thedinomeister 0 Report post Posted June 3, 2008 the drawings 2 posts up were done on one page. i did clean up most of the drawings with photoshop and adjusted levels as well. the car and knife had a bit extra done to them in photoshop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedinomeister 0 Report post Posted June 4, 2008 i have a website now if you want to look at more of my work: www.kdtdesign.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest madmatt Report post Posted June 4, 2008 The website is simple, but your portofolio is cool... Bye Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyberdemon 17 Report post Posted June 4, 2008 Nice to see another Hokie on here. For a first year student your stuff is great - better than 3/4's of the seniors in my graduating class. The fact that you've been drawing this much in your first year gives you a very strong head start. Your ballpoint pen stuff is the strongest of your work, the digital stuff is a little crazy but thats OK - you've got 3 more years to work on that stuff. For some of your marker stuff, it almost looks like you're trying to marker render really small thumbnail sketches and it's making them look a bit messy. One of the keys for a lot of marker stuff is on small drawings use very little - a couple quick strokes to define material breakup works great. If you want to do a more complete rendering draw very large and then scan it in and scale it down. If you're drawing on a big 11x17 marker pad it makes those little ares where you go out of the lines less of an issue, and also makes any marker bleed less apparant. Nice stuff though, if you crank out a couple pages a day for the whole summer you'll have a portfolio ready before you even begin doing any real design (yes thats right - first year architecture projects don't count as real design. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Skint Report post Posted June 4, 2008 this isn't ID related but I was practicing with marker rendering - then I simply filled the background with black in photoshop. Agree with Cyberdemon, your ballpoint pen stuff is the best. I like it!! This looks like a scene with Trinity from the Matrix, I have seen an almost identicle image form the Matrix book by the Wachowski brothers. Tis cool ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedinomeister 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2008 Nice to see another Hokie on here. For a first year student your stuff is great - better than 3/4's of the seniors in my graduating class. The fact that you've been drawing this much in your first year gives you a very strong head start. Your ballpoint pen stuff is the strongest of your work, the digital stuff is a little crazy but thats OK - you've got 3 more years to work on that stuff. For some of your marker stuff, it almost looks like you're trying to marker render really small thumbnail sketches and it's making them look a bit messy. One of the keys for a lot of marker stuff is on small drawings use very little - a couple quick strokes to define material breakup works great. If you want to do a more complete rendering draw very large and then scan it in and scale it down. If you're drawing on a big 11x17 marker pad it makes those little ares where you go out of the lines less of an issue, and also makes any marker bleed less apparant. Nice stuff though, if you crank out a couple pages a day for the whole summer you'll have a portfolio ready before you even begin doing any real design (yes thats right - first year architecture projects don't count as real design. Thank you very much! That's a very good point. I need to use my markers less. I have a bad habit of over coloring when it comes to markers -- you'll seizure if you see some of my other stuff. I will work on filling in a lot less. I guess this is also good since it will make the markers last longer huh? haha, it's also good because I just blew 300 dollars last week on a 72setC of copics and copic marker paper. on a side note -- if you guys get materials from dickblick.com go open a free account with ebates.com. they will give about 6% cash back from there. I spent 320 bucks total (72 set C Copic Sketch markers, 12 Verithin Indigo Blue Pencils, and 11 by 16 copic marker paper) and I got 20 dollars back plus free shipping. 20 bucks is 20 bucks. That's another 50 to 100 sheets of marker paper, or 3 more copic markers, or a crap load of BIC ball-point Ultra's. ...check out my babies: it's like 72 different iPods...love at first sight? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedinomeister 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2008 this isn't ID related but I was practicing with marker rendering - then I simply filled the background with black in photoshop. Agree with Cyberdemon, your ballpoint pen stuff is the best. I like it!! This looks like a scene with Trinity from the Matrix, I have seen an almost identicle image form the Matrix book by the Wachowski brothers. Tis cool ! Thanks Skint! Yeah, I guess it is identical. Oh well, it's not the most original of poses anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest getthegimp Report post Posted June 14, 2008 i like the 6th sketch down. looks like a alpha romeo(grill)/ noble/ enzo hybrid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Yusi Report post Posted June 14, 2008 Hi, those car sketches are pretty impressive and i like the perspective on the motorbike. Nice form on the powerdrill too! 1st year?! :S Agreed. I did not get sense of perspective, colouring and curves this nice even in my fifth year... Than I have to comfort myself by telling people how mind of design is important other than variety of skills themselves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lilith Report post Posted June 14, 2008 great works, nice portfolio, excellent :clapping: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedinomeister 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2008 some more quick sketches... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedinomeister 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2008 truck concept... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedinomeister 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2008 Chainsaw revisited... and btw guys, I will be updating my website every now and then. You might find the "Interesting Links" and "Supplies" section helpful (links to low cost supplies) -- and for those of you who are experienced, feel free to comment/contact me about anything you feel should be added to the list of links, etc... I hope I can at least have my website set up as a good reference/starting point for kids looking forward to a career like ours. I will be linking youtube tutorials in the "multimedia" section eventually, so that should be nice. ttyl guys! Been having a weak sketching run recently, hopefully I will bounce back this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedinomeister 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2008 just bought this book called "Mechanika" by Doug Chiang (highly recommend it) inspired this... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thedinomeister 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2008 ...and this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
