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Title: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on December 19, 2011, 11:59:09 am: I'm trying to develop my painting skills with a tablet. So this month I started making images at a leisurely pace. I've decided to post the results here so that I have a reason to keep making more.

In chronological order:

A view of my tearful farewell at the airport

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/ByeNow.jpg)

A woman with a lion, on a train.

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/Cats.jpg)

A couple of mechanics and an x-wing

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/X-wing.jpg)

A bison in the winter (sourced from a photograph from the Natural Unseen Hazards Blog. I don't know where they got it)

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/Bison.jpg)

And finally some sort of space battle between a Dreadnaught class cruiser and a Strike class cruiser.

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/Battle.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: SypheDMar on December 21, 2011, 01:36:10 am: Looks nice. :D
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: swashmebuckle on December 21, 2011, 10:32:54 am: We've gotta get the X-wing and the battle into FotG. Keep it up!
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on December 21, 2011, 11:07:16 am: I like the X-wing one, has this WWII vibe. Is there a source for it, or did you draw it yourself?
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Mongoose on December 21, 2011, 02:45:02 pm: Wow, I really like this style. :yes:
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on December 21, 2011, 06:06:01 pm: Yup. I made a render using an x-wing and some pictures of myself.

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Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on January 03, 2012, 07:57:46 pm: It was a dry Christmas art-wise. I got a bit done, and then I got Starcraft 2 ;). I only just got started again today with the picture of the rock trucks.

Chronological order:

Nude on a couch

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/NudeOnCouch.jpg)

Winter in the river valley

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/WinterPath.jpg)

Some rock trucks at work

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/RockTruck.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: FireSpawn on January 03, 2012, 08:26:18 pm: Your skills are rather commendable. It's not often one comes across this particular style (it's been a few years since my last art class, so I can't remember it's name) and especially one that's done well.

Also.....

INB4 OMFG BOOBIES
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on January 06, 2012, 09:22:30 pm: Quote from: FireSpawn on January 03, 2012, 08:26:18 pm
INB4 OMFG BOOBIES

She was watching Community, and I had to draw her. I directed her pose, obviously. Nobody watches tv like that. :)

As for the style, I have no idea. I always like Manet. He had some nice light in his paintings, so maybe I'm drawing some inspiration from him.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on January 11, 2012, 09:49:09 pm: Some work from the past week. I'm trying to put together a portfolio/ build some skills, but it'd very tempting to just do nothing. I get to work in the morning and and can't choose between reading a book, playing SC2, fiddling around with various 3d programs, drawing, doing nothing listening to music, watching a movie. Somehow drawing seems to filter down to the bottom. So anyways:

This is a concept for something I want to make, possibly my first foray into zbrush. His heads not small, the armour is just big. It was inspired by marines from warhammer and starcraft both. Their bodies couldn't possibly wear that armour without being seriously deformed (ie widely spaced arms, legs that are really long) So I figured, hey, why not just stick the wearer in the torso. The final effect is rather bizarre, which is nice.

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/MegaArmour03.jpg)

And this one is just from a blurry photo I took. The lighting was cool, so I drew it.

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/PowerOutage.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: SypheDMar on January 12, 2012, 12:04:57 am: Now that you mention it, space marines are freaky.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Cobra on January 19, 2012, 09:42:06 pm: Your style reminds me a lot of Kimmo Lemetti's (http://www.blastwave-comic.com/index.php?p=comic&nro=3) work.

...I bet you're him. D:
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on January 20, 2012, 10:04:46 am: Quote from: Cobra on January 19, 2012, 09:42:06 pm
Your style reminds me a lot of Kimmo Lemetti's (http://www.blastwave-comic.com/index.php?p=comic&nro=3) work.

...I bet you're him. D:
Nope
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on February 05, 2012, 08:58:40 pm: So here's some more work from this month. Went to a couple model sessions, and picked the best from them.

First session, done with a sharpie:

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/Picture003.png)

The session I went to today, done in Photoshop:

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/DaveModel.png)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Cobra on February 05, 2012, 09:34:11 pm: What's with all the nekkid folk?
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: swashmebuckle on February 05, 2012, 09:54:14 pm: Apparently that's what people liked to look at before computer screens.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on February 05, 2012, 10:04:17 pm: Quote from: swashmebuckle on February 05, 2012, 09:54:14 pm
Apparently that's what people liked to look at before computer screens.

