ESF Artistry Thread

Post » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:03 am

I redid an old (and http://elstormo.deviantart.com/art/Hinnah-119381572, looking at it now) piece of mine, as a "kick your own ass" kind of self-challenge, and http://elstormo.deviantart.com/art/Hinnah-II-205748455.
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Neil
 
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:44 pm

I redid an old (and http://elstormo.deviantart.com/art/Hinnah-119381572, looking at it now) piece of mine, as a "kick your own ass" kind of self-challenge, and http://elstormo.deviantart.com/art/Hinnah-II-205748455.


Great redux! Looking at then and now, you have made vast improvements.

The eyes are so much more vibrant. The hair looks so much more defined. The shading is more natural. Great job!
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Albert Wesker
 
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Post » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:34 am

Thanks! And yeah, it went from absolute crap to semi-decent :)
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:46 pm




I suppose it's not bad, but the riffs strike me as a bit uninspired and repetitive, the vocals, same thing. It's decent, but in my opinion, not enough variation or interesting things going on. Get some tempo changes (less predictable ones, at least) in there, and definitely stop always doing the same with your right hand - all I see in the first four minutes is your hands going up and down in the same tempo. Again, it's not bad, but it needs work from a compositional viewpoint - at least for me.

Cheers on the feedback..
the footage was from our second and thrid shows and the actual recording from the first 3 months of the bands formation.
the song is definately not intended to be lyric-central, it is a drone and is intended to be repetitive.
We actually are in the studio recording a better version of this, but its hard to get sound engineers to get where we are coming from.- they keep mixingit too brightly. Two Day is mainly about the bass you feel in the live setting. definately have our work cut out translating that to a recording.

We have a bit of a punk rock ethos, bear in mind.

Here is a tune that has a bit more going on in the dynamics department.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdEu5kecWvw
It is a live recording, and is a bit blown out because of the sheer volume.
we have only been together as a band for a little over a year, so im not too confronted.
We have growing to do, but we get asked back to play every venue, so we must be doing something right.

If anyone else is interested, i also have a soundcloud for some lo-fi home recordings that are a completely different beast.
http://soundcloud.com/redken-1


cheers again
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:54 am

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Lemunde/OTEParty.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Lemunde/OwaynesFinalMoment.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Lemunde/darkelfskyrim.png
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Post » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:33 am

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Lemunde/darkelfskyrim.png
he looks like not someone i want to run into when he is in a bad mood... but also, looks a lot like what i would have for my own character(minus the sleveless shirt that is, and mine would probably have convention color hair, like black(ish) or brown(ish) or white-ish.

I drew these and i want these in my drive way: http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7392/car2rl.jpg(to be fait, the pic was touched up in GIMP) and or http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/8450/img032b.jpg. ^_^ :nod: :touched: :wub: :thumbsup:
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:13 pm




I like the second one. It reminds me of the concept car designs my dad used draw up for Acura in the 90's. I'd suggest bring the illustration into a photoshop like program or an vector illustration program and further the look of it...I'm tempted to do so myself!
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:11 pm

I like the second one. It reminds me of the concept car designs my dad used draw up for Acura in the 90's. I'd suggest bring the illustration into a photoshop like program or an vector illustration program and further the look of it...I'm tempted to do so myself!
man, by all means, feel free :) , just remember its mince :D . and yeah, i thought about what i can do with it in GIMP, but never got to it, maybe i will someday. for now it just sits in the USB, waiting its time, he he.
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Post » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:21 am

So I was bored and decided to try my hand at making an artistic and surreal sort of desktop wallpaper with GIMP. I'm a beginner at this sort of thing so don't expect anything seriously awesome but I'd appreciate it if some of you could tell me what they think about it: http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/559/firelike.png (3 MB), http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7073/firelike.jpg (856 kB).


