Feb theme

This month's theme is Explosion. Interpret it however you wish, oh and happy Chinese New Year everyone!

11second club Jan entry

Many sleepless nights and 3dsmax crashes later, Jan's entry is done.
click here for high(er) res version http://www.starvingartist.sg/Video/jan08.mov

Comments and critiques very much welcome, fire away!

edit: added youtube link

1 year anniversary

Has it been a year already? When we first started we're not even sure if we could last beyond a month, its hard to get people to draw and post their stuff afterall. But today we are 1 year old with almost 100 posts, thats almost one post every three days, pretty good for a blog not expected to last more then a couple months.

Happy birthday artfiends. Keep drawing :D

Pepper project

http://pepperproject.deviantart.com/

Calling all artist,

Artgerm & Imaginary Friends Studios is proud to announce THE PEPPER PROJECT, the first artbook dedicated to the sexy and enigmatic muse, Pepper and her friend Wanda. The book will feature Artgerm's Pepper pieces including many never seen Pepper pieces specially created for this volume. The book will also feature some Pepper and Wanda art by some of the industry's top artists as well as Pepper pieces done by fans and friends.

Now it is your chance to be a part of this exciting project!

To find out more, download the Submission Guide and Entry Form here > [link]

You can also view the Submission Guide here > [link]

Lets go people!

Bored

damn bored at work so did this model out.. used the ink and paint material in max, taught by my fren alex :D

Re-generation : Life with plushy doll

Here is a wacky idea of a symbiotic human and plushy doll relationship. The doll is an extension of the girl's personality and is also her true source of wisdom. Together, they make a formidable pair in vanquishing unhappiness.

Her costume was worked out on thumbnail sketches. The only thing lacking was plannning my perspective. And I spent quite something time adjusting the hand even if the character was exaggerated.

I had this idea for week, but was to busy to do it, when I did, it was great fun and I couldn't stop.

CG-3D Singapore newer, better, faster!

The latest version of the CG-3D forum is up and bettar then before! Everyone on the old forums will have to re-register unfortunately.

WIP - Regeneration

Erm... This is actually a very good topic. The first image that come to my mind is the water tube where vegeta n goku heal n restore in. (Dunno wat i'm talking about? Go read DBZ) That's why i set my sight in this direction.

Still a WIP, but i dunno whether i'll finish it, depends on my mood hehe. If u look at my sketchbook, u will see mostly unfinished works.

Still plenty to work on this piece. The thing behind the gal is still very vague, the connectors r still not fully drawn... and i'm still fighting the idea whether to give her some clothings. Saw some proportion mistake after i scanned, will change that. Meantime, i would like to see wat u guys come out with :)

There's definitely a theory/story behind the number 7, stay tune.

P.S. I hate drawing feet.

Stay hungry, stay foolish

I had seen this video a couple months back. It inspires me to this day, and I thought Ill share it here.

Face Practice 05

4 hours, photoshop, again with reference. Im using my sis's computer for this, its in the living room and damn are you're prone to disturbance when you're not painting in the comfort of your room. I think this didn't turn out as polished. This one also didn't look as close as my ref then my previous attempt. Theres so many subtle lights playing off the face in this one, I dont think I managed to really capture that, maybe I should choose a picture with more contrasting lights.

Things learned: Texture is important, instead of rendering highlights and shadows with a round flat brush, use dots, speckles, to add texture to the way light bounces off the skin. Also keep in mind the relation of one shade next to another. A very bright highlight on the lips wont look as bright if the areas surrounding it aren't dark enough.

Good bye dear friend, I hardly know ye

First off, my laptop's harddisk just crashed on me. Songs, gone. Save games, gone. Bookmarks, gone. Ancient 3Dsmax files with work Im too ashamed to show anyone to, _Totally_ GONE.
Its okay. Breath in. Out.

Its the primary platform that I do my work/gaming/painting on so its likely I wont be submitting anything for January , esp with the datelines at work approaching and all.

And next month's theme is... regeneration. Miguel's idea, go forth and paint.

Update: Colors...

Coloring can really kills me. Especially the subtle details and the choice of color for skins. Now the color pallette is kinda having too much exposure thou. :( But probably this will be enough for concept art i hope.

The Reel Truth

season of sharing

Sorry wasn't able to post anything recently. Heres something for everyone who interested in film language.

http://www.filmeducation.org/secondary/concept/filmlang/docs/lang2.html

Christmas Claws

Santa is not there though...

Hmm... Merry Christmas!