Demon Trio

[Vyoma]

Just been brainstorming, and finally came up with some concept thumbnail silhouettes:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8052/thumbnailfj8.png

Another one of my 'demon' project. Muhahaha!

:p

[Vyoma]

Blocking out and conceptualizing more.

The first of the trio - Slug

http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/2532/slug00copygk5.png

[Vyoma]

Giving more definition.
Also added the weapon.

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9223/slug01df6.png

[Dreleen]

Ooo interesting!

You forgot to add dun dun DUUNNN sound effect to your first post lol!

[Vyoma]

Ooo interesting!

You forgot to add dun dun DUUNNN sound effect to your first post lol!
Thanks! :p

Did a bit of rendering on the face.

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/4129/slug02md6.png

This is just rendering of the general shape. I have not yet put in the effect of the primary light yet.

[gusak]

looking good

[Vyoma]

Thank you gusak. :)

Finished detailing the volumes of his body:

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5741/slug03sk3.png

Next, the metal stuff.

[Vyoma]

I started working on the metal pieces.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5056/slug04rp6.png

Now, I am having a bit of problem in terms of how I approach painting the brass texture. (The metal parts are intended to be brass).

I could wuss out of it and make it some other metal, but I think I should push myself a bit. ;)

So, here is some brass texture study:

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6686/slug04ben2.png

Any suggestions, pointers, critique at this point is welcome.

[Vyoma]

Clean up on Slug:

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/1097/slug05qi5.png

And then, I am trying to apply the brass study I did earlier on this shoulder armor:

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/707/slug06uh8.png

It is a bit saturated than the body - I will be reducing the levels a bit later when I apply highlights and render the skin/hide.

[Vyoma]

His left side armor and top part of flail:

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/9646/slug07os2.png

[Vyoma]

Completed the work on the brass material.

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9233/slug08ha6.png

Next - detailing the primary light. That should make the hide richer and I might adjust the color levels of the brass metal to further bring down the saturation levels.

[Vyoma]

Did the rendering of the light and shadows on the hide.

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/107/slug09pn5.png

[Vyoma]

Completed!

http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/6741/slug10wu1.png

deviantART entry:

86750711

[Sordelka]

Very nice!
It worked out pretty well!!!

[Vyoma]

Thanks Sordelka! :)

Here is a sneak peek of the next character. (Sneak peek because it is yet to be published at KalaaLog.com :p )

I started working on the second character - Slice

Concepts:
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8969/demontrioslice00conceptgb2.png

Loose Lineart:
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9391/demontrioslice01roughliqs3.png

[Vyoma]

Tightening the lineart:
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1958/demontrioslice02lineartvo9.png

Lineart cleaned and rough shading.
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/1167/demontrioslice03lineartmr4.png

I will be scaling it up to 300 DPI and work on details next. :)

[Vyoma]

Even though I would be painting directly over the sketch layer, I wanted to have the reference shapes so that I could adjust color levels later if needed. Hence, I spent some effort to create the flats.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/566/slice05hg2.png

[Vyoma]

I moved from GIMP to Photoshop because I find their selection tools to be comfortable.

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9651/slice06qg4.png

I have even shown the layer organization for those who are curious. The painting though is done as usual. I am using a soft edged brush with pen pressure turned on.

[Vyoma]

Ok - here goes some more painting. :)

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8550/slice07dm3.png

[Steve]

You've got quite the amount of work to do. :P

I can see why you might switch to Photoshop over GIMP. Once you use Photoshop, you see that GIMP lacks some things that may make the difference in general. I've found it happens a lot, but you'll get use to using the two programs just the same.

[Vyoma]

Yup - lots of work to do! :)

With respect to why I switched to Photoshop for this particular one, was the Polygon Lasso Tool http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/5407/polygonlassotoolsg2.png.

Do we have something like this in GIMP? We have the freehand lasso tool in GIMP, but I could not find that one. :)

[Sordelka]

I also got photoshop CS2 to work on Ubuntu, so now I practice on both of them (GIMP and Photo). Still, for personal use, I think GIMP is enough...

By the way, crazy demon coming up there!

