Char 1 :Ninjitsu-Squad

I am trying to make some character design in this week. This one took me roughly 8 or less than 11 hours within 2 days. Looking for a comfortable & efficiency way to paint. Hope i will learn something in this journey. Enjoy~!

Huh?!

yeah...

May of year 2007

i'd finding new technique to paint faster & better. Each less than 4 hours.

2nd Quarter of year 2007

1st Quarter of year 2007

In the Nov of 2006, i had finally started a sketchbook in www.conceptart.org. i was asked around how to paint properly with more techniques. And i found myself was worked under an improper wacom setting in adobe photoshop. Supposed to be the Wacom Driver couldn't detect correctly to get the wacom pen working perfectly. No Wonder it took me ages to smooth & blend something much nicer. After February 2007, under a super tips from a conceptart forumer. It was a new beginning to experience with Wacom Tablet all over again with but much faster producing works.

Last Quarter of 2006

I was trying to understand what is Value painting, reflective light or atmosphere lighting. Still the struggling stages to understand how to paint faster & efficiency. In fact, i still don't understand how to paint in B&W and before applying the exactly color that i want to have. Psst...

CGTALK CHALLENGE : The Journey begins (2006)

Hell+'0', this is the most serious painting for year 2006. It was for the Cgtalk-The journey begins challenge. Badly i couldn't managed to post the Final Image on time. It was a terrible storm day. A very loud thunder stroke my modem. Arrrgh~!... And it was the 2nd times horrible storm rain at Malacca after 20 years. How 'Lucky' i am.

This painting took me 1 weeks something. Hee.. Yeah, i know i am dat slow. I tried the best i could delivered. I forced myself to finish this due to i felt so bad i couldn't complete a previous Cgtalk challenge. So, never start up something you couldn't afford to lose. Maybe this is personal's behaviour. Not everyone will feel so bad bout being "irressponsibility".
(photoshop CS + wacom)

What happaned between year 2005 to 2006?!

Ok I gotta record something between year 2005 to year2006. It would be better to let me flashback after 10 years or something. Maybe i am writing these to people thought i was slacking or bitching for that period. I couldn't achieve any new level in art if i don't sacrify my years especially in financial. Gosh... What a hell i couldn't think bout entertainment & lock myself in front of PC to keep learning to paint. Hee.. it was fun and the pain is necessary. This is a major turning point to my art-life due to blindly keep working for no purposes over the past years. So whoever don't understand me. You are certainly not yet into the path i walked on now. So, marching on, pals!

After left the company, i studied Zbrush & XSI throught video tutorial. Almost half of a year i spent into that. Unfortunately, i still couldn't modelling something to proud of. And it is too extreme & advance to me. Well, i was trying to model a human. The toughest subject & prohibition in beginner's level. It will fail your confidence very easily. Yes, it failed me. And, it was a fun trip. At least i understand what are the major flow in modelling, texturing & lighting. After that, i got into Maya due to much easier to find video tutorial to study. I love working in Maya despite the Rendering system is not much appealig to me comparing to XSI. After that, i explored more into video editing(again) & very excited to explore Adobe After Effects too. It is a wonderful tools.

After a plenty of trial & error in Maya, i decide to study the basic & foundation of Art. It could saves alot of effort to tweak & pull the vertices in the modelling. So, i decided to drop out 3D applications until i mastering my Art foundation especially Human Anatomy. Well, i was actually learnt 2D + 3D at the same year. I couldn't hacked both at the same while.

Haha..and i watched alot of movies to gain back 2 years of entertainment loneliness during working years. Dat's it. I even addict into TV series. Dat's unhealthy. Lucky i don't addict much into gaming. Anyway, i finished GOW. haha.. The first PS2 game i wanted to complete it!

Yeah, i almost forgotten my PC SPOILT. And i almost lost hopes. It was my only working machine. My worst Chinese New year of my life.
Thx to my sista to sponsor on a new rig. Thx to the technician who burned the processor. THX SO MUCH!

And i got a few job offers. And there was one opportunity to be concept artist but i was poorly in human anatomy. Haha. I want to be rounder artist; at least handle the solid painting + drawing skills.

Random doodling in the Earlier quarter of 2006. I know it's crap. It was a crappy year to me.

Random doodling in year 2006.
I tried to find the fastest way to render color. Blending & smooothing technique was my biggest concern. Frankly, I don't know what i was trying to do paint efficiency in the almost 2 years i got my wacom. I just keep painting everyday & every hours to explore something new. I've got no mood to look for proper job until i found the essense in painting digitally. It was a thoroughly depression in every paintings i had done in year 2006. I don't want to rely on Mood to paint. I need to achieve a robotic & natural sense to paint correctly & efficiency. It is hard to control a mind to be that strong & discipline. Wooo.. A hard year indeed. I couldn't forgot i cried in front of my dad which i failed to paint better. (Hee...It was a bloody nightmare. The worst & remorse dream i ever have. Gosh..this pressure could kill my soul anytime!)

(photoshop CS + wacom)