Zbrush

Been learning ZBrush and 3DS Max. They're very different and both quite fun...

Summer into full swing!

Hey guys!

So I don't have internet at my home residence, but I'll try to keep up with updates.

I'm taking a Game Art class at MICA. It's super rad! Here's a concept sketch for the Bogeyman that we were to finish up and paint. He grabs children with that handwhip and flings them back into his cauldron. :D

skulldude, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

Advanced Photoshop final

Advanced Photoshop final, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

So, this was originally supposed to be a diptych, and eventually it still will be -- Gackt as Genji with Gaga beside him being the other poster, so they would be a set. But I couldn't get that one painted in time, so this one remains for my final.

Lady Gaga as Eve/Lilith/Serpent, Gackt as Adam, the story of Genesis. Promo material for a fake concert featuring the two. Also a pin-up. Experimented with linework+painting and Mucha style.

It was fun. I'm sleepy though. This WILL be revisited, I want to add text and of course the other piece, but for now I'm happy with it.

And now for something completely different.

Hand Mirror, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

Not much to say about it.

Leaving Home

Leaving Home, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

So I'm pretty sure I'm going to go back to this and PAINT it, but I had a lot of fun with the drawing. I decided to slightly cartoon a boy. Then I put him on a boat. Then I gave him a dragon companion.

...Shrug!

I think it turned out pretty cute though. I ALWAYS heavily thumbnail and plan things out for formal projects, so it was nice to let a project just literally develop on its own, without any forethought.

And I had fun with colors and textures, but I'm still probably going to paint it. Would still love your input.

Katydid Book Cover

Katydid, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

And this is due in a few hours. Whee!

Advanced Photoshop, we were given an excerpt of Andrew Auseon's "Katydid" and asked to illustrate either a book cover or movie poster. I got fed up with making Photoshop files that were literally 7x11, as my computer has trouble processing the file when I get into painting it. So this'll have to be blown up for the final print. Probably will hurt the quality, but we can see at least. The usual process for this: sketched by hand, scanned in, painted. The title is handlettered: I used a sharpie and composition/tracing bond paper to figure out the exact title. It took a few attempts to get something that I liked.

This might be a little too comic-booky or literal... but eh. It was almost a little tricky not to spend a lot of time painting things that wouldn't be very visible. Also I just liked the idea of writing in a fogged train window.

Recital Poster

Recital Poster, originally uploaded by Ntkufreak.

This was for the lady in my life, who's graduating in May and headed to grad school in Rochester. She's an opera major as well as linguistics, and is giving a senior recital in April. I find most recital posters hilariously dismally put together, so I offered to make her one instead.

It was nice to get a break and do some personal work, and this is sentimental, so. No crit please, especially on the type, THAT MEANS YOU IAN JACKSON -- I know the fonts aren't wonderful but to hell with it, I used Garamond at least for the non-title fonts. Hahaha.