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Daily Sketch Challenge - ImagineFX Collaborative Sketchbook 2009

Harlequin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:03:59 GMT

PLEASE GO HERE FOR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND ENCORAGEMENT: YOU CAN DOO EET!

THE CHALLENGE RULES;

WE ARE HOPING THIS WILL BE A BUSY THREAD SO PLEASE LIMIT YOUR POSTED IMAGES TO 150K MAXIMUM FILE SIZE (If you need advise on how to do this PM me or post in a help thread for the software you are using)

From the 1st of January 2009 you are challenged to post a small sketch in this collaborative sketchbook.

1 point for each consecutive day you create a new sketch.

Post on the day where possible. If you cant then post your sketches when you get the chance.

Make a note of your day / point number with each post.

If you miss a day your current score re-sets to zero. (Keep a seperate tally of your total for the year when you continue)

You can start after the 1st of January and join the fun, but you'll have to wait till next year to get a maximum score of 365.

365 will be hard to achive as many things could get in the way.

P.s. Honesty is up to you, this is just for fun / personal challenge of those who choose to accept it.

Landmark Scores;

Score 100 points - Bronze medalist

Score 200 points - Silver Medalist

Score 300 points - Gold Medalist

Score 365 points - Platinum Medalist and you win the 'Dragon Scroll'

For each of the above why not adorn your Avatar with a medal of some kind to mark the achievement?

Will's Scribbles

Willt — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:46:22 GMT

This is my first post here, so thought i'd share some sketches and stuff

Enjoy

New Members Introduce Yourselves!

ToKy0 Cr0w — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:26:26 GMT

I thought instead of having a million threads introducing different members individually, we could all use this one for new members.

I'll go first.

My name is Glenn, I'm 29 and I am the author of www.tokyocrows.com I have been into digital art for around 5 years, nice to be here and looking forward to sharing some of my work and learning some stuff with you guys.

Kudos to the Imagine FX team for the steller magazine and website, lets all try to make it a good one!

Word Association

chris_scruff — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:58:17 GMT

No talk, just play the game. k?

' Pencil '

New British Comic Book - EXISLES

The MMMonarch — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:38:32 GMT

Hi all

We are a small trio of writers and artists and are proud to introduce a new collaboration comic, EXISLES, which you can read at http://www.exisles.co.uk.

Simply put it is the story of a group of rogues making their way through a flooded neo-feudal England.

There will be a limited printing of the comic running along side the web version, though arrangements for that are still being made. News updates will be on the website when that happens plus you can find additional information about the story.

There's also a link to the blog where you can leave your thoughts and feedback, we're especially looking for constructive feedback.

Exisles should be Monthly/Bi-Monthly on the web and hopefully printed and available for a couple of quid via a few comic shops and over the internet.

Being printed is the main aim, we don't want to be a web comic solely, comics are meant to be held in the hand!

Anyway, come and check us out, we would really appreciate the support!

THANKS!

My FX weekly Challenge # 151 'The Forgotten Lords' - WIPs

S Winterflood — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:04:15 GMT

The Forgotten Lords

theme to be interpreted as you wish, have fun

RULES

Deadline for entry is Midnight GMT on Thursday November 26th (note for UK entrants per banj: REAL MIDNIGHT GMT now. BST and 1AM is no longer in effect). There is a 5 minute grace period for getting your entries posted properly, after which a moderator will post a list of valid entrants and voting begins. Voting will then close at midnight GMT on Friday the 27th of November, when a moderator will total up the votes and announce a winner. The winner then has until Midnight the following night to post a new challenge theme or one will be set by a moderator to keep things moving along.

Final Entries, to be posted in the Final Entries thread: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/thread/257850.aspx

All WIP and discussion to be posted in this thread.

Brief rules: It is compulsory to submit a minimum of 2 different WIP stages in the WIP thread, in addition to your entry. Links to your WIPs must be included for you to be eligible for inclusion. Artwork must also be created within the time period of the challenge, any previously created works will be disqualified. Moderators will discount any votes deemed suspicious and adjust the result accordingly.

Further info on the WIP rule and a guide to adding WIP links can be found >Here<!

A general guide to the challenge rules can be found >Here<!

A guide to posting images on the forum can be found >Here<!

Check-up

Sandro — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:01:04 GMT

Hello everyone..another piece for you!

I hope you like it.

c&c always Welcome!

Enjoy!

-S-

Final Image:

Close-up 01:

Close-up 02:

Initial sketch (really far from the final version ):

Pixmakers Finished Topic

pixmaker — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:57:40 GMT

Painting i did for the "Myth" Event at the Pixelbrush.net site. :D

Little sample of my work

Jok — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:39:46 GMT

Like I said it is a little sample of my work

Journey (wip)

Mistress — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:04:34 GMT

Well heres the piece IM currently working on, the working title is Journey.