People still like looking at naked people :) A lot of those old masters' paintings were just softcore pornography dressed up as classical mythology. After a while it just became the quintessential artistic activity. Plus, model sessions are cheaper than going to a movie.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on March 30, 2012, 07:48:48 pm: Not much to show lately

Some sort of alien:
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/RedBeast.jpg)

An Air Cadet
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/Locas.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on May 28, 2012, 03:10:21 am: An old model of mine, in its berth:

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/SkullHangar.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Retsof on May 28, 2012, 10:22:16 am: ... or perhaps "birth" would be more appropriate.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on May 30, 2012, 01:08:29 am: Quote from: Retsof on May 28, 2012, 10:22:16 am
... or perhaps "birth" would be more appropriate.

Good pun :)

I think a ship of its nature would have to be grown, rather than manufactured, in the shipyard.

Here are some fighters in their separate hangar.

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/SkullHangar2.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: AndrewofDoom on May 30, 2012, 10:14:12 am: Is that....the Notus?
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: FireSpawn on May 30, 2012, 01:05:43 pm: When I gazed upon this picture for the first time, one phrase ran through my mind. One thing that completely overrode all other thoughts.

That thought was...

TAKE OFF EVERY ZIG

But yeah, love 'em and love your style.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Thaeris on May 30, 2012, 05:48:05 pm: FireSpawn, please have a cookie.

:D
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: SypheDMar on July 28, 2012, 08:11:54 pm: Quote from: AndrewofDoom on May 30, 2012, 10:14:12 am
Is that....the Notus?
Looks like it. :D
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on July 31, 2012, 11:36:40 pm: Quote from: AndrewofDoom on May 30, 2012, 10:14:12 am
Is that....the Notus?

Yup, those are Notus(es?) The older version anyways. Here's a shot of the newer version, as well as the Boreas (which made an appearance on these forums once upon a time, I think).

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/Notus3.jpg)

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/HH_8.jpg)

And a couple Photoshop portraits to keep with the theme:

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/Jes.jpg)

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/SelfPortrait.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Retsof on July 31, 2012, 11:42:34 pm: The guy looks like he wants to murder me...
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: yuezhi on July 31, 2012, 11:48:10 pm: AXE!
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: FireSpawn on August 01, 2012, 05:29:12 am: Gordon Freeman: The college years
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Thaeris on August 01, 2012, 11:37:45 am: Quote from: FireSpawn on August 01, 2012, 05:29:12 am
Gordon Freeman: The college years

This will forever be the unofficial title of that painting now.

:p
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: SypheDMar on August 01, 2012, 09:29:36 pm: Love the Notus, and I remember the Boreas. The colors were different than what I remembered. Awesome stuff!
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on August 03, 2012, 09:22:16 am: Thanks! The Boreas has actually gone through three different meshes. I think it was one of the first models I ever made, and it was pretty messy. I figured while I was changing the geometry I could address the colours so that there's a bit more variation.

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/SandennsHouse.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: swashmebuckle on August 04, 2012, 01:58:00 pm: Love the photo-like focus in the house one as your eye moves towards the porch, that's really cool to see in this style. Was that present in a photo you were working from or did you add it in as you painted?
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on August 04, 2012, 06:27:17 pm: It was added. I figured the front of the house is where the personality is, so I spent a bit more time on it. I increased the contrast on that portion after the fact, as well.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on May 23, 2014, 06:24:22 pm: Wow, it's been a while since I added anything to this thread. I've decided to do some painting this summer, so hopefully by the end of the summer I'll have some new, better stuff to show.

A goldfish:

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/GoldFishBirthday_zps973e6d3b.jpg)

The name says it all:

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/RoosterGrandma_zps8d726854.jpg)

Winter in Peace River:

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/Christmas_2012_zps0d062a49.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on May 23, 2014, 06:27:55 pm: And here are the first two paintings of the summer. They're studies of Tom Thomson's work. He was very good with colour, and hopefully I'll learn a thing or two from him.

First study:

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/TomThomsonStudy1_zps4eff94d3.jpg)

Second study:

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/TomThomsonStudy2_zpsbbaad25d.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Gortef on May 26, 2014, 04:37:36 am: I actually kind of like the second one. Reminds me of our summer cottage when I was a kid. The scenery was similiar.

It also has depth in it.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: swashmebuckle on May 26, 2014, 12:04:51 pm: That birthday goldfish is super awesome.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on May 28, 2014, 06:43:24 pm: Quote from: Gortef on May 26, 2014, 04:37:36 am
I actually kind of like the second one. Reminds me of our summer cottage when I was a kid. The scenery was similiar.
It also has depth in it.
I think it's based off a painting of Algonquin provincial park, which I gather is quite a nice area.

Quote from: swashmebuckle on May 26, 2014, 12:04:51 pm
That birthday goldfish is super awesome.

I had decided that from here on in I would paint birthday cards for all my friends. I did one and then that was the end of it.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: AtomicClucker on June 03, 2014, 11:18:32 pm: Nice work.