[Vyoma]

Thanks - Sunday ends here, so I am not sure I can work more on this until next weekend. Seems like there is a huge chunk of work cut out for me at my day job. :|

By the way, are you using WINE or something to get Photoshop to run on Ubuntu? I would love to spend most of my time on the Ubuntu half of my dual boot. :P

[Sordelka]

Thanks - Sunday ends here, so I am not sure I can work more on this until next weekend. Seems like there is a huge chunk of work cut out for me at my day job. :|

By the way, are you using WINE or something to get Photoshop to run on Ubuntu? I would love to spend most of my time on the Ubuntu half of my dual boot. :P

I use WINE. They fixed the pressure sensitivity with alternatekeyboard devices (the way to get wacom to work there). So, CS2 now is officially fully functional on WINE in Ubuntu =)))

[Steve]

Still, for personal use, I think GIMP is enough...


Same here. I develop games and sprites in Python with the Pygame module, and I find myself using GIMP more than Photoshop because of it's simplicity.

Also:

Do we have something like this in GIMP? We have the freehand lasso tool in GIMP, but I could not find that one.

The only thing I think is close to the Polygon Lasso is Scissors tool. However, what I haven't seen in Photoshop also, is Color Selection tool. That's something tricked out! :)

[Vyoma]

Isn't Scissors Tool the one that 'intelligently' grabs on to outlines or sharp areas? I found that quite annoying in fact to create the flats.

Did some short experimenting with the GIMP path tools. Seems like the results are achievable. :)

Guess I will make a short video tutorial explaining the approach.

[Steve]

I don't actually know how Scissors tool functions, or if there's even a way to increase/decrease the amount of tolerance it makes to select the shapes, but I just know it's the closest to open polygon selection tool.

Paths are also an optional way to go, because sometimes Selection just doesn't cut it. ;)

[Vyoma]

Yup - that Scissors tool does drive one nuts. :P Paths on the other hand, as I experimented with it a little - just rock! :)

Back in Photoshop, completed the initial rendering of his skin tone:

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4192/slice08ct1.png

[gusak]

loving the way this thing is coming out.

[Vyoma]

Thanks gusak!

Ok - I completed the basic painting.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7247/slice09ty8.png

You will notice all the hard edges where I used the flats to make a selection and paint with in it quite quickly. Now, I will be going in and making them softer edges. Where appropriate, I will be trying to make it look more blended.

After that, I would be giving a strong yellow-white lighting from the top right.

[Dreleen]

Of all the details I love the lower eye lids lol. Nice expression on the face too!

[Vyoma]

Some softening of edges:

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5535/slice10ct0.png

Adding highlights and shadows:

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/387/slice12yu7.png

Layer setup for those curious:

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7670/slice12bsk3.png

Poster at deviantART (http://vyoma.deviantart.com/art/Demon-Trio-Slice-88017126):

88017126

[Sordelka]

Hey, nice going! :cool:

[Vyoma]

Started work on the third demon - Screech

The original thumbnail stretched and skewed:

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/4526/screech00cp4.png

Concepts:

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6362/screech01bb5.png

Refining:

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6362/screech01bb5.png

[Vyoma]

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2343/screech03bigmr4.png

I am still working in GIMP 2.4 up until this time.

[Vyoma]

Did a block out under painting.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/5778/screech04aji3.png

The initial block outs I put here are actually the complementaries of the target or true colors of the different parts.

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1516/screech04bce3.png

Oh - one more thing - this time I was able to do the flats in GIMP itself using the path tools (http://cgpainting.com/showthread.php?t=391).

[Vyoma]

Some painting on a separate layer:
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/9520/screech05ajo3.png

Layer setup:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5984/screech05boj8.png

[Vyoma]

Combined the different layer after some adjustment:

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/156/screech06bjd7.png

Looks something like this:

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3126/screech06px2.png

[Vyoma]

Refining the painting:

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9153/screech07sd8.png

Worked on the pants, torso and beak.

[Vyoma]

Same treatment for the wings:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7276/screech08aoq5.png

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/783/screech08bhm7.png

[Vyoma]

Started adding details to the wings on a new layer:

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/328/screech09vz3.png

[Vyoma]

Flipped and worked on the left side since it was easier for the flow of brush strokes.

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/5550/screech10ew1.png

Flipped back and completed work on the head:

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/687/screech11kd7.png

[Vyoma]

Completed the detailing:

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6908/screech12ds8.png

Added a shadow layer to pop out the head a bit:

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/3631/screech13fg0.png

Here is the layer setup for those interested.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/1026/screech13bud0.png

I call it done. :) Will be moving it to Photoshop to get it in the same format as the other two.

[Vyoma]

90105831

All done. :)