SKetchup and Alchemy

Found 2 new Applications online through recommendations from fellow GAer's.

http://sketchup.google.com/product/gsu.html

Then there's Google Sketchup 3d which I'm learning to model low res buildings, interiors, objects on. Let's face most of us can't afford Maya and other expensive programs.






Then There's Alchemy: http:// al.chemy.org
A fun sketch engine to help concept artist generate ideas. I love the mirror technique and random shapes. It helps gerate random shapes to come up with silhouette ideas. There's a video in the video section of importing the alchmey as a texture map into z-brush so you can carve the design into you clay figure. I would love to work in z-brush someday.

Paint Chat Dump

Paint chat so much fun : google niko's paint chat and register, it's a lot of fun. I enjoy Paintchat when I have time.

C-Team: Cordelia

These are sketches for a personal project with my friends. I hope this can be a Jolly holiday present as group Portrait of the C-Team.

The C-Team : a group of mercenaries that happned to be there at the time, since the Best teams the A-team and the B-team happened to be out on a mission these misfits were grouped together to become the C-team. They don't really care for one another, but they like adventure and money so these misfit finally find a place to be themselves.

First I'm Sketching out my Character: "Lady"(in the loosest sense) Cordelia Wicke, A courtesan with bloodlust. She loves being a part of intrigue, spying and fencing. She'll do practically anything to get what she wants.. Don't know if she has any redeeming qualities, but that's what makes her "ever so" fun!

Then there's our general and Money Handler george Micheal: Still have to find him..he's proven very elusive. Orc/troll hybrid, necromancer. MOneyhandler for the group.

Then..Lime Bell Lime Bell bell lime..etc or Limey for short are healer..a dirty, hobo..hippy teenager vagrant..who's an adept healer...much to his dismay.He tries to kill and dissect you but ends up doing life saving surgery instead.

MOre work to come as the rest of the year speds by. Hope to finish before last half of December.

Sketch dump 2

These are recent personal Projects ranging from Sketches of my character story for Val and Josiah to Holiday E-card ideas..why pay for a card anymore when you send artwork or invitations through email. WOOT. Also helps with thankyou notes!! Just wrtite generic thankyou and insrt art and type up everyone oon your mailing list and Viola. Not that I'm inconsiderate, I'm trying to save my drawing hand from dying a slow and painful death by carpal tunnel! :P

Unearthly studies and done minicomps

A sketch of my workspace and then my entry for the Strangers in Strangeland minicomp for gameartisans.org and then the rest are studies for the enviornment challengecalled Unearthly Challegnge, I'm thinking of doing a night/celestial ampitheatre. Went greek, but needs more celestial elementts and more gothic and romanesque architecture. These are roughs I used a pastel brush and it really great for getting moods. I found too many lights washes out the texture..I liked the the scene lit by regular fire, but It wasn't the lighting I wanted, lighting by a moonlight with otherworldly colored torches; so I'll keep doing more until I find the one I want.










I've too tired to to write a blog, and nothing really of interest is happening in my life. I'm just entering art contests on gameartisans.org and Sketching on the computer between the times I look for Job postings.