Im wanting to add some elemental magic in when Im further along, Im trying to get the horse and her done first though, trying to making it as realistic as possible so Im not there yet.

Feedback and Help is always appreciated :)

First Portrait Painting

M_Bell — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:21 GMT

This is my first digital portrait painting. Done in grayscale,as I'm not familiar with colour yet. Her hair is supposed to be afro style. I would apriciate any feedback on what can I do to improve her hair and the gray values on her face, I think it looks a bit flat at the moment, but I'm kind of stuck...

JoaKim Art

Joa — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:38:14 GMT

Hi all, First time here.

Here are some random stuff I have made to start this off.

What has inspired you in the last week?

rorke — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:39:57 GMT

What has inspired you in the last week?

...go

Dragon and a poor knight

Skye — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:29 GMT

I don't think he's going to make it, poor guy.

This is a christmas present for my brother-in-law. It's still very rough. Any input and cc would be greatly appreciated! I really want him to like it.

Keep Your Eyes Open for the arrival of ArtRage 3 - It's a must have

Nickillus — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:12:20 GMT

I was very privileged yesterday to get to meet Matt, one of the software developers for a glimpse at what's in store for the next iteration. We sat together with fellow Artrager Jake (Enchanter) around Matt's laptop in the cafeteria of the National Gallery, while he showed us what he and the team have been putting together.

All I can say is WOOOOOOOOOOW! It will be so worth the wait. I'm forbidden from going into any details, but can reveal that the whole thing has been rewritten from base up to include some mind blowing tools (and I mean really powerful and effective inclusions). One new tool in particular is really going to have the likes of Adobe and Corel sitting up and taking notice, offering a revolutionary level of control I've not seen before. There's also a watercolour brush offering wonderful response and pigment interaction that I'm just dying to get my hands on. The interface while retaining some of the look of version 2.5 will be much more customisable, and adaptable for different platforms. If pricing remains even near to as competitive as it has been in the past, it's set to become an indispensable software for any sort of digital artist. Kids will love it for the sheer fun it is to use. Serious digital artists will love it for its power and control. It's already very compatible with Photoshop, but that's set to improve even more. I'd love to have it in my arsenal now, and am thrilled to have seen it .

The only downside - it's not likely to be available until 2009. An Alpha version will become available some time in September for those in the testing group. If you're a serious ArtRager who can keep his mouth shut until official release, and would like to be considered as a tester, it might be worth joining the ArtRage forum and asking the development team. They moderate the forums and are very approachable. Don't worry if you don't get immediate response. They are a small team and rather busy creating something special for us at the moment.

http://www2.ambientdesign.com/forums/

Workshop Beginner Challenges

carly801 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:20:21 GMT

If you're a Beginner at Art and need some help or feedback...this is the place for you. In the next few weeks I'll be working on some projects aimed at those just starting in art. Some of the projects will be digital painting, Gif / cartoon creations, some traditional studies, also projects studying human anatomy, basic elements of design and composition. Things like, how does line quality effect a piece, how do elements like foreground, midground, and background play in relation to each other. What is Chirascaro and other effects in art. These things and just giving feedback to anyone who just wants it on their own peices will be found in here. Please only for beginners.

Movie Quote Quiz.

fabledgoat — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:22:01 GMT

Alrighty. This is sparked by the little movie quote trivia Banj and Tysall were having in one of the other threads so I thought I'd just start it up and let everyone have at it. :)

Now I'm not sure how easy this one might be but it's by far one of the most powerful bits I've heard in a movie.

"...now picture her black."

Can anyone guess the movie?

Fightclub Round 24 - Demonessa vs Noriko FIP

Starfox — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:23:04 GMT

Round 24 sees too veterans of Fightclub duke it out, all be it with evolved versions of themselves. Should be another good one.

Solomon's Demonessa is about six feet tall and her metallic skin is orange, hair is green, boots and forearms are dark red. Her eyes are bright yellow (including the third eye) She has wings that glow blue and are deployed only when she's flying. She's a fusion of machinery and demon. It's been rumoured that she's the daughter of the Devil!

Ander Soth's Kusunoki Noriko is tall and slender, being a skilled acrobat and fighter. An expert with Eastern weaponry (and hair-pins) she makes a living as a bounty hunter, mercenary and assassin.

Both contestants must post one final image in the FINALS thread and minimum of two here in the wip thread. The deadline for final images is midnight Sunday 22nd November UK time. Voting will then be open for two days. For full rules check them out on the Fightclub Blog.

Fight!

WIP-Character Concept

Obstfelder — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:27:16 GMT

Hi everyone. Here is character I´m currently working on:

The setting for this character is supposed to be a kind of post appocalyptic fairytale, and he is the last soldier of a devastated army. He has been so gravely wounded in combat that hes had to replace his arm with a mechanical one. I´m looking for ways to make the back-story of the character a bit more interesting (and have that show in his costume), and any ideas would be appreciated.

