Feng Zhu practice 3 comparing

So for today i was only able to put in about 30 min, just to define the background a little more, just enough so that you can make out what it is in the background. I then added some random shadow figures to give it size.

I think Im going to try out a piece from scratch where i dont use any of Feng Zhu's images as reference and see what I can do, kind of like a test. Def will take longer than these practices... I may pick out one from the Batch Speed paint practice i did almost a year ago and see how much more i can develop it from what i learned so far.

Reference image used for this piece
Total Time: 3hours
Photoshop CS5

Feng Zhu environmnet practice 3

Feng Zhu environment Practice piece 3
Like the previous two, I wanted to keep practicing the composition and lighting from one of his works.

Starting to realize that my brushstrokes compared to Feng Zhu's are really soft, I need to figure out how to make mark making more visible so then the images will pop out more. B/c right now some parts are def. looking flat.

This piece took a little longer than my initial 2 hour practice, figuring out the perspective was a little challenge as well, i think i kind of made a mistake on the Toori gate persp. But i do like how the red came out.

Still lots more to do before i can say its complete, especially the background...i was working so much on the foreground i didnt have time to do background..I will work on it some more tomorrow.

Reference image used for this piece
Time: 2hr 30min
Photoshop CS5

Feng Zhu environment practice 2

Here is my second WIP of Feng Zhu environment practice series. I'm still having difficulty figuring out composition and lighting, so I am referencing them from one of Feng Zhu's pieces. 
In this piece I am also experimenting the use of photographs, because freelance concept artist need to be quick in developing something to show the director, many artist like Feng Zhu use real photo and incorporate them into their paintings. Of course if you are using someone else's photo from the internet you best credit them and get permission to use them, if you dont want to go through all that, then just go out and take pictures your self! I used pictures of buildings in japan when i visited in 2010. 
I dont know if im going to keep that tree in the background...i might change it when i go back to this piece tomorrow...perhaps a broken tokyo tower...XD idk.

Time 2hours
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Feng Zhu practice comparing

So this the updated version, the difference i made was i added some highlight spots here and there and added textures to the mountains and the house, I actually like how the first house on the left looks to the new one, it just doesnt look right now, so im kind of sad,

but its ok. Oh and I added a simple figure in there for size reference... I did about 1.5 hours more from yesterdays.
So in a total of 4.5 hours.


And this one is the older version from yesterday.

Feng Zhu environment practice

Thumbnail might look ok...but still really sloppy, I've been practicing from Feng Zhu's youtube tutorials, this one in particular is pretty much a copy of his tutorial video, just with a little different color setting...




Over all from this practices I want to be able to gain the ability to quickly develop concept art landscapes.

This one took me about 3 hours to get to this point, which is very slow and pretty terrible, but on Feng Zhu's video he said that its ok for beginners to take as long as they can to make it as best as they can, its just practice, have fun!

Things that I learned from working on this picture is to get a better understanding of composition/ color/lighting, depth and a better tablet (the one i use currently is one of the oldest models...so the pressure sensativity is terrible and cant use all the great functions pen tablets offer now)

Will most likely work on this piece for couple more hours before i move onto another practice piece.

Random Character practice mecha steampunkish style

Random Character practices, this time i've been influenced by the artist Zedig, his mecha and steampunk like theme characters are really awesome.

I spent pretty much the whole day working on these characters. Started working on them at 10 am...and finished the last one at 7pm, but of course not straight, if i didnt have to think and eat and help mom with grocery and other misc. things in the house, then I would say maybe 4-5 hours.

I really like hot they turned out, there are three in there that are from my moleskine, next thing to do is to color them in, which i think will take a lot longer, because choosing the right colors is gonna be tough, coloring takes me the longest i think.

Hopefully I'll be able to finish the coloring tomorrow and start on the next set of random character's.

Knights of the round

Hmmm so I did the rest of the knights. I like how the first three turned out, but the last three are a little different, like...color scheme wise, the last one is kinda cool thought, like he's EVIL...but the way I posed him kinda sucked though, makes him look like an old man...orz. 

Let me know which ones you guys like!!

Here are the close up version and before the coloring.