there a bit exspensive though so im going to have to save up. for the moment im going to buy a cheap bamboo as ive got no tablet to work with which is very frustrating.

at the moment im trying to mess about with textures so i had a go at doing a soldier design for my alien race.

AWOL.

My laptop has gone AWOL and will not turn on so ive lost quite alot of work, saving up for a new computer so in future im going to back up the work i do. I watched Thor last night, I'm not a big fan of Marvel films but it was fun to watch, the sort of film your not supposed to take too seriously. The visuals were brilliant, really nice landscapes and architecture aswell as costume design.

Place Filler.

Sunny weather has killed any interest in drawing, watching tv or sitting at a computer, must try to convince my self to do at least some work this summer..

12 Oclock

Will post pictures of Paris as soon as I find the cameras USB cable.

Did some more work on the alien race design last week, just more costume designs.

Space Pope.

still carrying on with the alien race design, trying to come up with some costume designs for them at the moment. Need to look at some real life inspiration for this sort of stuff really..

Process.

Havent posted on the blog for a while, my computer keeps crashing on me at random, several times ive tried to paint on scrotoshop and its died without any warning. Projects for uni are still going well, struggling alot with maya but apart from that its all quite easy. I was working in the studio the other day and got talking to another student who showed me a technique where you work in black, white and grey, then duplicate the image and tint the colour balance on the lower layer. When youve done this you then erase parts of the top layer to reveal the coloured layer underneath. I think it helps quite alot when conveying shadow and depth. Ive been looking at a book called Concept Design 2, its a collection of works by a talented team of artists in the USA. init they show case many works that are often accompanied by small thumbnails or WIP shots, these breif insights into the techniques and processes they employ to create their works has got me thinking that perhaps every artists ability to design is also limited by techniques that he can employ in making the design come to life? This is soemthing I will give some thought into when I have the inspiaration to jump into the unknown again. Carrying on with my quest on design im trying to flesh out a generic type alien race that could easily be integrated into a sci fi type FPS. For the moment im just focusing on thumbnails for the outline and concentrating on anatomy.

Balaclavas again.

Another character design. Going for a generic type of antagonist or protagonist. Not a great deal to say about it as i dont feel that I have put anything original into it, which I guess is what im trying to do, go back to designs that can be easily understood.