The first thing I thought Id work on is a new version of the arm to make it look more like clockwork than armor plating:

I was thinking that it should look bulky an have a irregular outline, so that it would apear to have been assembled haphazardly. But I also want it to look like its acctually complex enough to work. So I might have to balance those things against each other.

Looking forward to your input!

the watchdog

salopla — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:31:24 GMT

An image i just finished and i want some feed back on it.how it looks the feel,love it or hate it.really going for a dark room and the dog is just growling at something when the door opens.tell me if you like how hes painted and the general atmosphe any tips would alo be appreacited.program used was photoshop.

Pumkin Head

zimfin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:08:07 GMT

This is a sketch I did for the DSG, (Daily Sketch Group) on ca.org. I plan on finishing him when I can.

em...'s random caricature sketches (Natalie Imbruglia - 21st Nov)

em... — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:52:40 GMT

I usually post my more polished caricatures in the 2D section, but I thought I'd start a thread for my quicker ones.

To start off, Johnny Depp. He's notoriously difficult to capture.

Alex's Sketchbook 2009

AlexTooth — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:03:18 GMT

Hello, well rather than clutter up the "Mentor" thread with ALL my work - best to keep it useful for others =)

So to document my progress this year I thought I'd start a sketchbook, kinda blog my progress 2009-2010 - eventually I'd love a job in games, but I'm a long long way off but gonna try my hardest =)

I am studying animation til September, so there's going to be a LOT of figure work in here =)

I want to draw my own characters in any poses out of my head - that's the goal. Slightly secondary goal is environments, which I want to work on in any free time I might have!

Character work is hopefully gonna be used in my animation somehow - excuse the muscly men, skimpy women, and guns etc, but I wanna work in games so need some relevent stuff; will be doing more personal work too =) (beleive it or not I don't play games anymore, but I grew up with 'em and would still love to be involved in their creation!

I am starting life drawing twice a week starting tonight, lol lets see how that turns out - it's MUCH harder in real life >.<

All work shown is 2009.

Cya :-)

Entry 1 - 13 Jan'09 :-)

My lifesize skull - should draw it more often really >.<

Michelangelo - Madonna statue thing, drawn from a photo on google

Nude, from a book

Eye study

Planes of the head and shading

Tried digital painting in Painter - it's very hard, I don't know how to paint in real life either so I need a lot of work in this program. I also tried photoshop, but found painter more fun =)

Gesture pose of my parents doin stuff, 30sec ish

Learning to draw heads from my head - read the Loomis book on heads, so I know how to construct them now - these are all terrible, but it was excellent practice - I'm a bit better now.

Posemaniacs practice.

Decided to critique my own posemaniacs, dunno why.

Some of my posemaniacs.

Mini - tutorial I did for posemaniacs - see if you find it helpful =)

Ok, all the images are below are completely out of my head, no ref at all - wanted to test if I'd learnt anything from posemaniacs - and I have - I am much better than before - they aren't great but the shapes I am much more proficient at. You should have seen my drawings from memory 6 weeks ago. It's LOL and a half. Excuse the weirdness of some of these, doodles really, kinda thing I used to do in lessons at school =0

My first character - pose and character completely from memory - used a Hogarth book to check where some of the muscles should be.

Had a go on Painter last night with my new character because I was so excited I'd made something I could call my own =) Checked my watch was 4am, but I had some fun with light and colour - dunno if any a developeable - I like the black/dark ones though.

New character I made today - don't like the tatoo I'm gonna re-do that. I don't like the pose either.

Used Bridgeman for reference on the muscles, everything else is no ref.

Male anatomy is going to take me a very very long time to memorize, now I realise women are alot easier!

Prefer it cropped.

MeTal Mike's sketchbook

MeTaL-mike — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:00:08 GMT

Hey all,

I've been to this page a million times but never checked out the forum :( a friend told me about this so i thought i'd check it out.

Here's some of my latest stuff, am doing mostly studies and stuff from imagination with the goal to be able to do some nice drawing/ concepts in the future.

Any comments and crits are most welcome :D

Fightclub Round 24: Kusunoki Noriko Vs. Demonessa

Anders Soth — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:40:29 GMT

I'm not sure if I've done this properly but I don't think I'll have time to upload anything later. Here goes:

Round 24 sees Solomon's Demonessa duke it out with Ander Soth's Kusunoki Noriko .

Both contestants must post one final image in the FINALS thread and minimum of two here in the wip thread. The deadline for final images is midnight Sunday 22nd November UK time. Voting will then be open for two days. For full rules check them out on the Fightclub Blog.