This is very good. It kind of looks like fur. Doesn't look too busy to me, but then again I've got 4 icons on the desktop. :shrug:

Stormrider, you've really improved your shading. I'd add some more darkness on her face and reduce the darkness of the background a little, though. Good job!

I think I'm obsessed with Dragon Age II (yes, that's quite possible). I even started doing fanart. Here's my mouse painting of http://rabinna.deviantart.com/art/Isabela-206429885. I recently got a tablet but I'm still struggling with it. It's faster but my lines are often shaky. :(
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Post » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:55 am

This is very good. It kind of looks like fur. Doesn't look too busy to me, but then again I've got 4 icons on the desktop. :shrug:

Like I already said, if you rotate the image by 180° (either clockwise or counter-clockwise of course because +180° = -180°) or mirror it left-right it will work much better as a desktop wallpaper because then the more "vibrant" part of it is on the right side and icons are usually kept on the left side of the screen.
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Post » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:27 am

Well, decided to paint my first http://clintosthegreat.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3fdnzd

I think I have a lovely smile :P
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:11 pm

Stormrider, you've really improved your shading. I'd add some more darkness on her face and reduce the darkness of the background a little, though. Good job!

Thanks! Mind,the portrait is supposed to be very pale, and the scanner ruins a lot :(

I think I'm obsessed with Dragon Age II (yes, that's quite possible). I even started doing fanart. Here's my mouse painting of http://rabinna.deviantart.com/art/Isabela-206429885.

Looking good! Needs some detail though, and that's where your tablet can be really handy, it allows you to work much finer than your mouse. Have you tried using both devices in one piece?

Well, decided to paint my first http://clintosthegreat.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3fdnzd

I think I have a lovely smile :P

Awesome portrait, all I can say! :)
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:21 pm

I was going through my cds trying to find a particular one but ran into an old CD that had my stuff from when I was in drawing/digital art in High School

So here's a couple of projects we had to work on (expect terribleness)

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q467/jjleon_2/JosephLeonGuerreroklimt.jpg (those horns/hands are my actual hands :laugh:)

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q467/jjleon_2/JosephLeonGuerreroAPP.jpg

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q467/jjleon_2/grid2.jpg

http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q467/jjleon_2/formscreaturecopy.jpg
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:11 pm

Here is a link to a bunch of home recorded stuff. Admittedly low-fi and what I would considerto be a sonic notepad,...tunes jotted down, recording/effects/mixing experimentation.

http://soundcloud.com/redken-1
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:14 pm

Well, decided to paint my first http://clintosthegreat.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3fdnzd

I think I have a lovely smile :P

after looking through your art, i swear i would pay money to have them framed and in my room
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:44 pm

Awesome portrait, all I can say! :)


Thank you kind sir! Doing the colors was really fun.


after looking through your art, i swear i would pay money to have them framed and in my room


Thanks! Probably one of the best complements I have ever received.
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:15 pm

Thank you kind sir! Doing the colors was really fun.




Thanks! Probably one of the best complements I have ever received.

Kong father is my new desktop background by the way :thumbsup:

may change it to one of the Vivi though
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:41 pm

Here is a video put together by my bqnds bass player.
first attempt at recoriding anyting in an actual studio.. think i posted a live raw version of this song, perhaps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKRAs3G2fRY

cheers
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:54 pm

http://i.imgur.com/hiQx6.jpg

8 images stitched automatically by Photoshop. Would have turned out better if the pictures weren't distorted.
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Post » Sun Sep 12, 2010 6:51 pm

http://i.imgur.com/hiQx6.jpg

8 images stitched automatically by Photoshop. Would have turned out better if the pictures weren't distorted.

looks great actually, if you hadnt told me, i dont think i would have noticed
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Post » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:02 am

I have a lot of pretty good drawings, I just don't have a scanner. :sadvaultboy:
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Well, decided to paint my first http://clintosthegreat.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3fdnzd

I think I have a lovely smile :P

I don't mean to sound rude but is your nose actually that big? :P
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