I would recommend watercolors in addition to digital work, as watercolors are much more finicky, but are surprisingly a good learning to for the patient XD.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on July 16, 2014, 05:30:28 pm: Water colours are a good suggestion, AtomicClucker. I tried them a couple times in the past, and the results were awful. It would be really good for learning how to be economical with my mark making. Might have to dig some up.

In the meantime, I tried to sacrilegiously combine Tom Thomson's style with modern industry. I think I'm going to have to return to the studies, because I didn't do a very good job of painting a SAGD facility, or using his style. :(

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/Firebag_zpse25764c3.jpg)

Returned to my comfort zone for the next one. I was experimenting with a script I wrote in Javascript to increase the amount of variation in my colours. I also tried applying some of the lessons from the Tom Thomson studies, namely how background seemed to be painted over the foreground:

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/StormSoldiers2_zpsee4c3a14.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 17, 2014, 02:44:37 am: Are these digital scans?
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on July 17, 2014, 04:56:01 am: No, these were all done in photoshop.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on July 20, 2014, 03:21:35 pm: A little bump. Did a portrait of a housemate. Turned out okay, I guess. A bit off. The coloration of his face is a bit boring. The shadows aren't very saturated, and just turned sort of grey.

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/Connor2_zps79a3d507.jpg)

The pronghorn is just a study, for a possible public art project.

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/ProngHorn1_zpsc489c42c.jpg)

And finally, I'm trying to learn how to draw people. This isn't the first attempt, and there's still a long way to go.

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/figure1_zpse0a26836.jpg)

Hopefully, with a bit more practice, I'll be able to render out decent looking characters for concepts and whatnot. It's a pretty severe handicap if I need a model every time I draw a person.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 20, 2014, 03:58:04 pm: There are loads of youtube channels like sycra and Scott Robertson which can help to get the basics of rendering. Or even simplistic perspective and proportion down.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on July 20, 2014, 08:11:55 pm: That sounds like a good idea. I think the biggest thing is practice, though. I usually think to myself: I should draw today.

And then I don't.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Lorric on July 20, 2014, 08:17:30 pm: There's a tremendous variety in these pictures. In general, I like them.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 21, 2014, 02:24:12 am: Quote from: bobbtmann on July 20, 2014, 08:11:55 pm
I usually think to myself: I should draw today.

And then I don't.

This.

Blights my aspirations too.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on August 16, 2014, 10:48:27 am: Despite my previous comments about focusing on drawing people, the next set are either animal studies from images pulled from the internet, or a made up creature for the last one.

Some more pronghorns:
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/ProngHorn2_zpsb04c1947.jpg)

(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/ProngHorn4_zps3e92ec69.jpg)

A black bear:
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/BlackBear1_zpsa1f18935.jpg)

and some kind of dinosaur/wolf hybrid:
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc433/bobbtmann/Various/DragonWolf2_zps75bc284d.jpg)

I like the last one, but in hindsight I should have considered the silhouette a bit more. I think it was partially inspired by the Ohju in Kemono no Souja Erin.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Lorric on August 16, 2014, 10:53:52 am: That last one looks more like a cross between a wolf and a chicken to me. :)

(http://d1j96f25uhu3hg.cloudfront.net/images/breeds/chickens/hybrids/bovan-goldline/Bovans-Goldline-Cut-Out.jpg)

But I like it and I can see what you're going for. Maybe it's a wolf/chicken/dinosaur hybrid... :)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on August 16, 2014, 11:14:22 am: That's true, I guess chickens do have the same kind of legs, with the feathers ending halfway down. Though I don't mind, since chickens look pretty cool.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Aardwolf on August 16, 2014, 11:37:22 am: I was thinking fox, but I guess that's just because of the color.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on August 16, 2014, 11:52:09 am: Quote from: Aardwolf on August 16, 2014, 11:37:22 am
I was thinking fox, but I guess that's just because of the color.

All right. It's a fox/chicken hybrid, rather than a wolf/dinosaur hybrid. :)

I'm sure a fox/chicken is a more meaningful hybrid, anyways.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Lorric on August 16, 2014, 12:22:55 pm: Quote from: bobbtmann on August 16, 2014, 11:52:09 am
I'm sure a fox/chicken is a more meaningful hybrid, anyways.
The poor thing would be all confused, trying to eat itself... :)
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 17, 2014, 10:52:03 am: My Afghanistan rescue dog met the grand in laws yesterday. The cousins too, and their kids. Young kids aged three'ish. On his maiden walk in Stowmarket he proceeded to wing an escaping woodpigeon and disembowel it in front of said children.

Proud doggy daddy indeed I am.
Title: Re: Some Images I've Made Recently
Post by: bobbtmann on August 18, 2014, 07:13:46 am: Lovely. :)